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Worst ever signing? (1 Viewer)

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  • Start date Jul 4, 2019
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LastGarrison

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  • Jul 4, 2019
  • #106
Honourable mention to Arjan de Zeeuw.

Slowest player I think I’ve ever seen in a city shirt.
 

Frank Sidebottom

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  • Jul 4, 2019
  • #107
Didn't we sign an over the hill Shaun Goater on loan for about 4 games because his agent was a Cov fan?
 

Dickie

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  • Jul 4, 2019
  • #108
I’d agree with McQuiod, Coubaly and Allsopp for Wilson. What the actual fuck was that all about?
 
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kapowaz

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  • Jul 4, 2019
  • #109
Oh, Peter Ramage.
 
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cc84cov

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  • Jul 4, 2019
  • #110
Some great names on here lol
 

ccfc1234

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  • Jul 4, 2019
  • #111
If we use a price vs impact ratio would say maybe Moldvan. He was big money and did nothing. I was a small lad at the time tho so older heads pls feel free to put me right.
 

LastGarrison

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  • Jul 4, 2019
  • #112
Ivan Guerrero
 

cc84cov

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  • Jul 4, 2019
  • #113
ccfc1234 said:
If we use a price vs impact ratio would say maybe Moldvan. He was big money and did nothing. I was a small lad at the time tho so older heads pls feel free to put me right.
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Scored the winner at Villa mate he can’t be on this list it’s not right ;-)
 

ccfc1234

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  • Jul 4, 2019
  • #114
cc84cov said:
Scored the winner at Villa mate he can’t be on this list it’s not right ;-)
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Like I said I was very young. Did he do much else? Remember my dad slagging him off a fair bit haha
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Jul 4, 2019
  • #115
Not really - bit of a waste of money really and IMO Aloisi was a better bet.

but the Villa Park goal does kind of make him immune because we all just went nuts that day.

And there's the England WC penalty given away by Phil Neville....
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Jul 4, 2019
  • #116
LastGarrison said:
Ivan Guerrero
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Just to show the standard of the MLS I saw him play for Chicago Fire in a game and he was head and shoulders above everyone else on the pitch that day. Game also included the FM legend that was Freddy Adu and you could instantly see it was American's bigging him up because anyone who'd watched any decent level of football could see he wasn't very good - trapped a ball worse than Dele Adebola, misdirected simple passes and he looked above 3ft tall.
 

cc84cov

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  • Jul 4, 2019
  • #117
ccfc1234 said:
Like I said I was very young. Did he do much else? Remember my dad slagging him off a fair bit haha
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No that was pretty much it mate lol sure we paid 3m for him from Grasshopers I may be wrong.

Just cheaked 3.25m we paid 44 goals in 51 games before us then he went to Fenerbache scored 49 in 53 for them.
 

Gazolba

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  • Jul 4, 2019
  • #118
AStonesThrow said:
Ysrael Zuniga
Yakubu
Onandi Lowe
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Zuniga was a very good player that was never given a run of gamnes to prove his ability.
Worst ever (well recent) signing was Yakubu.
Less recent, Kyle Lightbourne.
 
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Gazolba

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #119
Timperley said:
There was a whole clutch of players costing anywhere between £1m-£2m that Strachan Signed and then never played or were often injured. Keith O Neill, Laurent Delorge, Ivan Guerrero and another Honduran.... To this day I have no idea where Honduras is... or if it's even a real country.
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Well that just shows your geographic ignorance. Honduras is a real country and they have played in the World Cup three times, so they have a decent football pedigree. Ok, so they did finish bottom of their group in all three World Cups but at least they qualified.
 

shepardo01

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #120
Not a player, but Jim Smith when he was brought in at the back end of our first season down to assist Roland Nilsson.
Not 100% sure of accuracies, but we were sitting in 4th with 10 games to go (that is accurate)... In comes Smith, brings in Trollope and Carbonari and we win one more game all season and finish in 10th (ish) place...
 
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skyblue025

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #121
Paul Edwards was truly dire.
 
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JimmyHillsbeard

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #122
Timperley said:
Didn't we sign an over the hill Shaun Goater on loan for about 4 games because his agent was a Cov fan?
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We did indeed. He likes to be reminded of his time at Cov too.
 

lordsummerisle

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #123
DannyThomas_1981 said:
Cobi Jones. Mainly because I purchased the ‘Cobi’s in town’ t-shirt from the club shop. Probably imagined at the time it was cool to be wearing something with an American type slogan. Wore it once to much hilarity from my mates. Never seen again. A bit like Cobi’s career with us.
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Think it was the draw for the 2010 World Cup finals and the FIFA announcer was hyping it up..
" To make the draw for the finals groups in South Africa, three legends of World football"

"Pele!"
"Franz Beckenbaur!"
"Cobi Jones!"
 
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lordsummerisle

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #124
Colin Steins Smile said:
Sandy Robertson - absolutely useless
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Sandy Richardson was more mobile.
 
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ddsdube

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #125
Marty said:
Richard Shaw, drained the club for years and was absolutely dire week after week, some how got hero status from our fan base.
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I always thought this but people seem to love him!!


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westcountry_skyblue

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #126
Keith O’neill end of thread!!!
 

ccfc_Tom

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #127
Leon barnett
Reece brown
Nick proswicz
The Bournemouth trio
Yakubu
 
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LastGarrison

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #128
Timperley said:
There was a whole clutch of players costing anywhere between £1m-£2m that Strachan Signed and then never played or were often injured. Keith O Neill, Laurent Delorge, Ivan Guerrero and another Honduran.... To this day I have no idea where Honduras is... or if it's even a real country.
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Laurent fucking Delorge.

I had a proper, proper hatred for him.

That annoying little step over was one thing but he was by far and away the biggest bottler I have ever seen in a City shirt. Wouldn’t even go in for a 70/30 if it was in his favour never mind a 50/50!! And I know he broke his leg but even before that he was a shithouse.

Even typing this has pissed me off.
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #129
ccfc1234 said:
If we use a price vs impact ratio would say maybe Moldvan. He was big money and did nothing. I was a small lad at the time tho so older heads pls feel free to put me right.
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Disagree, first goal was a winner at Villa Park. He was reasonable when here just signed at the wrong time and that miss at Sheffield United
 

Sterling Archer

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #130
The worst thing about the Moldovan signing is that we didn't need to spunk £4m on a striker. We had Dublin and Huckerby that season who were flying and were a superb partnership. My memory may be hazy but I'm certain Strachan played Moldovan in the FA Cup Quarter Final against Sheffield United and put Dublin at CB, in the 1-1 home draw. The game was cryng out for Dion up top.

The £4m could've been spent on improving a pretty wobbly defence.
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #131
Sterling Archer said:
The worst thing about the Moldovan signing is that we didn't need to spunk £4m on a striker. We had Dublin and Huckerby that season who were flying and were a superb partnership. My memory may be hazy but I'm certain Strachan played Moldovan in the FA Cup Quarter Final against Sheffield United and put Dublin at CB, in the 1-1 home draw. The game was cryng out for Dion up top.

The £4m could've been spent on improving a pretty wobbly defence.
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I do wonder whether he was just a Newmarket scheme signing, a decent profit was made on him (£750k after less than 6 months).
 
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Adge

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #132
Sterling Archer said:
The worst thing about the Moldovan signing is that we didn't need to spunk £4m on a striker. We had Dublin and Huckerby that season who were flying and were a superb partnership. My memory may be hazy but I'm certain Strachan played Moldovan in the FA Cup Quarter Final against Sheffield United and put Dublin at CB, in the 1-1 home draw. The game was cryng out for Dion up top.

The £4m could've been spent on improving a pretty wobbly defence.
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I think Moldovan kept Huckerby and Dublin on their toes and the pair were undropable for that period.
A decent striker and scored aswell in a 0-3 victory at Selhurst Park against Palace if I remember correctly?
 
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kapowaz

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #133
Moldovan may not have really panned out as his price tag may have implied, but he’s nowhere near the top of the list for me. We even made a profit on him!
 
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Skyblueweeman

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #134
SKYBLUES90 said:
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Step forward Robert Jarni, all though in his defence we never actually seen him play
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You seem to have a picture of Duffer mate.
 

The Philosopher

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #135
Top this:

McIndoe.

Cost a biggish fee at the time. Flopped. Ripped off his team mates (allegedly)
 
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SkyBlueCRJ

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #136
I think the of the biggest flop 'post Premier League' era was Freddie Eastwood. Cost £1.2M, which at the time was a sizeable fee for a transfer in the Championship and he didn't look even half the player he was made out to be.
 
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Skyblueweeman

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #137
I can't believe we paid more than £1m for Telfer...
 
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SkyBlueCRJ

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #138
LastGarrison said:
Honourable mention to Arjan de Zeeuw.

Slowest player I think I’ve ever seen in a city shirt.
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He was about 68 when we signed him to be fair
 

Sky_Blue_Daz

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #139
The Philosopher said:
Top this:

McIndoe.

Cost a biggish fee at the time. Flopped. Ripped off his team mates (allegedly)
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I think he’s still playing
 

Terry_dactyl

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  • Jul 5, 2019
  • #140
LastGarrison said:
Honourable mention to Arjan de Zeeuw.

Slowest player I think I’ve ever seen in a city shirt.
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Did you ever see Kevin Macdonald?
 
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