Tom13

From his Father:

"He was in a real state.

“I don’t know if he was drunk or on drugs but he was very agitated and his mind was upset.

"The last thing he said to me was ‘don’t move’ when the police came to the door.

“He was threatening and very upset. I didn’t call the police but someone else did.

'He got tasered in the street outside in the road. I didn't see him but I saw a flash. I haven't had any sleep and cannot take it in. The police are dealing with this now.'

1 minute ago, One For The Road said:

It was his last minute goals in BOTH legs of that famous semi against Tranmere that took us to Wembley. In the final he was outstanding. Deano and Dalian are my favourite strike force ever to grace the claret and blue.

Can't believe this...

What a 2nd leg that was.

Very sad  Can't quite believe it tbf. My first pets (goldfish) were named Saunders and Atkinson.

1 minute ago, Richard said:

That's the manager's call regarding the squad not Xia's

Fair point. Let's hope RDM can make solid decisions from now on!

Give Tony a break, he's still learning about our squad and what level we're at. If he thinks something may benefit us but may upset a few in the process, I'd rather he does it. This is if Bennett's happy to stay.

Amavi and Bennett for LB options, please get rid of Cissokho ASAP.

He's a good player. Partner him with a destroyer and he'd be good. Way better than Gardner and Westwood anyway. He can actually keep the ball in tight situations.

What's happened with his Twitter btw? Nothing showing on there.

5 minutes ago, JPAngel said:

Okore was absolutely awful last night. Scored one own goal and then attempted to score another with a deft lob.

What was he actually trying to achieve with the own goal? Opposition everywhere in the box and his body shape suggests that he wanted to pass it to someone close by? WHy wouldn't he have just put his foot through it?

Then there was the point where he was boxed into a corner and rather than attempting to clear (and potentially get a goal kick/throw-in via a deflection) he accepted that he couldn't do anything positive so he just passed it out for a throw.

He didn't think it was coming to him until Bunn's touch flicked it to him, so he was just caught completely flat footed and then tried to react but it was too late. Laziest defending I've ever seen.

Get him playing directly behind McCormack and see what he can do. Massive talent, needs someone confident making half-intelligent runs for him to get assists.

Get a destroyer (Jedinak?) in, and play 4-2-3-1 with Grealish at 10. Adama on the right and then Green or the hugely frustrating Ayew on the left.

I think if we can get our CMs playing competently, a 4-3-3 will be the way to go. Grealish, Ayew, McCormack, Green and Adama can be devastating in the front 3 positions. Or maybe even use Grealish as the creative one of the 3 in the middle, not sure, but I do think he can be our most important player this season.

That's sad, I really like him. Guess if he wants to go we can't really stop him.

I think he'll be absolutely fine this season. Looked good on the ball to me.

Our most creative player...has to start.

I didn't think there was anything wrong with his attitude yesterday? Looked good and worked hard, just terrible decision making. As everyone can see, he has to play up top over the useless and abysmal Gestede.

Ian Holloway just said when Hutton gets going forward there's no-one better  

Same old shit. Stupid mistakes **** costing us.

With the attacking talent we have, should be winning these games.

What did Bacuna do? Missed it.

Just **** off Westwood.

Just now, TheAuthority said:

Ayew is just a class above everyone else on the pitch

Yet can't make simple decisions.

It's a real shame that for all his ability, Ayew has 0 game intelligence.

Just now, Ikantcpell said:

who is taking the corners ?

McCormack.

1 minute ago, Demitri_C said:

im loving bacunas 2nd half performance so far

Bacuna can do positive things. Westwood is just all bad.

At least Westwood's not taking corners.