We absolutely should not sell Steve Cook (merged: Cook gone to Bournemouth)

[forumwayseagull]

still a good fee for a player who came through our youth set up, and has only played 10 or so games..

 

[sten_super]

Looks like the deal was already agreed before the window opened, and Gus honoured his word and let him move on despite our current crisis. Good on him.

The article makes it look like Gus rates Hall ahead of him, so I hope we see him getting involved a bit in the second half of the season (rather than being left perennially in the development squad like Cook was).

 

[Art Vs Science]

Maybe could not stop him going, but the fee is too small in my opinion, i wonder how much it cost to develop him since the age of 9 Yrs old. More than a £170,000 investment i would suspect

 

[Gritt23]

I can't quite believe we've done this.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Good luck Cookie , after all its his career we're talking about , so he had to make the decision. I think the deal was all sorted out before Xmas.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Get £300k for a potential championship player in Cook. Replace him for £500k with a PROVEN Championship / Premier league / International player in Jara Reyes.

Onwards and upwards

Who's to say that Gus doesn't see HALL as the one with more potential, anyway?

 

[8ace]

Edited...

Alternatively - here's the Bournemouth link...

The 20-year-old has been in impressive form since moving to the south coast, and has played his part as the Cherries have climbed to 10th place in the npower League 1 table.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

How much was Greer by the way? 300k?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

I am gutted, but well done the club for honouring their 'gentleman's agreement' with Bournemouth. I seem to recall that a similar agreement was the reason we ended up signing Forster.

Gus and Tony wouldn't do the dirty but there are plenty of managers and chairmen who wouldn't bat an eyelid when reneging on a "gentleman's agreement".

 

[sant andreu]

Why didn't we just extend the loan??

 

[upthealbion1970]

Doesn't that leave us with not enough defenders for Saturday

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Get £300k for a potential championship player in Cook. Replace him for £500k with a PROVEN Championship / Premier league / International player in Jara Reyes.

Onwards and upwards

Who's to say that Gus doesn't see HALL as the one with more potential, anyway?

All very good points, we are overloaded with centre-backs. It's just a shame after he had such a good game yesterday. I trust that this means we'll be holding on to Dunk though.

 

[saafend_seagull]

His twitter rant a few months back obv had something to do with it!

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Why didn't we just extend the loan??

Out of contract in the Summer, then he would have gone for free.

 

[Hungry Joe]

Cook gone to Bournemouth

Albion sell Cook to Bournemouth From The Argus)

Albion defender Steve Cook has completed a permanent move to Bournemouth.

The 20-year-old has joined the League One side for a £170,000 fee which The Argus understands could rise to around £300,000, based on appearances and other add-ons.

It leaves the Seagulls with only three fully fit defenders for Saturday's FA Cup tie at home to Wrexham.

Albion had already agreed with Bournemouth to recall Cook from his loan spell just for yesterday's match against Southampton.

See full story in tomorrow's Argus.

 

[Falkor]

mental i think mental

 

[Doc Lynam]

Doesnt Gus rate Hall quite highly?

 

[PriapismBoy]

Why, what the hell are they doing?

 

[Easy 10]

Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. I can see no justification for that when both our first choice fullbacks are crocked, and both our first choice CB's are suspended. I'd still have been annoyed letting him go later in the month, but he was recalled from Bournemouth specifically because of the injury/suspension crisis at the back, and that has only WORSENED since yesterday !! Why not at least hang on to him till the end of Jan ? Its not like we're desperately hankering over a poxy £170k, we'll earn that in PIES next Saturday.

I sincerely hope Gus has got someone lined up to come in soon, thats the only way this makes any sense. It obviously won't be Reyes, as quite apart from the financial hurdles, he could be banged up at Her Majesty's soon.

Just sat here shaking my head.

 

[bn1 seagull]

shocked by this, cook in both appearances this season has been fantastic. in my opinion he is a championship player, its not as if we needed to sell cook to raise funds.