What Does Yaya Toure Actually Do?

[Goataldo]

Yaya wants a Barca return.

A Spanish radio station conducted the interview in which Yaya Toure stated that Barcelona has always been the most important club for him and that he would like to finish his sporting career there.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story ... rn?cc=5739

If he is turning 29 this Sunday, I am assuming he will want to return to Barcelona in the next 3 or 4 years. But he will be about 32 years old by then and I don't think Barca would want to buy a player that they will only be able to use for a maximum of 3 to 4 years.

What does everyone else think?

I think it's an interview he gave not long after signing for us.

Either way, he said this 2 years ago, nothing new here, just the standard destabilisation tactics from the media

My immediate thoughts on hearing this were that it was an old interview, and as has been said, an attempt to destabilise us. Don't let's bang on about it! And well done for slipping this into the existing thread, rather than starting a new thread, thus amplifying the negative potential.

I might be being naive, but Yaya looks fairly contented to me!

[phips]

Apparently he is the 2nd best passer in Europe right now, behind Arteta but ahead of Xavi.
In all leagues he has made 541 passes and completed 89.7% of them. Arteta has passed
more and completed more while Xavi has passed less but completed more than both Arteta
and Yaya.

[Rag_hater]

http://www.eplindex.com/19385/top-5-mid ... rison.html


http://www.football365.com/topical-top- ... 09/Top-Ten


Seems to be doing what the experts think he is not doing.

[Original Dub]

http://www.eplindex.com/19385/top-5-mid ... rison.html

http://www.football365.com/topical-top- ... 09/Top-Ten

Seems to be doing what the experts think he is not doing.

Who said he's not one of the best all round midfielders?

[Mase]

Who said he's not one of the best all round midfielders?

My mate actually. The rag twat tried to argue Scholes was better.

Nice one RH, I've selected a few quotes from those websites and they've been shoved well and truly up his arse!!

[zuricity]

The thing is, we pepper the oppositions goal from all over the place. Goals like Yayas at Newcastle underline the incredible flexibility we have in games. Sometimes the attackers doing what they should do, sometimes say, at corners, Joleon or Vinnie/Micah pops up with one. talking about any one player in isolation in a team game is difficult. Yaya is a great player in a great team made up of a great squad , with very good management. It won't always be easy, but it sure is entertaining.More importantly he's a Champion .

[Beefymcfc]

Who is, Yaya Toure?

[Mase]

Who is, Yaya Toure?

The man with the golden gun.

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

I think Yaya's the best player we've had since Colin Bell. Hope we extend his contract if that's what his agent's after. Another couple of years on it 'll take him to 33 - at which point he can toddle off into the sunset.

[Rag_hater]

What annoys me is that some make shitty statements like he is dogshit at defending and some have been telling us for years.Funnily the numbers do not say that.
IMO someone who has 86% tackle success rate ain't dogshit whilst making forward passes.


http://www.eplindex.com/6743/evolution-yaya-toure.html

[london blue 2]

is there a stat that shows how many times he lazily lets the attacker run past him without tracking back?

[Rag_hater]

is there a stat that shows how many times he lazily lets the attacker run past him without tracking back?

You find it and I won't argue.

[london blue 2]

is there a stat that shows how many times he lazily lets the attacker run past him without tracking back?

You find it and I won't argue.

Watch the games instead of looking up stats to prove a point that no one is arguing.

[Rag_hater]

is there a stat that shows how many times he lazily lets the attacker run past him without tracking back?

You find it and I won't argue.

Watch the games instead of looking up stats to prove a point that no one is arguing.

I do,that's why I do not believe the bollox all you experts make up.

[Foreverinbluedreams]

What bollox are you talking about specifically RH?

I don't recall anyone criticising his passing. There were criticisms of his abilities defensively as a holding midfielder ( which I believe have some merit as it goes ), is it this that you're referring to?

[Rag_hater]

What bollox are you talking about specifically RH?

I don't recall anyone criticising his passing. There were criticisms of his abilities defensively as a holding midfielder ( which I believe have some merit as it goes ), is it this that you're referring to?

There seem to be a few that say he is lazy and cannot be bothered when he gets beaten by somebody.
That IMO is not right.
The facts kind of back up the fact he is far from lazy and,also the two games where by his own standard, been below par, he was playing further foward like the people who apparently know these things say he should play.So the when he is played further up he had his worst games.
Those games against Dortmund and Arse his tackling was better than ok.
He has been a CM or DM all his career and, been pretty good at it and now people think he should be played as AM cos he can shoot.

[Foreverinbluedreams]

What bollox are you talking about specifically RH?

I don't recall anyone criticising his passing. There were criticisms of his abilities defensively as a holding midfielder ( which I believe have some merit as it goes ), is it this that you're referring to?

There seem to be a few that say he is lazy and cannot be bothered when he gets beaten by somebody.
That IMO is not right.
The facts kind of back up the fact he is far from lazy and,also the two games where by his own standard, been below par, he was playing further foward like the people who apparently know these things say he should play.So the when he is played further up he had his worst games.
Those games against Dortmund and Arse his tackling was better than ok.
He has been a CM or DM all his career and, been pretty good at it and now people think he should be played as AM cos he can shoot.

For me he can play anywhere in midfield, he's one of the best all rounders in the game imo but he does have a tendency to switch off.

Just one example, last season against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, Meireles goal. Yaya was tracking Meireles from midfield but when he got to the edge of the 18 yard box he switched off and let Meireles carry on his run into the box unmarked, if he's going to let the man he's marking go he has to ensure someone else is picking him up, he didn't do that and Meireles got on the end of Sturridge's cross and scored.

I'm not going to castigate him for this but it is something I notice with him fairly frequently and I believe it's a flaw in his game that needs working on.

[Ted Hughes]

What bollox are you talking about specifically RH?

I don't recall anyone criticising his passing. There were criticisms of his abilities defensively as a holding midfielder ( which I believe have some merit as it goes ), is it this that you're referring to?

There seem to be a few that say he is lazy and cannot be bothered when he gets beaten by somebody.
That IMO is not right.
The facts kind of back up the fact he is far from lazy and,also the two games where by his own standard, been below par, he was playing further foward like the people who apparently know these things say he should play.So the when he is played further up he had his worst games.
Those games against Dortmund and Arse his tackling was better than ok.
He has been a CM or DM all his career and, been pretty good at it and now people think he should be played as AM cos he can shoot.

Yaya's ball winning is as good as anybody's. If anyone comes close to him, he can win the ball from them easily. If however, he has to run after them, he will do it twice, then he'll let them go whilst he has a rest. If he's playing in a free role & he does that, it doesn't matter so much, as there will likely be cover, if however he is one of the players we are relying on to cover, it is very very dangerous.

That is a weakness in his game. Another is that he doesn't mark properly at set pieces etc.

All players have weaknesses, including Yaya. The trick is to minimise the negative effects & use the positives to our advantage.
Defensive mids need to pick up runners sometimes. Yaya does; sometimes. Then suddenly, he stops & lets the player go.

That is very very dangerous.

[Cocacolajojo1]

What bollox are you talking about specifically RH?

I don't recall anyone criticising his passing. There were criticisms of his abilities defensively as a holding midfielder ( which I believe have some merit as it goes ), is it this that you're referring to?

There seem to be a few that say he is lazy and cannot be bothered when he gets beaten by somebody.
That IMO is not right.
The facts kind of back up the fact he is far from lazy and,also the two games where by his own standard, been below par, he was playing further foward like the people who apparently know these things say he should play.So the when he is played further up he had his worst games.
Those games against Dortmund and Arse his tackling was better than ok.
He has been a CM or DM all his career and, been pretty good at it and now people think he should be played as AM cos he can shoot.

Yaya's ball winning is as good as anybody's. If anyone comes close to him, he can win the ball from them easily. If however, he has to run after them, he will do it twice, then he'll let them go whilst he has a rest. If he's playing in a free role & he does that, it doesn't matter so much, as there will likely be cover, if however he is one of the players we are relying on to cover, it is very very dangerous.

That is a weakness in his game. Another is that he doesn't mark properly at set pieces etc.

All players have weaknesses, including Yaya. The trick is to minimise the negative effects & use the positives to our advantage.
Defensive mids need to pick up runners sometimes. Yaya does; sometimes. Then suddenly, he stops & lets the player go.

That is very very dangerous.

I agree with you Ted, but what's your view on the first part of last season when we were unstoppable and playing only Yaya and Barry in the midfield? We weren't as defensively poor we are now/were until recently. Would you put that down to the combined offensive pressure of our team hindering the opposition from going forward, or that Yaya actually did what he was supposed to?

[bigblue]

His heart is twice the size of a normal human's. Medically proven fact.