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Lee waves goodbye to City fans


So another chapter in the City "we're richer than Barcelona and we can spend what we like" fantasy came to a close as Alan Lee (£850,000 from Ipswich plus approx £1M in wages) was sold today to Ipswich for £100k - we did very well to get that

Injuries didn’t help him to a certain extent and good luck to him with The Horses (seems appropriate he's gone there) but it must good news and progress for the club that Alan Lee is leaving Cardiff City.

He never did it for us, he never looked like doing it for us. Likeable and a good bloke some say but he wasn’t here for that. A poor player and very poor value.

He missed games due to injury, he missed most simply because he wasn't good enough. Just 47 league starts here in more than two and a half season - only 10 goals in 86 league games.
His only goals in the last year – that’s 47 Alan Lee games starting or as sub – were against Mighty Brighton home and away. That’s it and this is when he seemed to be trying harder and got fit. Assists were so very few too.

When he was out of the side last season, he appeared to get quite unfit. When in it, he rarely threatened to score and do anything in or around the penalty area. He couldn’t hold the up the ball and only really showed an aptitude for running the channels. Yet, Brian Kerr picked him for Irish international squads through all that. If Ipswich or Joe Royle see any different or better from him, then good luck to him but I’d be genuinely shocked.

£100k for Alan Lee? Not good value for City measured against what we paid but fantastic value measured against what we’ve seen.

Best Wishes to Alan of course but, in all honesty, it's not a departure to mourn. That's the shame of it all.


In other news, with Lee gone and Ricketts back at Leeds, two new strikers arrive in Seven Thompson of Rangers (upto £200k) and Guylain Ndumbu-Nsunguhas (free, Bosman) from Darlington. More wheeling and dealing is expected with Andy Campbell apparently soon to have his contract paid up, Phil Mulrynbe off to Millwall by all accounts and Sheffield United rumoured to be offering £2M for Cameron Jerome. Interesting days in Sloper Road.