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Offline Rotterdam

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Re: Players We Signed That Seemed Unfathomable. 1977 to the present day.
« Reply #45 on: January 14, 2023, 11:42:29 AM »
Francis McAvennie
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Offline Flamingo Lane

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Re: Players We Signed That Seemed Unfathomable. 1977 to the present day.
« Reply #46 on: January 31, 2023, 08:44:06 AM »
Steve Foster. Terrible player. Terrible signing.

Others have mentioned Tommy Craig. The problem with him was that we bought him a couple of years too late when his best days were behind him, and the extent to which they were behind him became too suddenly obvious, as he could barely break into a trot.
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Re: Players We Signed That Seemed Unfathomable. 1977 to the present day.
« Reply #47 on: January 31, 2023, 11:42:18 PM »
Craig really wasn't a Saunders-style signing at all, was he?
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Re: Players We Signed That Seemed Unfathomable. 1977 to the present day.
« Reply #48 on: February 05, 2023, 03:12:31 PM »
Shay Given was a strange one. Very good keeper in his day but I think he was 36 when we signed him. We paid a lot of money for him and gave him a ridiculously long contract. A typical signing of that era...
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Re: Players We Signed That Seemed Unfathomable. 1977 to the present day.
« Reply #49 on: February 06, 2023, 12:11:59 AM »
Had to give him a long contract to effectively match his Citeh wages. We should, of course, have looked at other candidates.
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Offline Dick Edwards

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Re: Players We Signed That Seemed Unfathomable. 1977 to the present day.
« Reply #50 on: February 09, 2023, 10:14:29 AM »
Quote from: Flamingo Lane on January 31, 2023, 08:44:06 AM
Steve Foster. Terrible player. Terrible signing.

Others have mentioned Tommy Craig. The problem with him was that we bought him a couple of years too late when his best days were behind him, and the extent to which they were behind him became too suddenly obvious, as he could barely break into a trot.

Yeah, Tommy Craig had a wand of a left foot but was nowhere near industrious enough for Ron Saunders. A Charlie Adam type for the youngsters on here.

Steve Foster was indeed a disastrous signing. He was a legend at Brighton and played for England but had the turning ability of a cruise ship.
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Re: Players We Signed That Seemed Unfathomable. 1977 to the present day.
« Reply #51 on: February 09, 2023, 11:05:57 AM »
Quote from: Dick Edwards on February 09, 2023, 10:14:29 AM
Quote from: Flamingo Lane on January 31, 2023, 08:44:06 AM
Steve Foster. Terrible player. Terrible signing.

Others have mentioned Tommy Craig. The problem with him was that we bought him a couple of years too late when his best days were behind him, and the extent to which they were behind him became too suddenly obvious, as he could barely break into a trot.

Yeah, Tommy Craig had a wand of a left foot but was nowhere near industrious enough for Ron Saunders. A Charlie Adam type for the youngsters on here.

Steve Foster was indeed a disastrous signing. He was a legend at Brighton and played for England but had the turning ability of a cruise ship.

But then did well at Luton afterwards
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Re: Players We Signed That Seemed Unfathomable. 1977 to the present day.
« Reply #52 on: February 09, 2023, 11:10:21 AM »
Adrian Heath , inchy ??
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Re: Players We Signed That Seemed Unfathomable. 1977 to the present day.
« Reply #53 on: February 09, 2023, 11:11:37 AM »
Quote from: VILLA MOLE on February 09, 2023, 11:10:21 AM
Adrian Heath , inchy ??

To replace McInally as well!
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Re: Players We Signed That Seemed Unfathomable. 1977 to the present day.
« Reply #54 on: February 09, 2023, 11:16:27 AM »
Quote from: corkvillain on February 05, 2023, 03:12:31 PM
Shay Given was a strange one. Very good keeper in his day but I think he was 36 when we signed him. We paid a lot of money for him and gave him a ridiculously long contract. A typical signing of that era...

Made some cracking saves from Stephen Warnock in fairness
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Re: Players We Signed That Seemed Unfathomable. 1977 to the present day.
« Reply #55 on: February 11, 2023, 05:20:54 AM »
Quote from: ADVILLAFAN on February 09, 2023, 11:16:27 AM
Quote from: corkvillain on February 05, 2023, 03:12:31 PM
Shay Given was a strange one. Very good keeper in his day but I think he was 36 when we signed him. We paid a lot of money for him and gave him a ridiculously long contract. A typical signing of that era...

Made some cracking saves from Stephen Warnock in fairness

I forgot Given ever played for us. He was decent but overrated at Newcastle, very good shot-stopper but poor positioning & useless at catching & gathering.
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Re: Players We Signed That Seemed Unfathomable. 1977 to the present day.
« Reply #56 on: February 11, 2023, 10:37:43 AM »
He was also, as often stated, small for a goalkeeper, 6ft1in my arse
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Re: Players We Signed That Seemed Unfathomable. 1977 to the present day.
« Reply #57 on: February 11, 2023, 12:20:07 PM »
Shay Given thought we played ok in the 2015 FA Cup Final!
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Re: Players We Signed That Seemed Unfathomable. 1977 to the present day.
« Reply #58 on: February 11, 2023, 12:25:06 PM »
Saša Ćurčić, Niklas Helenius, Stephen Ireland, Boško Balaban
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Re: Players We Signed That Seemed Unfathomable. 1977 to the present day.
« Reply #59 on: February 11, 2023, 01:22:03 PM »
Quote from: frank on February 11, 2023, 12:25:06 PM
Saša Ćurčić, Niklas Helenius, Stephen Ireland, Boško Balaban

Some best forgotten names there.

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