Major Isewater Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 Around this time last year a young footballer became the record signing for a prestigious club in the French top division. Lois Diony must have felt like the king of the world , courted by many , offered riches beyond belief and looking forward to a bright future. Fast forward 12 months , the lad is out of work , hasn't scored a first team goal all season and is a laughing stock at , amongst others , the two clubs he played for during that time. Has there ever been a more dramatic footballing fall from grace ? For your hearts sake I didn't put this thread on the transfer section . Is someone, somewhere going to get him firing again on a free transfer with minimal wages ? This really is a baffling case . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted June 12, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 3 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: Haz there ever been a more dramatic footballing fall from grace ? Tony Dinning? Lee Tomlin? Taylor Moore? Gustav Engvall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 Too much too soon for him? Not sure I saw a footballer in there at really in his time in BS3. He certainly needs to reboot his career somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 12 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: Around this time last year a young footballer became the record signing for a prestigious club in the French top division. Lois Diony must have felt like the king of the world , courted by many , offered riches beyond belief and looking forward to a bright future. Fast forward 12 months , the lad is out of work , hasn't scored a first team goal all season and is a laughing stock at , amongst others , the two clubs he played for during that time. Has there ever been a more dramatic footballing fall from grace ? For your hearts sake I didn't put this thread on the transfer section . Is someone, somewhere going to get him firing again on a free transfer with minimal wages ? This really is a baffling case . Has his contract at St Etienne been cancelled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 Feel for him really. Shows how much progress can be made in a year. He and Reid are the same age.. a year ago many on here would’ve been happy to let Reid go (myself included) and Diony was undergoing his big transfer.. a year later and Reid is hugely in demand and Diony seemingly nowhere.. Still got many years left of his career so time to turn it around.. I suspect some of the issue is in his mind. He alluded to this himself whilst here. I think he’s probably a good player really, hope he turns it round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstart Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 23 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: Has there ever been a more dramatic footballing fall from grace ? Few years older but Sunderland's Jack Rodwell must be a candidate for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 12 minutes ago, cidered abroad said: Has his contract at St Etienne been cancelled? My thoughts too.. hmmm something further deep down with him I suspect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 9 minutes ago, alexukhc said: My thoughts too.. hmmm something further deep down with him I suspect ….frog's legs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 44 minutes ago, phantom said: Tony Dinning? Lee Tomlin? Taylor Moore? Gustav Engvall? Dinning never really had a career....... Tomlin has played in the PL and is doing well, at least financially in his career Taylor Moore and Engvall are both young guys who haven't yet achieved anything much in their careers so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 The curse of Bristol City strikes again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted June 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 1 minute ago, Super said: The curse of Bristol City strikes again. Perhaps it struck at St Etienne ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 Francis Jeffers was a player who suddenly lost any sort of goal scoring form after leaving Everton for Arsenal. He subsequently played for a host of clubs, scoring about 20 goals in 10 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Phileas Fogg said: Feel for him really. Shows how much progress can be made in a year. He and Reid are the same age.. a year ago many on here would’ve been happy to let Reid go (myself included) and Diony was undergoing his big transfer.. a year later and Reid is hugely in demand and Diony seemingly nowhere.. Still got many years left of his career so time to turn it around.. I suspect some of the issue is in his mind. He alluded to this himself whilst here. I think he’s probably a good player really, hope he turns it round. If ever there was a reason for Bobby to move elsewhere this is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fat Controller Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 29 minutes ago, Robbored said: Dinning never really had a career....... Only played close to 500 games, can hardly call that a career can you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 14 minutes ago, Chris_Brown said: Only played close to 500 games, can hardly call that a career can you. Tongue in cheek remark Chris......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBW Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 Jose Baxter maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxy27 Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Major Isewater said: Around this time last year a young footballer became the record signing for a prestigious club in the French top division. Lois Diony must have felt like the king of the world , courted by many , offered riches beyond belief and looking forward to a bright future. Fast forward 12 months , the lad is out of work , hasn't scored a first team goal all season and is a laughing stock at , amongst others , the two clubs he played for during that time. Has there ever been a more dramatic footballing fall from grace ? For your hearts sake I didn't put this thread on the transfer section . Is someone, somewhere going to get him firing again on a free transfer with minimal wages ? This really is a baffling case . No, because he still plays for Saint-Étienne? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Dicks' Barmy Army Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Robbored said: Dinning never really had a career....... Tomlin has played in the PL and is doing well, at least financially in his career Taylor Moore and Engvall are both young guys who haven't yet achieved anything much in their careers so far. 24 minutes ago, Robbored said: Tongue in cheek remark Chris......... So basically he was right in the names given? All listed turned out to be worse players that what we signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123red1 Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 Players don't turn bad overnight. He done well in Ligue 2, and was a 7m purchase last summer. Has his contract actually been cancelled or has he been transfer listed ? He could make someone a very good free transfer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 Michu at Swansea springs to mind. Brilliant for a couple of seasons, one of the top scorers in the Prem, called up into the Spain squad...then just all fell apart, ended up signing for a tiny Spanish amateur team and retired at 31. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 @Major Isewater have St Etienne let him go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42nite Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 Didn't Lee say he'd been watching him for a while? If so, what did he see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 1 minute ago, 42nite said: Didn't Lee say he'd been watching him for a while? If so, what did he see? He did say that, but whilst Diony would be on our ‘database’ I don’t believe he was heavily scouted and a true target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 14 minutes ago, 123red1 said: Players don't turn bad overnight. He done well in Ligue 2, and was a 7m purchase last summer. Has his contract actually been cancelled or has he been transfer listed ? He could make someone a very good free transfer. Did you see him play for us..?! I genuinely don’t think I’ve seen a worse player! Even Bad Savage looked like Lionel Messi compared to Diony..! There is clear something wrong and it must go deeper than a spell of bad form. Did anyone actually check that it was him turning up on matchdays, and not his twin brother who’d never kicked a football before..?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 1 minute ago, Bar BS3 said: Did you see him play for us..?! I genuinely don’t think I’ve seen a worse player! Even Bad Savage looked like Lionel Messi compared to Diony..! There is clear something wrong and it must go deeper than a spell of bad form. Did anyone actually check that it was him turning up on matchdays, and not his twin brother who’d never kicked a football before..?! The only time he looked quite good for us was his first appearance against QPR. Didn't get much of the ball but you could see, from his positioning and aggression, that he had something. Sadly that substitute cameo was the best we got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxy27 Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 18 minutes ago, Davefevs said: @Major Isewater have St Etienne let him go? No. There's posts on their forum about him today. There's even a few suggesting he should be kept as their 'supersub' next season, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123red1 Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 20 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said: Did you see him play for us..?! I genuinely don’t think I’ve seen a worse player! Even Bad Savage looked like Lionel Messi compared to Diony..! There is clear something wrong and it must go deeper than a spell of bad form. Did anyone actually check that it was him turning up on matchdays, and not his twin brother who’d never kicked a football before..?! I saw him come on against Norwich and he looked quite bright that day and nearly got in one on one with Gunn, but Gunn read the pass. I didn't say he would make a good free transfer for us, I just said he could make a good free transfer. But if he has been released, and is not on expensive wages, I would not be disappointed if we took him on a free. Afterall we paid 2m for Engvall not to play him and loan him out, so getting a player on a free wouldn't be a disaster if didn't work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 23 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said: The only time he looked quite good for us was his first appearance against QPR. Didn't get much of the ball but you could see, from his positioning and aggression, that he had something. Sadly that substitute cameo was the best we got. Agreed, he looked very promising in that substitute appearance. I wonder how much that diabolical tackle from behind in the corner in the last couple of minutes affected him. At the time I was thinking there's another really promising loan forward crocked after a few minutes playing for City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, Nogbad the Bad said: Agreed, he looked very promising in that substitute appearance. I wonder how much that diabolical tackle from behind in the corner in the last couple of minutes affected him. At the time I was thinking there's another really promising loan forward crocked after a few minutes playing for City. Oh yes I remember that, near the South Stand. He was in real pain I remember. I thought he looked really quick and strong on that debut, his running in behind appeared to be what we were missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted June 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 50 minutes ago, Davefevs said: @Major Isewater have St Etienne let him go? Sorry I haven't been able to find out , on the St Etienne site it's like he never existed ! The Post ran an article just after the end of the season reporting that he had been released. I thought, at the time , that perhaps he could reignite his career being less of a risk to a new club . If we got criticised for signing him on loan , imagine the stick the guy who broke St Etienne's transfer record to sign Diony is getting. The other worry is that we were in for him at the same time . That guy could have been Mark Ashton . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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