Thiago Silva

[Vesper 30,101]

2 hours ago, James said:

 

she puts over half of the team to shame 

and her English is a lot better than it was less than a year ago

without Thiago

I am pretty certain we would have been relegated (or damn close)

[Vesper 30,101]

Honours

31 Topflight Trophies, including CL, UEFA Super Cup, and World Club Cup

Fluminense

Copa do Brasil: 2007

Milan

Serie A: 2010–11
Supercoppa Italiana: 2011

Paris Saint-Germain

Ligue 1: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
Coupe de la Ligue: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
Trophée des Champions: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
Coupe de France: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2019–20

Chelsea

UEFA Champions League: 2020–21
UEFA Super Cup: 2021
FIFA Club World Cup: 2021
FA Cup runner-up: 2020–21, 2021–22
EFL Cup runner-up: 2021–22

Brazil

Copa América: 2019
FIFA Confederations Cup: 2013

[DH1988 1,348]

2 hours ago, James said:

 

Said it before, rolls royce of a player, we’re incredibly lucky to have him, and by extension his family. If the players cared like her then we’d be challenging for honours, love to see it.

[Vesper 30,101]

15 hours ago, DH1988 said:

Said it before, rolls royce of a player, we’re incredibly lucky to have him, and by extension his family. If the players cared like her then we’d be challenging for honours, love to see it.

I  would love to see him as our defensive coach

[Fulham Broadway 17,306]

Thiago Silva's wife insists the defender is STAYING at Chelsea as she says their family are 'very happy here'... after the Brazilian had appeared to post a farewell message by claiming he 'will be a blue for the rest of my life'

Good news

[Clockwork 1,794]

4 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Thiago Silva's wife insists the defender is STAYING at Chelsea as she says their family are 'very happy here'... after the Brazilian had appeared to post a farewell message by claiming he 'will be a blue for the rest of my life'

Good news

Is Silva at this stage of his career better than Levi Coilwill? if no, we should let him go back to Brazil.

We need to be ruthless when assessing the squad for next season.

[DDA 9,925]

17 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

Is Silva at this stage of his career better than Levi Coilwill? if no, we should let him go back to Brazil.

We need to be ruthless when assessing the squad for next season.

Ite good to have him around the dressing room as a minimum to be honest.

We need strong characters now more than ever as there is quite clearly a shortage.... it would be idiotic to let one of the senior players who still has game time left in him to go during the current situation we are in.

[Superblue 6,372]

1 hour ago, Clockwork said:

Is Silva at this stage of his career better than Levi Coilwill? if no, we should let him go back to Brazil.

We need to be ruthless when assessing the squad for next season.

Whilst it seems to be a focus on long term planning at the club, which I don't have a problem with, we still need to retain some experience within the squad. Jorginho and Rudiger have both left in the last 12 months, and question marks over the futures of players like Kova, Koulibaly and Azpi, we can't just let all of the experience out of the door in one go. It is probably now the time for players like Chilwell, James, Mount if he stays to become 'leaders' within the group but we shouldn't be ridding ourselves of all the top tier experience we still currently have at the club.

It's not the sole reason, but it isn't a coincidence that we saw drop off's in Jose's third season when Cech and Drogba both left, and Conte's second season after the likes of Terry, Ivanovic and Mikel had left despite none of these players playing big roles on the pitch the title winning season before. They still play an important role within the squad to guide and mentor younger players, as well as drive and ensure high standards of professionalism and application in training.

If we were to go into next season for example with 4 centre backs being Silva, Fofana, Badiashile and Colwill - that's three young centre backs at the start of their careers and one with 3 or 4x the amount of games and experience under his belt than the other three combined. His role potentially next season may find himself playing less games (although that's up to the rest to get above his level), but that in no way should detract from how important he could be to that group of young players and their development next season.

[Fulham Broadway 17,306]

18 hours ago, Clockwork said:

Is Silva at this stage of his career better than Levi Coilwill? if no, we should let him go back to Brazil.

We need to be ruthless when assessing the squad for next season.

If his hearts here, according to his wife he should stay in some capacity, bloke is invaluable

[OneMoSalah 8,885]

On 14/05/2023 at 22:26, Clockwork said:

Is Silva at this stage of his career better than Levi Coilwill? if no, we should let him go back to Brazil.

We need to be ruthless when assessing the squad for next season.

Probably yes. In fact as impressive as Levi has been Silva is still lightyears ahead of him as he is still one of the best CBs in the PL and Europe so whilst I get being ruthless - there is being ruthless and getting rid of the poor players but there is also being so blinded by the long term that we forget the short term.

This rebuild has to happen but it will still take 12-18 months to properly make some traction because of the size of the squad and the job. For another season someone like Thiago could be invaluable, on and off the pitch. 

Would much rather see us get rid of Koulibaly and Chalobah before Silva. In fact would much rather we got rid of any of the other CBs before Silva because right now he is still the best one we’ve got comfortably.

Edited May 16, 2023 by OneMoSalah

[chelsea_4_eva 1,182]

He reads the game so well. Not only is he technically good, his football brain is second to none. It always amazes me the speed his mind takes to make a decision based on play. Almost always there at the right time. What a player.

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

My highlight was when he was isolated 1 on 1 with a fresh Darwin Nunez, a guy 15years younger, he just waited for the right moment and not only slide tackled the ball off him but also made it ricochet off Nunez legs to win back posession. What a boss.

[MoroccanBlue 5,377]

He knew Nunez was a donkey. 

[NikkiCFC 8,290]

What's crazy is that 3 years ago when we got him PSG didn't want to extend his contract, no top team after him, he was close to Fiorentina and we got him for possibly one year stop gap. Now his 4th season here and not slowing down at all. 

[Vytis33 1,262]

He’s approaching the end of his big club career and that’s part of it   But there’s nobody left who feels losses like this.  Reece maybe?