Chris O'Grady

[Peter Grummit]

It looks like this was a scam. No sign of O'Grady on the ACTUAL PFA transfer site....
http://www.thepfa.com/transferlist/listedplayers/sortbydate/-1/-1/-1/-1/-1/2/

Personally I'm pleased as I think he has something to offer as a plan B.

PG

 

[AZ Gull]

It looks like this was a scam. No sign of O'Grady on the ACTUAL PFA transfer site....
http://www.thepfa.com/transferlist/listedplayers/sortbydate/-1/-1/-1/-1/-1/2/

Personally I'm pleased as I think he has something to offer as a plan B.

PG

What is that supposed to mean? He was listed on that website yesterday (and had been for at least 10 days). Now he isn't listed.

 

[portslade seagull]

Probably listed for loan as Hyppia wanted him to get some game time, some-one just misconstrued it and decided to make it a full transfer wishing he would go

 

[Horses Arse]

Don't think you will need to worry. He's just dislocated his shoulder playing for Wales...

That is very good news for us. Trouble is we'll probably wait for him to regain fitness and hold back from signing anything decent whilst we wait for the chosen one. It worked well with Obika I guess

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Its simply a matter of GOING LARGE in Jan on a striker.

The recruitment on the cheap of midgets hasnt worked. It really really really is that simple.

Anyone who doesnt see it needs to take their head out their arse.

 

[El Presidente]

Okay. CMS scored a SHIT load in league one.

What does that make him?

A good League 1 player?

 

[El Presidente]

The recruitment on the cheap of midgets hasnt worked.

It worked for Snow White, at least it did in the version I saw in Amsterdam.

 

[Mackenzie]

Don't think you will need to worry. He's just dislocated his shoulder playing for Wales...

Hal Robson-Kanu looked good in that match as did the Wales number 11, Gary something?

 

[BensGrandad]

The simple answer I that COG doesnt look good enough to fill the void left by Ulloa's departure and we would benefit by sending him out on loan as would he. We should then look for a fringe Premiership striker to bring in on loan short term. Is Di Praddo still at Southampton? Or even dare I say it Chrus Woods from Leicester.

 

[Grombleton]

Let's be honest here- COG is a lge1 player

Lets be actually honest - 15 goals (as has been pointed out a few times but you seem to ignore this) in the Championship implies otherwise.

 

[B.W.]

We went relatively cheap, we're paying the price. I have zero faith in Burke and co getting in a decent striker (with Gus, we at least had a fighting chance of picking up a good one, but even then we were patchy at best - seems to be our club's blind spot WRT to player recruitment).

 

[B.W.]

Lets be actually honest - 15 goals (as has been pointed out a few times but you seem to ignore this) in the Championship implies otherwise.

True. However, what I've seen so far from COG playing for us implies the exact opposite.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

True. However, what I've seen so far from COG playing for us implies the exact opposite.

Or playing the devil's advocate we are not playing to his strengths.

 

[B.W.]

Or playing the devil's advocate we are not playing to his strengths.

Then why waste money on him?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

We went relatively cheap, we're paying the price. I have zero faith in Burke and co getting in a decent striker (with Gus, we at least had a fighting chance of picking up a good one, but even then we were patchy at best - seems to be our club's blind spot WRT to player recruitment).

Every club wants a proven striker, so it comes down to wages. Some clubs are ignoring FFP, and paying high wages.

 

[B.W.]

Every club wants a proven striker, so it comes down to wages. Some clubs are ignoring FFP, and paying high wages.

Really? Wow! I didn't know that. However:

Do you deny our record on striker recruitment is p1ss poor? How does it compare to, say, Peterborough's record?

 

[Mattywerewolf]

Really? Wow! I didn't know that. However:

Do you deny our record on striker recruitment is p1ss poor? How does it compare to, say, Peterborough's record?

Ulloa, Zamora and Murray were all p1ss poor! Many clubs go without a really decent striker for years.

 

[B.W.]

Ulloa, Zamora and Murray were all p1ss poor! Many clubs go without a really decent striker for years.

Of those, I would only count Ulloa as recent enough to be relevant to our current failings in getting a decent striker on board. He was signed when Gus was in charge. Without Gus' undoubted powers of persuasion, Burke looks like he hasn't got a ****ing clue when it comes to spotting a good striker. I give you Obika, Spanish Dave 2, and so on...

 

[Mattywerewolf]

Of those, I would only count Ulloa as recent enough to be relevant to our current failings in getting a decent striker on board. He was signed when Gus was in charge. Without Gus' undoubted powers of persuasion, Burke looks like he hasn't got a ****ing clue when it comes to spotting a good striker. I give you Obika, Spanish Dave 2, and so on...

You seem to contradict yourself? Is the issue with Burke not spotting them (if so who spotted Ulloa), or in power of persuasion to get them to join (in which case the fault surely lies with Hyypia and Garcia). Personally I think Baldock could yet be very good. Certainly too early to judge. By your logic CMS doesn't count since in the Gus era.

 

[chaileyjem]

Burke looks like he hasn't got a ****ing clue when it comes to spotting a good striker.

Presumably Lewis Grabban was a good spot. We'll probably never know what happened there in our failure to land him (Oscar ?, Grabban's agent ?, TB refusing to pay over the odds) and its collectively everyone's job to get signings over the line but along with this near signing and our signings this season (Top scorer in L1, A good value 16 goal Championship striker, A good value La Liga forward) is not necessarily my definition of "hasn't a .....clue" with regards to strikers. And obviously its not the recruitment teams/ job to pick the team and get them to play...

As for Obika/Lita then emergency loan strikers who you want as fringe back up and can't guarantee game time are always going to mean your options are limited and so it proved.

Rodriguez ? - Was this the influence of Oscar ?