finluxowl Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Hinchcliffe and Sinton heralded the beginning of the slide towards the dark times. Both were, I believe record signings for the club in their day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesowl Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 The two scots we signed in 1999 - Simon Donnelly and the late Phil O'Donnell. Donnelly managed 53 appearances and 8 goals in his 4 years at Hillsborough and O'Donnell just 20 appearances in his 4 years. Both had some major injury problems and if I recall cost a fair bit of money at the time. Obviously nothing personal with these players, they were just unlucky and didn't really contribute enough. RIP O'Donnell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Kenny Lunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beswetherick Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Leon Knight. He was cracking on Championship Manager 01/02. Sometimes they get it wrong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollymae's Dad Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Hinchcliffe was a great signing...He just never played Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chow Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 bothroyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sefton owl Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Marco Matias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfonso123 Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Patrick Blondeau. Almost £2 million and played half a dozen games. Nice work Mr Pleat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WatfordOwl Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 We've had some good uns over the years. De Bilde would take the accolade in my time watching Wednesday. I remember when we signed both him and Sibon - £5m spent between the pair, knowing that was our total transfer budget gone for the season. After the first few games of seeing De Bilde play it was becoming apparent he just would not be able to cut it. At least Sibon had occasional moments of brilliance but De Bilde, crikey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie_Owl Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 (edited) The two scots we signed in 1999 - Simon Donnelly and the late Phil O'Donnell. Donnelly managed 53 appearances and 8 goals in his 4 years at Hillsborough and O'Donnell just 20 appearances in his 4 years. Both had some major injury problems and if I recall cost a fair bit of money at the time. Obviously nothing personal with these players, they were just unlucky and didn't really contribute enough. RIP O'Donnell. They were both signed on Bosman free transfers, was quite a coup for us at the time but like with most Scotland based players they struggled in this country.Biggest disappointment has to be De Bilde and Sibon as those signings had a part to play in our decline. I remember we were linked with the likes of Dani, Huckerby, Hartson and Larsson around that time. Needless to say had we signed just one of those we could probably have stayed up that season Edited March 5, 2016 by Southie_Owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Snooty Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 All relative to where we were at the time, the fees they cost. The somewhat cult hero Andy Pearce replacing Pearson was dreadful bit of business. In terms of fee the combined fees for Sibon and De Bilde must make them some of the worst business. The Jeffers gamble backfired massively, felt for Laws on that on. Last throw of the dice really. Jemson ... possibly the Slowest striker I've ever seen. People think Nuhiu has no pace. Sometimes I thought Jemson had genuinely taken route. Bothroyd, though a loan I was hugely dissapointed with. Had seen plenty of him before and genuinely thought he'd do the business for us. Terrible, terrible let down. Maybe the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Forward Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 (edited) Rodri scored a quality goal in that first game against Birmingham. After that, nothing. Edited March 5, 2016 by Muffin Owl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 (edited) Of recent times, Stevie May I honestly thought he would be a decent player for us Oh how I was wrong. So very wrong Edited March 5, 2016 by Kate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofbert2 Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Taking into consideration the hype/build-up, need and reputation I've had a few. Sinton as we "beat" Arsenal to his signature. Lightweight. De Bilde might as well have worn carpet slippers. More recently Jeffers and Bothroyd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOTIE AND THE SHIT TU Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Andy Sinton Just a bloke, who used up all his luck in one go when he met his wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
since59owe Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 In recent times. Stevie May. Page after page of excitement on here when we beat the mighty Toytown to his signature. Latest farce ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollymae's Dad Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 I've changed my mind...All of the aforementioned have given something in return..as stated some very little I'm gonna go for the Azerbaijan sponsorship deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmigo Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Jemson was just coming good when he got smashed up in that car crash. Would have been a different story had that not happened. Did he score against us for Oxford in the cup years ago ? Seem to recall a truly abject defeat under Wilson to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WatfordOwl Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 We've got Nigel Jemson He smokes 40 Benson Na na na na Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Sl-OWL-ly Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 I can only comment on players I've seen regularly at games so for me it's :- Andy "sicknote" Sinton ! Oh, wait a minute... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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