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dougdeep

New member
May 9, 2004
37,732
SUNNY SEAFORD
He got a nice wage rise out of it anyway.
 






Neecha

New member
Jul 10, 2012
1,190
London
We've dodged a bullet.

Not sure if you had a look on the AFCB forums but there fans were rubbing their hands together when they realised the fee involved and mentioned he misses a lot of chances etc etc
sound familiar?
 


pasty

A different kind of pasty
Jul 5, 2003
30,178
West, West, West Sussex
So a player valued at 1.1M doesn't fit our wage structure, but a player valued at 2M does? Sounds like Grabban or his agent making excessive demands to me.
 




El Turi

Injured
Aug 13, 2005
6,894
Argentina
Disappointing as I think he would have been an improvement on Barnes. Another sign though that we seem to be the only club in the division adhering to FFP.
 


Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 5, 2003
71,903
Living In a Box
He would have been a big outlay for not very much in my view.
 








deletebeepbeepbeep

Well-known member
May 12, 2009
20,888
Can't compete with Bournemouth in terms of wages then, can't compete with Burnley. Or wont. Looks like we'll be in the Championship for a long time then which is fine but only a matter of time until the new supporters drift away.
 






Grombleton

Surrounded by <div>s
Dec 31, 2011
7,356
Can't compete with Bournemouth in terms of wages then, can't compete with Burnley. Or wont. Looks like we'll be in the Championship for a long time then which is fine but only a matter of time until the new supporters drift away.

Can't and won't are two different things.
 


pasty

A different kind of pasty
Jul 5, 2003
30,178
West, West, West Sussex
Can't compete with Bournemouth in terms of wages then, can't compete with Burnley. Or wont. Looks like we'll be in the Championship for a long time then which is fine but only a matter of time until the new supporters drift away.

Would like to think it's more a case of "won't be held to ransom on wages" rather than can't compete.
 


Petee

Well-known member
Nov 22, 2010
3,031
Brighton
Average mediocre player, definitely not worth 1.1m. How we can think of swapping Barnes with Grabban and making a loss at the same time is ridiculous....
 


HawkTheSeagull

New member
Jan 31, 2012
9,122
Eastbourne
Can't compete with Bournemouth in terms of wages then, can't compete with Burnley. Or wont. Looks like we'll be in the Championship for a long time then which is fine but only a matter of time until the new supporters drift away.

Or its that he has no ambition and probably had absolutely no intention of leaving anyway - but just wanted a wage increase so used the 1st club who payed any sort of interest in him.

We can compete against clubs like Bournemouth, but when players want to act like this - then the club can do nothing.
 






The Wizard

Well-known member
Jul 2, 2009
18,383
'Albion are expected to revert their attention to Cardiff's Joe Mason. He will cost around £2 million but will fit in with the Seagulls' wage structure.'

Good news then. :thumbsup:
 



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