Stoaty Ferret
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Sad loss to the team, but the club moves on. A true legend, and a great leader. It will be hard to replace him.
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BREAKING NEWS: CULLIP SOLD TO BLADES [merged threads]
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Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 31,274
The end of an era.
Great move for Danny, in the present climate it was as much money as we could possibly have got so DK's done well there.
I'm annoyed at the club letting us stew for the past few days, and if the club captain did officially handed in a transfer request on Wednesday I would have liked official confirmation and response on the club website, not "he's sitting out Friday while he gets his head together" bollocks.
My heart tells me that we can still stay up but my head tells me we're f***ed.
Great move for Danny, in the present climate it was as much money as we could possibly have got so DK's done well there.
I'm annoyed at the club letting us stew for the past few days, and if the club captain did officially handed in a transfer request on Wednesday I would have liked official confirmation and response on the club website, not "he's sitting out Friday while he gets his head together" bollocks.
My heart tells me that we can still stay up but my head tells me we're f***ed.
Brighton Jock
New member
Good luck Danny , you are an absolute legend.........
Eggman
Well-known member
Gutted.
Cheers Danny Cullip.
You will never be forgotten down here. Good Luck and Thank You
Cheers Danny Cullip.
You will never be forgotten down here. Good Luck and Thank You
balloonboy
aka Jim in the West
Danny will always be a hero, and WILL be missed, but we have other options at Centre Back, and Guy Butters will look after the youngsters. Another £250k towards survival - that makes over £750k in a couple of weeks.
I'm not too upset.
I'm not too upset.
The Great Cornholio
New member
I'm going to look on the bright side here. Cullip is a massive loss but to get at least £250k for him is good business. (Whatever happened to the "He won't pass a medical" argument?). I was convinced he would only ever leave on a free unless Adams came in for him - bit of a risk by Warnock if he does have dodgy knees.
Strangely, and I will probably be in a very large minority here, I am actually happy seeing players go for money. Not sure why I let my head rule my heart in this matter but I think all the talk recently has convinced me to think long term rather than panic short term. If the club's future can be secured by selling players then I'm all for it. We are not losing players for free (at the moment anyway). No matter what the naysayers say, all eggs should be in the Falmer basket.
Again, I am in a minority here but relegation would not be the end of the world for me. As much as I enjoy going to West Ham and the like, if it is threatening the club financially then I'd rather watch Chesterfield and Brentford for a couple of years. Don't forget that the new TV deal means all League clubs get the same share of the money, regardless of division. With a ground that is virtually at capacity every week regardless of division, this means that the income for the club is roughly the same as last year. But you can guarantee that there were clauses in players contracts that bumped up wages with promotion. Money had to be paid for Leon and Big Chris (IIRC) for promotion. After firework expenses, we didn't get much. Without the Falmer costs, we could just survive at Withdean in League 1. We are now paying Championship costs with Falmer costs as well. We are not punching above our weight, we are David playing Goliath.
Much as I think he is our best player, I hope Knight is next to go. There is no point paying him £4k a week to warm the bench. If McGhee doesn't rate him, we may as well cash in. There is no point endlessly whinging on here that he isn't playing. (I do myself when I hear the team news, btw) At the end of the day, McGhee is the man who makes the decisions. Let him bring in his own players and give him a chance to keep us up. It was far from certain that we would have stayed up with Cullip & Currie. Remember the displays against Crewe, Derby and the like? All of our wins have been like a League 1 team beating a Championship team in the cup. We have yet to win a game convincingly. The sheer spirit and guts of the team may have kept on scraping 3 points here and there. Or we may have run out of luck. Who knows?
McGhee will now hopefully get the chance to bring in the type of players he wants. Not the players he wants probably as we won't be able to afford most of the but at least the style of player he wants. If he is as good a manager as we think he is, that could well be enough and we will have another year in the Championship with significantly reduced debts. If it isn't enough then we will be back in the division that we, realistically and rose spectacles off, belong at the moment. At least £500k better off, debt wise.
Good luck Danny and many thaks for all you have done. No player could have been more committed and I for one fully understand your reasons for going. And with Warnock saying nice things about us and extra money on offer, Sheff U may well become my second team for the season.
OK - /me sits back and waits for flaming about being overly optimistic and never criticising the club etc, etc.
Strangely, and I will probably be in a very large minority here, I am actually happy seeing players go for money. Not sure why I let my head rule my heart in this matter but I think all the talk recently has convinced me to think long term rather than panic short term. If the club's future can be secured by selling players then I'm all for it. We are not losing players for free (at the moment anyway). No matter what the naysayers say, all eggs should be in the Falmer basket.
Again, I am in a minority here but relegation would not be the end of the world for me. As much as I enjoy going to West Ham and the like, if it is threatening the club financially then I'd rather watch Chesterfield and Brentford for a couple of years. Don't forget that the new TV deal means all League clubs get the same share of the money, regardless of division. With a ground that is virtually at capacity every week regardless of division, this means that the income for the club is roughly the same as last year. But you can guarantee that there were clauses in players contracts that bumped up wages with promotion. Money had to be paid for Leon and Big Chris (IIRC) for promotion. After firework expenses, we didn't get much. Without the Falmer costs, we could just survive at Withdean in League 1. We are now paying Championship costs with Falmer costs as well. We are not punching above our weight, we are David playing Goliath.
Much as I think he is our best player, I hope Knight is next to go. There is no point paying him £4k a week to warm the bench. If McGhee doesn't rate him, we may as well cash in. There is no point endlessly whinging on here that he isn't playing. (I do myself when I hear the team news, btw) At the end of the day, McGhee is the man who makes the decisions. Let him bring in his own players and give him a chance to keep us up. It was far from certain that we would have stayed up with Cullip & Currie. Remember the displays against Crewe, Derby and the like? All of our wins have been like a League 1 team beating a Championship team in the cup. We have yet to win a game convincingly. The sheer spirit and guts of the team may have kept on scraping 3 points here and there. Or we may have run out of luck. Who knows?
McGhee will now hopefully get the chance to bring in the type of players he wants. Not the players he wants probably as we won't be able to afford most of the but at least the style of player he wants. If he is as good a manager as we think he is, that could well be enough and we will have another year in the Championship with significantly reduced debts. If it isn't enough then we will be back in the division that we, realistically and rose spectacles off, belong at the moment. At least £500k better off, debt wise.
Good luck Danny and many thaks for all you have done. No player could have been more committed and I for one fully understand your reasons for going. And with Warnock saying nice things about us and extra money on offer, Sheff U may well become my second team for the season.
OK - /me sits back and waits for flaming about being overly optimistic and never criticising the club etc, etc.
JJ McClure
Go Jags
Like many others I'm gutted.
Danny is a true hero and an Albion legend. I'll never forget the goal against Cheaterfield to win the title, I'll never forget the way that he always came over to applaud the fans at the end of games.
I wish him all the best although I hope he slips arse over tit on the 15th January.
Danny is a true hero and an Albion legend. I'll never forget the goal against Cheaterfield to win the title, I'll never forget the way that he always came over to applaud the fans at the end of games.
I wish him all the best although I hope he slips arse over tit on the 15th January.
Superphil
Dismember
It's just not enough
I don't care how hard the club tried to hold out for the best price for Danny, £250K is JUST NOT ENOUGH. It is basically saying that he is worth no more than Currie, which is bollocks.
And as for the extra £150K if they get promoted, well I just don't see that happening, they are always the bridesmaid.
Either way he is still worth £500K of anyones money, f*** bollocks shit.
I don't care how hard the club tried to hold out for the best price for Danny, £250K is JUST NOT ENOUGH. It is basically saying that he is worth no more than Currie, which is bollocks.
And as for the extra £150K if they get promoted, well I just don't see that happening, they are always the bridesmaid.
Either way he is still worth £500K of anyones money, f*** bollocks shit.
Schrödinger's Toad
Nie dla Idiotów
- Jan 21, 2004
- 11,957
He's worth what we're offered compared to going on a free in six months.
The Laughing Bluebird
New member
Re: It's just not enough
You're living in dreamland, Phil. £250,000 was an incredibly generous price for Currie, and Cullip certainly isn't worth £500,000 in today's market by any stretch of the imagination.
Superphil said:
You're living in dreamland, Phil. £250,000 was an incredibly generous price for Currie, and Cullip certainly isn't worth £500,000 in today's market by any stretch of the imagination.
larus
Well-known member
The Great Cornholio said:
Not from me m8.
Agree with everything there. If we go down, then so be it. f we go out of business, different matter.
Thanks Danny, but I think you're best years we behind you. IMO, it's a good deal for the club, and we're not short of defensive cover.
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Blackadder
Brighton Bhuna Boy
We will miss DC. He was an inspirational captain.
It's a shame we couldn't have kept him another month. We could have done with him over the Christmas period.
Still, I wish him all the best for the future!
It's a shame we couldn't have kept him another month. We could have done with him over the Christmas period.
Still, I wish him all the best for the future!
JJ McClure
Go Jags
The Currie deal was good for us £250k seemed somewhat generous from Ipswich.
As for Cullip, six months left on his contract, not proven at the highest level, alleged dodgy knee, it's the best we could have got.
As for Cullip, six months left on his contract, not proven at the highest level, alleged dodgy knee, it's the best we could have got.
Superphil
Dismember
I appreciate your comments chaps, but the fact is Sheffield United know we are desparate, they knew they could get him for a bargain, the extra £150K offered proves they could have paid more for him, I'm just dissapointed in the fact that we are so desparate that I feel we are being taken advantage of.
Earnshaw went for a decent amount of money, to a struggling Premiership club, and if Danny is part of Sheffields promotion success then isn't he worth a bit more than just an extra £150K
Earnshaw went for a decent amount of money, to a struggling Premiership club, and if Danny is part of Sheffields promotion success then isn't he worth a bit more than just an extra £150K
Ex Shelton Seagull
New member
Warnock has 750k to spend on players to push United towards the Premiership. Do you think he's going to blow the majority of that on a guy who's only spent 1 and half seasons at this level. I love the fella but to a neutral observer he's a central defender who's spent nearly his entire career in the bottom 2 divisions. The transfer market has collapsed and i'm suprised that we're getting decent money for guys who's contracts are due to run out in 6 months time.
The Laughing Bluebird
New member
Superphil said:
Earnie is a potentially top-class striker with bags of pace who has already scored plenty of goals at international level. He had three years left on his Cardiff contract and is in the prime of his footballing life.
Cullip has spent most of his career in the lower divisions, he lacks pace and he isn't even a proven defender at Championship level yet if the truth be told. He is no spring chicken, he has just six months left on his contract and he allegedly has a dodgy knee.
The two cases are totally incomparable, and looking at this deal from an outsider's perspective I'd say £250,000 is a perfectly fair price. Put it this way, I certainly wouldn't be doing cartwheels and shouting 'bargain' if Cardiff had signed Cullip for £250,000.
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Marshy
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Im personally am gutted that Danny is leaving but i believe thats as good a price as we were going to get.
Also probably knocks 200k a year out of wages !
Also probably knocks 200k a year out of wages !
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n1 gull
Well-known member
I actually think this could be good business. Its about the only position in the team we have some real talent. Butters is fantastic and he can lead the defensive line, Hinshlewood and Virgo are fantastic talents.
Sad to see a legend go, but I would've taken the money to be honest, given our situation etc...
Sad to see a legend go, but I would've taken the money to be honest, given our situation etc...