Player topic : Yaya Toure (2015/16)

[PSmyth07]

Think yaya is getting unfair stick.
Not his fault pellegrini picks him every match.at his age we should save him for the big matches and bring him on as sub, not overplay him.
He has proved he still has it,just give him a regular rest,why buy all those midfielders and never rotate yaya.
Surely we don't need yaya in the early stages of the cups etc., we bought Delphi because of his work rate, put him to work, give him more game time and cherry pick using yaya.

If he needs a rest then he should say hes unfit beforehard. I wouldn't be surprised if he has a clause in his contract that states he must play when he is declared fit.

On top of that, if what you say is true, it doesn't warrant doing nothing for 80 minutes of a game.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Another shocker,which is regrettably becoming the rule rather than the exception.Last nights game,against high energy,industrious opposition.......simply passed him by.Other players also performed way under par but Yaya's quality is such that his efforts,or lack of.....are more noticable and open to criticism - i would have preferred Fernando to make the start against a motivated tricky away side.

 

[Steve68]

Another shocker,which is regrettably becoming the rule rather than the exception.Last nights game,against high energy,industrious opposition.......simply passed him by.Other players also performed way under par but Yaya's quality is such that his efforts,or lack of.....are more noticable and open to criticism - i would have preferred Fernando to make the start against a motivated tricky away side.

With the rest of the team when it comes to effort, with the odd exception it's 'won't'. With Yaya it's very clearly 'can't'. Which is getting sad to watch despite the occasional cameo 10 minutes.

It's true that he plays a vital link role but it's time we stopped relying on this and learn to play differently without him.

I'm sorry to say it, but he's just no longer the great player we remember. His legs have just gone at the moment and maybe permanently.

 

[bellsouth]

It gets me why he is never used as a sub from a tactical perspective. Imagine the impact he could have on games in the last 20 minutes when sides who have worked their socks off all game are tiring or have picked up injuries.
I'd love to ask Manuel this.

 

[tonea2003]

Legend for the club but has shown us tremendous disrespect by asking for a transfer twice.

He shouldn't be captain, shouldn't be undroppable and should expect no loyalty from the fans since he has shown us non.

I love him but it is games like this where he should be hauled off at half time.

i would as far as to say shouldn't even be playing, two games a week at this level is sadly beyond him, he was cruelly exposed last night which in turn affects the team, that passage of play when besic took the ball off him was frankly embarrassing, he looked every inch his 33yrs and more.
he has been fantastic for us and i will always respect that, but time waits for no man and the here and now is what counts not sentementality

 

[YaYa's Left Peg]

i would as far as to say shouldn't even be playing, two games a week at this level is sadly beyond him, he was cruelly exposed last night which in turn affects the team, that passage of lay besic took the ball off him was frankly embarrassing, he looked every inch a 33yr old and beyond

Agree. But MP seems to not see this which is frankly quite staggering!

In Yaya we have a player of immense ability and presence. So why not create the conditions that allow him to use those qualities to the maximum I.e. recognise that he is now 33, and use him more tactically.

 

[tonea2003]

Agree. But MP seems to not see this which is frankly quite staggering!

In Yaya we have a player of immense ability and presence. So why not create the conditions that allow him to use those qualities to the maximum I.e. recognise that he is now 33, and use him more tactically.

agreed we had enough creativity to have him on the bench last night and put fernando in

 

[City_Sean]

Agree. But MP seems to not see this which is frankly quite staggering!

In Yaya we have a player of immense ability and presence. So why not create the conditions that allow him to use those qualities to the maximum I.e. recognise that he is now 33, and use him more tactically.

Problem is we have nobody else who can do the job he does, Delph is terrible and so is Fernando. CM certainly needs addressing this summer.

 

[tonea2003]

Problem is we have nobody else who can do the job he does, Delph is terrible and so is Fernando. CM certainly needs addressing this summer.

what job was he supposed to be doing last night?

 

[City_Sean]

what job was he supposed to be doing last night?

He was supposed to be the number ten last night, the problem was whenever he picked the ball up he was man marked by Besic.