What does Yaya Toure actually do? - 2014/15 edition

[Nigels Tackle]

there's playing shit and not giving a shit.

for whatever reason, he's not giving his all. simple as.

Plain and fucking simple.

not rocket science is it

so frustrating that just as dzonkey decides to pull his finger out of his arse week in, week out fucking toure decides to shove one of his massive digits up his sphincter

after all the crap this summer, the guy is just proving himself to be a self centred cunt

[Foreverinbluedreams]

Surprise, surprise.

Yaya in the line of fire again for a dire TEAM performance.

[Ted Hughes]

Yaya quite clearly did give a shit, as evidenced by his 60 yard sprint, aged 31, to recover a ball in the last ten minutes, then another dash forward to try & score.

Was that easy for him ? No. Did he feel it afterwards ? Yes. Could he have got away without doing it just by appearing to struggle getting back ? Yes.

So the question is why ? Why did he do it ? Because he thought the fucking team needed him to in order to survive in the competition, that's why.

Can someone give me a similar example of Silva or Aguero busting themselves to the point of fatigue, in order to rescue a defensive situation, because the team needed them ?

But they don't have to do they ? A token effort when it suits them is fine, but Yaya, at 31, is supposed to cover every cunt on the opposing team, along with Fernandinho, whilst the rest stand at the halfway line. And if he doesn't, he's a cunt, but only him, not the others. They can do it as often as they fucking like & not one word mentioned.

Well I'm fucking mentioning it. If Silva Aguero Nasri etc put in the same fucking effort Toure does WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM IN MIDFIELD IN GAMES LIKE LAST NIGHT.

THEY ARE THE SOLUTION.

[Wonderwall]

Yaya quite clearly did give a shit, as evidenced by his 60 yard sprint, aged 31, to recover a ball in the last ten minutes, then another dash forward to try & score.

Was that easy for him ? No. Did he feel it afterwards ? Yes. Could he have got away without doing it just by appearing to struggle getting back ? Yes.

So the question is why ? Why did he do it ? Because he thought the fucking team needed him to in order to survive in the competition, that's why.

Can someone give me a similar example of Silva or Aguero busting themselves to the point of fatigue, in order to rescue a defensive situation, because the team needed them ?

But they don't have to do they ? A token effort when it suits them is fine, but Yaya, at 31, is supposed to cover every cunt on the opposing team, along with Fernandinho, whilst the rest stand at the halfway line. And if he doesn't, he's a cunt, but only him, not the others. They can do it as often as they fucking like & not one word mentioned.

Well I'm fucking mentioning it. If Silva Aguero Nasri etc put in the same fucking effort Toure does WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM IN MIDFIELD IN GAMES LIKE LAST NIGHT.

THEY ARE THE SOLUTION.

He was spent after that recovery and it was a great tackle too when I was expecting the obligatory foul and yellow card. Dzeko also did a similar defensive covering run last night. This is the commitment we need from everyone.

[Ted Hughes]

Yaya quite clearly did give a shit, as evidenced by his 60 yard sprint, aged 31, to recover a ball in the last ten minutes, then another dash forward to try & score.

Was that easy for him ? No. Did he feel it afterwards ? Yes. Could he have got away without doing it just by appearing to struggle getting back ? Yes.

So the question is why ? Why did he do it ? Because he thought the fucking team needed him to in order to survive in the competition, that's why.

Can someone give me a similar example of Silva or Aguero busting themselves to the point of fatigue, in order to rescue a defensive situation, because the team needed them ?

But they don't have to do they ? A token effort when it suits them is fine, but Yaya, at 31, is supposed to cover every cunt on the opposing team, along with Fernandinho, whilst the rest stand at the halfway line. And if he doesn't, he's a cunt, but only him, not the others. They can do it as often as they fucking like & not one word mentioned.

Well I'm fucking mentioning it. If Silva Aguero Nasri etc put in the same fucking effort Toure does WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM IN MIDFIELD IN GAMES LIKE LAST NIGHT.

THEY ARE THE SOLUTION.

He was spent after that recovery and it was a great tackle too when I was expecting the obligatory foul and yellow card. Dzeko also did a similar defensive covering run last night. This is the commitment we need from everyone.

Dzeko was doing a lot of it & miles better than Silva/Aguero. It was not good that the Count took him off.

[Renato_CTID]

Yaya out, Zuculini in! They were two bad mistakes not selling the first one and sending on loan to Valencia the 2nd for me!

[MilnersJaw]

we should have cashed in this summer after cakegate.

I'm looking forward to him fucking off for the african cup, would love to see a midfield with nandos and fanandilo instead.

we really should sell, he isn't going to emulate last season and he is getting older.

[DoomMerchant]

Yaya out, Zuculini in! They were two bad mistakes not selling the first one and sending on loan to Valencia the 2nd for me!

Va bene.
Va bene.

[Nigels Tackle]

Yaya quite clearly did give a shit, as evidenced by his 60 yard sprint, aged 31, to recover a ball in the last ten minutes, then another dash forward to try & score.

Was that easy for him ? No. Did he feel it afterwards ? Yes. Could he have got away without doing it just by appearing to struggle getting back ? Yes.

So the question is why ? Why did he do it ? Because he thought the fucking team needed him to in order to survive in the competition, that's why.

Can someone give me a similar example of Silva or Aguero busting themselves to the point of fatigue, in order to rescue a defensive situation, because the team needed them ?

But they don't have to do they ? A token effort when it suits them is fine, but Yaya, at 31, is supposed to cover every cunt on the opposing team, along with Fernandinho, whilst the rest stand at the halfway line. And if he doesn't, he's a cunt, but only him, not the others. They can do it as often as they fucking like & not one word mentioned.

Well I'm fucking mentioning it. If Silva Aguero Nasri etc put in the same fucking effort Toure does WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM IN MIDFIELD IN GAMES LIKE LAST NIGHT.

THEY ARE THE SOLUTION.

are you taking the piss??? 31 is no fucking age

[Ted Hughes]

Yaya quite clearly did give a shit, as evidenced by his 60 yard sprint, aged 31, to recover a ball in the last ten minutes, then another dash forward to try & score.

Was that easy for him ? No. Did he feel it afterwards ? Yes. Could he have got away without doing it just by appearing to struggle getting back ? Yes.

So the question is why ? Why did he do it ? Because he thought the fucking team needed him to in order to survive in the competition, that's why.

Can someone give me a similar example of Silva or Aguero busting themselves to the point of fatigue, in order to rescue a defensive situation, because the team needed them ?

But they don't have to do they ? A token effort when it suits them is fine, but Yaya, at 31, is supposed to cover every cunt on the opposing team, along with Fernandinho, whilst the rest stand at the halfway line. And if he doesn't, he's a cunt, but only him, not the others. They can do it as often as they fucking like & not one word mentioned.

Well I'm fucking mentioning it. If Silva Aguero Nasri etc put in the same fucking effort Toure does WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM IN MIDFIELD IN GAMES LIKE LAST NIGHT.

THEY ARE THE SOLUTION.

are you taking the piss??? 31 is no fucking age

Very few footballers will agree with you.

Have a look at the end of season review on Sky (I mentioned the point specifically on here) Souness says City have to find a different way of using Yaya Toure, as he can't possibly continue doing the job we are asking him to do at that age & if we don't change his role, he'll soon be finished.

He may not have been the greatest manager of all time, but I recon he knows a bit about midfield play.

[Hazy2]

Players will be goosed at 28, Yaya last night and Fernandinio were flogged last night, failure of our managememnt last night we took 60 mins to change things, we also now know it will game on over there and give them that space with De Rossi back they could rip us.

[Nigels Tackle]

Players will be goosed at 28, Yaya last night and Fernandinio were flogged last night, failure of our managememnt last night we took 60 mins to change things, we also now know it will game on over there and give them that space with De Rossi back they could rip us.

31 year old de rossi?

[Hazy2]

Players will be goosed at 28, Yaya last night and Fernandinio were flogged last night, failure of our managememnt last night we took 60 mins to change things, we also now know it will game on over there and give them that space with De Rossi back they could rip us.

31 year old de rossi?

Fair point mate.. but like with Totti 38, the ball never gets tired ! and they passed us to death and he works where he wants, comes alive when we are getting a breather, the two passes from keeper to MF were down the middle as we switched off after a period of chasing shadows.

[blues2win]

It's blindingly obvious to everyone except it seems Pellegrini that Yaya should play further forward. He's either unable or unwilling to do the work off the ball needed for a defensive midfielder.

[nottsblue]

Would we rather see Jovetic in the role that Yaya is mooted for. Love an on form Yaya but in midfield, not at the expense of an actual forward player who puts in a shift

[Sideshow Bob]

Would we rather see Jovetic in the role that Yaya is mooted for. Love an on form Yaya but in midfield, not at the expense of an actual forward player who puts in a shift

I don't see jojo being able to do the "metronome" (daft term btw) thing that yaya is able to do. but I love jojo - he has a creative/unconventional game that seems to surprise defenders.

[Hazy2]

Miralem Pjanic, get this lad for a start, 23 and looked the best player on the pitch, he ran the show.

[Cit.revenge]

Miralem Pjanic, get this lad for a start, 23 and looked the best player on the pitch, he ran the show.

Radja and Pjanic either one of them i would sub Yaya last night if we had them . We need player who can sub Yaya when he don't run and can't produce .

[Cit.revenge]

nd one thing if they had De rossi last night they would crush us last night with that kind of olay , only because Pjanic and Radja had to help Keita so much they did not had enough counter and plus De Rossi had better defensive and sometimes Totti pass , get along great in that four midfield.If Yaya had hes day hes amazing but that is becoming rare and we need sub or at list somebody to rest him. One thing i hate about Yaya when i watch him lazy comming back and player is 3 feet in front of him and i know hes real effort and he can catch him but on at list 50% time he just watch all that . I Agree with Ted about Silva and Aguero or do i must say Silva spend him self a lot in attack suffer kicks always muddy , Silva fights ,

[Wooders]

He was leggy from the get-go - he needs a break rather than be dropped per se in my opinion
Agree with a few others though, the team performance last night was incredibly frustrating