It's not even a discussion never mind a point. By whatever metric you want to use Toure has been head and shoulders a more important, more impactful, more everything player than Silva. That's not even a slight on David in any way shape or form. He's also supremely talented footballer, just not at Toure's level. In the upcoming years it'll be the same with KDB. He'll eclipse Silva too. Because what both KDB and Toure have to go with the passing ability is the capacity to score goals out of nothing. They're pure match winners and David isn't. Again that's not slight on him.
And no so far you haven't given me an earful although I suspect that's about to change!
I'm not into making too many predictions so I am going to wait and see with KDB but if he responds to Pep...;as is often the case, I agree with you.
What I am finding amusing is the idea put forward by Yaya's "detractors" that he is somehow more inconsistent than some of his team mates or doesn't contribute in certain ways. I cannot be bothered, although I am tempted, to go back through season by season stats but I am pretty sure they will show that Yaya has touched the ball more than any other player in the team since his arrival and that his pass completion stands up to anyone. It has also been shown that barring a few exceptions, like the Yorkshire Judas, Yaya covers as much ground as others. You will also find that he regulalry recovers more ball than anyone in the team. His main job is to be the hub of the team and collect the ball and distribute it, to keep play ticking over.
One stat I love and keep repeating, because I keep hearing about Yaya's lack of contribution last season, is that of extended assists, which measures the 5 players who touched the ball before the goal scorer: Yaya was second in the league on that measure last season. Eden Hazard was first, Silva, Aguero, Nasri and Judas were 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th. I suspect that measure for other seasons would see Yaya near or even at the top of the list. There was one spell last season, around time of home Derby, when I recall commenting that almost every goal we were scoring saw Yaya crucially involved even if he did not make the final pass.
So whilst he can be a tempremental so and so, and has certainly had a few notable stinkers, I think he has been far more consistent than some would like to credit.
