What player sales have we made in the same time? Do they balance up the buys?
Bridcutt £3.75 million
Barnes £750 k
Hall £1.5 million
Cook £150k
El Abd £80k
What player sales have we made in the same time? Do they balance up the buys?
Noone and Dobbie?Bridcutt £3.75 million
Barnes £750 k
Hall £1.5 million
Cook £150k
El Abd £80k
he was fantastic against man city to when we beat them to. Hope he goes on to great things as i dont recall him ever being poor hope we get plenty of £££ .
We could have just extended his loan rather than get rid of him completely and I see this as bad business.
He certainly could have played a part in our future and it was a mistake to sell him. He had a great game at RB as well against Liverpool in the Cup and was probably MOM that day.
CMS £2.5 m
Buckley £1m
Stephens £750k
Ulloa £2m
Dobbie £350k
Kaz £300k
Crofts £500k
Wages £22 m
That's quite an investment.
Didn't we get ZERO for Grant Hall?
CMS up to £3.25m. What does CMS have to achieve for the £0.75m add-ons to be paid?
CMS up to £3.25m. What does CMS have to achieve for the £0.75m add-ons to be paid?
If a player wants to leave instead of sitting on the bench, keeping him would build up resentment. He was 4th choice CB, so it was only fair to sell him.
You can't keep a player long term by keep loaning him out, something will have to give eventually. Bournemouth made him an offer too good to turn down, the club could not guarantee him first team football in the immediate future at the time and so did the right thing by him in letting him go so he could have a chance to further his career. He's taken that chance with both hands and I'm very pleased for him. I know he's very happy down at Bournemouth and also really enjoyed his time with us. Hopefully the club will have had a decent sell on clause in there somewhere, if and when he makes a further step up.
You can't keep a player long term by keep loaning him out, something will have to give eventually.
It was my understanding at the time that Cook & Elphick didn't specifically want to leave Brighton but went out to Bournemouth on loan for about 3 months at the end of the 2011-12 season to get game time. Grant Hall on the other hand was desperate to leave.
Now as far as building for the future Greer and Upson will not be part of that so there was no reason why Cook & or Elphick didn't just have a year extension for the 2012-13 season.
It's all about decisions and there are no set rules to making them, but they have different outcomes long term. Bournemouth have benefitted massively from us thinking only short term.
I mean what’s going to happen with Ward now? We have had him on loan for a season so is the only option to buy him now or try and get another season loan?
Yep I understand this and I am pleased for him also. There are no fixed rules to the way it is played and you live and die by the sword.
As I have asked Thunder Bolt on the Ward scenario connected with loans, what do we try to do, ask for another season loan or buy him?
Chelsea have done a good job with Courtois (he's been on loan for 3 years), they now have the services of the worlds best keeper for the next 15 years. Worked out pretty well for them
At least we put in a sell-on clause, but a buy-back option would have been nice. A Dunk-Cook partnership could have been a good one.
Chelsea have done a good job with Courtois (he's been on loan for 3 years), they now have the services of the worlds best keeper for the next 15 years. Worked out pretty well for them
At least we put in a sell-on clause, but a buy-back option would have been nice. A Dunk-Cook partnership could have been a good one.
Is that the keeper at Atlético Madrid? If so, I bet his wages didn't change for starters, and he was loaned to a club playing in one of the top Leagues in Europe. Cracking shop window for the player!
Bit different to the Cook scenario, as the loans for him at the time were to lower league clubs (if memory serves Bournemouth were a division below us at the time and won promotion that season?) and the permanent move meant a substantially better deal for him.
I won't disagree with you on a Dunk - Cook partnership looking like a good one now though. But life is full of wonderful hindsight and at the time it was the best deal all round for both player and the club.