The Best Worst Signing You Remember! Think Flop! (1 Viewer)

mds · Sep 29, 2013

Something to do with football.
1m for Kevin Drinkell from Rangers, was a huge amount at the time, not long after we won the cup i think, just helped rangers win the title, scored on his debut and did nothing else for ever afterwards. Shocking signing.
One of my favourites from around the same time David Speedy fearless aggressive player gave his all and then some.
Many more flops and successes im sure someone can remember more.

WONDERLAMPS · Sep 29, 2013

julian gray

Astute · Sep 29, 2013

Timothy ?

Hobo · Sep 29, 2013

Collier, big money at the time, one appearance og I think and never seen again.
If my stats are wrong I'm sure Grendel will correct me.

deanocity3 · Sep 29, 2013

worst signing was when I signed my marriage certificate

DazzleTommyDazzle · Sep 29, 2013

Hobo said:
Collier, big money at the time, one appearance og I think and never seen again.
If my stats are wrong I'm sure Grendel will correct me.

Signed at the same time as Dave Jones, both big money, both didn't work out.

Deleted member 5849 · Sep 29, 2013

mds said:
Something to do with football.
1m for Kevin Drinkell from Rangers, was a huge amount at the time, not long after we won the cup i think, just helped rangers win the title, scored on his debut and did nothing else for ever afterwards. Shocking signing.
One of my favourites from around the same time David Speedy fearless aggressive player gave his all and then some.
Many more flops and successes im sure someone can remember more.

Unfortunately for Sillett, most of the centre forwards he signed!

Speedie was inept until we converted him to attacking midfield, Bannister's goals dried up when he came back to us... but yep Drinkell's a good shout!

Bellamy has to be up there in recent history...

DazzleTommyDazzle · Sep 29, 2013

For worst signings you can pretty much take anyone we signed from Rangers - obviously after Colin Stein.

I'm afraid that does include Elvis, glad that he's doing much better as a manager

Hobo · Sep 29, 2013

A couple of people mentioned Drinkell...started like a house on fire and looked classy for about five games then just seemed to loose interest totally. However his track record before that was excellent.

Think he may have had problems off the pitch.

Skybluerevolution (Pt2) · Sep 29, 2013

Dougie Maguire from Celtic- has anyone seen him?

Dean Allsop · Sep 29, 2013

Keith O'Neil

Hobo · Sep 29, 2013

Skybluerevolution (Pt2) said:
Dougie Maguire from Celtic- has anyone seen him?

Can't remember how much we paid for him not a lot, think he was seen as a prospect really. Had ability but seemed to lack belief and confidence.

Played well in our reserve team at Oldham, I was there. Seen worse at the City.

DazzleTommyDazzle · Sep 29, 2013

Skybluerevolution (Pt2) said:
Dougie Maguire from Celtic- has anyone seen him?

Started well, then got something like glandular fever and never really came back.

skybluetony176 · Sep 29, 2013

Pat Butcher, sorry i mean Colin Hendry wasn't too clever

Mary_Mungo_Midge · Sep 29, 2013

Eion Jess. £2m and one league goal. Ouch

DazzleTommyDazzle · Sep 29, 2013

Mary_Mungo_Midge said:
Eion Jess. £2m and one league goal. Ouch

But he was brilliant in the 2-0 win away to Wimbledon that helped us stay up (2 goals for Nuddy).

Showed what we were missing the rest of the time.

Deleted member 5849 · Sep 29, 2013

Would it be remiss of me to add McAllister too? League title winner with Leeds, then had singlehandedly carried them for a couple of years.

Utterly diabolical for his first couple of seasons with us.

Followed by being atrocious when he came back as player-manager!

skybluetony176 · Sep 29, 2013

Dean Allsop said:
Keith O'Neil

forgot all about him, cant think why.

wasn't he an extra in snatch? in some of the caravan area scenes?

cyril · Sep 29, 2013

Sandy robertson

SkyBlueSid · Sep 29, 2013

Hobo said:
Collier, big money at the time, one appearance og I think and never seen again.
If my stats are wrong I'm sure Grendel will correct me.

Gary Collier played twice, both away from home and both defeats. So the home fans never saw him play. He never lived up to a quite decent reputation and departed to the American League.

He was a poor signing in one sense, but we actually made a small profit on him when he went, which was a miracle. Dave Jones was rubbish too, and I'm sure we lost on him.

TheRoyalScam · Sep 29, 2013

Truly the worst player I've seen in half a century following CCFC has to be the totally inept Julian Darby.

Hobo · Sep 29, 2013

SkyBlueSid said:
Gary Collier played twice, both away from home and both defeats. So the home fans never saw him play. He never lived up to a quite decent reputation and departed to the American League.

He was a poor signing in one sense, but we actually made a small profit on him when he went, which was a miracle. Dave Jones was rubbish too, and I'm sure we lost on him.

Thanks SkyBlueSid wasn't sure of the exact stats and couldn't be bothered to look em up...didn't realise we made money on him so that weakens my argument.

torchomatic · Sep 29, 2013

Gary Collier. Was he the one from Bristol City?

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DazzleTommyDazzle · Sep 29, 2013

torchomatic said:
Gary Collier. Was he the one from Bristol City?

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He was indeed.

torchomatic · Sep 29, 2013

DazzleTommyDazzle said:
He was indeed.

Forgotten all about him.

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DazzleTommyDazzle · Sep 29, 2013

torchomatic said:
Forgotten all about him.

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To be fair, there wasn't much to remember about him in a CCFC context.

I was living in Bristol at the time (happy student days) and saw him a few times at Ashton Gate - looked a decent player there.

Ripbuster · Sep 29, 2013

Ricoh lease.

Only played 1 game and ended with a life threatening injury.

deanocity3 · Sep 29, 2013

Chris Chilton over 200 goals for hull
joined us scored 2

st john · Sep 29, 2013

Robert Jarni

The Bear · Sep 29, 2013

Dean Allsop said:
Keith O'Neil

Spent more time playing pool in Leamington than anywhere near Ryton...

ExmouthNeil · Sep 29, 2013

Davie Bowman..... Shocker. The manager (Don Mackay)never even watched him before he signed....:facepalm:

And about 3 Norwegians who cost about £1m each and barely kicked a balls for us...

Good times......

thaiskyblue · Sep 29, 2013

Hobo said:
Collier, big money at the time, one appearance og I think and never seen again.
If my stats are wrong I'm sure Grendel will correct me.

2, i think went off to the states, record signing at the time, i remember an american called David Bradford to say he was poor is being kind.

covmark · Sep 29, 2013

Alexei lalas

torchomatic · Sep 29, 2013

covmark said:
Alexei lalas

Did he actually sign?

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thaiskyblue · Sep 29, 2013

torchomatic said:
Did he actually sign?

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don't think so , i thought he went italy, perugia i think.

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