Aly Cissokho - sold

[john e]

Cissokho is an awful footballer that has bombed out at his last four clubs

remember his performance in Lambert's last game at Hull, gutless to the point of embarrassment

one of Sherwood's positive contributions was getting rid of him

You forgot about the cardinal rule of football

All players automatically  become loads better when not playing any games

[Toronto Villa]

Cissokho is an awful footballer that has bombed out at his last four clubs

remember his performance in Lambert's last game at Hull, gutless to the point of embarrassment

one of Sherwood's positive contributions was getting rid of him

You forgot about the cardinal rule of football

All players automatically  become loads better when not playing any games

There's truth to that, but it's also reflective of our current resources. If Amavi was playing we wouldn't be discussing Richardson who is horrendous. If Richardson wasn't horrendous we wouldn't think Cissokho was the second coming of Maldini, because compared to Richardson he will be.

[saunders_heroes]

I hope by calling him back means we're not going to invest in a new left back in January. As back up, no problem, but if he's to be our first choice then God help us.

[Toronto Villa]

I hope by calling him back means we're not going to invest in a new left back in January. As back up, no problem, but if he's to be our first choice then God help us.

If he is back up to Cole for example I think it will be fine until Amavi returns next season. But yes we might have some issues if we are relying on him to be the "man" this season

[pauliewalnuts]

I hope by calling him back means we're not going to invest in a new left back in January. As back up, no problem, but if he's to be our first choice then God help us.

It might even be a "just in case" thing. They may have their eyes on a left back in January but are calling him back just to cover our arses if we can't get the one they want.

It is always pretty fucking tough buying in January, but when you are bottom of the league, it is even harder.

I think Cissokho is rubbish, but I'd sooner play him than Richardson. It doesn't mean I wouldn't rather get a decent LB in in January, though.

[Toronto Villa]

He's also a player that Garde knows and might be able to rely on, not just from a playing standpoint but someone who will immediately buy into the message the manager is trying to send to the rest of the players.

[Matt C]

He wasn't playing for Porto so it's not exactly doing his value or prospects any good staying there. If nothing else he may as well come and be back up for us or - wonders never cease - have a few decent games, help us out and improve his value.

[Tom_Mc9?]

He played relatively well when he first joined. Nothing to lose by bringing him back.

[Dave]

Cissokho is an awful footballer that has bombed out at his last four clubs

remember his performance in Lambert's last game at Hull, gutless to the point of embarrassment

one of Sherwood's positive contributions was getting rid of him

You forgot about the cardinal rule of football

All players automatically  become loads better when not playing any games

There's truth to that, but it's also reflective of our current resources. If Amavi was playing we wouldn't be discussing Richardson who is horrendous. If Richardson wasn't horrendous we wouldn't think Cissokho was the second coming of Maldini, because compared to Richardson he will be.

It also doesn't really allow for the fact that he's only really played for us in THAT Lambert side.

Benteke and Delph were rubbish in that Lambert setup as well. It doesn't mean that Cissokho is amazing or that all our defensive problems are suddenly solved, but it wouldn't be a huge surprise if he's a bit better than that Lambert team allowed him to be.

[Toronto Villa]

Cissokho is an awful footballer that has bombed out at his last four clubs

remember his performance in Lambert's last game at Hull, gutless to the point of embarrassment

one of Sherwood's positive contributions was getting rid of him

You forgot about the cardinal rule of football

All players automatically  become loads better when not playing any games

There's truth to that, but it's also reflective of our current resources. If Amavi was playing we wouldn't be discussing Richardson who is horrendous. If Richardson wasn't horrendous we wouldn't think Cissokho was the second coming of Maldini, because compared to Richardson he will be.

It also doesn't really allow for the fact that he's only really played for us in THAT Lambert side.

Benteke and Delph were rubbish in that Lambert setup as well. It doesn't mean that Cissokho is amazing or that all our defensive problems are suddenly solved, but it wouldn't be a huge surprise if he's a bit better than that Lambert team allowed him to be.

Yep, and there are players at the tail end of Sherwood that fit into that category. I think he's a serviceable FB, that if he is limited to defending he'll be fine. He's terrible coming forward so it will be interesting to see how Garde plays him when you consider the attacking license afforded to Hutton and Bacuna right now.

[Steve67]

Sissokho isn't great going forward, relying on Hutton to do that bit might prompt Garde to think about a tactical change. Richards moving to right back?

[Villa in Denmark]

I hope by calling him back means we're not going to invest in a new left back in January. As back up, no problem, but if he's to be our first choice then God help us.

Either that's the best typo in the history of this forum (and possibly all of history) or you've had a conversation of Damascene proportions.

[eamonn]

What's the typo?

Conversion or conversation?

[ChicagoLion]

He had one good game, his first one and then got increasingly worse.
No improvement on Richardson or Bacuna - what a choice.

[paul_e]

Read the 2 sentences separately, they completely contradict each other because the first should say he hopes it doesn't mean.