When it looks like we are about to get up off the canvas and start fighting back I'll be happy.mosssideblue said:Marvin said:End of an era beckons.
Yaya Toure was absolutely instrumental to City's spell of success, but he has become a liability this season. I believe that Fernando is playing now as a minder to try and compensate for Yaya's lack of mobility. Toure is still an asset at home where his passing is still great, but when we don't have the ball it's like having 10 men.
On the face of it you take Yaya Toure out of City's title winning teams then you expect a big reduction in the team's performance but that doesn't excuse Pellegrini:
1)He keeps playing him when he should not especially away from home. How do you go away from home in an intense game and try to win with a static Yaya Toure in your team?
2) There are other issues that are developing in the team such as work off the ball, and our movement off the ball when we have it - basically all the stuff that you expect to come from good coaching
We're being hit by a double whammy. The self-inflicted decline of a great footballer, and a coach whose to weak to deal with him
I defended Toure all Summer thinking he'd come good. He hasn't. I don't understand how any player could deliberately pass up one of the best years of his life. He's not getting it back is he.
Now we have the problem of replacing him and the manager - when we finally get around to doing that. There's so much to do yet we're drifting along and Pellegrini is making plans for next season eg Denayer, Rekik etc and some people are just content to wait. Next season is going down the pan as well, not just this one
If Carlsberg did miserable cnuts
I'd give up trying to rationalise the situation from his point of view. It doesn't make sense.tramazi said:If you were City manager, would you play Yaya in the very important remaining games, or would you drop him?
Personally I would, he is coming to the end of his career, no one other than City are going to offer him as much success now and he will want to leave an impression. He has been trying harder, making runs back, tackling etc this season, which for him is a vast improvement. I dont see him shirking for the rest of the season.
OK so you think nothing fundamental has changed and we're good to go as we are in 2015/16? You all know there is an awful lot of work to be done at MCFC. But what are we doing? Sat on our hands going through the motions.dobobobo said:Marvin said:Has there ever been a season where a player has fallen so far so fast?dobobobo said:Cheer up Marvin, you miserable...
You think of Yaya Toure last season. he really should have been Player of the Year. He was in that rung of players just below Messi, Robben and Ronaldo. And now he's been targeted as a defensive weakness by other teams (I refer to Man Utd players comments after the Derby where they talked about knowing that they knew some City players would not track back after losing the ball)
Excuse me for being a little fed up that we're just about to hand our title back to Chelsea, and despite what Pellegrini claims it's been a pathetic defence. And meanwhile as a club we are not responding. I can take defeat and setback, because there's always another game and another season to make good, only at the moment I don't think we are preparing to make good. We're just waiting for the teacher's report.
Why don't you tell me how it looks from dobobobo land?
It's looks like we're second Marvin, like I said we would be before United and Arsenal kicked off on Sunday when you last made this point.
He still picks out the odd jewel of a pass, but he's more liability than asset. When was the last time he was MOM? Million miles from the player he wasBobKowalski said:avoidconfusion said:BobKowalski said:Fair enough and yes I would. Best player we have by some distance. Yaya has a habit of winning games when they are most needed. It's a great habit.
Eh? He hasn't shown that habit this season then
Scored late against Villa away if I recall but no he hasn't had an especially good season but then who has?
Still our best player though and still our main match winner so yes I would pick him.
Marvin said:OK so you think nothing fundamental has changed and we're good to go as we are in 2015/16? You all know there is an awful lot of work to be done at MCFC. But what are we doing? Sat on our hands going through the motions.dobobobo said:Marvin said:Has there ever been a season where a player has fallen so far so fast?
You think of Yaya Toure last season. he really should have been Player of the Year. He was in that rung of players just below Messi, Robben and Ronaldo. And now he's been targeted as a defensive weakness by other teams (I refer to Man Utd players comments after the Derby where they talked about knowing that they knew some City players would not track back after losing the ball)
Excuse me for being a little fed up that we're just about to hand our title back to Chelsea, and despite what Pellegrini claims it's been a pathetic defence. And meanwhile as a club we are not responding. I can take defeat and setback, because there's always another game and another season to make good, only at the moment I don't think we are preparing to make good. We're just waiting for the teacher's report.
Why don't you tell me how it looks from dobobobo land?
It's looks like we're second Marvin, like I said we would be before United and Arsenal kicked off on Sunday when you last made this point.
Rolee said:Marvin said:OK so you think nothing fundamental has changed and we're good to go as we are in 2015/16? You all know there is an awful lot of work to be done at MCFC. But what are we doing? Sat on our hands going through the motions.dobobobo said:It's looks like we're second Marvin, like I said we would be before United and Arsenal kicked off on Sunday when you last made this point.
What the fucking fuck? How do you know we're sitting on our hands? For all you know the what needs to be done to address our underperformance ( note that word, not the crisis that the drama queens among us would have you believe ) this season is currently being done behind the scenes.
Talulah said:He didn't though, did he. It was his twat of an agent.BlueDeadHead said:If I was the manager and he just publicly called me weak, I would put him in the reserves.