YouRams Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Mike te Wierik looks to be on his way out, adding another to our recent underwhelming signings list. If you could choose the most underwhelming signing/graduate you were initially excited about in your time watching the Rams who would it be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Leighton James. I had a shirt with 11 on the back. Really good for everyone else. Not so for us. I suppose his biggest mistake was not being Alan Hinton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuwtfly Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 For some reason the one that springs initially to mind is Raul Albentosa. Journos were saying we were lucky to sign him ahead of some Premier League sides. Jake Buxton’s comments on him were pretty damning. And despite the private jet and fanfare, none of the coaching staff had seen him play live ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted McMinn Football Genius Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Ravanelli enough said?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFC1388 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, Nuwtfly said: For some reason the one that springs initially to mind is Raul Albentosa. Journos were saying we were lucky to sign him ahead of some Premier League sides. Jake Buxton’s comments on him were pretty damning. And despite the private jet and fanfare, none of the coaching staff had seen him play live ? What did be say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouRams Posted January 18, 2021 Author Share Posted January 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, Nuwtfly said: For some reason the one that springs initially to mind is Raul Albentosa. Journos were saying we were lucky to sign him ahead of some Premier League sides. Jake Buxton’s comments on him were pretty damning. And despite the private jet and fanfare, none of the coaching staff had seen him play live ? They must’ve watched the same YouTube videos we did, thought we’d found our best CB since Igor ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Wayne Rooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, Nuwtfly said: For some reason the one that springs initially to mind is Raul Albentosa. Journos were saying we were lucky to sign him ahead of some Premier League sides. Jake Buxton’s comments on him were pretty damning. And despite the private jet and fanfare, none of the coaching staff had seen him play live ? What did Buxton say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Rob Earnshaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Just now, 86 Hair Islands said: Wayne Rooney This. Every day of the week. We’re talking about a former world class player here, and post lockdown he looked like a poor tribute act to Jacob Butterfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GermanRam Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Albentosa. Apparently had 1,5 great years in Spain‘s top flight, everyone (including me) was sure that he had to be Premier League material and would play a massive part in a team that was on its way to the Premier League anyway. Well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Derek Hales, Gordon Hill, John Robertson, Don Masson, Mikkel Beck, ...... We could be here all night.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuwtfly Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 5 minutes ago, DCFC1388 said: What did be say? 3 minutes ago, AndyinLiverpool said: What did Buxton say? In reference to Albentosa “injury” problems in PRIDE: “With the signing of Albentosa, Nigel had signed lower league or Scottish players where at previous times of success, they’d brought foreigners in. They’d brought Eranio, Stimac and they knew the response of the fans and how much they liked foreign players. I understood where they were going and if Albentosa had took off he’d have become a cult hero. But he was just making excuses. He wasn’t up to it.” (279-280) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam the Ram Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 From recent times it's a close call between Marriott and Shackell for me. Marriott seemed to have half the Championship keeping an eye on him and Peterborough strikers have generally made the step up to this league quite well, but he's spent more time on the bench or in the treatment room than scoring goals for us unfortunately. Shackell was supposed to be the final piece of the jigsaw to get us promoted (before Hughes' and Bryson's injuries resulted in us needing to bring in Johnson and Butterfield). We'd managed to sign a key player from a team coming down from the Prem which is almost unheard of in this day and age but he was just average. Someone who stood out as a really good defender in the Prem ended up being just another name to add to the list of defenders Keogh outperformed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammie Steve Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Derek Hales, Derek Hales and Derek Hales. Did I mention Derek Hales? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofmidnight Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 My Sheffield United fan cousin said how amazing Lee Morris was. He really raved about him. I was rather underwhelmed after hearing such a big build up but I seem to remember he was injury prone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammy03 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Jack Marriott. Had high hopes for him, he started his career at Derby so well. Looked a real threat. No idea what's happened to him since Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GermanRam Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 7 minutes ago, Brammie Steve said: Derek Hales, Derek Hales and Derek Hales. Did I mention Derek Hales? I didn‘t even know he played for Derby. Obviously I only read about him beeing a Charlton (goalscoring, I think) legend - why didn‘t it work for him in Derby? Just remember reading a lot about him in the context of the Bowyer on field fight back then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 21 minutes ago, AndyinLiverpool said: Leighton James. I had a shirt with 11 on the back. Really good for everyone else. Not so for us. I suppose his biggest mistake was not being Alan Hinton. Aw, I liked Leighton James, thought he played well for us. Now, Derek Hales...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbados Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Most underwhelming signing Rooney - one of the the most prolific and decorated strikers in English footballs history and played like a Sunday league player most weeks for us. most underwhelming graduate - Callum Ball - Stocky, powerful, low centre of gravity with a rocket of a shot. Broke into the first team and scored then just gradually got worse until he looked like he’d won a competition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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