nevthelodgemoorowl Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 2 hours ago, lanzaroteowl said: John Sheridan. The missing piece of the jigsaw Along with his telepathic partner Roland Nilsson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 15 minutes ago, scilly owl said: John Sheridan. Got back off holiday, picked up a paper at Heathrow and he’d starred in a win whilst I was flying home. Could not believe that he had signed for Wednesday. Before the interweb of course, so much better than the current protracted speculation on all the click bait websites. I remember reading similar when we signed Jonk. Except we just lost a friendly to Birmingham and it didn’t get much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 37 minutes ago, A12owl said: Di canio and Waddle. Carbone and Di Canio were one of the few fit to lace the boots of the prior generation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poite Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Definitely Antonio. Losing Ben Marshall derailed us and we slumped. Megson lost his job as a result but just before leaving got Antonio in to get us promoted making Dave Jones look like a good manager. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malek Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 12 minutes ago, CalmJimmers said: Keith Treacy, and to some extent Nike Ranger. Only short term loans. Treacy came in and gave us the quality we needed to pip United to 2nd place in 2012. Ranger scored a couple of important goals too. Was it Jones who brought him here? I remember Jones said how honest Treacy was with him telling him how he as not 100% as he didn't want to let team down. Jones answered him to be sure to pack his left peg and he will be fine. Just what we needed at the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twolaptops Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Jay Bothroyd.........................made me realise some of our shiiiite players were actually not the worst I had seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalmJimmers Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, malek said: Was it Jones who brought him here? I remember Jones said how honest Treacy was with him telling him how he as not 100% as he didn't want to let team down. Jones answered him to be sure to pack his left peg and he will be fine. Just what we needed at the time. It must have been, had a look when we got them and it was March 2012, think he'd just come in? Think Treacy is playing in the Irish league now. Always liked him, so glad when we got him! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the mighty wednesday Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Di Canio was probably the one which gave me most optimism as I'd seen how he was doing at Celtic, wondered why he wasn't playing for Italy and thought if only we could sign him. Like someone else said pity how it all ended. Off tangent a bit looking at two signings, although not thrilling when signed, only needed one game to see a massive impact on our performances. We were definitely struggling until we signed Nigel Pearson from Shrewsbury. I think it was not very long after playing them in a cup game. Immediately we were much more solid and results improved. Similarly under Megson when we signed Rob Jones our results improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIPPS_S.W.F.C Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Tricky Trev then Waddle made Hirst into a monster up top.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grandad Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Joey Pelupessy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nut Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Carlton Palmer second time around. We were going down with a whimper with no character in the side. Within 10 minutes of his first game at Hillsborough there was a 20 man brawl in the centre circle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hornsby Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Tynan. Thought the equaliser against Everton in League Cup was gonna be lift off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwellOwl Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 20 minutes ago, twolaptops said: Jay Bothroyd.........................made me realise some of our shiiiite players were actually not the worst I had seen Now plays his trade in Japan second division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only way is OWLS Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Best signing we ever made was Jack Charlton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shezzas left peg Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 (edited) As much as I loved sheridan. I'd moved to West Yorkshire when he signed , so whilst a few kids were raving about him, a few gave mixed reviews, so wasn't an emediate lift. For me the ones that stood out as proper signings was Carbone, at the time we never signed players from inter Milan. When di'Canio came in after his exploits up north was a mouth watering prospect alongside the little Italian magicician. You can't forget the coup of bringing in a quality proven international winger like waddle who played in my favourite England side, uncle Bobby's Italia 90' side. Or when we along with arsenal broke up the fantastic strike partnership of bright & Wright at Palace. It gave us another great finisher to play alongside the then lethal Hirsty. Edited October 12, 2020 by shezzas left peg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bulgaria Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 When Big Ron brought Carlton in. Tremendous signing and really got us starting to gel at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlsite Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 ‘Positive signings at just the right time’. Two spring to mind for me: 1. Ken Knighton - provided the leadership and midfield ball-winning skills much needed at the time 2. Mark Bright- cost a million pounds I think, but gave David Hirst great support from which he flourished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 6 hours ago, Leaping Lannys Perm said: At the risk of being mocked... Steve Howard. As soon as he came in we looked stronger as a side and didn't lose the ball to easily. And results picked up to boot. Was never going to be a long term solution but I genuinely felt he made a difference. He was quality. A dying breed of centre forward. We need that kind of player now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james o connor Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 James o Connor . His positive attitude and silly skills gave us all a lift at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowl Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 9 hours ago, gurujuan said: Eric McMordie He was one I remembered.I was told at the time he turned up back at Hillsborough after his loan with his boots and said if you want me I'm here. He didn't want much but we didn't any money to pay him. We didn't take him up on it. We went down. He'd been fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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