Truth be told, if he'd wore a red shirt, I would still rate him my favourite player
How good was Spanish Dave?
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Silva had a calmness to him when others would panic. When multiple defenders closed in on him that's when he felt the most at home. He had this magical ability thats hard to describe. In the premier league when a defender closes in on a skilled dribbler the player usually ends up on the ground with a push in the back as the player shields the ball.
With silva somehow the defender would rush him and end up not even touching him. Not only would they not be able to touch him but he would be past them teeing up a dime ball after teasing them out of place.
A skill that doesn't always lead to stats but almost always leads to wins.
With silva somehow the defender would rush him and end up not even touching him. Not only would they not be able to touch him but he would be past them teeing up a dime ball after teasing them out of place.
A skill that doesn't always lead to stats but almost always leads to wins.
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The greatest ever Midfielder he was top notch. Ran the show for ten years.
i never saw colin in the flesh play so will bow to your knowledge, merlin is defo the best city player i've ever seen
but from what i have seen colin was more a gerrard type player box to box if you like
merlin undoubtedly a more technically gifted player and was tougher than most gave credit for
we are lucky to have both as blues
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Always difficult to compare players from different era's , one question would settle it for me. Could either player swap era's and play in those teams , i think King Col would slot in seamlessly into a Pep side and modern day football , Merlin would be kicked from pillar to post in the Bell era of 60's-70's and would spend more time injured than playing , Chopper Harris , Dave Mackay and a few other animals would have ended Merlin's career.
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I saw em both and never thought i’d see a better player for us than King Colin but David Silva is for me, it’s all about opinions of course.
Same here, never thought anyone could ever surpass Colin Bell but then along came David Silva and Yaya Toure.
Silva is, though, unquestionably the greatest I've ever seen for any club in England, not just ours.. and I've seen many great, beautiful players downs the years from John 'The Ghost' White at Spurs through Bobby Charlton across town and Bobby Moore at West Ham and on to Thierry Henry at Arsenal and Gianfranco Zola at Chelsea.. and so on and so on.
David Silva was not only 'good' though! He was 'cool'.. and in years to come I hope all Blues can pass on to the succeeding generations just how 'cool' he was.. in fact, he was cooler than the coolest part of a freezer set to Absolute Zero at the South Pole, that's how 'cool' a player he was..!
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