I have to disagree. He seriously lacks the mobility, tenacity, heading ability and timing in the tackle to make a decent CB. He'd be skinned by anyone except maybe Emile Heskey.
A rest?!!! .. He needs fucking dropping!! Loved what he's done for us down the years but we can't keep playing a player who isn't doing the bizzo. And the odd goal here or there does not mask over the fact that he is becoming a serious liability. I hope he can come back to somewhere near his best but I'm now doubting this. We need a general overhaul next year and I think Yaya will be offski's. I'm not Yaya bashing here, I go to most games and see with my own eyes..just saying it how it is.He needs a rest and should be told so for his own good. The weekend off would be a start.
Looked at some of your other posts. Yaya is not the only coming in for some bad language from you is he?
Yaya has given me some of my best moments as a fan (Wembley, Newcastle etc)
People slating him everywhere but the guy was absolutely fucked. He's not finished yet he just needs managing properly. He clearly was way too knackered to play last night, and was absolutely shot by the 35th minute. I'm not talking about how much running he did you could see the way he played - every ball he played wasn't weighted quite right, the ball was constantly stuck under his feet, he was too weak to hold off players and keep the ball, any burst from midfield was easily defended. We tried to break with him on numerous occasions only for him to lose the ball and them to counter and nearly score (or win the corner to score for the first goal). In the second half his tackles became desperate lunges, he spent some of it literally on his hands and knees. He was a total liability but it wasn't his fault. I couldn't believe what I was watching. Terrible management.
Looks about a stone overweight and not being helped by a manager who can't recognise Old Father Time has caught up with the pair of them.