Neville Kneville
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He's an exceptional back up midfielder who's shown he can play out of position at the base of midfield against a bunch of the best sides in the league, as well as deputising for KDB and Silva.
Then comparing him to Yaya, when Yaya came on against a Swansea side that had literally given up and were standing still while allowing him 10 yards of space and 5 minutes to waddle about before picking a pass. It's a completely ridiculous comparison, and I don't remember you calling for Yaya to start ahead of Gundogan away at Chelsea or Spurs.
You seem to have completely misunderstood pretty much everything I've said. But Swansea had been doing nothing in the game for a long time before Yaya (who I wouldn't dream of starting for City) came on & guess what, the best bit of defending by a City centre deep mid in the game, came from Yaya, catchng & stopping a 1v1 near our box, & the best attacking passes from a City centre mid, came from Yaya, who found passes Gundogan didn't from the very same space & time.
He was a better player at most things than Gundogan & because he's got old, people have forgotten it.
Neville & Tyler were talking about him playing cb for Barca, in the CL final. Gundogan v Ronaldo at cb ? I think not somehow.
Gundogan running through Villa's midfield at sprinter pace with players bouncing off him like kids ? Nope. How about goalscoring in general ? Nope.
Yaya is an all time great of KDB Silva level. If we can have such a player in the past, we can look for someone as good in the future imo, rather than make do with Gundogan, who is very good, but not that good.