tommers said:
I also liked the other guy that harry signed for about 6 months at around the same time, who impressed but then didn't come back after his loan. Was it Tihinen? I get mixed up. Played v.well in that cup win at man u
When Managers get it THAT wrong
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I also liked the other guy that harry signed for about 6 months at around the same time, who impressed but then didn't come back after his loan. Was it Tihinen? I get mixed up. Played v.well in that cup win at man u
Balbi
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Petri Pasanen - he was quality but he got CL football with Hamburg.
He's the bloke who gifted Essien that goal on Tuesday
The cup games were Liverpool away and the replay at home.
The away game was with the 88 minute equaliser and SMT legging the whole pitch to celebrate in front of the pompey support.
The home replay was Shuggies only goal for the club and Milan Baros (white) claiming that Linvoy Primus (black) had handballed instead of him. Ref nearly gave a pen as well, FFS
Then Owen got tackled well inside the area and the ref gave a soft penalty, Owen gave it to Shaka on his 36th birthday.
I bloody loved that game
He's the bloke who gifted Essien that goal on Tuesday
The cup games were Liverpool away and the replay at home.
The away game was with the 88 minute equaliser and SMT legging the whole pitch to celebrate in front of the pompey support.
The home replay was Shuggies only goal for the club and Milan Baros (white) claiming that Linvoy Primus (black) had handballed instead of him. Ref nearly gave a pen as well, FFS
Then Owen got tackled well inside the area and the ref gave a soft penalty, Owen gave it to Shaka on his 36th birthday.I bloody loved that game
jugularvein
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right Harry aside....
i don't think his howlers really count as there is obviously some alterior motive, at least with some of them. he has his reasons, quite a few thousand of them probably.
it's when managers do it for the right reasons but get it so wrong.
i don't think his howlers really count as there is obviously some alterior motive, at least with some of them. he has his reasons, quite a few thousand of them probably.
it's when managers do it for the right reasons but get it so wrong.
Itzik Zohar the Israeli "international" Crystal Palace signed for £1.25m after watching a videotape of highlights, of him scoring a load of goals, mainly freekicks.
Only it turned out that he was only an Isreali "amatuer" international.
You'd think that they'd check the basics ffs
Biggest pile of shite to ever pull on a red and blue shirt.
Only it turned out that he was only an Isreali "amatuer" international.
You'd think that they'd check the basics ffs Biggest pile of shite to ever pull on a red and blue shirt.
jugularvein said:
What about Thomas Brolin, that Danish guy Liverpool signed who turned up several stone overweight?
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Balbi said:He's got a bit better since then.
Benjani, Mendes, Davis, Pamarot, Fernandes, Krancjar, Douala, Cole, James, Campbell, Johnson, Thompson......
Mendes is quite good.... for a Tottenham reject
According to the BBC sites version of tis topic any signing of Heskey is bad...... I agree!
RaverDrew said:It was leeds that signed him, realised he was well past it, and then sold him onto Palace. He was too unfit to play, so we ended up making him our manager, so that we at least got something for our money.
Yeah, I realised after I posted that it was, in fact, Leeds...
On a different note, in terms of big-profile signings for big clubs taht have gone majorly wrong, I think Veron and Diego Forlan at Man U are pretty amusing examples
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thanks for the memories john barnes
brixtonvilla
should be Oslovilla, really
Villa managers named & shamed:
Top one has to be Bosko Balaban. Somewhere in the region of £6m for "Croatia's Michael Owen". Did he ever actually play? (John Gregory)
Michael Boulding. A fucking tennis pro. Hello? (Graham Taylor)
Mark Kinsella. Good at pointing. (Taylor again)
Oyvind Leonardsen. Why? (Taylor again)
Colin Calderwood. Not so much a defender, more of a third goalpost. (Gregory)
Top one has to be Bosko Balaban. Somewhere in the region of £6m for "Croatia's Michael Owen". Did he ever actually play? (John Gregory)
Michael Boulding. A fucking tennis pro. Hello? (Graham Taylor)
Mark Kinsella. Good at pointing. (Taylor again)
Oyvind Leonardsen. Why? (Taylor again)
Colin Calderwood. Not so much a defender, more of a third goalpost. (Gregory)
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Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
Too many to count, but at Lincoln's level a lot of it is about scraping together what you can for free, so it's no surprise a lot of them tend to be rubbish. Worst signing was our biggest ever though (a massive 80k). Tony Battersby, overweight, lazy and egotistical. Easy to pick up better for free.
pinched_nerve
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Andreas Andersson. Good.god.
I remember him being put clean away towards towards the box then just falling over. Comically bad.
I remember him being put clean away towards towards the box then just falling over. Comically bad.
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Yeah, he played in an away UEFA Cup game (don't know where) which we lost, I think, and of course he didn't score or even look like he could. Might have made a few sub appearances too. Great value for £6.5M and we got fuck all back for him (agreed to terminate his contract early with a nice pay off, natch). But Bosco has done well with Club Brugge - big deal, you might say, in the Belgian league - but he has bagged a few for them in some European games (Champs League even) and for Croatia too. He wasn't as good as we thought he was when we bought him, but he's not as bad as we thought he was when we got rid of him either.brixtonvilla said:
Some other notable Villa flops - Sasa Curcic, Ivo Stas, some Israeli called Grahib or something (the last 2 probably never played a game between them) and, it has to be said, Stanley Victor Colleymore.
But aside from Villa, who was that African (I think) player that Souness signed for one of his clubs, played him for half a match and then realised that the guy simply couldn't play at all!? It was a case of mistaken identity or something.
brixtonvilla
should be Oslovilla, really
Jesus. How could I forget Stan Collymore? To be fair to Father Ted (sorry, Brian Little), it did look like a good signing at the time. I don't think many people could have predicted exactly how far down the tubes SVC was going to go, or how quickly.
He's still a lazy arrogant big-headed bastard who can't keep his cock or fists to himself though...
He's still a lazy arrogant big-headed bastard who can't keep his cock or fists to himself though...
Sunray
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Stan Collymore could have been considered a good signing, he was great for Liverpool, so you can understand why people might sign him, least he had a track record.
Some of these players though prolly thought they had hit jackpot.
I'd love to get signed on 30k a week deal, I'd just go sick till they stopped paying me.
Some of these players though prolly thought they had hit jackpot.
I'd love to get signed on 30k a week deal, I'd just go sick till they stopped paying me.
Tom A said:
That's in the first post.
CherryRipe
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I can't believe we haven't had a Newcastle fan on with all the shite we've signed....
Marcelino (6m)
Bramble (4.5m)
Boumsong (8.5m)
Luque (10m)
Viana (8.5m)
Stephane Guivarc'h (3.5m)
Carl Cort (8m)
Sivio Maric (4m)
Christian Bassedas (4m)
I could go on bur it's depressing me... No wonder we never fuckin win anything
Marcelino (6m)
Bramble (4.5m)
Boumsong (8.5m)
Luque (10m)
Viana (8.5m)
Stephane Guivarc'h (3.5m)
Carl Cort (8m)
Sivio Maric (4m)
Christian Bassedas (4m)
I could go on bur it's depressing me... No wonder we never fuckin win anything
jugularvein
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RaverDrew said:It was leeds that signed him, realised he was well past it, and then sold him onto Palace. He was too unfit to play, so we ended up making him our manager, so that we at least got something for our money.
you did that with lombardo as well. funny old club you support drew. especially with that strange man jordan now...
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In the Toon
CherryRipe said:
I was just thinking that. On top of that we had Louis Saha on loan. I thought he looked good in the couple of games he played but the Toon didn't seem interested and off he went.
On the other hand, going back a few years what about amazing surprises? Alan Shoulder for instance. You don't get many of them.
Oh yeah...even further. Anyone remember Manyoo buying Ted McDougall from Bournemouth after he scored 11 in a cup tie? And Carlo Satori? Dark days for them in those days.
I have to admit that Kroldrup was a twattish signing.
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I'm a Northampton fan so most of our players. 
In particular Andy Turner who i believe was at Tottenham once and manager Terry Fenwick who signed him and last about 2 weeks in the job.
In particular Andy Turner who i believe was at Tottenham once and manager Terry Fenwick who signed him and last about 2 weeks in the job.
