Aaron Tshibola

[Dante Lavelli]

To be fair the first signings of a new regime are often players they know from former clubs. Especially if the new regime includes Harry Rednapp.

...Or Sam Alladyce.

What was the direct connection with the Keeper and Elphick?

[OCD]

The new keeper was somebody the goalkeeping coach recommended and with Elphick, I'm guessing either Clarke or RDM knew him from when he led Bournemouth up.

[tomd2103]

The new keeper was somebody the goalkeeping coach recommended and with Elphick, I'm guessing either Clarke or RDM knew him from when he led Bournemouth up.

Think RDM is close with Poyet, who managed Elphick at Brighton.

[PaulWinch again]

His first interview is great.

[jwarry]

Lets hope we Coe up with a better song for him than this!
https://audioboom.com/boos/2987816-hartlepool-fans-sing-the-aaron-tshibola-song

[Damo70]

He's like Patrick Vieira but drives a Sierra.

Don't start talking about Villa players and their cars. It is still a touchy point.

[mr underhill]

in this case. only because a Sierra shows an alarming lack of taste in the opposite direction

[ExclDawg]

I like players where the description ox is used.

you'd have loved it last season then, half the squad were complete bollox

They certainly had the testicular fortitude of a group of oxen.

[Villa in Denmark]

Lets hope we Coe up with a better song for him than this!
https://audioboom.com/boos/2987816-hartlepool-fans-sing-the-aaron-tshibola-song

Maybe something by Belle & Sebastian?

[peter w]

Good that he can clearly stand out at that level - anyone know if they were in League One then?

[SoccerHQ]

Bottom of league two.

They stayed up though.

[chrisw1]

Lets hope we Coe up with a better song for him than this!
https://audioboom.com/boos/2987816-hartlepool-fans-sing-the-aaron-tshibola-song

Fucking hell, what on earth were they thinking?

[mr underhill]

do people from Hartlepool think? I mean,  didn't they shoot a monkey believing it to be a (German) spy?

[duncan]

They hung it as a (French) spy. The monkey was lucky, I've been to Hartlepool and a quick death is a blessing.

[Diablo]

Turned down the Baggies to come to us. So confident we're going straight back up was prepared to drop a division. I like him already.