Adrien silva

[chapero82]

2 minutes ago, Max Wall said:

Best for all parties involved. What a shame and what a mess that was. Good luck to him, wherever he goes.

It’s crazy if it’s only a cheap loan back though! 

[Max Wall]

4 minutes ago, chapero82 said:

It’s crazy if it’s only a cheap loan back though! 

I'm guessing the gist of the article is he's returning to Sporting on loan then? Not sure what else we could do.  He hasn't really had any football since he joined us.

On a point of principle, I'd rather he didn't go back to them but, if he can't force his way into our team with the lack of creativity we have, he's completely surplus to requirements. Rather we sold him but I'm guessing there's no buyers.

Just an absolute disaster from start to finish really.

[chapero82]

1 minute ago, Max Wall said:

I'm guessing the gist of the article is he's returning to Sporting on loan then? Not sure what else we could do.  He hasn't really had any football since he joined us.

On a point of principle, I'd rather he didn't go back to them but, if he can't force his way into our team with the lack of creativity we have, he's completely surplus to requirements. Rather we sold him but I'm guessing there's no buyers.

Just an absolute disaster from start to finish really.

I’m hoping we can sell him somewhere as we’ve been ripped off by sporting enough  

[Max Wall]

1 minute ago, chapero82 said:

I’m hoping we can sell him somewhere as we’ve been ripped off by sporting enough  

I'd never deal with them again. Not their fault though really, from the fee, to the infamous 14 second paperwork problem to his seeming unsuitability for the Premier league, we have no one to blame but ourselves unfortunately.

 

[Suzie the Fox]

5 minutes ago, Max Wall said:

I'd never deal with them again. Not their fault though really, from the fee, to the infamous 14 second paperwork problem to his seeming unsuitability for the Premier league, we have no one to blame but ourselves unfortunately.

 

But didn’t they agree on a figure and then change it later on and thus it took longer for the paperwork?  

 

Lol I’m not sure about that I could quite easily have dreamed it up ?

[Max Wall]

1 minute ago, Suzie the Fox said:

But didn’t they agree on a figure and then change it later on and thus it took longer for the paperwork?  

 

Lol I’m not sure about that I could quite easily have dreamed it up ?

I think they messed us about, no doubt. We let it get to the position where they could do that though. That was our problem in my opinion Suzie.

Either way, it's been another utter shambles though.

 

[Tuna]

We'll forget all about him until he appears on one of those "100 worst Premier League Flops" lists.

[tylesta]

5 hours ago, Tuna said:

We'll forget all about him until he appears on one of those "100 worst Premier League Flops" lists.

Think we will hog that list

[Chocolate Teapot]

He's been messed around by Puel and his confidence never recovered.

 

Taking him off at half time against man city last year was a joke. Theres a good player there somewhere but he was never going to recover from that and the mess that was the transfer window.

 

Its a shame as hes probably the only midfielder we have that isnt a sitting midfielder.

[volpeazzurro]

10 minutes ago, Abrasive fox said:

He's been messed around by Puel and his confidence never recovered.

 

Taking him off at half time against man city last year was a joke. Theres a good player there somewhere but he was never going to recover from that and the mess that was the transfer window.

 

Its a shame as hes probably the only midfielder we have that isnt a sitting midfielder.

He's had ample opportunity and is inept in the Premiership as are Iborra and Slimani, they can't adapt. Every time he's made an appearance he's been a disappointment. Compare him to Mendy who after all the injuries, made one appearance and has been ever present like Ndidi and Maddison. Even when he played in the Portuguese team in the summer he was poor. If he goes back to Sporting he'll probably do ok again in a bigger team in a very poor league.

[Col city fan]

Slim and Silva....

Sporting must look upon us as a charity..

[weller54]

16 minutes ago, volpeazzurro said:

He's had ample opportunity and is inept in the Premiership as are Iborra and Slimani, they can't adapt. Every time he's made an appearance he's been a disappointment. Compare him to Mendy who after all the injuries, made one appearance and has been ever present like Ndidi and Maddison. Even when he played in the Portuguese team in the summer he was poor. If he goes back to Sporting he'll probably do ok again in a bigger team in a very poor league.

.....like Benkovic is doing you mean? 

[Nick]

He’s the only option in the team that didn’t come under the DM bracket... if he’s going he needs to be replaced desperately or we’ll be playing 2/3 DM’s and associated sideways football for the rest of the season, sadly.

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

I always wanted an exotic player with Silva in his name. Shame, but he’s not really had a good run in the side has he... it can take very good players time to acclimatise to the PL

[m4DD0gg]

7 hours ago, Tuna said:

We'll forget all about him until he appears on one of those "100 worst Premier League Flops" lists.

We could have our own show! 

 

Musa 

Slimani

Nacho

Silva

That Spanish defender can't even remember his name. 

 

Got the basis of a first 11 right there

[harpendenfox]

1 hour ago, Abrasive fox said:

He's been messed around by Puel and his confidence never recovered.

 

Taking him off at half time against man city last year was a joke. Theres a good player there somewhere but he was never going to recover from that and the mess that was the transfer window.

 

Its a shame as hes probably the only midfielder we have that isnt a sitting midfielder.

Ghezzal was awful in the first half against West Ham and was subbed. Next home game against Burnley he was excellent.

 

from what I have seen Adrien is not strong enough, brave enough or quick enough. He is handsome though and probably a very nice chap.

[Ric Flair]

1 hour ago, volpeazzurro said:

He's had ample opportunity and is inept in the Premiership as are Iborra and Slimani, they can't adapt. Every time he's made an appearance he's been a disappointment. Compare him to Mendy who after all the injuries, made one appearance and has been ever present like Ndidi and Maddison. Even when he played in the Portuguese team in the summer he was poor. If he goes back to Sporting he'll probably do ok again in a bigger team in a very poor league.

If you think it's as simple as that then you're very naive. Having a manager who has the upmost respect and faith in you goes a hell of a long way in to performing to your maximum, see Mendy as an example there.

 

Slimani did more than ok with us, his goals and assists to games ratio pisses all over Okazaki, Iheanacho and up there with Ulloa. He seems to be a prickly character though who has to be the main man at a club and he'll never get that here. He was nowhere near as bad as some of our fans claimed, theres a lot of hypocrisy.

 

Silva has just never settled here, cant have been easy after 4.5 months of not being able to play and our club seeming to sit on the fence on whether we actually wanted him or if we could bin him back to Sporting. Shakespeare then went and I thought he'd be the sort of player Puel would like but he's been very disappointing. Sometimes players just dont do well at a particular club and that's nothing to do with their talent. Shame as theres a player in there and our central midfield is a disgrace at the minute.

[AKCJ]

Throwback to his debut where he came on for about a minute and we all thought we'd bought a world beater.

[Babylon]

12 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Throwback to his debut where he came on for about a minute and we all thought we'd bought a world beater.

His best performance, which says it all.

[chapero82]

9 hours ago, Max Wall said:

I'd never deal with them again. Not their fault though really, from the fee, to the infamous 14 second paperwork problem to his seeming unsuitability for the Premier league, we have no one to blame but ourselves unfortunately.

 

So true the way we dealt with it is a farce 

[1969]

For me he has always looked incredibly lightweight and off the pace. I've also never seen any particular creativity to his play. 

[Cameron Davidson]

29 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Throwback to his debut where he came on for about a minute and we all thought we'd bought a world beater.

I thought that was the high water mark. I was sat with a hangover and watched that game, he had an excellent 10 minutes. Looked like he ran the show... was everywhere, won tackles, great passing, intercepted people, dummied.....  "Imagine what a full 90 mins would bring?!" I excitedly thought. 

 

I was also at Selhurst Park for Palace. That was slightly different.

[murphy]

1 hour ago, m4DD0gg said:

We could have our own show! 

 

Musa 

Slimani

Nacho

Silva

That Spanish defender can't even remember his name. 

 

Got the basis of a first 11 right there

 There you go.   Roughly £135m there:

 

 

                                                              Jakupovic

 

                  Soyuncu                            Bennalouane                              Hernandez

 

 

Ghezzal                   Inler                       Iborra                       Silva                           Musa

 

 

                                      Slimani                                      Iheanacho

 

 

[rachhere]

21 minutes ago, murphy said:

 There you go.   Roughly £135m there:

 

 

                                                              Jakupovic

 

                  Soyuncu                            Bennalouane                              Hernandez

 

 

Ghezzal                   Inler                       Iborra                       Silva                           Musa

 

 

                                      Slimani                                      Iheanacho

 

 

A bit harsh on some! We managed to sell on Musa for a good fee and surely those memories against Barcelona were priceless(!), Soyuncu I am confident will be an excellent signing for us long term, and Ghezzal if played in the right position will be a decent squad member for the price. Oh and personally speaking (and I know there are one or two others on here who will agree), Iborra was worth every penny just to look at  - been good for us at set pieces too. 

[Xen]

45 minutes ago, murphy said:

 There you go.   Roughly £135m there:

 

 

                                                              Jakupovic

 

                  Soyuncu                            Bennalouane                              Hernandez

 

 

Ghezzal                   Inler                       Iborra                       Silva                           Musa

 

 

                                      Slimani                                      Iheanacho

 

 

Soyuncu and Ghezzal have been here less than half a season, have a combined start count that doesn't even reach double figures, and they've both looked at least halfway decent when they've been on the pitch. Very harsh to include them, imo.