Player topic : Yaya Toure (2015/16)

[OB1]

That's where we disagree for the other 89 minutes he will have made more passes than any other player, will often have made more tackles than anyone on the team, will have been central to everything .

As I mentioned in another post; against Leicester he got called lazy , in that game he made 6 successful tackles , the whole of our defence made 6 and I think the other ten players combined made 10. Yet this passes by un noticed as when he is just tackling , passing, intercepting or running the show it seems to be ignored. Even without his magic , strength and goals he would be a great Premier league footballer but he is not credited for his role that holds or side together as the link between defence and attack, frequently the player who sets up every attack or clears a corner and nearly always our main passer and most consistent player

I have repeated this a few times and no doubt will a few more but if you look at the concept of extended assists (i.e. not just the last player to touch the ball before the goal-scorer but one of the last five), Yaya was second in the league last season. I imagine he is up there again this season.

He doesn't win loads of balls via tackles but he does make a lot of ball recoveries (a stat not often highlighted) and often leads the team in that regard. He does so because he reads the game well, moves intelligently and is not the lazy so and so he is often accused of being but a player who trys to focus on being in the right place when he needs to be.

 

[OB1]

Yaya leaves a hole in the midfield sometimes, but it's not his fault, it's the way managers build/pick the teams & then bung him into a situation he isn't entirely capable of playing. He made a few big interceptions yesterday, just prior to scoring a golazo.

Accomodating him, Silva, DeBruyne (Nasri) Dzeko etc in the same team over a period of time requires a really excellent system unless it is to fall apart from time to time. We haven't yet had a manager good enough to do it. Perhaps it can't be done, in which case we haven't yet had a manager good enough to realise it or powerful enough to change it.

If we win the league, Yaya will probably step up in games where it's going wrong, many more times than Silva does, between now & May.

And your last sentence is why far more people should talk about Yaya being the heir to Colin's crown.

 

[OB1]

I simply watch the game with me own eyes matey.

But the professionals do look at stats and use technology to review games so maybe just relying on eyes on the game is not the best approach?

 

[bobmcfc]

I love yaya toure.

 

[dasein]

I love yaya toure.

Good for you

 

[come-on-barney]

 

[Neville Kneville]

And your last sentence is why far more people should talk about Yaya being the heir to Colin's crown.

Imo we don't have a midfield player anywhere near that alround level but if I had to pick one it would be Yaya way ahead of Silva.

I think I'll wait re an heir to Colin Bell, until one arrives.

 

[OB1]

Imo we don't have a midfield player anywhere near that alround level but if I had to pick one it would be Yaya way ahead of Silva.

I think I'll wait re an heir to Colin Bell, until one arrives.

I don't think you can make a final judgment until a player has finished. What I do hope is that our greatest ever player has yet to arrive.

 

[come-on-barney]

I certainly think that he certainly falls into the one of our best ever players category. His influence on our success has been incredible. The years have taken the toll on my memory to remember all of King Colin's games that I saw to try and make any comparison. I agree let's hope the greatest ever player to play for us yet to come.

 

[Neville Kneville]

I don't think you can make a final judgment until a player has finished. What I do hope is that our greatest ever player has yet to arrive.

I think if Colin Bell played in this team, we'd have the best player the Prem has ever seen, but I too hope that we can surpass even that.