Match Player Ratings

[zicorice]

I share quite a few of your reservations about him Zico however you are being unfair

Funny old game. He rarely gave the ball away, creating nothing, but when he lost it we broke and scored, that's football.

Sorry Zico, look every player in the squad could probably be upgraded by a replacement, i am not saying Silva is the most phenomonal player ever ... however ... your observation well i got say in the kindest possible way ... extremely inaccurate

took a good free kick, forcing a 'save' hence winning a penalty

did anyone keep a count of who won the most free kicks for us today, even if not among the highest he wins free kicks consistently

he had a fine effort, virtually with his back to the goal, excellent technique, he also had a very good shot on goal close in

he also had quite a strong penalty appeal

virtually everything he does, and it is alot, is usually positive, ie forwards and with good technique, ok sometimes too ambitious

he is also tenacious tackling back and helping out

i think he has goals in him, i really think Sabri should of let him take the penalty as he won it but mainly because it would give him a chance to break the hoodoo, i think with all players .. the first is always the most difficult ... Andy Reid didn't score a goal for us for 3 years!

this isn't to do with making out Silva to be a £50m gem better than Sow, Watson and Lolley put together, it's just i think it's a travesty if his relentless and quality input were not appreciated, which is the case with your comment

the best players in this league are those that give 100% week in week out, the miracle signings could crash and burn for a number of reasons but probably because they just don't care enough to work hard, this is where we have to be careful

We will have to agree to disagree as having seen every game he has played in a Forest shirt live and any TV ones again when I got home. I don't feel my views on both the positives and negatives are "extremely inaccurate" and based on 6 months of watching what he is capable of.

Couple of specific responses though. His effort with his back to goal was a poor first touch, forcing an attempt which should have been a quick turn and shot or lay off to his runners instead.

"...ok sometimes too ambitious "  Quite the opposite, he doesn't try to open up defences enough or score goals. Ben Watson has scored more and I wouldn't be surprised if he has more assists by now, especially outside of set pieces.

He did score a lovely goal in pre season I think, but we need more.

As I said numerous times, I like him and I would pick him at present. He has done a reasonable job in various positions he has played, just not enough when at #10- which he has been on numerous occasions. He is brave, neat and tidy, busy, draws fouls and takes a decent  set piece, but we need more and I am yet to see the evidence that there is much more to come. 

I am not meaning to dig the lad out, albeit it probably seems that way now, but I've said enough and the lad has my full support on match day especially.