Why is yaya indispensable to us?

[paulmclaren]

He should of been dragged off at half time, totally inept in every way.
What makes him think he can turn up when he pleases?
And why does he never ever get subbed or start on the bench?
I agree, when he's on blob he's amazing.
But when he's shit he is exactly that yet he manages to never get subbed.
Mancini must be scared of him.

[Mase]

He just doesn't look bothered one bit. And I don't mean when he first came and was hand on knees blowing out his arse, I mean he just couldn't care less.

Its since Kolo came out and said people inside the club were trying to force him out.

[paulmclaren]

He just doesn't look bothered one bit. And I don't mean when he first came and was hand on knees blowing out his arse, I mean he just couldn't care less.

Its since Kolo came out and said people inside the club were trying to force him out.

Why is he playing then?
I'd sell him or any other fuck that is unhappy.
What really rattles me is he just never ever get's dropped, never subbed ever.
Why?
Something is not right here.
If someone is playing shit and he's at say Madrid and he's an a star player at the club.
If he isn't playing well he will be subbed.
Yaya is one of our best players but last night he was so poor he should of been removed before halftime yet he stayed on the full 90 mins.
What makes him so unmovable at city.

[Mase]

Why is he playing then?
I'd sell him or any other fuck that is unhappy.

Well I wouldn't sell him as on his day he's one of the best in the world.

Bob needs to have a word and find out what the problem is.

[Beanieboy]

What the fuck does he actually do anyway?

[paulmclaren]

What the fuck does he actually do anyway?

He rarly give the ball away and it the centre of our play, top notch when he plays but soo over rated at times.
Like most players these days really, i just hate how Mancini thinks he's un-movable from the side.
I want to see him on the bench next game after that performance.

[PeterParker]

I said it in another thread, he became just a clever bastard. After Bobby used him up front last season, in the last part, he became complacent and refused to go back as a defensive midfielder.

He wants a free role and only to attack, he doesn't want to defend, just remember the goal Sunderland scored in the last minute on the first of january.

I really like Yaya, when he wants he can be one of the best players out there, but he has shitty attitude.

And let's face it, he might want to force himself out with all that crap his agent is talking about. If that wouldn"t had some truth in it, Yaya would had shut him up from the start.

PS: I am a bit worried, but if we won"t performe in Europe, many players will become unhappy and will want to leave and instead of bringing players like Hazard, we would have player like Sinclair (who i think it"s ok, but he needs to be used more often).

[paulmclaren]

Sinclair and Rodwell have to be panic buys, they won't get game time at city.
Stupid unnecessary signings, I'd of prefered us promoting a youth player and using one of them instead.

[Ted Hughes]

Yaya is a great player but is only indespensible because of faillings in the rest of the team.

If rags, Chelsea or Arsenal came to City with a front 6 of Milner, Barry, Silva, Nasri, Aguero & Tevez, we would be very very worried.

For some reason, last season, we couldn't play when he was missing. I think that is purely a coincidence. We were still shit when Yaya came back, then hit our straps when Tevez came back.

At his best though, Yaya gets in any team in the world imo.

[BlueMoonAwoken]

Id like to see him benched and then see how much possesion we lose because of it and how our midield gets dominated. He isnt the main Problem its the nasris, milners, barrys and alike that switch off or dont track back. Barry covers so much milage its untrue but how many times does he try playing what looks like a simple pass and fucks it up. I watch yaya playing easy balls and keeping possesion and when he gives it to barry straight away im thinking we will give the ball away in a sec.

Nasri for me is a luxury we dont need he is never a wide midfielder as he cant cross and he isnt a center mid as he hates running. You might as well stick him behind dzeko in the free role like silva. but there is no space for him. Why we havent bought a very good natural left winger and Right winger for balance and then had big toure and silva in the middle of the park. But then that leads to huge problems as there is not enough space for other big players. Mancini is trying to fit everybody into a sytem and rotate and keep everyone happy you cant do it. You cant have 22 Big first team players because they have always been used to being number 1. This season is a learning process for me about how we want to run the club.

[bhfanatic]

Yaya can't play CDM. He's made for CAM.

[ashton287]

Yaya can't play CDM. He's made for CAM.

Too many letters there. No such thing as a CDM or an CAM. Yaya is a CM simple as that. He can defend to a degree when he can be arsed. He can attack when he has the opportunity. But his job is holding the middle of the park and receiving then re-distributing the ball. It's the strikers job to score, the forwards to create, the defenders to defend.

[Ted Hughes]

Id like to see him benched and then see how much possesion we lose because of it and how our midield gets dominated. He isnt the main Problem its the nasris, milners, barrys and alike that switch off or dont track back. Barry covers so much milage its untrue but how many times does he try playing what looks like a simple pass and fucks it up. I watch yaya playing easy balls and keeping possesion and when he gives it to barry straight away im thinking we will give the ball away in a sec.

Nasri for me is a luxury we dont need he is never a wide midfielder as he cant cross and he isnt a center mid as he hates running. You might as well stick him behind dzeko in the free role like silva. but there is no space for him. Why we havent bought a very good natural left winger and Right winger for balance and then had big toure and silva in the middle of the park. But then that leads to huge problems as there is not enough space for other big players. Mancini is trying to fit everybody into a sytem and rotate and keep everyone happy you cant do it. You cant have 22 Big first team players because they have always been used to being number 1. This season is a learning process for me about how we want to run the club.

The Yaya who picks up the ball from the defenders, already with a picture of the centre of midfield in his brain, spins round, passes it forward & runs for a return pass is fair game for that praise & to be put on a pedestal above barry etc.

The lump of wood stood in the middle of our midfield v Ajax & Dortmund, who had no idea of who was behind him, even when there was 15 yards of space, & just passed the ball back to Vinny or Lescott (or Rodwell for the Dortmund goal) couldn't be arsed tackling, was outmuscled & lost the ball for Ajax's first goal, left 2 players unmarked near post as he couldn't be arsed moving when the corner came in, barely made one forward or backward run of any effort, should not be put on a pedestal above Barry & Milner.

They weren't very good, but they were better than him & he is twice the player they are in ability.

[BlueMoonAwoken]

you have a point ted but if he turns round and no one is moving into space or dropping for the ball, what is he supposed to do. When he gets the ball on halfway aguero and dzeko seem to think lets run in behind. Thats direct and not possesion play. I wasnt being sarcastic about dropping yaya to the bench by the way i think he should and then see how we play....

I personally think its mancini fault for still not knowing his best 11.

[Tokyo Blue]

Ted's post above is absolutely spot on. I thought he was doing a Nigel Clough impression v Ajax. A really, really good one. Nor was it his first one this season.

However in the interests of fairness I will say this. Did you see the blood coming from the cut he got on his ankle in the first five minutes after he was caught by that Ajax lad's studs? That excuses him being 100% fit, but a) if he is not fit, he should say so and be subbed, and b) he should never, ever hide like he did the other night.

He frustrates me more than any other current City player at times. Sometimes he is a world-beater, others he just opts out of contributing. I do not understand him and probably never will.

[Nigels Tackle]

he'll be on a plane to russia when pep takes over in the summer....