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*****Bradley Wright Phillips Signs*****

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  • uncle
    uncle Posts: 4,209
    [cite]Posted By: Granpa[/cite]One of the best things about this signing is that it is a further acknowledgement of our intention to get the down and play the right way. Only bad thing is we might have to put up with frequent visits by his Dad.

    I like his dad, good honest pro.
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,124
    Couldn't ask for anymore in signing the leading goalscorer in the division really.

    If Southampton or Huddersfield had made this sort of signing we'd be thinking they mean business.

    And it looks like the new board do mean business. A pacy centre back now before the window closes and we'll have a squad to challenge for the automatics.
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,510
    [cite]Posted By: uncle[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Granpa[/cite]One of the best things about this signing is that it is a further acknowledgement of our intention to get the down and play the right way. Only bad thing is we might have to put up with frequent visits by his Dad.

    I like his dad, good honest pro.

    I used to dislike his old man until he worked on Talkshite. He always came across very well on there and made me laugh. When the BWP stuff broke in the media he talked openly and at length about it when most would ignore it
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    Good news all round.A top striker at this level. Others wanted him--we got him. 18 months with his injury issue makes sense. Abbot out on loan maybe?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,438
    OS say "initial" 18 months. Strange wording. Maybe there is an option to extend, maybe just means a straight 18 months.
  • roseandcrown
    roseandcrown Posts: 7,593
    [cite]Posted By: cfgs[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: uncle[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Granpa[/cite]One of the best things about this signing is that it is a further acknowledgement of our intention to get the down and play the right way. Only bad thing is we might have to put up with frequent visits by his Dad.

    I like his dad, good honest pro.

    I used to dislike his old man until he worked on Talkshite. He always came across very well on there and made me laugh. When the BWP stuff broke in the media he talked openly and at length about it when most would ignore it

    Same here, I remember him pelting BWP saying he shoudl not be putting himself in these situations where he is involved and hehas to deal with it and learn etc.
  • Ledge
    Ledge Posts: 7,179
    u name a player that gets more than a 2 year contract at lge 1 and 2 level and I'll show you a club deep in financal shit. -

    can't beleive some are saying get rid of Benson is he not top scorer amongst current strikers ??
  • roseandcrown
    roseandcrown Posts: 7,593
    edited January 2011
    I would maybe look to loan Sodje and Abbott on short term loans to League 2 teams let them score goals and call them back if need with a new found confidence and fitness.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,278
    [cite]Posted By: roseandcrown[/cite]I would maybe look to loan Sodje and Abbott on short term loans to League 2 teams let them score goals and call them back if need with a new found confidence and fitness.
    Good move.
  • nichorob
    nichorob Posts: 1,794
    [cite]Posted By: Stig[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: roseandcrown[/cite]I would maybe look to loan Sodje and Abbott on short term loans to League 2 teams let them score goals and call them back if need with a new found confidence and fitness.
    Good move.

    Wouldn't be so sure, we would be getting rid of both target men and leaving Benson as our tallest striker at 5ft 10. Sometimes good to have a target man on the bench to change styles.

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  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,670
    Definitely need to have the option of a target man type of striker in the squad, only Abbott and Sodje are anything close to that.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,945
    [cite]Posted By: nichorob[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Stig[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: roseandcrown[/cite]I would maybe look to loan Sodje and Abbott on short term loans to League 2 teams let them score goals and call them back if need with a new found confidence and fitness.
    Good move.

    Wouldn't be so sure, we would be getting rid of both target men and leaving Benson as our tallest striker at 5ft 10. Sometimes good to have a target man on the bench to change styles.

    I agree, personally I'd keep Sodje over Abbott
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    [cite]Posted By: uncle[/cite] Maybe a bostock or shelvey type player is what is needed now.

    Best you get on the phone then Al....

    :-)
  • supaclive
    supaclive Posts: 6,528
    No need for a target man when you're winning every game 5-0 :-)
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,915
    [cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]OS say "initial" 18 months. Strange wording. Maybe there is an option to extend, maybe just means a straight 18 months.

    seems to suggest that because of maybe issues with his knee it's an initial 18 months with an option on our side to extend if all goes well. If so then very sensible strategy.
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,435
    Agree with tel re anyinsah.
    hope we can keep him (and fit) for the remainder of the season. he has been the one striker that has made defenders struggle.
  • WhenIwasLittleBoy
    WhenIwasLittleBoy Posts: 5,430
    Two Southampton fans in work said he was great for them, has a hell of a shot, and was used as an impact sub as he has pace to burn, one of which said he will fire us to promotion
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,438
    [cite]Posted By: LargeAddick[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]OS say "initial" 18 months. Strange wording. Maybe there is an option to extend, maybe just means a straight 18 months.

    seems to suggest that because of maybe issues with his knee it's an initial 18 months with an option on our side to extend if all goes well. If so then very sensible strategy.

    That was my thinking too but maybe reading too much into it. It's only the OS not SkySports or somewhere definitive : - )
  • bibble
    bibble Posts: 1,052
    [quote][cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite][quote][cite]Posted By: LargeAddick[/cite][quote][cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]OS say "initial" 18 months. Strange wording. Maybe there is an option to extend, maybe just means a straight 18 months.[/quote]

    seems to suggest that because of maybe issues with his knee it's an initial 18 months with an option on our side to extend if all goes well. If so then very sensible strategy.[/quote]

    That was my thinking too but maybe reading too much into it. It's only the OS not SkySports or somewhere definitive : - )[/quote]

    Agree with this.
  • I-SAW-POUSO-PLAY
    I-SAW-POUSO-PLAY Posts: 4,619
    The new Number 10!

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  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,426
    Wow, money must have come from somewhere.

    There were rumoured to be 3 clubs trying to sign him.

    Interesting.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,670
    [cite]Posted By: Valiantphil[/cite]Wow, money must have come from somewhere.

    There were rumoured to be 3 clubs trying to sign him.

    Interesting.
    See end of Ashford and Shepway Addicks thread. They said Murray used the words "seriously wealthy investors" several times.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,259
    If he does well between now and the end of the season and his knee holds up then i've no doubt he'll be offered a longer deal in the summer. There must be a clause somewhere stating that, there's no way we'd sign him, he does well, then he's free to talk to other clubs at xmas.
  • Heath Hero
    Heath Hero Posts: 1,520
    I don't wish to rain on everyone's parade but I'm struggling to get as excited about this as everyone else. It may well be because I don't know much about him or haven't seen him play, but from what I can work out we've signed a player with "previous", who at 25 has already had several clubs and who has failed a medical elsewhere. If he's that good why is he not still at Southampton? Obviously I'm happy to be proved wrong but with our history of signing people with dodgy knees I can see him hardly playing for us (or at least playing consecutively).
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,263
    Same as HH. I dont think I know much about football as I cant seem to get excited at this signing at all. But then I know very little about him.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,438
    [cite]Posted By: Heath Hero[/cite] If he's that good why is he not still at Southampton?

    They were broke and got relegated.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,259
    [cite]Posted By: Heath Hero[/cite]I don't wish to rain on everyone's parade but I'm struggling to get as excited about this as everyone else. It may well be because I don't know much about him or haven't seen him play, but from what I can work out we've signed a player with "previous", who at 25 has already had several clubs and who has failed a medical elsewhere. If he's that good why is he not still at Southampton? Obviously I'm happy to be proved wrong but with our history of signing people with dodgy knees I can see him hardly playing for us (or at least playing consecutively).


    He left Southampton when they were relegated into league one before they came into money, and he signed for Plymouth in a higher division at the time.

    i'm excited about him signing but this does concern me about him:

    "After he recovered from a knee injury, Wright-Phillips made his debut for the club on 15 September 2009 against Watford. The knee injury re-occurred once again and he was sidelined for another long-term spell. In January 2010, Plymouth Argyle's manager, Paul Mariner, declared that Wright-Phillips wasn't far away from full fitness and he made his long awaited return for Argyle in the FA Cup against Newcastle United that month"

    So he's had this knee injury twice already in the last 18 months.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,731
    [cite]Posted By: Curb_It[/cite]Same as HH. I dont think I know much about football as I cant seem to get excited at this signing at all

    How about trying out as a linesman (sorry woman)
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,629
    Is Bradley Ian Wrights biological son? Don't think shaun is.Not that it matters.Just curious.
  • dabos
    dabos Posts: 2,715
    This 'free to other clubs at xmas' thing isn't really an issue. It's only clubs on the continent that can speak to players 6 months before their contract is up. Clubs in the UK will have to wait to 1 month before his deal expires.

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