Papillon Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Best player in the PL though, by some distance is Toure Yaya, absolute quality He obviously isn't. He is very good, amongst the best. But not THE best, and certainly not by some distance. City can play without him and be as solid, especially when de Jong is fit. The best is probably David Silva (if I was to give an opinion). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanvilla_1994 Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Yep and he cost £6m. Goes to show you don't need a lot of money to get the odd top class player. I agree in a way but it does help if the buying club can also pay huge wages. If we'd had a £6m bid accepted for Kompany do you think he'd have come here??? I don't! I'm pretty sure Hughes signed Kompany before they were taken over, not certain though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Toure Yaya, Silva, De Jong, different players, all fantastic, we're splitting hairs here but for me its Toure, look at tonight against a tough defence, a class header from a corner, then down to 10 men, runs the length of the pitch into their box and wins a pen. All that aswell as the "day job", absolute class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Part of City's problem ?? I'm not seeing many issues at this stage in the prem neither do i, but in the CL they were way out of their depth at times, napoli especially set themselves out in a way city really struggled with if richards isnt playing and bombing down the wing they have no width, they dont shoot very often from outside the box and to top it off dzeko's movement is poor their style of play isnt mind blowingly brilliant just the individuals are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Vincent Kompany - best defender in England at the moment? I'd say he's head and shoulders above everyone at the moment. Terrific player. He was last season as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Part of City's problem ?? I'm not seeing many issues at this stage in the prem neither do i, but in the CL they were way out of their depth at times, napoli especially set themselves out in a way city really struggled with if richards isnt playing and bombing down the wing they have no width, they dont shoot very often from outside the box and to top it off dzeko's movement is poor their style of play isnt mind blowingly brilliant just the individuals are Mancini was sacked from Inter for poor performance in the CL which Mourinho won two(?) years later. I can see him getting the boot from Citeh for the same reason eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwpzxjor1 Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Yep and he cost £6m. Goes to show you don't need a lot of money to get the odd top class player. But being able to offer teammates like they have at City would certianly help. Yes, Kompany may have been one of their bargains, but I still wouldn't say his signing wasn't a result of their wealth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Yep and he cost £6m. Goes to show you don't need a lot of money to get the odd top class player. But being able to offer teammates like they have at City would certianly help. Yes, Kompany may have been one of their bargains, but I still wouldn't say his signing wasn't a result of their wealth. I think he was signed in the Shinawatra era so while they were spending they weren't super mega rich like they are now. We would have had a decent chance of getting him if we were interested. Or had any scouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 yeah but we'd have sold him to city by now anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 As far as I'm aware Kompany from excellent from his very first season and has got better and better. Put him in our team and he'd still do brilliant. The guy has everything in his locker. EDIT: I've just looked and when he first joined them I think he was on less than a lot of our players :oops: But since then has had two new contracts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 He was on something really small like 15k a week when he joined. Considering we signed Sidwell that summer for a similar enough fee says it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 0815 FOOTBALL: Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini believes midfielder Yaya Toure is irreplaceable. Toure scored City's second goal as he impressed in the 3-0 win over Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday. The 28-year-old is scheduled to join up with the Ivory Coast for the African Cup of Nations after City's FA Cup tie with Manchester United on Sunday. "I have tried to find another Yaya in my squad but there isn't another Yaya," said Mancini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 good job he didnt say toure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witheorwithoutyou Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Can we change the thread title to Man City wankfest yet :oops: ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 0815 FOOTBALL: Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini believes midfielder Yaya Toure is irreplaceable. Barcelona seem to have managed okay without him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Oh no, he's irreplaceable, must go out and spend another 30million on a player we don't need but another club does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 savic is **** dire between him and toure i think i can see where the next £30m player is coming in, crystal ball time young CB from germany, howedes, subotic or hummels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerbs Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 savic is **** dire Agreed bloody shite makes James Collins look like McGrath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 have been poor so far except last 5 minutes. Referee is giving them nothing, how has Gerrard not been booked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lions_Roar Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Quite a few empty seats there, big club my arse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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