Jores Okore

[ozzjim]

I think he has a huge potential and actually at his age would benefit from a full season fit and paying in the Championship.  If you could keep him and Clark together and Amavi fit with a good keeper and a right back you might be building a decent base.

[passport1]

I just randomly asked my son what do you think of Okare? Reply "he's crap,no attention span no positional sense,goes to sleep,  injury prone might be OK with an experienced centre half".

The reason I asked him was because I thought perhaps I was being a might harsh.

Thankfully I still watch football in real time with my eyes as do most supporters.

[TB]

Asking your son (no matter how young) about the qualities of Okare is certainly a random question. Agreed ;-)

[adrenachrome]

Neither you nor I know the state of his fitness or the advice he was given Why do people state their opinion as fact? Unless you are one of the medical staff.

He had a stinker (in my opinion)

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Tim Sherwood hopes 'selfless warrior' Jores Okore is fit for FA Cup final against Arsenal

TIM SHERWOOD will give 'selfless warrior' Jores Okore every chance to prove his fitness for the FA Cup final.


By Brendan McLoughlin
PUBLISHED: 06:15, Tue, May 26, 2015 | UPDATED: 06:27, Tue, May 26, 2015


Nursing a knee problem, the Danish centre-back has put his body on the line of late to help Aston Villa over the safety line in the Premier League.

But with their top-flight status secured, Okore failed to train last week and sat out Sunday's defeat to Burnley.

The 22-year-old now faces a race against time to prove his fitness for Saturday's showdown against Arsenal.

Sherwood has hailed the lion-hearted centre-back's unselfish attitude after putting the club's own needs ahead of his own Wembley dream.

He said: "In his mind he thinks his job is done because he is doing it for the team. That's the way he feels.

"I want him fit. Then I can make a choice. He really has gritted his teeth and got us over the line in the Premier League because he thought that was the priority. He is not thinking about himself.

"Last week he didn't train the whole week. He is a warrior who just wants to play for the club.

"His performances, particularly with this injury considered, have been excellent. If I want anyone to be in the trenches with me it would be him.

"Unfortunately the knee is too bad so he is going to need some assistance on that. I'm hoping not surgery but I am not sure.

"It is related to the ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injury (he suffered in September 2013) but the ligaments are still intact."

[Edvard Remberg]

Neither you nor I know the state of his fitness or the advice he was given Why do people state their opinion as fact? Unless you are one of the medical staff.

He had a stinker (in my opinion)

Express

Tim Sherwood hopes 'selfless warrior' Jores Okore is fit for FA Cup final against Arsenal

TIM SHERWOOD will give 'selfless warrior' Jores Okore every chance to prove his fitness for the FA Cup final.


By Brendan McLoughlin
PUBLISHED: 06:15, Tue, May 26, 2015 | UPDATED: 06:27, Tue, May 26, 2015


Nursing a knee problem, the Danish centre-back has put his body on the line of late to help Aston Villa over the safety line in the Premier League.

But with their top-flight status secured, Okore failed to train last week and sat out Sunday's defeat to Burnley.

The 22-year-old now faces a race against time to prove his fitness for Saturday's showdown against Arsenal.

Sherwood has hailed the lion-hearted centre-back's unselfish attitude after putting the club's own needs ahead of his own Wembley dream.

He said: "In his mind he thinks his job is done because he is doing it for the team. That's the way he feels.

"I want him fit. Then I can make a choice. He really has gritted his teeth and got us over the line in the Premier League because he thought that was the priority. He is not thinking about himself.

"Last week he didn't train the whole week. He is a warrior who just wants to play for the club.

"His performances, particularly with this injury considered, have been excellent. If I want anyone to be in the trenches with me it would be him.

"Unfortunately the knee is too bad so he is going to need some assistance on that. I'm hoping not surgery but I am not sure.

"It is related to the ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injury (he suffered in September 2013) but the ligaments are still intact."

No - that is a lie!

Peter W and Erick Black says it isn't so. His track record of not being a primadonna went down the drain the moment EB was caretaker.

[tomd2103]

I think he has a huge potential and actually at his age would benefit from a full season fit and paying in the Championship.  If you could keep him and Clark together and Amavi fit with a good keeper and a right back you might be building a decent base.

I think that applies with a few others as well.  A successful season in the Championship could really bring on the likes of Gana, Veretout, Grealish, Traore and Ayew. 

[Comrade Blitz]

He can fuck off with the rest of the bling crowd - fucking tosser.

[robbo1874]

I think he has a huge potential and actually at his age would benefit from a full season fit and paying in the Championship.  If you could keep him and Clark together and Amavi fit with a good keeper and a right back you might be building a decent base.

I think that applies with a few others as well.  A successful season in the Championship could really bring on the likes of Gana, Veretout, Grealish, Traore and Ayew. 

dont forget Gary Gardner too- high hopes for him next season (big) if he stays fit and pulls through pre-s unscathed.

[passport1]

Blimey the opinions of Tim Sherwood. Anyone recall when he was touting Westwood for England?

[N'ZMAV]

Tim was decent, up until that horrendous 'push right up to the half way line' against Southampton with slow Vlaar and Okore at the back. That was the day he lost me...

[peter w]

Neither you nor I know the state of his fitness or the advice he was given Why do people state their opinion as fact? Unless you are one of the medical staff.

He had a stinker (in my opinion)

Express

Tim Sherwood hopes 'selfless warrior' Jores Okore is fit for FA Cup final against Arsenal

TIM SHERWOOD will give 'selfless warrior' Jores Okore every chance to prove his fitness for the FA Cup final.


By Brendan McLoughlin
PUBLISHED: 06:15, Tue, May 26, 2015 | UPDATED: 06:27, Tue, May 26, 2015


Nursing a knee problem, the Danish centre-back has put his body on the line of late to help Aston Villa over the safety line in the Premier League.

But with their top-flight status secured, Okore failed to train last week and sat out Sunday's defeat to Burnley.

The 22-year-old now faces a race against time to prove his fitness for Saturday's showdown against Arsenal.

Sherwood has hailed the lion-hearted centre-back's unselfish attitude after putting the club's own needs ahead of his own Wembley dream.

He said: "In his mind he thinks his job is done because he is doing it for the team. That's the way he feels.

"I want him fit. Then I can make a choice. He really has gritted his teeth and got us over the line in the Premier League because he thought that was the priority. He is not thinking about himself.

"Last week he didn't train the whole week. He is a warrior who just wants to play for the club.

"His performances, particularly with this injury considered, have been excellent. If I want anyone to be in the trenches with me it would be him.

"Unfortunately the knee is too bad so he is going to need some assistance on that. I'm hoping not surgery but I am not sure.

"It is related to the ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injury (he suffered in September 2013) but the ligaments are still intact."

No - that is a lie!

Peter W and Erick Black says it isn't so. His track record of not being a primadonna went down the drain the moment EB was caretaker.

What's this got to do with him being the liar that he is? Because he put his body through the ringer for us that we should forget what a Grade A wanker he was under Black? Just because Black may have been out of his depth this gobshite took a decision for himself and not the club. Fuck him right off and then when he's fucked off...you know the rest.

[Villa in Denmark]

I appreciate you'd personally feed him through mincer and throw what was left into the sea at Great Yarmouth to see how much made it to Esbjerg, but how do you reconcile what you've just admitted is him playing when medically he shouldn't have to whatever happened with Black? It's a 180^o turnaround.

It's made even more inexplicable by the fact that he'd been in the same situation a few weeks before.

You say yourself Black was out of his depth.
Isn't it just as likely that it was Black not knowing what he was doing that started and ended all of this?

Oh and he's not been proven to be a liar. It's still Black's word v his.

[peter w]

Could be.

Isn't it just as likely that Okore acting the shit and knowing what he was doing started and ended all this?

See? Works both ways. We're obviously not going to agree.

[Villa in Denmark]

Could be.

Isn't it just as likely that Okore acting the shit and knowing what he was doing started and ended all this?

See? Works both ways. We're obviously not going to agree.

Apart from my stand point is based on Okore's actions over 3 years.

Yours is based on blindly accepting the assertion of a man you've admitted was out of his depth who will be desperate to get his next gig.

Nothing better than a media storm to attract a bit of attention.

[peter w]

Not sure I admitted Black was out of his depth. But never mind. As you were.