Re: Accomodating Yaya In Big Games
Yaya Toure - the best and worst player ee have rolled into one.
When you're on top and the dominant team in games Yaya is the best player in world football. He controls the tempo, he scores goals, he retains possession with ease and he is capable of playing passes most players can't even see let alone have the talent to execute...
But when things aren't going as well, playing against the top or even middle of the road European teams like CSKA (home) who know how to retain possession he becomes a liability, he hasn't got the heart for the battle or the physical attributes to allow the team as a whole to play a pressing style.
I think watching Bayern Munich out of possession last season shows us the direction we need to go in if we want to progress as a "team", the pressing and work rate of everyone including Robben and Ribery was a joy to watch (or would have been if it wasn't against us). That style is impossible with Yaya, now lets add the birthday cake saga and him accusing the club of lying and forcing him to go to Abu Dhabi instead of seeing his sick brother and for me he doesn't have a place at City after this season.
