Gee SCREAMER !! Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 6 hours ago, SamUltraRam said: Asanovic 2nd season After his outstanding 1st season, I thought the move to Pride Park from the BBG would be ideal for him but alas, he went missing & left at Christmas Imagine him and Eranio together ? Eranio playing in his position was the problem. Great player but his career indicates he was never one to fight for a place and was happy to shift his talent elsewhere. Speaking 7 languages probably helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramit Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 12 hours ago, RadioactiveWaste said: Anya. Not just because he did nothing. But because I thought he'd be an under the radar brilliant signing we'd all come to love. I was wrong. i recall a video of Anya showing how he was keeping in form, while on the beach on some sunny holiday resort and i thought, yeah, good man, keeping sharp, wants to prove, all fired up for next season, when i should have thought, now there's a con man in action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gee SCREAMER !! Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Just now, ramit said: i recall a video of Anya showing how he was keeping in form, while on the beach on some sunny holiday resort and i thought, yeah, good man, keeping sharp, wants to prove, all fired up for next season, when i should have thought, now there's a con man in action. Was it is good as Bobby Duncans gangsta rap infused READY TO GO video from last summer where he was smashing goals past a 12 year old keeper. If he was ready to go can someone tell me where he's gone. ramit, IslandExile, Phoenix and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipley Ram Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Going back a few years Bobby Campbell. Crewton and Premier ram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramit Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 8 hours ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said: Was it is good as Bobby Duncans gangsta rap infused READY TO GO video from last summer where he was smashing goals past a 12 year old keeper. If he was ready to go can someone tell me where he's gone. Gee SCREAMER !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Francois Grenet. Big money spend and he was supposed to be a terrific player. A special mention for Miles Addison. I thought he was going to develope a good player. A shame that injuries ruined his career. Carnero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatRam Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Jozwiak. Such a talented footballer. No idea what went wrong there. Cyrus Christie? Albertosa? Butterfield? Anya? Olson? Nick Blackman? Jozefzoon? Dean (hick) Saunders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papahet Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 (edited) Lewin Nyatanga Think he retired before he hit 30 Edited May 6, 2022 by Papahet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayram Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Nick Pickering. Came to us as a player who had been capped for England and was one of the biggest donkeys I ever saw play. Remember seeing him go to strike the ball and kick a cold of earth about 6 feet into the air in one game! NG2Ram, Ram a lamb a ding dong and GangwayD 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamUltraRam Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Anyone remember Bjorn Otto Bragstad from Norway. He came with a fantastic reputation at club & international level & once he was here, did absolutely nothing and allegedly only took the deal so he could fund the building of a luxury log cabin back in Norway Crewton, NG2Ram and EranioIsGod 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jubbs Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 8 hours ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said: Darren Bent. Should have got 30 goals in this league but was barely fit enough to move more than 5 yards. Think that's quite harsh! Got a goal every other game for us. Was never going to replace Martin in terms of holding the ball up, but he got goals! JoetheRam and Wolfie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeds Ram Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 There's so many it's hard to know where to begin... I was really excited with us signing Earnshaw as he'd done well for West Brom at that level and thought he'd link well with Jones. Chris Porter was another one that I thought we'd be able to fashion into something more than he eventually was. Anya just for sheer laziness took 300,000 pieces of silver for doing absolutely fu** all. Lee Croft was another who I thought was going to be a solid player but didn't really amount to anything. Raul Albentosa, had had a seriously good stint at Espanyol but he looked shocking for us. Cyrus Christie who could never decide when he wanted to cross the ball and has the positional play of a blind man. Although not a signing, I was always disappointed with Max Lowe. He 'looks' like a footballer in the sense he's tall, fast, has good control of the ball but my god defensively absolutely appalling... still think I've got ptsd from the 1-4 defeat against leeds where I could have had a better game. These are just the highlights and that's not really listing the gluttony of signings under Mel such as Butterfield who we spent fortunes on but gave us next to nothing in return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, Cisse said: Francois Grenet. Big money spend and he was supposed to be a terrific player. It was said when we signed him that he was only being kept out of the France national team as they already had Lilian Thuram! Yeah right! Edited May 6, 2022 by Carnero EranioIsGod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean (hick) Saunders Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, Carnero said: It was said when we signed him that he was only being kept out of the France national team as they already had Lilian Thuram! Yeah right! I’m only being kept out of the French team because there are 15m better Frenchmen footballers.. And I’m not French… (Almost the same) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 On 05/05/2022 at 20:14, Zag zig said: Ditto Derek Hales, first poster on a wall my Dad put up in bedroom; still have nightmares. Ravanelli was close though. Your dad built you a bedroom wall? What a guy! IslandExile and Zag zig 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimmu Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Thorne's injuries and selling Will. Bit further in the history, Strupar's injuries. Such a waste, all of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Don Masson. We'd have had more value from a carafe of Paul Masson. IslandExile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 On 05/05/2022 at 19:58, Skin em Ted said: 'We've got Fabrizio... You've got eff-all-io!' Ravanelli for me. Kinkladze also a contender... had flashes of brilliance but spent most time injured or on the bench. I wonder if Baggio would have been another big name disappointment had he signed? I've always thought that we got lucky that the Baggio deal fell through. Baggio was a wonderful player, but in my opinion England wouldn't have suited him professionally or personally and he would've flopped hard. I'm delighted we got Baiano instead, who was also an excellent player, but had the requisite Neapolitan grit to ensure he didn't get pushed around. Crewton and IslandExile 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OoooMarkWright Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 23 minutes ago, Anon said: I've always thought that we got lucky that the Baggio deal fell through. Baggio was a wonderful player, but in my opinion England wouldn't have suited him professionally or personally and he would've flopped hard. I'm delighted we got Baiano instead, who was also an excellent player, but had the requisite Neapolitan grit to ensure he didn't get pushed around. Baggio was world class who had a fine end to his career. I think he went to Bologna instead, but was brilliant for them and went to Inter Milan. He’d have been unbelievable if we’d have pulled it off. He would have been the biggest signing in our history. Baiano was great for the season and a bit though. Highgate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheff Ram Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Oh so many down the years. Mikkel Beck - a short lived shocker, but shocker all the same. Fabrizio Ravanelli - a goal every 4 games, but the expectations were for so much more. Francois Grenet - at £3m one of the most expensive Derby County footballer at the time. Only managed 18 appearances and most of them were shocking. Raul Albentosa - massive efforts made to sign Eibar's star player but made just SIX appearances for us. Estefan Fuertes - loads of hastke over his paperwork for the £2.3m striker that made just 10 appearances and scored 2 goals. Karl Otto Bragstad: Norwegian International defended who made just 12 appearances in his short stay. And most recently: Kamil Jóźwiak: major frustration as clear had talent and played well at international level. At club level always held on to the ball too long if he'd not already tumbled to the ground. One goal in 58 appearances. And many many others: Robert Earnshaw, John Robertson, John Harkes, Florian Jozefzoon,Claude Davis... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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