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Thomas Dossevi will be available for selection when Town travel to face Carlisle United this coming Saturday, despite having been called up for his native Togo's clash with Botswana.

The 31-year-old has opted to stay and travel to Cumbria with his new teammates, in a move which has delighted Town boss Danny Wilson.

He said: "It's great news that Thomas wants to stay with us.

"He had the option to go with them but it's looking like he'll be available for us which is great, and testament to his attitude because there's no guarantee he will start."

Town will still be without Paul Caddis and Billy Bodin, who are with Scotland and Wales Under 21s respectively.

ANIMAL. Cares about the club, which is nice to see.

Brilliant attitude this one. I was watching him after he got subbed against Brighton. You can tell he really cares about the team by the way he jumps around on the touchline.

Lets all do the Pogo, Dossevi comes from Togo
La la la la oi, la la la la oi

A little taste of Europe!

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

I think we havnt found the best way to play Dossevi yet.

I wonder what he'd be like behind the front 2?

Wouldn't mind seeing Dossevi left wing

Or perhaps out wide. I think he is a good player for us to have because he can play in a number of different positions.

He played on the wing for Nantes didn't he?

From that youtube video someone posted on here it  looked like it and he's an AML on Football Manager that counts for everything   :D

FM knows more about football than football knows about itself. Thus it is correct!

No seriously I think he'll be decent on the wing, in the Danny Ward mould- hard working, good touch, good at dribbling and strong

Yeh true im liking the system that we played last night though but yeh Dossevi on the wing gives us another option.

Dossevi, woooaaaah
Dossevi, woooaaaah
Shot up on a bus
And now he plays for us

Good lad.

He chose the Town over country,
Town over country!!

I mentioned that he might be worth a go on the left, he seems reasonably two-footed and doesn't lack the pace, skill or workrate to play there. I think he'd be more suited to a withdrawn role behind the front two.

:girlgiggle:

Sensible really. He isn't a guarenteed starter for Togo while he needs to impress his new employers.

Good lad.

Glad he's available for selection, I'd like to see him play behind the front two, he seems to have good awareness and can pick a pass.

A Togo international though, has Town ever had a more cosmopolitan squad? - I mean theres not many English players in the 1st team squad, even less are considered regulars - Lucas, Rose, Morrison, Timlin, Austin, Prutton, Kennedy, Evans (although coming from Cricklade is like coming from another country).... any more?

Thom Dossevi (Togo)
Douglas, O'Brien, Sheehan (Irish)
Cuthbert, McGovern, Caddis, Ferry (Scot)
JFL (Haiti)
Vince Pericard (Cameroon)
Kevin Kwaku Osei-Kuffour Amankwaah (although born in Laaandon, is declared for Ghana)
Jakub Jesionkowski (Poland)
Bill Bodin (Taff)

Timlin is Irish...

Really? I thought he was a roight cockney sparra....

Well, theres another non-english player for the collection!

In answer to your previous question about cosmopolitan squads....think it was 00/01 when we used 30+ players there was a right hotch potch.....look it up....well I might later if I can be arsed I would say instinctively this was it.

In the same way that Mikel Arteta is English...

I know he's played at some level for the ROI and I was at some do or other and heard him speak and was sure he had an accent, maybe I ws pissed and imagined it.

Bakalli.....Belgium
Cobian....Argentinian
Duke.......Sweatie
Griemink..Dutch
Heiselberg..Dane
Invincibile...Convict
Lightbourne..Bermudan
McAreavey...Norn Iron
O'Halloran....ROI
Reddy..........ROI
Robertson....Convict
Tuomela.......Finland
Van Der Linden...Dutch
Whitlley.........Zambian

Fuck me, what a motley bunch of players...

I liked Invincible and Van Der Linden (when played in defence)
O'Halloran always looked like a good player before that awful tackle in sunny Dorchester.

The rest of them, dear me... and don't get me started on Tuomela, he surely was a Ali Dia type charlatan..

More likely down to money. He'll get more in bonuses for sitting on the bench at Swindon than he will playing for Togo. Plus Swindon pay for the transport, Togo would make him pay for his own plane ticket (and the half time oranges). He's probably made a grand saying no.

More in bonuses? What are you on about? Your saying he's made money by not playing for them. Highly unlikely

It's also highly unlikely that Cumbrian separatists will shoot up the bus on the way to the ground.

No, but, there was some nutter gunman up there a few weeks back

Cracked me up !!

Does he actually have a song yet that has taken off?  I'd like to see one (perhaps not Lucien Sanchez' version although it amused me)!

Make one up. Start singing it at a game.

You've got 9 days to get your thinking cap on assuming you aren't going oop north on Saturday.

Do the Dossevi?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JicW0JeiSQ

I can't make my first home game/game in general until the end of September! Going on holiday Tuesday for 2 weeks so have missed lots (although sounds like our performances bar Southampton haven't been worth watching!)

Oh yeah, forgot about herthab's thread. So it doesn't really matter if he has a song or not because you won't get to hear it  :P

To the tune of Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

Thomas Dossevi
Thomas Dossevi
Thomas Dossevi
He's Togoleeeeeese

Now for some gay reason this has tickled me.  Like!

I like it..good work!  :D  :D (Smiley Faces)

Brilliant! I'm going to start that next time he plays.

That's actually pretty good.

We've got Thomas Dossevi
You know he's Tongolese

(My lover's got no money, he's got his strong beliefs)

Myself and a friend tried to start JFL is God's 'Lets all do the pogo, Dossevi is from Togo' at Hartlepool but it didn't take off.

Got plenty more up my sleeve.

Thinking maybe that Paul Caddis would work with Town Called Malice.  ;)

Ha, thats pure genius.... perhaps "Town player called Caddis", might be a bit of a mouthful!  ;)

A Jock with Malice.........oh a yeahhhh.

Stop stop 'pologising
For the things you've never done
You might be short
But you're good going forward
And it's not too hard to change

(something) Paul Caddis

What can go in the something bit? Hmm. One syllable.

Give me a player, I'll find a (relatively) well known song that fits and voila. I have found a meaning in life.

That's all wrong or I can't get my head round how it's supposed to fit with the original tune

Few syllables out I guess. You do better.

You've crushed my hopes and dreams

I've waited hours for this
Made myself so sick
I wish i stayed
Asleep today

Never thought this day would end
never thought that i could ever see
the dossevi

doo doo doo
doobiedoobiedoo do
doo doo doo
doobiedoobiedoo do
do do do
do do do

Need a striker, need to sign one fast
'cause it turns out, pericard is gash

(Heart of glass - Blondie.) Give it 3 goalless games and this will be BLARING out of the townend.

Thought he'd be decent, only to find
Only two goals
is pretty shite

We've got charlie austin, and he is divine
but needs help getting, played in behind
We thought vince could do it, but we were all blind
only two goals
is pretty shite

Some will say, what you do is pleasing
others will whine, fans are so confusing
you can't read our mind
we have no fear of losing you
your just no good, you should be in league two

ooooooooh aaahhhh
ooooooooh aaahhhh

I don't agree with what i'm typing, i just liking changing words to songs :)

dooo do do do do do do do do do do

don t worry

do do do do do do do

dossevi
do do do do do

dont worry dossevi

(Blur - Coffee & TV)

So give me Thomas Dossevi
History
He plays for Togo now and then
And this means he's quality

There's only one tom dossevi
He's got hair like spaghetti
He's togolese,he scores with ease
Walking in dossevi wonderland

This is quality!! Got to be used......

Si & Jimbob - love both of those (especially the 'hair like spaghetti' bit)

This one gets my vote.

Coffee and Tv one is excellent too!


Was watching Scarface last night and couldn't help but notice that the Soundtrack song She's On Fire could easily be changed to Alan O'Brien!

Interestingly the next line is "Burns through the night at the speed of light"

They tried to shoot Dossevi he said no no no

Winner.

Yes!!

Hahaha!  Gets my vote.

Topical...There is an interview with Dossevi in this months FourFourTwo about it...

Shouldn't that be 'tropical' ?

Excellent, but it scans better like this I think.

Coffee & TV and Rehab are excellent :D