Player topic : Yaya Toure (2015/16)

[K-Bo]

I still think he offers a lot but not in city's, yaya's or pellegrini's interest to start him every game at this point, let alone having him play 90 mins every game. with a fit silva good test of pellegrini's bottle. I think we can get away with him in a two if he's playing next to fernandinho or delph, but really would like to see what a fernandinho/delph midfield two would look like. their running might allow us an extra AM without sacrificing the midfield

 

[Citizen in Pakistan]

When i watched yaya today i thought this might be his last year, he has been a great servant for the club but toigh decisions have to be made

 

[fatbloke]

I agree with most of that, we do need a variety and I think we are probably both talking about approaches that would both be successful in certain games.

As for combating Liverpool, I still think having players who are comfortable in possession is the best way to stop them from pressing so hard. I see your logic but I don't think we have anyone really capable of launching cross field diagonals on a regular basis, not do we have the height to actually control anything that lands any higher than the waist up. Of course, if we had technically sounder full backs, those sort of passes would be within our options.

We did 100% need the speed to quickly get the ball into the final third to bypass the press, but we fielded half a team of players who just don't have the technical ability or composure to deal with it. In our current state, I think dropping him to create space for an extra attacker only adds to our problems, purely because I consider only Fernandinho to be good enough to even attempt to control the game from a deeper position, and even that isn't a natural thing for him. Yaya is still our best option in that regard, and while I agree he probably isn't the player he was a couple of years ago, I still haven't seen anything in Sterling that makes me think he's worth being a man light in midfield for. He can probably improve, but until he does, I wouldn't chance it all too often. Not for me anyway.

Just look at todays first goal as the main benefit of Sterling over Yaya, like I have said before you need variety. Having players capable of high energy pressing can be just as important as someone who can pass a ball against a team with no real attacking intent.

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

When i watched yaya today i thought this might be his last year, he has been a great servant for the club but toigh decisions have to be made

I thought he was terrific for 20 minutes and then ran out of gas. No idea how he wasn't hoicked before the end!

 

[bluemoon98]

He was very slow today and tried flicks and all sorts that didn't work out

 

[Gunnerblue9320]

Poor today. If your going to winge about the press about how they comment on your performances then you need to put 100% effort.

Today you looked like you just couldn't be bothered.

 

[PragueBlue]

I thought he was terrific for 20 minutes and then ran out of gas. No idea how he wasn't hoicked before the end!

I agree and funnily enough we lost our way then as well. We play well when Toure plays well but generally struggle when he's out of sorts.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

To the best of my knowledge, Silva and his agent have never bad-mouthed the club in public. Nor does he show a petulant attitude. We owe Yaya nothing. To see how we treat real heroes, think Summerbee, Bell and Book.

Well said SB. Loyalty is a two way street.

 

[jpargo]

People rag on Yaya b/c of lack of football knowledge and his role on the team. Even when he was in his prime, people ragged on him because they just didn't understand his true value (hint those runs from deep was not his important value to the side).

I didn't think he had his best game, but far from the poorest on the field. I would be curious those who thought he had poor game thought of Aguero's performance?

 

[ballinio]

People rag on Yaya b/c of lack of football knowledge and his role on the team. Even when he was in his prime, people ragged on him because they just didn't understand his true value (hint those runs from deep was not his important value to the side).

I didn't think he had his best game, but far from the poorest on the field. I would be curious those who thought he had poor game thought of Aguero's performance?

Aguero has just come back from a bad injury you moron.