Aswad Thomas

Quoted from pizzzza

I'm not sure on the rules on this but surely if a person is signed off work for a month with stress or whatever then surely he is not able to 'work' in that period. If he trains/plays for Woking before this period has elapsed then at the very least Woking should be negligant for 'working' a person who is ill. Or am I completely wrong here?

Doctors fit notes are advisery and if all parties concerned think "working" in some form or another is beneficial to the rehabilitation of the employee then it is fine.

Louth_in_the_south 100percent correct mate, "give the guy a break" bull crap if that was me I would be labelled a thug/scum deserves all he gets!!! If I can get the  footage of his actions sent to my phone I'll put it on Facebook for all to see aswell

Whether or not he was stressed etc reading this thread it really is no surprise that male mental health is a taboo subject is it?

Quoted from grimsby pete

I think the best thing to have done is loan Thomas to Woking until the end of the season,

Then he could not have played against us,

You watch , he will play a blinder against us now.

If he does suffer from depression,

This move might be the best thing he could have done.

This

If he wanted to move south for a while, then why did he exercise the option to stay another year?

did you ever see Thomas clapping the fans at the end of games with a smile on his face ? like Magnay, Disley, Pearson ect ect.

no, because he is arrogant and thought he was better than the club

Quoted from ginnywings

Don't know how it came about, but the word "stress" got used, probably by the club in their statement and if so, you can't blame them for anything as they had to manage a tricky situation without going into too much detail and let it blow over.

Typically, the word stress then got extrapolated by the forum into depression and mental illness. He's better off at somewhere like Woking, where he can carry on his ridiculous notion of being "the best left back outside of the football league". Well Azza, you're not.

You end up in the Conference either because you have not much skill but are a team player with great attitude, or you have talent but can't handle the other parts of the game. Aswad falls into that latter category and playing in front of a thousand fans will suit him. He'll probably be really good against us as he was before we signed him.  

There's no doubt he is a talented player, maybe even better than he showed at BP. But you don't end up at his age playing in the Conference unless something isn't right. He should be playing in the league but clearly league clubs don't rate him and he must now have a reputation in the game. I just feel sorry, sorry that he conned the club and worse, he conned the fans, many of whom supported him even when he started this charade.

I think we've seen why he's not playing League football during his time at the club. Defensively, he's not generally consistent enough and this is an area where you really can't get away with too many poor performances. In particular, he's very prone to giving away daft free-kicks in dangerous defensive positions.

His pace and strength are assets, as is his ability to put some good crosses in when pushing forward. However, his close control is pretty poor and he always looks very uncomfortable when in possession. I said after the Macclesfield game that I'd be happy enough to see him leave at the end of the season so I'm not surprised to see he's leaving the club, but the way it has occurred leaves a lot to be desired.

On his day, a very effective player, but not on his day enough for me.

I have to say, I'm not really bothered what may be going on in his private life. He's not our problem any longer, though he may be later in the season!

In several ways I'm pleased he's gone but can't help but think he'll come back to haunt us.

If he does not want to be here, it is better for both parties that he moves on.  This is what has happened.  We need to move forward.