Chris O'Grady

[Questions]

In reality the SCUM would have wanted a £2.5M to £3M transfer fee due to his Premier League experience plus his wage demands would have killed any potential deal stone dead.

Premier League experience ? Not much of that.

 

[RM-Taylor]

3 month loan deal at Crawley before joining Sheff Utd in January

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Premier League experience ? Not much of that.

A player only needs to be on the pitch for a minute during a Premier League match to immediately double his previous transfer value.

 

[BensGrandad]

In reality the SCUM would have wanted a £2.5M to £3M transfer fee due to his Premier League experience plus his wage demands would have killed any potential deal stone dead.

Was it not rumoured that we had approached CPFC about Murray but theirs and our valuations were miles apart.

 

[portslade seagull]

Some-one at the club needs to be held accountable for this if true especially after paying 500k for him barely 2-3 months ago

 

[BensGrandad]

Some-one at the club needs to be held accountable for this if true especially after paying 500k for him barely 2-3 months ago

You take a chance with every transfer but its good that somebody has realised early that we made a mistake so we are in a position to rectify it at not too great a cost.

 

[portslade seagull]

You take a chance with every transfer but its good that somebody has realised early that we made a mistake so we are in a position to rectify it at not too great a cost.

But a good 50% plus of NSC realised it was a mistake the day we signed him

 

[Grombleton]

But a good 50% plus of NSC realised it was a mistake the day we signed him

Half of NSC hasn't got a ****ing clue what day it is.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

But a good 50% plus of NSC realised it was a mistake the day we signed him

There's a difference between deciding that a player will not fit in/suit the system/transfer will work out and writing a player off before they have even had a chance to model the new kit.

 

[Seagull over Canaryland]

Wouldn't be surprised if there is an enquiry from another club that actually play a style that suits his strengths. Having scored 15 goals in the Championship for a relegated team he cannot be a complete mug.

I had an interesting conversation with someone at the Burton game who knows O'Grady extremely well who was amazed that we bought him, quote: 'he really isn't a Brighton sort of player'.

As mentioned on the Baldock thread we just don't consistently give our strikers the right service, even Suarez would be wasted up front for us. I have a degree of sympathy for COG etc.

If COG does move on we would then be left with few striking options. It would be very interesting to see whether we could afford a significant improvement.

 

[casbom]

Surely Wood could be a loan option to replace Grady?

 

[Ernest]

Surely Wood could be a loan option to replace Grady?

He's over 5'5 and scores goals so he's not a Brighton player

 

[durrington gull]

No chance wood signing for us - he didn't like his spell on loan for us before

 

[Mackenzie]

No chance wood signing for us - he didn't like his spell on loan for us before

Quite a lot has changed since he was here last.

 

[BensGrandad]

No chance wood signing for us - he didn't like his spell on loan for us before

Not that I want him on loan but I dont think that you or he can compare us now to when he was on loan here previously.

 

[fat old seagull]

What? He is worth a chance surely? No one else is scoring any goals.

Quite right. They said that about Pele once. Erm..... Oh no that was Leroy Lita !

 

[Superphil]

The Sun

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Half of NSC hasn't got a ****ing clue what day it is.

Tuesday?

 

[Grombleton]

Tuesday?

Superb, means part of the week has gone already!

 

[Sheebo]

No chance wood signing for us - he didn't like his spell on loan for us before

Really?! And where have you heard this?