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As good player Toure is I've seen him go missing in some big games.. Zabaleta is a decent enough shout I guess but he's deffinetly on Kompany's level..

Saying that I can't think of many at Liverpool apart from Gerrard, now Carragher is gone. Agger is decentish but he's injured too much and after that there's not many

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Just cos he's inconsistent doesn't mean he's not a leader. Hardest worker on the training ground and did not tolerate Mario lounging about in training

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29 Mar 2014 23:10:40

Going missing in games hes most needed kind of does though

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By Carroll. | On 29 March 2014 - 23:10 PM

Going missing in games hes most needed kind of does though

Are you kidding? Touré's pretty much the big game player in the Premier League at the moment. His problem's not the big games it's the ones against smaller teams away from home, when he gets lazy.

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By bluemoon. | On 30 March 2014 - 20:18 PM

Are you kidding? Touré's pretty much the big game player in the Premier League at the moment. His problem's not the big games it's the ones against smaller teams away from home, when he gets lazy.

Which is one of the points mentioned in the article in fairness - it's not putting in enough effort against the minnows..

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30 Mar 2014 12:34:09

Wasnt much of a presence against Barca

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30 Mar 2014 13:57:09

Gets caught too far up the field too often for my liking. He's suit playing with 2 midfielders behind him rather than in a 2.

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I don't actually doubt his quality as a player. I just don't think he's much of a leader per say. Definitely don't think the City article was complete garbage, it's not even that critical of City

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He just scored a hattrick past a "minnow" then scored in the derby?

One of the best centre midfielders on the planet atm.

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By Eric Portapotty | On 30 March 2014 - 13:21 PM

Which is one of the points mentioned in the article in fairness - it's not putting in enough effort against the minnows..

I wasn't particularly disagreeing with the article, I was disagreeing with Carroll's bollocks about Yaya going missing in big games.

By Crane | On 30 March 2014 - 14:57 PM

Gets caught too far up the field too often for my liking. He's suit playing with 2 midfielders behind him rather than in a 2.

I agree, it's one of the reasons he 'goes missing' in these away games against the weaker teams. I suspect it's something that will be addressed in the summer with a new defensive midfielder.

By Carroll. | On 30 March 2014 - 14:59 PM

I don't actually doubt his quality as a player. I just don't think he's much of a leader per say. Definitely don't think the City article was complete garbage, it's not even that critical of City

It's not complete garbage, there's a few good points in there but it's a very confused article. The bit about Micah Richards bears little relevance to the larger point, which is in itself presented quite poorly. There's no lack of leadership in our team, there's a lack of leadership in our backups and given that a chunk of these backups seem unlikely to be here next season it doesn't seem like a massive issue tbh.

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Also Micah Richards the new John Terry?

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By Shola | On 30 March 2014 - 16:52 PM

Also Micah Richards the new John Terry?

Offensive on a number of levels.

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Manchester City Football Club’s Middle Eastern backers are in talks to fund a 7,000-home regeneration of the Eastlands area around the Etihad Stadium.

The council and UK Trade & Investment are attempting to orchestrate a £750m injection from Manchester City sponsor Etihad and owner Sheikh Mansour, deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, to revive the rundown area of the North West city.

The regeneration would cover up to 90 acres of undeveloped, underused and derelict industrial property on land between Manchester City’s stadium and the city centre.

A source said: “It is a rundown part of Manchester, it deserves to be linked up and it needs to be. It needs that entrepreneurial, philanthropic investor. This could see the area come forward more quickly than some might think.”

A phased development would see higher-density towers developed towards the city centre. The regeneration would feature a significant private rented element, as well as commercial and retail space.

Sites from the Homes & Communities Agency around Holt Town and the Greater Ancoats Corridor have been transferred to the council to be included in the regeneration.

These include a former textile quarter earmarked for 3,000 PRS homes. Further land parcels in the Lower Medlock Valley and Beswick could also be included.

A newly built Metrolink line through Holt Town has galvanised the scheme.

The regeneration talks are part of a wider drive by UKTI to attract overseas funding into the UK residential sector.

In November 2013, UKTI’s Regeneration Investment Organisation secured a £700m investment deal with Gatehouse Bank, delivered by Sigma Capital, for as many as 6,600 new privately rented homes, the first 2,000 of which will be in Liverpool and Greater Manchester.

A strategic regeneration framework for the Holt Town area, formerly known as the Bradford Road Triangle and considered the city’s “missing link”, was published in December 2013.

According to the most recent census in 2011, Manchester’s population is growing at 19% – three times the national average.

Manchester City FC is building a £120m training centre in the area, and has recently received planning permission to extend its stadium by a further 14,000 seats to a capacity of 61,000. A potential leisure project adjoining the stadium is also under consideration.

All parties declined to comment.

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Sydney FC have lodged a formal complaint to Football Federation Australia in response to an application from Melbourne Heart's new owners to rebrand the A-League team as a franchise of Manchester City, including a change of their playing strip from red and white to sky blue.

Sydney FC in blue over new Melbourne Heart colours