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That was one of the most inept forward displays i've ever seen at the County Ground. With Pericard injured (again) and Austin faffing about before eventually leaving for Burnley in January, Thomas has had a wonderful opportunity to show himself but he's failed miserably.

How on earth did he score two against Notts Forest in pre-season? I feel conned.

Today I think he gave away at least half a dozen free-kicks as well as being offside 2-3 times which is an infuriating habit.

As well as Jon Obika, I think we need to be bringing in another centre forward because our french speaking ones are rubbish. utter rubbish.

my final point is that Rochdale's bench had two strikers on it; liam dickenson and jean-louis akpa akpro; as well as the two strikers they had on the pitch. Right now, their two reserve strikers would be playing up front for swindon town and that is a sad indication of where we're at currently

p.s. well done elliot benyon for scoring with a brave header. More to come from him in future i hope

Thomas Dossevi has turned out to be just another Royce Brownlie, Hamdy Razak, Shaun Close

We need another Keith Scott!!

He's shithot on FM11 though!

he is right up there with ricky shakes.

I must be the only one who thought he did well today then.....Battled well, some nice touches here and there - never a goal scorer, mind.

He works hard, has a couple of nice touches but is ultimately as threatening as an unset angel delight.

He gave away the free kick for there goal.

considering he's a striker..... :hmmm:

edit: or supposed to be

Hes fucking shit.

No wonder adebayor retired from togo if that was his strike partner ;)

(i do know he retired cos of the shooting by the way)

Mmmmm Angel Delight

dossevi tried to shoot him but missed, gave away a foul and was offside

Not all strikers are goal scorers ;)  But no, he's definitely not a striker.

His persistent fouling is annoying but even more fucking annoying is when he stands and watches the game time and time again to then react when the ball comes near him from an offside position, I don't think I have ever seen a player get flagged so many times offside when coming back into play from an offside position he does it week in week out.

He doesnt know how to jump for headers

Cannot disagree with any of those comments, thought he was utter wank today, yes he runs a lot, tries hard, but the final product is not there - and he gave away a needless foul, on the touch line in our attacking half.  And the result - they bloody scored!!  His time is up! :cry:

Doesn't watch where the ball is being passed and his movement off the ball is diabolical too. Just doesn't read the game at all on the pitch

Am sitting on the fence..he has potential but never shows the killer touch of a striker...if only Pericard could look as interested and comitted as Dossevi then perhaps we could get some goals...But, Christ he is not a Shaun Close, please god not another Shaun Close :suicide: :suicide: :suicide:

Well done to Benyon.....

Rose made some howling errors...

why dont you all just go round his house and give him a kicking, put him out of his missery, yes he has not performed but nor have all the other cunts on the pay roll, one thing is for sure is he always puts in 100% which is more than can be said for most of the twats, rant over :(

If he was putting in 100% and thats all he has to show for it, that sort of proves how utter shite he really is.

I think considering the service today it'd be hard to say benyon was any good, yes he scored but over 90 minutes i wouldn't say there was much between him and dossevi

he's clearly up front to hassle people and try to link the play, which considering we try to miss out midfield via a hoof is a pretty tough ask for someone who's not played up front for his entire career.

the fact we continued to try and hoof the ball even though we were playing with a gale either behind or in our faces should concern people more

I felt sorry for Benyon, difficult conditions and fuck all service, add to that a clueless strike partner he done well to end the day with a goal. More to come from him I'm sure as long as Wilson signs a decent target man.

As for Dossevi, the only reason he hasn't recieved the 'Pericard treatment' is because he actually tries, but surely that excuse won't last for long because he is out of his depth.

True, which is ironic as the only time I've seen him score was a header against daggers.

Dossevi is utter shite he can't beat the man always makes the wrong pass and has about as much pace as an Austin Allegro the useless  :cunty:

So half you cunts were booing him today??!

Fucking hell, the bloke is trying. Moaning at him isn't going to do him any good is it?! We've got Obi-won-Kanobi coming in on tuesday who will probably start with Benyon, so there's no need to get on a players back. He's putting the effort in which is more to say about some players.

He is very average and out of his depth.  The end.

Have to say I am more siding with the minority here

Out of his depth - yes
Not the greatest reader of the game - yes
Annoyingly naive at getting himself back onside before attempting to go for the ball - yes
Tendency to lead with the elbow when jumping - yes
tendency to give away too many fouls trying to get the ball back - yes.

But as others have pointed out, you cannot fault the guy for effort - when showed up in huge letters today against half a dozen other notables, who attempted to go missing for long periods.

Until we have anything better, I would rather see Dossevi out there than Pericard any day of the week. he also seems less bothered by being booed than VP.
i like him, but I feel sorry for him - he just isnt quite good enough in the position we are in to make the difference - if we were a winning team I could see him starring every week. His commitment and positive attitude and tireless running for the cause cannot be faulted. Other more gifted players on our team should look and learn

I didn't hear any booing in the SB end of the Don Rogers. Most of the shit and booing came from the Town End.

would never boo a swindon town player during a game. i agree that he trys hard but it cannot hide the fact that swindon town supporters (and the crowds have remained decent) deserve better than that.

hopefully Jon Obika can hit the ground running next to Benyon but i'd still be looking to bring in another striker as well as Obika

I think it's only fair and decent that a thread is created to single out a players that obviously try but to no avail. It's dead annoying when Pericard is out as we cannot channel our hate and frustration at him... The knobhead.

I find it hard to believe that TD is a league footballer, even more hard to believe that he's won 25 international caps.
In the whole season of home games his finish against Colchester is just about the only moment of good class play that he has displayed.
That is outbalanced by far by countless offside discretions, petulant unncessary fouls, being pushed off the ball far too easily, poor ball control, ineffective distribution and shocking positional sense. 
I can't fault his effort but he seems like a headless chicken and appear to have little footballing nowse.
My view, from early on this season, which is amplified every match is that no way is Thomas a League 1 footballer, but clearly Danny thinks differently so perhaps I'm missing something.
We need a replacement for TD ....and fast as time will start to run out for us and we need someone to support Benyon up-front.

wonder if people wouild still be moaning if his goal against muff counted  :soapy tit wank:

I wouldn't boo Dossevi, simply because he's giving 100%. Its not his fault he's ineffective, its the managers for signing sub standard players based on trial/pre-season games.

Having said that every manager does it. Look at Ifil at Aberdeen as a recent town player that flattered to deceive in a trial.

We all get fooled, there were significant numbers calling for him to be signed after the pre-season trial game against Forest. I didn't see that game so was disappointed when I saw him play. But I do remember Todds pre-season and our good performances against Saints and West Ham - thought we'd do well that season  

IF.....such a little word that means so much.

Lots of older pros play well to get that contract then find it hard to keep that level of performance up every game.
Showed the odd glimpse of what he used to be about in his younger days....fact is his confidence is shattered...you could blame the fans...i would be inclined to blame the management...he isn't a striker...end of.

I've seen precious few glimpses in all of the home games this season.
Can't fault his effort but the ability doesn't seem to be there.  I can't believe that its a temporary confidence thing as I didn't see many such glimpses in the early games, though he does look to be getting more frustrated as evidenced by the niggly fouls he's giving away lately.

Feel sorry for him really, he works hard but would probably be better out on the wing

There should have been 2 new permanent strikers on Monday.

the only reason he isn't given pelters is due to his effort.
i dont like being critical of players as i want them all to do well,but i have seen nothing from the bloke.
he really is terrible.
can we fuck him off in the summer,or is he on a longer contract?

He seems totally unsuited to English football. He conceedes free kicks all the time because he looks at the man before jumping instead of the ball. He doesnt know how to use his body.

He scored that great header against Forest pre season. But if I remmember correctly there wasnt a Forest defender anywhere near him. A typical example of how signing players who look good in friendly/reserve games can turn out to be a right clanger.

I defended his performance at Bournemouth. But not yesterday. Poor.

I wouldn't piss on half the inhabitants of the town end if they were on fire.

From the Town End it sounds like the rest of the ground is a cardboard murial, which would be much more likely to burn?

I'm gonna stick with the liquoured up Town End, tbh.

whats it exactly about the Town End you like so much? The shit view, or the inbreds who frequent it? -

We used to stand there years ago, but i douldnt even imagine going back in there now - did so last season for the Norwich game just to please a pal I went with, but never again. Not being able to get any perspective on the play once it crosses the halfway line toward the SB every week would drive me nuts

I feel it beats sitting in both the stands that have the atmosphere of a mortuary.........tried them both and got to say at least the majority of the Town End actually vocally support the team....unlike the other stands who sit there in suspended animation...grumbling there displeasure.
Of course the view is incredibly shite as you mention.

Not being persecuted by stewards for standing up. Simple as that.

We tried to stick it out in the south stand from 2005-10. But I cant understand how a stand with 3000 people in it can be so quiet. Then all you hear are the moaners. Even when we are playing well.

Half time vs Exeter reminded me why I do love the Town End. I spent the whole of half time laughing and dodging footballs. But the silence is spreading there too, I know it's down to nervousness cos half the time I'm too busy worrying about whats going to happen next to even think about singing.

yes it can be a bit on the "Morturarial" side over in the Arkells. But you only really realise just how quiet when you go to away games and HAVE to sit behind the goal and join in the jollity.
But the much better view, and being close enough to hear the bench (and, on occasions, for the bench to hear YOU!) more than makes up for that.
I dont mind the moaning minnies. They are so easy to wind up.

Love the bloke but it isnt going to happen....

signed 1 year contract so can't believe he'll be here next season, though DW does seem keen on him


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