Adrien Silva

[Guest Col city fan]

16 hours ago, Bablemikey said:

The problem is that few of the players that have come in over the last 2/3 seasons have managed to establish themselves.

No manager would refuse to field a player that would improve his chances of winning game, unless there's been some misconduct etc.

I don't know how this compares with other clubs, but 1 from 7 in the last two seasons doesn't look good to me.

 

Kelechi Iheanacho  - jury still out      

Adrien Silva  - jury still out    

Vicente Iborra  - jury still out

Harry Maguire - Very successful 

Aleksandar Dragovic - jury still out

Eldin Jakupovic - failed           

Fousseni Diabaté  - jury still out

 

Islam Slimani - failed 

Ahmed Musa - failed 

Wilfred Ndidi - Very successful 

Nampalys Mendy - failed       

Bartosz Kapustka - failed  

Ron-Robert Zieler - failed

Luis Hernández - failed

 

Shinji Okazaki - Very successful 

N'Golo Kanté - Very successful  

Gökhan Inler - failed

Yohan Benalouane - failed

Daniel Amartey - jury still out

Demarai Gray - jury still out

Robert Huth - Very successful 

Win the league, get ourselves into the strongest position the club has ever been in.......and then this...

Somebody needs sacking.

[Babylon]

11 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

Win the league, get ourselves into the strongest position the club has ever been in.......and then this...

Somebody needs sacking.

You look around most middle level clubs and they've all wasted huge amounts on players who aren't great. Premier league curse, bang average players now go for £15m, £20, £30m. Good ones you either need to take risks and get in early, then take years to develop them. Or you pay £40m, £50m, £60m for proven top quality, that none of us can afford. 

 

 

[Suzie the Fox]

On 01/03/2018 at 08:30, Babylon said:

You look around most middle level clubs and they've all wasted huge amounts on players who aren't great. Premier league curse, bang average players now go for £15m, £20, £30m. Good ones you either need to take risks and get in early, then take years to develop them. Or you pay £40m, £50m, £60m for proven top quality, that none of us can afford. 

 

 

Just look at Everton.  

 

And even if you buy a decent £40m premier league player, it still isnt hard evidence he will slot right into your club. 

[The Wizard]

Play Silva as a number 10...he scores goals...has a good record...

[weller54]

1 minute ago, The Wizard said:

Play Silva as a number 10...he scores goals...has a good record...

That's far too sensible!! 

Let's play James and leave him on the bench instead! 

[Guest Kopfkino]

Yeah okay, that's why he wasn't getting in the team

[dmayne7]

He's not an attacking midfielder let alone a number 10. He's a million times better than Matty James though

[davieG]

Thought that was another poor performance from him,

[Arriba Los Zorros]

Not good but lacking match practice. You can see glimpses of his quality. I think Ndidi - Iborra - Silva should be starting from now on

[ChownLC]

Quality one minute, woeful the next. Hopefully improve with some game time.

[Charl91]

Too lightweight. Gets knocked off the ball easily.

[AlloverthefloorYesNdidi]

He looks very good, then seems to tail off. I would still be starting him at the next game.

[m4DD0gg]

Iv seen more muscle on a chip. Too light weight and slow for the prem. 

 

Still a million times better than King and lard ass. 

[Claridge]

2 minutes ago, m4DD0gg said:

Iv seen more muscle on a chip. Too light weight and slow for the prem. 

 

Still a million times better than King and lard ass. 

and a million miles away from being the player we thought he would be. Plays like a 10 year old who has seen some tricks on x-box and wants to do them in a match. Fine at  under  11s, but not in the prem

[EnglishOxide]

What is it with top class players looking average when they pull on our shirt?

[Stan]

48 minutes ago, davieG said:

Thought that was another poor performance from him,

He gave away the ball countless times, but still it's James who gets all the criticism.

[red5]

He's not a number 10, but then again he's not a number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, he's just crap, bring back kingy who by the way scored today.

[weller54]

9 minutes ago, EnglishOxide said:

What is it with top class players looking average when they pull on our shirt?

 

[YesNdidi]

2 minutes ago, Stan said:

He gave away the ball countless times, but still it's James who gets all the criticism.

At least Silva tries to make some decent plays and get the ball forward instead of constant back-passing and going anonymous for most of the game.

[Ian Nacho]

From what I've seen, maybe needs to adjust to English football, very lightweight at the moment. 

[Brooksy]

Ill judge him when we've got a decent manager

[NorthfieldsFox]

He wasn’t that bad 

[red5]

13 minutes ago, NorthfieldsFox said:

He wasn’t that bad 

Yes he was.

[Beechey]

6 minutes ago, red5 said:

Yes he was.

In which way in particular? His pass completion was bang average in that game, at ~70%, lost possession fewer times than Mahrez, but more than James and Ndidi, but was also playing at a more advanced position so is closed down faster. Had more touches than James, and actually ended up trying to interplay with Mahrez more than anything else since he was getting nothing from anyone else. His heatmap shows he spent a relatively long time on the right side.

Edited 3 March 2018 by Beechey

[weller54]

He's not going to be the messiah... And I should know!.. I've followed a few.