[Archived] Jon stead for £8 million

[diziet2]

Evening all,

Seeing as he has just signed back on for the Town today. Might as well not waste time, you can sign him off us if you like for a cool £8 million... It a bargain, plus a nice juxtaposition give Stead and Huddersfields/Blackburns history.

Its a great dea at that price. I'll even be biting my own hands off. Just don't dob me into the turkish authorities!!!

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

He was a great signing for us at the time. Without a doubt his goals kept us in the Premier League. He was a bit unlucky the following season, how many times did he hit the woodwork that year. After that his confidence seemed to go. Good luck to the lad.

[jim mk2]

Never fulfilled his promise. To be honest I think he was a bit faint-hearted, not willing to put in his head and foot where it hurts.

[Batman.]

A confidence player who never had any confidence.

[Tom]

We'll give you 30p, a global advisor and Danny Murphy

[Salgado Is A Hero]

Evening all,

Seeing as he has just signed back on for the Town today. Might as well not waste time, you can sign him off us if you like for a cool £8 million... It a bargain, plus a nice juxtaposition give Stead and Huddersfields/Blackburns history.

Its a great dea at that price. I'll even be biting my own hands off. Just don't dob me into the turkish authorities!!!

Really liked him at first but then just never seemed to play well again. He scored a really nice goal against Everton the following season but was just generally anonymous. Think we sold him to Sunderland. He scored the winner in about 4 games in the season we could have gone down.

I know you love to make jokes about the 8 million we spent on Rhodes but I'm pretty sure you said he was worth 20 or something so I guess the jokes on you. 8 million for one of the top 10 strikers in the Premier League is a bargain.

[Amo]

His career seemed to nosedive once Cole left. IIRC, the two of them had a promising partnership and Stead seemed to be shadowing the ex-Utd striker until Cole was potted by Souness.

[T4E]

Was absolutely brilliant for 6 months.

[saxo1man30]

a one million pound outlay secured us premier league football, bargain of all time..

[LeChuck]

His career seemed to nosedive once Cole left. IIRC, the two of them had a promising partnership and Stead seemed to be shadowing the ex-Utd striker until Cole was potted by Souness.

I thought Cole had gone to pot by then? I definitely remember Stead and Gallagher starting together because the other strikers were useless. Got a feeling Stead scored the winner in their first game together. Middlesbrough away? Something like that.

Edit; quick Google says that was Stead's debut. That's probably why I remember it. Gally and Stead started ahead of Cole that gameis though.

[saxo1man30]

cole only went to pot after dwight yorke joined and screwed with his head.

[gumboots]

Daughter has signed pic of stead and Gallagher celebrating that goal courtesy of radio rovers when she rang in to talk about a match and they were giving a prize for caller of the day

[Salgado Is A Hero]

I remember being around 14ish in the changing rooms before a game and I was more excited to see Stead's shirt/boots than anyone else's.

[T.J.Newton]

cole only went to pot after dwight yorke joined and screwed with his head.

totally agree, I think we could a have got at least a couple more good years out of Cole if Dwight hadn't come in and stirred things up.

[TurkishDelightFan]

£8m? Hahahahahahahahahhahahaa No way!

[Bluemonday BRFC]

It was on a free transfer...

(http://twentyfour7football.com/huddersfield-sign-stead-and-hammill-10809)

As much as I like Stead he is never worth that amount, evidently. Whereas Rhodes was at a good price.

[thenodrog]

He was a great signing for us at the time. Without a doubt his goals kept us in the Premier League. He was a bit unlucky the following season, how many times did he hit the woodwork that year. After that his confidence seemed to go. Good luck to the lad.

As I predicted (to much criticism at the time) he didn't have the quality to make a living in the Premier League. Thankfully Hughes sussed him and got rid.

[Brfcrule1]

To add to Tom's post how about we give you 30p, a global advisor, Danny Murphy and a 6Ft defender by the name of Nuno Henrique Nuno has been described as the new Chris Samba in disguise the global advisor will tell you how good he is as he highly recommends him.

[Steve Kean's Hypnotoad]

Reading a lot of excuses for him but personally I think he just wasn't good enough. Some strikers can make a short-term impact at a higher level than they generally have the ability to play at. They're a surprise package, opposition managers haven't come up with strategies to neutralise them and defenders have their attention fixed on the other striker (in this case Andy Cole).

Stead's career since Rovers points to the end of that 03/04 season being something of a fluke. He's done all right at Ipswich and Bristol City and I'd put him as either a good League 1 striker or an ok Championship one. Really sound lad though and will always appreciate the contribution he made to keeping us up when he first arrived.

[mhead]

Gally thru ball to Stead for only goal against Man U ?? Left hand side of Blackburn-end goal?

Am I right? Magic memory

[Mike E]

One other cool thing about Stead: an absolute refusal to celebrate any goal vs a previous team. More than can be said for many players tbh.

I liked him in the same way I came to like Gally and Derbyshire at the time. Good, but not good enough. My God did they try though.

[Amo]

One other cool thing about Stead: an absolute refusal to celebrate any goal vs a previous team.

I find that a little patronizing, tbh.

As long as they don't go overboard, I don't see the indignity in celebrating a goal because it happens to be against your ex-employers. That's the name of the game.

[Mike E]

I find that a little patronizing, tbh.

As long as they don't go overboard, I don't see the indignity in celebrating a goal because it happens to be against your ex-employers. That's the name of the game.

I think it's just nice to show respect. Different if the club wronged you in some way, mind

[adsfortheblues]

I find that a little patronizing, tbh.

As long as they don't go overboard, I don't see the indignity in celebrating a goal because it happens to be against your ex-employers. That's the name of the game.

If ex players score against us at Ewood they should over celebrate just to annoy the crowd, because rovers fans are, at times, a disgrace when it comes to "welcoming back" former players. Shearer got abuse for years and Bellamy got an horrendous amount of stick.

[Mike E]

Shearer said he'd happily trade in his PL medal to win 'something' with Newcastle. That's immensely disrespectful. Though re: Bellamy, no idea why he got dogs abuse.

With former players, you generally hear a round of applause from where I've sat. Stead, Johnson, Duff, Reid and many others have all had rounds of applause.