Alf-engelos Mindminackers
The Artiste formally known as "Wanksy"
Any dollar?
I'd hazard a guess that we had to pay them a fair amount to take him off our hands.
Any dollar?
That's a step up from Caen where he was last season. Caen finished 17th in L2, Auxerre finished 3rd and were promoted to Ligue 1.
Obviously showed enough to make the grade at the AJA.
He looked like he had ability to me, just never given the environment to show it.To be honest, never really saw enough of him to judge too him harshly. Although, while we've signed some shit strikers over the years, there can't be many with a minus goal difference.
According to this mornings reports, he’s now not going to Auxerre, but is going back to Caen.That's a step up from Caen where he was last season. Caen finished 17th in L2, Auxerre finished 3rd and were promoted to Ligue 1.
Obviously showed enough to make the grade at the AJA.
Yes, I've just seen thatAccording to this mornings reports, he’s now not going to Auxerre, but is going back to Caen.
I’ll believe it when it’s on the OSThe important thing for us, he's gone.
You're spot on there - signed at a time when the manager rigidly stuck to a formation that meant he would have to play out of position, at an age where we couldn't afford to give him much time to acclimatize to a league that was very different to where he had been playing. He was on a hiding to nothing from day one, not that it was his fault, but he pretty much embodied how useless our recruitment was!Good luck to him - I think the whole story is more indicative of the club's old scattergun approach, which trained eyes can clearly see we've moved on from in spite of the volume of purchases this year.
I will only believe it when I see it in a private Facebook Group!I’ll believe it when it’s on the OS
Yeah I don't think he's that bad, never a goalscorer but I think he would have faired better if we actually used him properly. Plenty of worse players before and after him have played for us.I think there's a half decent player in da Costa, he was just played out of position in a different league, which in terms of adjustment makes it extremely difficult if not impossible.
Good luck to him - I think the whole story is more indicative of the club's old scattergun approach, which trained eyes can clearly see we've moved on from in spite of the volume of purchases this year.
He was never really a winger though - he played sporadically for Strasbourg down the right but is predominantly a striker, where his goals and assists ratio is decent.At the time we signed him from Strasbourg, he looked like a money-ball signing. Good stats and goal return from a winger.
But he didn't really shine in Lamouchi's system and there were superior players for that formation.
I've said this for years, fans demand player loyalty but we are allowed to only care about the good players.He is a remnant of our old recruitment model that was so turgid. Don't blame the lad and anyone giving him stick for that own goal are being very harsh. He was trier and showed effort just wasnt very good. Anyway as I said when people moan about loyalty in football that it dosent exist. When we fans dont fancy a player we are happy they leave.
Exactly I can’t believe fans expect loyalty it’s football it’s a game I really love but it has no morales.I've said this for years, fans demand player loyalty but we are allowed to only care about the good players.