** Update: Will Buckley moves to Sunderland confirmed, three-year deal **

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Can hardly get any worse.

Looks like Solly March is next to go. Luckily for us he has made those England U21 appearances which will boost the fee we get.

 

[sam86]

 

[Sargey]

Disaster!!! Another very decent player gone....

Might not be such a disister by the time the window shuts but not good news at the mo!!!

 

[SweatyMexican]

http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/article/buckley-completes-sunderland-move-1828196.aspx

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Good luck Buckley, this makes me so sad

 

[Hiney]

Will miss a third of games in a season, due to his glass hamstrings.

£2.5M is decent money for someone who will not have a decent run in the team and who scores 1 goal in every 5 games

 

[Driver8]

Tosser

 

[Hometownglory]

...

Gutted!

 

[Martlet]

Entirely understand this deal for both the club and the player. However can anyone tell me why we seem to engage bilaterally and not demand anything in return where other clubs are better at lining up competitive auctions and getting decent players coming the other way? (Huddersfield the classic example).

Chris Woods for Ulloa would have been an example. I'm sure Sunderland have a few decent players we like the look of too?

 

[martin tyler]

Best of luck. Great memories but this is a good deal for us.

 

[Albumen]

That hurts a bit. Northern lad, to the top league, with the manager that got the best out of him. Good luck to him. Thanks for AmexDay1, it was emotional.

 

[SI 4 BHA]

Will miss a third of games in a season, due to his glass hamstrings.

£2.5M is decent money for someone who will not have a decent run in the team and who scores 1 goal in every 5 games

Well, he didn't seem to have any trouble with the medical!

 

[Simster]

Fixed:

 

[Hyperion]

Gutted!

Well. It's done. On it's own it's a good deal, but given our current player shortage of any quality, it's a bloody nightmare.

Can't help thinking this is the start of a huge downturn. I really hope I am wrong

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Tosser

Why?

 

[Wozza]

Sponsored by Binfest?!

 

[The Wizard]

Gutted oh well hope he does well.

 

[The_Viper]

Funny how other sides can get the job done in a matter of days, in 'such a difficult transfer market' and yet every potential signing coming in takes weeks, before eventually falling through.

Either it isn't as hard as the people at the top are saying or we're just crap at recruiting. Oh, and before anyone jumps in going WE WONT PAY CRAZY WAGE DEMANDS, surely the job of those looking at player recruitment would be determine how much these players would be likely to ask for and their current wages etc?

Excuses wearing thin.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Although £2.5 million is a decent return on the club's investment, it is still someway off the £10 million, Gus Poyet – the man that has just bought him – said he was worth.

Granted, I know GP probably wasn't being totally serious, but is Ulloa worth £5.5 million MORE than Bucca? I'm not so sure...

Good luck to him. I've loved watching some of his trickery close up from the East stand in the past few seasons.

 

[saafend_seagull]

Funny how other sides can get the job done in a matter of days, in 'such a difficult transfer market' and yet every potential signing coming in takes weeks, before eventually falling through.

Either it isn't as hard as the people at the top are saying or we're just crap at recruiting. Oh, and before anyone jumps in going WE WONT PAY CRAZY WAGE DEMANDS, surely the job of those looking at player recruitment would be determine how much these players would be likely to ask for and their current wages etc?

Excuses wearing thin.

They started in JANUARY. So it took them SEVEN months to get their man.

Very quick indeed.