No Yaya in the team...

It's not so much that Yaya wasn't playing, but the fact that we used the Sevilla away system again. I love it when we set up like that. Two strong defensive midfielders releasing Fernandinho to get forward, and offering more protection to our defence. Pace and penetration out wide giving us an excellent counter attacking option. Yaya can definitely play in that system as he did in Sevilla but it also gives us the opportunity to rest and rotate which could be key if we keep doing well in the cup competitions.

Exactly. I think if Toure had played instead of Fernando (for example), the result wouldn't have been any different.
 
I hope that this is Toure's last season, he has served us well and won us many games, but he is a luxury that we can't afford to carry in most games now and we look by far more balanced when he doesn't play. I'm not Toure bashing just stating that I would rather remember him as the player he was, not the player he is becoming, we have better players in his position and in all honesty if he thought that much about City he would have fucked his agent off long ago with a candle up his arse.
 
I really hope we buy pogpa - only man who can come close to filling the big mans shoes. Would love to see yaya stay as an impact sub.
 
Dear me. We win with him, its despite him, we lose with him, it's because of him, we win without him, its because he wasn't playing, we lose without him, we would have lost by more had he been playing. Just enjoy the game and the result ?
 
The big man is one of the best players I've had the pleasure to see wear the sky blue of our club. Lets give him a brake let our manager decide when he plays. This man can still play a big part in our glory.
 
Dont take it personally OP but it gets boring. The man has been incredible for us. A real match winner on his own so many times and before the season is out, will no doubt contribute yet again to success we have.

Agreed....
 
Can we not just enjoy the day and a great performance without having a Yaya is finished thread?

Dont take it personally OP but it gets boring. The man has been incredible for us. A real match winner on his own so many times and before the season is out, will no doubt contribute yet again to success we have.

I agree his game time needs managing and he is no 90 mins player any more but finished he is not either.
Agreed!

And I would go further and say today Manuel played every player (Sagna aside) in their preferred positions and hey presto, we walk past Villa who we struggled against a few weeks ago in the league. Yaya doesn't suit playing in a midfield 2 where his defensive responsibilities are so crucial to how solid we are.

If you want to know how to get the best out of Yaya, see Sevilla away. Today for the first time in a long time Manuel played the best team for the job ahead instead of just picking his best players available and we saw the result, and long may it continue.
 

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