Chris O'Grady (video in link) - having a go at us...

[Dick Head]

So is foresight.

So is a foreskin.

 

[ewe2]

Best that we sell him to United for an "Undisclosed fee ",and all move on.

 

[El Presidente]

In my view, it was a bargain basement attempt at replacing Ulloa

Except he wasn't signed to replace Ulloa.

 

[BensGrandad]

Except he wasn't signed to replace Ulloa.

Not directly but I often wonder what he was signed as.

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

Except he wasn't signed to replace Ulloa.

You are right --- he was signed to put the flags out and blow the balls up---WHOOPS that's what that welsh bloke does tho

 

[Justice]

I'm beginning to think Bloom has lost the plot, and I'm being serious.

 

[Springal]

Except he wasn't signed to replace Ulloa.

Who was then ? Baldock ?

 

[GT49er]

Except he wasn't signed to replace Ulloa.

They would say that, wouldn't they. Much more of a face-saving response than holding up their hands and saying "Whoops".

 

[fataddick]

For what it's worth, I'll reiterate what I posted when he signed for you. We (Charlton) were the first club to agree to meet Barnsley's 500k fee for Chris O'Grady this summer. He (or at least his agents) demanded a salary of 15k a week. We laughed and eventually offered him a take-it-or-leave-it 6k. He f***ed us off and he (ie his agents) spent the rest of the summer waiting on a better offer. It was roughly two months later that he signed for you. I would like to think he got desperate and settled for something sensible, but it wouldn't surprise me if you are actually paying him a lot closer to the 15k he wanted than the 6k he laughed at. Modern football, eh?

 

[Box of Frogs]

Who would take a risk on a lad from Burton and sling him into the first team instead of our main striker, or sign an unknown from Bristol Rovers and expect them to score for fun?!?!

 

[Brighton Mod]

What boxes would they be

Overpriced Tick
Out of his depth Tick
Anonymous on pitch Tick
A waste of wages Tick
Awful first touch Tick

Don't blame him, the guys who signed him are responsible!!

 

[Icy Gull]

Except he wasn't signed to replace Ulloa.

Which is why we are down the bottom, it seems the club decided we didn't actually need to replace Ulloa. Instead we signed a lightweight CMS clone and a League One work horse.

I would love to know the thinking behind the signing of COG, even those who were willing to give him a chance found it a bizarre signing.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

For what it's worth, I'll reiterate what I posted when he signed for you. We (Charlton) were the first club to agree to meet Barnsley's 500k fee for Chris O'Grady this summer. He (or at least his agents) demanded a salary of 15k a week. We laughed and eventually offered him a take-it-or-leave-it 6k. He f***ed us off and he (ie his agents) spent the rest of the summer waiting on a better offer. It was roughly two months later that he signed for you. I would like to think he got desperate and settled for something sensible, but it wouldn't surprise me if you are actually paying him a lot closer to the 15k he wanted than the 6k he laughed at. Modern football, eh?

Really ? Thanks for that. I doubt we are quite in the Ridsdale school of negotiating - but it would be interesting to know what we are paying him.

 

[Nathan]

Who would take a risk on a lad from Burton and sling him into the first team instead of our main striker, or sign an unknown from Bristol Rovers and expect them to score for fun?!?!

Fair point, but neither were on 13k a week. Happy to take a punt on players, but you have to be realistic in terms of wages. For example I think Chicksen is a good gamble, no way he is on anywhere near 13k a week though.