Birmingham snap up Traore on loan

[MrsB]

Story from BBC SPORT, 2009/02/10 15:37:46 GMT

Birmingham have signed defender Djimi Traore on an emergency three-month loan deal from Premier League Portsmouth.

Traore, 28, began his career in England with Liverpool, where he won a 2005 Champions League winners medal, before moving to Charlton in August 2006.

Traore joined Pompey for £1m after only five months at The Valley, but has failed to feature regularly for the South Coast club.

He will be at St Andrew's for a maximum of 93 days under the rules of the deal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFbR4vItHaU

Yeah right, him.

[Marky]

Makes sense, he'll do alright for them i think.

[Chris]

Yeah right, him.

No, the man who played a big part in us winning the Champions League.

[meffin]

No, the man who played a big part in us winning the Champions League.

really, id say the man who played left back because we had no better options and made 100% of fans cringe when he got anywhere near the ball

[Chris]

really, id say the man who played left back because we had no better options and made 100% of fans cringe when he got anywhere near the ball

Yes really, he was great for us in that CL campaign helping us keep 2 clean sheets against Chelsea aswell as in Turin. "Played left back because we had no better options"? Haha well obviously!!!! You can apply that to every player playing in world football.

And dont speak for me on this "cringing" stuff, ta.

[meffin]

Yes really, he was great for us in that CL campaign helping us keep 2 clean sheets against Chelsea aswell as in Turin. "Played left back because we had no better options"? Haha well obviously!!!! You can apply that to every player playing in world football.

And dont speak for me on this "cringing" stuff, ta.

i mean no better option as in he was ALL we had to play there

ok 99.99% cringed

[red g]

i mean no better option as in he was ALL we had to play there

ok 99.99% cringed

of course putting traore on the teamsheet brought dread to us all, but from what i remember he put in a couple of stirling performances to win that medal and deserves it 100%, still didnt stop me ****ting myself everytime the ball went near him though

[MrsB]

I actually liked him, but that own goal was just comical.

[Joe King]

of course putting traore on the teamsheet brought dread to us all, but from what i remember he put in a couple of stirling performances to win that medal and deserves it 100%, still didnt stop me ****ting myself everytime the ball went near him though

Especially in the first minute of the final.

[Elvoz]

he will bring great err

err

balance to their team he can tackle ... er

he can put his head on the ball and his left foot is ... er sound

he looks like a little boy lost to me but you couldnt do anything than wish him all the best

i reckon adams wouldnt of got sacked if he played him

[lickedlollipop]

it's ok for birmingham. i hope they'll come again in PL.

p.s. no, i don't like aston villa

[dww]

I don't know why people dislike Traore so much. He clearly wasn't good enough but he was an integral part of a fantastic day in Istanbul and had a few other moments in that CL run. He seeemed to have a decent attitude and I wish him well wherever he goes.

[The Erectile Banana]

I don't know why people dislike Traore so much. He clearly wasn't good enough but he was an integral part of a fantastic day in Istanbul and had a few other moments in that CL run. He seeemed to have a decent attitude and I wish him well wherever he goes.

I don't think people dislike Traore. I think he became a figure of fun more than anything due to his sheer ineptitude in most games. That and the fact, as previously mentioned, he gave 99% of us heart attacks every time he went near the ball.

[Chris]

I don't know why people dislike Traore so much. He clearly wasn't good enough but he was an integral part of a fantastic day in Istanbul and had a few other moments in that CL run. He seeemed to have a decent attitude and I wish him well wherever he goes.

Agreed, some of the stuff said about him is sickening, and while im aware some of it is a joke some clearly isnt. (LFC Forums in general).

He's one player who'll certainly be able to say he got the most out his potential at some point, he worked hard, wasnt any bother and played his part in the run to the greatest night of some of our lives.

Ultimately he was a regular in a CL winning team of ours, a bit of respect wouldnt go amiss.

[refugee]

I don't think people dislike Traore. I think he became a figure of fun more than anything due to his sheer ineptitude in most games. That and the fact, as previously mentioned, he gave 99% of us heart attacks every time he went near the ball.

He would have left on fantastic terms if he had been sold after the champions league final...........but then he was offered a 4 year contract when everybody knew he wasn't good enough.