Aswad Thomas

I think that the whole squad now has team spirit, (even the currently not playing Scott Neilsen,) who I still feel will add to the quality at some point in the run in to the season end.

With the current additions up front, if he was on the pitch as an impact player against stonewall defenses, he has the ability to run with the ball and make spaces for others to score, or even his shots from distance past packed defenses may bring results.

Perhaps with much more freedom of movement up front now, (Jolley / Ollie,) his options for final passes will be better, instead of perhaps wanting to beat another man and losing the ball.

Quoted from ginnywings

The club just wanted rid with minimal fuss and upheaval to the team. The latest incident was not his first. I think he let the whole "best left back outside the football league" thing go to his head. Gangsta footballer  

I said in the original blocked thread it was best he left best for him and best for us, and other incidents have happened I'm surprised he's lasted this long tbh good riddance

At least Robertson can take a corner, apparently

Although I said something along the lines of move on. I think it's poor that another club announces they've signed him before our club announces that we've released him!
A lot of other unhappy players will take a look at this approach to engineer a free move.

What's with all the "gangsta" or "thug" comments?

Probably a certain underlying issue for some posters, but that's none of my business...

There are certain players who have played for Town who are good at this level but not of the quality to win us the championship. Players like Niven, Manny Panther, Colbeck, Brad Wood and Aswad is just one of those I'm afraid.

I reckon he was on his way out in the Summer anyway and he knew this.

I think PH would have wanted to keep Aswad and would have offered him a new contract since he's been here he was the number one LB at the club, and was straight back in the team when not fit. So that shows you valuable PH thought Aswad was, i was i'm quite suprised he never stayed everyone said he wasn't happy here but he signed a new contract. To be fair to Sam Hatton he stayed for his 2nd year when he said he wanted to leave at the end of his first season so Aswad should have done the same.

At the moment that 5th place is up for grabs at the moment and Woking are one of the teams who are in the hunt, i suppose from there point of view Aswad can be a good player for them and can provide width for players like Rendell.

Quoted from Teestogreen

This is a very interesting statement: - exactly what I witnessed at Harrogate Town in pre-season at very close hand.

I recorded this 'event' on this forum but you can now only access posts back to 23rd August 2014 - 'Harrogate game was before this' - someone marked me down this afternoon (would you normally bother?), which was the reason for searching.

Aswad Thomas isn't the first footballer to engineer a move away from his current club to one that's closer to home.

But the way it's been conducted - or at least the way it's been reported - has confused fans. When we're not privvy to the facts, we fill in the gaps. We guess, we presume and we speculate.

That's why it's always in the best interests of the club and player to be as clear as possible about what's actually happening. It stops the speculation before it's given chance to start.

I don't think the club or the player have been clear. So from a distance it looks a case of 'player got grumpy and claimed he was stressed so he could move to a rival team'.

That might not be the case at all. But without a bit of clarity from either the club or player, that's the story the fans will settle on.

Martin Butler and earlier Gorden Hobson come to mind as unprofessional departures who wanted out but shat on the club and their contracts.