CircleSeven Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, sage owl said: George Boyd ? I’d just put Boyd at medium level disappointing. One of the ‘here for a last payday’ players who made almost no impact but did at least actually occasionally make it to the football pitch. Never forget seeing him leaving the ground in his Bentley with his hair blowing in the wind without a care in the world. I think that’s when I truly realised we were just a cash machine for has-beens. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musingowl Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Any answer other than Jordan Rhodes is wrong. Not the worst player, not the worst attitude, just a waste of money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage owl Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 1 minute ago, CircleSeven said: I’d just put Boyd at medium level disappointing. One of the ‘here for a last payday’ players who made almost no impact but did at least actually occasionally make it to the football pitch. Never forget seeing him leaving the ground in his Bentley with his hair blowing in the wind without a care in the world. I think that’s when I truly realised we were just a cash machine for has-beens. We played Carlisle in a cup match one night when it snowed really heavily during the game. Boyd had played but still managed to drive past me on middlewood road as I walked to my car in a brand new Range Rover. Abdi was the one who really sickened me though 4M fee and 30-40 k a week for nowt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggoisgod Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Wim jonk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOWL Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Darren Wood deserves a mention, i might be remembering wrong but I reckon we paid about £400,000 for him in 1989. Lasted only a short while due to injuries and was eventually released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick70 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 7 minutes ago, REDOWL said: Darren Wood deserves a mention, i might be remembering wrong but I reckon we paid about £400,000 for him in 1989. Lasted only a short while due to injuries and was eventually released. Yes came from Chelsea, went to plough lane one of palmers fist games and wood played really well….then hardly kicked a ball again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elyowl1 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Just now, meggoisgod said: Wim jonk Go on then explain that one played 68 out of 76 in the Prem for us , far far worse value signings over the years. Nowhere near as bad as value as Abdi , Rhodes , Jones , Lachman , Blondeau , need i go on. In fact I would go as far to say he wasn't even the worst value signing in the squad O'Donnell and Donnelly spring to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalagaOwl Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Gilles De Bilde, an absolute charlatan who gleefully took piles of cash for doing nothing, and gloated about it 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elyowl1 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 6 minutes ago, Mick70 said: Yes came from Chelsea, went to plough lane one of palmers fist games and wood played really well….then hardly kicked a ball again bad back injury forced him to retire , Like Steve McCall about 30 games in 5 years but had constant injuries. Waste of money yes but hardly their fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elyowl1 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 8 minutes ago, MalagaOwl said: Gilles De Bilde, an absolute charlatan who gleefully took piles of cash for doing nothing, and gloated about it The Beast from Belgium , seen more fight in a Shih tzu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighworthOwl Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Baldrick said: Stevie May? Not sure what we paid for him but 7 goals in 42 games (according to wiki) is a better record than some mentioned so far May gets a rough ride. Played in an incredibly negative team and his goals along with Nuhius were very important keeping us in the championship. Arguably that led to Chansiri buying the club so on that basis May doesn't get enough stick!!! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 1 hour ago, sage owl said: Didn’t we make a profit on him ?. Not sure Went to Preston for an ‘undisclosed fee’ as far as I can tell Knowing us that probably meant we lost money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 1 hour ago, JOCOWl said: Hinchcliffe not had many mentions. He would have been on big money and my only memory is he was always injured. . Always injured to the extent that he played nearly 100 games for us. And I would give every penny he earned and cost us just to have someone who could take a corner as well as he did, never mind half a dozen or so every one of those games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howards back Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 7 hours ago, Gob_Bluth said: 1067 minutes over 23 appearances according to transfermarkt 1067 from 23 games don’t look too bad until you see it was over 3 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Owl Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Purely because of the impact it caused after you know what I'm going to say Di Canio, largely because of the way in which we so badly mishandled the situation and allowed an extremely valuable asset to leave for a fraction of his value. It's not just that either, it's the collateral damage of the whole affair and for me definitely a major trigger point of the ensuing downward spiral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elyowl1 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 17 minutes ago, Ian said: Always injured to the extent that he played nearly 100 games for us. And I would give every penny he earned and cost us just to have someone who could take a corner as well as he did, never mind half a dozen or so every one of those games Hinchcliffe and Jonk seem to get a lot of stick for the first season after relegation when they were "injured" , given the fact we bailed just about everyone else out the door ive always suspected there is far more to the story than let on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'm an Essex Owl Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 12 hours ago, qantas said: Mick Lyons 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 its a no brainer ....you pay 8 million and 30 grand a week while sat in a play off place then 4 years down the line you release him as you slip into the 3rd tier ........no other player could possibly get close . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 15 hours ago, Rogers said: Too many to mention... In terms of money vs performance, it has to be either Rhodes or De Bilde; not sure what Jeffers was on, but I'd imagine his wages were pretty high. Patrick Blondeau David Graham Jordan Rhodes Steve Adams Francis Jeffers Gilles De Bilde Simon Donnelly Phil O Donnell (RIP) Darren Purse Andy Sinton Almen Abdi I wouldn't include Steve Adams, he was just unlucky with injuries, he cost next to nothing and won't have been on big money. Out of that list I would say Blondeau or De Bilde. I would add to them.... Stevie May, tried hard but just wasn't good enough for Championship. Can't remember his name but the midfielder we signed from Rangers about 7 or 8 years ago who was useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malek Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, bradowl said: I wouldn't include Steve Adams, he was just unlucky with injuries, he cost next to nothing and won't have been on big money. Out of that list I would say Blondeau or De Bilde. I would add to them.... Stevie May, tried hard but just wasn't good enough for Championship. Can't remember his name but the midfielder we signed from Rangers about 7 or 8 years ago who was useless. Wouldn't agree regarding Stevie May. Played only one full season with us and scored 9 league goals that admitably is not great, but We played very defensive football at the time and didn't score much. Also it is worth noting that most of his 9 goals won us games and helped us survive that season. also, Preston gave us back what we paid for him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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