in my opinion, yaya is the best box-to-box midfielder in the world and one of the best players ever to wear the jersey, along with vinnie, although I missed the team of the late 60s/early 70s, I'll never forget fa cup '11 (yaya 1- manure 0, yaya 1- hoof the ball 0), those 2 goals at st James park, that BELTER v stoke earlier that year etc etc basically what I'm saying is no yaya: no trophies last few years, we're blessed we have him