O'Grady gone [to Sheffield United on loan]

[Easy 10]

So we've binned him off to Sheffield for a month - while he's injured. Christ they must be desperate.

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

Did I say he or she was employed by the club so if not how can they fire him or her and how are they covered by the Data Protection Act. As stated I dont know if it is 100% correct or like the fishermans tale somebody said 10 he told his mate 11 his mate told his mate 12 etc.

Do you work for MI 5/6

 

[severnside gull]

So we've binned him off to Sheffield for a month - while he's injured. Christ they must be desperate.

5pm today the window closes. - doesn't leave much choice

 

[Hamilton]

Either way he's a far better striker than O'Grady and CMS

100%!

 

[albionite]

Hope Sheff Utd are paying all of his alleged £18k per week wages.

So we are paying a striker who has more or less had one good season in his career 18k per week.

You really do make some crap up just for the attention.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

£13k earlier mention was equally nonsense.

Ok how much is it then? £5k? £10k? whatever it is is ALOT

 

[BensGrandad]

Do you work for MI 5/6

People on here read into things that arent said usually hoping to prove you wrong and prove that they know more.

All I am saying is I was told this by somebody who I know to have contacts and I respect that. It could be a load of b....x if that what people wish to believe by all means do so..

 

[Grombleton]

Nothing wrong with bringing in a keeper for a month who can't play 1 game as its against his parent club, then misses 2 weeks through international duty, no nothing wrong with that.
Fook me!

I was more about the principle pf the loan - the actual event was slightly baffling but I agreed with bringing in a keeper as cover. But you knew that really.

 

[Easy 10]

5pm today the window closes. - doesn't leave much choice

Indeed. I'm far from disappointed.

Not quite sure how Bloom was persuaded by Burke that this guy could be the spearhead of a top 6 side (which apparently we are). 5 months into a 3 year deal, it was fairly apparent he's not up to it. Money down the drain that was.

 

[severnside gull]

Indeed. I'm far from disappointed.

Not quite sure how Bloom was persuaded by Burke that this guy could be the spearhead of a top 6 side (which apparently we are). 5 months into a 3 year deal, it was fairly apparent he's not up to it. Money down the drain that was.

Sure was but it happens to everyone. You take a punt and it bounces back and smacks you in the face.
In truth we will probably get a better end result than we did with Will Hoskins who is a vastly better player and cost the same. Just the way it goes in football.......

 

[spanish flair]

£13k earlier mention was equally nonsense.

Ok how much is it then? £5k? £10k? whatever it is is ALOT

He apparently turned down Charlton saying he did not want to move south, then all of a sudden he signs for us, money talks. So I think he must have had a good offer.

 

[WhingForPresident]

For what it's worth, I've never rated Darren Bent. I'm hoping that the Championship is his level and he can bag some goals for us. I think the club are taking a calculated gamble. I hope it pays off.

With 109 goals, he is the 22nd top goalscorer in Premier League HISTORY. More goals than Drogba, Van Nistelrooy, Le Tissier, Bergkamp, Torres, Berbatov, Ronaldo to name but a few. And most of those goals came in teams with far inferior players than the aforementioned had playing alongside them.

It is a gamble considering he hasn't been playing or scoring goals, but I don't see how you cannot be excited by a player with those stats coming to little old Brighton.

 

[Hamilton]

With 109 goals, he is the 22nd top goalscorer in Premier League HISTORY. More goals than Drogba, Van Nistelrooy, Le Tissier, Bergkamp, Torres, Berbatov, Ronaldo to name but a few. And most of those goals came in teams with far inferior players than the aforementioned had playing alongside them.

It is a gamble considering he hasn't been playing or scoring goals, but I don't see how you cannot be excited by a player with those stats coming to little old Brighton.

Crikey! With those stats he must be one of England's most capped players. Er, oh hang on.

I'm not alone in not rating Darren Bent. However, as I've said on other posts, I'm hopeful he can do something for us.

 

[spanish flair]

Crikey! With those stats he must be one of England's most capped players. Er, oh hang on.

I'm not alone in not rating Darren Bent. However, as I've said on other posts, I'm hopeful he can do something for us.

No your not, there are a good few Villa and Fulham fans agree with you. He does have that great scoring record and lets hope he can find it again with us.

 

[Easy 10]

Sure was but it happens to everyone. You take a punt and it bounces back and smacks you in the face.
In truth we will probably get a better end result than we did with Will Hoskins who is a vastly better player and cost the same. Just the way it goes in football.......

I agree on the whole. But for me, this deal more than any other has highlighted the flaws in our recruitment process. He wasn't a fit for this club from the moment he arrived. He said himself that he was having to learn to adapt his game and play differently to how he was used to - so seriously, why buy him in the first place when he's not what we want ? He's not some youngster with potential still learning the game who we could mould - he's 28. Hyypia never fancied him, but just had to make do.

We're told we're very careful and thorough in identifying our transfer targets. And I accept that inevitably not all of them will turn out to be a success, you're quite right that IS the way it goes in football. But the fact is, O'Grady has been a disaster, and we've got a whole raft of summer signings who are barely involved in the 1st team. We're now heavily relying on the loan market to put a team out, and that worries me.

I wish it WAS just O'Grady we got smacked in the face with.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

So we've binned him off to Sheffield for a month - while he's injured. Christ they must be desperate.

He is on loan until the end of January , Clough was keen to say nothing had been said about a permanent deal which looks to me that he might remain there on loan until the end of the season so as he can milk it from us before leaving and dropping back to the level of wages he was on at Barnsley when he eventually signs for Sheffield United. The club might have to write off half of his transfer fee and a years wages in order to get rid of him.

 

[murraymints4brighton]

The signing of O'Grady was for me a startling realisation that our recruitment process is so utterly flawed. If he had come to us as a free transfer, lets say on a one year deal, on the back of what could be considered one good season out of so many mediocre ones, then we could all just say 'ah well, the gamble didn't pay off'. Yet somehow, somewhere along the line Burke has convinced Tony Bloom that this guy is worth £500,000 and a 3 year deal.

So the fee, including wages, will almost certainly amount to around the £1.2M mark, a sum of money that could have easily covered Barnes's wage demands, a loan for a Murray, Wood or a young Premiership striker. I just do not understand the thinking of the club on this deal.

 

[Easy 10]

He is on loan until the end of January , Clough was keen to say nothing had been said about a permanent deal which looks to me that he might remain there on loan until the end of the season so as he can milk it from us before leaving and dropping back to the level of wages he was on at Barnsley when he eventually signs for Sheffield United. The club might have to write off half of his transfer fee and a years wages in order to get rid of him.

I'd hope / expect that Sheff Utd would be covering the vast majority of his wage while he's there, but yes whatever way you slice it, its been a bit of an expensive rickitt. It was an underwhelming signing from the start, and with the best will in the world you always want to see a player step up to the plate and prove his worth, but it just never happened for him. And I don't think many people are very surprised by that, other than Mr Burke perhaps.

 

[Statto98]

The signing of O'Grady was for me a startling realisation that our recruitment process is so utterly flawed. If he had come to us as a free transfer, lets say on a one year deal, on the back of what could be considered one good season out of so many mediocre ones, then we could all just say 'ah well, the gamble didn't pay off'. Yet somehow, somewhere along the line Burke has convinced Tony Bloom that this guy is worth £500,000 and a 3 year deal.

So the fee, including wages, will almost certainly amount to around the £1.2M mark, a sum of money that could have easily covered Barnes's wage demands, a loan for a Murray, Wood or a young Premiership striker. I just do not understand the thinking of the club on this deal.

Couldn't have said it any better myself. We need a complete revamp of the recruitment team in my opinion. An NSC majority vote on signings would seem to better than the decisions made by Burke and his team.

 

[Braders]

"Thankfully Brighton told Sheffield United they could keep him"