Chris O'Grady Signs for an Undisclosed Fee (Updated)

[HawkTheSeagull]

So were signing a player who got 15 goals last season in a dogsh*t Barnsley side for at most £1 Million and we are selling a player who got 14 goals last season in a decent Albion side for £7.5 Million + add-ons.

Great bit of business by the club, if O'Grady can be consistent - it would be the bargain of the century. £1M for 15 goals a season at this level isnt bad, rather spend that on O'Grady than some youngster from the Premier League with no experience.

 

[TSB]

Can you remind me how many goals at what level in other seasons please?

Yup. 6 in 16 in 2013 at Champ level for the same awful side.

 

[The Brighton Buzz]

How miserably underwhelming. 28 year old journeyman

If this is us getting premier league ready, with the signings we are looking at, the club are really taking the p**s out of the supporters. The more you look at the calibre of players that we are being linked with, the more you feel that the fans are being fobbed off when Tony says we will have a competitive squad. I still live in hope that we will sign some quality, but my optimism is slowly being eroded. I fear that, if we continue to sign journeyman players, that season ticket sales next season will fall considerably. In fact i feel that the club have got away with it by having sold this seasons tickets already. I would still have bought mine, but not sure everyone would have felt the same. If we have to be prudent then fine, but if we are PMR off the pitch, what is the point of not being ready on it. If we have to tread water for a couple of years then tell the fans and most will understand. Hopefully in the next two weeks we will see the squad strengthened. The thing I cant understand is if we are trying to get to the premiership then at least half the squad should be capable of playing there. We show no signs of this happening anytime soon.

 

[RyFish]

Sadly that appears to be the best season of his career, managed 9 in 51 the season before.

Ross McCormack only scored 5 league goals the season before last - doesn't make him crap though.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Was O'Grady the guy that had an impressive game when they beat us at the Amex last season? I am sure it was

Paddy McCourt, he absolutely murdered us.

 

[Mowgli37]

So were signing a player who got 15 goals last season in a dogsh*t Barnsley side for at most £1 Million and we are selling a player who got 14 goals last season in a decent Albion side for £7.5 Million + add-ons.

Great bit of business by the club, if O'Grady can be consistent - it would be the bargain of the century. £1M for 15 goals a season at this level isnt bad, rather spend that on O'Grady than some youngster from the Premier League with no experience.

This.

 

[Springal]

So were signing a player who got 15 goals last season in a dogsh*t Barnsley side for at most £1 Million and we are selling a player who got 14 goals last season in a decent Albion side for £7.5 Million + add-ons.

Great bit of business by the club, if O'Grady can be consistent - it would be the bargain of the century. £1M for 15 goals a season at this level isnt bad, rather spend that on O'Grady than some youngster from the Premier League with no experience.

MASSIVE IF there though isn't it? What if he cannot carry on that consistency, and we end up with a Craig Davies or similar, and sitting just above the relegation zone come Christmas when he has scored 2 goals?

 

[Luke93]

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?

This lad is no mug. Scoring 15 goals for a WOEFUL Barnsley side isn't a fluke. He's 28, and scored significantly more goals than the likes of Wood and Barnes last season. He's also valued at 1M pounds, the same price we signed Buckley for. What were people expecting? Splashing out 10M on a PL striker for a Championship club? At this point in time, we still have Ulloa and CMS. Are people expecting a multi-million pound bench warmer too?

 

[fat old seagull]

Pathetic is when we were at Withdean and not signing anyone because the chairman had switched his phone off.

The transfer window isn't closing today and the league doesn't start for another 3 weeks yet. Wait until then to moan.

Some sense at last!

 

[WhingForPresident]

So were signing a player who got 15 goals last season in a dogsh*t Barnsley side for at most £1 Million and we are selling a player who got 14 goals last season in a decent Albion side for £7.5 Million + add-ons.

Great bit of business by the club, if O'Grady can be consistent - it would be the bargain of the century. £1M for 15 goals a season at this level isnt bad, rather spend that on O'Grady than some youngster from the Premier League with no experience.

When you put it like that, it doesn't seem so bad. Let's just hope that the majority of the rest of the fee is going on player recruitment.

 

[8ace]

League games last season:
Ulloa 35 apps 14 gls
O'Grady 40 apps 15 gls

 

[perseus]

To be fair to the lad, he does looks pretty useful.

Who is that lanky winger on the left for Rochdale. He looks good!

 

[Grombleton]

MASSIVE IF there though isn't it? What if he cannot carry on that consistency, and we end up with a Craig Davies or similar, and sitting just above the relegation zone come Christmas when he has scored 2 goals?

So you've realised it works both ways - no point in writing him off before he's even started really, is there.

 

[LamieRobertson]

This.

thought u were reserving judgement

 

[The Wookiee]

MASSIVE IF there though isn't it? What if he cannot carry on that consistency, and we end up with a Craig Davies or similar, and sitting just above the relegation zone come Christmas when he has scored 2 goals?

If you were a Leicester fan, how would you feel about spending 7.5 million on a striker who has had 1 good season in the championship ?

 

[Seagulls1984]

Just hope we have enough money left over for the hotel at the Amex.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Don't think I've ever seen the lad play more than decent record season last year seems like he will be a decent addition.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Ross McCormack only scored 5 league goals the season before last - doesn't make him crap though.

And he scored 18 the season before, and has a ratio of more than 1 goal every 3 games in 4 seasons in the Championship over 140 games.

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

MASSIVE IF there though isn't it? What if he cannot carry on that consistency, and we end up with a Craig Davies or similar, and sitting just above the relegation zone come Christmas when he has scored 2 goals?

Massive IF again there as well. If he is a flop, we havent spent loads on an expensive flop. ANY player you sign could turn out to be a flop, and there is a massive IF for ALL signings.

 

[Springal]

So you've realised it works both ways - no point in writing him off before he's even started really, is there.

I am just saying, we get hammered with this Premier League Ready stuff etc etc, and despite a pretty average last season we still hit the play offs, yet now we are gambling on £500k strikers from relegated sides. Very uninspiring stuff