The Fish 10682 Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Was talking about this in the pub before and it stumped me. Since Shearer.. when was the last big money signing that actually came good? we're talking over £8m here. Robert- Good but incosistent and rendered useless by Souness' football Luque- Doesn't seem to have the speed of thought or determination to suceed in the Prem Martins- jury's still out on this one, but I have big reservations re: his movement and finishing Owen- crock and doesn't really want to be here, but no-one doubts his talent. Woodgate- see above, but sub doesn't with didn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima 0 Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Viana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44255 Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Was thinking about this today. It's about time we took a risk on kids from the Championship instead. I don't know much about Nugent, but it seems to me that it would make more sense paying say £5m for him and giving him a bit of a payrise than paying £10m for a Martins or a Luque and paying them double the wage you would for someone like Nugent. When it comes down to it, the Luque/Martins deal represents a far bigger gamble at a far higher cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelie 103 Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Not sure how much we spent on:- Bellamy.............good buy, too bad we lost him. Dyer..................has not lived up to potential............yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Not sure how much we spent on:- Bellamy.............good buy, too bad we lost him. Dyer..................has not lived up to potential............yet. About 6 million apiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 I think Robert can be counted as a success for the manager who purchased him, at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30221 Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Robert was undoubtedly a success for the most part. You can lump Boumsong into the £8m+ group. Overall our big signings have been shite. We need a huge overall in our scouting system and need to be confident enough to give our young players a go in the first team. The cases of Finnigan being ignored for the tie against Palmero and Pav being preferred to Krul on the bench against Sheffield United are a joke; whats the point in employing these players if they can't be called upon after proving themselves time and time again in the reserves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menace13 0 Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Woodgate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10682 Posted November 12, 2006 Author Share Posted November 12, 2006 Woodgate was a crock who we sold as soon as Freddy heard that he could make a couple of million on the deal. great defender though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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