Lord Snooty Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 12 minutes ago, ChinaOwl said: That was Francis' fault for signing him. From the players' perspective and in line with this thread, From Jemson's point a view, it was a bad career move and one, with hindsight, he would have been better never to have made. For his perspective if was a smashing move I'd imagine. Bumper pay day to a club paying some of the best wages in the country at the time. Given he was a chubby and played out the rest of his career in the third and fourth division I suspect he's delighted he took the money where he could. Agree about Francis though. His old master really got one over on him on that deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkfieldowl14 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Kim Olsen The Two May's Larry and Steve Ola Tidman Big Dave Colin West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimisticowl Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Andy Pearce - worst defender we've ever had Chris Woods - being able to catch the ball would have been an advantage Andy Booth - from signing to shipping him out I never saw anything in him Matt Clarke - best forgotten, I'm still trying Gilles De Bilde - £3million for what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimisticowl Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, fatzooma said: Andy hinchcliffe the 2 Scottish midgets Orlando Trustfull Andy Pearce Andy Booth Guy Wittingham That Bennet at left back and so on and so on... Andy Hinchcliffe played 97 games for us (including cup matches), and was the best left back I've seen play for the Owls, also he won a couple of his England caps whilst playing for us. Edited September 29, 2017 by optimisticowl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddlesdiamondlights Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 5 hours ago, steelowl said: err assume you forgot about Sinton where it all started going wrong for me Yeah I remember us getting in a bidding war with arsenal for him then they said OK we give up you can have him the rest is history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 1 minute ago, Waddlesdiamondlights said: Yeah I remember us getting in a bidding war with arsenal for him then they said OK we give up you can have him the rest is history And QPR then signed Trevor Sinclair to replace him for about a quarter of the fee and he was 10 times the player... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Snooty Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 5 minutes ago, optimisticowl said: Andy Hinchcliffe played 97 games for us (including cup matches), and was the best left back I've seen play for the Owls, also he won a couple of his England caps whilst playing for us. Good player Hinchcliffe shame about the injuries. I can almost write off the £3m fee for the fact his winning free kick silenced Di Canio when the gobshite returned to Hillsborough with West Ham and did his best to goad us all afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzlebeak Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Are all these Owlstalk threads just a deflection away from the current turbulence? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 I'll never forget Hinchcliffe scoring the winning penalty in the shootout to win Wednesday the UEFA Cup on my Championship Manager 98/99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddlesdiamondlights Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 17 minutes ago, parkfieldowl14 said: Kim Olsen The Two May's Larry and Steve Ola Tidman Big Dave Colin West My mate used to bet on Colin west to score he paid more out in bets than he collected I do remember him scoring a diving header at old Trafford which my mate never let me forget.Mind you he used to bet on does walker to score at every match as he was normally 100\1 to score .Needless to say he never got owt back from that one of the best defenders we have ever had but he was not one to chip in with a goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkfieldowl14 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 2 minutes ago, Waddlesdiamondlights said: My mate used to bet on Colin west to score he paid more out in bets than he collected I do remember him scoring a diving header at old Trafford which my mate never let me forget.Mind you he used to bet on does walker to score at every match as he was normally 100\1 to score .Needless to say he never got owt back from that one of the best defenders we have ever had but he was not one to chip in with a goal For some reason,i just can't get out of my head Colin's pen miss against Luton 30 years ago and his shocking miss against Everton in the Third Round Third Replay At S6 the following year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1Owl Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Gilles De Bilde was a quality striker but after what he said about being here for money ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1Owl Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 3 hours ago, alanharper said: Garry Thompson Wim Jonk Ian Taylor Tony Galvin Clinton Morrison All came with good rep and seemed taylor made for our side at the time they signed - they did virtually nothing for us Jonk was mercenary but a great passer of the ball and free kick taker and a luxury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poite Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 5 hours ago, TrickyTrev said: I could pick 5 out of the current squad: Almen Abdi Dave Jones Jordan Rhodes Adam Reach Marco Matias I'm not saying they're all terrible but given respective injury records and contributions to the first team, I reckon that's about £20m that could have been better spent elsewhere. Only Abdi and Matias belong on that list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animis Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Rudi just reminds me of Adam Reach, which is not bad and not outstanding either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greengrass Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 This thread only highlights how terrible our scouting / recruiting has been on occasion over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manicowl Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 3 hours ago, fatzooma said: Andy hinchcliffe the 2 Scottish midgets Orlando Trustfull Andy Pearce Andy Booth Guy Wittingham That Bennet at left back and so on and so on... Whittingham was a great player. Scored some vital goals and never gave anything less than 100% Booth was rubbish but he scored fourteen in his first season in the Prem. Orlando Trustfull was a great player but he was a creative type when Pleat wanted scrappers in midfield like Hyde, Atherton and Collins. He'd have done well under Francis or Atkinson. Simon Coleman was rubbish, as was that Sidibe we had on loan a bit back. Scott Oakes never really did owt. Rodri never lived up to the hype. But definitely Blondeau and Bothroyd for me. And Rhys McCabe was a waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belfast owl lad Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 5 hours ago, owlmanc said: You have cruelly overlooked Jon Beswetherick he's wearing sodje's shirt too! what a tube. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shetland Owl Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 what about Blondel so something like that, was some years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Howson Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Waddlesdiamondlights said: My mate used to bet on Colin west to score he paid more out in bets than he collected I do remember him scoring a diving header at old Trafford which my mate never let me forget.Mind you he used to bet on does walker to score at every match as he was normally 100\1 to score .Needless to say he never got owt back from that one of the best defenders we have ever had but he was not one to chip in with a goal Are we all forgetting the brilliant David Graham . I lost a bet on him never scoring for us . I think he scored 2 goals . He was brought in as a desperate measure and was really awful . The very epitome of a non scoring striker . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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