cannable Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 14 minutes ago, Duracell said: 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. I still think you're doing him a huge disservice there. 18 goals (no penalties) in 08/09 in a side which only secured survival on the penultimate day. That's just one less than Howard who took pens as well! Twelve the year after in a stop-start season for him. Thirteen wins and two draws from twenty with him and Commons starting up front together. They were immense and I'm still bitter we received just £1,000,000 for the pair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Stephen WarnockFree - too old Matěj Vydra£8,000,000 - too much money Chris Weale - too old Ikechi Anya£3,500,000 too old / too much David NugenT - too old Kyle McAllister - who? Andreas Weimann£2,750,000 - no, he won't fit in Chris Baird - too old Scott Carson - too old Alex PearceFree - ok as he is free Darren Bent - too old Jason Shackell£3,000,000 yes even though the fee is too high. Jacob Butterfield£5,000,000 Too expensive Bradley Johnson£6,000,000 Too old, too expensive Tom Ince£4,750,000 Too expensive Abdoul Camara£1,250,000 who? Nick Blackman£2,500,000 too expensive for a reserve Luke Thomas£100,000 who? Mitchell, Alban bunjaku and alefe santos - who? Cyrus Christie - yes Iván CalerO - who? George Thorne£2,000,000 Yes Tom Koblenz - who Ryan Shotton£500,000 - no Isak Ssewankambo - never heard of him Stephen Warnock - too old Lewis Walker who? Marcus Olsson -.too old Chris MartinFree - who? Lee GrantFree - no, we need better Craig Forsyth£150,000 - who? Johnny Russell Who? John Eustace too old Simon Dawkins - who? Kelle Roos - who? And so on...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 It'd be a long list... I thought Ince would be a disaster and Pearson wouldn't and that's about as shameful as it gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Ram Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Weird one but I thought James Wilson would be decent, but as soon as I saw him play I thought he was absolute dog. I likened him to Conor Sammon with hair. But he was playing under Pearson (so I had a serious case of ChrisMartin-deficiency) and got injured pretty quickly. Never nice to see a player get injured, particularly a young English lad but I can't say I missed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zag zig Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Thought Paul McGrath was past it with his dodgy knees, turned out exactly what we needed. Always gave old uns a chance after that. Esteban Fuertes was going to be Ronaldoesque in a few years and move from us for a record breaking transfer to Europe in a few years, I'll get my coat and passport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimmu Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 On my part, by far the biggest error of judgement has been Lee Croft, most capped English youth player ever. I surely expected more from him. He was simply unstoppable when I saw him playing for Norwich, just before we signed. I remembering thinking, "well done, Nigel, well done. Croft for free". FFS. Turned out to be one season wonder, shame it was the year he caught my eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistoldPete2 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 I was wrong about John eustace. I thought he was John useless but he wasn't. i was wrong about Leighton James ...thought he was The last piece in the jigsaw for mAckays team, but actually the piece didn't fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritstone Ram Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 I got all excited about us signing a £3m centre half called Claude Davis. It turned out a bit like not being able to get a stiffy on your wedding night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maydrakin Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Paul Kitson - when we signed him, I was overjoyed as we'd signed a "future England striker" (my opinion). Turns out he was a knob of the highest order, who thought he'd made it before he had. If only he put some effort in... Really didn't like Gabbiadini - he was a fat lump with no discernible skill. (Still hold that view, although many don't). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igorwasking Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Fabrizio Ravenelli. Couldn't sleep for the excitement of signing him. Luckily I caught up on my sleep when watching him play.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Claude Davis - he was actually so much worse than I thought he was Robin van der Laan - much more important- the right type if not the full package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellafella Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Errrrrrrrrmmm....no can't remember ever being wrong about a player. Then again I remember Jamie Ward flicking it through to the Sammon, who shinned it on, before galloping wildly at the chasm that the Watford defence had become. He bore down on the keeper, arms and legs all pumping like pistons, before adroitly smashing it off his ankle bone into the net. "2-0"! " Bingo Nigel!" "A steal at £1M plus add-ons" we shouted as Conor cupped his hands into a heart shape. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 7 hours ago, David said: Now for the shame, did you think he would be crap or did he turn out crap? Thought he was old past it useless knob head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesterRam Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Warren Barton, England defender and came with a decent reputation, what a crock of ****, wanted Callum Ball to be the dogs ******** due to being my old neighbour but he was unfortunate to not make the grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mafiabob Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Name a manager here...... Jim Smith..... Thought eh? When he was appointed..... but pulled absolute master strokes in the market in that first season or two (Simon Webster and David Preece aside). Boy I was gladly wrong there. An average Derby side went to another level with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFruitsRam7 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 7 hours ago, Bris Vegas said: 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...
G STAR RAM Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 7 hours ago, Bris Vegas said: I'm a pretty good judge of a player so Carson aside I can't think of many others. Only pretty good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coneheadjohn Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 I remember laughing at one of the Wendies at work that Nick Blackman had snubbed them for us . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottrillRAM Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Chris Baird - thought he wasn't good enough but have definitely been proved wrong there! Andi Weimann - thought he would rip up the championship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Benito Carbone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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