Gundogan

[Bill]

He has had two unrelated somewhat fluke injuries. I am strongly in the camp that we are getting the steal of the window.

Agreed.

 

[leighton]

It makes me laugh at times some of the posts. Gundogan will be good to go and be a different type of player. It a bit of a wow factor to have him in midfield with KDB , Silva and Nasri if he stays. I think with Pep at the club he will get Silva back to his best again. Silva will be out Iniesta in a Pep team. Smart player to keep the ball and pass it well. Only lacks goals to make him a World class player.

 

[adrianr]

It makes me laugh at times some of the posts. Gundogan will be good to go and be a different type of player. It a bit of a wow factor to have him in midfield with KDB , Silva and Nasri if he stays. I think with Pep at the club he will get Silva back to his best again. Silva will be out Iniesta in a Pep team. Smart player to keep the ball and pass it well. Only lacks goals to make him a World class player.

In his defence Xavi never put up huge numbers for goals and he was undeniably world class. In Gungodan we're buying our own Xavi (I'm not expecting him to be that good, but I expect that's the closest to the role he will play).

 

[Tugay One Cup]

In his defence Xavi never put up huge numbers for goals and he was undeniably world class. In Gungodan we're buying our own Xavi (I'm not expecting him to be that good, but I expect that's the closest to the role he will play).

To be fair, even Iniesta has scored on average less than one in ten games for Barca and Silva has one in six for us.

Silva not scoring enough goals for us is a bit of a myth. On the other hand, he would have scored a lot more earlier on if his finishing was better.

 

[Slashman X]

To be fair, even Iniesta has scored on average less than one in ten games for Barca and Silva has one in six for us.

Silva not scoring enough goals for us is a bit of a myth. On the other hand, he would have scored a lot more earlier on if his finishing was better.

Didn't Iniesta go like an entire season without an assist recently too? Yet no one would say he's not one of the best playmakers in the world. Stats can be deceiving.

 

[IWasHere]

It makes me laugh at times some of the posts. Gundogan will be good to go and be a different type of player. It a bit of a wow factor to have him in midfield with KDB , Silva and Nasri if he stays. I think with Pep at the club he will get Silva back to his best again. Silva will be out Iniesta in a Pep team. Smart player to keep the ball and pass it well. Only lacks goals to make him a World class player.

He's already a world class player, just because he doesn't score goals doesn't mean he's not world class

Silva has scored 4 goals and has 11 assists this season, iniesta has 1 goal 4 assists

Not to mention silvas been playing with an injury whilst iniesta has been playing alongside the best front 3

 

[leighton]

He's already a world class player, just because he doesn't score goals doesn't mean he's not world class

Silva has scored 4 goals and has 11 assists this season, iniesta has 1 goal 4 assists

Not to mention silvas been playing with an injury whilst iniesta has been playing alongside the best front 3

Yeah but it is crazy to see people writing Silva off he has another 3 years at least to give us. A poor season last season by his high standards as he had the injuries but he is a classy player.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Yeah but it is crazy to see people writing Silva off he has another 3 years at least to give us. A poor season last season by his high standards as he had the injuries but he is a classy player.

Just out of curiosity Leighton, how many seasons did you feel yaya had left in him at the end of 13/14?? Silva is declining, if people want to admit that or not is a different story... He's still a brilliant player but we've seen the frustration with him this season, he will be phased out over the next couple of years and head home!!

 

[talkativesprout]

Just out of curiosity Leighton, how many seasons did you feel yaya had left in him at the end of 13/14?? Silva is declining, if people want to admit that or not is a different story... He's still a brilliant player but we've seen the frustration with him this season, he will be phased out over the next couple of years and head home!!

I would be reticent to judge anyone on last years performance

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

I would be reticent to judge anyone on last years performance

That's not the point, he will get plenty of games next season but it will be more sporadic than we've seen before.. He also shouldn't be starting in the middle over KDB, Pep won't play him out wide anymore, too much of a liability in the systems he likes to play!!