For you to say that Yaya is the best technical football Africa has ever produced is laughable and doing a major disservice to just how technical some have been over the years.

Also shows how your definition of technical abilities and mine are completely different. But thats the beauty of football, differing opinions. To label another's as dumb, without gaining an understanding is just petulant.

comment by Analog (U17200)
posted 7 minutes ago
Race is definitely a sub-conscious factor, even in the media (let alone fans) blacks players are almost exclusively heralded for their physical attributes, whether it be pace, strength or stamina. Even a supremely gifted footballer such as Yaya is most noted for his size. He's even commented upon this issue himself
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yaya's best attributes are those though, his bursts from deep ,his strength and power.

Weaknesses were short quick passing at times, lack of work rate and positioning.
He had a great game against spurs passing wise, kept city ticking and looked great, but i've seen him have mares where every ball was loose.

Depends what u mean by black players aswell, ronaldinho, neymar and most black brazilian players are praised for their skill and technique not any physical attributes(especially in ronnys case lol)

No Yaya's best attributes are not his burst and power, plenty of players have that, his best attributes are his gifted technical ability as a passer and dribbler

comment by Analog (U17200)
posted 23 minutes ago
No Yaya's best attributes are not his burst and power, plenty of players have that, his best attributes are his gifted technical ability as a passer and dribbler
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you must be watching the wrong player. Yaya ran past players similar to how rooney did.

And his passing at times is woeful mate. Can be great don't get me wrong but sometimes woeful.

You seem to fall under some sort of assumption that the ability to run past players is purely down to his physicality. How many big players like him can do that? Barely any, and the reason is they lack his close control

Agreed about race, you can literally play a drinking game watching AFCON and consuming every time a commentator mentions how 'powerful' a player is.

Tbh Yaya was the perfect package, bar workrate he had it all, and his workrate was also hugely underrated.

Not saying he doesn't have close control but I've also seen the ball run away from him a lot and him get away with things due to his size.

U seem to be assuming that because I'm saying he has some physical attributes I don't rate him at all technically

comment by Nickalopodis (U9257)
posted 1 day, 23 hours ago
Not saying he doesn't have close control but I've also seen the ball run away from him a lot and him get away with things due to his size.

U seem to be assuming that because I'm saying he has some physical attributes I don't rate him at all technically
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Fifa tournament!!!!

Iniesta and Xavi without a doubt.

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