Chester40 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Just occurred to me as I refresh the page again in the vain hope we have signed some bloke I had never heard of yesterday... That they will instantly go off my radar again having been so vital for 48hours. So which transfer targets of recent years have people followed still and how do they seem to have fared?? Flops...and successes? Henri Lansbury as a flop springs to mind ..and John McGinn as a success...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kevin Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 It was in the weekend press that Fergie was trying to persuade Man U to buy McGinn for some extortionate fee so definitely missed out on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kevin Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 On a more general note over the past few years we always seem tho go after the right player but end up with second choice make weights .There's no doubt that if you buy right you can make serious money,Mel's cracked it with managers we just need to replicate that with the playing staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coneheadjohn Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 We nearly signed Antonio didn’t we? He would have been brilliant. Then we went after Forestieri who has done nothing except get in trouble since at 7 million he would have been such a Derby signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFruitsRam7 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 8 minutes ago, Van Cone De Head said: We nearly signed Antonio didn’t we? He would have been brilliant. Then we went after Forestieri who has done nothing except get in trouble since at 7 million he would have been such a Derby signing. Shock you named two Wendies. You know you don't have to support Derby to be on this forum, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Seem to remember a long time ago when we brought Lee grant back that we were also looking at a young Australian goalie but decided to go for grant as he was free and the Aussie would have cost a couple of hundred grand... that Australian was Mat Ryan who now has 55 caps for Australia and played for Valencia before a big money move to the prem. Shows how tight we were with our finances back then, and how costly that can be, we got the wrong end of that deal for sure. Other than that, we were heavily linked with Ollie Watkins for a while before Brentford got him.... he’s done alright for himself, unsurprisingly. Sometimes we seem too scared to take risks with our cash on young players and it backfires. One that was well avoided was yanic Wildshcut though. Did nothing at Norwich for all that money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerman Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Millenniumram said: Seem to remember a long time ago when we brought Lee grant back that we were also looking at a young Australian goalie but decided to go for grant as he was free and the Aussie would have cost a couple of hundred grand... that Australian was Mat Ryan who now has 55 caps for Australia and played for Valencia before a big money move to the prem. Shows how tight we were with our finances back then, and how costly that can be, we got the wrong end of that deal for sure. Other than that, we were heavily linked with Ollie Watkins for a while before Brentford got him.... he’s done alright for himself, unsurprisingly. Sometimes we seem too scared to take risks with our cash on young players and it backfires. One that was well avoided was yanic Wildshcut though. Did nothing at Norwich for all that money. Linked with Ollie Watkins but he was never coming to Derby...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 2 minutes ago, bimmerman said: Linked with Ollie Watkins but he was never coming to Derby...... How do you know, you his dad or summat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thierry Ennui Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 I'm regularly gutted we didn't get McGinn, I think he's going all the way. He'll be signing for Liverpool this time next season for £50m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muttley72 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 I’m still waiting on the “German centre back”. I am losing hope that he’s coming now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 19 minutes ago, muttley72 said: I’m still waiting on the “German centre back”. I am losing hope that he’s coming now. Surely if we get Bielik it's the same thing? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaaLocks Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 I remember we were supposed to sign Garry McSheffrey from Birmingham for £6m. I think we would have got even less than 11 points if we had, and that is saying something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maydrakin Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 The one I remember is being linked to Roberto Baggio, during the Jim Smith days, but he wanted astronomical wages, so we bought Baiano instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbydaz22 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 1 hour ago, maydrakin said: The one I remember is being linked to Roberto Baggio, during the Jim Smith days, but he wanted astronomical wages, so we bought Baiano instead. I wish we could buy a Baiano type player now,not a bad 2nd choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaRam Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 I remember buying Lee Morris when Robbie Keane and Kieran Dyer we’re sold for little more money. Yakubu, McGinn and Watkins more recently. still don’t know why we haven’t gone in for Maddison at Peterborough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Duncan mckenzie dave mackay was supposedly after him, so cloughie signed him for Leeds just to stop Derby getting him. he was a real,box of tricks and a showman him and charlie george would have made a great pairing. he never achieved much though. After leeds he had a good spell with everton but faded away. peter taylor didn't rate him. So we would only have got him if mackay had been successful. Of course if he had signed mckenzie may be wouldn't have signed charlie ? All ifs and buts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 22 minutes ago, EnigmaRam said: I remember buying Lee Morris when Robbie Keane and Kieran Dyer we’re sold for little more money. Yakubu, McGinn and Watkins more recently. still don’t know why we haven’t gone in for Maddison at Peterborough. Yakubu is one that sticks out in my mind considering the money he was later sold for. Couldn't get a work permit to play for us but then mysteriously signed by Harry Redknapps dog not long after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlsonDerby Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Ferrie Bodde from Swansea in the season after the 11 points one. He was brilliant. Didn’t sign for us. Got injured and has never been the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Saunder’s hat trick Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 2 hours ago, maydrakin said: The one I remember is being linked to Roberto Baggio, during the Jim Smith days, but he wanted astronomical wages, so we bought Baiano instead. I remember that, back in the days I used to ring the Derby transfer talk line. Me dad was thoroughly unhappy when he found out I’d been ringing every day for a bout a month at summat like £1.50 a minute in the 90’s!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edtheram Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Kamara who is now at Rangers - Bossed the game against us on Sunday. Ross McCormack - Good at the time but the guy was just a problem causer, look where he is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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