US_Owl Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I love you and I miss you. I miss your legs that were obviously stuck on the wrong way round. Your skills. Your shiny head. Your composure on the ball. Remember when we used to have good foreign players like big Dris? Reda Johnson- a poor mans Drissa Diallo. x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US_Owl Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Here he is, getting in a good headed clearance whilst playing for Middlesbrough, or Malta, i'm not sure where he is from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US_Owl Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Here he is, kicking over Celtic's Portuguese forward Jorge Cadete during a hot blooded Old Firm game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US_Owl Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 His Premier League debut for West Ham United, the first of many happy season at the heart of the 'Ammers defence, with other legends Mark Rieper, Tim Breaker and Steve Potts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US_Owl Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 As the first black man to play for England, Drissa celebrated with a glorious headed goal in a 1-1 draw against The Gambia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US_Owl Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 The skill on the ball we all admired so much. Here he is easily taking the ball past Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes. Ludek Miklosko looks on from the West Ham goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US_Owl Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) His finest moment. In the Play Off Final between Sheffield Wednesday and Hartlepool United, top-scorer Diallo started on the bench after injury had seen him miss the semi-final matches against Brentford. As a second half substitute, Diallo stepped up to the mark to convert a late penalty, pulling Wednesday level and forcing extra time. In doing so, he became the first Wednesday player since Andy Booth to score 30 goals in a season. Wednesday went on to win in extra time, with goals from Florin Radicioiu and Barry Horne. Edited February 17, 2012 by US_Owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmontonowl Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 you'll regret this thread when you've sobered up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US_Owl Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 you'll regret this thread when you've sobered up Nonsense! This needed to be said. We dont celebrate the stars of the past enough on here, high time we reminded ourselves of the Greats that have played for this club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Awesome thread Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A Baracus Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De Bilde Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noddyowl Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 This thread is amazing lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 WTF?! I never knew Drissa had played for so many great teams, in so many high profile games. What a legend that man was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bully87 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 :) awesome thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US_Owl Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Thanks guys, just thought we should spend a bit of time honouring one of our past warriors. Obviously a lot of research went into his career- took me a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookone Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 If only we had him now - Charlton would be the team in second and we would possibly already be promoted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US_Owl Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 If only we had him now - Charlton would be the team in second and we would possibly already be promoted! Amen brother. We may actually have been automatically promoted on day one. Remember the hat-trick he scored against Salisbury in the Cup? His cheeky smiles? I never agreed with the way we treated him after he pushed that referee over. The word legend is used too often, but this man is a stone cold LEGEND. I think we should all put our favourite memories of Drissa on here, remember the good old days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US_Owl Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 Drissa during his spell at Liverpool, showing Racialism the Red Card, by showing it an orange card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US_Owl Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 His ill-fated debut for Blackpool. In the 33rd minute, Drissa found himself on the end of a crunching challenge from Norwich City hard-Case Jamie Cureton. Drissa bopped him on the nose, breaking Curetons face into smithereens (not pictured) and ending his career. Diallo was banned for 2 matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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