Our best ever player

OntarioBlue said:
I’m of the age where I grew up watching the Bell, Lee, Summerbee team. I always held firm to the view that Colin Bell was the best player I ever saw in a City shirt but in recent years I’ve started to question that. He’s still in my top 3 but nowadays I think KDB just shades it and Merlin is pushing for a top two spot.

Rodri is an absolutely brilliant player and thoroughly deserving of his Ballon D’Or but is he better than a prime Fernandinho? I’m not sure.
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Whether Fernandinho's is better than Rodri is debatable, both world class. I think one of Pep's biggest mistakes was leaving Fernandinho out of the European Cup final v Chelsea. I'm sure we would have beaten them with him playing.
 
Best v favourite is probably an apt distinction here.
Best - not sure there's ever been a player for us who's been the best in the world in their position* before, never mind overall. So has to be Rodri

Favourite - Silva and probably will be until I die

*Kevin maybe a couple of years back
 
JOGAMIGMOG said:
He’s not even the best holding midfielder we’ve had. Yaya Toure was stronger, quicker and scored more goals than Rodders. Yaya had everything and you’ll have to go a long way to find anybody who is better. Yaya was just a monster.
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Yaya didn't really play holding midfield for us did he, always had a minder to do the dirty work
 
We're really privileged that these types of discussions are now a genuine debate with multiple really strong and deserving candidates.

When I was a kid, despite having never seen Colin Bell play I just readily accepted he was our greatest ever player and for years there wasn't anyone who looked like changing that. My Dad and his mates all to a man are still adamant the answer is still Colin Bell, which they're obviously entitled to believe.

I'm torn between a few players Aguero, KDB, Yaya and could make a case for another few. Rodri, in partcular now has a very, very strong case. If I had to choose one I would go for David Silva. He had some incredible moments for us, but he wasn't particularly a moments player. He dictated the pace of play, had time on the ball and rarely lost it. He was just a wonderful player to watch aesthetically. That might not be something which is fair to judge a title like this on, but the debates are always going to be subjective and it's fairy hard to look at while someone is still playing. We're just very lucky to have seen these wonderful players, with hopefully more to come. Watch it and drink it in.
 
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Way too subjective to answer who’s been the best when we’ve been so lucky with an abundance of absolutely exceptional players.

My favourite is easy though. Spanish Dave.
 
I really can't choose, however, reading through the thread, and thinking of other players, I am so unbelievably proud and honoured to support a club that came from the depths of oblivion to be able to list the calibre of players mentioned. Not forgetting about the players from before we were shit too!
 
David White said:
We’ve had a lot of phenomenal talent and at 42 years old it took a while before I’d seen greatness in the flesh in a blue shirt, apart from the great David White, of course. I loved Yaya and Kev is a wonderful, wonderful footballer who is probably the most effective player we’ve ever had, but for me, technical brilliance and vision I think David Silva edges it.

He could do everything, despite being tiny. That assist for Dzeko (you know the one) is the greatest control and pass Ive ever seen.

Criminally underrated in my opinion.
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He also didn't mind kicking an opposition player who took the piss every now and again. One of my favourite memories of him is one of his later derbies when he took it on himself to boot one of their little shits.
 
Bellamy's Caddy said:
We're really privileged that these types of discussions are now a genuine debate with multiple really strong and deserving candidates.

When I was a kid, despite having never seen Colin Bell play I just readily accepted he was our greatest ever player and for years there wasn't anyone who looked like changing that. My Dad and his mates all to a man are still adamant the answe is still Colin Bell, which they're obviously entitled to believe.

I'm torn between a few players Aguero, KDB, Yaya and could make a case for another few. Rodri, in partcular now has a very, very strong case. If I had to choose one I would go for David Silva. He had some incredible moments for us, but he wasn't particularly a moments player. He dictated the pace of play, had time on the ball and rarely lost. He was just a wonderful player to watch aesthetically. That might not be something which is fair to judge a title like this on, but the debates are always going to be subjective and it's fairy hard to look at while someone is still playing. We're just very lucky to have seen these wonderful players, with hopefully more to come. Watch it and drink it in.
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Yeah, I was raised on the Lee, Bell, Summerbee video that I think was the curriculum for blues in the 90s and never questioned Bell being the best until Silva
 
Dazzle84 said:
Yeah, I was raised on the Lee, Bell, Summerbee video that I think was the curriculum for blues in the 90s and never questioned Bell being the best until Silva
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Colin Bell was my favourite player, in that terrific era.

But I have since been priviledged to watch David Silva, Aguero, KDB, and so many other truly talented players.

I consider myself very lucky, especially as dad was a closet rag !
 
kingn6 said:
Rodri and it is not even close. He is the best midfielder to have played in the premier league.

KDb is the best attackimg midielder ti have played.

Haaland will be up there if he stays.

Kompany, Merlin and Yaya are also near the top of any ranking.
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Mate there’s literally no way in any universe you can think Rodders is better than Dave was.
 
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