CONFIMRED - Norwood to Brighton

[Silver Fox]

Always thought he was decent but not great, we'll cope without him

Massive LOLz @ him mind you for moving to Brighton

[Maneki Neko]

Given the number of talented midfielders we have about the place

OK yeah, we're not Barcelona, but it's definitely our strongest position. Williams, Quinn and Swift are "proven" at this level and Evans and VDB seem to also be seen as "first-team" midfielders.

We've got one proven goalkeeper, one right back, one left back, one proven centre back + two we're very unsure of, three senior wingers, and four strikers we're very unsure of.

ok. I can certainly agree that its the area least requiring players currently. but its still the case that we have probably just sold our best two

[No Fixed Abode]

Always thought he was decent but not great, we'll cope without him

Massive LOLz @ him mind you for moving to Brighton

Bigger club. More money. Better stadium. Better place.

Yeah. LOL.

[genome]

Real Madrid of the south m8

[paultheroyal]

Think this is another indication that Stam is going for the pressing game which I am all for and at long last players with ball at feet running with it with quick passing, none of this long cross field ball nonsense slowing the game down.

[moo]

Brighton have sold 80,000 tickets for their season opener. Mental. Huge club.

[TBM]

Do we know, roughly, what the fee is?

[wiggso]

Do we know, roughly, what the fee is?

£1mil in instalments apparently

[BonBoh]

http://www.transfermarkt.com/oliver-nor ... id/1559106


This website values Norwood at €2,000,000.
It's a bit speculative and doesn't give the exact transfer fee. It is very up-to-date, though. It's already listing ON as a B&HA player.

[No Fixed Abode]

Cracking stadium though.

[genome]

I think it would take an idiot not to see Brighton are a better prospect than Reading at this moment in time, I don't blame him for moving. (Besides, I don't think he's a great loss.) However, their fans are still funny to behold.

I don't think they'll go up this season though, it's an extremely strong division this year. Newcastle, Norwich and Derby* for me.

*just have a feeling they'll finally not bottle it under Pearson.

[BR2]

So the only two of our players that I really liked have gone (no, not Kanu, Tish).
It doesn't feel as bad as when Neil Webb, Osborn or Gylfi left but surely we could have built a side around these two?

I agree with Brendy that as soon as a player who is any good leaves the reaction is often "well he wasn't that good"-my take on Norwood is that our managers were not capable of getting the best out of him and he will probably be better with better players around him.He looked good at the Euros.
I also agree with the earlier poster who pointed out that Bridcutt is available and would be a very useful addition.

Danny Williams and Quinn are fair Championship players but the remaining "talent" as they were referred to earlier are very much unknown and unproven and neither Williams nor Quinn have very good fitness records.

As others have said on other topics this is surely a survival/consolidation season and those good old Premier League days feel like a distant memory and way beyond our reach again at the moment.

This is not the sort of news that we wanted IMHO ahead of our first game of the season in a couple of days' time.

[CountryRoyal]

So the only two of our players that I really liked have gone (no, not Kanu, Tish).
It doesn't feel as bad as when Neil Webb, Osborn or Gylfi left but surely we could have built a side around these two?

I agree with Brendy that as soon as a player who is any good leaves the reaction is often "well he wasn't that good"-my take on Norwood is that our managers were not capable of getting the best out of him and he will probably be better with better players around him.He looked good at the Euros.
I also agree with the earlier poster who pointed out that Bridcutt is available and would be a very useful addition.

Danny Williams and Quinn are fair Championship players but the remaining "talent" as they were referred to earlier are very much unknown and unproven and neither Williams nor Quinn have very good fitness records.

As others have said on other topics this is surely a survival/consolidation season and those good old Premier League days feel like a distant memory and way beyond our reach again at the moment.

This is not the sort of news that we wanted IMHO ahead of our first game of the season in a couple of days' time.

Alright calm down Mr. Doom and Gloom.

People aren't meh Norwood left because they are bitter. They are meh because Norwood left because he's nothing special. Those creaming themselves over him just need to remember that the last 2 years have been a sack of shite.

[Royal Ginger]

I've seen nothing to suggest that this year will be any better.

Got a horrible feeling that we may lose Quinn in this window too.

[Brosef Stalin]

So the only two of our players that I really liked have gone (no, not Kanu, Tish).
It doesn't feel as bad as when Neil Webb, Osborn or Gylfi left but surely we could have built a side around these two?

I agree with Brendy that as soon as a player who is any good leaves the reaction is often "well he wasn't that good"-my take on Norwood is that our managers were not capable of getting the best out of him and he will probably be better with better players around him.He looked good at the Euros.
I also agree with the earlier poster who pointed out that Bridcutt is available and would be a very useful addition.

Danny Williams and Quinn are fair Championship players but the remaining "talent" as they were referred to earlier are very much unknown and unproven and neither Williams nor Quinn have very good fitness records.

As others have said on other topics this is surely a survival/consolidation season and those good old Premier League days feel like a distant memory and way beyond our reach again at the moment.

This is not the sort of news that we wanted IMHO ahead of our first game of the season in a couple of days' time.

I had a look at the first page of Strongest XI thread and OH was listed in most peoples teams tbf

Alright calm down Mr. Doom and Gloom.

People aren't meh Norwood left because they are bitter. They are meh because Norwood left because he's nothing special. Those creaming themselves over him just need to remember that the last 2 years have been a sack of shite.

I had a look at the first page of Strongest XI thread and OH was listed in most people's teams

obvs relative assessment before any of you thick pcunts wade in...

[CountryRoyal]

So the only two of our players that I really liked have gone (no, not Kanu, Tish).
It doesn't feel as bad as when Neil Webb, Osborn or Gylfi left but surely we could have built a side around these two?

I agree with Brendy that as soon as a player who is any good leaves the reaction is often "well he wasn't that good"-my take on Norwood is that our managers were not capable of getting the best out of him and he will probably be better with better players around him.He looked good at the Euros.
I also agree with the earlier poster who pointed out that Bridcutt is available and would be a very useful addition.

Danny Williams and Quinn are fair Championship players but the remaining "talent" as they were referred to earlier are very much unknown and unproven and neither Williams nor Quinn have very good fitness records.

As others have said on other topics this is surely a survival/consolidation season and those good old Premier League days feel like a distant memory and way beyond our reach again at the moment.

This is not the sort of news that we wanted IMHO ahead of our first game of the season in a couple of days' time.

I had a look at the first page of Strongest XI thread and OH was listed in most peoples teams tbf

Alright calm down Mr. Doom and Gloom.

People aren't meh Norwood left because they are bitter. They are meh because Norwood left because he's nothing special. Those creaming themselves over him just need to remember that the last 2 years have been a sack of shite.

I had a look at the first page of Strongest XI thread and OH was listed in most people's teams

obvs relative assessment before any of you thick pcunts wade in...

I can't speak for every one but I don't give a shit that he's gone and I've always said I don't think his style of play suits ours.

What do I win?

[royalp-we]

I've seen nothing to suggest that this year will be any better.

Got a horrible feeling that we may lose Quinn in this window too.

Now that, would oxf*rd me off

[Maneki Neko]

Think this is another indication that Stam is going for the pressing game which I am all for and at long last players with ball at feet running with it with quick passing, none of this long cross field ball nonsense slowing the game down.

it wasn't the long crossfield balls slowing us down tbf
it was the shorter sideways/backwards stuff

[bobby1413]

I'm not that sad he's gone. I wish him all the best and have absolutely no bad feeling over it. I don't really rate him that highly, but think he does have something to offer in the right team and the right circumstances. I don't believe he did all that much whilst at Reading other than a few great great goals, but week in week out, I was mainly frustrated. Wasted crosses, free kicks, overly ambitious play, just not that great.

There's quite a few other players I would be upset to lose. Don't really get why some are so disappointed he's gone.

[Vision]

So the only two of our players that I really liked have gone (no, not Kanu, Tish).
It doesn't feel as bad as when Neil Webb, Osborn or Gylfi left but surely we could have built a side around these two?

I agree with Brendy that as soon as a player who is any good leaves the reaction is often "well he wasn't that good"-my take on Norwood is that our managers were not capable of getting the best out of him and he will probably be better with better players around him.He looked good at the Euros.
I also agree with the earlier poster who pointed out that Bridcutt is available and would be a very useful addition.

Danny Williams and Quinn are fair Championship players but the remaining "talent" as they were referred to earlier are very much unknown and unproven and neither Williams nor Quinn have very good fitness records.

As others have said on other topics this is surely a survival/consolidation season and those good old Premier League days feel like a distant memory and way beyond our reach again at the moment.

This is not the sort of news that we wanted IMHO ahead of our first game of the season in a couple of days' time.

Tbf At this stage last season Tish was in the "unproven" (still is to some degree) category you're bemoaning above whilst Norwood was hardly a lock in for a starting berth given how Clarke had used him sporadically at the end of the previous season and sidelined him for the bigger cup games. Also would anyone really have predicted the impact (albeit short term)Blackman would have had before last season started?

I think it's a case of accepting this is where we are right now and embracing the fact that we'll have new favourites to enjoy watching each season....................................................Before we sell them to our rivals