Player topic : Yaya Toure (2015/16)

[Dax777]

Sorry to get involved , just reading this thread but felt I had to reply to your post.

Shit has happened too many times this season, and it can't be allowed to go on. Something has to change. For me Toure is one of the problems.

How did we do in the games he didn't play? We're we fantastic?

 

[Dax777]

Could he be any worse than Mangala or Demechelis in centre defence?

Yeah, he coukd

 

[IWasHere]

He is not lazy. He just doesn't have that extra gear. He has quality on the ball, but when teams like Liverpool or Everton play at a high intensity he has had it.

This. Which is why he shouldn't play as a dm because when other teams attack, he becomes a liability. He's 32 so of course you won't see him track back every time, he'll be knackered before half time!

Centre mids his best position imo. He ended up scoring 20+ goals in that position and it's no coincidence that his best game for us this season was against Sevilla when he played as a cm.

4231s not working atm maybe it's time to change to a 433!

 

[B\connellblue]

Yeah, he coukd

He'd have to be actually dead to be worse.

 

[Chippy_boy]

The disrespect that Yaya, one of the greatest players to have ever played for City, is receiving off some Bluemooners astounds and saddens me.

Yes, we all know that he is not the player he was and we need a replacement but until we get one (Delph, Fernando and Fernandinho not in the same class) he plays and should be supported loyally.

You've obviously forgotten the HUGE disrespect he's showed to our club, our owner over successive transfer windows. Being a complete wanker is acceptable when you are delivering on the pitch, but once you are not...

 

[fatbloke]

The guy is a legend to me but this cannot carry on, we cannot let players run past him for 90 minutes in the hope he will do a bit of magic, plenty of teams have accommodated luxury players but we can't do it in central midfield especially with silva and kdb playing, it's game after game this happens

Silva and kdb wide and toure in the middle is just wrong anyone can see it, I don't want a team set up to play Russian roulette

This is exactly the issue.

Yaya can't play as one of the two deeper lying midfielders because he just hasn't got the mobility, athleticism or hunger to win possession back or even close people down to stop them passing or shooting. Just look at how assured and calm the back four were tonight with Fernandinho and Delph protecting them, closing down passing angles and dropping in when the fullbacks went forward.

So the only option is to play him as the attacking midfielder in a three but his lack of movement and ability to find space just isn't there over 90 minutes. Everytime he plays in an advanced role he's static and offers nothing.

The only thing he has left is the odd moments of brilliant which admittedly are worthwhile as an option from the bench or in home games against much weaker opposition but as a starter he's finished and has been for a while.

 

[oakiecokie]

By far and away his worst performance EVER in a City shirt.He wasn`t alone tonight, but of late his performances have been nothing short of dire.

 

[nellyonthewing]

problem is in a midfield 2 he is a liability, in a midfield 3 he just goes to sleep.

 

[Blue Hefner]

How he got 90mins is beyond me when it was clear he was knackered after 15 minutes

Yaya has been brilliant for us over the years but age is catching up with him but he his not helped by a manager who is seemingly hanging him out to dry

 

[geoff hammond]

The guy is a legend to me but this cannot carry on, we cannot let players run past him for 90 minutes in the hope he will do a bit of magic, plenty of teams have accommodated luxury players but we can't do it in central midfield especially with silva and kdb playing, it's game after game this happens

Silva and kdb wide and toure in the middle is just wrong anyone can see it, I don't want a team set up to play Russian roulette

I agree that the team is unbalanced at the moment. But I don't think taking him out of the team will improve us because the quality is just not there elsewhere in the squad.

As for the second leg I would definitely start him.

But again, my original point was not whether he should be in the team or not , I respect that opinions are split on that. But it's the dogs abuse from some blues on here that I hate