Mixed feelings on Yaya, 8 seasons he has been here it’s felt like he only turned up for the first 4.
A lot of people talk about the fa cup semi final as one of his greatest moments for us. My favourite was Newcastle away in 2012 when Mancini unleashed him with the usual getting De Jong on the pitch. He bagged that first and we all knew we had the momentum to go lift the trophy on the final day of the season.
He was unplayable when we lifted the trophy again in 2014, Crystal Palace away bulldozing forward to score and set one up for Dzeko. Knew we were back in the hunt again.
I don’t know if it was Yaya’s fault or Pelllegrini’s that we never saw him go near those standards. We seemed to really go backwards after 2014 and Pellegrini kept playing him in a 2 man midfield and we would get destroyed through Yaya’s lack of work rate off the ball.
The cake gate saga really blotted his copy book and really we should have cashed in when his stock was high in hindsight as we didn’t achieve anything since 2014 until now.
A giant of a player in the early years and a shadow of a player ever since. Will be sorely missed and hope he can pop up and score in the next few games to sign off with.
As time progressed under Pellegrini the fitness of the whole team seemed to steadily decline and it hit Yaya the mostMixed feelings on Yaya, 8 seasons he has been here it’s felt like he only turned up for the first 4.
A lot of people talk about the fa cup semi final as one of his greatest moments for us. My favourite was Newcastle away in 2012 when Mancini unleashed him with the usual getting De Jong on the pitch. He bagged that first and we all knew we had the momentum to go lift the trophy on the final day of the season.
He was unplayable when we lifted the trophy again in 2014, Crystal Palace away bulldozing forward to score and set one up for Dzeko. Knew we were back in the hunt again.
I don’t know if it was Yaya’s fault or Pelllegrini’s that we never saw him go near those standards. We seemed to really go backwards after 2014 and Pellegrini kept playing him in a 2 man midfield and we would get destroyed through Yaya’s lack of work rate off the ball.
The cake gate saga really blotted his copy book and really we should have cashed in when his stock was high in hindsight as we didn’t achieve anything since 2014 until now.
A giant of a player in the early years and a shadow of a player ever since. Will be sorely missed and hope he can pop up and score in the next few games to sign off with.
Mixed feelings on Yaya, 8 seasons he has been here it’s felt like he only turned up for the first 4.
A lot of people talk about the fa cup semi final as one of his greatest moments for us. My favourite was Newcastle away in 2012 when Mancini unleashed him with the usual getting De Jong on the pitch. He bagged that first and we all knew we had the momentum to go lift the trophy on the final day of the season.
He was unplayable when we lifted the trophy again in 2014, Crystal Palace away bulldozing forward to score and set one up for Dzeko. Knew we were back in the hunt again.
I don’t know if it was Yaya’s fault or Pelllegrini’s that we never saw him go near those standards. We seemed to really go backwards after 2014 and Pellegrini kept playing him in a 2 man midfield and we would get destroyed through Yaya’s lack of work rate off the ball.
The cake gate saga really blotted his copy book and really we should have cashed in when his stock was high in hindsight as we didn’t achieve anything since 2014 until now.
A giant of a player in the early years and a shadow of a player ever since. Will be sorely missed and hope he can pop up and score in the next few games to sign off with.
David SilvaWhose better than Yaya ???