"His appeal is that he appears to be a player who has strived through adversity. Can look a bit ungainly (he is very tall) but his size does belie no little skill and he has a great engine. A good box-to-box ball carrier. He sometimes looks to have lost the ball, and then suddenly out of nowhere one those long legs stretches out (twizzle-like) to retrieve the situation."
THE NEW CARLTON PALMER. On 22 January 2016 at 12:46, John Boocock <j...@boocock.net> wrote: > Here's what the Brentford fan I mentioned says about Toumani Diagouraga: > > Hi John; > > Toumani is known affectionately as "Dave" on the terraces – yes, we still > have terraces – although he doesn't like being known as Dave, so the PC > amongst us call him "Tooms". > > Something of a cult hero at Brentford, but it appears that he wants away. > I assuming he is looking for one last big pay day in his career. Has been > linked with a move to Glasgow Rangers for some time in order to team up > with ex-manager Mark Warburton. This has slightly tarnished his affection > among our fans, although not as much as James Tarkowski who effectively > appears to have gone on strike because he can't get a move back to > Lancashire. > > His appeal is that he appears to be a player who has strived through > adversity. Can look a bit ungainly (he is very tall) but his size does > belie no little skill and he has a great engine. A good box-to-box ball > carrier. He sometimes looks to have lost the ball, and then suddenly out of > nowhere one those long legs stretches out (twizzle-like) to retrieve the > situation. > > It looked as though he was one his way out a couple of years ago, when we > were pushing from promotion from League One he was farmed out to (League > Two) Portsmouth on loan and the writing appeared to be on the wall. > > Early last season (when we were new to the Championship) he made some > surprise appearances early in the season and looked completely out of his > depth, he got a chance thanks to injuries and since then, once he got a > good run in the team, his appearances have been really impressive. He > actually appears to be a better player at a higher level. > > His lack of goal scoring prowess is legendary and there would be an > outbreak of mass euphoria if ever scores for us again. I am sure he has > scored for us at some stage, but it hasn't been for a couple of years and > he hasn't come remotely close since. > > In short – he won't set the world on fire, but he has a good engine and a > good team player. No, he won't get you promoted. > > There are three players we are likely to lose in the window: Tooms, Alan > Judge and Tarkowski. Personally, if I was given the option of losing just > one of these, then it would have to Toumani. > > Regards, Paul > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER
