Samba Diakite in the midfield for the rest of the season

[Hertford Hoop]

Had high hopes for him when he signed, never really got a run. As others have said he is a comedy act, just has an ungainly manner about him.

[oldskoolturk]

Quote from Tony "Today, we still have players from that regime who don’t play. If we take Samba Diakite, for example, he played extremely well in his first season against good teams, scored against Arsenal. If we hadn’t signed him at the end of that season, people would have said we were mad. Who would have thought he’d have the problems he’s had?"

The thing that is so strange with The whole situation is that nothing has ever been explained to the fans. For 3 years theres been a guy who earns a lot and has been training etc and is actually a decent player but I think this is the first time I think he's even been publicly acknowledged by anyone at the club.

Fair enough if he has had some deep personal issues but that has all been speculation and nothing ever properly confirmed. For 3 or 4 months fair enough but for 3 years?! 🤔

[James1979]

The thing that is so strange with The whole situation is that nothing has ever been explained to the fans. For 3 years theres been a guy who earns a lot and has been training etc and is actually a decent player but I think this is the first time I think he's even been publicly acknowledged by anyone at the club.

Fair enough if he has had some deep personal issues but that has all been speculation and nothing ever properly confirmed. For 3 or 4 months fair enough but for 3 years?! ��

Yeah agree with that. He played initially under Harry and did ok at Sunderland. Had a shocker against Liverpool (not only one though) and then had brief cameo off bench against Everton i think.