Just a quick 20 PL players objectively better than Silva, heavy United bias but I'm doing this fast:
I agree with the timing and I suppose that the others will have one too. And I don't think that they should have one but it's also important to remember that they are not a massive club and even their fans will admit that, someone like David Silva is huge for them.
I think you could argue Silva as a bigger influence on the Premier League than: Beckham, Schmeichel, Vieira, Bergkamp, RVP, Pires, De Bruyne, Suarez, Stam, Vidic, Cole, RVN.
And the only ones amongst those 20 who have a statue are Henry and Bergkamp, which is also a bit of a weird one, but they were at least instrumental to Arsenal's historically monumental immortal season and, in my opinion, solidly better players than David Silva. Much bigger figures in football all in all whereas David Silva is just not memorable for anything. I can't think of any influence he had beyond being a good player for City. He didn't carry them to a CL trophy or really do anything so significant that a statue is warranted. It's like if Tottenham got a statue of Harry Kane. Hell, I'd say that a Leicester statue of Vardy is more deserved. David Silva is just one of countless quite good players who spent a decade at an English club. There have been dozens upon dozens of those, and he wasn't even the best player on that team at the time!
Silva definitely hasn't had a bigger impact on the premier league than Beckham or Vieira. One laid out the blueprint for the modern day superstar footballer and the other defined a position
Fair enough, I was just trying to distinguish between the "legends" who are clearly out on their own and those who Silva can hold his own against in the conversation.
What’s sterling done for city that Silva hasn’t. Apart from be English.
This.
It would be odd if he didn't, ask any neutral and they'll say he's a bigger and more important player. And then Kompany will get one too. It would make more sense if they announced this after the next generation of stars left or retired, but they have to make themselves a laughing stock as usual.
Which post?
Like I said, if someone wrote about the Glazers as ‘the Jews’ I have no doubts it would rightly get called out.
It’s a ludicrously low bar given that they’ll have to do one for Aguero as well soon enough. What about De Bruyne when he packs it in? Heaven knows what they’ll do if they actually win the CL
What about Toure? Will De Bruyne get one too?
St Pep will need one as well!
rumour has it, there's a statue of a gigantic cake going up outside the Emptihad
One of Francis Lee diving would be brilliant
Is it that low, though?It’s a ludicrously low bar given that they’ll have to do one for Aguero as well soon enough. What about De Bruyne when he packs it in? Heaven knows what they’ll do if they actually win the CL
The equivalents of Silva, Kompany and Aguero at United would rightly get nowhere near a statue outside OT. But, as you allude to, City has no history.
So essentially you're saying a club that's never been big can't have statues? (Apart from whether or not Silva in particular deserves one for City.)
Yeh. He's like their Cantona. A few old guards who mark the start of their Club raising to global scale.
