rickmcfc
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Strengths, weaknesses, who is the better player?
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Yaya V Scholes
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wolfie1988
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Scholes could hit a tree from 250 yards away.....fact
Lancet Fluke
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In a fight, live on TV? Yes please.
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rickmcfc said:Strengths, weaknesses, who is the better player?
Discuss.
You really have got to be having a laugh
This really is Ferrari v Fiat
Do me a favour.
There's nothing to see here. Move along now
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That's nothing, Ashley Cole can hit work experience students from 300 yards.wolfie1988 said:Scholes could hit a tree from 250 yards away.....fact
Lucky Toma
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Hinchcliffe's header said:rickmcfc said:Strengths, weaknesses, who is the better player?
Discuss.
You really have got to be having a laugh
This really is Ferrari v Fiat
Do me a favour.
There's nothing to see here. Move along now
Despite them occupying the same space they're distinctly different types of player so a comparison is difficult.
But Scholes a Fiat? I think not. I detest the little ginger shithouse but he was up there with the very best of them.
Blue Til Death
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No denying Scholes was a quality player, I liked him apart from his shite tackles which I don't think were malicious in the main, he just could not tackle to save his life.
Yaya can be lazy at times and again not noted for his tackling ability.
On balance Yaya takes the accolade as the better player because as good as Scholes was as a pivotal part of the rags midfield he cannot match Yaya's ability to scythe through quality defences from the half way line and his power, Yaya intimidates the opposition massively and that gives him and us an edge, as good as scholes was, he didn't have that ability or presence for me.
Yaya can be lazy at times and again not noted for his tackling ability.
On balance Yaya takes the accolade as the better player because as good as Scholes was as a pivotal part of the rags midfield he cannot match Yaya's ability to scythe through quality defences from the half way line and his power, Yaya intimidates the opposition massively and that gives him and us an edge, as good as scholes was, he didn't have that ability or presence for me.
southstand117
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In a ring yaya on a football pitch Scholes.
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I believe their physical differences will always prevent a truly balanced comparison.
Scholes was a fantastic midfielder, as is Yaya Toure, but I always thought his game was focused entirely on winning the ball back and being the little scamp who attacked your ankles. From there, he had the ability to bomb forward either with or without the ball and try and get on the end of something. Most of the goals that Scholes scored were from knock downs or rebounds just inside the area.
Over his time in England I've seen Yaya Toure transform from a decent defensive midfielder into a fantastic central midfielder. I remember the days when people criticised Yaya Toure heavily for his opening 6 months in England, but as the business end of the season came around he just took a little push forward (most famously in the semi-final and FA Cup final) and added a completely new dimension to his game.
From there, he's become a powerful, marauding, unstoppable midfielder with a passing range wider than most players I've ever seen. He can play it short, play huge, sweeping passes from one side of the field to the other in front of the defence, and he's got an accurate incision hidden in his locker for special occasions. And this season he's developed an eye for goal, but I do think that's largely down to Fernandinho's much needed athleticism (something Barry never provided, as good as he was).
He's by no means a captain, and he doesn't half sulk when he wants to. He also needs to cut out his occasional petulance and "energy conservation" games. But apart from that Yaya Toure has been fantastic for us and will go down as a legend. He scored the goals which won us our first trophies, he scored the two up at Newcastle to effectively hand us the title, he scored the goal which got us going in the Community Shield again, and he scored the goal which eventually lead to us turning it around in the League Cup final.
A mammoth. A legend.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOt1P9yJrLs[/youtube]
Scholes was a fantastic midfielder, as is Yaya Toure, but I always thought his game was focused entirely on winning the ball back and being the little scamp who attacked your ankles. From there, he had the ability to bomb forward either with or without the ball and try and get on the end of something. Most of the goals that Scholes scored were from knock downs or rebounds just inside the area.
Over his time in England I've seen Yaya Toure transform from a decent defensive midfielder into a fantastic central midfielder. I remember the days when people criticised Yaya Toure heavily for his opening 6 months in England, but as the business end of the season came around he just took a little push forward (most famously in the semi-final and FA Cup final) and added a completely new dimension to his game.
From there, he's become a powerful, marauding, unstoppable midfielder with a passing range wider than most players I've ever seen. He can play it short, play huge, sweeping passes from one side of the field to the other in front of the defence, and he's got an accurate incision hidden in his locker for special occasions. And this season he's developed an eye for goal, but I do think that's largely down to Fernandinho's much needed athleticism (something Barry never provided, as good as he was).
He's by no means a captain, and he doesn't half sulk when he wants to. He also needs to cut out his occasional petulance and "energy conservation" games. But apart from that Yaya Toure has been fantastic for us and will go down as a legend. He scored the goals which won us our first trophies, he scored the two up at Newcastle to effectively hand us the title, he scored the goal which got us going in the Community Shield again, and he scored the goal which eventually lead to us turning it around in the League Cup final.
A mammoth. A legend.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOt1P9yJrLs[/youtube]
prestonibbo_mcfc
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Blue Is the Opposite of Blue said:I believe their physical differences will always prevent a truly balanced comparison.
Scholes was a fantastic midfielder, as is Yaya Toure, but I always thought his game was focused entirely on winning the ball back and being the little scamp who attacked your ankles. From there, he had the ability to bomb forward either with or without the ball and try and get on the end of something. Most of the goals that Scholes scored were from knock downs or rebounds just inside the area.
Over his time in England I've seen Yaya Toure transform from a decent defensive midfielder into a fantastic central midfielder. I remember the days when people criticised Yaya Toure heavily for his opening 6 months in England, but as the business end of the season came around he just took a little push forward (most famously in the semi-final and FA Cup final) and added a completely new dimension to his game.
From there, he's become a powerful, marauding, unstoppable midfielder with a passing range wider than most players I've ever seen. He can play it short, play huge, sweeping passes from one side of the field to the other in front of the defence, and he's got an accurate incision hidden in his locker for special occasions. And this season he's developed an eye for goal, but I do think that's largely down to Fernandinho's much needed athleticism (something Barry never provided, as good as he was).
He's by no means a captain, and he doesn't half sulk when he wants to. He also needs to cut out his occasional petulance and "energy conservation" games. But apart from that Yaya Toure has been fantastic for us and will go down as a legend. He scored the goals which won us our first trophies, he scored the two up at Newcastle to effectively hand us the title, he scored the goal which got us going in the Community Shield again, and he scored the goal which eventually lead to us turning it around in the League Cup final.
A mammoth. A legend.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOt1P9yJrLs[/youtube]
Haha. Nothing to do with one being a rage then ;-)