Leeroy Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 (edited) One of the all-time great Premier League playmakers has retired: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66328822 At his best he was truly special to watch, never gave the ball away and created so many big chances. I hated City buying their way to success but it was a joy to watch this little fella play. If only Buendia was anywhere near as consistently brilliant, sadly he isn't. Edited July 27, 2023 by Leeroy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Another Spanish "golden generation" retiree. Helluva player. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 (edited) some player and also commendable playing at the highest level for as long as his body could take it. Edited July 27, 2023 by gwi1890 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy Posted July 27, 2023 Author Share Posted July 27, 2023 It was actually Unai who managed him at Valencia for 2 years before selling him to City in 2010, must have been a pleasure coaching such a technically gifted player and I'm sure Silva credits Emery with some of his development. I remember an assist he got in the season they won the league the first time, 2011 I think. They beat Man Utd 6-1 at Old Trafford and he hit a spectacular volley to put Dzeko clean through to score. Probably the best assist I've ever seen to this day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Wasted on me along with toure and aguero I must have watched him 20 to 30 times tops 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 City would not be like they are now without his influence. Truly wonderful footballer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 (edited) His dad Long-John couldn't be interviewed, too upset. Also couldn't find his wooden leg. Edited July 27, 2023 by rjw63 fingers like keenan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 He broke the mould for flair players in England as he wasnt a typical midfielder built on strength and thrived in the physical Premier League Easily City greatest ever player 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 18 minutes ago, Zatman said: He broke the mould for flair players in England as he wasnt a typical midfielder built on strength and thrived in the physical Premier League Easily City greatest ever player Probably Modric broke that mould. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted July 27, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2023 Or Juninho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted July 27, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2023 Silva was an excellent player - very good, but I'm not sure I'd think of him as an all time great. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 A very good player. City dorks with no knowledge of history trying to elevate him to levels he was never at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 What I mean is that if he played for a different team at a different time I'd probably wax lyrical about him, as it was instead he played for man City at a time when I had no interest in watching man City as a neutral, I've seen Silva play vs villa plus some random games dotted about So when you have a David silva appreciation thread and you say where does he sit when ranking PL players I'm not even taking him as the best Spanish attacking midfielder, that would be fabregas Playing for man City in this era of the PL means absolutely zero to me, I don't watch them and when I do I don't enjoy them or get excited by them Silva suffers from it, aguero suffers from it, de Bruyne suffers from it, wouldn't have any of them anywhere near any kind of best PL player list, I have no interest in any of tthem, he's a nothing player because they're a nothing team @Mr_Dogg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 One of the greats for man city but not as good as Colin Bell who played at a time when it was a level playing field. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Roque Santa Cruz pisses over all of em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy Posted July 28, 2023 Author Share Posted July 28, 2023 3 hours ago, villa4europe said: What I mean is that if he played for a different team at a different time I'd probably wax lyrical about him, as it was instead he played for man City at a time when I had no interest in watching man City as a neutral, I've seen Silva play vs villa plus some random games dotted about So when you have a David silva appreciation thread and you say where does he sit when ranking PL players I'm not even taking him as the best Spanish attacking midfielder, that would be fabregas Playing for man City in this era of the PL means absolutely zero to me, I don't watch them and when I do I don't enjoy them or get excited by them Silva suffers from it, aguero suffers from it, de Bruyne suffers from it, wouldn't have any of them anywhere near any kind of best PL player list, I have no interest in any of tthem, he's a nothing player because they're a nothing team @Mr_Dogg So if villa were bought by Abu Dhabi in 2008 and the subsequent success that came with that you'd think of us as a nothing club with nothing players? I thought not. You can still appreciate world class players despite who they play for. And Silva, de Bruyne and Aguero will absolutely go down as some of the best players to have played in this league. Doesn't matter that they were acquired with oil money because if that had been us we wouldn't be batting an eyelid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 If we had similar style takeover to Man City, the difference between us and them is that before hypothetical takeover we would have already won everything in the game there is to win, so could never say we've bought our status or cheated our way to it, we're beheld in a much more reverential light now than they were before takeover, whereas Man City before their takeover had won a couple of titles, and the FA and League twice each, they had only won one major honour since the 1930s, they weren't close to being one of the top teams in the country even historically, even likes of Wolves, West Ham, Blackburn and probably other similar sized clubs had won more than the citizens before 2008 takeover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 The difference would be that I would watch us Like I said before I've barely watched David Silva, especially in games not featuring us Fabregas at wengers arsenal on the other hand I was watching every other week - if you wanted to compare Henry and aguero too - I didn't watch these man City players because **** man City they've killed my interest, these undeniably great footballers mean absolutely nothing to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Good. Now **** off into obscurity… Dirty Man City word removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, PaulC said: One of the greats for man city but not as good as Colin Bell who played at a time when it was a level playing field. Silva does have more chance of having an end named after him though. Edited July 28, 2023 by turnbull Schoolboy error. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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