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Connor Goldson signs on a 4-year deal
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Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!
Primary data is fact
Brighton sold Elphick and Cook to Bournemouth for less.[/QUOTE]
Elphick, even if fit, was fourth/fifth choice centre half at the time behind Greer, Upson, El Abd and maybe even Dunk. Cook was behind Elphick and maybe played a total of six games for us including sub appearances. When and where were either ever going to get a game if they'd stayed at BHA?
Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
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I agree.. But it won't happen!
Sheebo
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Brighton sold Elphick and Cook to Bournemouth for less.[/QUOTE]
Really? I thought they went for around hmthe same (500k) maybe slightly more - literally can't remember, although I assume they were undisclosed so we didn't know for definite,
How much did you get for both of them?
It could be worse, we released £9 million Andre Gray as "he was not good enough" and Premier League Marc Pugh for the same reason. At least we have got something for Goldson.........[/QUOTE]
Happens to all clubs mate I'm afraid. Part of football. And some players excel at different clubs. Didnt Man Utd have that Pique at one point before flogging him cheap to Barcelona..!
severnside gull
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based on.....?severnside gull
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Not happy with this signing. I really think we should have held out for Mark Hudson of Huddersfield
1066familyman
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- Jan 15, 2008
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100% agree with this. Looks like a good signing here, get the two other positions filled as you say and I think this season we truly hit the ground running and can put the woefully inadequate squad of last season behind us.
Exciting times
1066familyman
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Elphick, even if fit, was fourth/fifth choice centre half at the time behind Greer, Upson, El Abd and maybe even Dunk. Cook was behind Elphick and maybe played a total of six games for us including sub appearances. When and where were either ever going to get a game if they'd stayed at BHA?[/QUOTE]
There is also a very very healthy sell on clause indeed on Cook which should pay handsome dividends if he does well this season in the premier.
GT49er
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Puts me in a bit of a quandary now.
Should I feel elated that we've now got a recruitment team that can spot a good buy and drive a damn hard bargain, or should I feel slightly ashamed that we might have ripped off a perfectly decent little club like Shrewsbury ('Little' in no way intended as derogatory, BTW).
severnside gull
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Less than others have suggested but not unrealistic.
Look forward to the pre-season friendly @ Shrewsbury next year.
Box of Frogs
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Shrewsbury were obviously happy with the fee or it wouldn't have been agreed, so I for one do not feel like we have ripped them off.
Seems like everyone is happy with the deal.
GT49er
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Perhaps not the Shrewsbury fans ...............
1066familyman
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We haven't ripped anyone off.
On young upcoming talents that's where sell on clauses and/or appearance fee rises come into their own. Same with us and Cooky when he went. It's a win win scenario in these cases. Cheap gamble for buying club if potential isn't reached, recompense for selling club if potential is fulfilled, and opportunity for the young player to progress in the right way rather than be held back or rot in the reserves/loan market if a big club snaps them up for silly money before they're ready.
This is exactly why the Cook move was so right for all parties.
TSB
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and yet the club hasn't made any more money available this summer compared to a year ago...
...Honest.
AZ Gull
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I keep reading about this mythical sell-on fee that we have on Cook, but nobody has ever been able to provide me with a % figure or a source for the information.
Over to you, [MENTION=10856]1066familyman[/MENTION]
AZ Gull
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We sold Cook to Bournemouth in January 2012 for a fee that was reported by our local paper, the Argus, as ₤170k, which "could rise to around ₤300k, based on appearance and other add-ons."
In August 2012 we sold Elphick to them for a fee reported by the Bournemouth Echo as "believed to have been in the region of ₤200k".
Absolutely this.
It makes the Argus headline writer who tried to imply around fans' forum time that it was somehow like last year as completely out of touch.
If Dunky does go (and it seems likely to me) then it looks like our compensation will not only be around five million quid but also a young central defender with bags of potential. That's great business. If he stays then we have probably the greatest strength in depth at centre back in the division.