“Of course I want to play Premier League football again, I hope I will return pretty soon,” Diawara told setantasports.com.
“It took me time to adapt and to understand their football, but when I learnt it I started to have a lot of fun.
“Charlton had a good team and if we had not been disturbed by non-sporting issues, I think we could have avoided the drop. That is life. I do not regret at all this very interesting experience and I want to return.”
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Don't see how that is taking a dig at us, having 3 mamagers in a season doesn't help club stability.
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Anyone that makes Tommy Mooney look world class has some explaining to do.
There seems to be a few folk around who never saw the massive improvement in him....mostly I think because they'd already made up their minds about him.
I'd like him with us now I have to say....wishful thinking of course!
Mean't to say...... I didn't see those comments as him having an OTT dig at us.
Having voted the brilliant Paddy MaCartney as Runner Up and the Beckenbaueresque Mark Hudson Third in the Player of the Year awards.
Shane Westley for England.
Bring back Dowman.
Total crap and a big reason why Dowie got the push.
Just had a look, the OS at the time said €1.2m (euros that is) in clauses.
So we could still be due money for appearances, caps or European qualification, or we might have already had most of it.
yep
Dunno maybe the drink driving laws are different in France.
for all his pace and heading ability -when there wasn't an attacker near him - he was a terrible defender. Wycombe in the league cup ffs. Quite a few other games when he was so so out of position. He wasn't a raw kid but a 26 year old.
Just checked and Bordeaux guaranteed place in Chumpions League, so more money due then.
In both cases their forward latched on to them and scored.
From then on he wanted shooting. He was crap and couldn't be arsed to put in a performance.
Good bloody riddance - pay us back your wages you useless shite.
What he said
He might well be fine in the French League but the English game - especially outside the top four - is a totally different game to that on the continent and needs a different style of defender. Defenders in the Prem need to do a lot of heading and a lot of defending of long balls whereas the French game is much more controlled.
The pace of the English game was too much for Diawara and he could not handle the intensity or the physicality.
Rommedahl was another that didn't suit English football. It's the problem with signing players from abroad. Look at Yassin with the rumours of him being a bit of a loner.
Very true, Diawara is obviously no mug or he would not be playing at the level he is at in France which is a decent league, not as good as England, Italy or Spain but not too bad. I remember Laurent Blanc - and he was real class - also having big problems when he played at Man Utd adapting to the English game.
Forlan is another one, couldn't score for Man Utd, but in Spain he's a pretty good goalscorer.