Dimples wrote:Playing devil's advocate here I think most of you have a very blinkered view on what YaYa said.
His fundamental point was that Africans - his own place and people - lacked confidence and self respect towards their own tournament.
If they had confidence the deciding factor in the voting would be the African Nations Cup not the Bundesliga.
Takes a brave person to call it straight like that - if you do you leave yourself wide open to the kind of attacks that have been made here.
Why not debate the point he was making instead of attacking the person - no point in shooting the messenger.
Also, Ayew sounded just as annoyed as YaYa. Why not bury him as well?
I think that people should show a little bit of tolerance and respect towards YaYa.
In my view he is a City legend.
On the pitch he stepped up (time and time again) and carried us on his back to cups and league titles.
The mark of a person with character - he stood up and was counted - when we needed him - a big man in every sense.
My favourite YaYa moment was the 2011 FA Cup semi-final. Put us back in the big time and put MU in their place.
I think he deserves more respect than he is shown on this forum.
What did he say when he won it in the last 4 years on the back of his performances for City, as he won jack shit with the national team/in Africa? Did he say that Pitroipa, Emenike or Katongo were more deserving of the award? Did he feck! The absolute hypocrite. Nothing straight about his petty outburst and not the first time he embarrassed himself in a similarly cringeworthy fashion.
I'm not really that bothered about it, as his performances on the pitch are far more important to me, but defending this ranting crybaby and calling him brave for disrespecting a fellow sportsman (who definitely deserves the award for an outstanding calendar year 2015) takes the cake! (pun intended)
Also worth noting that while Yaya plays for one of the strongest African teams, blaming Aubameyang for not carrying Gabon out of the group stages, is outrageous. A player that scored 46 goals in 57 games in 2015!
Imagine the backlash Cristiano Ronaldo, known for his vanity, would receive for a similar comment.