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Agree with most comments but he is probably the best of the trio of him, Anderson and Devine so unfortunately a bit of a shoe in. He's sometimes okay but rarely better than. Any little classy touches always seems to be quickly followed by a mistake or sloppy moment.

I hope Cooke can take the cup match as his suspension. We need better than Akpan + Devine / Anderson for league games (not really arsed about the cup) and that's been proven earlier in the season.

Just hope reports of Palmers recovery being ahead of schedule pan out. We need him back in. If we can do some canny business in January is like to think we can get Akpan off the wage bill.

Given that he was considered q big signing in league one and played at championship level he's probably one of the higher earners too.

In summary awful signing ane can't wait till we've got rid

 

I think a lot will depend on how soon Palmer is back. If it's before Christmas and he gets back into the starting 11 ahead of Akpan, we might be in with a chance of offloading him. Then again, he might just be happy to sit his contract out until the summer, given no football club is ever again going to offer him the sort of money he is on now.

 

But who do you think would be interested in taking him? Regardless of the wage issue, he's shown very little in almost a season and a half. I'm struggling to imagine what sort of team would want a mostly lazy, mostly non-tackling central midfielder to improve their prospects in January.

 

We'd have said the same about Josh Wright before his move though but Orient fans, I imagine, are very happy with him.

 

January is a time of desperation, particularly come the end of the month. There may be a club somewhere panicking enough to risk taking him on loan until the end of the season

 

Sure, I get that there are clubs that Akpan has played at where he did well - Burton for example. I suppose I imagined that clubs looking for an effective, experienced midfielder, to help them avoid relegation or aid a promotion push, would do their homework on how he's played since he's been with us and then swiftly move elsewhere. Hopefully desperation overrides logic and that's not the case.

 

I thought that too.

But his interview seemed a little disingenuous after the game. It's all about the team, apparently, and getting results for the club.

So it's all changed from last season, huh?

 

I actually thought he spoke so well it reminded me of an interview that Van Dyke gave after a similar MoM performance

Of course they are miles (zillions!!) apart in ability, but I like the O'Connor of this season and after 'armbandgate' https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2019/march/statement-anthony-oconnor/ , where the amount of abuse he got makes the current Akpan bear baiting a walk in the park, I can give him nothing but praise for turning things around when frankly none of us (including me) wanted him

With him, O'Donnell and Akpan playing better than last season plus Doyle and Wright for their clubs, we have to conclude that the management was largely responsible for what was probably the worst seasons for any of them

A big well done to Bowyer, because as some of us pointed out - poor players at a relegated club can turn it around and become heroes

 

You still bashing on about last seaso and not getting it?

 

Yeah, last season's mistakes are crucial learnings.

They should be discussed for a long time.

 

Don't read your emails then.

Nothing to discuss! The city board mess up and Edin effected staff and players.

We move on!

Fans and players happier and you can tell that on and off the pitch.

 

Without doubt it's all about results, although to be honest the first 20/30 minutes of yesterdays game didn't impress me, I did think it was only a matter of time before Exeter scored, but credit to the lads we got all 3 points.

 

Was talking about him yesterday. I sense from observing how he is with teammates etc he's a bit of a miserable git and someone you wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of.

He felt like a toxic influence last season and obviously there was armband gate which endeared him to no one. But this year whilst his character won't have changed it feels like he's more like a Roy Keane type character and his influencing things in a more positive way.

I wanted him out after last year but he's been immense so far this season and partners well with BRE.

 

Yes, very frustrating. Yesterday he executed a perfect Cruyff turn, then promptly gave the ball away.