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Post by jimigoodwinsbeard on Nov 16, 2014 8:16:31 GMT
Worst-John Guidetti. Best-Mark Crossley
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Post by elystokie on Nov 16, 2014 8:41:18 GMT
Wasn't Tosh Mckinlay's sending off a bit pathetic? If I remember it rightly it was just a very gentle, friendly tap on a players head? I remember thinking it was an absolutely ridiculous decision, makes a mockery of the referee's decision not to take any action against Rose last week. Not defending him as a player by the way, just remembering an injustice  Wasn't he also a bit of a 'fashion victim'? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2014 8:45:15 GMT
Always thought Mark Walters was a quality signing, alongside Alan Biley.
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Post by crouchbot on Nov 16, 2014 8:48:43 GMT
Best
Doobs? (Was he a loan)
Shawcross
Delap
Hendrie
Moses
Gerry
Crossley
Akinbiyi
Gunnlaugsson
Burton
Berger -(just because I couldn't believe it!)
Gallagher (the first time)
Nash
Pennant
Griffin
Worst
Camara
Pearson
Ameobi
Wilson (not Marc, the one from boro)
Guidetti
Gallagher (the second time)
Bothroyd
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Post by sheikhmomo on Nov 16, 2014 8:58:10 GMT
There is only one answer to 'the best'. Crossley. We'd have been back in Division 3 without him and almost certainly not where we are now.
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Post by lawrieleslie on Nov 16, 2014 9:01:31 GMT
2 Words.................... Shola Ameobi...............................I'll let you guess which one I'm thinking of out of best or worst. His loan caused a bit of a legal wrangle between us and Fat Sam. Ameobi was recovering from hip surgery when we signed him on loan for a £500k fee and we hoped to sign him permanently if promoted. However, probably in the hope of offloading their half fit player, Fat Sam claimed we had signed an agreement to do this but Coates politely sent him back filed under "not good enough". Since then though Ameobi has forged a decent career at Newcastle so fair do's to him. |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Nov 16, 2014 9:08:37 GMT
There were a few very poor loans in the Boskamp era from what I remember. Junior and Martin Kolar immediately spring to mind. Kolar yes. But Junior had a run of some good games for us imo. |
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Post by chiefdelilah on Nov 16, 2014 9:24:46 GMT
In my lifetime Crossley, Grobbelaar and Gunnlaugsson are all up there.
My worst list starts and ends with Michael Ricketts.
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Post by Jamo on the wing on Nov 16, 2014 9:25:42 GMT
Best: Steino (albeit his actual loan spell wasn't that impressive funnily enough).
Worst: Gordon Marshall
We've had players on loan who haven't featured or got sent off on debut but purely on how many goals he cost us I think Marshall gets the nod.
As far as other good loan signings go most have been mentioned but Tom Cowan was a really good loanee who often gets overlooked.
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Post by partickpotter on Nov 16, 2014 9:32:31 GMT
2 Words.................... Shola Ameobi...............................I'll let you guess which one I'm thinking of out of best or worst. His loan caused a bit of a legal wrangle between us and Fat Sam. Ameobi was recovering from hip surgery when we signed him on loan for a £500k fee and we hoped to sign him permanently if promoted. However, probably in the hope of offloading their half fit player, Fat Sam claimed we had signed an agreement to do this but Coates politely sent him back filed under "not good enough". Since then though Ameobi has forged a decent career at Newcastle so fair do's to him. "had forged"... He left Newcastle in the summer after fourteen years to pastures new in Turkey. Specifically Gaziantep Büyük?ehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü. Try saying that after a couple of pints! Whether those 14 years at Newcastle were good, bad or indifferent is for the Geordie boys to comment. From a Stoke perspective, his six games with us were very poor. |
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Post by crapslinger on Nov 16, 2014 9:55:40 GMT
Mickey Owen (WTF), John Carew (40K a week)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2014 9:56:28 GMT
Best...Mark Stein Worst...Gordon Marshall (complete joke of a keeper, and to think, he kept Carl Muggleton out)  Yes...and his equally as shit partner in crime John Clarke. Who, amazingly, we put Overson on the bench for. |
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Post by chiefdelilah on Nov 16, 2014 10:02:43 GMT
Mickey Owen (WTF), John Carew (40K a week) Micky Owen wasn't a loan signing. Carew had a good debut but turned out to be a shocker. Good player well past his best and replacing Tuncay with him nearly fucked our season. It took TP seeing sense and dropping him (and Whitehead) to turn things round. |
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Post by mattythestokie on Nov 16, 2014 10:52:53 GMT
I always forget the signing of Stephan Kelly. He hardly did much did he?
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Post by 2004 on Nov 16, 2014 10:59:36 GMT
Shola Ameobi  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2014 11:41:57 GMT
Jay Bothroyd was a fairly pointless loan signing didnt he get an england cap? and was supposed to be the next best thing?im sure i saw somewhere that he is now playing somewhere in asia? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2014 11:58:18 GMT
best
1]crossley [helped to turn round our season]
2]hendrie [ ditto ]
3]mark walters
worst
1]gordon marshall [reinforced everything we all know about scotish goalkeepers]
2] kevin pressman
3]vince hilaire
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Post by Clem Fandango on Nov 16, 2014 12:10:19 GMT
Jay Bothroyd was a fairly pointless loan signing didnt he get an england cap? and was supposed to be the next best thing?im sure i saw somewhere that he is now playing somewhere in asia? Yeah he did I think while he was at QPR or Cardiff I looked him up on Wiki after I wrote my reply it seems he's playing in the Thai league. |
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Post by GeneralFaye on Nov 16, 2014 12:18:16 GMT
Worst.. Steve Guppy?
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Nov 16, 2014 12:33:22 GMT
Chris Riggott & Jody Craddock.
Not sure where to classify them, as they were good players but they were only here for about 5 minutes.
Also haven't seen Stephen Kelly mentioned yet, just looked further up, my bad.
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Post by RWChris on Nov 16, 2014 12:45:20 GMT
Didn't Micky Adams do alright on loan? I remember he scored a cracker from out on the left wing (vs. Bristol C?)...we signed Walters & Biggins on the same day??
We've certainly had our fair share of loans over the years...any remember much about this lot?..
Josip Skoko
Steve Melton
Chris Clark
Stephen Wright
Richard Dryden
Sam Aiston
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Post by Jamo on the wing on Nov 16, 2014 12:48:29 GMT
Didn't Micky Adams do alright on loan? I remember he scored a cracker from out on the left wing (vs. Bristol C?)...we signed Walters & Biggins on the same day?? We've certainly had our fair share of loans over the years...any remember much about this lot?.. Josip Skoko Steve Melton Chris Clark Stephen Wright Richard Dryden Sam Aiston That Micky Adams goal was a belter in a 3-0 win but the TV camera was knackered and as far as I know there isn't any footage of the goal in existence. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2014 12:56:45 GMT
Best. Crossley.
Worst. Allan Smart. Came on as sub and sent off after 5 minutes for punching someone. Never seen again.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2014 13:05:06 GMT
Danny Tiatto did well for us,
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Nov 16, 2014 13:07:05 GMT
I remember going to a match with my dad when Steve Guppy was playing, and I couldn't help but think to myself that I had no idea they made Stoke shirts that large. |
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Post by onionman on Nov 16, 2014 13:13:05 GMT
Anyone remember David Puckett?
Never has a player's surname rhymed so smoothly with the phrase his manager must have thought when he reluctantly decided to pick him in the team.
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Post by roberthuth4 on Nov 16, 2014 13:25:38 GMT
Martin Fulop.....
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Nov 16, 2014 13:53:45 GMT
Best...Mark Stein Worst...Gordon Marshall (complete joke of a keeper, and to think, he kept Carl Muggleton out) Yes...and his equally as shit partner in crime John Clarke. Who, amazingly, we put Overson on the bench for. That was Joe Jordan's BIGGEST wrong doing, even to this day I'll never understand that move??? |
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Post by Jamo on the wing on Nov 16, 2014 14:20:59 GMT
Yes...and his equally as shit partner in crime John Clarke. Who, amazingly, we put Overson on the bench for. That was Joe Jordan's BIGGEST wrong doing, even to this day I'll never understand that move??? Vince had a lot of power in the dressing room and fell out with Jordan didn't he? He was also very much a Macari man and I think "Jaws" was probably (and ultimately unsuccessfully) trying to put his stamp on the team. |
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Post by Sergeant Muttley on Nov 16, 2014 14:39:05 GMT
Crossley has to be the best
Lee Collins surely must be up there with the worst along with numerous Kamara signings/loans.Was O'Neill Donaldson a loan or a signing?
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