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Post by Fred Merger on Jun 27, 2020 19:58:25 GMT
I think Clucas is certainly a player that we could sell for more than we paid for him. Decent player who has an eye for goal. 10 goals from midfield in a shit team with 7 games to go won't have gone unnoticed if we do go down.
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Post by silsdenstokie on Jun 27, 2020 20:02:06 GMT
Nzonzi is a good shout
I guess I wasn't overly sure about Ric, certainly didn't expect him to become the player he did for us
Going back further, Kav was a much better player than what I was expecting
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Post by longdistancekiddie on Jun 27, 2020 21:12:42 GMT
Beattie and Odemwengie, Carl Saunders
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Post by wagsastokie on Jun 27, 2020 21:19:24 GMT
And the best one of the lot super Jon Walters
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Post by Gunslinger on Jun 27, 2020 21:26:50 GMT
Odemwingie. Honourable mention to Gerry Taggart and Mark Crossley
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Post by Pirate on Jun 27, 2020 21:45:37 GMT
When was the last time we signed a player who merely lived up to his reputation let alone exceeded it?
edit - after a positive fashion
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2020 0:35:41 GMT
And the best one of the lot super Jon Walters Who felt like a new signing under Hughes, given the freedom really showed the footballer he was. Not to badmouth Pulis but he and N'Zonzi especially really flourished after that dinosaur fucked off. Oh wait, I badmouthed Pulis.
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Post by skip on Jun 28, 2020 0:46:18 GMT
For me, Rory Delap, particularly given that sickener of a leg break when he was still on loan, wasn't he? Anyway, who knew how important he'd turn out to be.
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 28, 2020 1:23:42 GMT
Odemwingie stands out. It was particularly pleasing because some of the moaning about him joining us was daft.
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Jun 28, 2020 1:26:59 GMT
Bojan probably.
I think most expected a washed up waster with little to no interest in playing. What we got was a little genius who played some of the best football of his life, someone who was very frank about the mental challenges he had faced and someone who made a genuine connection to the club and its fans. Sad how if petered out, but I don’t think anyone expected him to be as good as he was. His display against Arsenal is one of my favourite of all time.
Ironically, nearly everyone signed after him has been the former.
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Post by nicholasjalcock on Jun 28, 2020 5:57:04 GMT
Pottermus!😀
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Post by potterpaul on Jun 28, 2020 7:10:37 GMT
Beattie and Odemwengie, Carl Saunders If I'm correct with what the OP is asking, I'd agree that Beattie was definantly the last player to be better than expected
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Post by swampmongrel on Jun 28, 2020 7:40:19 GMT
I was thinking about Odemwingie the other day in the context that in four seasons he was the only good striker that Hughes actually signed for us. Quite striking really when you think about the type of player Hughes was himself and the amount of money spent.
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Post by chuckrocky on Jun 28, 2020 8:03:27 GMT
Lee Grant was probably the last one.
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Post by nicholasjalcock on Jun 28, 2020 9:54:27 GMT
For his first match Jese. We all left that Arsenal match thinking what a talent. Then we all know about the rest of his time with us. “Boss , I’ve had a blinding first hour this week! I know the other 39 hours were dreadful but can I please have a pay rise?” Boss is taken into A&E as his laughing fit is confused for a seizure!🤪
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Post by somersetstokie on Jun 28, 2020 10:15:26 GMT
Jordon Thompson! He is clearly going to be the new Messiah!
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Post by Godo on Jun 28, 2020 13:05:32 GMT
Nigel Gleghorn.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2020 18:40:18 GMT
James Beattie
Must have been some player at his peak
Terrific finisher
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Post by thestatusquo on Jun 29, 2020 6:35:12 GMT
Glen Whelan
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Post by heworksardtho on Jun 29, 2020 8:27:28 GMT
Has to be Mark Chamberlain
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Post by mt on Jun 29, 2020 8:59:29 GMT
Lee Grant.
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Post by stantheman on Jun 29, 2020 9:25:24 GMT
Shocking that none of the expensive signings we've made since mid-Hughes era have failed to deliver.
Diouf on a free looked good for a couple of seasons
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Post by Olgrligm on Jun 29, 2020 9:37:14 GMT
Here are our signings in the relegation season and beyond, with a rating of whether or not they are better than I expected when we signed them:
Tommy Smith no Liam Lindsay no Adam Davies no Jordan Cousins no Nick Powell yes Lee Gregory no Stephen Ward no Scott Hogan no Mark Duffy no Cameron Carter-Vickers no Jordan Thompson no James Chester no Tashan Oakley-Boothe N/A Benik Afobe no Tom Ince no Sam Vokes no Oghenekaro Etebo no Sam Clucas no James McClean no Danny Batth no Adam Federici no Ryan Woods no Cuco Martina no Ashley Williams no
That's a total of £62,000,000 since relegation, plus an additional £12,800,000 on agent fees and goodness knows what else.
Kevin Wimmer no Badou Ndiaye no Kurt Zouma no Bruno Martins Indi no Moritz Bauer no Konstantinos Stafylidis no Darren Fletcher no Jesé no Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting no
That's another £51,000,000 of footballers!
I'll just throw in one more:
Joe Allen no Saido Berahino no* Ramadan Sobhi no Wilfried Bony no Lee Grant yes, definitely much better than expected Ryan Sweeney no Harry Souttar no
*I actually said that Berahino was a terrible signing when he first joined, but I would still say that he fell below my expectations
So, the definitive answer to the question is sort of Nick Powell, but definitely Lee Grant.
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Post by Championship Potter on Jun 29, 2020 10:42:33 GMT
Here are our signings in the relegation season and beyond, with a rating of whether or not they are better than I expected when we signed them: That is one shocking set of footballers when you see them listed out like that. Spending that much money on a set of footballers so universally crap is some achievement. You’d think even with zero ability in scouting and recruitment, you’d luck out on at least a handful.
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Post by heworksardtho on Jun 29, 2020 11:22:45 GMT
Here are our signings in the relegation season and beyond, with a rating of whether or not they are better than I expected when we signed them: Tommy Smith noLiam Lindsay noAdam Davies noJordan Cousins noNick Powell yesLee Gregory noStephen Ward noScott Hogan noMark Duffy noCameron Carter-Vickers noJordan Thompson noJames Chester noTashan Oakley-Boothe N/ABenik Afobe noTom Ince noSam Vokes noOghenekaro Etebo noSam Clucas noJames McClean noDanny Batth noAdam Federici noRyan Woods noCuco Martina noAshley Williams noThat's a total of £62,000,000 since relegation, plus an additional £12,800,000 on agent fees and goodness knows what else. Kevin Wimmer noBadou Ndiaye noKurt Zouma noBruno Martins Indi noMoritz Bauer noKonstantinos Stafylidis noDarren Fletcher noJesé noEric Maxim Choupo-Moting noThat's another £51,000,000 of footballers! I'll just throw in one more: Joe Allen noSaido Berahino no*Ramadan Sobhi noWilfried Bony noLee Grant yes, definitely much better than expectedRyan Sweeney noHarry Souttar no*I actually said that Berahino was a terrible signing when he first joined, but I would still say that he fell below my expectations So, the definitive answer to the question is sort of Nick Powell, but definitely Lee Grant. Hats off to you for doing that fantastic post , it’s made me realise how really wank we are , relegation to league one maybe will do us good and get rid of these so callled professional footballers, and get in young hungry players instead of these severely overpaid shitfest we have
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Jun 29, 2020 12:06:44 GMT
Here are our signings in the relegation season and beyond, with a rating of whether or not they are better than I expected when we signed them: Tommy Smith noLiam Lindsay noAdam Davies noJordan Cousins noNick Powell yesLee Gregory noStephen Ward noScott Hogan noMark Duffy noCameron Carter-Vickers noJordan Thompson noJames Chester noTashan Oakley-Boothe N/ABenik Afobe noTom Ince noSam Vokes noOghenekaro Etebo noSam Clucas noJames McClean noDanny Batth noAdam Federici noRyan Woods noCuco Martina noAshley Williams noThat's a total of £62,000,000 since relegation, plus an additional £12,800,000 on agent fees and goodness knows what else. Kevin Wimmer noBadou Ndiaye noKurt Zouma noBruno Martins Indi noMoritz Bauer noKonstantinos Stafylidis noDarren Fletcher noJesé noEric Maxim Choupo-Moting noThat's another £51,000,000 of footballers! I'll just throw in one more: Joe Allen noSaido Berahino no*Ramadan Sobhi noWilfried Bony noLee Grant yes, definitely much better than expectedRyan Sweeney noHarry Souttar no*I actually said that Berahino was a terrible signing when he first joined, but I would still say that he fell below my expectations So, the definitive answer to the question is sort of Nick Powell, but definitely Lee Grant. Hats off to you for doing that fantastic post , it’s made me realise how really wank we are , relegation to league one maybe will do us good and get rid of these so callled professional footballers, and get in young hungry players instead of these severely overpaid shitfest we have Agreed, that's a great bit of work. Nzonzi is the one player I'd pick as the last time we signed someone who turned out to be a really good buy. £3m ffs! No surprise that someone else then cashed in on his true potential transfer value! Seeing him run the midfield with ease as we put 4 past Villa at Villa Park was a joy to behold. Slightly left field this one, possibly, but if he hadn't been a lazy, petulant twat I think Imbula could have been a great player. £18 mill would need a lot of good performances to justify but he had the ability, just not the drive or aptitude.
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Post by CBUFAWKIPWH on Jun 29, 2020 13:20:11 GMT
James McClean. I didn't have high expectations of him as a footballer but I absolutely love his attitude on the pitch. We've had far more talented players on the books who he puts to shame.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2020 13:50:41 GMT
Here are our signings in the relegation season and beyond, with a rating of whether or not they are better than I expected when we signed them: Tommy Smith noLiam Lindsay noAdam Davies noJordan Cousins noNick Powell yesLee Gregory noStephen Ward noScott Hogan noMark Duffy noCameron Carter-Vickers noJordan Thompson noJames Chester noTashan Oakley-Boothe N/ABenik Afobe noTom Ince noSam Vokes noOghenekaro Etebo noSam Clucas noJames McClean noDanny Batth noAdam Federici noRyan Woods noCuco Martina noAshley Williams noThat's a total of £62,000,000 since relegation, plus an additional £12,800,000 on agent fees and goodness knows what else. Kevin Wimmer noBadou Ndiaye noKurt Zouma noBruno Martins Indi noMoritz Bauer noKonstantinos Stafylidis noDarren Fletcher noJesé noEric Maxim Choupo-Moting noThat's another £51,000,000 of footballers! I'll just throw in one more: Joe Allen noSaido Berahino no*Ramadan Sobhi noWilfried Bony noLee Grant yes, definitely much better than expectedRyan Sweeney noHarry Souttar no*I actually said that Berahino was a terrible signing when he first joined, but I would still say that he fell below my expectations So, the definitive answer to the question is sort of Nick Powell, but definitely Lee Grant. That is an absolutely disgusting list for a minimum total of well over 100M. I swear I've just seen Jesus Christ hurtling past my window on a Unicycle...
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Post by leicspotter on Jun 29, 2020 14:16:25 GMT
Odemwingie. Honourable mention to Gerry Taggart and Mark Crossley I was livid when we signed Taggart...big slice of humble pie later I was singing his name along with everyone else! Master stroke getting him and Crossley
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Post by clarkeda on Jun 29, 2020 14:59:58 GMT
Sam Clucas has been quiet abit better than I expected to be fair.
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