Apart from the owner bit agree 100% not getting in to that conversation.
Bayliss and Shipley weren’t signings though…
And Bayliss was absolutely key in getting us out of league two. He basically gave us the thrust we were missing after Jones got injured, without him, McNulty and Doyle we may never have got up that year.
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And Bayliss was absolutely key in getting us out of league two. He basically gave us the thrust we were missing after Jones got injured, without him, McNulty and Doyle we may never have got up that year.
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Don't know if your being sarcastic. But he should be in that shortlist ...actually 2 good seasons with us. Bought for peanuts and God knows what we sold him for.
I would def have mentioned him as a key player, but the thread is about signings, so I didn’t.
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I think it can be argued Grimmer had as much or more influence than Bayliss. When you consider he played most games And he was a big upgrade on previous Right backs.
,Doyle with his winning mentality for me was key in stopping our slide. He was a leader on and off the pitch the passion he showed rubbed off on others. You could see what it meant to him getting promoted. He hadn't the legs for league 1 the next season
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Different era slightly but Did MR sign Eddie Mcgoldrick? If only we had kept him?
Said this many times Michael Doyle was truly invaluable. Let's hope however it turns out the new Swedish wondorboy Viktor is the best signing.
Said this many times Michael Doyle was truly invaluable. Let's hope however it turns out the new Swedish wondorboy Viktor is the best signing.
Absolutely. Signed from Herne Bay for nothing and sold for 3.5 million. Great business and a excellent player
Grimmer was poor IMO. Couldn’t pass and shirked his tackles.
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Kelly not for what he has done on the pitch but what he has done off it , MR relies on him a lot to keep the unit tight and be his voice in the dressing room with fadz as his number two , I’m afraid Doyle was fantastic on the pitch a leader etc but was not as great in the dressing room etc as Kelly has been
A very good question and I wouldn’t argue with any of those on the list being named as the best signing.
I will go with Kelly/Doyle. For the first time in years, we actually controlled a game from the midfield. They added bite and let the better players around them play. Their experience started the fight back that gives us the platform we play at today.
I will go with Kelly/Doyle. For the first time in years, we actually controlled a game from the midfield. They added bite and let the better players around them play. Their experience started the fight back that gives us the platform we play at today.
Kelly or Hyam for me due to their abilities they have carried forward to this level. My argument in another thread is that Kelly is coming to a bit of a conclusion with regards to his on field abilities. Hyam I think can be a success at this level so he's my pick
League Two > Championship and still a regular is Football Manager stuff.
League Two > Championship and still a regular is Football Manager stuff.
It has to be Kelly.
Our league 2 season was going nowhere until Kelly came into the side. He was the main reason we turned it around that year and played a big part in keeping us in league 1 and then getting us up again.
Our league 2 season was going nowhere until Kelly came into the side. He was the main reason we turned it around that year and played a big part in keeping us in league 1 and then getting us up again.
Yeah m8 … but
Yes that was quality with his swinger.
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Wtf‽??? Doyle was pivotal to that dressing room. He was also influential to the young lads and the reason we got the other pompey boys in.
Doyle was to us what Vinnie Jones was to Leeds- someone to come in for one season in a lower & very tough division purely to help get us out of that divison- by galvanising, cajoling, encouraging, fighting and in doing so giving more talented but younger & more ‘fragile’ players room to play. Then when we went up he was moved on as he wouldn’t be suitable. A very smart signing & exactly what was needed for that season- but not sure you can say he was the best.
Has to be O’Hare for me, valid reasons for most of the other shouts, but to bring in a player of that calibre for free? that’s probably at least £8m profit if we were to sell him NOW. That amount of money is pretty good at just about any level let alone Championship. And we can already see how big of an impact he makes when he plays with the team.
not at all, if anything I’m agreeing. Exactly what was needed to get out of a very physical, tough League. I just wouldn’t put him as MR’s best signing, but he was perfect for what we needed right then.
McNulty for me overall. None of this happens without his goals.
He was that steel missing from previous seasons. Remember how he got a Swindon player sent off at their place. He may have grabbed a goal there too. Think he grabbed his bollocks lol or something stupid like that. He man managed the refs too. He was the statement signing and probably the most important signing.
I could be wrong but wasn't it Doyle that convinced McNulty to join?
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Kelly was far more effective on the pitch as the record that season shows very very clearly