superward Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 It was a long way away but it looked tonight as though all that height meant it took Ripley longer to get down. Going to assume you are taking the piss here. Yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergi4 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 It was a long way away but it looked tonight as though all that height meant it took Ripley longer to get down.Guess Usain Bolt would be faster if he was smaller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermarv Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Jamie Murphy signed with Brighton 1.75mil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Jamie Murphy signed with Brighton 1.75mil Really hope we had a sell on clause attached when we sold him. £1.75 million isnae too shabby when apparently he was only worth £100/150k when we sold him! Mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Really hope we had a sell on clause attached when we sold him. £1.75 million isnae too shabby when apparently he was only worth £100/150k when we sold him! Mental. It's amazing how inflated the prices are down south. If we had managed to get that for him, we could have paid Les back in a single shot and still had a few quid left over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolhandluc Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 http://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2015/08/14/baraclough-previews-dons-clash/ Bara saying that we're still looking to bring another signing in but no clue as to who or from where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siebsbarmyarmy Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Great move for Jamie. Well done lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey_Dosser Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Delighted for Jamie. Hopefully Strachan gives him a chance this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daver Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 FFS...ok we will ditch him and try and sign a feckin midget just in case it might happen again. Is wee Dan more to your liking, My tongue was firmly in my cheek with that comment but I don't have smileys on my phone. My point is that a lot of people seem to think that signing a tall goalie is the answer to our perceived goalkeeping problems. There's a lot more to being a goalkeeper than just being tall and it remains to be seen if Ripley is better than Twardzik (from the little I've seen of him he possibly is) but he wasn't particularly convincing at the second goal. Hopefully that was just a blip and he will go on to have a great spell with us but he's not guaranteed to be brilliant just because he's tall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Pepper Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Just saw on Twitter than Jamie Murphy is off to Brighton on an undisclosed fee. Did we have a sell on clause in his contract when he went to Sheffield United? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Just saw on Twitter than Jamie Murphy is off to Brighton on an undisclosed fee. Did we have a sell on clause in his contract when he went to Sheffield United? Sure did. 25% too so s nice wee lift! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 I must admit I'd be pretty amazed if we'd managed to work in a 25% sell on clause into a deal for a player who was in the last six months of his contract. If it is indeed the case as you suggest Mitch, that's bloody excellent work by whoever negotiated that deal at Motherwell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmsd Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 According to this mornings paper its 2.5mil he went for !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one m in motherwell Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 £1.75 million being touted yesterday. Even the sell on clause was round the 10% mark (which seems much more likely than 25%) it's a reasonable return whichever figure he actually went for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The African Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 If the best we could get for Murphy was around £150,000, what is the likelyhood that we were able to negotiate any kind of sell on clause? I would love it if we were due anything from this deal, but we were pretty much screwed by the deal with regard to the size of the fee so I can see no reason why it ended there. Hope I am wrong mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goggles & Flippers Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 If it is £1.75m and we did negotiate 25% then Sheffield Utd letting a well regarded player (from all accounts I've seen) go for £1.3m is good business in isolation considering what they paid for him, but not what I assumed they'd be willing to let him go for. All our deals now have sell on clauses, so we're looking at £175k at worst I reckon and £625k at best in a column of the balance sheet which is no doubt covered in cobwebs. Good news regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 There were 2 or 3 add ons and its quite possible that a sell on clause was one of these. From press reports however, it seems at least one of the so called add ons was tied to Sheffield United gaining promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al B Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 He's done brilliantly at United and deserves his shot at the higher level with Brighton. Will do his Scotland chances no harm at all, and i'd imagine international eyes will be there fairly often anyway to keep an eye on Jack Harper's progress, so he's certainly in the right place if that's his ambition. Sheffield United's Player of the Year, Players Player of the Year, Goal of The Season, and a reasonable money move up the leagues. Has to be up there with our most successful Fir Park products, and hopefully will be heavily used by the club as an example to our young players and transfer targets of what can happen with the right attitude and hard work. Potentially also shuts the lid on the Murphy/Goodwillie debate that has rumbled on for 10 years. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yassin Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Could we have potentially compromised on the fee, which was probably a bit on the low side, in return for a sell on clause? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onthefringes Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 If the best we could get for Murphy was around £150,000, what is the likelyhood that we were able to negotiate any kind of sell on clause? I would love it if we were due anything from this deal, but we were pretty much screwed by the deal with regard to the size of the fee so I can see no reason why it ended there. Hope I am wrong mind. We got nowhere near £150,000 with the figure nearer half that. The club can have potentially made more in add on fees alone, but, it'scale an unknown among the rank and file what any clauses were. Source's brother is on the board at Brammal Lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Potentially also shuts the lid on the Murphy/Goodwillie debate that has rumbled on for 10 years. A debate that was only ever a debate due to Dundee United's pro bono PR department at BBC Sport Scotland. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey_Dosser Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 A debate that was only ever a debate due to Dundee United's pro bono PR department at BBC Sport Scotland. Too many in our own support were quick to undervalue Murphy too. Would love to come into contention with Scotland. McGhee will likely see plenty of him at Brighton now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Too many in our own support were quick to undervalue Murphy too You can say that again, but sadly par for the course. Most weeks there were a number of posts on here of the "hides in games" and "too lightweight" category. Seems like the best way for one of players to get credit is to leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Murphy was a great player. Skill, pace, an eye for goal. Good luck to him, hope he does well as it can only reflect well on us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornelius_Tabernacle Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 You can say that again, but sadly par for the course. Most weeks there were a number of posts on here of the "hides in games" and "too lightweight" category. Seems like the best way for one of players to get credit is to leave. From a Sheffield Utd fan: "Jamie Murphy sold, £2 million plus add-ons to Brighton. He's great on his day, easily one of the best players in the league, but is so inconsistent and gets bullied out of games. I'm gutted he's gone as it's not a good time to lose one of your better players, but it's also a good fee. However, it won't be if we waste the money/don't spend any of it." He was too lightweight. Regardless, he was a fantastic player, but getting a move to Brighton doesn't change any of his attributes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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