Mata vs Silva (Who would you pick)

[daxman]

Silva is better but Mata is great. Remember Mata has help from Oscar and Hazard, Silva is in many games the only source of creativity so is targeted by our opponents who know that. If we had Silva, Oscar, and Hazard for example the other team would not focus so much on reducing Silva's space and freedom because there would be two other creative players who would need equal attention. It's a joke how few creative sources we have at this point and Silva suffers for that but make no mistake he is still a class player.

Last season Mata was running the attack of a Chelsea team completely depleted of creativity and talent, relying almost entirely on Drogba in big games to make something happen and he managed to produce stats comparable to Silva. (6 goals & 13 assists to Silva's 6 goals & 17)

So far this season, with team mates more on par with Silva's, Mata has outperformed his countryman in every single department. He's looked a cut above even with the likes of Hazard and Oscar beside him; and while his midfield partners may be more talented than yours, the strike-force he feeds (Torres) is vastly inferior to Silva's.

I don't personally feel there is much between them on a level of talent, but I do feel that Mata is far more consistent (has been in good form for 2 seasons now with only sporadic dips of a game or two). This, for me, makes him the more valuable player. He produces a lot of results and he does it consistently.

Here is a post that speaketh nothing but the truth. I love Silva coz he plays for City, but Mata has been the better player in England so far. And both are class players, so the claim that Silva is class cannot be used to undermine Mata's performance. Seeing as Mata too is class. We could have had Silva Mata and Carzola, and really not have to worry who was the classiest :(

 

[Cityslicker]

Silva all day, but somebody tell him he's aloud to fooking shoot from outside the 18 yard box :-0

 

[Jack74]

Silva all day why ? Not a fuckin patch on Gio some of u lot r proving once and 4 good u know jack shit about a proper player we have had 1 he was that good its a joke that some of u think Silva could lace his boots , Gio I fuckin love u xxxxx

 

[Cityslicker]

What the fook has Gio got to do with Silva and Mata :-0

 

[Jack74]

What the fook has Gio got to do with Silva and Mata :-0

Cause is twice the player of these 2 another 1 who does not know a great player when he sees 1 , hey ho<br /><br />-- Thu Dec 27, 2012 3:45 am --<br /><br />By the way all u Silva fans let me tell u this season he as been fuckin awful nearly as shite as fuckin Balo in fact that's unfair on Mario He played half decent at Wigan , Silva wank 4 12 months can't track back and cannot go past my fuckin mam

 

[Cityslicker]

Gio was probably the best player I ever seen at city, but he had shit games too. The question was mata vs silva, for me silva is far the better player out of the two he just needs to sort his shooting out :-(

 

[Jack74]

These are probably the best two Spaniard in the league right now (Honorable mention to Carzorla and Michu)

Both play similar positions and are key players for their teams. Silva has amazing footwork while Mata is a better goal scorer.

So trying to be as unbiased as possible, who would you rather have in your lineup ?

If Silva had a finishers touch he'd be very close to Messi, but as it is he's the best Spaniard in the English game followed by Carzola IMO, I thought he was immense at our place!

Ha ha close 2 Messi

-- Thu Dec 27, 2012 3:53 am --

Gio was probably the best player I ever seen at city, but he had shit games too. The question was mata vs silva, for me silva is far the better player out of the two he just needs to sort his shooting out :-(

Tell me 1 game in the last 12 months when shitty Dave was motm ?<br /><br />-- Thu Dec 27, 2012 3:53 am --<br /><br />

Gio was probably the best player I ever seen at city, but he had shit games too. The question was mata vs silva, for me silva is far the better player out of the two he just needs to sort his shooting out :-(

Tell me 1 game in the last 12 months when shitty Dave was motm ?

 

[Anonymous]

he has one bad game in 10, he has 6 good games and 3 master classes.

apart from the one bad game e.g today, he's better than mata and carzola.

I would love this to be true but it is not. 'master-class'? If only.

Lfmao, so true.

Out of the last 19 fixtures, where were those " master-classes " ?

Having a man-crush upon a player gets you into that kind of blind statements.

same kinds of people that don't understand what barry does.

tell me, who plays more for spain silva or mata?

 

[MSP]

Silva started playing regularly for Spain only when he was at his best at City, in august-decembar 2011, before that he was regular bencher, played only 50-60 minutes on World Cup.

Don't be surprised if Mata starts playing more on current form pretty soon.

Silva is simply not a shadow of player he was year ago. City as team are not though but his magic is pretty rare these days.

 

[Jack74]

I know am being harsh but the last 2 years I have 2 listen and read that Silva is better than than Gio and 2 b honest am fucked me off am sick 2 the back teeth who tell me Silva is better than God its joke a fuckin piss take Silva as does jack shit 4 over a year granted Gio only scored goals on his own against the likes of West Ham ( fuckin brilliant ) Boro away not bad , Southampton at home and the best display any City player as played in 20 years Newcastle at home

Gio Kingladze u my friend where fuckin outstandingly good ,maybe even better than me