I'm not happy about Richardson going but to be honest £450,000 is to much to refuse.
On another note Parky will have no say in these player sales. So can't be praised or criticized for them. The board stance is very obvious if someone makes a reasonable offer the players goes. Whether we have another right back lined up or not.
£450,000 is probably the best transfer dealing we've done in the last 5 years - let's just hope it's going back into re-inforcing the ever diminishing playing squad!
Who would you like to see come in and replace him? I see Osei Sankofa is available on a free but not been a regular down at Southend so that may jus be one for a bit of nostalgia as opposed to a genuine target...
[cite]Posted By: craigcafc[/cite]Who would you like to see come in and replace him? I see Osei Sankofa is available on a free but not been a regular down at Southend so that may jus be one for a bit of nostalgia as opposed to a genuine target...
As it's "only" right back, I'm not sure there will be a replacement.
Absoloutely gutted thought he was a very good right back and although we got good money we are going to be watching a hell of a lot of turd running around out there next year!
Another thing that grates is they went into admin a little while ago and now throw cash around as if its going out of fashions it stinks a bit
Really annoyed at this, was beginning to feel positive about next season with Doherty signing up and the rumours about Jackson and/or Reid.
Another reason to hate Pardew. Not sure if Solly is quite ready for regular first team football so hopefully we will bring someone in. Pity Omozusi has been signed up by Orient but sure there are plenty of others out there.
Need somebody with a bit of pace imho as Doherty and Dailly/Llera are not the quickest and if Basey is playing aswell, it would leave us vulnerable there.
Very disappointed to see him go, but £450k (if it is that up front) is a very good bit of business in our league for a right back going into the last season of his contract.
No surprise that they wanted to put the fee on the official site on this occasion, while Southampton give it as 'undisclosed'.
Who does that leave left that anyone might want to buy - Semedo or maybe Racon?
a) Solly is ready to cover a whole season. b) Parky will see a penny of the "fee" to spend on another "fee". c) Thinks that is the last big departure. d) We will get anything near 450k upfront. e) We told Doc about this before he signed. f) Any player worth his salt isnt going to have serious second thoughts about coming to us.
Has taken more drugs than William Burroughs, Hunter Thompson and keith Richards combined.
We're not really aiming for the play-offs are we? I can understand we couldn't turn the offer down. I'm not being negative, I just can't see how any manager could possibly build a squad to challenge for promotion. We need signings in most positions and the back up for pretty much every position will be an academy player. Has a club ever won promotion from this level with a squad like that?
[cite]Posted By: Scoham[/cite]We're not really aiming for the play-offs are we? I can understand we couldn't turn the offer down. I'm not being negative, I just can't see how any manager could possibly build a squad to challenge for promotion. We need signings in most positions and the back up for pretty much every position will be an academy player. Has a club ever won promotion from this level with a squad like that?
great price for frazer, shame he's off had some great games, but I have alot of faith in solly, and really dont get all this he's not ready, he's too small, if any1 had watched him jump to head a ball its very sodje esc leaps like a salmon, and also held his own out of position on the left, I have complete faith with a good preseason will grow into a great rb for us this season
if i was the club and some1 offered me 450k for frazer i would bite their hands off, he's good but he's not that good, was never overally confident with his defending and pace on the turn was dire. still we'll miss his driving runs forward and his link up play with sam, who is also now gone.
Oh dear this is a bit of a shocker. What message is this sending out to not only our fans but also our rivals that we are prepared to sell probably the best right back in the league to a team that are tipped to be in the auto shake up, unless we can bring in some worthy new faces in the very near future then I cant see us finishing above mid table
All this talk of kids stepping up makes my blood boil. All we have is Solly and a number of others who hardly set the world alight whilst out on loan at non-league sides last year.
Chuck that lot in and you will destroy them. Confidence possibly gone for good at this club. Mambo is the only one who looks up to it physically. Problem is he doesnt look ready.
I was expecting 1-2 or two half decent freebies and some make do signings. Anyone in our sights is now thinking "do I want to go there? Who the hell am I going to be playing alongside?"
[cite]Posted By: Clem_Snide[/cite]All this talk of kids stepping up makes my blood boil. All we have is Solly and a number of others who hardly set the world alight whilst out on loan at non-league sides last year.
What I meant was it seems most likely what will happen. Not that it should or I think they are ready and can definitely handle it. Someone said right backs don't win you games, and I think that's how Parky might see it. Save money at right back for maybe a bit more wages on a striker.
I think Chris Solly is 20 now, so why shouldn't he be ready? How old was Bob Curtis when he became our first choice right back? 18, I believe. Solly has always looked a very decent player whenever I've seen him and, in the 3rd division, it can't make sense to hold our young players back indefinitely. We've got £450,000 for a player for whom we have a readymade replacement -- and reserves, in Jenkinson and Cousins -- so perhaps we can now afford a fee for a goalscorer.
And I don't buy the idea that this will deter players off from joining us. Pros know full well that players come and go, and, at this level, I believe we are still an attractive proposition to potential signings.
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We just have to hope a freebie will turn up from somewhere to take his place.
On another note Parky will have no say in these player sales. So can't be praised or criticized for them. The board stance is very obvious if someone makes a reasonable offer the players goes. Whether we have another right back lined up or not.
Like everything it's who they bring in (or not). . . .
Maybe it's just because he's gone to that utter, utter twat Pardew.
Sorry, but he makes me feel murderous...grrrrrrrrr think happy thoughts, think happy thoughts......
I think thats whats annoying me too. I knew some would go but wouldn't give Pardew the steam off my piss!
Bad move, Parky...[/quote]
Bad move Parky, give it a break, these are board room decisions, nothing to do with Parkie, jeez I supposem global warming is his fault too!
Another thing that grates is they went into admin a little while ago and now throw cash around as if its going out of fashions it stinks a bit
Another reason to hate Pardew. Not sure if Solly is quite ready for regular first team football so hopefully we will bring someone in. Pity Omozusi has been signed up by Orient but sure there are plenty of others out there.
Need somebody with a bit of pace imho as Doherty and Dailly/Llera are not the quickest and if Basey is playing aswell, it would leave us vulnerable there.
No surprise that they wanted to put the fee on the official site on this occasion, while Southampton give it as 'undisclosed'.
Who does that leave left that anyone might want to buy - Semedo or maybe Racon?
a) Solly is ready to cover a whole season.
b) Parky will see a penny of the "fee" to spend on another "fee".
c) Thinks that is the last big departure.
d) We will get anything near 450k upfront.
e) We told Doc about this before he signed.
f) Any player worth his salt isnt going to have serious second thoughts about coming to us.
Has taken more drugs than William Burroughs, Hunter Thompson and keith Richards combined.
Fuming. If he goes he goes. But to his team?
Suspect it is half that quoted amount, with the rest on staged appearances, promotion etc.
if i was the club and some1 offered me 450k for frazer i would bite their hands off, he's good but he's not that good, was never overally confident with his defending and pace on the turn was dire. still we'll miss his driving runs forward and his link up play with sam, who is also now gone.
Actually its pretty shit but not entirely unexpected.
Chuck that lot in and you will destroy them. Confidence possibly gone for good at this club. Mambo is the only one who looks up to it physically. Problem is he doesnt look ready.
I was expecting 1-2 or two half decent freebies and some make do signings. Anyone in our sights is now thinking "do I want to go there? Who the hell am I going to be playing alongside?"
I fear for us this year. I really do.
What I meant was it seems most likely what will happen. Not that it should or I think they are ready and can definitely handle it. Someone said right backs don't win you games, and I think that's how Parky might see it. Save money at right back for maybe a bit more wages on a striker.
Let's wait to see our other incomings / outgoings
Frazer only had a year left and came here free last season, we have done well here financially.
It's a shame Omuzzi has signed for the O's , maybe Irwin or Kelly will be one of our Liverpool loans.
And I don't buy the idea that this will deter players off from joining us. Pros know full well that players come and go, and, at this level, I believe we are still an attractive proposition to potential signings.