Dossevi leaves the County Ground

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Was his deal up in June anyway?

Yes but it's obvious the club are making a decent effort of trying to get rid of players early to free up some scope for early signings and sort the budget out for L2.

[horlock07]

I suspected that he had a clause for a second year if he played so many games as he did seem to be a regular and then disappear.

Or could have just been that he was poor - everybody likes a trier though!

[Dazzza]

Had a decent pedigree on paper but you have to look at why a player of that age had played so few games at his previous clubs.  Worth a punt at the end of the day and a pity it didn’t work out for him.

Must admit seen fuck all of him play but I’d be interested to know if anyone thought he had genuine potential and perhaps in last season’s side he could have made more of an impact?

[Batch]

I suspected that he had a clause for a second year

BBC reported an option

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swindon_town/8880525.stm

but I’d be interested to know if anyone thought he had genuine potential and perhaps in last season’s side he could have made more of an impact?

I don't think he would have. I didn't see the Forest friendly, but my first impression was he worked hard but didn't look anything special. Nothing changed my mind.

[Coca Fola]

On paper looked a good player but just didn't work out. He lacked the ability but a least he gave 100% every game.

[Spencer_White]

Couldnt cope with any form of physicality in the game. Did not have a clue in terms of using body strength, totally unsuited to lower league football. Also seemed to have a complete lack of confidence in front of goal.

Thats why he looked decent in a pre season friendly, no one got near him and roughed him up. Some games he looked like a total nervous wreck at the prospect of defenders battering him.

Tell you what though, I think the shift he put in at Bournemouth was the hardest Ive seen a Swindon player bust his lungs for years. He worked so hard. Felt for him that night.

[cheltred69]

100% headless chicken.  No positional sense whatsoever. I'm sure he can't have played as a striker throughout his career but didn't look any more comfortable when occaisonally played in a deeper role.
I can't imagine why Danny Wilson persisted in playing him even though we had few other options - there must be a good number of lower league striker that we could have signed to replace him!
I didn't see the Forest game but the one good moment that I'll remember of his was the well-taken goal against Colchester early in the season.

[chalkies_shorts]

Couldnt cope with any form of physicality in the game. Did not have a clue in terms of using body strength, totally unsuited to lower league football. Also seemed to have a complete lack of confidence in front of goal.

Thats why he looked decent in a pre season friendly, no one got near him and roughed him up. Some games he looked like a total nervous wreck at the prospect of defenders battering him.

Tell you what though, I think the shift he put in at Bournemouth was the hardest Ive seen a Swindon player bust his lungs for years. He worked so hard. Felt for him that night.

Agree with this but you need to add in the fact that he had no understanding of the offside rule.

[deltaincline]

Like someone else said, I hope we learn from this one. We clearly couldnt believe our luck at apparently finding a real gem when he played so well in the Forest friendly.

I now appreciate what Harry Redknap meant when Anthony McNamee almost single handedly destroyed Spurs in the pre season friendly a couple of years back. After the game he acknowledged McNamee's performance, but pissed on our fireworks by questioning whether he would be capable of repeating the performance, week after week.

I thought he was talking out of his arse at the time, but he was right.

[nevillew]

Like someone else said, I hope we learn from this one. We clearly couldnt believe our luck at apparently finding a real gem when he played so well in the Forest friendly.

I now appreciate what Harry Redknap meant when Anthony McNamee almost single handedly destroyed Spurs in the pre season friendly a couple of years back. After the game he acknowledged McNamee's performance, but pissed on our fireworks by questioning whether he would be capable of repeating the performance, week after week.

I thought he was talking out of his arse at the time, but he was right.

Portsmouth I think it was, but apart from that, spot on.

[pericarp]

How's he doing in Norwich then?

[THE FLASH]

Poor positional awareness was his main downfall for me.

He ran his bollocks off at Bournemouth...missed a one on one and then had a fine header disallowed for fuck all.