What a player this guy is...

With 5 more months to go this season, I'd say he's a contender for Player of the Year. Along with at least 5 other players of course 

He's f*ckin awesome! 

11 hours ago, Slojo said:

What a player this guy is...

That first time past right into Mounts path at about 1.22 - just absolute sheer class. WHAT a player.

5 minutes ago, Nibs said:

That first time past right into Mounts path at about 1.22 - just absolute sheer class. WHAT a player.

I love the simple one at 0:40, that little dink to Kante, just the way it's played is super slick. Did he even give the ball away once? Can't believe the likes of Pep weren't chasing him when he was crying out for ball playing defenders who could actually defend. 

An absolute gem of a player, even at 36. Privilege to see him play for the Chels. Makes the right challenges, creates calm at the back, incisive passes forward- still world class.

Thought he’d a great game tonight.

And a goal too😀

Rolls Royce of a centre back. Glorious player to watch.

Honestly it would never have occurred to me to try to go for Thiago Silva on a free. A truly brilliant piece of recruitment - exactly what we needed at centre back (and a perfect partner for Zouma).

We should have a plan for replacing him in the event of injury or the worst happening. At the moment Rüdiger is serving well as Silva's backup (and surprisingly so given the situation as it as at the beginning of the season), however Tomori seems like the obvious alternative to Zouma.

Good god, please don’t talk about replacing Silva. That feels like a mammoth task, there really isn’t many defenders out there like Silva. We are very lucky to have him, oh Thiago Silvaaa!

Just class.  Sure he'll stay for two years - seems to be happy.  He's one of those that I can see back at Chelsea in the future in some capacity.

The first 30 minutes of the second half last night was an absolute master class in defending.

The first 10 yards are in this guy's head. Unbelievable.

Really doesn't look like he's getting any worse to me. I just hope he packs in international football like Terry did, that greatly helped Terry's performances here once he hit his 30's. 

1 hour ago, Slojo said:

Really doesn't look like he's getting any worse to me. I just hope he packs in international football like Terry did, that greatly helped Terry's performances here once he hit his 30's. 

He's pretty much said that playing in the next world cup is his main source of motivation to keep going so it's a trade off we're just going to have to suck up.

Thank god for Silva. I really dread to think what our results would have been like if it wasn’t for him. Despite the awful form we’re in, he’s a very reassuring figure at the back. Makes a huge difference.

Imagine if we didn’t sign him... good god.

I heard that there will be talks about extending his contract. What a legend...

Thought he was absolutely ace btw, as he usually is. It's very rare this guy makes mistakes, even when he goes in for 50/50's there like 90/10's by the time he's done with them, always wins them. I noticed it a few times in the Wolves game, he knows when to make the tackle and when not to, love him, I hope he sticks around for longer. 

Anybody who can play alongside him and make David Luiz appear even remotely close to being a marginally competent centre-half, has to be acknowledged as a truly world class talent. And Silva has been that for years.

Really hope it’s a minor injury, tonight was his best performance for us until he got injured. The man just oozes CLASS

Great player, just everything you want in a defender.  While not a good injury, lets hope only 3-4 weeks at most.

No reason to risk him against the Blades, or Barnsley, or even Newcastle after that.

He was imperious before the injury. 

Worrying how much more open we were when he went off, this shows just how important he is in controlling the defence and midfield. The rest of our defenders are so quiet, we really need another vociferous defender.

7 hours ago, axman2526 said:

No reason to risk him against the Blades, or Barnsley, or even Newcastle after that.

Yep ,we should be good for those games .Plenty of time for him to recover until that United match.