daxman said:He has always commanded the respect of other players. I always laugh when I see the the "not captain material" comments.
Have you noticed he doesn't do that when he is captain? He is the one settling fights, listening to the ref and calming other players down. He is always open to recieve a pass and literally covers more ground than anyone else on the team. You simply don't get to touch the ball 80 times a game whil your closest teammate touches it 64 times, and most average about 40 or below, unless you are working extremely hard.<br /><br />-- Sat Sep 14, 2013 8:01 pm --<br /><br />FantasyIreland said:daxman said:He has always commanded the respect of other players. I always laugh when I see the the "not captain material" comments.
I can assure you I don't laugh when he throws himself to the floor under the slightest of knocks or kicks out in petulant acts or backchats the ref......
No,definitely not a leader.
Because he is that much better than those behind him. Coaching CIty is a pressure cooker for coaches. They will rest great players when there is adequate back ups to them. Right now, we simply don't have a central midfielder who can work the field for 80 touches and complete over 90 percent of his passes, put in 4 tackles, 2 interceptions and 2 key passes to boot on what is deemed an average game. We simply don't have that player.Blankomania said:It doesn't matter how good he is. Why is he never benched?
Even world class players like iniesta, mata etc get benched.
Why is he always played every game apart from Carling cup for 3 years.
Its the weirdest thing...
Blankomania said:It doesn't matter how good he is. Why is he never benched?
Even world class players like iniesta, mata etc get benched.
Why is he always played every game apart from Carling cup for 3 years.
Its the weirdest thing...
knuckles said:stats don't tell the whole story, Pellers should not have picked that team today, Yaya needs to play further forward, completely wasted trying to play him as a defensive midfielder, Garcia and Kolarov should never play for us again they wouldn't get into another team in the Prem, perhaps not even in the championship, Nasri should only play against opposition that do not play the physical game as he cannot stand to be touched, Navas and Zaba need to get their positions sorted, again today Zaba kept getting into the positions Navas should have been in, Rodwell looks like a fish out of water - but to be fair he hasn't had much football, Hart needs to stop kicking long especially against teams like Stoke who are good in the air. So much to sort out, I am not a Pellegrini hater but he picked the team - albeit we have some major injuries, but Boyata must be doing something really wrong in training for Garcia to be picked over him.
Blankomania said:It doesn't matter how good he is. Why is he never benched?
Even world class players like iniesta, mata etc get benched.
Why is he always played every game apart from Carling cup for 3 years.
Its the weirdest thing...
You seriously want him on the bench at Plzen?Tim of the Oak said:Blankomania said:It doesn't matter how good he is. Why is he never benched?
Even world class players like iniesta, mata etc get benched.
Why is he always played every game apart from Carling cup for 3 years.
Its the weirdest thing...
This is a good week for Yaya to have a rest and maybe in the bench against Plzen so he is fresh for the Rags.
IMHO the back to back years of ACON have battered Yaya's energy levels and he isn't getting younger. I want to see him fully fit for Sunday.