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Re: Dave & Kev

Postby dick dastardley » Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:45 pm

Weds go with fern, delph, raheem and dave, yaya bench, serg and ian upfront and the usual back four maybe zabba for sagna, joe in goal.
Then bring on yaya midway through 2nd half!!!
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Re: Dave & Kev

Postby mr_nool » Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:56 pm

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:
mr_nool wrote:I don't get why so many people see KDB as Silva's understudy or future replacement. In my view they are not very similar players and I think Kevin was brought in to give us more - and different - options going forward.

Silva is all about possession garnished with the occasional moment of magic. He's patient, though, and more often than not chooses to retain possession instead of going for the killer pass.

De Bruyne on the other hand is a very direct player. He's always looking to play the ball forward and often sacrifices possession by attempting a chance pass forward.

Both certainly have their merits, but I don't see too many similarities, and I think the day Silva stops, we will have a very hard time finding a like-for-like replacement.


i think their biggest similarity is that they're both very capable of playing that killer pass in behind a defence that cuts them open ( which is best utilised from a central position ).I think playing both of them means there's one less runner in our attack to get on the end of them defence splitting passes and this is holding us back.

I hope that makes sense, it does in my head, that's not saying much though.


That's a good point and it makes perfect sense. It does explain why 2+2 doesn't necessarily equal four (they're better individually than the sum of their parts). I think that's somewhat the problem we've had with Nasri and Silva as well.
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Re: Dave & Kev

Postby DoomMerchant » Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:31 pm

Piccsnumberoneblue wrote:He was excellent all the way back at the . . . . Crystal Palace game!
Sure he had an off day yesterday but that doesn't mean you drop him.
I guarantee the line up suggested would have virtually no ball retention.
You put pace up front and Yaya and Silva will find passes during the course of 90 minutes.


The lineup suggested can retain the ball. Don't be silly.

Silva one of the very best but not at his best lately in aggregate. Give him a few matches on the subs bench and see how we dare with a different feel.

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Re: Dave & Kev

Postby Moonchesteri » Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:58 pm

mr_nool wrote:
Foreverinbluedreams wrote:
mr_nool wrote:I don't get why so many people see KDB as Silva's understudy or future replacement. In my view they are not very similar players and I think Kevin was brought in to give us more - and different - options going forward.

Silva is all about possession garnished with the occasional moment of magic. He's patient, though, and more often than not chooses to retain possession instead of going for the killer pass.

De Bruyne on the other hand is a very direct player. He's always looking to play the ball forward and often sacrifices possession by attempting a chance pass forward.

Both certainly have their merits, but I don't see too many similarities, and I think the day Silva stops, we will have a very hard time finding a like-for-like replacement.


i think their biggest similarity is that they're both very capable of playing that killer pass in behind a defence that cuts them open ( which is best utilised from a central position ).I think playing both of them means there's one less runner in our attack to get on the end of them defence splitting passes and this is holding us back.

I hope that makes sense, it does in my head, that's not saying much though.


That's a good point and it makes perfect sense. It does explain why 2+2 doesn't necessarily equal four (they're better individually than the sum of their parts). I think that's somewhat the problem we've had with Nasri and Silva as well.


Good analysis gentlemen. I fully agree with nooly that KDB and Silva are NOT similar players, in fact quite different apart from the fact they're looking for that killer pass
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Re: Dave & Kev

Postby Piccsnumberoneblue » Sun Jan 24, 2016 6:10 pm

LookMumImOnMCF.net wrote:Think KDB's been pretty good, really. Not at his best yesterday though.

Silva's been poor since he come back.


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Re: Dave & Kev

Postby LookMumImOnMCF.net » Sun Jan 24, 2016 6:12 pm

OK, thanks for letting me know.
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Re: Dave & Kev

Postby Piccsnumberoneblue » Sun Jan 24, 2016 6:32 pm

dick dastardley wrote:Weds go with fern, delph, raheem and dave, yaya bench, serg and ian upfront and the usual back four maybe zabba for sagna, joe in goal.
Then bring on yaya midway through 2nd half!!!


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Re: Dave & Kev

Postby Piccsnumberoneblue » Sun Jan 24, 2016 6:33 pm

LookMumImOnMCF.net wrote:OK, thanks for letting me know.


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