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Chris O'Grady linked (rumoured £500k bid accepted)

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edited May 2014 in General Charlton
http://www.southlondon-today.co.uk/sport.cfm?id=17416&headline=Exclusive:%20Charlton%20agree%20fee%20for%20Barnsley%20hotshot

Richard Cawley reporting a 500k fee
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  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,161
    How old is he now? We need better than this. They could have kept Yann for the same amount.
  • Dizzle
    Dizzle Posts: 5,190
    Is he the one who broke Wiggo's foot?
  • Yann897
    Yann897 Posts: 1,530
    Hey guys what happened to only signing network players ?????
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,161
    I'm not sure he's up to The Championship. Good League One forward.
  • sirjohnhumphrey
    sirjohnhumphrey Posts: 1,871
    Said a while ago Id be happy to sign him. Looked a good player against us. But 500k is a lot for him.
  • Yann897
    Yann897 Posts: 1,530
    edited May 2014
    1, shows we've got money and prepared to spend .
    2, shows we're not only signing network players .
    3, not only foreign players
    4, he's a good solid championship player .

    More optimistic about next season than I was half hour ago !
    Very interesting.
  • CharltonByBlood
    CharltonByBlood Posts: 1,900
    I like Chris , I said we should go for him, against us at the valley he held the ball up excellently
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,877
    6ft.1" Just scrapes in on the height test.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,856
    I hope he's better than the last striker we signed from Barnsley!
  • Greenie Junior
    Greenie Junior Posts: 3,881
    If we sign him then that is a great signing, big strong and scored 15 goals in a shit team.

    Happy with that if we get him

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  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,020
    The Red Robin said:

    I'm not sure he's up to The Championship. Good League One forward.

    15 goals is a reasonable return for a struggling side.
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,520
    Decent but 500k seems a bit much
  • C_A_F_C
    C_A_F_C Posts: 3,868
    Whether he'll come here is another question, bound to be other clubs in for him.
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,086
    He did well last season, scored more goals then all our forwards combined probably!

    Big centre forward who can hold the ball up. £500k may be a bit steep though
  • J BLOCK
    J BLOCK Posts: 8,325
    Is this a joke!? £500k for him? Suppose he would fit in as BP's target man, but Barnsley must be laughing at that.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,479
    Didn't expect us to go for older players like O'Grady, especially not for that sort of fee.

    Looking him up he scored 15 league goals for Barnsley last season. Didn't realise he did that well. Also only 28, some reason thought he was a bit older than that.

    Yes we could have kept Yann but he's gone now and it seems whoever is picking players for us has recognised we need a decent targetman. Even if it was blatantly obvious.
  • Yann897
    Yann897 Posts: 1,530
    edited May 2014
    Talal said:

    Decent but 500k seems a bit much

    This ^^ I'm happy with this singing but I would of thought closer too 250k

    But atleast we ain't just going for free's ect .
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,080
    Spent the last couple of seasons at Sheff Wed and Barnsley - Wiki tells me he made 77 apps and scored 25 so not too bad, has a career total of 88 in 373 but a lot of those apps were in League One (and some L2).

    Seems like a reasonable record but I don't know much about the sort of player that he is, anyone able to shed any light ?
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,080
    Yann897 said:

    1, shows we've got money and prepared to spend .
    2, shows we're not only signing network players .
    3, not only foreign players
    4, he's a good solid championship player .

    More optimistic about next season than I was half hour ago !
    Very interesting.

    To be fair it only shows any of those things if we actually sign him.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,277
    Elthamaddick said:

    I hope he's better than the last striker we signed from Barnsley!

    Who was that then?

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  • 000__Jaaaaay__000
    000__Jaaaaay__000 Posts: 2,343
    Good player, 500k seems a lot of money though
  • Dizzle
    Dizzle Posts: 5,190
    Danny Haynes?
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,788
    Could be worse..............
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  • J BLOCK
    J BLOCK Posts: 8,325
    Greenie Junior said:

    This is brilliant, people moan we don't spend money and now they're moaning we're spending too much, only charlton

    £500k for him is excessive though. Opinions, opinions ...
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,847
    How old is he then?

    Wouldn't be a dreadful signing but one that points to our aspirations being survival rather than challenging at the higher end of the division.
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,755
    The Red Robin said:

    I'm not sure he's up to The Championship. Good League One forward.

    As predictable as it is laughable. 15 goals for a relegated side suggests he's not so bad at this level.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,161
    I'll believe it when I see it. Could well be that they've leaked this to try and distract from the Alex Dyer quotes. I seem to remember the same thing happening with a rumoured Gradel bid when Yann and Stephens were sold.
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,086
    I'd imagine any fee would also have promotion clause or other bonuses so I doubt £500k is the initial fee.
  • J BLOCK
    J BLOCK Posts: 8,325
    The Red Robin said:

    I'll believe it when I see it. Could well be that they've leaked this to try and distract from the Alex Dyer quotes. I seem to remember the same thing happening with a rumoured Gradel bid when Yann and Stephens were sold.

    Interesting point

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