Player topic : Yaya Toure (2015/16)

[We're not really here]

So you don't think he is a legend? Sorry mate but I can't believe any City fan would even begin to disagree.

 

[jaiguruKun]

Workrate seems to have improved over the last few games, maybe he's finally realised his place is under threat.

 

[fatbloke]

i can moan about his shortcomings all day long but I am a realist enough to see that "at the moment we have nobody to replace him"

Absolute rubbish, we had a 25 year old England international regular (when fit) sat on the bench who although not as technically talented would give us an instant injection of pace, energy and aggression to allow us to play the high pressing style which Yaya unfortunately isn't capable of playing.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Absolute rubbish, we had a 25 year old England international regular (when fit) sat on the bench who although not as technically talented would give us an instant injection of pace, energy and aggression to allow us to play the high pressing style which Yaya unfortunately isn't capable of playing.

The high pressing style requires high energy from the 10 outfield players - not just central midfielders.

I like Delph. He is England class. It's just that a rested Yaya is World Class!

 

[BlueTG]

Just watched the FA cup semi final against the vermin again. He was a collossus.

 

[simon23]

The high pressing style requires high energy from the 10 outfield players - not just central midfielders.

I like Delph. He is England class. It's just that a rested Yaya is World Class!

we can play all 3, we just have to drop one of the more attacking players which is exactly what i think we should do for the time being

------------hart---------------

----------back 4----------------

dino----- yaya---------- delph

now you pick a front 3 .....we know silva starts so that goes without saying as does Kun when fit....so that leaves kdb and sterling rotating

makes us much more solid and we still have a considerable attacking presence/threat

 

[Tim of the Oak]

we can play all 3, we just have to drop one of the more attacking players which is exactly what i think we should do for the time being

------------hart---------------

----------back 4----------------

dino----- yaya---------- delph

now you pick a front 3 .....we know silva starts so that goes without saying as does Kun when fit....so that leaves kdb and sterling rotating

makes us much more solid and we still have a considerable attacking presence/threat

I agree with you Simon about both Yaya and Delph playing!

I think we would need to look at rhe forward balance if we wanted to play a high pressing game. Maybe Jarry Kane will arrive in the Summer!!

 

[I'm no cynic but...]

we can play all 3, we just have to drop one of the more attacking players which is exactly what i think we should do for the time being

------------hart---------------

----------back 4----------------

dino----- yaya---------- delph

now you pick a front 3 .....we know silva starts so that goes without saying as does Kun when fit....so that leaves kdb and sterling rotating

makes us much more solid and we still have a considerable attacking presence/threat

It's the back four that has me worried. We seem to have to shuffle the rest around just to give protection when really we should be salivating over what is happening up front.

 

[fatbloke]

The high pressing style requires high energy from the 10 outfield players - not just central midfielders.

I like Delph. He is England class. It's just that a rested Yaya is World Class!

We had 9 if you discount Yaya and Bony, we had two ideal replacements in Delph and Kelechi.

Yaya was world class, he's now finished at the very highest level unfortunately. There's two sides to a game - with the ball and without the ball, being great at one and atrocious at the other isn't good enough against anyone who knows how to exploit his weaknesses and its happening more and more often.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

We had 9 if you discount Yaya and Bony, we had two ideal replacements in Delph and Kelechi.

Yaya was world class, he's now finished at the very highest level unfortunately. There's two sides to a game - with the ball and without the ball, being great at one and atrocious at the other isn't good enough against anyone who knows how to exploit his weaknesses and its happening more and more often.

Yaya's not the athlete he was but he's easily been our best outfield player over the last two games. It's all about using him in the right ways and at te right times.