I think you are spot on & Silva has been carrying an injury & therefore been shit. It's not just affecting his body it's playing on his mind & ruining his game, now he is injured properly. Previously we had several spells where Aguero was carrying an injury & playing shit, only to break down again. This last time, we have got away with it & rather than breaking down, he has got fit. We have seen Kompany come back, walk on & walk off. Negredo said he was used whilst injured & sruggled, Jovetic, I recon there are loads more.
How many of these unfit players have actually played well when played unfit, & how many have actually made the team worse by being ineffective & got injured again ?
How about we just let them get fully fit, then bring them back gradually off the bench, thus having a stronger team on the pitch rather than carrying half fit players as well as Yaya etc ?
Completely agree. With Silva, his decision making has been abnormally poor as well as his execution. He is clearly being played in the hope that he can still produce something, which seems to be Pellegrini's tactics in a nutshell.