Carl Griffiths

[RodBee]

Whispers coming out of Leyton Orient say that now they have made a couple of signings we will be signing Carl Griffiths from them.

The price a low £15,000 - they re-signed him for £100,000 on a three year contract but want him off the payroll.

Is this the experienced forward we could do with??

 

[Edmundo]

Possibly. Isn't he very injury-prone? If so, he'll fit in very well!!

£15,000 is chicken-feed, but how much are his wages and how long a contract will we need to offer?

I've certainly heard dafter suggestions.

 

[Tommy69]

We've been linked with him before - does anyone else remember the rumour about swapping Scotty P. for him a year or so ago?

 

[Park Royal Ben]

Orient Fan on their Rivals board reckons his wages are £900 a week basic.

Reading the thread some would be happy for him to go while others still rate him.

 

[Bee H]

I'd rather have Scotty P

 

[Bigbee]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Bee H:
I'd rather have Scotty P</font>

We still have dont we ? Trouble is he needs to find where the net is or feed a partner up front who does .

 

[B2B]

Scotty P will never be a 25 a season man, he creates more than he scores and needs a strong and big front man alongside him - not sure waht to make of Griffiths though.....

 

[Baz Bee]

Trouble is if we want to suceed then we need two 20+ goals a season men. If we do manage to obtain such creatures would there then be a place for Scotty P in the starting line up? We must not lose sight that promotion is what we need and no matter how “nice” a player may be if they are not going to be able to assist in producing the end result then they should only figure on the subs bench.

 

[Bee H]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Baz Bee:
Trouble is if we want to suceed then we need two 20+ goals a season men. .</font>

What's the point, they'll only be GIVEN AWAY to the bottom team 3/4 of the way thru' the season

 

[nick logan]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Tommy69:
We've been linked with him before - does anyone else remember the rumour about swapping Scotty P. for him a year or so ago?</font>

if only!

 

[Mr Tree]

yes, griffiths will definitely leave the o's, along with steve watts (tho that's a bit more doubtful, i hear)...

where he'll go, i don't know... i certainly don't think, upon seeing him, he was a "class above" div 3... i don't think he'd be the answer to our problems

 

[Trandy]

From Luton Official Site

Kinnear set to sign striker Carl Griffiths
Luton manager Joe Kinnear is set to sign Leyton Orient striker Carl Griffiths on Monday, subject to a medical.

Griffiths, who will be 30 on July 16, scored 19 goals for Orient last season and has 125 League goals to his name from 330 appearances.

He began his career as a trainee at Shrewsbury and then Manchester City paid half a million for him in 1993. since then, he has had spells at Portsmouth, Peterborough, Orient, Wrexham, Port Vale and back to Orient in December 1999. In total, £1,215,000 has been paid for him in transfer fees.

He will become Joe’s second summer signing after Aaron Skelton joined the Club from Colchester United on Wednesday.

 

[K55]

It's been confirmed that Griffiths has joined Luton for £65,000.

 

[B2B]

no real loss is it?