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I could not agree more. It was a disgrace that Strachan took us down with all of the money at his disposal. In moments of wishful thinking, if only we'd had Robins (with his current experience) and his management team in charge at that time. Robins is exceptional at spending money sensibly...

Got to be Gary Megson for ruining the career of Dean Emerson - who was set for very big things. (on a much lesser scale, most likely Paul Dickov....hated his attitude on the pitch......I also despised the attitude of the Man Utd players to referees under Ferguson.......in fact I hated Ferguson...

shmee I always like your work! But I'm certain we paid far more for McAllister.

'Take no Patients' loving these titles!!

That would effectively make Strachan his potential father in law (since Telf was his favoured son) :D

All down to injury Grendel; a fully fit Ferguson was near to unstoppable and his career record shows that.

I think we can all agree that McGinnity was a total disaster. The appointment of Reid was one of many awful decisions.

Eastwood was an enigma. You could see that he was great technically and had brilliant feet. But as you say it just didn't work out and we paid a very high fee.

This is obviously a highly competitive list. In terms of money spent, money we got back and very little contribution on the pitch, Kevin Drinkell or Kevin Kyle have to be in with a pretty good shout. Many contenders. Discuss.

Such a shame as he was technically so good. As you say 1991, all of the talent but not the application.

I hear that. Not saying the move was a disaster but at Forest but I think Ian's strike rate was around 1 in 3 there vs. closer to 1 in 2 for us. I think he got off to a slow start at Forest as well (but that's just my memory). So from a superstar for us he moved down to being pretty popular...

I certainly see that argument Grendel. Although I do also remember a lot of speculation about McSheffrey's sale before it happened. I truly believe for what it's worth that in a similar situation that Robins and team would have a Plan B and C ready to go and would not rush into additions to...

Fair points McBean.

Exactly. And this is something in contrast that I really admire about Robins and his team. Totally professional in planning ahead and consistently improving the team through well-judged recruitment. Like every team they don't get all new recruits 100% right but the success rate is very high.

Just a good job that Adams had planned ahead, scouted properly for replacements and spent the cash available from McSheffrey's sale very wisely :emoji_smirk:

I hear what you are saying McBean but not entirely sure on these three. Bright - he's a real talent, young and has plenty of time left to have a very decent career (10 Bags Bayliss called him the best player he'd ever been on a pitch with) McNulty - financially I bet he's done well by leaving...

Ian Wallace. City superstar and all time legend. Never hit the same heights at Forest. No evidence from memory that Ian wanted to move; I guess we needed the cash. I remember he came back to watch a game at HR a few months after he left, hero's welcome in the Main Stand.

Noel Whelan out in Leamington.

Deep Pockets Hickman on the basis of the infamous Ibiza video.

David Rennie is a good shout. Now if only he'd been a proper Kaiser in midfield.