Yaya Toure - commits future to City (page 855)

[jimharri]

A low point in Blluemoon history where we turned on one of our own, at a time of neediness and assume the worse and stated it all as fact. I am glad this saga is over for now so I can now go on and pretend that we are still the best fans in the land. No problem with questioning integrity but the level and amount of abuse on here was pathetic.

What the fuck are you on about? He brought the abuse on himself by his actions. Unless you're seriously suggesting that, because he's a City player, he can act like a spoilt **** and be exempt from criticism. Is that what you're saying? If any player or manager, past or present, is disrespectful towards the club he's going to get stick. To use some bullshit excuse about the club not remembering his birthday in order to try to engineer either a move away, or a payrise, is ''pathetic''. And he could have nipped it all in the bud early in the summer by coming out and saying what he intended to do (one way or the other) rather than saying he'll make a decision after the world cup. I'm delighted he's staying (for however much longer? We'll see); he was absolutely immense for us last season. But the whole way he (and/or his agent) handled/engineered this sorry saga has left a bad taste in my mouth.

 

[Bill]

No wonder the media write the shit they do when there are thickos like those on this thread.

There never was a story it's all lies designed to destabilise our club.

Stop reading shite papers and sucking it up or you're no better than the rags who write it.

I take it you missed what was actually said at the time by the agent and Yaya himself backing what his agent said, on Twitter, not via a journalist? A lot of the original tweets were deleted, then a bit of back tracking went on, then it was complete silence, now the agent and Yaya are on record saying he's remaining a City player there were no problems.

I didn't need the press at any point during all of that to know what was going on.

I don't think he ever actually wanted to leave. He just wanted to pull a Messi and CRonaldo and tactically complain over fuck all to make the club shit themselves that he might leave and offer him a gigantic contract. The club called his bluff and we now have saved tens of millions and still have the player. Now Yaya and the agent are saying there was nothing in it all.

Nobody was trying to destablise anything apart from Yaya and his agent trying to undo a lot of hard work that Pellegrini Begiristain and Soriano had done with the whole 'holistic' drive by coming out with some of the most ridiculous bullshit since Tévez wouldn't warm up and went AWOL or Stephen Ireland said he didn't care what the score was when he was just sat on our bench.

It's done now, but let's not be so naive to think this was all a press driven thing.

Stop posting sense.

 

[Utter bobbins]

A low point in Blluemoon history where we turned on one of our own, at a time of neediness and assume the worse and stated it all as fact. I am glad this saga is over for now so I can now go on and pretend that we are still the best fans in the land. No problem with questioning integrity but the level and amount of abuse on here was pathetic.

What the fuck are you on about? He brought the abuse on himself by his actions. Unless you're seriously suggesting that, because he's a City player, he can act like a spoilt c**t and be exempt from criticism. Is that what you're saying? If any player or manager, past or present, is disrespectful towards the club he's going to get stick. To use some bullshit excuse about the club not remembering his birthday in order to try to engineer either a move away, or a payrise, is ''pathetic''. And he could have nipped it all in the bud early in the summer by coming out and saying what he intended to do (one way or the other) rather than saying he'll make a decision after the world cup. I'm delighted he's staying (for however much longer? We'll see); he was absolutely immense for us last season. But the whole way he (and/or his agent) handled/engineered this sorry saga has left a bad taste in my mouth.

Glad you mentioned the cake and conveniently forgot his brothers passing

 

[Rammyblues]

Didn't understand this fiasco from day one, lot of sympathy for him with his brother and I am just glad and relieved it is over. Only way for Yaya to re build the bridges between himself and fans (if he cares about us) is to put in the required performances on the pitch and maybe in the future keep his thoughts and those of his agent to themselves and not wash their dirty linen in public.

 

[jimharri]

A low point in Blluemoon history where we turned on one of our own, at a time of neediness and assume the worse and stated it all as fact. I am glad this saga is over for now so I can now go on and pretend that we are still the best fans in the land. No problem with questioning integrity but the level and amount of abuse on here was pathetic.

What the fuck are you on about? He brought the abuse on himself by his actions. Unless you're seriously suggesting that, because he's a City player, he can act like a spoilt c**t and be exempt from criticism. Is that what you're saying? If any player or manager, past or present, is disrespectful towards the club he's going to get stick. To use some bullshit excuse about the club not remembering his birthday in order to try to engineer either a move away, or a payrise, is ''pathetic''. And he could have nipped it all in the bud early in the summer by coming out and saying what he intended to do (one way or the other) rather than saying he'll make a decision after the world cup. I'm delighted he's staying (for however much longer? We'll see); he was absolutely immense for us last season. But the whole way he (and/or his agent) handled/engineered this sorry saga has left a bad taste in my mouth.

Glad you mentioned the cake and conveniently forgot his brothers passing

Yes; it was a tragic time for him, Kolo and the rest of his family circle, and my sympathies do go out to him; losing someone before their time isn't easy, as I know only too well. A lot of us have lost loved ones before their time. Doesn't mean we acted like cunts at our place of work though.

 

[Bill]

A low point in Blluemoon history where we turned on one of our own, at a time of neediness and assume the worse and stated it all as fact. I am glad this saga is over for now so I can now go on and pretend that we are still the best fans in the land. No problem with questioning integrity but the level and amount of abuse on here was pathetic.

What the fuck are you on about? He brought the abuse on himself by his actions. Unless you're seriously suggesting that, because he's a City player, he can act like a spoilt c**t and be exempt from criticism. Is that what you're saying? If any player or manager, past or present, is disrespectful towards the club he's going to get stick. To use some bullshit excuse about the club not remembering his birthday in order to try to engineer either a move away, or a payrise, is ''pathetic''. And he could have nipped it all in the bud early in the summer by coming out and saying what he intended to do (one way or the other) rather than saying he'll make a decision after the world cup. I'm delighted he's staying (for however much longer? We'll see); he was absolutely immense for us last season. But the whole way he (and/or his agent) handled/engineered this sorry saga has left a bad taste in my mouth.

Glad you mentioned the cake and conveniently forgot his brothers passing

Jim is right, he brought all the abuse on himself.

Ytisac. Just one that didn't get his own way so then backtracked. Good for the team but most definitely left a bad taste.

He has to have another super season now, otherwise he'll get Pelter's.

 

[TonyM]

A low point in Blluemoon history where we turned on one of our own, at a time of neediness and assume the worse and stated it all as fact. I am glad this saga is over for now so I can now go on and pretend that we are still the best fans in the land. No problem with questioning integrity but the level and amount of abuse on here was pathetic.

What the fuck are you on about? He brought the abuse on himself by his actions. Unless you're seriously suggesting that, because he's a City player, he can act like a spoilt c**t and be exempt from criticism. Is that what you're saying? If any player or manager, past or present, is disrespectful towards the club he's going to get stick. To use some bullshit excuse about the club not remembering his birthday in order to try to engineer either a move away, or a payrise, is ''pathetic''. And he could have nipped it all in the bud early in the summer by coming out and saying what he intended to do (one way or the other) rather than saying he'll make a decision after the world cup. I'm delighted he's staying (for however much longer? We'll see); he was absolutely immense for us last season. But the whole way he (and/or his agent) handled/engineered this sorry saga has left a bad taste in my mouth.

Admittedly he could have said before the WC or soon fterwards and said there was no issue. Then again he was busy preparing for the WC and his brother was fighting for his life so more on his mind. And afterwards he was in mourning.

The only comments I read were in a French story and it was never clear if he implied that City were at fault in his mind - just that he regretted following City' schedule.

If there really was no more to it than the agent tweets and the French story then I still struggle to understand how anyone can rationally believe he disrespected the club.

 

[FantasyIreland]

The U Turn has been forced on him,if the opportunity he sought had presented itself,he'd have been off like Usain Bolt.

Yes we retain the services of a world class player but i'm not convinced by his attitude anymore and I will certainly never see him as the legend he could have been.Players should be crawling over broken glass to wear our shirt not behaving like we owe them a favour......

Because of such,I was really hoping this could have been the chance to shape our midfield for years to come.

 

[Pubteam Lomas]

I have read loads of stuff over the last few months re: Yaya and people saying 'get rid,' 'fcuk him off' etc...
However I was made up when he came out yesterday and said he was gonna stay.
The bottom line is, to replace him would be almost, if not totally, impossible.
We are a much better team with him in it. End of.
And finally just think how our rivals felt when he gave that interview.
They would much rather play us without him in the side.
I for one want to see him bullying the likes of stevie me, fabregas, wilshere et al. Oh And anyone in a scum shirt!!!

 

[mancity dan]

The same thing I wrote earlier in the thread.

Yaya is a ****, but he is our ****.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

In the real world he'd have been sacked however, ez football.

We should ALL move on now as best we can at least until the end of the season.

 

[Rammy Blue]

The U Turn has been forced on him,if the opportunity he sought had presented itself,he'd have been off like Usain Bolt.

Yes we retain the services of a world class player but i'm not convinced by his attitude anymore and I will certainly never see him as the legend he could have been.Players should be crawling over broken glass to wear our shirt not behaving like we owe them a favour......

Because of such,I was really hoping this could have been the chance to shape our midfield for years to come.

If we weren't hamstrung by FFP then I'm sure we'd have used the opportunity to re-shape our midfield this summer. It does us a favour though in that we retain his services for this season but will be planning to bring in top drawer additions next summer, plus if he doesn't play to his abilities this season people won't have a problem with him being benched.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

The same thing I wrote earlier in the thread.

Yaya is a c**t, but he is our c**t.

And Yaya turned down interest from the rag c**ts.

Hopefully Yaya gets focused on playing for us and recovers from his poor World Cup (which might be the reason no one else bid for him).

 

[Utter bobbins]

In the real world he'd have been sacked however, ez football.

We should ALL move on now as best we can at least until the end of the season.

Sacked for what

 

[gmckennasell]

Toure and his agent had only one agenda , to engineer a move or a better contract , they failed , and have come back with their tails between their legs , toure's statement means nothing now , and the idiots on here who believe the media contrived to de-stabilise our club only have to listen or read his agents comments.
Toure does'nt play for us because he loves our club , he plays for the £12m a year we pay him , and the fact he can win a few trophies is secondary , not all our players are mercenaries , the likes of zabs and vinny do have an affiliation to our club , but this is a rare trait in modern footballers , the majority are merely employees , just passing through

 

[Hart of the Matter]

In the real world he'd have been sacked however, ez football.

We should ALL move on now as best we can at least until the end of the season.

Every work place I have worked in people, including senior managers have moaned about the employer, including frustrations about lack of recognition for a job well done and sensitivity around personal issues. They remain loyal though and soon get back on track. Hell, even done it myself. If he should get the sack then 99% of us should.

City have handled this really well. They come out of it with credit.

 

[big phil]

Now......we have always had a good sense of humour so how about singing to Ya Ya in the first game,''If we knew you were staying we'd have baked a cake,baked a cake!'' to the tune of the song that was used in that advertisement a few years ago?

Class!

 

[remember arthur mann]

Yaya is fab, instrumental in where City are today. Too many rags under the guise of blues on this site.

 

[richards30]

In the real world he'd have been sacked however, ez football.

We should ALL move on now as best we can at least until the end of the season.

sacked???? really??

 

[Bill]

Toure and his agent had only one agenda , to engineer a move or a better contract , they failed , and have come back with their tails between their legs , toure's statement means nothing now , and the idiots on here who believe the media contrived to de-stabilise our club only have to listen or read his agents comments.
Toure does'nt play for us because he loves our club , he plays for the £12m a year we pay him , and the fact he can win a few trophies is secondary , not all our players are mercenaries , the likes of zabs and vinny do have an affiliation to our club , but this is a rare trait in modern footballers , the majority are merely employees , just passing through

Yep.