Do fans hate Sakho? Or do they just see better, more reliable options already present in the squad on cheaper wages?

At almost a 3rd of the price Tomkins has been a better signing overall and when he and Cahill are fit, they are surely our best centre back partnership. Certainly in my opinion anyway.

Its not how much we paid for him or how much we pay him that bothers me, its how he plays. I wince every time he gets the ball & I've not felt like that since Claude Davis

Listening to Lawrenson last season on Sakho.

'You know looking at him tonight for Palace, and I first thought this with Liverpool, is that Sakho is not a footballer'.

'He is a duck'.

Really (commentator winces) , yes look at his movement it is just like a duck moves, sideways and in a circle bobbing up and down.

He bobs back up again after each mistake.

Lawro you are not a biased Liverpool man by any chance.

Sakho and Tompkins were excellent together, can be again.

Ability wise I think our best partnership, with both match fit and in their best form, is Cahill and Sakho. If Sakho is fit and in form in January, maybe there will be some bids coming in for him? All our CBs are at least very good, and Kelly and Dann would do well against most PL attacks

Sakho is a very good defender and I still remember how thrilled I was to sign him but for me he has one huge mistake in him almost every game. A dodgy pass that puts the striker through, a ridiculous challenge, it changes every time. For me you can't do that in Roy's system which relies on us being completely watertight.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...

I actually rated Claude quite highly at the time, very powerful, dominant in the air...and adept at giving away the odd pen or numerous free kicks.