nicky forster puts in transfer request

[Mellotron]

Worrying thing is, the article says there are NINE players out of contract in the summer. Anybody know who else that is??

Have a look down the main board and you'll see a poll I posted about the THIRTEEN other players out of contract this summer.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Oh pooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Going on loan to Palace

I was just wondering about this myself!


They're not allowed to sign anyone anyway, though...

 

[SirDouglasLoft]

I don't believe it...

 

[severnside gull]

Oh pooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Going on loan to Palace

2+2=5


what is public school education coming too?

 

[CliveWalkerWingWizard]

This doesn't make sense Why would a player who is it out of contract in June make a transfer request 4 days after the transfer window had shut? He won't be allowed to go out on loan. He is 36 if the club offer him even a year he should feel privileged. He is under contract to Brighton and Hove Albion until that contract expires.

I agree can't see him being allowed to go out on loan (unless a swap deal ?) He is contracted until the end of the season. As with most people I would like to see him stay for another season although if we are seriously going to push for promotion we will need another striker.

 

[rool]

I don't believe it...

 

[les dynam]

i find it very hard to believe. he's club captain, 1st choice forward heading towards the last season or so of his career. he's also studying for his coaching badges. when he signed for us a big reason was because he wanted to move back home (sussex surrey borderlands) so i really can't see him wanted to move on. surely?

if he has asked for a transfer, it must be because A he knows a championship club want him and are offering him a nice wedge, or B because he's had a monster falling out with Poyet or another senior person in the club.

i'm sure he's said in the past he was intending to hopefully launch his coaching career with us when he retires.

 

[sam86]

Is it still on SSN?
Still nothing on SS, Argus or Seagulls sites.

 

[RM-Taylor]

i find it very hard to believe. he's club captain,.

No he isn't:

Andrew Crofts is club captain and by the looks of things Tommy Elphick is vice-captain.

 

[Soton Seagull]

Bum! Doesn't sound good reagrdless of whether sky are right or not. Should give him another year.

 

[Mr Banana]

Clanger I reckon. The wording of it on SSN was strange. Been trying to find out who wrote it. If The Argus had confirmed it they would have nibbed it online by now, and odd that the official shite hasn't said anything.

 

[Horsham Gull]

Andrew crofts is El Capitano on match days, Nicky is still club captain i think (kinna like an ambassador role for the club, he is president of the young seagulls and things like that)

 

[Jam The Man]

No he isn't:

Andrew Crofts is club captain and by the looks of things Tommy Elphick is vice-captain.

Unless it's changed, as of a couple of weeks ago it was:

Foz - Club Captain
Crofts - Team Captain

 

[Braders]

for those who haven't seen it yet

 

[Scotty Mac]

if he wants a long contract and high wages then is it really any surprise that the club are playing hard ball?

its obvious that the guy has been a class act since signing, but he is very very close to the end of his career. if we want a squad that can compete in the championship at falmer, than forster is unfortunately not going to be a part of it. certainly in a playing capacity anyway

 

[NS Herald]

If this is true it is a monster PR clanger by the club.

Forster is one of the best assetts we possess and for him to do this then something has to be seriously wrong. He deserves at least a season extension and if they are messing him around then they have made a big mistake.

Longer term he could be a really useful coaching asset and someone of real value as we head to Falmer

 

[rcf0712]

If I was Nicky, I'd be f***ed off that people like Adam El-Abd are being secured on longer deals before him. It's clear that he is a level-headed man, and would not take a decision like this lightly. If we have treated him badly, I will be incredibly disappointed with the powers-that-be, because he has been an absolute hero for us.

El Abd has year's in him and would die for the club, Forster doesn't and is a journeyman (albeit in fine form at The Albion)....

 

[chimneys]

Sort this now....without his goals we would be bottom 4 !

Alternatively....if Oldham had played their 2 games in hand we could be bottom 4!

 

[beorhthelm]

Just maybe SSN have got it wrong? It certainly doesn't make any sense.

If its true, then so what. He cant be transferred anywhere now in anycase. So he will keep playing with us, still scoring goals to a) make Poyet give him a deal or b)put himself in the shop windown during the close season. So whatever, it makes no difference to the Albion for this season.

f*** me, some common sence. i dont think its true/full story anyway.

Eh? Letting go our top scorer in the last 3 years in favour of Adam El-Abd is a good idea? No it's not. at all. I'd rather have Forster for another year (maybe 2) than I would El-Abd for another 10. Back up utility players are easy to find. Natural goal scorers are not.

f*** me some stupidity. what the hell has El-abd got to do with Forster. different age, different position, different wages, different contracts

 

[Sheebo]

I'd give him at least another yr and like to see him be offered a coaching role going into Falmer - he knows his stuff...