OB1 said:Didsbury Dave said:Train said:Except, from the point of his return from injury to the end of season game against West Ham last season, he scored 7 goals and made 5 assists with multiple games of 7 key passes or more in the last few weeks. That would suggest to me that he was okay and was quite influential in some of his games.
Unless i'm misunderstanding you, and your point is that he hasn't been playing well since his return from his recent injury in pre-season. If that is your point, then i can kind of understand. However, we are only three games in. And Nasri has played okay in the first, performed well in the second and looked just as bad as our other creative players in the third, so even then, its a stretch for me to come out and say i fully understand your point, because to me, you're being unreasonable, and a bit of a dick.
I'm not bothered about the stats, mate. I'm giving an opinion from watching him. He came back last Februaryish from an injury, after having the first run of proper form since he arrived in the first third of last season. He actually came back quite well and scored a couple of times in the first couple of games but then for the rest of the year his form was inconsistant at best, poor at worst. He's started this season the same.
There have only been three months in his entire City career when he's played at the top of his form, so he can do it, and does it in little fits and starts. But not often enough again, just like his first two years. If he doesn't get back to consstency again soon he may have to be dropped. In my opinion of course.
He's no further down on form at the moment than Silva and he has made more key passes than Silva this season.
Seriously, what exactly did Silva do that was better than Nasri against Stoke? Give the ball away 40 times? I love them both, but it's outrageous to see people just blame Nasri, who was actually involved in 3 of our best chances to score! And of course you're not bothered by stats Dave.. why let little things like facts get in the way of a perfectly good slagging off. And besides the stats showing his worth, Nasri runs more than any other player on the pitch on a consistent basis, and Jovetic wouldn't have scored either of his goals against Liverpool if it wasn't for Samir's excellent build-up play.
I'm not here to have a big argument, but just wanna say if you can't understand what Nasri does for the team, then you really just don't understand how our team functions in the first place. That doesn't mean he's automatically in the team and always plays fantastic.. no one does! But for f*cks sake don't even try to tell me he wasn't excellent last season. He was a huge part of our title win and is always desperate to get more silverware. He's right up there with my most appreciated players!