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Mackail-Smith

Essex_Al
Essex_Al Posts: 3,591
edited July 2011 in Other Football and Sports
Signed for Brighton, well done Poyet, didn't see him going there.

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  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919

    wow what a coup pboro must be livid, hope it goes well for brighton cos he aint gonna be cheap on wages that could bankrupt them if they aint careful and they follow it uyp with over marque style signings,

     

     

    but i like brighton so thumbs up for gioving it a go

  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,725
    Great signing for them, West Ham and Leicester were said to have spoken to him. Apparently Warnock wanted him for QPR but their board blocked it.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,949
    Great signing for them, West Ham and Leicester were said to have spoken to him. Apparently Warnock wanted him for QPR but their board blocked it.



    He turned down a PL club, Wigan I think.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,228
    Well done Brighton ... Hamsters won't be happy ;-)
  • Marriott110
    Marriott110 Posts: 1,528
    poyet's obviously down a powell and sold the club like a treat!
  • uie2
    uie2 Posts: 4,596
    well done mr poyet good luck to them!!! :-)
  • bigstemarra
    bigstemarra Posts: 5,100
    edited July 2011

    Just spoke to my Brighton mate and he is a bit stunned - MS turned down the spammers and Leicester (as well as at least one prem club) to sign for them.  Good work by Poyet.  Staying with Posh would have definitely been a backwards move.  It's more than they have spent on anyone, ever.  Onwards and upwards for BHA, methinks.

    Good quality of life down there though, with a cracking new stadium.....much better than many of the other options if you ask me!

  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    As I've mentioned before - in a former life I used to know his father - good bloke, liked a beer, that's MS senior, not junior.
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,128
    Good luck to them, hope they finish above Palace too.
  • Marriott110
    Marriott110 Posts: 1,528
    Good luck to them, hope they finish above Palace too.
    i hope everyone finishes above palace.

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  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,128
    Good luck to them, hope they finish above Palace too.
    i hope everyone finishes above palace.
    That as well
  • bigstemarra
    bigstemarra Posts: 5,100

    LOL Marriot....

    Hope Brighton go up and the mutually reviled stripey ones end up in the mire of League one just as we crawl out of it!

  • SilentAddick
    SilentAddick Posts: 1,603
    Good luck to them, hope they finish above Palace too.
    i hope everyone finishes above palace.
    Yes that so we do not have to play them ever again in the league!
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,427
    Posh agreed a deal 6 weeks ago with QPR, but the owners refused to back Warnock with the cash.

    Brighton are preparing for 2-3 years of consolidation in the CCC so don't go too mad with your bets.
  • Granpa
    Granpa Posts: 2,995
    How long before the big boys start talking to Poyet ? I hope he resists them, as somebody said previously it's a nice area to live and work in. Tevez has shown that, ok he's now very wealthy, but family should always come first. A lesson that a lot of so called superstars don't seem to have learned. 
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,150
    What a coup, he is an excellent signing. Can't believe a bigger club didn't force the issue.
  • D_F_T
    D_F_T Posts: 1,154
    Good luck to them, hope they finish above Palace too.
    i hope everyone finishes above palace.

    Well, except Millwall!
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,799
    Good luck to them, hope they finish above Palace too.
    i hope everyone finishes above palace.

    Well, except Millwall!
    Nope, even millwall
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,493
    Brighton has a new stadium, a top manager and with the waning of Portsmouth could well become, along with Southampton, a top club in a prosperous and ever developing area. Brighton play good football and Mackail-Smith will fit in very well there
  • UrbanChupacabra
    UrbanChupacabra Posts: 541

    I think he's made the right move.

     

    QPR sounds like an awful club  to be involved with

     

    West Ham will be moving to a half-empty stadium, the fans will be on big sams back after 5 games when everyone calms down and realises that you need more than a fat manager and Kevin Nolan to get out of that league. I doubt CMS would be the striker picked in a 451 and would probably be forced out on to the running track

     

    Leicester could be any generic Championship club in an ikea stadium

     

    Brighton are moving in to world class facilities in a great part of the country to live in. Selling season tickets like hot cakes and more and more dormant BHA fans from the area are taking an interest. Wouldn't surprise me if BHA overtook as the biggest fan base in Kent


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  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,040

     

    The one move of the summer that didn't make sense to me was Glenn Murray to Palace , until now. Why would someone move from BHA to Selhurst atm ?

    Maybe Murray knew that Hoskins and CMS were being lined up so a likely starting place at Palace became attractive against being a squad striker at the Seagulls . 

  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,128
    Palace offered Murray more money


  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,480

     

    The one move of the summer that didn't make sense to me was Glenn Murray to Palace , until now. Why would someone move from BHA to Selhurst atm ?

    Maybe Murray knew that Hoskins and CMS were being lined up so a likely starting place at Palace became attractive against being a squad striker at the Seagulls . 

    Possible but maybe more likely that Brighton had hoped to keep Murray and when they lost him had to find a replacement.  And a very costly on it seems.

    If Palace offered higher wages I wonder how that compares to what Brighton are paying CMS plus the fee.

    Then again maybe Poyet didn't think Murray was worth more than he was offered.

    Will be interesting to see which player, and club, does the better.
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    Given a choice I'd prefer to have Glenn Murray rather than Mackail-Smith in the Charlton forward line.

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