Mustapha Carayol

[budleigh]

Whatever one's views on Paul Buckle or Mustapha Carayol it does them both a misfavour to say that they fell out with each other and that was the reason Carayol left Plainmoor. It wasn't. It was for personal reasons which had nothing to do with Torquay United or the management.
That Buckle wanted him to stay at the time of his transfer to Lincoln is on record, as is the fact that Carayol was offered an improved contract by the manager to do so. That would indicate that Paul Buckle rated him when the player was at Torquay and hasn't had a sudden change of heart.

[brucie]

Thats utter bullshit and you know it. Buckle didn't rate Carayol because he didn't play him for a season and a half. Only a blind man would not have offered Carayol a contract because his from towards the end of the season was extraordinary.

[ferrarilover]

His form in the last half dozen games or so was good, he was in the shop window and turned it on for the scouts.

Only an idiot offers a contract to a guy who only plays when it suits him.

Matt.

[budleigh]

Thats utter bullshit and you know it.

Sorry Terry, but is that aimed at me?

[Scott Brehaut]

It certainly looked that way to me Budleigh

[Fonda]

His form in the last half dozen games or so was good, he was in the shop window and turned it on for the scouts.

Only an idiot offers a contract to a guy who only plays when it suits him.

Matt.

Gavin Tomlin...? Did much the same in the Play-Offs.

Carayol has quality. When he got a run of games in our team, he proved it. If he was only performing in order to secure a move away, it's just a shame he wasn't made to feel more comfortable in his time here. Perhaps then he wouldn't have been so deseperate to leave.

[ferrarilover]

Carayol was here for 2 years (or three) and was shit for all but 5 or 6 games. Tomlin played 8 games, was unbelievable in one, pretty well in 4 others and quiet without being useless in the remainder, hardly the same.

Matt.

[AustrianAndyGull]

Unbelievable!! As on the Benners thread, i agree with Ferrari again.Carayol, every time i saw him was shit. Tomlin had many games when he too was shit including the play off fianl but equally as many when he was immense like the away leg at Shrewsbury. I'd deffo rather have Tomlin than Carayol any day of the week.

[Fonda]

Carayol was here for 2 years (or three) and was sh*t for all but 5 or 6 games. Tomlin played 8 games, was unbelievable in one, pretty well in 4 others and quiet without being useless in the remainder, hardly the same.

Matt.

That'll be the 5 or 6 games he actually played a row then. He was young (and seemingly immature), but developed. Can't really ask for much more than that. By the time he left he was a decent player. Tomlin played well half the time (and brilliant in the home leg against Shrews), and looked disinterested half the time. The similarities of evidently 'performing when it suited' are there.

[ferrarilover]

So decent, he couldn't nail down a place in our struggling squad one year, nor a relegated team the year after. Tomlin was considerably better than many are giving him credit for, and I don't know where some people get their opinions of him from. But then, those who reckon Carayol was class probably wonder exactly the same of me. Each to their own.

Matt.

[Fonda]

So decent, he couldn't nail down a place in our struggling squad one year, nor a relegated team the year after. Tomlin was considerably better than many are giving him credit for, and I don't know where some people get their opinions of him from. But then, those who reckon Carayol was class probably wonder exactly the same of me. Each to their own.

Matt.

People see things differently. It's all about opinions.

[Trojan 67]

People see things differently. It's all about opinions.

Don't forget to factor in favouritism and prejudice.