Worthy's better class of transfer thread

[BWFC_Insane]

Apologies, didn't know we were signing Glenn Murray from Palace.

That's because you're not.

Can't see GM wanting to play for Dougie again if he's currently in the 'defensive' phase of his management philosophy.

He's not.

HTH

[ChrisC]

Amazeballs as the kids say.

Pretty much everyone on here has slagged our strikers off this season. Davies is old and past it, Ngog is Nogoals, Sordell is more interested in twatter and Afobe is Makakula in disguise has been the theme. The manager has found 50p down the back of the sofa and is looking to buy someone that seems able to score goals at this level. What is the problem? If he scores the goals that the other strikers mentioned aren't scoring then 300k and low wages will have been worth it. If he is Sordell mk2 then he hasn't cost nearly 4m plus probable highish wages.

The main thing that Dougie seems to have done at palace is find relatively unknown/unwanted players and got them performing. Yet everyone is bitching when he looks to try and do the same thing here because we're used to signing players we've heard of before

I didn't want Dougie, but at least let him get on with what he is supposed to be good at. Judge his signings on what they do, not that you think they're shit because they haven't played in the Premiership.

[PC1978]

Apologies, didn't know we were signing Glenn Murray from Palace.

That's because you're not.

Can't see GM wanting to play for Dougie again if he's currently in the 'defensive' phase of his management philosophy.

From your side of things, does it look like Murray will be leaving you? Villa have been touted as being interested in the press.

[boltonboris]

If Coyle had signed Craig Davies you'd all be going postal..

[plymouth wanderer]

Apologies, didn't know we were signing Glenn Murray from Palace.

That's because you're not.

Can't see GM wanting to play for Dougie again if he's currently in the 'defensive' phase of his management philosophy.

When you signed Murray was you expecting him to score loads of goals

[ChrisC]

Palace will be up shit creek if they let Murray go. He has got them 22 goals.

The rest of the teams contribution is very similar to us.

[SE25_1905]

Apologies, didn't know we were signing Glenn Murray from Palace.

That's because you're not.

Can't see GM wanting to play for Dougie again if he's currently in the 'defensive' phase of his management philosophy.

From your side of things, does it look like Murray will be leaving you? Villa have been touted as being interested in the press.

I'd be very surprised.

GM is very settled in Sussex where he lives and his mood has gone from being grumpy most of last season to one of bright smiles. IH waxes lyrical over him and at the moment he fits and clicks with the team.

The board know that in the summer their investment in the side will be repaid by either promotion or the sale of Wilf (possibly both) and are in no need to raise funds. I can't see them letting the top scorer go when we've got as good a shot at promotion as we've had in a long time.

DF brought Murray to Palace and there probably is mutual respect there - but (and I'm not being inflammatory here) Glenn has looked happier under Holloway than Dougie so I'm not sure he'd jump at the chance to follow him up to the Reebok. My worry was Delaney - but he signed on another 18 months.

[football247]

Murray is going nowhere, especially not to you lot, he had a miserable time under Freedman and hardly got a game 2nd half of last season.

Palace are looking to bring players in, not sell, we have no debt and are sound financially

I heared a rumur we (palace) are after chris eagles

[boltonboris]

From a footballing point of view, there is no reason whatsoever why Murray would join us.

However, we could offer him triple the amount he's ever earned anywhere else in his career...

As for the Eagles comment... Nice one. Not sure you have any money do you? Or are you trolling?

[ohjimmyjimmy]

Chuckling at the memory of Palace fans who initially said there was no way Dougie Freedman would leave Palace to join us.

[Lord Kangana]

Apologies, didn't know we were signing Glenn Murray from Palace.

That's because you're not.

Can't see GM wanting to play for Dougie again if he's currently in the 'defensive' phase of his management philosophy.

From your side of things, does it look like Murray will be leaving you? Villa have been touted as being interested in the press.

I'd be very surprised.

GM is very settled in Sussex where he lives and his mood has gone from being grumpy most of last season to one of bright smiles. IH waxes lyrical over him and at the moment he fits and clicks with the team.

The board know that in the summer their investment in the side will be repaid by either promotion or the sale of Wilf (possibly both) and are in no need to raise funds. I can't see them letting the top scorer go when we've got as good a shot at promotion as we've had in a long time.

DF brought Murray to Palace and there probably is mutual respect there - but (and I'm not being inflammatory here) Glenn has looked happier under Holloway than Dougie so I'm not sure he'd jump at the chance to follow him up to the Reebok. My worry was Delaney - but he signed on another 18 months.

The only way I can see us doing this would be if we threw a massive contract/fee his/your way.

As it appears that we haven't the resources for either anymore, it would seem the smart move would be to sit tight at Palace until at least the summer, see if they get promoted, ask for the bigger contract if they do, or start looking around if they don't. If we'd had a few better results over christmas and been on the fringes of the play-off, I think we'd have a stronger hand. But I'm not sure, beyond money, what the attraction of us is at the moment.

[SE25_1905]

Apologies, didn't know we were signing Glenn Murray from Palace.

That's because you're not.

Can't see GM wanting to play for Dougie again if he's currently in the 'defensive' phase of his management philosophy.

When you signed Murray was you expecting him to score loads of goals

To be honest I knew little of him other than he was Brighton's top scorer and to get him for nothing was a wonderful feeling. Nothing like sticking one to your bitterest rivals!!

I, from day one, saw that he had a very intelligent footballing brain and he was nicknamed the 'Berbatov of the lower leagues' during his BHA days and I think that is spot on. He'll never be an eye-catcher like Rooney, Suarez etc but he does the basic stuff brilliantly. Has a great leap and is a great finisher. With two pacy wingers OR a pacy strike partner he is the dog's but last season we only had one creative outlet (Wilf) and Dougie insisted on using him as the big man up top wiht little or no support and no balls palyed into feet. His form and morale dipped terribly.

If you want an example of the Murray / Freedman relationship consider that Easter and Chris Martin played more frequently for us last year than GM! Yes, I'd be insulted too.

[CrazyHorse]

If Coyle had signed Craig Davies you'd all be going postal..

Fcking A.

[football247]

We are the ones who chuckling mate, you were mugs to give him a huge contract on the back of an 8 game run.

Why does everyone think palace have no money? after administration we are debt free and have 5 multi millionaire oweners

[PC1978]

Apologies, didn't know we were signing Glenn Murray from Palace.

That's because you're not.

Can't see GM wanting to play for Dougie again if he's currently in the 'defensive' phase of his management philosophy.

From your side of things, does it look like Murray will be leaving you? Villa have been touted as being interested in the press.

I'd be very surprised.

GM is very settled in Sussex where he lives and his mood has gone from being grumpy most of last season to one of bright smiles. IH waxes lyrical over him and at the moment he fits and clicks with the team.

The board know that in the summer their investment in the side will be repaid by either promotion or the sale of Wilf (possibly both) and are in no need to raise funds. I can't see them letting the top scorer go when we've got as good a shot at promotion as we've had in a long time.

DF brought Murray to Palace and there probably is mutual respect there - but (and I'm not being inflammatory here) Glenn has looked happier under Holloway than Dougie so I'm not sure he'd jump at the chance to follow him up to the Reebok. My worry was Delaney - but he signed on another 18 months.

Sensible response, cheers.

[CrazyHorse]

I heared a rumur we (palace) are after chris eagles

LOLZARAMA.

[boltonboris]

We are the ones who chuckling mate, you were mugs to give him a huge contract on the back of an 8 game run.

Why does everyone think palace have no money? after administration we are debt free and have 5 multi millionaire oweners

Why do they keep banging on about balancing the books then?

[plymouth wanderer]

We are the ones who chuckling mate, you were mugs to give him a huge contract on the back of an 8 game run.

Why does everyone think palace have no money? after administration we are debt free and have 5 multi millionaire oweners

There's always one

[PC1978]

We are the ones who chuckling mate, you were mugs to give him a huge contract on the back of an 8 game run.

Why does everyone think palace have no money? after administration we are debt free and have 5 multi millionaire oweners

Are you called Dan?

[SE25_1905]

Chuckling at the memory of Palace fans who initially said there was no way Dougie Freedman would leave Palace to join us.

Fair point. I was as shocked as any at the move - but his subsequent press soundbytes (admittedly for your audience rather than ours) certainly made me re-evaluate him as the club legend that he was often branded about as being.

But a manager who is only ever a certain amount of games away from the sack is a different proposition to an in-demand player currently at the top of his game and looking at promotion.

Dougie perhaps was worries that he could have been out of a job by the summer and then a club comes along offering better terms for 3 years....of course he would think about it.