[Albion] Who has been Brightons best ever transfer signing?

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

I was going to say Gross but then I went for Zamora for his transformative impact at the time.

 

[hart's shirt]

Run through that brick wall for us would you Harty?

Crashhhhhhhh

You just know he'd do it willingly. No complaints. No fuss.

Wages and cost of tracksuits aside, OGH cost the Albion £2.68 per appearance. That's it.

Granted, not the best player we've ever transferred in. But almost certainly one of the best in value alone.

 

[PFW]

For me its Bobby Zamora, Took Brighton to an other level.

 

[Dancin Ninja BHA]

It will be to my eternal shame that I thought he was past it a couple of seasons ago.

To be fair, you weren't the only one. He was getting by-passed in games and wasn't looking like the machine he is now

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

The other one I'd have on there is Danny Cullip.

No big profit made, no prodigious goals tally, but after about a decade of low expectations from fans and players tolerating shambolic displays from each other, along comes a leader who visibly demands 100% from his colleagues ... and gets it.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

To be fair, you weren't the only one. He was getting by-passed in games and wasn't looking like the machine he is now

There are some players who just need the right manager to get the most out of him.

 

[Commander]

Weirdly, there is an argument to be made that it may have been a player who never kicked a ball for us. The August 2018 signing of Billy Arce for about a quarter of a million didn't work out for the player, but made the connections that led to us being seen in South America as a direct route to the EPL. A route so far taken by Mac Allister, Caicedo, Enciso & Buonanotte.

Never knew that. Is this FACT or speculation?

 

[cuthbert]

One for the older fans Peter O'Sullivan

 

[Binney on acid]

Fred Binney.

 

[Stato]

Never knew that. Is this FACT or speculation?

Fact that we bought Arce from Independiente Del Valle and subsequently bought Caicedo from them after Man Utd dropped out of their pursuit because of the complicated nature of the deal. It was reported that we were in a better place to perservere, because we had the experience of the Arce deal. The stuff about the Argentinians and Enciso is more speculative, but I seem to remember Tim Vickery saying in an interview after one of the signings that Brighton were changing the route for South Americans, who had previously expected to go to Spain or Portugal , not directly to the EPL.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

You just know he'd do it willingly. No complaints. No fuss.

Wages and cost of tracksuits aside, OGH cost the Albion £2.68 per appearance. That's it.

Granted, not the best player we've ever transferred in. But almost certainly one of the best in value alone.

Via the old Mailing List I started the O Gary Hart challenge, where we predicted how many goals he'd score during the season. We did this for 3 years. In the second year, there were some very optimistic punts. The winner was the person who made the lowest prediction. Ironically this is the same bloke who called me hoity toity on NSC (for which I will never forgive and never forget).

Martin Perry sorted me a programme for the winner one season, singed by the great man himself. And I have a great photo of OGH with my son at the centenary dinner, my son wearing an old suit of mine, the pic only marginally spoilt by a young woman leering at OGH with unbridled lust, in the background.

But it's still Zamora for me, even if I did have you in the back of my car once, young man

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Mark Beeney?
If we never signed him, we'd never have been able to sell him to Leeds for £350k and thus avoided a winding up petition being served in the high courts, due to our debts to the taxman.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Any excuse to have a rewatch of this vid (doesn't include his second stint goals).

We got a lot of penalties!

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Via the old Mailing List I started the O Gary Hart challenge, where we predicted how many goals he'd score during the season. We did this for 3 years. In the second year, there were some very optimistic punts. The winner was the person who made the lowest prediction. Ironically this is the same bloke who called me hoity toity on NSC (for which I will never forgive and never forget).

Martin Perry sorted me a programme for the winner one season, singed by the great man himself. And I have a great photo of OGH with my son at the centenary dinner, my son wearing an old suit of mine, the pic only marginally spoilt by a young woman leering at OGH with unbridled lust, in the background.

But it's still Zamora for me, even if I did have you in the back of my car once, young man

Hoity toity….. I remember that. Who was it (please don’t say me ……..).

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Going through the years. Alan Duffy (just for first game impact), Peter Ward (obvs), Zamora (obvs), and almost all of the current team.

 

[Silverhatch]

Pascal Gross - an ever present in our most successful era.

Technically brilliant, versatile, most PL assists and soon to be our top PL goalscorer.

As someone who idolised Peter Ward, PG is (imho)the Albion’s best ever signing.

 

[Questions]

Disappointed not to see Bert Murray up there. I helped buy him personally

 

[GT49er]

The answer is Bobby Zamora.

The other will all make us fabulous profit or have been brilliant. But Zamora transformed the club. Watching an international level striker pummel 4th division defences was a rare gift to be able to see.

TBF, Bobby Smith did that too!

 

[junior]

Vicente.

The fact that a world class Spainish international came to the Brighton when we were in the Championship still beggars belief.

I voted Gross by the way.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Several options here.

Financially considering the return - Moises Caicedo
From a playing and impact to the squad perspective - Pascal Gross
Regarding my own personal enjoyment, watching him play and elevate us, after dark times, he shone - Bobby Zee

Financially considering the return, surely Ben White. Cost nothing, £50m clear. Followed by Marc Cucurella, cost £16m, sold £63m, £47m clear. Moises may exceed that, but until he leaves, there's no return yet.