Yaya Toure apologises

Unseemly though this situation may seem to outsiders, today marks a cossroads in the club's development.

Yaya's role in the development of the project, particularly as a catalyst to attract high profile players, has been acknowledged at the highest level by the club. However, this placed him in a position where he could regard himself as, in some respects, bigger than the club. A true great would have had the self-awareness to behave with grace and dignity but not Yaya. So for his contribution to our development I thank him but, for his behaviour, through his agent, I do not respect him which is a little sad, for me at least.

Yaya's talent declined as the club's status grew and sooner or later the two lines on the graph were bound to pass and today, belatedly, marks that point. There will always be upstarts who think they are bigger than the club but never again will a player be in a position where the club has to tolerate their antics. That, in itself, will diminish the number of times this happens.

As an aside, that adds an extra frisson of enjoyment watching Mourinho, Big Nose and Fatty taking the piss out of the rags.
 
Tom_mcfc said:
Clearly can do no wrong then. If yaya was so against him he would of binned him off. Simple. Anyone who defends yaya are bigger twats than Seluk and if yaya does ever pull the shirt on again I will boo like its the champions league theme
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I'll always defend yaya but not his agent. If that makes me a twat then so be it :-)
 
Dax777 said:
When he mattered, someone could have, or frankly he should have been sold the year after the 20 goal ouburst. I argued it back then that that wa his swangsong. A meeting of talent and experience. It was going to be down hill from there.

Anyway my point was simply its a win win for all involved.
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It's far from a win for Toure.
 
sir baconface said:
I'm calling bollox. I bet you wouldn't be content to sit at home on garden leave because your employer thought you were a cnut. And if you would, your employer's assessment would be vindicated.
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Your analogy is incomplete. An employer that doesn't want me but only keep me around because we've signed a contract that states I have to be paid an amount no one else is willing to pay, isn't an employer I am too worried about pleasing. Perhaps Yaya is. But I wouldn't be. We know, and I'm assuming Yaya knows that the only reason he is still here is because no other team will take on his contract. The moment that contract expires he'd be jettisoned. More likely than not, Yaya would not get paid 200 or 250k which ever absurd amount it is anywhere else he goes. SO why would Yaya be interested in pleasing an employer who doesn't want him but are simply stuck with him?

I'm not trying to be difficult here, but when I put myself in Yaya's situation, I see no value in backing down. Is not as if Yaya is a starter who has been removed from the team for bad behaviour. He is an overpaid fringe player who can barely make the team on his best behavior. If I were him, I'd simply put my feet up and collect on the last year of a never to be had again plump salary. As for my employer's assessment (same employer that really has no need for me and would rather i was gone?) I could give a rats ass about what it thinks vindicates it.

I guess I'm a pro worker anti-management kinda dude. And this spills into every aspect of my life. I love City as the club I support, but at a base level I am still a "fuck Management" type of dude. And just to be clear, you don't need to have been a dick to be sent to the kiddie pitch. It's a business. Moanihno sent Shweinshwein to play with t he youth kids even though he never said a bad word. Pep wanted Joe out even though he never said a bad word. These actions are not wrong even though folks felt a raw emotional reaction to them. That's simply what managemet does. When you are not needed, they want you out. tthat's just life. I'd be hard pressed to give 2 fucks about an organization, any organization that wants me out. But then again, that's just me. I can be a **** for my own interest like that.
 
Given his agents response, Toure really can piss off now. What a shame he let his agent bring such an ignominious end to what has probably been his best ever spell at a club. Talk about repeatedly shooting yourself in the foot. A couple of muppets.
 
SWP's back said:
Not a super manager?

He's the best manager in the world and you're an agent with one client on your books you fat ****.

I think Pep will just ignore the ****. He's said he's piece.
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Don't think Pep will mind Seluk going apeshit in the press, calling him all sorts and declaring a "war". It will just give Pep the perfect excuse to tell Yaya to fuck off home and not come back to the club which will suit Pep down to the ground I would think.
 
Nothing will take away what Yaya has done for us...just a big shame how it has come to

Deserved the sort of send off Joe got
 
Georgian Maestro said:
Very sad it has come to this. Unlikely to play for the club again as I can't see him backing down and apologising
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It's not sad at all. I look at our current midfield and the way they fight to regain possession, the way they run their arses off with and without the ball, and I don't for one second think "oh, I really miss Yaya Toure strolling around like the lazy shit that he is. And what this game really needs now is Yaya sitting on his arse for a couple of minutes each time he is involved in a 50:50". I'd forgotten we even had him.
 
Time for Toure to show some balls now. Does he want to play for us again (notwithstanding he doesn't warrant a place in the side at the moment ), or is he happy to be his agent's lapdog?
 
Dax777 said:
SCh, these are his friends you know. It's unlikely they share the fan angst that you see here. They know the guy personally. Some might even thinks he is wrong in trying to undermine the manager, but they realize the situation. They are not going to make a go at their friend in practice over a beef between 2 grown men.
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Scholes injured his mate Rooney for two weeks during that fun time that Rooney held United over a barrel.

I know you have some hard on for playing this down for whatever reason though.
 
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