The one that got away

[Mister E]

The sale of Gary Cahill still annoys me, particularly with what MON subsequently did with the defence.
Cahill could stilll be our lynchpin in defence.

[Mister E]

And, O'Dreary selling Crouch was a mistake given how much S'ton got from Liverpool for him thereafter.

[SirSteveUK]

We could have signed Pele as well. But we were having enough trouble staying up at the time as it was.

LOL -  Nice one PWS

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Didn't Doug used to make sure the local media got fed rumours of big name signings at season ticket renewal time ?

[LeeB]

Didn't Doug used to make sure the local media got fed rumours of big name signings at season ticket renewal time ?

Remember 'the list'?

[Dante Lavelli]

Lambert will have him in JANUARY.

Signed 5 year deal at Man U according to Lineker.

[eastie]

Lambert will have him in JANUARY.

Signed 5 year deal at Man U according to Lineker.

According to the press too - he signed last night .

[Davey B]

Every big club is going to miss out on players they could have signed now and again, the rest of the Premier League will be kicking themselves that they didn't sign Benteke from the Belgian league.

Didn't Sheffiled United turn down Maradona?

Apparently so! Got Alex Sabella instead.

[Ads]

I remember hearing that Albion had Shearer on trial but declared him "too small".

I would love that to be true.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Talking of players that slipped through the Albion's fingers, here's a nice story about the most famous example.

And wasn't it Ron Saunders who gave him away?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-24601248

[dave.woodhall]

Talking of players that slipped through the Albion's fingers, here's a nice story about the most famous example.

And wasn't it Ron Saunders who gave him away?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-24601248

£64,000 because his first touch wasn't good enough.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Talking of players that slipped through the Albion's fingers, here's a nice story about the most famous example.

And wasn't it Ron Saunders who gave him away?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-24601248

£64,000 because his first touch wasn't good enough.

Ha ha - but his second touch was usually a goal

[ADVILLAFAN]

Think Blackburn were close to getting Zidane, but signed someone else instead (maybe Tim Sherwood).

[SO Villa]

And, O'Dreary selling Crouch was a mistake given how much S'ton got from Liverpool for him thereafter.

Much as I hate to defend the pug-nosed fool, I don't remember many people complaining at the time about flogging Crouch.

[FatSam]

Apologies for dragging up this old thread, but it doesn't justify a new one.

I see that Yacine Brahimi who we were heavily linked with during the 2012 summer transfer window is playing for Porto in the CL, and scored a hatrick last week.