The only explanation I can think of is that they need considerable lead time to order all the birthday cakes that will be required to keep him fully motivated.
Yaya Toure to set to come to NYCFC?
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The only explanation I can think of is that they need considerable lead time to order all the birthday cakes that will be required to keep him fully motivated.
All in for Yaya as a non-DP. If we're going to be complaining about not scoring goals, we cannot argue with bringing in a scoring mid, as well as another DP playmaker. My only question would be Why would Yaya do this? He's got all the money he could really want -- why take 1/25 your salary to play in NYC? Maybe he just wants to play regularly?
If you don't LOVE Yaya as a non dp you're nuts. If the club ads an additional DP as a striker, keeps Ring, mata and Herrera then you really have a cup winning team. Also chanot, callens and Struna..
The things Yaya could do with a ball would make any midfielder in he league sub par. However, I don't think he could be as effective without support there. I trust him to make the right play if pressured but I don't trust him to ever get back on defense consistently. Which is why the likes of TMac, white, and Sweat can't be in the starting 11 picture if we bring him in to run our midfield.
The things Yaya could do with a ball would make any midfielder in he league sub par. However, I don't think he could be as effective without support there. I trust him to make the right play if pressured but I don't trust him to ever get back on defense consistently. Which is why the likes of TMac, white, and Sweat can't be in the starting 11 picture if we bring him in to run our midfield.
I think it comes down to where could he go after this season where he would be happy.
So what you're saying is that he would need specific players around him at all times to cover for his defensive limitations. Sounds familiar.
Sorry just realized I dupped your comment 6 min later. This whole thing is like deja vu, except with a different set of forum members. It's like we swapped the posters and the name Yaya for Pirlo and continued the same exact discussion. The most insane part is that some of the pro Yaya people were strongly anti Pirlo yet blinded by the chance to get their guy they are completely unaware they are doing the same thing they just spent a year arguing with the Pirlo people for doing.
$350k salary plus every morning a Cronut with a single candle & an espresso. Done.
I'm looking at quality for $$$. Pirlo wasn't worth the $$ we spent on him. I think if we bring in Yaya as a non dp he will be worth it. Despite some deficiencies. Ring, great defender, shit goal scorer. Herrera, good defender but hasn't made his presence felt in the final third to say he's a good attacking mid. Are we harping on either of them for being good at one thing and a liability at another? We pretty much averaged 1 goal a game for the second half of the season. Villa scored just about all of them. So do we bring in a midfielder that will defend well or can pick out passes and maybe score 10+ a season? Sorry but we have wingers that aren't scoring, midfielders that aren't scoring and DP's that haven't been scoring so I'm all aboard the Lampard train here in allowing Yaya to come over as a non dp and score some fucking goals for a change. If he comes here and isn't committed I'll eat my words but I wouldn't compare him to Pirlo. He has more legs under him and is still a goal scorer.
Dude, just saw this after I posted...... I have dibs on the cronut/NYCFC references per my earlier posts on meeting with PV & CR for morning coffee and Cro’s. Stepping on my lawn are you.....
That's a novel take. Also seems to make more sense if we aren't keeping Herrera. Maxi's not the same kind of defender, but he's still a pain in the ass and puts in a huge shift. A midfield three of Maxi, Ring and Yaya might be a net winner on GD than Herrera, Maxi and Ring (not that we got to see them play together too much).
Was also thinking he may be a direct replacement for Hererra, so I concur...... but, even if Yaya isn’t a full time starter, he is probably a better choice to throw on if chasing a goal as a target player. Better than Okoli and Khiry. Let him jog around the box and either head an aerial or get a foot on a loose ball ala Lampard.
<all assuming he’s not a DP and finds endless happiness with a Cro’>
Yep. Yaya in. Yangel out. Probably in summer. Lets us use the DP for a 2nd striker or forward.
You're right if it's non-DP as you said it's a different situation than Pirlo. I'd still be disappointed if we had to burn a bunch of TAM on him. Since we need scoring I'd rather see us add an attacker than an attacking minded midfielder. I have no doubt Yaya if healthy and motivated would score goals but at what cost? When we have an offense only midfielder we have to compromise so much to cover for them. The wings drop deeper on D, the FBs overlap less, we play CBs at RB. So many tactical shifts had to happen to cover for Lampard and Pirlo on defense it would just be really nice to not add a another guy that also requires similar formation warping for defensive cover. Tactically I'd rather we see us with midfielders at each spot that at least do some defending so that we can have overlapping fullbacks with wingers spending the majority of their energy in attack.
Say we intend to stick with the 4-4-3 and Yaya does come on a non-dp contract. What happens if you get a chance to sign a high quality attacking, goal scoring ,LW that like many world class LWs plays very little defense? Do you have to pass on him because having Yaya forces you to play a Wallace type LW that plays box to box? These limited mobility and/or low defensive work rate guys in the midfield cause so many roster constraints when you have to do extra things to cover for them.
I don’t really want Yaya at any cost.
Guys, if we get him, it literally means no one at any other semi-respectable league across the globe would take his ass.
Also, I have no faith he will do jack shit, and not doing jack shit isn’t good at any price. See Khiry Shelton.
Guys, if we get him, it literally means no one at any other semi-respectable league across the globe would take his ass.
Also, I have no faith he will do jack shit, and not doing jack shit isn’t good at any price. See Khiry Shelton.
I agree with the general sentiment in this thread not to bring Yaya to NYCFC. I think he'd be more of a liability than anything and he'd be taking away money from another player who would contribute more to the team.
