Are Man City too dependent on Yaya Toure?

Man City slipped to another defeat this weekend which appeared to be ultimately costly in the title race if it was not already over.

There may be several around the Etihad who will point to the losses of Kompany and Aguero as critical but is Yaya Toure even more a key cog in the machine than either of these two stars.

Everton overran City in midfield on Saturday lunchtime and Barry and Garcia clearly struggled to hold the fort.

Whilst some insist that the striking department is where they are light in the blue half of Manchester they need to address the centre of the park first.

The reliance on Toure is hindering their chances as they need to either clone him or find a player in the centre of the park who can dictate the play to release their flair players.

Yaya is a bustling presence with strength and determination and Mancini may want to consider addressing the midfield before looking to replace Balotelli and whatever else they are missing up top.

Man City need to develop a squad as well as a first team primed for success and if they do want to find another Yaya Toure they may want to consider trying to find one which is not missing every other January too.

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Comments

[Chunky]

Let's look at City's record while Yaya was away preparing for, and playing at AFCoN (all competitions).

P6 W5 D1 Goals For 10 Goals Against 3

Too dependant? No, I don't think so.

Also, City need to '..find another Yaya Toure they may want to consider trying to find one which is not missing every other January too.'

This was the last AFCoN to be played during the European football season, future tournaments will be played every other year in the summer months, starting with 2015 in Morocco. Someone who writes about football should know this, surely?