What about that goal scorer bloke from a few years ago, he should have a statue or something too.
David Silva statue will be built at Etihad stadium
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Not a legend yet. When they are done putting statues of all their legends, it may look like a mini- Saint Peter's square
Giggs and Scholes should probably have one at OT but don’t, because between the holy trinity, Sir Matt and Sir Alex it’s kind of been done. Maybe if we didn’t have any legends already we’d be in a rush to appoint some.
I'm still struggling with why everyone seems to rate him so highly. When did he gain this reputation, can someone point me to a spell where he was the best player around?
He has been PL player of the month once.
He has been City's player of the year, their internal award, once. Richard Dunne has won that four times. Where's his statue?
He has been PL player of the month once.
He has been City's player of the year, their internal award, once. Richard Dunne has won that four times. Where's his statue?
In fairness, Richard Dunne was up against Nedum Onuoha, not Sergio Aguero. He’s a top player, he’s always been in or around the top 5 in the league. To do that for a decade is a great achievement.
No. It should have been Shaun Goater. If it wasn't for his goals they'd still be in league 1 with no arab money or a free council house.
I'm saying that if the best candidate they can think of is someone who was pretty good for ten years and then left without doing anything seriously memorable, they shouldn't be erecting statues yet. Don't make statues just for the sake of having statues, that's a pathetic wannabe move. That's a "we wanna be a big club too!" thing and it's embarrassing for them. Make statues once there are players deserving of them. Celebrating a player with a statue is supposed to mean something more than "I reckon he's been one of our best players since we got bought."
David Silva is the kind of player that noone except older City fans will think about ten years from now, same category as people like Dzeko or Giroud, one of those players who were good but just never really did anything except loiter somewhere amongst the best ten or twenty players in the league. And while ten years is quite a while to stay at one club in this day and age, it's hardly outstanding. Really, the more I think about it, erecting a statue of David fecking Silva really just says everything that needs to be said about MCFC and their fabric as a club.
It's like if we put up a statue of Michael Carrick.
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What's his name, the guy who was their top scorer in the 3rd tier? He's a proper City legend.
Paul Scholes has never won POTY for United. Scholes has also only been in the PL TOTY twice in his career, the same as Silva. Awards aren't always a great example of judging a player or the club they are at - Henderson winning that award this year should tell you that.
In any regard, Silva has been that type of player for City though, Scholes-esque in terms of controlling games for them, the tempo, the calmness. You can see it in their game now, especially against Lyon that they missed his calm presence. De Bruyne is bloody excellent but Silva offers that calm presence to the midfield that is difficult to reproduce. 11-12 he had the most assists in the league with 17, he's been fantastic for them and one of the best players of 2010-2020.
Probably their greatest ever PL player. I’m not gonna mock it, he deserves it.
Should be a joint one with Kompany, Toure & Aguero
Should be a joint one with Kompany, Toure & Aguero
One post above yours Colin.
Just seen he's signed for Real Sociedad!!
La Real my Spanish team and this is an incredible replacement for Odegaard really. They've made some brilliant signings in last 12 months when you think Isak is worth about four times what they signed him for and Merino had a very good season aswell.
Will be a big threat in europa league.
La Real my Spanish team and this is an incredible replacement for Odegaard really. They've made some brilliant signings in last 12 months when you think Isak is worth about four times what they signed him for and Merino had a very good season aswell.
Will be a big threat in europa league.
Its not about his talent. A statue is supposed to honor a legend from the past. They are fabricating a history.
That makes more sense to me, but previously, you said stuff like 'Normally you erect statues of players who were not only club legends but also legendary figures of the sport as a whole, like captaining their national team or something.' By that logic, a club that never made it big (Bournemouth, say) would never be able to put up a statue. It seems a little arrogant and elitist to me to think that way. I would suggest that, if the player has been particularly important for the history of a club (for whatever reason), then honouring him/her makes sense - with a statue if that's what they like.
Again, I'm not saying Silva fits that mould. I can't assess the importance of his contribution to the history of City, but I'd think you'd wait until he is retired from football at least. In any case though, I was rather responding to the general point you seemed to make than the specific case of Silva.
Imo, no. I think Silva is pretty overrated. It could be my United bias but I doubt it as I think that Aguero and Kompany were better.
If we made a statue for players who'd done as much for us as Silva did for them, we'd have >50.
I think this would have been their best bet , with the inclusion of Yaya. By having just the one player represented it causes issues about which other players deserve one and when at future times, whereas the quartet would be representative of a certain time period and one worth celebrating. There's a statue of Ivor Allchurch outside the liberty, not because of his importance to the footballing world in general but because of his importance to Swansea. The quartert are very important to the history of City.
The issue here is that if they give Silva a statue, they're going to have to name the stadium after Aguero. Then a couple of years later what are they going to do with De Bruyne? Name the club after him?
Bet they regret not giving Pellegrini a statue for that CL semi final in hindsight.
Bet they regret not giving Pellegrini a statue for that CL semi final in hindsight.
I hope they commission Emanuel Santos for it.
I agree with you on this.
Such a tinput club, yeah he's been good for them, but you dont see us putting up statues for Vidic and Irwin...
To be fair it’s not hard to become a city “legend” considering they have been dog shit before the Arab owners arrived. All of the legends of their club have been in the last 10 years!
If Sancho comes to Utd, we should build a statue of him and plonk it outside the Etihad stadium as a thank you.
They are Champions League winners, treble winners etc. Silva getting a statue smacks of a club fabricating the richness of their history achieved to push commercial interests. If they win the Champions League and De Bruyne wins the Ballon D'Or that same season then yeah he could one day be entitled to a statue.
A more apt example would probably be Owen or Fowler getting a statue at Liverpool as they never won the big one but still had good careers. But to give them a statue would be laughable to Pool fans but Pool fans like Utd fans understand what it would take for a player to deserve a title. Dalglish or Gerrard perhaps but anyone else no chance.
Should only the very best teams in the world be allowed to memorialise a player?
Him celebrating winning the league against QPR is probably fitting of a statue if I’m honest. Surely their biggest moment in club history, right?
Silly question, of course not. All teams should be allowed have statues for ex players, and the minimum criteria for a player from a top 4 team in England getting their own statue should be that they won at least 3 league titles, 1 Champions league, and 1 Ballod D'Or. So Cristiano would be the only one from Utd that would qualify, but he lost his chance to get one by demanding a move to Madrid which effectively ruled out that chance.
I think it's fair to have certain standards before rewarding a player with a statue, but from the criteria you listed it would exclude someone like Henry at Arsenal and I personally feel his statue is justified. I think it has more to about the competition from within the club. United have such a vast history and a pretty incredible roll call of players that it makes sense for them to have such a high bar. Even in very recent memory you have the likes of Giggs, Scholes and Rooney in the last 10 years who have left, who had they played for another club would very likely be in the discussion to be immortalised in some fashion. It's just that at United there's such insane competition and standards. So I think most other clubs can lower the bar to some extent.
They should build it with Kompany & Aguero together as the trio and then behind them build a big gold statue of Sheikh Mansour and money floating around him 
(if that’s even possible)
(if that’s even possible)If that's was the quota well then Best or Law wouldn't have one.
Meh, season ticket holders get a statue for attending every home game in a season. Nobody has quite climbed the mountain yet
Is it the one next to the Micah Richards statue?
This thread reeks of jealous housewives bitching about their new rich housewife neighbour.
I think we're being a bit small time by mocking this really. For all intents and purposes City as a club were reborn when they got taken over. During that time, Silva, Aguero and Kompany have been their three absolute best players. Silva and Aguero in particular have been two of the best players to grace the PL in my opinion. They've been the biggest part of those initial titles that were won pre-Guardiola. I don't see anything wrong in honoring them with a statue. I wouldn't be surprised to see one of Aguero eventually put up. Surprised they didn't do one with Kompany.
Not every club is as lucky as ours to have such a rich history of legends. Nothing wrong with their more recent players being heralded the same way we think of some figures from our past.
Not every club is as lucky as ours to have such a rich history of legends. Nothing wrong with their more recent players being heralded the same way we think of some figures from our past.
The elitism of our fanbase is nauseating at times. It really is.
I bet David Silva himself was embarrassed by this. He has to be, really
I'm in the camp where there's nothing wrong with the statue as a concept, but the timing is a bit odd.
Whoever suggested a statue of Kompany, Aguero and Silva together had the best idea. Unveil that in 10, 15, 20 years, get them all together again for the unveiling - class.
Sure, in comparison to some legends of other, more established elite clubs, it looks like they've set the bar low, but regardless of whether future players eclipse their achievements, those 3 were the ones that led the the team when City established them as a major club. That's why those 3 as a unit should be honoured with a statue.
The problem with giving them out individually is that it does set the bar a bit too low. As an individual, Silva was a class player, but more influential than Kompany and Aguero? I wouldn't say so. There will likely be more players that outshine his individual contributions later down the line too. Do they get statues? It's a bit like Sane getting a tattoo of a meaningless goal in a CL group stage match. They're acting a bit too hasty to memorialise something that in isolation isn't that significant and has already - and will be in future - eclipsed by more significant things.
As a trio, there's no arguing that those 3 were the leading players that helped define the most successful era in City's history. Commemorate that.
Whoever suggested a statue of Kompany, Aguero and Silva together had the best idea. Unveil that in 10, 15, 20 years, get them all together again for the unveiling - class.
Sure, in comparison to some legends of other, more established elite clubs, it looks like they've set the bar low, but regardless of whether future players eclipse their achievements, those 3 were the ones that led the the team when City established them as a major club. That's why those 3 as a unit should be honoured with a statue.
The problem with giving them out individually is that it does set the bar a bit too low. As an individual, Silva was a class player, but more influential than Kompany and Aguero? I wouldn't say so. There will likely be more players that outshine his individual contributions later down the line too. Do they get statues? It's a bit like Sane getting a tattoo of a meaningless goal in a CL group stage match. They're acting a bit too hasty to memorialise something that in isolation isn't that significant and has already - and will be in future - eclipsed by more significant things.
As a trio, there's no arguing that those 3 were the leading players that helped define the most successful era in City's history. Commemorate that.
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Would have been better in a few years, especially as he’s still playing in la liga. No real problem for me with the statue, I’ve seen many city fans say he’s been their greatest ever player.
They obviously don’t have a big history it’s it’s fun to laugh at but these players are ‘legends’ in their eyes. They had feck all before the silva and aguero’s.
They obviously don’t have a big history it’s it’s fun to laugh at but these players are ‘legends’ in their eyes. They had feck all before the silva and aguero’s.
Good idea and sounds like it's happening...
Mike Summerbee and Franny Lee have something, right?