Chris Samba - SIGNED

[dave.woodhall]

You can't criticise anyone who's been prepared to work unpaid for so long when he could have got a club somewhere else.

[peter w]

I doubt he's short of a bob or two.

[Clampy]

In which case, he could have easily retired and not bothered.

[AV5nobs]

Just shows how much "extra" a player, all of them wealthy, can give when you play for nothing in effect.

Samba has clearly impressed with effort being the most crucial (fitness obviously) as we all know he can be a good CB.

[chrisw1]

Loads of footballers aren't short of a bob or two but would rather do fuck all than take a pay cut and get on with their careers.  I can never understand how the likes of Zog & Micah can just watch their careers pass by why they sit and cream in the money.

I respect Samba for what he's done and wish him all the luck in the world.

[dave shelley]

Compare the attitude of Samba to that of Richards and Lescott.  Two ostensibly not giving a toss and one putting in the effort required to prolong a career.  A useful addition.

[passitsideways]

Think that bizarre period where he was shifted back and forth to Russia on ludicrous wages probably set him up for good.

[brian green]

We have been bossed physically for far too long.  The presence of Chris Samba will help rectify that.  I don't think he will do much pointing.

[Matt Collins]

I predict that our centre backs will score a few this season, once hourihane has sorted his delivery out

[boozey182]

From the little I've seen of him in preseason he's looked better on the ball than Baker, better in the air than Chester and quicker than Terry. Fair play to him, he's earned his contract.

[Clark W Griswold]

Very pleased with this, looks a beast.

[Hookeysmith]

Compare the attitude of Samba to that of Richards and Lescott.  Two ostensibly not giving a toss and one putting in the effort required to prolong a career.  A useful addition.

Nail on head

[peter w]

In which case, he could have easily retired and not bothered.

Why? He's a footballer who wants to play football. The fact that a very rich man is training and not being paid whilst trying to get a contract isn't that remarkable.

EDIT - chris w's point about the amount of wasters that sit on their backside with a big wage packet is fair, though.

[Clampy]

But fair play to him for earning a contract that way all the same.

[olaftab]

We really are assembling a new bomb squad😟