Lopes

[piratemousey]

next yell be telling me Kabia was a shoking loss!

[yiddo]

next yell be telling me Kabia was a shoking loss!

And what about Dobbs ? Another shocking loss to City

[jimhacker]

And what about Dobbs ? Another shocking loss to City

And, of course, Iorfa!

[Fair_play_boy]

And, of course, Iorfa!

And let's not forget to mention Oisin!!!

[piratemousey]

oh no! i forgot!

[kevincronin2000]

And let's not forget to mention Oisin!!!

[piratemousey]

was he done for assault when he let the programme fall on someones head at the Bohs match?
after he getting hit with the ball?

[eoinh]

Torquay look like they are going to sign Lopes. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ed/4148727.stm

[Gandhi]

Lopes is better than a few of the posters here have given him credit for. In the few chances he did get to play he at least showed the ability to keep the ball on the floor instead of hoofing it. In at least one match towards the end of last season we were going absolutely nowhere, pumping high balls forward and winning none of them till he came on as a sub and started playing it on the floor and panicking the opposition defence. We eventually came back to draw that game but till he came on we were rubbish. I hope things work out for him. I suppose one thing that I would agree with is it's expensive to keep someone on the books fulltime unless you are sure he is going to be in the starting eleven most weeks. If we had the resources for a bigger squad he'd have been worth keeping around in my opinion, at least until he'd been given an extended run in the team to properly evaluate him. He was never given more than the odd cameo appearance, you can't fully judge someone on that

[jimhacker]

Torquay look like they are going to sign Lopes. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ed/4148727.stm

Yes they have signed him but only on a monthly contract -they obviously believe in him!

[Fair_play_boy]

Lopes is better than a few of the posters here have given him credit for. In the few chances he did get to play he at least showed the ability to keep the ball on the floor instead of hoofing it. In at least one match towards the end of last season we were going absolutely nowhere, pumping high balls forward and winning none of them till he came on as a sub and started playing it on the floor and panicking the opposition defence. We eventually came back to draw that game but till he came on we were rubbish. I hope things work out for him. I suppose one thing that I would agree with is it's expensive to keep someone on the books fulltime unless you are sure he is going to be in the starting eleven most weeks. If we had the resources for a bigger squad he'd have been worth keeping around in my opinion, at least until he'd been given an extended run in the team to properly evaluate him. He was never given more than the odd cameo appearance, you can't fully judge someone on that

Well Said, Gandhi.
I think his arrival at City was meant to fill the gap which was due to be left by Greg O'Halloran. When Greg and Dolan / Lennox patched things up, and then when Greg went on to play a stormer for the rest of the season, there was no place for Lopez. I feel sorry for the guy. He is a decent footballer, IMO, and just got a bad break with City. I think he will prove his worth with Torquay.