Yaya Toure

Gnegneri

Gnegneri

immaculately conceived
It is. But the two-three years he would reside at your Emirates would benefit your midfield like there's no tomorrow though.
 
barcetia

barcetia

Mikrofonkåt
Metaphysical said:
I don't know where this misconception that having one strong midfielder can help you win games against physical teams comes from.

I mean, even if we play yaya there, does that suddenly stop every other player from being physical?

what use is yaya's physique anyway? he so rarely attacks an opponent like busquets, which is why the lanky fall-artist got into the team in the first place. yaya sits and waits for an opponent to come to him, which doesn't fit collective pressing. I wish he would attack opponents because then he'd be truly awesome. but it is what it is.



yaya can distribute the ball well enough, that's not a problem, but he can't mix it in a short-passing attack like busquets.

yaya has great control and dribbling and rarely gives the ball away but he often moves it sideways or backwards. busquets has a better short and mid-range pass, so he can move the ball forward faster and in more varied situations than yaya can. and of course he can make forward runs, with xavi dropping back into the role of volante. this extra movement adds something to our attacking play.

none of these problems (except maybe passing) are terminal but yaya has not really improved as a player during his time at barcelona. he's as awesome now as he was when he arrived. and it's obvious he's not pep's kind of DM either. he's also looked very lazy at times this season, been a serial underperformer since the pre-season finished, and his agent is a monumental cockfag. when you add that all up, it means yaya will leave.

but he will leave with his head held very high IMO. I hope he goes on to great success elsewhere, and I hope he dumps his agent.

regarding badger, his short-range passing is about as good as yaya's, his long-range is much worse but his medium-range passing is much stronger. and he's a far far superior DM, capable of being both a sweeper and a hustler, depending on what you want. the way he can choke the life out of opposing midfields (when the team engages in collective pressing) is so dominant, and his sweeping skills covering for others are immense. what he lacks in comparison to yaya is physical stature. that's not to say he isn't strong, he's very strong, but yaya's tall and magnificent in the air. badger may be a good headerer of the ball but we'll never find out because he's such a short-arse.
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although what i would want as an improvement from busquets is to make decisions when it is good to hold the ball for a long time and when it is good to release the ball immediately. in some matches he holds the ball way too long and in some matches he doesn't. when he makes a mixture of both, he's the awesomest awesomest DM(against Arsenal as an example)
 
Cule Angles

Cule Angles

Visca el filòsof!
Spot on DB10, the agent will ensure that Yaya's journeyman existance continues for the rest of his career. If there isn't a problem Seluk will make damn sure he creates one, it started last summer when Yaya wasn't given enough of a pay rise and the agent pretty much started accusing Barca of racism and disrespecting Toure, it continued when the season started as Pep decided to give Sergi more minutes and rotate more than in the previous season and the agent spied his chance to make a mint and has been busily undermining relations between Yaya and the club ever since.
 
evilhita666

evilhita666

Barçapocalypse NOW!
Yeah, I just want this to be over... Leave or stay, things won't change much anyway, as Busi is the man (deservedly so, despite his occasional screw ups)... At least this time his agent is running his mouth off season...
 
barca96

barca96

New member
we are really spoilt for choices :lol:
now we are even complaining that yaya is not good enough because he can't mix it in a short-passing attack.
reminds me of van gaal era 1.0 when we had 2 world class players on each position( or that was his intention).

other teams can't even get one decent and we have 1.5 worldclass DM.
 
La Furia

La Furia

Legion of Doooom
Sport says he's heading to City.

Good luck to Yaya, he gets to fulfil his dream of making a shit ton of cash.
 
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CTID

Guest
Ive just found this in SPORT.es. They are usualy accurate when it comes to Barca news.

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.sport.es&hl=es&ie=UTF-8&sl=es&tl=en

Touré will go to City

Manchester petrodollars have convinced Barcelona Yaya and to give approval to the operation

The 'snake' of Yaya Toure is about to give the death throes. Finally there is where Wenger's Arsenal play the Ivory Coast international but his destination is Manchester City. And that club, headed by Sheikh Sulaiman Al Fahim Arab since 2008, is ready to take the rest to gain the services of midfielder Blaugrana. In fact, it considers that the request for 35 million euros from FC Barcelona as the starting price for negotiation is not as preposterous as it would pose a counter offer that would revolve around 30 million euros. Obviously far from initial expectations in any case Arsenal looked to pay that amount, since in the initial approach seems the Gunners wanted to come into the operation of Cesc Fàbregas.

In addition, the City has reached an agreement in principle with the player, through his representative Dmitri Selçuk, by which it would be one of the highest paid players in the template, at the height of front and Tevez Adebayor, to name two examples.

Another of the strengths that have had to convince Touré City's offer was the best on the team is that English is his brother Kolo, so there is no doubt that his adaptation in the Premiere League faster if it is assumed be.

Thus it is obvious that the hours in the Barcelona midfielder are accounted for and confirming your transfer can be only a matter of days. Do not forget that its representative has been the first to complain about the situation in the template. Touré constantly lamented Sergio Busquets would have taken ownership and will be surpassed in minutes, and an output publicly call for his client.

In any case, the balance of the African in the club has been nothing but remarkable. In the three seasons he has played 118 matches and scored six goals, with Barca's main protagonist of the six cups.



You've gotta love Google translate... "THE SNAKE OF YAYA TORE".... Ha Ha Ha...Too funny :lol:

Seriously though I will be dancing through Manchester if we do get Yaya. It's a real statement of intent. No matter what reason the player will decide to join us. Capturing a player of his quality from a club as big as Barca proves that we can get the players we need to progress.

I know you guys love Yaya. He is a hero to Barca fans. But it's not as if he's your only top class player now is it. I'm sure you will be just fine without him;)
 
Cule Angles

Cule Angles

Visca el filòsof!
CTID said:
Seriously though I will be dancing through Manchester if we do get Yaya. It's a real statement of intent. No matter what reason the player will decide to join us. Capturing a player of his quality from a club as big as Barca proves that we can get the players we need to progress.

I know you guys love Yaya. He is a hero to Barca fans. But it's not as if he's your only top class player now is it. I'm sure you will be just fine without him;)
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He's very much like Adebarndoor, a decent player with the wrong priorities. No doubt this is a coup for Citeh, it's a notch up in terms of transfers and shows that you're now competing for the top players when they decide a move is necessary.
 
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CTID

Guest
Cule Angles said:
He's very much like Adebarndoor, a decent player with the wrong priorities. No doubt this is a coup for Citeh, it's a notch up in terms of transfers and shows that you're now competing for the top players when they decide a move is necessary.
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It appears the entire footballing world has taken to calling us "CITEH" on their forums. I was talking to a Juve fan on a Juve forum last week. His first words written where "Have Citeh signed anyone new yet?"

I couldn't believe it. The guy was from Modina and had never been to England. He had no idea why people posted Citeh instead of how it should be spelled. He simply did it coz he thought it was the "funny and witty put down" :hmmm: Increadible.

The funniest is when Liverpool fans write it. If any body shouldn't do it it's them for obvious reasons :rolleyes:
 
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CTID

Guest
Cule Angles said:
If he's a Juve fan from Modena he's probably never been to Turin either :lol:
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Good point :lol:

But seriously now. I wanna see you write "City" from now on!

Imagine how dumb it would be if people started to reffer to Barcelona as "BAFFALONA" :lol:
 
Aryagorn

Aryagorn

Improvin' Perfection!!
CTID said:
It appears the entire footballing world has taken to calling us "CITEH" on their forums. I was talking to a Juve fan on a Juve forum last week. His first words written where "Have Citeh signed anyone new yet?"

I couldn't believe it. The guy was from Modina and had never been to England. He had no idea why people posted Citeh instead of how it should be spelled. He simply did it coz he thought it was the "funny and witty put down" :hmmm: Increadible.

The funniest is when Liverpool fans write it. If any body shouldn't do it it's them for obvious reasons :rolleyes:
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LMAO
They never cease to entertain :p
 
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