Yaya/Kolo not available against the rags - BBC {merged}

skillman said:
This saddens me. A lot. Yaya's boo boys will now realise how much we miss him when he's out the side. Typical that it's during the most important month we've had in a while. De Jong needs to pick up form and fast.
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Huh?
 
skillman said:
This saddens me. A lot. Yaya's boo boys will now realise how much we miss him when he's out the side. Typical that it's during the most important month we've had in a while. De Jong needs to pick up form and fast.
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De Jong will not be the replacement. It doesn't work and as you say he is out of form, Milner all day long
 
I imagine that if they're training in Abu Dhabi it will be at the invitation of the local government and they will have free reign of the practice facilities that were built for some English team at the Emirates Palace Hotel. Any idea who that team was? ;-)
 
BoyBlue_1985 said:
skillman said:
This saddens me. A lot. Yaya's boo boys will now realise how much we miss him when he's out the side. Typical that it's during the most important month we've had in a while. De Jong needs to pick up form and fast.
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De Jong will not be the replacement. It doesn't work and as you say he is out of form, Milner all day long
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without barry and toure, ndj is going to play
 
Re: yaya may not play the rags

dukyblue said:
From BBC

Ivory Coast coach Francois Zahoui has rejected Manchester City's request to play Yaya and Kolo Toure in Sunday's Manchester derby in the FA Cup.

"Clubs know the rules," Zahoui told BBC Africa. "I'm expecting them [the Toures] for the Fifa deadline."

City boss Mancini had asked Zahoui if the Toure brothers could play on Sunday before joining the Ivory Coast camp.

Under Fifa rules, players can be called up two weeks before the competition, which starts on 21 January.

City and United, currently first and second in the Premier League respectively, are meeting at Etihad Stadium in the FA Cup third round on Sunday.

In his news conference on Thursday morning, Mancini revealed he had requested for the Toure brothers to delay their departure for the Africa Cup of Nations.

But Zahoui has insisted they report for a meeting in Paris on Saturday before the squad flies out to Abu Dhabi for a two-week training camp, starting on Sunday.

The Toure brothers are pivotal players for Manchester City, and both started in the 3-0 Premier League victory over Liverpool on Tuesday night.

Yaya, whose powerful drives from midfield are a feature of City's attacking play, scored the winner in both the FA Cup semi-final and final last season, and has six goals in his last 13 games.

Kolo has displaced Joleon Lescott at the heart of City's defence since returning from a six-month ban for failing a drugs test.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/16416072.stm

This report is telling that the Paris Get together on Saturday has been cancelled now, so why do they need to be available on Saturday.

Im sure our Sponsors will be more than happy to fly the Brothers in their City Livery A/C to Abu Dhabi after we knock the scum out of the FA cup on Sunday.

Normal first day training meet ups are geared around fitness checks etc, so are they really required for the first day? Or are they just being peevish?

Although, the Ivory Coasts chances of winning the ACN is centred around Yaya and Kolo, maybe they dont want to run the risk of them being involved in a blood and guts grudge derby where the opposition want revenge for a previous FA cup defeat and a 6-1 thumping in the league and their two stars picking up unecessary injuries. Logical from their managers POV. Whould we do the same?
 
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