sherlyegg Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 wern't Waddle £1M?. Hirst 250k £50M each now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Snooty Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 31 minutes ago, alanharper said: Yes, it was definitely 100% Arsenal. I wish they'd beaten us to his signature, we could have bought Trevor Sinclair instead for a fraction of the fee, like QPR did to replace him... I'd sent a scout report recommending Sinclair to the club not 4 months before we winged Sinton. At that time we could have got him for around £300k. But managers and players like a marquee signing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roscoe P. Coltrane Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 21 minutes ago, sherlyegg said: wern't Waddle £1M?. Hirst 250k £50M each now And the rest mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helmut_rooster Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 12 hours ago, Richard Madeley said: He was a then-club record purchase when Sheffield Wednesday splashed the cash in 1993… but Andy Sinton would cost a remarkable £45MILLION in today’s money. View the full article.. Did you ever pay for that champagne Richard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 A load of bullshit The quality of today’s players in comparison to 20 years ago is much much better. Players like Nolan/Atherton would be playing in the championship at best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1948 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 12 hours ago, Richard Madeley said: He was a then-club record purchase when Sheffield Wednesday splashed the cash in 1993… but Andy Sinton would cost a remarkable £45MILLION in today’s money. View the full article.. He would be a loan these days then a free transfer to league 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitcat Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 I remember being gutted at the time we didn't sign Trevor Sinclair instead. The player QPR signed to replace Sinton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlZfan84 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Never mind 45mill for Sinton. Why is John Hemmingham advertising PPI at the bottom of that article? Have we finally sacked off the band? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRADDO Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Sinton was a real disappointment. Awful Andy was a common refrain at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRADDO Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 3 hours ago, Lord Snooty said: I'd sent a scout report recommending Sinclair to the club not 4 months before we winged Sinton. At that time we could have got him for around £300k. But managers and players like a marquee signing. Did you scout for the club Snoots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costello 77 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 1 minute ago, BRADDO said: Did you scout for the club Snoots? He did until they got the restraining order... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Snooty Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 7 minutes ago, BRADDO said: Did you scout for the club Snoots? Not officially. Just one of a number of people who recommended players they had seen who might be worth taking another look at Goater who at that stage was a young midfield player released by Man Utd. Went to Rotherham. There's a lot. Not all good. Clubs would send their own people to look on a recommendation or not. Different now. Chairman just see which players have the longest threads on forums! 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 19 minutes ago, BRADDO said: Sinton was a real disappointment. Awful Andy was a common refrain at the time. His cross at Wimbledon away after skinning about three defenders was ace tho Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRADDO Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 6 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: His cross at Wimbledon away after skinning about three defenders was ace tho I think his debut was away at Newcastle live on sky. We lost 4-2 but didn't he score two great goals? He looked ace that night but he rarely performed like that imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastern Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 5 hours ago, fred mciver said: I recall the Sinton deal - where we beat off Souness at Liverpool - as Francis wanted a left winger and tiny Andy was brilliant on QPR's tight pitch. Got to Hillsborough, and he was knackered before reaching halfway line, especially on our slope from Kop end. We were lucky to get shut for similar money paid. We also pipped Arsenal for him. we were also after Trevor Sinclair as a fall-back from Blackpool. Would have been £750,000. QPR signed him to replace Sinton. in hindsight, we should have gone in for Sinclair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred mciver Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 I recall Francis was also after another left - winger at that time, Kingsley Black from Forest. Yep, we beat off Arsenal but Liverpool came in late too. Wonder when we'll be competing with them next for players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ka58 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 the report Is out of context with where the game was at the time but prob not far off with where the games gone financially. imagine today someone like palace having England’s left winger in their mid 20s and selling him to someone like Everton... would Everton pay £45m - probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelowl Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Eastern said: We also pipped Arsenal for him. we were also after Trevor Sinclair as a fall-back from Blackpool. Would have been £750,000. QPR signed him to replace Sinton. in hindsight, we should have gone in for Sinclair wasn't just hindsight, many of us thought sinclair was a better future prospect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUMBELOWS91 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 If Man Utd bid £4m for Hirst in 92, - not far off the time we signed Waddle then judging by the Waddle transfer valuation the Hirst bid would be around £90m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUMBELOWS91 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 6 hours ago, Eastern said: We also pipped Arsenal for him. we were also after Trevor Sinclair as a fall-back from Blackpool. Would have been £750,000. QPR signed him to replace Sinton. in hindsight, we should have gone in for Sinclair Also linked with Collymore from Southend at a similar time for about £1m I think. I think we signed Bright instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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