Haha that would be hilarious
Silva to City
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Well they bought Simao for 20 million euros and 2 years later he left for free for Besiktas, probably the worst transfer of the past few years. So if there's one club who will pay the same stupid prices as City, it just might be them and maybe City would get their money back on him.
Like City would ever be stupid enough to sell him.
What does everyone make of his first season at City then? Still the player everyone wanted United to sign?
I've been impressed with him. He's a classy player - good on the ball and keeps possession well. Probably the best player City have got.
He's been brilliant I think, which is a shame since he would been perfect for us I reckon.
Class player. Solid first season. I would expect to him to be even more dangerous next season now that he has gotten used to the team and PL.
Wanted him at United when he was available. He has proven his worth in the PL. Shame its at City.
Think he is a fantastic player think he could have played the central role for us.
Got to admit him and Toure have been super buys by City, even for the high fees. Could've done a quality job for us as well.
I wasn't sure how he would adapt to the premier. Just judging on the World Cup I wasn't that sure he was that good and felt Sanchez was the better player. However, Silva has looked very good for City, one of their better buys.
Still don't see what he actually does. His productivity is shockingly low for someone who plays in his position. Yes he looks good, looks very classy in fact but in my opinion still doesn't actually achieve much.
Would rather have Young, Valencia and Nani any day.
Would rather have Young, Valencia and Nani any day.
He can keep the ball, and well, despite being under pressure.
If you can't see the use of that...
He's got a high amount of assists in a team as negative as city... i rate him but ive got a soft spot for technical passers who play advanced forward roles
This, to an extent, he looks very classy on the ball very spanish basically plays a lot of very intelligent stuff and is technically very gifted but his productivity levels really arent of a great standard when compared to many players who play his role and for someone whos given the amount of freedom he is i dont think its unfair to expect a lot more end product from him, hes basically in the team to be a match winner, how many matches has he actually won for City through his own individual brilliance?
No doubting hes very talented but he appears a bit of a luxury player from what ive seen, he dosnt score or more importantly create enough to suggest hes that good despite looking very nice on the ball, compare him to Rooney who played the back end of the season in the similiar role off the front for us, look at Rooneys stats, he created and scored a bucket load and in big matches to, Rooneys last 5 months of the season stats are far superior to Silvas entire season stats which tells a stroy.
Don't know the final stats but I remember when they had both played 27 games Fletcher had more goals and assists than Silva, when supposedly playing poorly and being given nowhere near the attacking license that Silva is granted at City.
What does this suggest, what point are you making? Does it mean that Fletcher was better than Silva?
You want more from a focal attacker. The way City often played with Milner on the right and Toure being advanced centrally the attacking burden and therefore licence was given to Silva and Tevez mainly. You could easily see who was more important when missing, as I say, doesn't do enough in attack or defence for me to consider him a top player.
I would have Fletcher over Silva everyday, think he's a better player, but that's slightly off the point. I was just showing comparatively how poor his production was, and its been the same way throughout his career.
That made me chuckle!
He's class.
Silva has been consistently excellent for City, and it is a pleasure to watch him play.
Many people's view of Yaya Touré have been skewed because of goals he scored near the end of the season. In the first half of the season, he was very inconsistent and his fitness levels were embarrassing. He started to settle in more in the second half of the season, but Silva and Tévez were still far more impressive.
Fletcher and Silva are not in any way similar, so it is nonsensical to compare them. But Silva is an infinitely more talented footballer than Fletcher, and please do not try to claim otherwise.
Fletcher better than Silva? I think I've heard it all now.
If I could nab one player off City it'd be Yaya Toure and it's not even close.
Silva's brilliant but not what we need. A better footballer than Fletcher but I wouldn't swap them in the current circumstances.
Silva's brilliant but not what we need. A better footballer than Fletcher but I wouldn't swap them in the current circumstances.
I know, right?
It should be nonsensical to compare them, Silva's stats should be far in a way better than Fletcher's due to the role he plays, and the fact that they're not suggests that Silva isn't all he's cracked up to be. If you want compare him to Nani, Fabregas, Rooney, even Young and Malouda he comes out much worse on pure productivity.
What does being a more talented footballer mean? If you're saying Silva is better on the ball then yes there is no doubt that he's a better player. But often 50% of a football match is played without the ball and in terms of the amount of ground he can cover, his tactical awareness and his physicality Fletcher is hugely better than Silva. I think that this makes Fletcher the better player, even if not as pleasing on the eye.