rica Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Selling Grant Holt to fund the purchase of Kim Olsen is the most recent poor sale. We had no cash and (whilst admittedly raw) Holt looked a great prospect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest casowl Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Big Dil, as we used to call him, Dalian Atkinson. Was in Ibiza wi lads and was gutted when I picked up a 2 day old paper and read the bad news!! No social media/mobiles in them days!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chuckie4570 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Gutted when Paul Warhurst left, always hated Blackburn after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.armo Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Selling Grant Holt to fund the purchase of Kim Olsen is the most recent poor sale. We had no cash and (whilst admittedly raw) Holt looked a great prospect. I always thought he was shocking! Can't believe he's done as well as he has, fair play to the lad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Whats even more depressing is that we tend to sell the good ones and reject offers for the ones that dont make it. £4m for Ritchie Humphreys rejected. I'm sure we couldve got money for the likes of Morrison and Quinn too. Its easier said than done as there wouldve been hell on at the time had we sold them, but its depressing to look back on the ones we sold and the ones we kept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Selling Grant Holt to fund the purchase of Kim Olsen is the most recent poor sale. We had no cash and (whilst admittedly raw) Holt looked a great prospect. Turner on Olsen at the time "He's tall, he's mobile and he can strike a ball" I didnt see any evidence other than the tall bit, he was about a second behind everything. He'd jump for headers after the ball had gone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manicowl Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Nice one! The only player of ours worth watching that season. He was a great player, I was at the 6-2 stuffing of Leeds and him and Waddle were on a different plain to everyone else. I suppose that's why he left, it can't have been fun for a player as technically skilled as Degryse to have to play with the likes of Briscoe and Nolan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmigo Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 You look at the decisions that relegated us as the stinkers. Wilson selling Di Canio Turner selling Sibon Alan Irvine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
York_Owl Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 he may well have done if pearson and shirtliff had been fit to play but they wern't so he had to play at the back and for him to threaten to pull out that day coz he couldnt play up front tells you everything you need to know about the bloke .he played up front in the league cup final and he didnt trouble the arsenal back 4 to much that day . and Viv Anderson was also out for the replay, we didn't have a fit centre half at the club hence Palmer and Warhurst had to play there. I can't think of any other alternatives apart from maybe Palmer and Worthington?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
York_Owl Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Warhurst was signed as a defender . He was only switched up front because of an injury crisis, yep agreed that was kind of my point he was signed as a centre back and played well there at times but made too many mistakes there. He was great up front though for which TF deserves credit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelowl Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 If a club is desperate to sell, we were lucky to get that much for him. The fans were royally shafted by power hungry imbeciles running the club. pure speculation of course bit I believe certain people didn't want their rep tarnished hindering future aspirations - surely not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamnedOwl Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Whats even more depressing is that we tend to sell the good ones and reject offers for the ones that dont make it. £4m for Ritchie Humphreys rejected. I'm sure we couldve got money for the likes of Morrison and Quinn too. Its easier said than done as there wouldve been hell on at the time had we sold them, but its depressing to look back on the ones we sold and the ones we kept. Gobsmacked I've never heard about that! Who put that bid in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulva Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 The truth one day will come out re Paulo Di Canio, and what happened at Hillsborough. Not every member of the board supported the action that was taken... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manicowl Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Gobsmacked I've never heard about that! Who put that bid in? Rumoured at the time that Leeds had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamnedOwl Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Rumoured at the time that Leeds had. Hmmm...I suppose they were buying all the promising young players back then...could well have been truth in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueandwhitematt Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 The truth one day will come out re Paulo Di Canio, and what happened at Hillsborough. Not every member of the board supported the action that was taken... Why what do you know? May as well post it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemonday Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Selling Grant Holt to fund the purchase of Kim Olsen is the most recent poor sale. We had no cash and (whilst admittedly raw) Holt looked a great prospect. I was going to suggest Holt. At the time though no-one complained - he wasn't particularly popular with Wednesday fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAL Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 You look at the decisions that relegated us as the stinkers. Wilson selling Di Canio Turner selling Sibon Alan Irvine Don't think i would blame Turner for selling Sibon. He went because he had to be off the wage bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
York_Owl Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Jemson's career fell apart after the car crash he was involved in. Hardly Tricky Trev's fault... And Sinton a bad signing ? How was that Francis' fault ? Sinton was an England international. When was the car crash before or after he signed? Did not rate him from day one. Yep Sinton was a bad signing tho have to admit that was with the benefit of hindsight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
York_Owl Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 You're on the wind up now ... So Francis was at fault for signing the England keeper ? it was a lot for us to spend on a keeper (our record signing i think) when we already had two good uns. not saying Woods was bad thought he was a great shot stopper and at saving one on ones but not great in the air, crosses etc. Just think out of almost 3 million spent on 3 players Woods, Jemson and Warhurst we could have spent that money better elsewhere. I thought our priorities were a forward (not Jemson), a left midfielder/winger and a centre half and would have focused on those areas rather than a keeper. Warhurst was a great signing btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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