Stevebrucebarmyarmy Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 who has been the star signing in the last 5 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 who has been the star signing in the last 5 years In terms of which signing had the biggest impact on the club, I'd say Semedo. He was vital to our team during the promotion season; without him, we could well still be a League 1 club. There is a reason why Megson pulled out all the stops to convince him to sign for us. It's a bonus that he's now found his feet in the Championship too and his importance was shown by the way the form of others suffered when he got injured last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Coopio Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I remember that game like it was yesterday. I always thought Atherton was pretty solid when I was a kid. If we had a player like Atherton now, he'd be a legend. Versatile, commited and chipped in with the odd great goal. Wasnt blessed with skills, but that wasnt his job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tea Baggins Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Andy Booth £2.7 Mil - [shudders] Add the ubiquitous Francis Jeffers to that pantheon of utter dross. I don't think Booth was bad at all, plus we recouped our money when we sold? No a bad bit of business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorian gray Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I don't think Booth was bad at all, plus we recouped our money when we sold? No a bad bit of business. ooooooooooooooooh! 7 goal a season centre forwards are shyte... :st2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mancunian_Owl Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I don't think Booth was bad at all, plus we recouped our money when we sold? No a bad bit of business. We paid £2.7 Million, we got £200k for him from when we sold him back to Huddersfield 5 years later (he scored 28 goals for us in that time). Yeah right bit of businesss :st2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shezza Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Booth was decent in his first season. After that....oh dear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mancunian_Owl Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Did you know that Huddersfield tried to get a statue erected of him outside the ground : http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/andy-booth-the-statue-5042051 Nutty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocomotiveOwlerton Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I remember that game like it was yesterday. I always thought Atherton was pretty solid when I was a kid. As a kid myself at that time, so did I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlfandbg Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 (edited) One of the best I remember was Imre Varadi - scored 33 goals in his first spell - got us promoted and it really annoyed lots of Newcastle fans when we bought him. the worst by a country mile has to be Wim Jonk - A fine player in his time but whatever happened he just lost it at hillsborough and he cost us about 2.5 Mill + wages Edited July 29, 2014 by owlfandbg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevthelodgemoorowl Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 (edited) £1,150 secured us the services of left back Ernest Blenkinsop, his second full season saw us win the second division championship then the back to back Championships and gaining 26 full England caps. He was born in Cudworth, though I don't recall him having the extra digit. My dad introduced me to him in the early 60's at The Sportsman Crosspool where he was the Landlord where I got my first sight of and England cap. Edited July 29, 2014 by nevthelodgemoorowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest justcraig Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 One of the best signings we've ever made was Paul warhurst! Signed as a RB from Oldham for Circa £750k, played fantastic for several seasons, played up front, banged loads of goals, called up for England, swallowed his tongue and eventually sold for just short of £3m! great player! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocomotiveOwlerton Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Guy Whittingham, about £800k? Good player, maybe got him a bit late though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocomotiveOwlerton Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Did we do a straight swap with him and Ian Taylor? Can't remember Maybe Taylor + cash? I can'r remember either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Coopio Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Taylor went on to do quite well for Villa I seem to remember. Whittingham was under rated. Played in midfield for a bit too towards the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenhgate Owl Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 (edited) After listening to someone talk rubbish about another clubs transfer policy it made me take a look at some of our transfers ins and outs of the last couple of seasons Reading through who we had signed it made me realise, that some of our best ever signings came from freebies: Steve Maclean Chris Brunt Chris Kirkland Lee Grant Frankie Simek Glenn Whelan JP McGovern Lee Peacock Graeme Lee (I thought he was decent) Yet our worst ever signings, actually all cost us a lot of money, yeah there are some freebies in there but more often than not actually paying decent money for players (over £500k) actually seemed to be a really bad idea: Andy Booth £2.7 Mil Vim Jonk £2.5 Mil Giles De Bilde £3 Mil Adam Proudlock £150k Petter Rudi £800k Francis Jeffers £700k I think Pretty much everyone apart from Alexandersson in 1997/98 It's easy to see how we got ourselves into £25 Million in debt once you see how much money we wasted on flop players, therefore have we just learnt our lesson over the years that paying millions for player actually very rarely provides us with great talent. Going into a "potential" Mammadov future reign, do we want any future investment going into future transfers when we have been so woeful at it in the past. Lee peacock Awful player Edited July 29, 2014 by Greenhgate Owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tea Baggins Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 We paid £2.7 Million, we got £200k for him from when we sold him back to Huddersfield 5 years later (he scored 28 goals for us in that time). Yeah right bit of businesss :st2: Calling BS there. No way did we only get £200k back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGHERSTATE Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Gilles De Bilde...Even the name makes me want to smash up a bus shelter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mancunian_Owl Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Calling BS there. No way did we only get £200k back. I'll have some of that sweet, sweeeet humble pie please: http://www.examiner.co.uk/sport/football/news/huddersfield-town-greats-andy-booth-7449427 "In the latter stages of 2000/2001, Town called on Booth to rid them of their struggles at the bottom of Division One by forking out £200,000 on their former player." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
since59owe Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Best - hirsty £300k worst - sinton £2.7 mill Sinton never went past their 18 yard line, ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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