Borrowdales agent must have been some kind of witchdoctor.Getting £500,000+ for Garry Borrowdale from QPR also had me falling off my chair at the time.
Still remember Gary Mac transfer.Which transfer in or out has shocked you the most in watching the City - caught you completely off guard?
For me it was McAllister joining from Leeds. Showed that for the first time that the club had real ambition and was prepared to compete with the big boys.
On reflection it was the wrong signing or more accurately we had the wrong manager splashing the cash.
Kevin Kyle joining was also revealing as even at the time it showed that Adams was not prepared for the sale of McSheffrey and it was a signing that was badly planned from the start. Can't blame Kyle for that - more a reflection of poor decision making by the Board and Adams not having a real plan B.
On the transfer out front - I was shocked we got £5MM+ for Bellamy as he had a terrible season for us. Proved me wrong many times after that.
Not buying Chris Marsden & selling Noel Whelan not long after we had sold Robbie Keane.
The Whelan sale must have due to his personal issues. He was out of shape but still potentially had years left in him, think he was only 25 / 26.
I know the season before he was injured at the start and then we picked Rousell to play with Keane. It was a shock to me that we sold him 2 weeks before the start of the season just after selling Keane, maybe he wanted to move back up north. I am not sure when Bellamy came in.The Whelan sale must have due to his personal issues. He was out of shape but still potentially had years left in him, think he was only 25 / 26.
Keane and also Robert Jarni
Borrowdales agent must have been some kind of witchdoctor.
Didn't we also manage to offload Scowcroft for a similar amount?
The only time I ever wrote to the chairman of city in my life ,didn't agree with his comments then and think it was the worst transfer the club ever made selling our top player to a rival a real no no (villa) who were on a par at the time and watching him and them going on to achieve what they did thinking that could have been us.Denis Mortimer to Villa (for £175K I think) in the mid-70's. Hated it.
Which transfer in or out has shocked you the most in watching the City - caught you completely off guard?
For me it was McAllister joining from Leeds. Showed that for the first time that the club had real ambition and was prepared to compete with the big boys.
On reflection it was the wrong signing or more accurately we had the wrong manager splashing the cash.
Kevin Kyle joining was also revealing as even at the time it showed that Adams was not prepared for the sale of McSheffrey and it was a signing that was badly planned from the start. Can't blame Kyle for that - more a reflection of poor decision making by the Board and Adams not having a real plan B.
On the transfer out front - I was shocked we got £5MM+ for Bellamy as he had a terrible season for us. Proved me wrong many times after that.
Go on thenHeard a lot of rumours about this one at the time.
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