Day Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Which players past and present have made you say, I got that one wrong. You see the back page of the DET, hear the signing announced on Radio Derby or more recently a tweet....X player has signed for Derby and you thought that's a great signing and turned out to be a right Pete Tongeun. Or why the hell have we signed him, turned out to be a right Bobby Dazzler. Name and shame yourself.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Paul Dickov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted May 17, 2017 Author Share Posted May 17, 2017 1 minute ago, rynny said: Paul Dickov. Now for the shame, did you think he would be crap or did he turn out crap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkleyram Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Thought Derek Hales would be brilliant and Robbie van de Laan rubbish. Which just goes to show how much I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 I've got a few: Chris Martin - I was completely baffled when we signed him. He'd done nothing at Swindon, had a reputation and was about to be released from his side, i.e. not offered a new deal. He's obviously proved me, and many other people, very wrong. Nathan Tyson - I had high hopes for him. He'd consistently ripped us to shreds for years and I hoped it would be an injury-free and excellent move for him. Not to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckoBeast Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Thought Steve Howard would be rubbish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Thought us resigning Billy Davies in the summer of 2007 was essential to our forthcoming premier league campaign. Thought Sammon would be good. Thought Eustace was past it and not going to do much for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 9 minutes ago, Ambitious said: I've got a few: Chris Martin - I was completely baffled when we signed him. He'd done nothing at Swindon, had a reputation and was about to be released from his side, i.e. not offered a new deal. He's obviously proved me, and many other people, very wrong. Nathan Tyson - I had high hopes for him. He'd consistently ripped us to shreds for years and I hoped it would be an injury-free and excellent move for him. Not to be. I'm genuinely astonished - thought you had a decent eye for a player. I was simply aghast when we signed Tyson - really really really annoyed as there was never any chance it would work and he was bound to be injured at least 3/4 of the time. Whereas Martin I thought had been incredibly unlucky not to get more goals in his loan spell with us and had a lot of promise. Was looking forward to see him displace Conor Sammon. I was excited to see Ian Storey-Moore paraded round the Baseball Ground and that didn't work out very well. Similarly for Lubos Kubik and Ivo Knoflicek. But seriously, I thought we'd overpaid on Dean Saunders while with Leighton James' arrival I expected us to be world beaters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 The excitable 14 year old in me still can't fully accept that a poor run of form cannot be solved by a marauding Tito Villa. He essentially just ran around a lot. He had no composure and no physical presence. That's the objective truth. But equally he was Argentinian and scored a goal wearing a headband so I just couldn't see that he was almost entirely useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie20 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Shefki Kuqi. Thought he was a lump of lard but for a short spell he suited us like a glove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Nigel Pearson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 2 minutes ago, Wolfie20 said: Shefki Kuqi. Thought he was a lump of lard but for a short spell he suited us like a glove. He was the blueprint for Chris Martin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Just now, cosmic said: Nigel Pearson. And Stephen Pearson, while I'm at it. FUN FACT: Despite his limited performances in a Derby shirt I stuck a tenner on him to score in the playoff final, because I was so convinced of his quality. 16/1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Recently, John Eustace. Very underwhelmed when we signed him. George Thorne couldn't get a game until Eust was injured.... Historically, i remember thinking this is how far we have fallen, signing journeymen strikers from Halifax like Bobby Davison..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 I'm a pretty good judge of a player so Carson aside I can't think of many others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAZ Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 2007 me: Robert Earnshaw is an excellent signing and will link up well with Howard to keep us up in the prem! Woops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 I can't actually remember the last signing i was really excited about? (apart from George thorne - who we already knew about) frequently they are fairly unknown, (such as George Thorne when he came in on loan) i remember thinking lee croft was going to be absolutely crap.....and he was. nugent has surprised me. The last player i thought would be great who wasn't particularly great - rob hulse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Just now, RamNut said: I can't actually remember the last signing i was really excited about? (apart from George thorne - who we already knew about) frequently they are fairly unknown, (such as George Thorne when he came in on loan) i remember thinking lee croft was going to be absolutely crap.....and he was. nugent has surprised me. The last player i thought would be great who wasn't particularly great - rob hulse. I thought Paul Hooks was going to be the new Archie Gemmill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 1 minute ago, RamNut said: The last player i thought would be great who wasn't particularly great - rob hulse. I'd describe Hulse as par. Justified his fee - no more, no less. When he and Commons were playing together, they could make an awful side look mediocre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mafiabob Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 21 minutes ago, Bris Vegas said: I'm a pretty good judge of a player so Carson aside I can't think of many others. I thought I was a good judge of forum poster but there you go..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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