Comments on: MAN CITY 3 – 0 Watford – PLAYER RATINGS

By: blue bullet

blue bullet — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:44:15 +0000

On the barry or toure comment, I would say Barry by a long way this season but over 18 months I would have to say Toure

By: Matt J

Matt J — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:20:23 +0000

Fine maybe pathetic excuse was too much but Barry has definitely been the better of the two! Barry plays much like Clichy, with his heart on his sleeve and I do not get thy impression with Yaya at all? Just think his attitude stinks!

My point is that he can be so influential but had not even for months on end? He doesn’t seem interested. Another frustration is he gets the armband hen Vinnie is out? Why not give it someone like Zaba or Barry or Hart – people ho play for the club for the right reasons? He doesn’t deserve to don the armband?

So far this season he has been one of the worst performers by a long way and it is just so frustrating!

He has picked up 4 yellow cards for petulance too!

By: blue bullet

blue bullet — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:39:16 +0000

Im not gonna respond to every point, but on the whole you make some fair points which I have thought myself at times. At the same time he has done more than score 4 big goals and to suggest Barry has outshone him bar 1 game, is completely over the top and and you probably know that too. At the end of last season he was immense and at the beginning of this many city fans who go to games regularly considered one of the most influential players in the league. In an MEN pole he just missed out as being voted our most important player (i voted silva), you dont have to think hes amazing but to get accolades like that you must do more than you suggest. In the last 3 months he has been below standard and so if he is not producing going forward then its at times like this when his defensive frailties will stand out. Furthermore I think its when he should work at it harder, to justify his place. Still to call him a pathetic excuse for a midfielder as in your previous comment is what i strongly disagree with.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:08:09 +0000

You’re right about all that, he annoys me a lot too, especially how he is a willing runner seemingly only when he has the ball.However, he is just about the only CM we have that can beat a man off the dribble,so is important to us despite how lazy he often looks.

By: Matt J

Matt J — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:18:04 +0000

You see a lot more than someone who doesn’t.

You cannot honestly say that he has played well this season! People think because he makes one good run or plays one good ball over the top that he is a magician? That’s all they show on match of the day too. Hansen, Shearer and co all marvel at him because that’s all they see.

What they don’t see EVERY week is his sheet petulance. Throwing the ball down after he has clearly fouled someone. Further still he never tracks his man, extremely rodent at Norwich away where lots of people around us were beginning to notice it too. His man leaves him for dead. He spends a good 1/10th of the game on his arse too.

Another thing is that it is never his fault. He constantly bemoans his own teams mates for his shocking passing. Would prefer someone like Garcia who is honest as puts his hand up and apologises but no, if Yaya plays a bad ball, it is ALWAYS someone else’s fault for not being there?

One or two good runs in a game is simply not good enough for a player of his UDOUBTED ability. Would much prefer a workaholic like Milner in the middle of te park. Barry has outshone Yaya over the past 18 months Jbar Newcastle away.

This is te point, because he is Yaya Touré and he is a big name and scored 4 big goals no one ever dares criticise him and he has been having a free ride this season and has nt offered nearly enough. Makes me laugh when people think he should be in FIFA team f the year! These people clearly do not watch him every week!