James Tomkins retires

[Fauxstralian]

Will be turning 36 on Saturday
Left for Palace as Bilic wouldn’t guarantee him a start
Always thought that was a mistake on his part

[the coming of gary]

The geezer didn't have a season at Palace where he played more than 30 games in all comps.

A waste of a career really.

 

He played more games for Palace than di Canio played for us
.

[Ladysmith]

Thanks Mike for posting 

[Takashi Miike]

[cholo]

Playing 400 senior PL games is seriously good. 

He only made 340 senior appearances across all competitions to be fair.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tom ... ootballer)

That's league only.  386 appearances in total.

[Tomshardware]

Decent player, saw him have some really good games for us.  

[nychammer]

news like this makes me feel OLD!!

[Iron Duke]

I thought he had already retired to be honest.

[El Scorchio]

Playing 400 senior PL games is seriously good. 

He only made 340 senior appearances across all competitions to be fair.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tom ... ootballer)

Fair do's. 

Still pretty impressive. Always liked him.

[Mad Ferret]

The geezer didn't have a season at Palace where he played more than 30 games in all comps.

A waste of a career really.

[Russ of the BML]

Playing 400 senior PL games is seriously good. 

He only made 340 senior appearances across all competitions to be fair.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tom ... ootballer)

Fair do's. 

[Manuel]

Playing 400 senior PL games is seriously good. 

He only made 340 senior appearances across all competitions to be fair.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tom ... ootballer)

[Fauxstralian]

Think he left because Ogbonna was ahead of him
Then Ogbonna went off the boil so he would have played 

[Russ of the BML]

Good player for us I thought. The deal for West Ham and Tomkins to go to Palace was too good to turn down (think we got £11m for him). Injuries held him back at Palace but early on at Palace the fans I know (my cousin's) always said he was decent. Surprised he was at Palace so long to be honest though. 

He is one of the players that people say 'he was shit' or 'very average' which, being honest, he was at PL level. But he reminds me and others at the level the top PL level is. And how good you have to be a to be a 'good' PL level player. 

Playing 400 senior PL games is seriously good. 

[Mad Ferret]

Pretty sure it was Allardyce who had him at RB.

[dealcanvey]

His best years for us were under Allardyce. Bilic came in and didnt fancy him as much. Played him right back some games if i remember aswell.

Shame he left. Was never a world beater but was a solid CB.

[Swiss.]

 

purple...at home?.

Yep, more money making shenanigans from the dildos

https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/201 ... out-fa-cup

Im quite liked it. We never lost wearing it. 

[Far Cough UKunt]

 

purple...at home?.

Yep, more money making shenanigans from the dildos

https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/201 ... out-fa-cup

Honky, did you read the date on that article?

[southbankbornnbred]

Good player, Tomkins. But just when he reached the stage of his career when many CBs kick on, he became a bit injury-prone. Part of modern football, of course, but according to the meeja he went chasing guarantees about the first team etc., and ended up leaving. The deal he got at Palace was a good one for him and I'm not sure Bilic fancied him as a first-teamer (Slav thought Reid would play a lot more!).

Shame, because he promised a lot. He was hardly a failure - always a decent player - but I can't help but feel he didn't quite fulfil his potential.

 

[honky cat]

 

purple...at home?.

Yep, more money making shenanigans from the dildos

https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/201 ... out-fa-cup

[Manuel]

When he was a first team regular at Palace my old boss, a Palace fan,at the time said he was decent. Had a lot of injury problems later on and never really recovered. Still played nigh on 400 senior games so not a bad career at all.

I think one of his injuries was with one of his eyes, but always seemed to be  either injured on on the bench. Played 125 games in 8 years there. I always quite liked him as a CB.

[cholo]

When he was a first team regular at Palace my old boss, a Palace fan,at the time said he was decent. Had a lot of injury problems later on and never really recovered. Still played nigh on 400 senior games so not a bad career at all.

[Takashi Miike]

Another useless over rated cսnt that sucked money out of my pocket!

who, Ossie Ardiles? yes, I agree

[Mike Oxsaw]

Didn't it all start to go wrong shortly after he was picked for the "Team GB" Olympics football  squad?

[Monsieur merde de cheval]

 What was that argy bargy all about?

 

That was the FA Cup game v Everton - the one where Adrian scored in the penalty shoot out. There was a defensive mix up and it all kicked off. Apparently they were mates and next door neighbours, as well. Tomkins left the following season and i was shocked as he seemed to be west ham through and through.

They are both well versed in the art of back alley banditry  I reckon  
purple...at home?.

[Monsieur merde de cheval]

Hair

Matinée man