toffee balls said:Stephenhakin said:toffee balls said:He looks to me like he hates football at the moment and I can understand that.
So do I.
They are flogged to death and there is no let up. The global product is huge , huge business and they are the water carriers.
Factor in his personality , his family situation (he has a special needs kid and is still grieving his brother) , 3 AFONs in 4 years and a world cup last year , trips to Abu Dhabi and end of season trips to the states at the very end of this season . Our players look dead on their feet and they need a bloody rest.
They are flesh and blood you know.
Retire then ( He has more than enough money to do so ) Think youre on the wind up anyway.
You got me there fella.
You at the match Sunday.
CityFan94 said:Keeping Yaya for another year would be catastrophic.
Unless he stayed in the Lampard role, which his ego would never allow.
blue ranger said:Yaya is being a right snake at the moment. This season he has played like he is on strike. Can't remember the last time we saw him run. Now the season is coming to the end he is more or less saying he won't be handing in a transfer request so city will need to pay him off.
I heard a couple of years ago that's yaya contract says when fit he has to play in league games. Hence never sub.
Stood in The South Stand said:Yaya Toure has been the one of the most important and best players ever to grace the blue shirt. Granted this season has been poor but as others have said you can factor in a number of reasons for that the biggest for me being constantly asked to play in a 4-4-2 and he's just not fit enough (needs a good pre-season.) If you play him as an attacking midfielder with protection behind he's unstoppable.
For all he's done for us, he deserves another year and hopefully a new manager we'll see him back to his best.
dancity19 said:It's such a shame that Yaya is going to leave under a bit of a cloud. I think part of his issue is with the Premier League - he was so annoyed that he wasn't given POTY last year, in what was the season of his life. He seems to have just switched off after this - he needs personal recognition, clearly.
But think about what he has done for us. I have been as disappointed/angry with him as anyone this season, but to leave under a bit of a cloud would be a shame.
-FA cup semi final and final goals
- Goals against Newcastle
-Goal in the LC final
-All of his goals last season - the second one against Palace was huge
He's been an immense player for us over the years, and to see how he has almost ruined his legacy with this seasons performance, and the summers antics is really sad.