Moustafa Hadji - looked quality at the World Cup - couldn't believe a major club didn't go for him and that we snapped him up.
Great getting Speedie after the Cup final glory
Robert Jarni tooointlaugh:
The lack of signings got me thinking about one's we've made in the past that had a genuine wow factor. I'm not thinking of one's that turned out to have a wow, just ones that at the time seemed to be above our station. My ones were:
Gary McCalister
Robbie Keane
Kevin Gallacher
Dennis Wise
Cyrille Regis.
When we got him I was jumping up and down for joy in my house for days on end.
David Thomson was a star signing for me.
Seem to remember he wrote an excellent open letter to the club and fan's when he was sold after relegation from the premiership.
Seem to remember he wrote an excellent open letter to the club and fan's when he was sold after relegation from the premiership.
Point of order, but he stayed for the first season after we were relegated from the Premiership. So while yes, he was sold after relegation, so was Leon Best
Was he really here that long after relegation from the premiership? My memory is terrible. I didn't think he stayed until end of the first championship season
When we signed Palmer, Macca was at last able to play a more forward role and he began to score more goals. This should have happened way before Palmer came in.Terry Yorath was the first one that I had to pinch myself over, just could not believe he would come to us.
Cyrile Regis was another. Remeber at the time being suprised that he even considered us.
Gary Macallister was the most suprising one of the lot. Had just competed in the Euros, and decided to come to Coventry. I could not believ it.
Also David Speedie, a big name at the time who could have gone anywhere.
Cyrille Regis.
When we got him I was jumping up and down for joy in my house for days on end.
Hadji is the signing that blew my mind. Almost exactly a year before I remember seeing him against Norway at the World Cup and he looked like one of the best players I'd ever seen.
When Cyrille had quality players around him he combined to deadly effect. He could be awesome in the box with both feet and in the air. Despite that, he wasn't that much of a prolific scorer with us which says as much about the teams he played in, as it does about him.
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