O Grady Deal Agreed - Sheffield Star

[GreersElbow]

I don't get this celebrity status for OGrady. He does an interview where it's obvious he was quite emotional and things are going on in his personal life which i wish him all the best for but that's about it. He isn't a very good footballer and certainly not a club who was aiming for promotion at the start of the season.
I'm actually delighted that another club is willing to pay a fee for him instead of us keep loaning him out until his contract expires because i thought no club would buy him..
He was a poor signing but then so have most of our strikers been. I would love to clear them all out by the summer and start again.
I don't actually think our strikers like CMS and Baldock are rubbish players but neither should be played upfront on there own or on the wing. That's not what they are about.

O Grady is gash, but CMS is alright...**** me..

 

[B.W.]

Quite clearly. CMS is gash.


Baldock has been here half a season and been underwhelming, but I'm more confident than I ever was that he'd be prolific playing alongside a big bloke.

And you base that on what exactly!?

 

[fleet]

Just crazy to let this go public. The Blades are out of order here. I think he is now showing that he can play a valuable role for us and to say we have done a deal if we get someone else in is just daft when we need him to play well for us in the games over the next few weeks. Unless we are 100% certain that we have incoming this shouldn't be out there.

 

[Rugrat]

Fumed about what? This is a football forum to discuss such things. I think COG is shit and you don't.

The little fella smiling is a give away

 

[spence]

O Grady is gash, but CMS is alright...**** me..

Did you actually read my post or just decided to post crap?

 

[KZNSeagull]

In response to @spence post .. missed the quote bit as I fumed

Not celeb status for me and I actually saw he had some good potential before Fulham. Even playing out wide in his odd appearances under Hypia you could see he was a strong fella and had good control.

What I don't get is that some never gave him a chance and rating any of our players during the SH period is pretty unfair.

Yes we have had crap strikers and your statement that COG had one good season is pretty irrelevent. I remember when we signed Ulloa he was little more than a journeyman too but an Argentinian coming from Spanish football gave him pretty well instant celeb status .. unlike a Yorkie from Barnsley

I'm not surprised COG wants out, I doubt he cares too much what the fans think but if people at the club think the same then I'm surprised he's not put in a written request

Spot on.

CoG is clearly a very "professional" player. His performances since he came back from loan have been good and certainly not lacking in effort - not something that I would expect from someone who wants away. He was not given a fair chance by Sami and whilst he may not be the most gifted player we could hope to have, he is the sort of person/player that I would like to keep in the squad. If he is happy to stay of course - that depends upon what he means by "feeling wanted" I suppose.

 

[Justice]

For me it'd be Baldock that would be moving on rather than COG. Bet Brizzle are wetting themselves over taking that much money off us for him

Baldock has potential he is only 24 or something, knows where the goal is just needs to score a few to get going.

 

[Giraffe]

I don't see how anyone can say O'Grady is better than CMS. CMS runs his socks off for 70 mins and then O Grady comes on against a tired defence and looks good. Do that in reverse and see what happens. There is a reason O Grady is not starting matches for us. When he did he was frankly complete pants.

 

[Simster]

And you base that on what exactly!?

His performance against Charlton once COG came on. Linked up well.

 

[Wellesley]

Did you actually read my post or just decided to post crap?

I like you, you're funny.

 

[Zebedee]

I can't believe the club have been so stupid as to indicate to COG that he can go to Sheff Utd if we sign someone else. That's hardly going to make him feel wanted let alone in the right frame of mind to do the business against Brentford. When it comes to man management we really don't seem to have a clue.

 

[TonyW]

That last bit is crucial.......also suspect it means we're close go signing someone......hope it works out for him whatever happens, he's been very unlucky here having Sami to manage him.

Correct.

 

[clippedgull]

This is my worry too. I've been a bit puzzled by some of our activity in the past but this ones right up there on the confused scale. Hughton comes in, has the opportunity to look at the players and then agrees to let the one who's arguabely been one of our best, leave?

If I were COG I'd be looking in the direction of CMS and scratching my head

I think the reality is, is that COG and/or his family are unsettled down here in the South and would prefer to go back 'home'. Players are not going to say what they really think when a camera is stuck in front of their face.

 

[jamie the seagull]

The COG signing was a panic buy just like the Dobbie signing.
We offered him a contract length and wage which was way in excess of anything else he was being offered (Mr Burke)..
Like Dobbie the club realises it can now get out of this deal now and cut their losses.
The saving can then be used to sign a player the manager wants...

It would appear the wife and child cannot settle (4 house moves in 4 months).
You could not meet a nicer guy than COG.

 

[Rugrat]

I think the reality is, is that COG and/or his family are unsettled down here in the South and would prefer to go back 'home'. Players are not going to say what they really think when a camera is stuck in front of their face.

I wonder though if he came here, was poorly used by SH and then shunted off to Sheff U. In which case you can understand why he'd be unsettled having just moved his family down. Of course SH comes out in press saying O'Grady needs to decide what he wants but even then I thought that was just SH justifying why he was booting him out.

I don't deny he wants away but "was he pushed or did he jump"?

 

[clippedgull]

I wonder though if he came here, was poorly used by SH and then shunted off to Sheff U. In which case you can understand why he'd be unsettled having just moved his family down. Of course SH comes out in press saying O'Grady needs to decide what he wants but even then I thought that was just SH justifying why he was booting him out.

I don't deny he wants away but "was he pushed or did he jump"?

Yes, your scenario could quite easily have validity. Players I guess need to feel wanted and if he wasn't getting the right vibes from his manager then his natural instinct would be to want out.

Like most things in football, we will likely never find out if he was pushed or jumped.

 

[BensGrandad]

I can't believe the club have been so stupid as to indicate to COG that he can go to Sheff Utd if we sign someone else. That's hardly going to make him feel wanted let alone in the right frame of mind to do the business against Brentford. When it comes to man management we really don't seem to have a clue.

Could work in reverse and make him play better knowing that the club have tried to help him and his family out by letting him go back to Sheffield, if that is what he wants.

 

[HastingsSeagull]

I don't think he can be at his best for 90 minutes and certainly not in our old system.

If we're not building our team around him (and he's not THAT amazing to warrent that) then probably for the best...... provided can get someone else in.

 

[LamieRobertson]

I can't believe the club have been so stupid as to indicate to COG that he can go to Sheff Utd if we sign someone else. That's hardly going to make him feel wanted let alone in the right frame of mind to do the business against Brentford. When it comes to man management we really don't seem to have a clue.

I may have missed this ..but is there a direct quote from our club?

 

[Guinness Boy]

I can't believe the club have been so stupid as to indicate to COG that he can go to Sheff Utd if we sign someone else. That's hardly going to make him feel wanted let alone in the right frame of mind to do the business against Brentford. When it comes to man management we really don't seem to have a clue.

I'd like to think that as he has not set the world alight down here and may want to return up North we are allowing him that choice and bringing in someone better. Every one a winner!

I may have missed this ..but is there a direct quote from our club?

Of course not!