Yaya Toure - commits future to City (page 855)

[blueinsa]

Re: Yaya Toure

I think it's dead right that we expect 100% loyalty from players yet are totally unwilling to give Yaya the benefit of the doubt, at least until some facts come out. Loyalty works both ways and you should always know the facts before running your mouth, pronouncing him dead or pissing in your knickers.

It borders on the hilarious the way some of you have reacted.

Thanks for that Dimitry....

 

[Matt the Giant]

Re: Yaya Toure

I think it's dead right that we expect 100% loyalty from players yet are totally unwilling to give Yaya the benefit of the doubt, at least until some facts come out. Loyalty works both ways and you should always know the facts before running your mouth, pronouncing him dead or pissing in your knickers.

It borders on the hilarious the way some of you have reacted.

The thing is Yaya himself said he stands by everything his agent wrote on twitter. He could instead have been a bit more diplomatic and respectful, but chose not to.

 

[nijinsky's fetlocks]

Re: Yaya Toure

Yaya is a one in a million player. There is no replacing him like for like at this stage. People are saying sell him but how do you put a price on that?

We'd likely have to change our style of play and have to shift other players around to accommodate the change. It's easy to say if we get 40m for him we could go out and buy someone like Fabregas but it's nowhere near like for like.

On the flip side, if all of this is true and if the club give in to what ever demands he has it is setting a precedent for the other big players in the squad.

(Hi by the way, new to the forum as a poster but have been reading for years!)

Rag.

Well said mate. Let's run him out of town.

Can we not have a stoning instead?
It's been ages since we had one of those.
I love a good stoning.

 

[aguero93:20]

Re: Yaya Toure

Rag.

Well said mate. Let's run him out of town.

Can we not have a stoning instead?
It's been ages since we had one of those.
I love a good stoning.

Heretic!

 

[Lancet Fluke]

Re: Yaya Toure

I think it's dead right that we expect 100% loyalty from players yet are totally unwilling to give Yaya the benefit of the doubt, at least until some facts come out. Loyalty works both ways and you should always know the facts before running your mouth, pronouncing him dead or pissing in your knickers.

It borders on the hilarious the way some of you have reacted.

I don't expect 100% loyalty from him at all. If he wanted to leave at the end of the season and had gone to the club and done it properly then I wouldn't have had the slightest issue. What I don't expect is for any player to allow their representative to criticise the club and it's owners in a series of interviews and then do nothing to distance himself from remarks that could have been seen as disrespectful to our owner.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Re: Yaya Toure

I think it's dead right that we expect 100% loyalty from players yet are totally unwilling to give Yaya the benefit of the doubt, at least until some facts come out. Loyalty works both ways and you should always know the facts before running your mouth, pronouncing him dead or pissing in your knickers.

It borders on the hilarious the way some of you have reacted.

Thanks for that Dimitry....

Hilarious.

I just think before you kick a man to death you need to know he's guilty.

Bet I get called 'Kolo' next, that'll be funny.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Re: Yaya Toure

I think it's dead right that we expect 100% loyalty from players yet are totally unwilling to give Yaya the benefit of the doubt, at least until some facts come out. Loyalty works both ways and you should always know the facts before running your mouth, pronouncing him dead or pissing in your knickers.

It borders on the hilarious the way some of you have reacted.

The thing is Yaya himself said he stands by everything his agent wrote on twitter. He could instead have been a bit more diplomatic and respectful, but chose not to.

I've not seen any quotes from Yaya save for Tweets which no one knows who posted them, what's Yaya said?

 

[Plaything of the gods]

Re: Yaya Toure

I think it's dead right that we expect 100% loyalty from players yet are totally unwilling to give Yaya the benefit of the doubt, at least until some facts come out. Loyalty works both ways and you should always know the facts before running your mouth, pronouncing him dead or pissing in your knickers.

It borders on the hilarious the way some of you have reacted.

The thing is Yaya himself said he stands by everything his agent wrote on twitter. He could instead have been a bit more diplomatic and respectful, but chose not to.

The agent speaks for Yaya. That is his job. Yaya could have stopped him, apologised, sacked him, spoken. The fact is that Yaya has said nothing and done nothing (in public) about this bizarre fiasco. Rather, Yaya has continued to let himself be the butt of a joke that the whole world, and not least City fans, have enjoyed.

That is why there is no benefit of the doubt to give. Yaya is being disrespectful by omission whilst his agent is disrespectful - and downright odious - by commission.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Re: Yaya Toure

I think it's dead right that we expect 100% loyalty from players yet are totally unwilling to give Yaya the benefit of the doubt, at least until some facts come out. Loyalty works both ways and you should always know the facts before running your mouth, pronouncing him dead or pissing in your knickers.

It borders on the hilarious the way some of you have reacted.

The thing is Yaya himself said he stands by everything his agent wrote on twitter. He could instead have been a bit more diplomatic and respectful, but chose not to.

The agent speaks for Yaya. That is his job. Yaya could have stopped him, apologised, sacked him, spoken. The fact is that Yaya has said nothing and done nothing (in public) about this bizarre fiasco. rather, Yaya has continued to let himself be the butt of a joke that the whole world, and not least City fans, have enjoyed.

That is why there is no benefit of the doubt to give. Yaya is being disrespectful by omission whilst his agent is disrespectful - and downright odious - by commission.

He's guilty of being thick and unthinking but ALL players are like that.

He's not done anything yet to deserve some of the reactions on here.

 

[without a dream]

Re: Yaya Toure

The thing is Yaya himself said he stands by everything his agent wrote on twitter. He could instead have been a bit more diplomatic and respectful, but chose not to.

The agent speaks for Yaya. That is his job. Yaya could have stopped him, apologised, sacked him, spoken. The fact is that Yaya has said nothing and done nothing (in public) about this bizarre fiasco. rather, Yaya has continued to let himself be the butt of a joke that the whole world, and not least City fans, have enjoyed.

That is why there is no benefit of the doubt to give. Yaya is being disrespectful by omission whilst his agent is disrespectful - and downright odious - by commission.

He's guilty of being thick and unthinking but ALL players are like that.

He's not done anything yet to deserve some of the reactions on here.

He's had 3 days now to come out with some bullshit about how it was all a misunderstanding. I think it's safe to say Yaya agrees with his gobshite of an agent.

 

[Plaything of the gods]

Re: Yaya Toure

The thing is Yaya himself said he stands by everything his agent wrote on twitter. He could instead have been a bit more diplomatic and respectful, but chose not to.

The agent speaks for Yaya. That is his job. Yaya could have stopped him, apologised, sacked him, spoken. The fact is that Yaya has said nothing and done nothing (in public) about this bizarre fiasco. rather, Yaya has continued to let himself be the butt of a joke that the whole world, and not least City fans, have enjoyed.

That is why there is no benefit of the doubt to give. Yaya is being disrespectful by omission whilst his agent is disrespectful - and downright odious - by commission.

He's guilty of being thick and unthinking but ALL players are like that.

He's not done anything yet to deserve some of the reactions on here.

Vincent Kompany included? I think that's a pretty insulting statement to make.

 

[york away to this!]

Re: Yaya Toure

...perhaps he has a book coming out?...

for someone whinging about not getting enough attention, he's doing rather well...

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Re: Yaya Toure

The thing is Yaya himself said he stands by everything his agent wrote on twitter. He could instead have been a bit more diplomatic and respectful, but chose not to.

The agent speaks for Yaya. That is his job. Yaya could have stopped him, apologised, sacked him, spoken. The fact is that Yaya has said nothing and done nothing (in public) about this bizarre fiasco. rather, Yaya has continued to let himself be the butt of a joke that the whole world, and not least City fans, have enjoyed.

That is why there is no benefit of the doubt to give. Yaya is being disrespectful by omission whilst his agent is disrespectful - and downright odious - by commission.

He's guilty of being thick and unthinking but ALL players are like that.

He's not done anything yet to deserve some of the reactions on here.

 

[M18CTID]

Re: Yaya Toure

The agent speaks for Yaya. That is his job. Yaya could have stopped him, apologised, sacked him, spoken. The fact is that Yaya has said nothing and done nothing (in public) about this bizarre fiasco. rather, Yaya has continued to let himself be the butt of a joke that the whole world, and not least City fans, have enjoyed.

That is why there is no benefit of the doubt to give. Yaya is being disrespectful by omission whilst his agent is disrespectful - and downright odious - by commission.

He's guilty of being thick and unthinking but ALL players are like that.

He's not done anything yet to deserve some of the reactions on here.

He's had 3 days now to come out with some bullshit about how it was all a misunderstanding. I think it's safe to say Yaya agrees with his gobshite of an agent.

How do you know that he hasn't already put the record straight with the club? Or does he have to post it on here too?

Oh, and why didn't you have an issue with Yaya last year when his agent said similar things?

 

[Lancet Fluke]

Re: Yaya Toure

The thing is Yaya himself said he stands by everything his agent wrote on twitter. He could instead have been a bit more diplomatic and respectful, but chose not to.

The agent speaks for Yaya. That is his job. Yaya could have stopped him, apologised, sacked him, spoken. The fact is that Yaya has said nothing and done nothing (in public) about this bizarre fiasco. rather, Yaya has continued to let himself be the butt of a joke that the whole world, and not least City fans, have enjoyed.

That is why there is no benefit of the doubt to give. Yaya is being disrespectful by omission whilst his agent is disrespectful - and downright odious - by commission.

He's guilty of being thick and unthinking but ALL players are like that.

He's not done anything yet to deserve some of the reactions on here.

Fair enough, there are quite a few people who have contributed to this thread who don't think Yaya should have to take responsibility for the things a man he employs as his public representative says in his name. Personally, I don't think that view stands up to much scrutiny but everyone is entitled to their opinion on what has happened.

 

[Aphex]

Re: Yaya Toure

It's obviously a ruse by our owners to take the heat off the £59m. Played a blinder.

 

[Lancet Fluke]

Re: Yaya Toure

He's guilty of being thick and unthinking but ALL players are like that.

He's not done anything yet to deserve some of the reactions on here.

He's had 3 days now to come out with some bullshit about how it was all a misunderstanding. I think it's safe to say Yaya agrees with his gobshite of an agent.

How do you know that he hasn't already put the record straight with the club? Or does he have to post it on here too?

Oh, and why didn't you have an issue with Yaya last year when his agent said similar things?

The disrespectful remarks were made publicly so it isn't unreasonable to expect any apology or setting the record straight to be pubic also. As far as the comments last year, I'm sure plenty of people weren't over the moon about them but as far as I am aware they weren't as disrespectful. For instance, I'm fairly sure there was no implictaion that Sheikh Mansour was trying to buy relationships etc last summer. I might be wrong though, I can't recall exactly what was said last year.

 

[without a dream]

Re: Yaya Toure

He's guilty of being thick and unthinking but ALL players are like that.

He's not done anything yet to deserve some of the reactions on here.

He's had 3 days now to come out with some bullshit about how it was all a misunderstanding. I think it's safe to say Yaya agrees with his gobshite of an agent.

How do you know that he hasn't already put the record straight with the club? Or does he have to post it on here too?

Oh, and why didn't you have an issue with Yaya last year when his agent said similar things?

Given his obsession with respect and the comedic figure he's become I suspect he'd make a public comment.

How do you know I didn't? Last year it was a blatant negotiating tactic, which is irritating but understandable when you're actually in the process of negotiating a contract. I thought he was better than publicly trying to engineer another move or eke another few grand a week out of the club when he's contracted to 34, you live and you learn.

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

Re: Yaya Toure

The agent speaks for Yaya. That is his job. Yaya could have stopped him, apologised, sacked him, spoken. The fact is that Yaya has said nothing and done nothing (in public) about this bizarre fiasco. rather, Yaya has continued to let himself be the butt of a joke that the whole world, and not least City fans, have enjoyed.

That is why there is no benefit of the doubt to give. Yaya is being disrespectful by omission whilst his agent is disrespectful - and downright odious - by commission.

He's guilty of being thick and unthinking but ALL players are like that.

He's not done anything yet to deserve some of the reactions on here.

Fair enough, there are quite a few people who have contributed to this thread who don't think Yaya should have to take responsibility for the things a man he employs as his public representative says in his name. Personally, I don't think that view stands up to much scrutiny but everyone is entitled to their opinion on what has happened.

They aren't men and employees, they're footballers and agents, they operate in their own bubble of shit. None of them have any honour, why should Yaya?

As for the Kompany question, yes he seems intelligent and decent but I'm quite sure if he gets unhappy at any point he'll be off, footballers and rock n roll bands are things you should never put too much faith in.

 

[TonyM]

Re: Yaya Toure

He is a City player still and I hope that continues. Too much precious hurt feelings about these days and this is just another example IMO.

He hasn't done anything directly to hurt us so give him the benefit of the doubt I say.

That said I am infinitely gullible and am constantly taken advantage of. But I prefer still to see the good ... except in lazy Dzeko ... Only fishing :-)