Jores Okore

[The Left Side]

Has he played in any of our u21/reserve games?

[dcdavecollett]

He played the whole game in the 3-0 win against Bolton.

[Fin Feds Dad]

@JoresOkore: Delighted to be in action for denmark u21 and a honor to be captain! #match #denmark #international… http://t.co/rOlSxnqfjv

[Matt C]

The plot thickens.

[PaulWinch again]

Well I don't blame him for being annoyed.

[Matt Collins]

I reckon he may get his chance soon

I'd rather it wasn't alongside ciaran clark though. I think it might be

[Smirker]

https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/football-okore-keeping-options-open-173135737--sow.html

"I came to Villa to play and I am going to fight to make that happen," he told Danish station TV2. "At the same time I need to play, so I don't want to exclude anything when it comes to the coming transfer window."

[villa `cross the mersey]

There must be some kind of appearance clause in his contract - i.e if he plays just once for the first team  we have to pay his old club £60m

[paulcomben]

This is a real mystery. He played well before his injury last season. Something secret must be going on, as it turned out with Helenius.

[Smirker]

Played well in pre season as well. I find his recent comments strange in contrast to Lambert's ones. Can't just be being cautious cos of his knee. He's been out for well over a year now.

[Matt C]

All very odd. If Lowton starts at centre half ahead of him on Monday the game will be up.

[Dave]

It's one of those where I can't see a positive reason for him not being involved. Earlier in the season we could put it down to not being rushed back and eased back in after a serious injury.

Now, the options are (unless I've missed any):

a) he's not as good as we thought and/or not performing well in training, meaning all the others are being picked over him on merit
b) he has some sort of personal issue (a la Helenius) which means he is not being picked
c) he has had a falling out with management and he is out in the cold

None of which bode particularly well for his future with us.

[Richard E]

d) We have a manager who isn't much cop and makes baffling decisions.

[CJ]

Given that he's played for (and was captain of) his national U212 team I think we can discount a) and b), which leaves just c) and d) - both of which are hallmarks of Lambert

[Meanwood Villa]

What was the story with Helenius? Must have missed it.