Does Yaya still have a role?

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250k pw, a year older means harder to get a 3 year deal at next club and wont fit Pep's demanding tactics. Truly world class, still has it but no he should move and should have gone to PSG 2 years back.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
Half time oranges?

He'll be gone. With each passing week he becomes less relevant, just like Kompany, just like Silva, just like Zabba, just like Kolarov.

They've run their race and deserve to be thanked and waved off into the sunset.
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Not sure about Vinny or Silva but I would be very surprised to see YaYa, Kolorov or Zabba around for much longer.
 
FanchesterCity said:
I think with any great player, they are very hard to replace and that tends to lead to teams clinging on to them for longer than they should. LIttle glimpses of old also don't help, as they tend to prolong the whole affair longer than necessary.
I find myself almost arguing that he could still have a role as an impact sub, but that's my heart speaking.
My head says the best way to move forward is make a clean cut and let him go. As long as he's 'available' there will be a temptation to use him, and that will only hinder things.

That's not to say there can't be a role at the club, just not as a first team player.

If we could go back in time and have all the same choices available to us, I think we'd buy him again without blinking. He helped us progress significantly. A City great. I wouldn't want to see a City great die a slow death. Time to let go.
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Fully agree. Unless he wants to stay in a supporting role and then maybe go into coaching (not sure either is YaYa) I don't think he has a future here.
 
performs when he feels like it and as a result can't be relied upon anymore especially when he's past his best. So, get rid.
 
His passing was all over the show last night as well. I can understand him not being to get around the pitch as well as he used to but if his passing has gone then he's about as useful to the team as I am.
 
No, but doubtless he and his spokesman will be looking for a Job for Life (the old 'ambassadorial' chestnut).
 
IWasHere said:
Why is Sergio a legend but not yaya?
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Cause Sergio is a world class player, he works his socks off every single time, often having to carry our entire attack on his own shoulders. He has never once complained about anything, never said a bad word about anyone associated with the club, has had real personal problems yet still gave his all for the club and his teammates.
And there is that goal at 93:20 of course.
 
Yes of course he does. This type of thread appears after certain games and normally it tends to be the games where the rest of our technically better players have been rested or are unavailable.

There seems to be misconception that Yaya needs to be surrounded by energy and legs and Manuel seems to prescribe to that notion. In realty he is a much better player when he is surrounded by technical quality and by the type of players who can find pockets of space to play in between the lines.

His best performances come when he has Silva and Dinho close by, maybe with someone protecting the defence and maybe KDB or Nasri floating around. He is able to exert a good influence on the game and is the base for most of our possession based attacks. He and KDB are the only two players we have who can pick apart a defense with a pass from almost anywhere.

Last night he played almost in a two, but only had KDB dropping off to receive the ball. He just wasn't surrounded by very good players. Navas, Delph and Fernando are probably our 3 poorest players.

Kompany's performance would suffer playing alongside Kolarov and Demichellis. Sometimes who you partner plays a part in the quality of your own performance and it takes a team effort to gain control of the game before an individual can take that control further by dominating it. Without certain players, we cannot control it so it means we cannot build anything.

People have short memories when they talk about him being 'finished'. All it takes is one bad game to make them forget how good he has been over the last few months. He's not the Yaya of old, but he's still a very good player, and unless we have absolute top quality coming in by the van load over the summer, he almost definitely (agent permitting) would have a role to play.
 
Matt the Giant said:
Cause Sergio is a world class player, he works his socks off every single time, often having to carry our entire attack on his own shoulders. He has never once complained about anything, never said a bad word about anyone associated with the club, has had real personal problems yet still gave his all for the club and his teammates.
And there is that goal at 93:20 of course.
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So would you class navas as a legend?
 
ono said:
Yes of course he does. This type of thread appears after certain games and normally it tends to be the games where the rest of our technically better players have been rested or are unavailable.

There seems to be misconception that Yaya needs to be surrounded by energy and legs and Manuel seems to prescribe to that notion. In realty he is a much better player when he is surrounded by technical quality and by the type of players who can find pockets of space to play in between the lines.

His best performances come when he has Silva and Dinho close by, maybe with someone protecting the defence and maybe KDB or Nasri floating around. He is able to exert a good influence on the game and is the base for most of our possession based attacks. He and KDB are the only two players we have who can pick apart a defense with a pass from almost anywhere.

Last night he played almost in a two, but only had KDB dropping off to receive the ball. He just wasn't surrounded by very good players. Navas, Delph and Fernando are probably our 3 poorest players.

Kompany's performance would suffer playing alongside Kolarov and Demichellis. Sometimes who you partner plays a part in the quality of your own performance and it takes a team effort to gain control of the game before an individual can take that control further by dominating it. Without certain players, we cannot control it so it means we cannot build anything.

People have short memories when they talk about him being 'finished'. All it takes is one bad game to make them forget how good he has been over the last few months. He's not the Yaya of old, but he's still a very good player, and unless we have absolute top quality coming in by the van load over the summer, he almost definitely (agent permitting) would have a role to play.
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When you next on at Frog and Bucket?
 
Hero to Zero..effort. Such a shame because he has been one of our greatest ever players.However, his general lack of effort in so many games these last two seasons will tarnish him forever.
 
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