Topic: Mamadou Sakho

[clinical]

Klopp would have loved Agger.

[So… Howard Philips]

Thought he looked a bit "chunkier" than when he was here.

[paulrazor]

Thought he looked a bit "chunkier" than when he was here.

there's a slimming pills joke in there somewhere

[So… Howard Philips]

there's a slimming pills joke in there somewhere

I was playing the straight man.

[Clayton Bigsby]

Klopp would have loved Agger.

And why is that?

[SamAteTheRedAcid]

And why is that?

A shared love of heavy metal.

[AndyMuller]

Great assist yesterday for the winner against Chelsea.

[Pistolero]

Great assist yesterday for the winner against Chelsea.

followed by a back heel pass in the 6 yard box in stoppage time when he didn't have a clue who was behind him.....sums him up....absolute fuckin joke of a player

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followed by a back pass in the 6 yard box in stoppage time when he didn't have a clue who was behind him.....sums him up....absolute fuckin joke of a player

NO! We don't view the dumb ass shit! We only do the amazing things for ex players. Behave!

[JD.]

Watched the highlights on MOTD.

Literally laughed out loud at him trying to back heel the ball in his own box in the last minute of a game.

[Jake]

Great player, with a mistake in him.

Better than awful players with mistakes in them.

Happy for him that it's going well at Palace.

[El Lobo]

Great player, with a mistake in him.

Better than awful players with mistakes in them.

Happy for him that it's going well at Palace.

No, no he's not a great player mate. I get that you're bitter over him leaving, but he's not even close to great. Which is sort of why he's playing for Crystal Palace.

[paulrazor]

No, no he's not a great player mate. I get that you're bitter over him leaving, but he's not even close to great. Which is sort of why he's playing for Crystal Palace.

Wasnt exactly a queue forming to sign him either

well done to him for saturday. a great assist. i havent seen but heard about his back heel

[Anywhichwayicant]

Wasnt exactly a queue forming to sign him either

well done to him for saturday. a great assist. i havent seen but heard about his back heel

Clubs outside England couldn't match our asking price though. Roma and Napoli both wanted him but wouldn't/couldn't pay the asking price.

[paulrazor]

Clubs outside England couldn't match our asking price though. Roma and Napoli both wanted him but wouldn't/couldn't pay the asking price.

fair enough

[LallanaInPyjamas]

For those that haven't seen the backheel and fancy a chuckle this morning:

https://streamable.com/xgi2p

I'm glad I can laugh from afar at this nonsensical defending now.

[El Lobo]

Clubs outside England couldn't match our asking price though. Roma and Napoli both wanted him but wouldn't/couldn't pay the asking price.

[paulrazor]

For those that haven't seen the backheel and fancy a chuckle this morning:

https://streamable.com/xgi2p

I'm glad I can laugh from afar at this nonsensical defending now.

amazing

[Anywhichwayicant]

Well, that's an improvement on your assertion that nobody else wanted him.

[El Lobo]

Well, that's an improvement on your assertion that nobody else wanted him.

Are the twins/triplets/sextuplets keeping you up again mate?

That wasn't my assertion, I'm sure other clubs wanted to sign him. And here he is, at Crystal Palace. He's a decent CB. I'm sure decent teams tried their luck getting him on loan, or taking a risk to get him on the cheap. But they didn't make a serious effort to sign him. The only club who were serious about signing him were Crystal Palace. And even then they dragged it to the end of the window.

But the good thing is, now he's at a club where he'll play every game and can showcase his immense talents I'm sure we're all confident he'll be at Real Madrid/Barcelona within 18 months or so.

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amazing

we told you he was

[paulrazor]

we told you he was

hahaha

[So… Howard Philips]

For those that haven't seen the backheel and fancy a chuckle this morning:

https://streamable.com/xgi2p

I'm glad I can laugh from afar at this nonsensical defending now.

Just hope he continues his feud with Lukaku when they play Utd next.

[amirani]

the backheel he tried was outrageously stupid. However, that's something of his doing. He is still a better defender than Lovren who fails to clear simple low crosses that a professional defender should be able to do. Sakho's on the ball ability is among the best for defenders. At times he could start attacks just by fast and accurate passing to our midfielders. Shame that his lack of discipline prevents him from playing for a top team/manager.

Sakho's stupidity leads to chances/goals.

Lovren's inefficiency leads to chances/goals.

Take your pick.

[So… Howard Philips]

the backheel he tried was outrageously stupid. However, that's something of his doing. He is still a better defender than Lovren who fails to clear simple low crosses that a professional defender should be able to do. Sakho's on the ball ability is among the best for defenders. At times he could start attacks just by fast and accurate passing to our midfielders. Shame that his lack of discipline prevents him from playing for a top team/manager.

Sakho's stupidity leads to chances/goals.

Lovren's inefficiency leads to chances/goals.

Take your pick.

Devil and the deep blue sea there mate.

[elbow]

the backheel he tried was outrageously stupid. However, that's something of his doing. He is still a better defender than Lovren who fails to clear simple low crosses that a professional defender should be able to do. Sakho's on the ball ability is among the best for defenders. At times he could start attacks just by fast and accurate passing to our midfielders. Shame that his lack of discipline prevents him from playing for a top team/manager.

Sakho's stupidity leads to chances/goals.

Lovren's inefficiency leads to chances/goals.

Take your pick.

I'll lend my support to the guy who's here thanks.

[Dim Glas]

Great player, with a mistake in him.

Better than awful players with mistakes in them.

Happy for him that it's going well at Palace.

going well?

This place is nuts.

[mallin9]

going well?

This place is nuts.

Hahaha. People's memories are short. If they won last weekend......things are going well!

[Jake]

going well?

This place is nuts.

He's in the squad, fans like him, he's put in a good performance or two. Going well "for him" I should have said.

Luckily Palace as a whole are still shit

[So… Howard Philips]

He's in the squad, fans like him, he's put in a good performance or two. Going well "for him" I should have said.

Luckily Palace as a whole are still shit

And Hodgson takes the biscuit.

[B0151?]

He was really good for Zaha's goal, I don't think that should be ignored.

I don't think the backheel in the box is anything to laugh about or dismiss given Palace's situation though. Great character for sure but does seems like he lacks that extra bit of focus you really want your cornerstone centre-back of the team to have. If his head was fully screwed on he would be a great player and there's no chance Klopp would have said goodbye.

[Pistolero]

the backheel he tried was outrageously stupid. However, that's something of his doing. He is still a better defender than Lovren who fails to clear simple low crosses that a professional defender should be able to do. Sakho's on the ball ability is among the best for defenders. At times he could start attacks just by fast and accurate passing to our midfielders. Shame that his lack of discipline prevents him from playing for a top team/manager.

Sakho's stupidity leads to chances/goals.

Lovren's inefficiency leads to chances/goals.

Take your pick.

Lovren, all day every day.

[SwordInYourGut]

Lovren, all day every day.

They're both bang average

[AndyMuller]

He's better than both Lovren and Matip.

[SamAteTheRedAcid]

He's better than both Lovren and Matip.

I don't believe that to be true.

He's destined to be the one perennial 'if so and so were here' for our current defensive issues. Just like 'if Sturridge was fit' in 14/15. Or how various injured players have become Zidane while they're out.

If he was that good someone better than rock bottom Crystal Palace would have bought him.

[Lush is the best medicine...]

If he was that good someone better than rock bottom Crystal Palace would have bought him.

should be stickied to the top of the thread

[Anywhichwayicant]

should be stickied to the top of the thread

No, it shouldn't, because it nonsense.

Both Napoli and Roma wanted him.

But there's a thing called money in this world, and the Premier League has a lot of it. So much, that relegation fodder like Palace can sign a centre half for 30,000,000.

[AndyMuller]

I can't imagine a lot of high quality teams approaching us for Lovren or Matip if either of them went up for sale. . .

[sms1986]

No, it shouldn't, because it nonsense.

Both Napoli and Roma wanted him.

But there's a thing called money in this world, and the Premier League has a lot of it. So much, that relegation fodder like Palace can sign a centre half for 30,000,000.

Didn't they only offer us rather low offers? If they really wanted him, surely they should have offered more?

[Anywhichwayicant]

Didn't they only offer us rather low offers? If they really wanted him, surely they should have offered more?

The highest fee Roma paid this summer was about £12 million. They were looking to balance the books.

The highest Napoli paid was about £18 million (next highest was about £11 million).