How much do we owe to Yaya?

[Eric Hitchmough]

At his peak he was one of our best ever players.

 

[PPT]

Yaya was without doubt the best midfielder in Europe from 2011 to 2014.

At times he was just unplayable..

Alongside Dave, Vinny, Kun and Zab, with special mentions to Gaz Baz, Nige, Joe, Edin and Samir, what a team by the way, these players cemented the foundations for us to push on and reach the heights we have..

It's such a shame the players above couldn't get their hands on a CL winners medal..

Yaya went a bit strange towards the end of his time with us but, me personally, I'll cut him some slack and remember him as the rock of the team, his lung busting, marauding runs, goals and penalties, I don't think he missed one did he ?

If he was named on the team sheet there was every chance we'd win..

He was that good..

I remember him slotting in the winning penalty against Liverpool to win the League Cup. As cool as a cucumber.

 

[Franny 1234]

We owe him nothing he was paid handsomely.
But thanks for the memories and playing a very big part in creating a winning mentally that is the root of this great treble winning CITY team. CTID

 

[aguero93:20]

A blackforest Gateux

Steady on, a slice of last weeks carrot cake would be more than enough. Especially with his waistline issues.

 

[1961_vintage]

Magnificent player.

 

[citymad]

A genuine City legend on the pitch.
A total arsehole off it.
The goal against Villa at the Etihad encapsulates him as a City player for me.

This. That Villa goal was astonishing! You can also add the Palace goal to your typical Yaya goal. Just fantastic! And how ridiculous was his starting angle to his free kicks, almost parallel with the goal.

 

[DTKOAG]

The only time I felt confident when we had a penalty

 

[crazyg]

Yaya was the go to man when we needed an important goal, time and time again

Like this one?

 

[Jogon 127]

Yaya started it all, even with the stalwarts in the team of Sergio, Vinny, David etc he was to go to guy, to not only nick an important goal but to change our culture and rid ourselves of the typical City tag.

Seismic for us, fuck his off the field antics deserving of a statue anyway. God like status for me.

 

[Lavinda Past]

The man can still do no wrong for me. The King of post-2008 City. Simply the best.

 

[burnley blue mcfc]

Simply unstoppable at times, an on feildlegend, an off feild disgrace unfortunately, still one of our all time greats

 

[BerkshireBlue]

I've never heard of him

 

[77lost by a point]

However much we owe him, I assume it'll be paid via a dodgy offshore arrangement.

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[Eebo]

My favourite city player of that era, don’t really care about the off pitch stuff. On the pitch he was a giant and did stuff that no one else could. Plus his passing was incredible, he didn’t just pass it to a player, he passed it to the correct foot of the player, at the right height and with the perfect weight. Made other players look good because it was so easy for them to receive the ball from him. And when he got on one of those thundering runs outpacing and skittling seasoned premier league defenders… no sight like it in football! It looked like a full grown man had crashed a junior school game.

 

[Blue_eyes]

However much we owe him, I assume it'll be paid via a dodgy offshore arrangement.

Shhhhh.......................masters reads this forum looking for more charges.

 

[Axel Freed]

Couldn't care less what he did off the field.
An all time great on it.
Wembley is where his legency started.
One of our best ever.

Spot on mate, well said. I love him like a brother.

Some proper wankers on this thread denigrating one of our all time greats based on shite they see in the media. Many of these wankers pop up frequently on the mega thread dedicated to how the media inaccurately portray all things City.

The irony’s probably lost on them

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

His goal at the Emirates was unbelievaboo. Passed into the top corner from 20 yards.

 

[failsworthblueboy]

I don't know how much we owe him but I remember sitting at home like an excited child when we signed him, he is a true City great.

 

[MillisleBlue]

His two goals at Newcastle were priceless...

 

[youngbob]

Still the king for me. De Bruyne might overtake him when the time comes.