trooper Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Was just thinking back on a couple of players we were massively interested when they were nobodies, and then hit big...... Where would we be now if we had signed them/sold them for big cash..... Kenwynne jones.... We bottled it last min Yakubu... Couldn't get a work permit , then magically did Just a couple off top of my head that have cost big price tags!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIMBAUD Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Kenwynne Jones didn't want to come here. In hindsight - he was right not to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper Posted December 29, 2011 Author Share Posted December 29, 2011 I thought he did n we pulled out last min saying it didn't feel right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampant Rob Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 I thought he did n we pulled out last min saying it didn't feel right! He chose Sunderland over us from memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Teale Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 I dont think Jones would have been able to stop us getting relegated as our team was well short we would have maybe got a better start though and then given it more of a go. If we had signed Yak we would have been right in with a chance of getting promoted and we may have though Gregory was a good manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_chop Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Roberto Baggio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NothernRam Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Once we missed out on Andy Carroll. Still think he's **** though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Nigel Clough nearly joined as a youth player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Martin ONeil or alex w, as isn't he a great coach I remember reading ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoetheRam Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 He chose Sunderland over us from memory. Or we couldn't/wouldn't match Sunderland's £5 million offer. I think we bid £3 million at the time. Either way, we'd have been relegated and Jones made the right career choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper Posted December 29, 2011 Author Share Posted December 29, 2011 I know we prob would of been relegated but was just thinking would we be in this position now with the big transfer fees we would of received from selling them!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 I thought we offered £5m for Jones and Jhon Viafara? And they turned it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Yakubu and his work permit.... didn't he magically get one when he signed for....Harry Redknapp at Pompey??! He has the best solicitor in Great Britain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagerbob Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Apart from sunderland offering better terms. Jones was a trinidad international at the time, and two of his international team mates were at sunderland who no doubt sold the club to him. Furthermore you'd choose the club where you already had mates at wouldnt you if you were in his shoes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therams69 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Was just thinking back on a couple of players we were massively interested when they were nobodies, and then hit big...... Where would we be now if we had signed them/sold them for big cash..... Kenwynne jones.... We bottled it last min Yakubu... Couldn't get a work permit , then magically did Just a couple off top of my head that have cost big price tags!! Billy D told me of a lot more big names too that he wanted to sign! Yakubu under Smith for me, just think!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Talk of Viafara makes me think about players we've been calling for in the past that went on to do absolutely nothing... Similar to a Billy Sharp scenario now... I remember thinking Saganowski was far too good for this division in his loan spell, so dangerous and quite rightly a goal machine, but when he signed permanently he was terrible, in fact he scored more goals in his loan spell than the 3 years he spent at Southampton after that! Viafara put in one of the best performances I have ever seen against us on the play off semi night, truly remarkable performance, he again went quiet and now playing for a nothing team in a nothing country. I actually asked Billy Davies if Derby were going to sign David Nugent from Portsmouth (remember that debarcle) after a game once, and he openly said 'yes' but we never did, and looking back.. probably a worthwhile miss, he would of talk a chunk of wage and isn't really that good. There are a few players that I really wanted at the time and pretty glad we missed out on.. there are a few that I really wanted at the time and we signed, that I later wished we missed out on too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therams69 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Matthew Everington and Carlton Cole he also wanted to sign. He never got his wish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Matthew Everington and Carlton Cole he also wanted to sign. He never got his wish! Aye, I remember the Etherington rumours very well, I remember a lot of Derby fans were dead against signing him, and more recently has been one of top players at Stoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagerbob Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Billy D told me of a lot more big names too that he wanted to sign! Yakubu under Smith for me, just think!!! Im also fairly sure it was john gregory who plucked yakubu from macabi haifi in israel to train with us and play those reserve games at the start of the first season in div1 after we got relegated. And im also sure the reason portsmouth were able to sign him successfully a year or two later was by then yakubu had married an italian, and could get round the non EU players rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therams69 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Im also fairly sure it was john gregory who plucked yakubu from macabi haifi in israel to train with us and play those reserve games at the start of the first season in div1 after we got relegated. And im also sure the reason portsmouth were able to sign him successfully a year or two later was by then yakubu had married an italian, and could get round the non EU players rule. Yeah remember being annoyed at the time that we couldnt get him and he went to Pompey some short time later... What about Gazza?! We very nearly signed him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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