Cherries: Bradbury chasing Gregory and new centre-half (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Cherries: Bradbury chasing Gregory and new centre-half
7:00am Monday 27th June 2011 in Sport
By Ian Wadley
BOSS: Lee Bradbury
BOSS Lee Bradbury could secure Cherries’ first summer signings this week after launching bids for AFC Wimbledon midfielder Steven Gregory and a mystery Championship centre-half, believed to be Crystal Palace's Adam Barrett.
The Cherries manager edged closer to bolstering his squad by submitting a series of offers for his key close-season transfer targets in recent days.
Bradbury is aiming to imminently reap the benefits of his player search as he prepares to open talks with potential recruits.
He confirmed that he had moved swiftly in his attempts to replace Jason Pearce by agreeing a fee for an un-named central defender from the second tier, which the Echo understands is Barrett.
Bradbury is also keen to secure the services of Gregory as he tries to fill the void left by Danny Hollands’s move to Charlton Athletic.
However, he will have to wait to discover whether he will get the green light to discuss terms with Gregory as AFC Wimbledon have yet to accept a bid.
The League Two newcomers rejected an initial offer, believed to be in the region of £40,000, and labelled it “a long way below” their valuation of the former Wycombe Wanderers man.
But Cherries increased the offer and expect to get a response today. Bradbury is keen to get the deal done and believes the “athletic” midfielder would be a quality addition.
He told the Daily Echo: “I have spoken to a lot of people I respect on the non-league circuit, and in League Two, and everyone has got nothing but good things to say about him.
“I think he has got interest from other clubs as well so we are looking to secure his services as soon as possible before those other clubs try to snatch him.”
A central defender is Bradbury’s other priority signing, particularly after Pearce rejoined Portsmouth on Friday for a reported £300,000.
Chairman Eddie Mitchell yesterday confirmed Bradbury had money to spend on replacements. The Cherries manager was keen not to disclose the identity of his target but said: “We have lost Pearcey so that is one of the major things I’m looking at.
“We have agreed a bid with another club for a centre-half from the Championship. We have got talks with him in the next couple of days.”
Meanwhile, Cherries look set to miss out on signing Ben Williamson.
The rookie striker spent the final five months of last season at Dean Court and was offered a new contract by Cherries. But he is set to join Port Vale.
“It is a shame because he is a good player and I think he has a lot of potential,” added Bradbury.
“But I couldn’t guarantee him first-team football with the quality of strikers we’ve got in the squad.
“I couldn’t promise that he’d be playing every week and I think he will be doing that at Port Vale.”
Comments(47)
BMWDellboy
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7:57am Mon 27 Jun 11
wookj1
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7:58am Mon 27 Jun 11
At our level we need to release a few before we can get some in, and Lee now knows what his player budget is.
It was much more enjoyable before the internet, all this negativity does no one any good.
We have a good squad with three excellent forwards...goals win matches.
Come on you DORSET GIANTS.
BMWDellboy
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8:03am Mon 27 Jun 11
Ha,Ha,ha .... pmsl
afcbournemouth
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8:05am Mon 27 Jun 11
BMWDellboy wrote:Dell boy go and play with your rodders !
"Come on you DORSET GIANTS". Ha,Ha,ha .... pmsl
WHYNOT
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8:05am Mon 27 Jun 11
BMWDellboy wrote:why is this sad little cretin obsessed with our little club
"The League Two newcomers rejected an initial offer, believed to be in the region of £40,000". Jeeez, your not exactly splashing the cash are you, do want me to pass the bucket around St Mary's again to help you lot out ?
afcbournemouth
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8:09am Mon 27 Jun 11
WHYNOT wrote:Because he's another born and bred in BOURNEMOUTH person that either supports southnumptys or premiership team
BMWDellboy wrote: "The League Two newcomers rejected an initial offer, believed to be in the region of £40,000". Jeeez, your not exactly splashing the cash are you, do want me to pass the bucket around St Mary's again to help you lot out ?why is this sad little cretin obsessed with our little club
sea poole
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8:11am Mon 27 Jun 11
BMWDellboy
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8:16am Mon 27 Jun 11
sea poole wrote:Well he has definitely shafted you lowly Cherry fans hasn't he and building up his personal bank balance nicely thank you.
WHYNOT -Reckon BMW has been shaf*ed at some time by our Chairman!
brungo
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8:25am Mon 27 Jun 11
afcbournemouth wrote:ah well, i have looked for his comments on www.thisishampshire.
WHYNOT wrote:Because he's another born and bred in BOURNEMOUTH person that either supports southnumptys or premiership team
BMWDellboy wrote: "The League Two newcomers rejected an initial offer, believed to be in the region of £40,000". Jeeez, your not exactly splashing the cash are you, do want me to pass the bucket around St Mary's again to help you lot out ?why is this sad little cretin obsessed with our little club
net on saints stories & guess what? that's right, no sign of him so another guy with a 'peter france type of agenda in my book. there are several of their like on here unfortunately & a large percentage seem to be on this storyboard today!
lee has evidently missed 2 of his targets (out of the 4) but has many others in his sights. expect a well known name next week.
the plans to eventually buy the ground back seem to be going to plan & this must be crucial to our long term success. rumour has it that 3 clubs are close to going to the wall & i can't see us being in that worrying position again now the club is being run correctly after all those years of awful management.
good luck to joe roach by the way. a top man.
BMWDellboy
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8:29am Mon 27 Jun 11
WHYNOT wrote:I must admit I do like coming on here just to suck in the doom and gloom.
BMWDellboy wrote:why is this sad little cretin obsessed with our little club
"The League Two newcomers rejected an initial offer, believed to be in the region of £40,000". Jeeez, your not exactly splashing the cash are you, do want me to pass the bucket around St Mary's again to help you lot out ?
Our Saints site is far too friendly, stable and very optimistic for the forthcoming season with no cash flow probs, fantastic stadium, great fan base, great gates, superb manager and an upstanding and well respected Chairman.
The futures bright, its RED and WHITE.
wookj1
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8:38am Mon 27 Jun 11
We want to see loads of RED N BLACK shirts around Bournemouth,Boscombe and Christchurch over the next four weeks.
I will be proud to wear mine in Sidmouth and Exeter, and we now have a double digit fan base in Sidmouth as well. The manager of the only garage in town was proudly wearing his cherries shirt all last season.
jontee
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8:42am Mon 27 Jun 11
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You can talk all day about Pearce, but we conceded 3 from corners in the play off games. We need height.
Square Old Codger
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8:51am Mon 27 Jun 11
Local fan
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8:52am Mon 27 Jun 11
mattblackthehat
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8:58am Mon 27 Jun 11
BMWDellboy wrote:Do not feed or engage directly with the TROLL. He has so little going on in his sad pathetic little life that commenting on our MB is the highlight of his day. He deserves our pity.
WHYNOT wrote:I must admit I do like coming on here just to suck in the doom and gloom.
BMWDellboy wrote:why is this sad little cretin obsessed with our little club
"The League Two newcomers rejected an initial offer, believed to be in the region of £40,000". Jeeez, your not exactly splashing the cash are you, do want me to pass the bucket around St Mary's again to help you lot out ?
Our Saints site is far too friendly, stable and very optimistic for the forthcoming season with no cash flow probs, fantastic stadium, great fan base, great gates, superb manager and an upstanding and well respected Chairman.
The futures bright, its RED and WHITE.
BMWDellboy
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9:07am Mon 27 Jun 11
mattblackthehat wrote:Your right, I am really sad and coming on to your site cheers me up no end, lol
BMWDellboy wrote:Do not feed or engage directly with the TROLL. He has so little going on in his sad pathetic little life that commenting on our MB is the highlight of his day. He deserves our pity.
WHYNOT wrote:I must admit I do like coming on here just to suck in the doom and gloom.
BMWDellboy wrote:why is this sad little cretin obsessed with our little club
"The League Two newcomers rejected an initial offer, believed to be in the region of £40,000". Jeeez, your not exactly splashing the cash are you, do want me to pass the bucket around St Mary's again to help you lot out ?
Our Saints site is far too friendly, stable and very optimistic for the forthcoming season with no cash flow probs, fantastic stadium, great fan base, great gates, superb manager and an upstanding and well respected Chairman.
The futures bright, its RED and WHITE.
greenshoes
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10:31am Mon 27 Jun 11
Afcbpete
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10:52am Mon 27 Jun 11
jontee
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10:56am Mon 27 Jun 11
Afcbpete wrote:Totally agree, if that's true. 5-10 may not be short, but it is short for a centre back. Someone at Dean Court seems to have a blind spot about this. They need to watch some footage of last season I think.
We were in need of ONE new Centre Back before Jason left, we now need TWO!!! Looking at an article, it seems the CB is Adam Barret of Palace, he's 31 and only 5' 10". Can't say that impresses me...
Bpl333
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11:08am Mon 27 Jun 11
ProudCherry
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11:19am Mon 27 Jun 11
BMWDellboy wrote:That's alright I will enjoy watching your club fighting it's relegation battle next season and subsequent financial disaster when your sugar daddy pulls the plug, I am proud of my club living within it's means, your lot get out of debt and what do they do? go and build up another 21 million in debts, very clever that. So why not trot along and worry about your clubs future, we may not have much but at least we aren't living way above our means like your dumb **** club.
mattblackthehat wrote:Your right, I am really sad and coming on to your site cheers me up no end, lol
BMWDellboy wrote:Do not feed or engage directly with the TROLL. He has so little going on in his sad pathetic little life that commenting on our MB is the highlight of his day. He deserves our pity.
WHYNOT wrote:I must admit I do like coming on here just to suck in the doom and gloom.
BMWDellboy wrote:why is this sad little cretin obsessed with our little club
"The League Two newcomers rejected an initial offer, believed to be in the region of £40,000". Jeeez, your not exactly splashing the cash are you, do want me to pass the bucket around St Mary's again to help you lot out ?
Our Saints site is far too friendly, stable and very optimistic for the forthcoming season with no cash flow probs, fantastic stadium, great fan base, great gates, superb manager and an upstanding and well respected Chairman.
The futures bright, its RED and WHITE.
ProudCherry
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11:21am Mon 27 Jun 11
rednblack37
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11:23am Mon 27 Jun 11
BMWDellboy wrote:You should hope your words don't come back to haunt you! You scummers have had your own financial problems which will kick off again when you're relegated next season.
"The League Two newcomers rejected an initial offer, believed to be in the region of £40,000". Jeeez, your not exactly splashing the cash are you, do want me to pass the bucket around St Mary's again to help you lot out ?
Bpl333
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11:37am Mon 27 Jun 11
afcbournemouth
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12:26pm Mon 27 Jun 11
Square Old Codger
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1:32pm Mon 27 Jun 11
afcbournemouth wrote:With - Wally and Purches at full back and our backup to them a 5' 4" ex Youth Team Player, should be interesting!. Barret is a mate of Lee's , so he at least knows what he is all about, a third and "final" offer for Gregory too.
It's Adam barret our new centre back 5,11 and he's slow ,,,,, him and coops at the back oh dear
Julian1981
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1:39pm Mon 27 Jun 11
PS Scummer you have a tough season,and a few teams will bash you one lol.
Afcbpete
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2:10pm Mon 27 Jun 11
Julian1981 wrote:Julian, he calls himself BMW, so i wonder if thats because he has a little dinky, atleast I think thats the right term for his little toy lol
BMWDellboy you are all mouthy and another one sat in front of a computer acting really big.I bet you wet your pants if you came face to face with some of the supporters,i be really up for it,but then i guess you are only about 14 years old,and your mother did not have a very high IQ in teaching you anything now i am PMSL.
PS Scummer you have a tough season,and a few teams will bash you one lol.
jontee
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4:00pm Mon 27 Jun 11
harrythered
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4:07pm Mon 27 Jun 11
jontee wrote:Just looked at their official website and it doesn't say anything at all as far as I can see.
The AFC Wimbledon website states that AFCB made it clear they would be improving the offer, and therefore AFCW considered the matter closed.
harrythered
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4:15pm Mon 27 Jun 11
jontee wrote:Found what you are looking at on a fans site and it is dated 3 days ago well before we even made our second offer - old news
The AFC Wimbledon website states that AFCB made it clear they would be improving the offer, and therefore AFCW considered the matter closed.
jontee
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4:33pm Mon 27 Jun 11
harrythered wrote:No. It is the official website.
jontee wrote: The AFC Wimbledon website states that AFCB made it clear they would be improving the offer, and therefore AFCW considered the matter closed.Found what you are looking at on a fans site and it is dated 3 days ago well before we even made our second offer - old news
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Yes, it is dated Friday, but there is no update about a second offer, so I think you are splitting hairs.
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Let's hope Barrett can jump a bit higher than Pearce, unless we can find a way to avoid conceding corners and free kicks.
Tezza1965
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5:50pm Mon 27 Jun 11
If Gregory comes in and is not an instant hit we have adequate cover with Molesley and Arter, but my main concern is the centre back positions. Coops is too small. If Barrett is 5'10" then he's too small as well, no matter how good he may be in other repects. Ryan Garry is clearly not coming back, which is a great shame as I believe we would have been promoted if he'd ben in the side all season. The deafening silence from Dean Court about him does nothing to allay my fears that his career is over. Hope I'm wrong though.
The next problem for Bradders will be both full back positions. Wiggins will be sold, no doubt about that, and Smith will not be back. Cummings and Purches are both squad players only, so in short, we need two centre backs and two full backs.
Will Mitchell provide funds to fill ALL these positions?
Not a chance.
sea poole
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6:32pm Mon 27 Jun 11
afcbournemouth
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6:50pm Mon 27 Jun 11
ProudCherry
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6:58pm Mon 27 Jun 11
cherrychris75
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7:21pm Mon 27 Jun 11
There may be others around and I cant be bothered to lok at the Palace website to see if it is him until concrete news comes through.
Sure Harry must have a couple of players for us
fletch for manager
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7:23pm Mon 27 Jun 11
greenshoes wrote:Mostyn and sly as its known they do not agree with mitchells dealings
.....someone else will be leaving the club before the end of the week, not a player.....sadly thou, it isn't Mr Tango Man (EM).
greenshoes
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8:06pm Mon 27 Jun 11
fletch for manager wrote:....no not either of them, they may not agree with the Manager but nor would they disagree with him face to face.
greenshoes wrote:Mostyn and sly as its known they do not agree with mitchells dealings
.....someone else will be leaving the club before the end of the week, not a player.....sadly thou, it isn't Mr Tango Man (EM).
ducky24
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9:00pm Mon 27 Jun 11
Afcbpete
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9:30pm Mon 27 Jun 11
ducky24 wrote:For a start he only hit the ground running halfway through the season and I for one doubt he was ready due to the number of chances that went begging. But in fairness to the guy, he was on fire come the end of the season, penalty excluded, but all strikers miss those at some point. So for me, YES, he is worth that sort of money, just look at the figures being bandied about where others are concerned. He really has enourmous potential and THATS what they're paying for. If no one wants to stomp up something along those lines, then OFF is the second word... UTCIAD
Off topic I know but can anyone explain to me why we "value" Danny Ings at £1.5Million?? I don't see why he is worth more than Pitman and McQoid added together! 8 goals in 28 games is hardly anything to get excited about, when you consider an off form Mark Pugh scored 12 goals, and he isn;t even a striker! Answers on a post card please.....
Cherryfan
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9:31pm Mon 27 Jun 11
CherryChimes
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9:41pm Mon 27 Jun 11
Afcbpete wrote:Looks like Celtic think Ings is worth the £1.5m according to the Talksport website. At that kind of price I can't see us hanging on to him for the start of the season, but I hope I am wrong.
ducky24 wrote: Off topic I know but can anyone explain to me why we "value" Danny Ings at £1.5Million?? I don't see why he is worth more than Pitman and McQoid added together! 8 goals in 28 games is hardly anything to get excited about, when you consider an off form Mark Pugh scored 12 goals, and he isn;t even a striker! Answers on a post card please.....For a start he only hit the ground running halfway through the season and I for one doubt he was ready due to the number of chances that went begging. But in fairness to the guy, he was on fire come the end of the season, penalty excluded, but all strikers miss those at some point. So for me, YES, he is worth that sort of money, just look at the figures being bandied about where others are concerned. He really has enourmous potential and THATS what they're paying for. If no one wants to stomp up something along those lines, then OFF is the second word... UTCIAD
Would have liked to see him do a full season with the first team at AFCB.
sea poole
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10:47pm Mon 27 Jun 11
Northstand_dan
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2:05pm Tue 28 Jun 11
1. the club owes no-one money (from what we've been told ) if anything a considerable sum less than that a couple of years ago ( due to who? )
2. Lee Bradbury will want to put his own 'team' together and if that means letting players go to fund new signings, then so be it.
3. No-one is indispensable, Alot of you didnt want Hollands to go, nor Pearce or Pitman etc.. Football is all about money these days. I remember back in the day when Eddie Howe went to portsmouth, it seemed like the end of the world, but we get over it and move on.
It strikes me that some of the fans here are SO short sighted, has it not ocured to you that the future of the squad and team we end up may be 'better' than what we have now,
What you have to realise is that there is a certain 'dynamic' which is needed and several players will be instrumental in that, ie Fletch, we need key players like that in the team. I seriously believe that Lee is trying to build on that dynamic and loosing three players isnt the end of the world.
Look what happened when we lost, Mossy, Neil Young, Gareth O'Connor, Brian Stock, Wade Elliott, John Spicer.. we got on with it and got in newer players -okay it had a knock on, but sometimes you have to go backwards to go forwards.. this has happened and some of you are painting a much bleaker picture than the one we're actually seeing.
It's flattering that we're getting so much interest in players, its bound to happen, it happens at other clubs, not just in League 1, but all around.. Get over yourselves and get a life and wake up.... Its not ALL bad!!
Local fan
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4:36pm Wed 29 Jun 11
"Bournemouth close in on Wimbledon's Gregory"
http://www.thisisloc
allondon.co.uk/sport
/9111406.Bournemouth
_close_in_on_Wimbled
on_s_Gregory/
afcbournemouth says...
7:23am Mon 27 Jun 11