Was Hammond pushed out, and if so why?

[Beach Hut]

He left for better wages and we got a fee

 

[Brovion]

I bloody well hope he was pushed out by the club rather than hanging around and then leaving for nothing.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I believe that he wanted to stay but Knight wanted money for him now.

Therefore he was pushed out which explains why he ended up at Colchester. What is better for him - four months playing in the championship for a team which appreciates him and earning more money, or four months rotting in the reserves with the fans getting on his back because the Chairman thinks he is leaving?

Four months in the championship, performing well will surely alert other clubs.

I agree with all of this, but still do not lay blame at the club's door. Yes. I'm sure he was pushed out at the end, but that was really their only option.

Best all round for him and the club that he went now. It's the post Bosman reality, and it happens at every club in the county. Get used to it.

 

[DJ Leon]

Of course he was pushed, if he wasn't we'd have got NOTHING for him in the summer. Instead we're quarter of a million richer.

Is there any controversy here?

 

[Bozza]

Stirring up a bit of hostility towards an ex-employer is a fairly frequent occurrence. It's not very professional and it's hardly the best way to exercise captaincy skills.

But, hey! It happens.

I hope it doesn't create any issues that linger on and affect future performances.

Indeed.

People who use Facebook more than me and/or are in the Brighton network may be able to confirm the following status that was on the site last night...

Jake Robinson wants people to know the truth behind the transfers

 

[tedebear]

Sending private messages to your mates on facebook isnt that bizarre is it? I do it all the time!!

Not at all - but its hardly private when NSC gets informed is it? Thats what I was thinking..

 

[Brovion]

Of course he was pushed, if he wasn't we'd have got NOTHING for him in the summer. Instead we're quarter of a million richer.

Is there any controversy here?

Indeed. I'm sure he'd rather have had time to go through all the offers at the end of the season and then picked the best one at his leisure. Well, tough. Whilst I don't begrudge him the move it can't ALL be about the players.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Unfortunately Hammond (and/or his agent, but Hammond will have to take the fall) has been called on his assertion that he 'wanted the board to show more ambition'. They did, and he singularly didn't.

Did they?

The Murray signing aside I don't see the other dealings as HUGELY ambitious.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Did they?

The Murray signing aside I don't see the other dealings as HUGELY ambitious.

Signing the captain of an SPL side?

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

Did they?

The Murray signing aside I don't see the other dealings as HUGELY ambitious.

I'd say the Thomson signing shows ambition. Captain of a top six SPL club after all. Swapped 6 or so games a season against the old firm to come to Withdean. I'd say that's more ambitious than Murray.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Who used to play for a League 2 side down here...

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

Great minds Chappers.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Who used to play for a League 2 side down here...

Even the greatest players have to start somewhere....

 

[Simster]

Who used to play for a League 2 side down here...

Ian Rush once played for Chester. He must have been SHIT.

 

[Yoda]

I'm with Morris on this, the glass is half empty and I've yet to be convinced when you compare who's gone and who's come in so far over this season.

 

[Black Country Seagull]

Perhaps the question should be, are we signing to many greedy players then? Apparrently Hammond and Savage are to greedy, and you may say the same for george O'C.

Then again if it was you as the player, what would you honestly do, negotiate a shit contract or a good one?

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

Who used to play for a League 2 side down here...

So what? What difference does that make? So did Zamora before we signed him, where is he now? So did Dave Kitson, where is he now? Shitloads of playes start off in the lower leagues then go on to better things.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

So what? What difference does that make? So did Zamora before we signed him, where is he now? So did Dave Kitson, where is he now? Shitloads of playes start off in the lower leagues then go on to better things.

And lots more have stuttered about the lower leagues...

ALSO,

Zamora etc were YOUNG and RAW.

I believe Thomson is in his late 20s.

 

[Yoda]

So what? What difference does that make? So did Zamora before we signed him, where is he now? So did Dave Kitson, where is he now? Shitloads of playes start off in the lower leagues then go on to better things.

And there are far, far more who don't make the grade.

 

[sten_super]

Did they?

The Murray signing aside I don't see the other dealings as HUGELY ambitious.

Yeah you are right, signing the captain of a top-six SPL side and our most expensive cash signing for 25 years definitely AREN'T the signs of ambition.:thud:

Hammond clearly didn't show any ambition. He's signed up for 4 months of Championship action, in all liklihood followed by at least a year back at this level.