Greg Halford signs

[Cricko]

The 2 last words in your paragraph should be in our swear filter! ☠

 

[Colchester and proud!]

The 2 last words in your paragraph should be in our swear filter! ☠

I knew that would be a controversial comment!

 

[Leigh_Seasider]

The 2 last words in your paragraph should be in our swear filter! ☠

He is by his better known name, ****

 

[Rattus Norvegicus]

I wonder if he is getting paid, he offered to play for free until January........

Sorry to be a pedant but it is not possible to have someone playing for free - it is the law of this country that there is a minimum wage.

Otherwise you get organisations (such as the large U.S. companies that make huge profits in this country and pay little to no tax) offering "work experience" to vulnerable and desperate youngsters and getting free labour.

 

[undercovershrimper]

You know when you hit rock bottom, when you're scraping up ex- scummers in desperation

We have had quite a few now, White, Vernon, Halford, Baldwin, Heath

 

[amsemp]

You can see in this show reel where Greg plays best, defence and midfield, but that long throw and aerial ability is a great help for the attack side of things. He is also pretty decent in the dark arts of football, and winding the opposition up, he learned from the master, Karl Duguid!

Mods can we review the swear filter, this one slipped through the net.

 

[Colchester and proud!]

We have had quite a few now, White, Vernon, Halford, Baldwin, Heath

You have had loads over the years and we have had quite a few from you too. Some are covered on the Essex derby Wiki page but there are lots more I am sure. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_derby

 

[Westcliff Shrimper]

You can see in this show reel where Greg plays best, defence and midfield, but that long throw and aerial ability is a great help for the attack side of things. He is also pretty decent in the dark arts of football, and winding the opposition up, he learned from the master, Karl Duguid!

Thanks CaP for this. Can see why he's been used in midfield, not a bad passer at all and has/had a bit of a turn of pace over a couple of yards. Good feet for a big lad.

If he keeps fit and contributes over the next month, I don't see why his deal shouldn't be extended until the end of the season. Seems a very good signing for a very young and inexperienced squad.

 

[Colchester and proud!]

Thanks CaP for this. Can see why he's been used in midfield, not a bad passer at all and has/had a bit of a turn of pace over a couple of yards. Good feet for a big lad.

If he keeps fit and contributes over the next month, I don't see why his deal shouldn't be extended until the end of the season. Seems a very good signing for a very young and inexperienced squad.

No problem WS. Obviously this is just a snapshot of his performance for a few of his more recent clubs. When you think his transfer fees total around 7 Million he must have something about him! Having said that the club who got by far the most games out of him was Colchester we also got over 2 million for him from Reading.

 

[Evening Echo]

GREG Halford instigated his switch to Southend United by posting a plea to extend his career on social networking site LinkedIn.

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[flangejackrabbit]

According to the BBC he was training with Grimsby before coming down here. They must be kicking themselves even harder than we thought!

 

[czabby]

Greg on talksport in a minute

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

According to the BBC he was training with Grimsby before coming down here. They must be kicking themselves even harder than we thought!

Their keeper must be thinking how did they let him slip between their fingers.

 

[dougy161]

According to the BBC he was training with Grimsby before coming down here. They must be kicking themselves even harder than we thought!

Just wait for the return leg when we sign Bilel too

 

[Evening Echo]

GREG Halford spent a week training with Grimsby Town before scoring against them on his Southend United debut.

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[gibbinson]

Greg on talksport in a minute

What did he say?

 

[GDM]

'I put out an SOS' - Halford scores after joining Southend for free

Greg Halford says he "put out an SOS" offering to play for free before joining Southend, scoring on his debut hours later.

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[czabby]

With us till the middle of jan...he offered to pay for nothing but “to their credit” Southend out a package together for hi ..MM wants to use his utility man credentials...sounded a really genuine guy who had got his appetite for the game back after a poor time injury wise at Aberdeen....said he was a lucky the ball hit a dodgy part of the pitch before it reached the keeper...

 

[davewebbsbrain]

GREG Halford spent a week training with Grimsby Town before scoring against them on his Southend United debut.

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This is hilarious

 

[kentblues]

Dont forget until the very end of last week we were still Umbongo tied- so understandable he would explore that option. Imagine our Umbongo clearing would have killed the Grimsby option if we were keen and able to complete the signing. And certainly Grimsby wanting him to do more tp prove his fitness was never going to fly unless he had no other offers.