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Skysports.com understands Sheffield United have agreed a fee with Watford for Darius Henderson.

Henderson has attracted interest from Cardiff, Birmingham and Wolves, but United have jumped to the head of the queue for the big striker by agreeing a deal with Watford.

Watford have given Henderson permission to open talks with United over a possible move to Bramall Lane.

Henderson scored 13 goals for Watford last season, but they have reluctantly decided to let the former Gillingham man leave Vicarage Road.

United boss Kevin Blackwell has moved for Henderson as he seeks a replacement for Derby-bound Rob Hulse and Henderson is expected to tie up his move to Yorkshire early next week.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...842896,00.html

I would have rather us have kept Hulse than sign Henderson if i'm honest.

Not a bad signing Henderson, i thought some1 had put yet another Relish thread up for a second though lol.

Not a bad signing Henderson, i thought some1 had put yet another Relish thread up for a second though lol.

yeh me too :hihi:

I thought Day Before Thursdayites would enjoy that bit of news. He's nobbut a thug, and I'm hoping we haven't got him. If we have, I hope I'm proved wrong, but I don't consider him to be a good signing at all.

We don't need a striker; we need a midfielder, and a centre back.

You have needed a decent midfielder since jagielka left.

We don't need a striker; we need a midfielder, and a centre back.

Exactly.

Also why let Hulse go and replace him with f**king Henderson.

Bad move in my opinion.

Henderson has been looking for a move for time hasn't he, he's been unsettled at Vicarage road for ages.

Do watford have any strikers left?

Kabba, Ellington and Henderson all gone or going.

They look like the hasbeens now anyway Watford they had a crap season last time around and they could struggle this season, there boring anyway.

Watford will struggle next season I reckon.

Signing Harley on a free transfer suggests they will.

Watford are crap, Bothroyd is annoying and there ground is shocking.

Exactly.

Also why let Hulse go and replace him with f**king Henderson.

Bad move in my opinion.

I totally agree with you, i don't want Henderson at Bramall.
Wished we have kept Hulse. :(

Maybe we signed him because he always seems to score against us?

I think the Hulse transfer is a good bit of business. I hope I'm wrong due to his being a top bloke, but I'd be surprised if he makes a full recovery from that horrific injury and a serious assault on promotion means we're best to not carry any passengers.

Give Henderson a chance.

As a Wednesday fan,it's a no brainer, Hulse is better than Henderson. But I don't know how badly the injury has affected Hulse and it depends on the money as well. I would've thought someone who has a proven scoring record in Premiership football would command a higher wage than a man who hasn't. He's a big lad and might be worth throwing on for 15 minutes at the end of the match though.

You have needed a decent midfielder since jagielka left.

Jagielka was an ok midfielder but a world class defender.

We haven't had a decent midfielder (goalscoring central midfielder that is) since Brown left.

Jagielka was a top defender.

He could just adapt to the midfield role if need be.

Like stockers said we havnt had a decent goal scoring midfielder since Brown.

Jagielka was an ok midfielder but a world class defender.

We haven't had a decent midfielder (goalscoring central midfielder that is) since Brown left.

People tend to put world class labels on just good footballers these days. Pele recently said that the last world class player produced in UK was Paul Gascoigne, and I'm not going to argue with the great man.

People tend to put world class labels on just good footballers these days. Pele recently said that the last world class player produced in UK was Paul Gascoigne, and I'm not going to argue with the great man.

Ay when you're talking about a player such as Gazza, Jagielka probably isn't world class. He's got enough about him to become a regular England player which probably doesn't make him world class :hihi:

I was surprised to hear this. Not that Henderson isn't a good player, I'm sure he is - and I reckon he's much more of an aerial threat than Hulse or anyone else we have at the club right now. But I thought we had more urgent priorities, like getting Cotterill back and maybe adding another midfielder of some experience and composure.

I'm not sorry to see Hulse go. He's actually only had one good season in the last four or five and that was with Leeds. He's never quite cut it for the Blades although he's looked good in flashes, but since he came back from injury he's looked well out of sorts. Remember he flopped with West Brom too.

I thought that Beattie with Stead as back up would be enough, but maybe one of them two are still due to leave?

I was surprised to hear this. Not that Henderson isn't a good player, I'm sure he is - and I reckon he's much more of an aerial threat than Hulse or anyone else we have at the club right now. But I thought we had more urgent priorities, like getting Cotterill back and maybe adding another midfielder of some experience and composure.

I'm not sorry to see Hulse go. He's actually only had one good season in the last four or five and that was with Leeds. He's never quite cut it for the Blades although he's looked good in flashes, but since he came back from injury he's looked well out of sorts. Remember he flopped with West Brom too.

I thought that Beattie with Stead as back up would be enough, but maybe one of them two are still due to leave?

Shelton is on his way apparently.

That would leave us with Beattie, Webber, Sharp, Stead and Darius "the c**t" Henderson.

Enough I think to be honest.

It's not looking too good down at the lane is it.

First Hulse, then Shelton.

Form splashing the cash to being a selling club in just a few short years. Must make your eyes water. :hihi:

It's not looking too good down at the lane is it.

First Hulse, then Shelton.

Form splashing the cash to being a selling club in just a few short years. Must make your eyes water. :hihi:

It looks far better than the situation a few miles north:gag:

At least when the Blades sell, they bring in some replacements:cool:

well done blackwell not ! why is it just about every sheff utd manager are obssesed with strikers,havent we got enough on the payroll already ,if the signing does happen in my opinion it would be a like for like replacement but hulse was a better player, surely the money could be more wisely invested in a midfielder or defender just my opinion :loopy::loopy:

It's not looking too good down at the lane is it.

First Hulse, then Shelton.

Form splashing the cash to being a selling club in just a few short years. Must make your eyes water. :hihi:

I know your post was made in jest, but we have received more than Hulse is worth and he was in the last year of his contract. We have replaced him with a better player in Henderson, and Henderson will score more goals than Hulse.

Shelton has hardly played for us and, although he has looked good in a couple of games, he is not good at scoring goals.

united have signed darius henderson from watford for £2 million, blackie obviously knew he was coming thats why he let hulse go.

united have signed darius henderson from watford for £2 million, blackie obviously knew he was coming thats why he let hulse go.

26yr old, powerhouse, proven in the Championship....i think we've done well to get Henderson as Hulse' replacement, probably in less wages as well.

Good signing Mr Blackwell.

hooray another striker we're desperate for one of those

hooray another striker we're desperate for one of those

you can never have too many good strikers, what happens if sharp and/or beattie get injured or suspended, we need cover and plus we need competition for places. good business from blackie

poor signings by neil warnock,akinbadbuy,luton shelton lost 1million on both of them,both nowhere near good enough,i still dont understand why he bought stead i quite like him ,but he never seems to get a look in just bit part player.i think warnock fancied him self as a star maker billy big balls imo

Don't forget Horsefield he was a total waste of money,Hulse did well for us upto his injury scoring 8 goals,but from December 2007 to May 2008 he scored 0,Henderson played 35 (6) as sub,scoring 13 goals in a very poor Watford side,he is younger than Hulse,if we lose Beattie to injury we have no target men in the squad,so I think this is a good signing ,we only need Cotterill & maybe Martin,I would love Eagles to come to the Lane.

god we're a misserable bunch us Blades..... I'm ashamed by our doom and gloom nature sometimes.

I agree with Tosh's post.

Hulse did well in Prem, but he's not been same since returning from injury. It was Blackwell's choice to sell him (after giving him a decent run out pre-season) so he's obviously decided he's still not ready to play a decent part in season.

Henderson did well last season. he's a physical player. I think him and Beattie will put the fear of god into defences next season.

I agree we still need a Centre Back, Winger, and Centre Mid, but it's not like anyone has said "If you sign Henderson you can't sign anyone else". We should still have around £10m to spend.

It's not looking too good down at the lane is it.

First Hulse, then Shelton.

Form splashing the cash to being a selling club in just a few short years. Must make your eyes water. :hihi:

Its true, we must be a selling club by letting one player who scored no goals last season go for £1.75M and then buying one who scored 13 for £2M. Yeah... Selling club.

Its true, we must be a selling club by letting one player who scored no goals last season go for £1.75M and then buying one who scored 13 for £2M. Yeah... Selling club.

Ok, you put £0.25m in yourselves.

But you had to sell before you could buy.

That's worse than us!!

Ok, you put £0.25m in yourselves.

But you had to sell before you could buy.

That's worse than us!!


But, come now; you know it isn't.

It's good business. Hulse may never quite recapture the form he showed before his horrific injury - £1.75M is a good return (and on Derby's part, a gamble).

£2M is a decent figure for Henderson whom I think will perform well under Blackwell (being a lad from Doncaster).

Beattie, Sharp, Webber and Henderson are strikers who would probably get into any other side in the division (and possibly the PL) with the exception of Wendy of course.

You couldn't afford them.:hihi:

No way is Henderson as good as Hulse,I hope im proven wrong.

I think that 2 million which could go up to 2.5 million+ depending on appearances is a bit pricey.

http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=19479

No way is Henderson as good as Hulse,I hope im proven wrong.

You already were last season. He played FAR better than Hulse.

Ok, you put £0.25m in yourselves.

But you had to sell before you could buy.

That's worse than us!!

Well, I don't think we had to sell before we could buy, but still having only spent £250,000 so far this season is still probably beyond the means of some championship sides, isn't it?

It's not looking too good down at the lane is it.

First Hulse, then Shelton.

Form splashing the cash to being a selling club in just a few short years. Must make your eyes water. :hihi:

why do you bother posting ??

hooray another striker we're desperate for one of those


yes we are.. you cant score goals without them every often

yes we are.. you cant score goals without them every often

Especially now that we have sold Hulse and lost Beattie to injury!

why do you bother posting ??

It's called banter.

Some people know that it's a bit of fun, and they laugh along with it.

Some blades even give it back, and some of us Owls laugh along.

Now, are you going to tell me that you never post any 'banter'? Or do I have to start linking to your previous posts to prove my point?

I much prefer hulse to henderson but i'm hoping henderson pulls it out of the bag and proves us wrong.

Blackwell should have put the money to a strong midfielder and bring in a strong defender aswell.

to be fair though, he only paid slightly more than what you got for hulse so in theory you should still have plenty of cash left for a midfielder and defender if he finds any. obviously it will depend on your wage budget aswell

Ok, you put £0.25m in yourselves.

But you had to sell before you could buy.

That's worse than us!!

Are you stupid,do you know anything about football,McCabe has given Blackwell £12.25m to spend on transfers,try reading the papers or go onto the official site & learn.If you cannot say anything positive don't say anything at all.

It's called banter.

Some people know that it's a bit of fun, and they laugh along with it.

Some blades even give it back, and some of us Owls laugh along.

Now, are you going to tell me that you never post any 'banter'? Or do I have to start linking to your previous posts to prove my point?

You Owl's will laugh along ,well that's all you have to do, you have nothing else.

I much prefer hulse to henderson but i'm hoping henderson pulls it out of the bag and proves us wrong.

Blackwell should have put the money to a strong midfielder and bring in a strong defender aswell.

we've got plenty of cash left.

I think this is the problem most blades are struggling to come to terms with. Gone are the days when spending £2m on a player is beyond us.

Henderson for Hulse was pretty much a straight swap when you think about it. Henderson is only young, most likely on less money, and I'm sure he'll score more goals than hulse next season.

And after the above transaction, we should still have around £10m to spend.

Lets say £1.5m on Cotterill, then we'll have £8.5m to spend on a decent centre half and centre mid. that's over £4m each for two players. Now I don't think many players worth over £4m will come to us anyway, so what's the problem with spending £2m on another striker?

yes we are.. you cant score goals without them every often

what i'm saying is we should really be concentrating on strengthening other areas of the squad. we've been very striker heavy for a long time now and i think blackwell needs to readdress that balance

Lets say £1.5m on Cotterill

I can't see them selling Cotterill for less than £3M.

I can't see them selling Cotterill for less than £3M.

I believe a fee of £2m has been set by Wigan and we're holding out on the price as Blackwell rates him at £1.5m

Also if rumours are to be believed Michael Brown is part of the deal, he'll be coming to us but Wigan need to find a replacement and they're on the brink of signing Cattermole from Boro. £3m for Brown and Cotterill would be a great deal.

I believe a fee of £2m has been set by Wigan and we're holding out on the price as Blackwell rates him at £1.5m



So you supposedly have a £12m transfer war chest provided by McCabe, you've just sold Hulse and Shelton for nearly £3m, signed Henderson for £2m of that, yet have seemingly been haggling for weeks over £500k?

So you supposedly have a £12m transfer war chest provided by McCabe, you've just sold Hulse and Shelton for nearly £3m, signed Henderson for £2m of that, yet have seemingly been haggling for weeks over £500k?


Well as Tesco say, Every Little Helps.

And, dripping in cash as we are* (ha, ha,) this Credit Crunch has made us all tighten our belts.

(Well actually, it hasn't but that's another matter.)





* I jest.

So you supposedly have a £12m transfer war chest provided by McCabe, you've just sold Hulse and Shelton for nearly £3m, signed Henderson for £2m of that, yet have seemingly been haggling for weeks over £500k?

Are you a Wednesday Director?

£500k is a hell of a lot of money, we're not Chelsea you know, just because Wigan want £2m it done't mean we're going to pay it. Blackwell will only pay what he thinks the player is worth.

Mr McCabe stated on the radio we have £12.25m to spend on wages and transfers, now does this mean £12.25m in wages included in the current wage bill or not, who knows but i'd expect to see Cotterill plus one more coming in the Summer and i think we'll just about be ready to put in a decent challenge for one of the top 2 places.

In this day and age if you really want a player then you're going to have to pay what's been asked, most Premiership clubs can afford to hold out and are under no financial pressure to sell. It's rare to get a Prem player on the cheap.

Point was, if Blackwell really thinks Cotterill will be an asset to your squad and really has so much money to spend, then he's going to have to pay even if it's a bit more than he thinks the player is worth.

£2m for Henderson appears to be slightly high, but he still paid that.

what i'm saying is we should really be concentrating on strengthening other areas of the squad. we've been very striker heavy for a long time now and i think blackwell needs to readdress that balance

why though? last half of the season we shown we were the team to beat, we had the form, sot here's no reason why we cant do that again this year,

You Owl's will laugh along ,well that's all you have to do, you have nothing else.

A good keeper for £0

Two very good centre backs from the academy at £0 cost

A good young left back from the academy at £0 cost

A good young midfielder, once again from the academy at £0 cost

An international right back on a free from Arsenal

A young loanee midfielder from Chelsea

An experienced Championship midfielder at £0 cost from Burnley

A young French midfield prospect for an undisclosed fee from Vitesse Arnhem

A very fast winger on an undisclosed fee from Bradford

A vasty experienced veteran midfielder/defender from West Brom for £0 cost

Five strikers at a total cost of less than £2million, and yes they do score goals, just check the inside of your net. ;)

The debt has taught us prudence, we even sell well now unlike Utd who other than Jagielka and Hulse (only small loss) seem to lose around £1million per sale. They even let a good striker prospect go to Scunthorpe for £100,000 and bought him back for £2million after our manager had turned him into a footballer. :hihi:

So you were saying smart arse. :loopy:

So you supposedly have a £12m transfer war chest provided by McCabe, you've just sold Hulse and Shelton for nearly £3m, signed Henderson for £2m of that, yet have seemingly been haggling for weeks over £500k?

you could only dream of your team haggling over 500k
wednesday have been haggling over 5 quid the last few years :hihi::hihi:

A good keeper for £0

Two very good centre backs from the academy at £0 cost

A good young left back from the academy at £0 cost

A good young midfielder, once again from the academy at £0 cost

An international right back on a free from Arsenal

A young loanee midfielder from Chelsea

An experienced Championship midfielder at £0 cost from Burnley

A young French midfield prospect for an undisclosed fee from Vitesse Arnhem

A very fast winger on an undisclosed fee from Bradford

A vasty experienced veteran midfielder/defender from West Brom for £0 cost

Five strikers at a total cost of less than £2million, and yes they do score goals, just check the inside of your net. ;)

The debt has taught us prudence, we even sell well now unlike Utd who other than Jagielka and Hulse (only small loss) seem to lose around £1million per sale. They even let a good striker prospect go to Scunthorpe for £100,000 and bought him back for £2million after our manager had turned him into a footballer. :hihi:

So you were saying smart arse. :loopy:

Behave mate ,all those zero's mean something,you narrowly missed relegation,as for your manager turning Sharp into a a good player,nice to hear an Owl saying good things about our players,he was a good player already,he made Laws look like a good manager,without Sharpy Scunny would have stayed in div 1,it showed when he left, where are Scunny now.And do you know the name of your own players Smart Arse!!!

A good keeper for £0

Two very good centre backs from the academy at £0 cost

A good young left back from the academy at £0 cost

A good young midfielder, once again from the academy at £0 cost

An international right back on a free from Arsenal

A young loanee midfielder from Chelsea

An experienced Championship midfielder at £0 cost from Burnley

A young French midfield prospect for an undisclosed fee from Vitesse Arnhem

A very fast winger on an undisclosed fee from Bradford

A vasty experienced veteran midfielder/defender from West Brom for £0 cost

Five strikers at a total cost of less than £2million, and yes they do score goals, just check the inside of your net. ;)

The debt has taught us prudence, we even sell well now unlike Utd who other than Jagielka and Hulse (only small loss) seem to lose around £1million per sale. They even let a good striker prospect go to Scunthorpe for £100,000 and bought him back for £2million after our manager had turned him into a footballer. :hihi:

So you were saying smart arse. :loopy:

Jagielka - profit, CKR - profit, Davies £3m, Kabba - profit, Hulse - slight loss, Leigherwood - profit.

I like your spin on your player;

A young loanee midfielder from Chelsea - AND ??????

A good young midfielder, once again from the academy at £0 cost - WHO??

A vasty experienced veteran midfielder/defender from West Brom for £0 cost - Are you talking about Steve Watson - HAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAH!!

A very fast winger on an undisclosed fee from Bradford - eh!!!

A young French midfield prospect for an undisclosed fee from Vitesse Arnhem - is this the lad who couldn't even make your relegation threatened team last year??????!?!?!?!?! I didn't realise he was a PROSPECT - how did Laws manage to sneak in before Wenger?!!?!?!??

HAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA - muppet!!!

Who's the French midfielder? Esajas is Dutch, if that's who you mean.

A vasty experienced veteran midfielder/defender from West Brom for £0 cost - Are you talking about Steve Watson - HAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAH!!

A young French midfield prospect for an undisclosed fee from Vitesse Arnhem - is this the lad who couldn't even make your relegation threatened team last year??????!?!?!?!?! I didn't realise he was a PROSPECT - how did Laws manage to sneak in before Wenger?!!?!?!?

Steve Watson, yeah that's right- what's so funny? I bet he was laughing when he jinked pass your defence to cross for Bolder to head the ball into your net. That's worth the £0 that we paid for him methinks.

This 'French midfield prospect'- you mean the DUTCH winger Etienne Esajas?

Unfortunate with injuries last season- we'll see how he does this season.

You Blades can laugh, but we're doing the best with what we've got- which isn't much. Makes us all the more determined to prove you wrong in the Derby games- where you lot wrongly predicted that you would destroy us 3-0/4-0 last season on BOTH occasions. ;)

You seem to have plenty of money but don't seem to be spending it too wisely- after a failed promotion season last season.

What would be the financial implications if it happened again?

Behave mate ,all those zero's mean something,you narrowly missed relegation,as for your manager turning Sharp into a a good player,nice to hear an Owl saying good things about our players,he was a good player already,he made Laws look like a good manager,without Sharpy Scunny would have stayed in div 1,it showed when he left, where are Scunny now.And do you know the name of your own players Smart Arse!!!

Four of those zeros means that our academy is working, what do you want us to do, buy them from ourselves? :loopy:

Another of the zeros shows a massive clanger by Arsenal of all clubs, Simek (bloody hell I remembered the name of one of our players) is a far better player than they thought he was, their loss, our gain. :thumbsup:

Got to give Utd credit though, they were so embarassed about Sharp coming through the ranks at zero cost that they shipped him out for a pittance and bought him back for £2million. So he made BL look like a good manager did he? He will have his work cut out for him to do the same for Blackwell. :hihi:

As for narrowly missing relegation, perhaps something that Utd ought to work on in the unlikely event of them ever finding themselves in the Premiership again. :confused:

Quote: When one finds oneself in a hole one is advised to stop digging.

Dennis Healey :help:

Four of those zeros means that our academy is working, what do you want us to do, buy them from ourselves? :loopy:

Another of the zeros shows a massive clanger by Arsenal of all clubs, Simek (bloody hell I remembered the name of one of our players) is a far better player than they thought he was, their loss, our gain. :thumbsup:

Got to give Utd credit though, they were so embarassed about Sharp coming through the ranks at zero cost that they shipped him out for a pittance and bought him back for £2million. So he made BL look like a good manager did he? He will have his work cut out for him to do the same for Blackwell. :hihi:

As for narrowly missing relegation, perhaps something that Utd ought to work on in the unlikely event of them ever finding themselves in the Premiership again. :confused:

Quote: When one finds oneself in a hole one is advised to stop digging.

Dennis Healey :help:

Well good luck for the season crookesey

Are you stupid,do you know anything about football,McCabe has given Blackwell £12.25m to spend on transfers,try reading the papers or go onto the official site & learn.If you cannot say anything positive don't say anything at all.

You really need to chill out Tosh.

You Owl's will laugh along ,well that's all you have to do, you have nothing else.

How does it go:

If you cannot say anything positive don't say anything at all.

Well good luck for the season crookesey

Many thanks my friend, I wonder what the odds are for an Owls v Blades play off final, this is my wish.

Many thanks my friend, I wonder what the odds are for an Owls v Blades play off final, this is my wish.

I'd keep away from the strong cheese if I were you.:hihi: