Felt he got the lineup slightly wrong and i didn't think Delph should of came off at halftime, it should of been Yaya imo. It then also left us later on with a crazy midfield of Dinho silva KDB Navas and Sterling, I'm staggered we didn't get punished on the break by them at that point. I suppose you have to give him credit because it worked but 8/9 times out of 10 that doesn't work and we get hit hard on the counter. Credit to him for realising at haltime Navas should of started and credit for realising his mistake in not bringing Yaya off at halftime but both of those wouldn't of needed correcting if he'd of got it right first time. Credit given for bringing on Fernando too but it's not exactly a genius move. Overall, he did the job but he made hard work of it
Agree he has been one of the best players if not the best player to play for CityYaya is/has been one of the best ever footballers to grace our club, thats not for debate.
He gets picked because he can be and often has been a match winner, he is that good and yes, his legs are not what they once where but he is still capable of the remarkable when everything else has failed, he can and still does produce something out of nothing.
There is not a manager in the PL that would be benching him or dropping him and whilst I agree he needs to be managed game time wise from here on in, lets all show the player a little respect and the manager who has shown recently, especially last night he can adapt and change it when its needed.
You make me smile @Eccles Blue,i love how passionate you are about city :)
Been a fantastic near 24 hours on here after a great performance that saw us reach Wembley yet again.
Many thanks to Marvin for stopping all that in its tracks and auditioning for a spot on SSN as they look for yet another (edited because im in too good a mood to be childish or get involved in a row on here) to claim we are not all that good and got lucky.
Agree he has been one of the best players if not the best player to play for City
But moments of magic that he has shown this season do not justify his inclusion when it comes at a massive defensive cost. There are other talented players who are being kept out of the squad, and the team has to be shuffled around to protect the team from his lack of mobility.
At some point, possibly last season it was a marginal decision, now it's quite clear cut and Pellegrini has got it wrong.
Recent performances with and without him, and goals we have conceded all suggest his time is up. I am somewhat encouraged that Pellegrini maybe coming round to that viewpoint as he has belatedly dropped him and the team performed. His inclusion at West Ham was a mistake and resulted in a goal conceded inside a minute. He didn't cover himself with glory in Barkley's goal either last night. Put down to a refereeing error, and Otamendi, but Demichelis and Toure were also culpable.
I'll concede that perhaps I maybe a little blinkered by this, and fail to see other issues, factors but I think it's the team is in transition now from Yaya to post Yaya and we're stretching it out needlessly. It's as if we have no alternatives but we do, and we are being typecast into a very rigid slow team, when we could play any number of ways to more effect if we moved on. I would like to see Yaya start from time to time and come on from the bench, but he's now very limited in his physical powers and it is affecting the team significantly.
Good post, and its the same with the manager, people again last night calling him an "old c*nt" on here, just because he didn't pick their team, well I'm glad he didn't because we're in a cup final.Yaya is/has been one of the best ever footballers to grace our club, thats not for debate.
He gets picked because he can be and often has been a match winner, he is that good and yes, his legs are not what they once where but he is still capable of the remarkable when everything else has failed, he can and still does produce something out of nothing.
There is not a manager in the PL that would be benching him or dropping him and whilst I agree he needs to be managed game time wise from here on in, lets all show the player a little respect and the manager who has shown recently, especially last night he can adapt and change it when its needed.