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Andrew Crofts
- Norwich City
The reigning Player of the Season's worth to the
Albion didn't go unnoticed as promoted Norwich paid
£300,000 for the former captains services. Goals
from midfield are a valuable commodity and that's
earned the Wales international a place in the
Championship after one season at Withdean. |
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Liam Dickinson - Peterborough United
Signed for £300,000 last summer and sold for
£100,000 a year later isn't the best bit of business
ever. He never really got going at Withdean and the
writing was on the wall as early as last November
when he was photographeded carrying a passed out
girl on a Monday night in West Street. |
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Adam Virgo
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Yeovil Town
Not the sort of ball
playing defender that Gus Poyet wants in his side,
he nearly moved in January but remained at the club
for the second half of the season. Released on a
free since bringing an end to a less than successful
second spell, he's signed for Yeovil Town. |
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Dean Cox - Leyton Orient Set up two goals on
Poyet's first game in charge at Southampton but it's
been a steady decline since then to the point where
he was released on a free. Always playing second
fiddle in terms of widemen once Elliott Bennett
signed, he links up with Russell Slade at Leyton
Orient. |
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Michel Kuipers
- Crawley
Town And so ends one of the great careers in
Albion history with Michel Kuipers' release from the
club. Lost his place to Sexy Pete Breozvan in
February and unable to regain it, he drops down to
the Conference for 2010/11 with moneybags Crawley
Town.
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Nicky Forster
- Brentford
Fell out with Gus after asking why he wasn't being
given a new contract in February last year despite
being top scorer at the time. Moved on loan to
Charlton and helped them into the play offs and has
now signed for Brentford, where you'd expect him to
still have goals in him. |
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Colin Hawkins
- Sporting Fingal Calamity Hawk never
featured under Gus thanks to the fact he spent most
of the season injured and also because he was of
course a complete liability. Now back in Ireland
with Sporting Fingal, his last Withdean appearance
will stick long in the memory after a red card just
90 seconds after coming on. |
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Craig Davies - Chesterfield Barn Door Davies
leaves after a grand total of one goal in just over
a year at the club. Nobody who was there will ever
forget one of the worst individual performances of
all time he put in at MK Dons in 2009 and after loan
spells with Yeovil and Port Vale, he signs on a free
for Chesterfield. |
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Sebastien Carole - None They say never go
back, but they don't say never go back twice which
is exactly what Sebastian Carole did when Gus signed
him up for a third spell at the Albion in January.
He played eight times in total before being released
in a summer and is yet to find a club. |
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Jake Wright - Oxford United Bought in as a
left back last summer to cover Jim McNulty's injury
absence, he never looked comfortable there always
appearing to be more of a centre half. A loan move
to Oxford followed and helped them to promotion from
the Conference with the move to the Kassam now
becoming permanent. |
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Gordon Greer - Swindon Town Made the move
from the County Ground to Withdean much to Swindon
supporters disgust and bemusement. Instantly
installed as captain, a ball playing centre half who
fits exactly into the Gus type of player. Only
questions surround his temperament, not helped by a
debut red card really! |
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Matt Sparrow - Scunthorpe United Over a
decades service at Scunthorpe in which he has made a
name for himself as a goalscoring midfield. The
perfect replacement for Andrew Crofts then and quite
a coup for the Albion to get him to leave his
boyhood club and drop a level at the same time. |
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Ashley Barnes
- Plymouth
Argyle Young striker who impressed on-loan
at the end of last season after replacing Nicky
Forster. That temporary deal has now been turned
permanent for a rumoured fee of around £100,000 and
with no new front line striker arriving, he has a
real chance of first team football. |
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Casper Ankergren - Leeds United Signed on
the eve of the season after an injury to Peter
Brezovan and Gus not being convinced with Michael
Poke. A dependable goalkeeper at this level who
helped Leeds United to promotion last season and
should be more than good enough for League One. |
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Marcos Painter
- Swansea City Like Barnes, another loanee
who turned their deal into a permanent move. He
signed on a free after being released by Swansea
City where he lifted the League One title in 2008.
His arrival alongside Inigo Calderon the catalyst to
the up turn in form in the second half of last
season. |
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Kazenga LuaLua - Newcastle United Signed on
loan in the second half of last season, he is back
for a similar agreement this time from Newcastle
United. Electric winger with a powerful shot who
really impressed at Withdean and a big signing to
have made. Hopefully a precursor to a permanent
deal. |
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Radostin Kishishev - FC Litex Lovetch Played
under Gus at Leeds and has moved from the
wonderfully named Bulgarian side Litex Lovetch. A
vastly experienced international player who has
played in the Premier League and Championship and
will fill the holding midfield role while dictating
the pace of the game. |
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Liam
Bridcutt - Chelsea Young holding midfielder
bought in to play back up to the aging Kishishev who
he will learn the game from. He arrives on a free
after being released from Chelsea having had loan
spells at Yeovil, Watford and Stockport over the
last few seasons. |
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Fran
Sandaza - Dundee United Not the 30 goal a
season man we were expecting. Striker who looks
suspiciously like a horse and arrives from Dundee
United were he was a semi-regular scorer in the SPL.
Given our last two signings from Scotland were Steve
Thomson and Graeme Smith, we won't hold our breath. |
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Agustin Battipiedi -
Club Comunicaciones Young Argentinian
midfielder who has arrived after some serious
scouting of South America in the summer. Not much is
known about him other than he has signed a one year
deal. Looked neat and tidy in pre-season but the
jury is out on if he will be good enough for League
One. |
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Cristian Baz - Club Comunicaciones The
second young player to come from Argentina this
summer. A striker or wide man who judging by some of
his highlights on YouTube has an eye for the
spectacular goals from distance. Will have to fight
off a lot of competition to get a chance this
season. |
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Torbjorn Agdestein - Stord IL Young striker
who continued the international feel of the new
Brighton and Hove Albion signing from his native
Norway. Tall and imposing, he appears to be a target
man esque player with an eye for goal. He is also
rather good looking in that traditional Scandinavian
way. |
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Michael Poke - Southampton Goalkeeper who
spent last season on-loan at Torquay and signed
following his release from Southampton. Originally
bought in to challenge Brezovan for the number one
shirt, Ankergren's arrival has in all reality seen
him slip to third choice. |