Col U fans on Hammond

[supaseagull]

Looks as though he's doing alright...

The Official Colchester United Message Board :: View topic - Dean Hammond

Shame he's going to be in a lower league than us next year

 

[Les Biehn]

Just checked that out myself and posted about it on Easy's thread.

Seem to rate him in general.

 

[supaseagull]

Just checked that out myself and posted about it on Easy's thread.

Seem to rate him in general.

Well...They are all Essex boys, so it's not really a surprise they rate him!

 

[Napper]

Must be a dreadful team they have / dreadful season though. Prob not much to compare it too

 

[Da Man Clay]

He has a relegation release clause there apparently. Doubt he will be playing for them next year.

 

[Icy Gull]

He has a relegation release clause there apparently. Doubt he will be playing for them next year.

Exactly, he's very ambitious

 

[gs71]

The only good thing about Hammond is his bird. She is well worth a go on!!

 

[Da Man Clay]

Indeed he is. The question being if anyone else in the Championship would want him.

 

[Yorkie]

Don't forget he was our Player of the Season and had 100% record in penalties.
Just because he left us doesn't make him a bad player all of a sudden.

 

[Easy 10]

Never thought of him as a BAD player (although he did have some long spells of being decidedly less than average). He's just a liar who took us all for mugs. Thats all really.

 

[Da Man Clay]

Don't forget he was our Player of the Season and had 100% record in penalties.
Just because he left us doesn't make him a bad player all of a sudden.

I'd be saying for a long time they he wasn't very good. Had a habit of disappearing for a long time in games. Give me Thomson or Westlake anyday.

 

[Göttingen gull]

[and had 100% record in penalties.[/QUOTE]

fairly sure he missed one last year

 

[chez]

Well...They are all Essex boys, so it's not really a surprise they rate him!

Or it could be the fact that he's a bloody good player! Just a thought. :thud:

 

[FalmerforAll!**]

[and had 100% record in penalties.

fairly sure he missed one last year[/QUOTE]

Yup vs Orient.

 

[Caveman]

Don't forget he was our Player of the Season and had 100% record in penalties.
Just because he left us doesn't make him a bad player all of a sudden.

Agreed and I wish he still played for us, very under rated by us lot. We do miss him and I think if we had kept him we'd be in one of those play off spots now.

 

[TSB]

'Did as good a job as he could with the ball flying over his head all the time' - Off the Col U Site

Sound familiar?

 

[severnside gull]

glad to see he is impressing.
We may be upset at the manner of his leaving but in football developing a higher income is even more important than for us poor mortals who have to live in the real world. Good luck to him

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Don't forget he was our Player of the Season and had 100% record in penalties.
Just because he left us doesn't make him a bad player all of a sudden.

Exactly.

He is a good player and certainly capable of holding his own in a championship club.

Too many Brighton fans seem to take the line that anyone who leaves is rubbish and then take unhealthy pleasure in seeing them fail.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Exactly.

He is a good player and certainly capable of holding his own in a championship club.

Too many Brighton fans seem to take the line that anyone who leaves is rubbish and then take unhealthy pleasure in seeing them fail.

You might be right Richie, but in this case it was the way that he negotiated and the way he tried to spin his position after DK called his bluff. He didn't cover himself in glory and I think you can understand why fans would be rankled by his actions at a time when the club was unsettled and we needed our Captain to stand up for the team and be strong.

 

[Easy 10]

You might be right Richie, but in this case it was the way that he negotiated and the way he tried to spin his position after DK called his bluff. He didn't cover himself in glory and I think you can understand why fans would be rankled by his actions at a time when the club was unsettled and we needed our Captain to stand up for the team and be strong.

Absolutely. Spot. On.
I'm not going to rewrite history and say Hammond was SHIT just because of the manner he left us. He had his indifferent spells like most players, but he was a good player, and given the choice, I would still have him at the club.

But would I have him here at any cost ? f*** off. He was a valuable asset to the team, but he was a LONG way from indespensible. Colchester offered silly money, and we'd have been mugs not to have taken it, given his attitude.

Whats done is done. I don't blame him for leaving - if he wanted more money than what we were prepared to offer then fine, thats his prerogative. What makes Hammond a wanker is trying to take us fans for mugs with this "club needs to prove its ambition" bollocks. Don't insult my intelligence. You want to go, fine. But don't dress it up as anything else, cos we all know the score.