de niro said:
feel the same. he's an incredible player........when he feels like it. the biggest crime in the game is when you have such talent but don't use it if you can't be arsed. the game has been littered with that type of player over the years. stan bowles, Rodney marsh and of course the irish piss head being the worse case.
yaya could have cashed in on last season but in the right way, not with money but as in a legacy. he could have seen his contract out, on good money as we know, and left here a legend with the status of colin bell. silly silly lad.
he'll never get the last few days back, tarnished now and ridiculed the world over.
laters yaya.
Bill, we are yet to hear a single word from Toure in any substantial format. 140 characters on Twitter is devoid of context. Trust the club to control this. I appreciate we have previous with other mercenary footballers. But this has turned into a ridiculous storm out of nothing substantial. To say his reputation at City is tarnished now is hugely over the top.
Let the bollocks of the slow news day period settle and once the press have something to chase (World Cup prep over the next couple of weeks) this will merely be fish and chip paper rubbish.
This is not absolving Toure of any responsibility. In hindsight the Twitter thing would not have happened. But its given radio phone ins and papers shit to sell/dish up and in the real world we continue living as normal. Champions. A phenomenal footballer who has contributed towards it. The most important signing we made since Mansour took over. And still an integral part of the best spine in English football.
The ethical debate over modern football will continue and fan romanticism and nostalgia for the days of local heroes is that ... nostalgia.
