Sign Dean Hammond permanently - yes or no?

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Sign Hammond permanently?

  • Yes

    Votes: 24 9.6%

  • No

    Votes: 227 90.4%
  • Total voters
    251



If he takes up a coaching role on a small wage and is not a usual starter, then yes.

Otherwise, a huge no.
 
Yh seen quite a lot of him this season and would take him he's one of those midfielders whos not scared to get so many yellow cards from bad tackles to stop attacking runs from the opposition he seems to be the Doyle replacement we needed mixed with a bit of nastiness a basic midfielder who makes the nasty tackles when needed
 
Ricky said:
Oh I don't know about that, we had one or two chances early on in that game. Burton at home on the other hand was simply unbelievable.
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I wonder funny little posters Bladesmad alter ego posted this on 1st October

"Leicester signed him when they were in the Championship. He barely made 10 appearances last season. They renewed his contract in the summer knowing he'd be no more than a back up player - 5th or 6th choice midfielder. Do you think they would've given him a considerable wage rise?

I'd estimate paying about 120k until January (10k p/w wage contribution) then maybe 8k p/w for 2 and a half years after paying a minimal transfer fee.

I should think it's entirely affordable with the Murphy fee and inevitable future departures and subsequent reduction of the wage bill.

Worth it? I think it probably would be. It would be quite a low risk signing as far as older players go. He's got a good attitude and being the type of player he is won't decline too much for quite a while yet. Occasionally investing in experience like this is OK, signing too many of them isn't. At the end of the day it's players like this who are most likely to get you promoted."

Got any clues "Ricky"?
 
Lt. J Dangle said:
It's the stuff he does that you dont see:

Shouts "Come on lads!!!" just before the team leave the dressing room, also bounces the ball on the floor with great purpose. Rallies the troops does that

Makes a smashing cuppa

Gets a shine on the Gaffer's shoes to military standard

Parallel parks like no other

Really good with his hands. I mean REALLY good
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What about the peeling and giving out the oranges at half time . If Adkins is here next season so will Hammond.

UTB
 
Top Cat said:
I wonder funny little posters Bladesmad alter ego posted this on 1st October

"Leicester signed him when they were in the Championship. He barely made 10 appearances last season. They renewed his contract in the summer knowing he'd be no more than a back up player - 5th or 6th choice midfielder. Do you think they would've given him a considerable wage rise?

I'd estimate paying about 120k until January (10k p/w wage contribution) then maybe 8k p/w for 2 and a half years after paying a minimal transfer fee.

I should think it's entirely affordable with the Murphy fee and inevitable future departures and subsequent reduction of the wage bill.

Worth it? I think it probably would be. It would be quite a low risk signing as far as older players go. He's got a good attitude and being the type of player he is won't decline too much for quite a while yet. Occasionally investing in experience like this is OK, signing too many of them isn't. At the end of the day it's players like this who are most likely to get you promoted."

Got any clues "Ricky"?
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Hey up Geets. I don't think anyone thought Hammond could possibly be so past it. Not even Adkins, evidently.
 
Top Cat said:
I wonder funny little posters Bladesmad alter ego posted this on 1st October

"Leicester signed him when they were in the Championship. He barely made 10 appearances last season. They renewed his contract in the summer knowing he'd be no more than a back up player - 5th or 6th choice midfielder. Do you think they would've given him a considerable wage rise?

I'd estimate paying about 120k until January (10k p/w wage contribution) then maybe 8k p/w for 2 and a half years after paying a minimal transfer fee.

I should think it's entirely affordable with the Murphy fee and inevitable future departures and subsequent reduction of the wage bill.

Worth it? I think it probably would be. It would be quite a low risk signing as far as older players go. He's got a good attitude and being the type of player he is won't decline too much for quite a while yet. Occasionally investing in experience like this is OK, signing too many of them isn't. At the end of the day it's players like this who are most likely to get you promoted."

Got any clues "Ricky"?
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Whoever it is will probably be somewhat peturbed by that stalkers post I'd imagine...
 
I think Mr Adkins will sign him and probably make him captain. He may have been a good signing a few years ago but now. If he does sign I wouldn't give him more than a one year contract and see how it goes.
 
Tyler Durden said:
Crewe in general was still the worst display I've seen all season, and there have been many contenders.
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A lot have said the same, but for me the performance and the result seemed fairly par for the course. Although it would've been a rout under Hasselbaink.
 
loyalblade95 said:
Yh seen quite a lot of him this season and would take him he's one of those midfielders whos not scared to get so many yellow cards from bad tackles to stop attacking runs from the opposition he seems to be the Doyle replacement we needed mixed with a bit of nastiness a basic midfielder who makes the nasty tackles when needed
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He gets yellow cards cos he is way too far off the pace and the only way he can make up for it is to foul the player. He's not nasty - he is just slow - too slow to play an effective role in this team. I don't see him as a reducer or a playmaker. He just seems to be there to make up the numbers. He's not particularly good in the air - certainly no threat at set pieces. There must be a lot of stuff that goes on that nobody sees cos there is precious little during the game.
 
SBSP said:
Hammond could well be the deciding factor on my season ticket next year.

If Adkins signs him, it shows he hasn't got a clue and would be another wasted season.
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Oy!!...... Fuck off. There's only 1 SpongeBob round here
:p;)
 



Where's the 'over my dead body' option?

The only think lacking is if he'd be a bit more injury prone then that would make him the perfect signing to sum up all that is wrong with us.
 
Almost nobody wants him, yet the vote on keeping Adkins is a lot closer. The two come as a package. If you want to keep Adkins, you are going to get Hammond. You can take that to the goddamn bank!
 
Bugboyblade said:
I think Mr Adkins will sign him and probably make him captain. He may have been a good signing a few years ago but now. If he does sign I wouldn't give him more than a one year contract and see how it goes.
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The golden oldies we've had in the past - Mcgrath, Cowans, McCall were all known names, Hammond? Never heard of him until we signed him, that says it all.

Big no for me.
 
If he's gonna sign for us, we need to start using his proper double barrelled name. Radio Sheff use all the time in their Blades commentaries. . . . . . .
Dean Hammond-Sideways.
 
spongebobblade said:
Oy!!...... Fuck off. There's only 1 SpongeBob round here
:p;)
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In fairness SBSP has been registered 4 years longer than you so, erm, off jellyfishing you go matey boy. ;)

And a post on topic. I can't believe 15 people want to sign a player who can't run, pass, shoot, tackle or control a football. He might be the best talker around, but that's no use if he's not capable of contributing on the pitch.

Please, sign somebody with some footballing ability instead. Hammond may have been good before; I don't know as he's another I'd never heard of before we signed him; but the evidence is clear to see. He isn't now. We need better.
 
Waiting for Hammond to sign (on big bucks) and then waiting forever for him to perform like Adkins said he could is probably the single biggest downer on the whole season and cost us any remote chance of the play-offs. Adkins must think fans are mugs if he thinks we can't see what a total waster he's been. A 'class' player that can't run, mark-up or tackle without fouling and racking up bookings. He's been lousy, his poor back-header led to the goal yesterday, and he's cost us several games and points. He seems to lack enthusiastiasm and drive, pointing and shouting doesn't fool anybody, McCall was nearly a decade older but ten times the player for us.

I'm still sitting on the fence with Adkins, mainly because I can't believe he's as bad as he seems right now, and the thought of going through the whole managerial ball-game again whilst McCabe still runs the show seems pointless. BUT if he tries to sign Hammond again, that'll do it for me, he'd have to go.
 
For me the big stumbling block with Hammond is the wages. Performance wise most would agree he's picked up the last couple of months, however not by enough to justify £15,000 a week (best guess).

Another year at this wage equates to £780,000. This money could be much better spent on a couple of young, hungry up and coming players as opposed to someone in the twilight of their career.
 
Offers us nothing. Adkins admits he's limited in ability but thinks he makes up for it with hard work. Sadly he's now on the downward curve of his career so the 'hard work' he puts in is less effective as he can't cover the ground he used to which means he's easy to run past and is just a yellow/red card waiting to happen. Adkins says he does a lot of unseen work. I can only say he must hide it very well as it's completely passed me and 99% of our fans by. Adkins says Hammond is a model pro. If he's after model pro's you can pick up subutteo kits on EBay for next to nothing ......he can then use the rest of cash to buy a younger, fitter, more talented player. Signing Hammond would be a very worrying statement of intent and would probably be enough to move me from the 'Adkins In' camp to the 'Adkins Out' camp.
 
Billpuntonsbaldhead said:
If I had my way he would be signing on.
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With the way McCabe makes his decisions I am surprised we still have a club.

Any manager can come and go but while that tit still sells off our best players and sacks managers the Blades merry go round continues.
 



Signing him or not really seems to be an influential factor for a lot of us when it comes to backing Adkins or not.

Nearly 200 now... come on, we can get there.
 
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