David Silva is threatening to become the Fantasy season’s forgotten man.
The numbers don’t lie. A single assist in the Etihad victory over Blackburn represents his solitary Fantasy return in the last eight Gameweeks. Silva has scored just one goal in his last 18 league appearances, picked up five Fantasy Premier League (FPL) bonus points in his last 13 starts. Talk of a niggling ankle injury is cause for concern – Roberto Mancini’s decision to withdraw him in City’s last two outings have merely compounded the growing fears.
Subsequently, there’s been an inevitable loss of confidence amongst Fantasy managers. Silva’s ownership has slipped with significant net transfer deficits over the last three Gameweeks, eight deficits in the last 13 Gameweeks. His FPL value has dropped from a peak of 10.6, back down to 10.0, as Fantasy managers give up on Silva in their droves.
While such a trend looks fully justified, can we really write Silva off as a spent force?
In this latest article for Members, we analyse our own ICT Index scores and Opta’s performance data to assess what’s being going wrong with Silva and decipher whether an upturn in fortunes could yet be on the cards.
