Ted Hughes wrote:How do you determine what a 'chance' is ?
It's ok for fun but imo Navas creates 3 o r 4 almost every game & if we had Solskjaer playing alongside Aguero rather then Dzeko, we would be about 10 points better off. That doesn't figure in any stats.
The real stat is that DiMaria has twice as many assists as Silva. Aguero & Navas top our list.
You watch the games, are we forever missing chances created by Silva or is it actually him who misses more created by everyone else ?
It's not just about assists.
It's about dictating the attack and creating the chances to attack. A lot of the time it's from a deep position because he is forced to drop back.
He has gotten lost since toure came back and decided not to try to occupy space or draw defenders onto him. Somthing he used to do to allow silva more space.
But before toure came back he was his usual brilliant self.
I've never seen a city player that has the ability to seem to make the game slow down as much as silva.
He has never depended on pace, power or poaching in the box. That's the reason he'll be able to continue being the best for a good few more years.
As long as he has power and pace beside him. He used to and we won leagues because of it.
We need to spend to ensure he has this to play with. We don't need to replace him.
We need to replace toure. And then we need more power and pace.