I'm not sure why you think this? Personally I've unfortunately never had the chance to watch a City match live, but I absolutely love David Silva exactly for the reasons that you mention. The subtilities of which you speak do howewer show better on screen than in the stadium, I feel. It's zoomed in, it has replays etc. Whenever I go watch Belgium or Anderlecht live, it's the same thing. It's only watching the game again afterwards that you discover some of the subtle masterpieces players show on the pitch.
I think you may be mistaking with the general feeling of excitement that exists only in a stadium and that is generated whenever someone pulls of a great skill to a point where it even amplifies that piece of skill into something a lot bigger than it perhaps actually was. And that is absolutely beautiful and you can't reproduce it in your home, not even with dolby suround and all that :) But just objectively watching and analyzing the game - I know I'm on repeat now but so are you :) - is best done in front of a screen.
If indeed as is my guess you're from and reside in Belgium, welcome as a City fan by the way. You'll not be aware of Sky's latest innovation. I'm pretty sure it's called tactical cam. It's the angle that best represents the live experience and the way that the annalasists watch the game. That's why Neville and Carragher can show patterns of play, shape and highlight things that the normal viewer will not see.
You have to remember that the live stream is dictated by an editor. They will follow the ball and only the ball. The replays will only show what they've already shown just from slight different angles. For me I doubt the editor cares or even likes football. A mate of mines dad was a camera man and editor for ITV. He was always on City games, stood in the freezing cold at the top of the kippax. He'd never kicked a ball in his whole life, he couldn't tell you a player's name.
They have introduced tactical cam as it shows you the whole game, you can watch like you're in God's. It's for those fans that want more than just the editors view. It doesn't miss a action to show highlights, it doesn't show fucking celebrities in the crowd. It's purely to give a stadium view.
As Shaelum is saying, nothing beats stadium experience to watch the play. Now granted you have the idiots that shout shooooooot Everytime the ball is within 40 yards of goal but in general you get a feeling for the game.
This is where the subtle differences between Kev and Dave are obvious.
As I've pointed out, De Bruyne is obviously a wonderful front foot player, very direct and incredibly creative often with his first touch. His vision for a run or space is outstanding, but there's no doubting he's not great at dictating play. He doesn't flourish with his back to goal. He doesn't get too involved deep. He wants to influence attacking play in the most dangerous positions.
Unfortunately City need Silva to get him the ball in those advanced positions. To play him centrally, you'd then have to play Ya Ya, as Delph ,Fernando and even Fernandinho would struggle to get him the ball in positions where he would influence the play. So we'd then have one midfielder defending and a players who's very nature is flamboyant in possession. For me this simply wouldn't work.
Now the issues of balance are not De Bruyne's fault, if he plays left, Navas hugs the right, that is not balanced, if he plays right and Sterling left, they both drift, cramping any space.
What I would love to see is Toure deep lying, Pirlo esk, Fernandinho and Delph as traditional box to box midfielders and De Bruyne and Silva wide but with freedom to roam. Much like the 442 days when Ya Ya was young enough to do two jobs and Nasri, Silva and Toure dictated the whole game. If we controle possession you could have Prior and Jobson at the back.
It's when we lose possession all of a sudden Ya Ya looks like your dad playing 5 a side and our centre back look a shambles.
That's why I belive Silva should be central, and we should have pace out wide. That allows the midfield to protect the back four. We would look more solid. But it's horses for courses as many have said and there's no reason why Silva and De Bruyne can't play together in a vast majority of games.
To me De Bruyne is outstanding at what he does, but he will need Silva to get him the ball. Playing De Bruyne centrally will not only be detrimental to the team for reasons covered but detrimental to Kev too. He's not an idiot, he's not a kid. He'll know he'd have to temper his game as a play maker in the PL, as if he played purely to his strengths the team would certainly be weaker.
