Saint-Armstrong Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 Rumours seem to be flying around that Sharp has joined Forest for £4m. Anyone??
Suhari Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 Good deal if true. Like the guy, but I truly believe he isn't prem quality.
Colinjb Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 4 million!? We paid about 2.5 million didn't we? He seems to have really settled in at Forest, all the best to him. Truly.
Saint-Armstrong Posted 6 January, 2013 Author Posted 6 January, 2013 4 million!? We paid about 2.5 million didn't we? £1.8m.
Colinjb Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 £1.8m. Well, that's even better in terms of the deal! Great work by the board, very shrewd. If true.
ottery st mary Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 We paid... I Thought was 1.8 with add ons? Sold for about same...
SO16_Saint Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 I like the guy, i do, but for £4M is drive the bugger myself. Great guy, prem quality? Not so sure. If we sell him, if, it will be an undisclosed fee anyway
SaintNeil90 Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 Sad to see Billy go but its for the best. He wont get games here now with the formation we play. He deserves to play week in week out. Good luck to him.
View From The Top Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 I really like Billy, seems to be one of football's good guys. If we go down he would have scored plenty for us.
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 No idea if true or not but I always assumed it was a loan deal as we were hedging our bets as to what to do with him next summer when we see what division we'll be in next summer. Very valuable player in the Championship however I do understand why he is one of the promotion team / squad not given a chance in the Premier League given the sort of player he is and what we might need this season. Although that said if the club bombed him out to get Mayuka in then it was a pointless exercise. If he has left for £4m then we've at least flipped a good profit on him and if the deal is confirmed in this transfer window then it may point to some decent activity from ourselves.
SO16_Saint Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 What with the tweets / supposed quotes flying around, not surprised he's gone (if he's gone). He was quite critical of NA and the way he was offloaded on loan and said he had no idea why he was sent out
Bailey Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 Big fan of Billy, both as a person and a footballer, and I'd welcome him back here next season. That said, if Forest are willing to pay £4m to secure his services then that would be a great deal for us. Signed for around £1.8m, scored the goals to get us over the line in our promotion bid and then sold on for more than double. THAT'S how to do business!
pingwing Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 Good deal, shame for the confusing year for the guy. At least (hopefully) it is all sorted for him now though.
Chez Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 £4m seems to be a price both sides fans are more than happy with
mitch01 Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 I'd be amazed if we got £4m. Massive fan of the guy and he was vital for us last season, but I just don't think he's cut out for the level we're at now. If he becomes a good PL striker in the future I will be happy to admit I was wrong, but I don't think he has the all-round game required for this league. The player that 'comes alive' in the penalty area is a dying breed, they need to have much more to their game. Javier Hernandez, for example, has pace and the ability to beat a man as well as clinical finishing. You just wouldn't see the likes of Earnshaw or Chopra, for example, getting a sniff in this division anymore.
Miltonroader07 Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 Sad if this is true BUT question if he is Prem standard............... but there again I think he is better than Guly !!!!!!!
Olallana Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 Sad if this is true BUT question if he is Prem standard............... but there again I think he is better than Guly !!!!!!! At LM......I "doubt" it...
Saint Stimp Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 Would be a shame in a way, if we do end up relegated I'd very much rather have him on our side than someone else's.
david in sweden Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 Rumours seem to be flying around that Sharp has joined Forest for £4m. Anyone?? well I noted that both Mc Goldrick and Mc´Lean have gone out on loan to Ipswich, so they must have " some sort of deal " lined up, and Billy has scored 10 times for Forest - so far.. silly for them not to bid for him - isn't it ?
Chez Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 silly for them not to bid for him - isn't it ?as they have him for the season, I didn't think they needed to.
david in sweden Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 (edited) as they have him for the season, I didn't think they needed to. TRUE.., but we don't know the terms of the loan, (?) maybe we have the right to re-call him ? it might be embarrassing for them to lose their top scorer if we do (?)......and ...it might be less expensive for them to buy him now, and be sure he's " on board ". If he ends up as that League's top scorer..what price might he fetch, then ? Edited 6 January, 2013 by david in sweden
supersonic Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 as they have him for the season, I didn't think they needed to. may be a deal that'll see him transferred permanently in July. Anyway, seems like a nice guy, but he isn't good enough for where we are now, or where we want to be
Mr Saints Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 Would be very foolish. If we go down he'll be vital to us next season.
supersonic Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 Would be very foolish. If we go down he'll be vital to us next season. we're planning for the premier league next season, not the championship. If we were, Sharp/Harding/Hammond would still be with us
Stepgar Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 Not according to his twitter feed just told Le tiss that he didn't know anything about it. billy sharp (@billysharp10) tweeted at 9:51 PM on Sun, Jan 06, 2013: @mattletiss7 not what I know of mate ( )
View From The Top Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 we're planning for the premier league next season, not the championship. If we were, Sharp/Harding/Hammond would still be with us We maybe planning to stay up but that doesn't mean we will. 50/50 at best I'd suggest.
Lighthouse Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 If we do go down I can't really see Rod or Lambert leaving, meaning he would still be 3rd choice striker. I'd love to see him here as those three would be a huge step towards getting promoted again. I'd prefer he stayed but I suspect Billy will want first team football. Anyway, is there anything at all behind this rumour other thanthe OP saying, 'rumours flying around'. Or is this just a bunch of nobodies on twitter retweeting a load of nonesense.
del boy Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 Where has this rumour come from? What? ...we don't want to clutter up this forum with anything like facts or evidence do we? ...what were you thinking?!
Cheam Saint Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 Great business........................ as long as we don't get relegated and lose Lambert and Ramirez.
LeBenali Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 £4 million was the figure my Forest supporting mate told me a couple of weeks ago...apparently they're resigned to losing Blackstock either now or the end of the season when his contract expires, so want to get a squad now to blend together & have a go for the top 2 next season (and if they creep into the play offs this season all the better).
BlakeySFC Posted 6 January, 2013 Posted 6 January, 2013 Its been poo-poo'd by Billy Sharp himself on Twitter.
Saint Fan CaM Posted 7 January, 2013 Posted 7 January, 2013 I have a feeling Billy would have had as good a chance in the Prem as SRL if given the opportunity - what he lacked in height he gained in movement and determination. Shame if he's moved on before the summer but perhaps its to make way for another?
tajjuk Posted 7 January, 2013 Posted 7 January, 2013 £4 million is a good deal, an honest hard working centre forward but not premiership quality IMO, especially as a lone forward.
Doctoroncall Posted 7 January, 2013 Posted 7 January, 2013 He'll be 27 next month, so at the top of his game. £4m is a good price, hope he does well - he helped get us up and seems a good lad.
lambertsrightleg Posted 7 January, 2013 Posted 7 January, 2013 why let the truth get in the way of a good thread?
OldNick Posted 7 January, 2013 Posted 7 January, 2013 why let the truth get in the way of a good thread? Exactly lol
Window Cleaner Posted 7 January, 2013 Posted 7 January, 2013 No chance of it being 4 million. Exactly, no-one in their right mind would pay £4 million for Sharp, perhaps that's what we gave them to take him off our hands.
derry Posted 7 January, 2013 Posted 7 January, 2013 He can't be recalled. He insisted on that when he agreed to go. There is really no reason for NF to pay out until next summer.
PhilippineSaint Posted 7 January, 2013 Posted 7 January, 2013 Has anybody got a link to somewhere that actually says he has been sold or is this still rumour junction?
Halo Stickman Posted 7 January, 2013 Posted 7 January, 2013 Those people that think Sharp isn’t up to the Premiership may well be right; after all, they seem to include members of our coaching staff who I readily concede are better placed than me to judge these things. However, at the start of the season, people said the same thing about Fonte and one or two others. Personally, I’d like to have seen Sharp given more of a chance to prove himself at this level but following the summer transfers that was always going to be difficult. Sadly, I can no longer see the point in us holding on to him. If we’re relegated, even allowing for the fact that Sharp has a great attitude, what motivation will he have to get us back to the Premiership when he knows that Saints will most likely reward success by loaning him back to the Championship again?
S-Clarke Posted 7 January, 2013 Posted 7 January, 2013 He can't be recalled. He insisted on that when he agreed to go. There is really no reason for NF to pay out until next summer. Their owners want to make a statement though, they want to get the fans back on their side. It's fair to say that they've ****ed a fair few off after their dealings over the last month. Their chairman is pretty vocal at the best of times via twitter etc, and is a known admirer of Sharp as a player. According to one of their fans, he's actually publicly said in one of the hospitality lounges that they will do all they can to sign him now.
alpine_saint Posted 7 January, 2013 Posted 7 January, 2013 Those people that think Sharp isn’t up to the Premiership may well be right; after all, they seem to include members of our coaching staff who I readily concede are better placed than me to judge these things. However, at the start of the season, people said the same thing about Fonte and one or two others. Personally, I’d like to have seen Sharp given more of a chance to prove himself at this level but following the summer transfers that was always going to be difficult. Sadly, I can no longer see the point in us holding on to him. If we’re relegated, even allowing for the fact that Sharp has a great attitude, what motivation will he have to get us back to the Premiership when he knows that Saints will most likely reward success by loaning him back to the Championship again? Yep. Written off and f*cked off after two short subsitution appearances. A great reward for the bloke whose goals got us over the finish line.
Noodles34 Posted 7 January, 2013 Posted 7 January, 2013 Yep. Written off and f*cked off after two short subsitution appearances. A great reward for the bloke whose goals got us over the finish line. Football is not about rewarding well paid and well looked after players, its a cut throat business, sometimes you aint wanted, tough! If they can do it to Lampard, then Billy Sharp aint going to be an exception.
alpine_saint Posted 7 January, 2013 Posted 7 January, 2013 Football is not about rewarding well paid and well looked after players, its a cut throat business, sometimes you aint wanted, tough! If they can do it to Lampard, then Billy Sharp aint going to be an exception. Noodie, imo he wasnt even given the chance to show he wasnt up to it. Especially considering how the rest of the team was also performing at that time.
OldNick Posted 7 January, 2013 Posted 7 January, 2013 Yep. Written off and f*cked off after two short subsitution appearances. A great reward for the bloke whose goals got us over the finish line. it could easily be said he nearly messed it up , after his pathetic penalty at Blackpool that turned the game to a loss. It could easily have cost us. I like BS but I do not feel he is quick enough , we do not create chances that he needs, ie in the 6 yard box, is forever off-side. He is CCC but i do not feel is the next grade up.
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