Super Steve Earle
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Wasn't he poor against us in the Cup?
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Wasn't he poor against us in the Cup?
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
£3m is about Bridcutt's worth so Wickham for Buckley is effectively a swap deal. I know they play different positions, but is Wickham better than Buckley. I don't really know enough about Wickham to make an informed opinion but a fit Buckley is a handful.
mmmm....not sure about this.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
You can buy loaned players in the January window. QPR tried to buy Bridge from Man City last January.
theboybilly
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The thing with Wickham is he's never seemed settled at any club for whatever reason. He was always being touted for better things at Ipswich but even when he's moved on there's always seemed to be a loan to yet another club in the offing. A bit of stability might do him the world of good. I'd snap Sunderland's hands off. But I can't see it being the deal suggested. A straight swap for Bridcutt and Buckley sounds more likely to me.
scooter1
How soon is now?
Whilst Buckley is undoubtably a good player, if I was a manager I'd look at his fitness record and walk away. He currently can't seem to string more than 2 games in a row together for us, what makes any other manager think he'll be able to do any different for them?
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Austria - course it was silly me
Stumpy Tim
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Cracking deal if true. Unlikely to be true, but if it is then we should take it
symyjym
Banned
Shhhhhhh
Wickham was a revelation in this division and looked a youngster with a big future. I thought Sunderland paid 10 million for him, so this would be fantastic business for us. I have to say I am sceptical though.
Blues Rock DJ
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for that one game, maybe, but a lot of time/learning has happened since then.
Seagull over Canaryland
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I see there is speculation on the Sunderland forum that we have asked for £4m plus Wickham - just for Bridcutt, with no mention of Buckley. That seems a tad optimistic from our point of view, but could be our counter offer.
Interesting that they see Bridcutt as being Gus's no.1 target and being their pivotal signing in this transfer window. That's placing huge expectation on Liam, especially as he won't be match fit, let alone ready to hit the ground running in a Prem dogfight. I guess Liam should be better defensively than Cattermole and less likely to get silly red cards but not sure he has the forward passing skills they are hoping for.
A couple of weeks ago I didn't want Bridcutt to leave but now it feels right to cash in on him and move on.
I'm curious about Wickham - has never quite delivered on a consistent basis, and not sure he is what we need. Can Oscar turn him into the real deal? But then I suppose the same could be said for Buckley. Ideally I'd like to hang onto Buckley, get him fit and find some decent form but somehow I'm not confident he will achieve that, especially with such fragile hamstrings.
Interesting that they see Bridcutt as being Gus's no.1 target and being their pivotal signing in this transfer window. That's placing huge expectation on Liam, especially as he won't be match fit, let alone ready to hit the ground running in a Prem dogfight. I guess Liam should be better defensively than Cattermole and less likely to get silly red cards but not sure he has the forward passing skills they are hoping for.
A couple of weeks ago I didn't want Bridcutt to leave but now it feels right to cash in on him and move on.
I'm curious about Wickham - has never quite delivered on a consistent basis, and not sure he is what we need. Can Oscar turn him into the real deal? But then I suppose the same could be said for Buckley. Ideally I'd like to hang onto Buckley, get him fit and find some decent form but somehow I'm not confident he will achieve that, especially with such fragile hamstrings.
nwgull
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Connor Wickham on 25k a week? Can't see us matching those wages.
Surrey Phil
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Considering Sunderland paid £8m for Wickham this would be an astonishing deal if true. Perhaps we should offer to pay for Liam's flight to Wearside!!
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Exactly....and just to warm the bench? Wheres he going to play if Ulloa is our main striker..wide left? Starred when he started out for Ipswich..struggled at Sunderland...seems to hav hit some form during his current loan spell with SW...but those wages? All rumours isn't it at the mo..
brightonmark1234
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i dont think we will get wickham as hes onloan at sheff wednesday
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Pondicherry
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Wickham is definately better than half a Buckley which is what we seem to get these days. Having said that i have just checked his appearance record on wiki and it is pretty good over the last three years. Has he really made 19 appearances this season
seagullsovergrimsby
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We wont have to , no-one is going to pay him that sort of wedge in this division apart from QPR and Forest. Sunderland don't want him , he has to re-evaluate.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Buckley's hamstring problems have been blamed on him still growing and the differences between the training ground surfaces and the Amex pitch. You'd hope the growing problems will sort themselves out naturally and the new training ground should solve the Amex problem.Wickham is definately better than half a Buckley which is what we seem to get these days. Having said that i have just checked his appearance record on wiki and it is pretty good over the last three years. Has he really made 19 appearances this season
He's one to keep hold of in my opinion, when he's good he's PL class.