acrossthepond 919 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 On 15/01/2025 at 09:51, David Kelly said: Muto being an (alleged) striker and Dumas being a defender don't count (I actually think Dumas ended up playing a couple of decent games for us). McClen, Brady, Hamilton, Pancrate, Georgiadis and Ireland don't count as they barely played a game for us (same as Terry Wilson who would have undoubtedly come into consideration with Fumaca if I was considering just anyone who played a game or two). Even Bassedas is pushing it. Faye definitely deserves consideration as he was fucking terrible. Geremi, I wouldn't personally rate him as poorly. Maybe that's because I've seen that he was a good player before he ended up here and if I were to objectively judge him on his time here, he'd probably have to be considered. I'm no doubt being harsh on him but I think it's the fact that Hayden played 171 games for us (which will be more than all of these other players combined I would think), and that people somehow thought he was a consistent 7 out of 10 that makes me hate him so much. His best days weren't a 7 out 10, he was a consistent 5. Expand Matty Pattison made 10 league appearances for us - ugh. I'll throw Hendrick in there too as he was fucking awful and a classic Ashley signing. Siem de Jong, Henri Saivet the mystery man, Kenedy (second spell), Thauvin and Cabella...the list goes on. Geremi I actually consider better than several of those, at least at the start of his time with us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1310 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 On 15/01/2025 at 13:25, acrossthepond said: Matty Pattison made 10 league appearances for us - ugh. I'll throw Hendrick in there too as he was fucking awful and a classic Ashley signing. Siem de Jong, Henri Saivet the mystery man, Kenedy (second spell), Thauvin and Cabella...the list goes on. Geremi I actually consider better than several of those, at least at the start of his time with us. Expand Kendrick definitely comes in for consideration. Awful footballer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrossthepond 919 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Sometime when you really want to boggle your mind, look at the astonishing list of ABSOLUTE FUCKING DIRGE that we signed under Ashley, and the fees we paid for them, and think about how much whinging he did about not being able to wipe our own noses or whatever the fuck it was. The extent of the no-namers that briefly wore our colours really has to be seen to be believed. We spaffed a hundred million pounds on pure dogshit trying to find bargains from France and Belgium because we once lucked into signing Cheick Tiote for 4m and wanted to replicate that twenty more times. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11173 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 On 15/01/2025 at 13:22, Alex said: Dumas counts as a midfielder because that’s where he played. He was a continental style sweeper in France but Gullit played him instead of Rob Lee. He also looked like a bin man. Almost as much as Neville Southall Expand apropos of absolutely nothing whenever anyone says "Dumbass" my mind immediately goes to Ol' Franky boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 36049 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 There was a game Geremi played at wingback under Allardyce where he was hung out to dry as it was clear he didn’t have the legs to play there anymore. But he looked good in KK’s first half season in his 2nd spell here as manager. When KK settled on a 4-3-3 and played Butt and Barton in there too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 36049 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 (edited) On 15/01/2025 at 13:28, David Kelly said: Kendrick definitely comes in for consideration. Awful footballer. Expand You’d be forgiven for forgetting about him though. Even (perhaps especially) if you were watching him play Edited January 15 by Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1310 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 On 15/01/2025 at 13:35, Alex said: You’d be forgiven for forgetting about him though. Even (perhaps especially) if you were watching him play Expand He just ran alongside games. I don't think I've seen a less influential player. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15957 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 On 15/01/2025 at 13:36, David Kelly said: He just ran alongside games. I don't think I've seen a less influential player. Expand 79 (SEVENTY-NINE) caps for Ireland. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22941 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 On 15/01/2025 at 13:28, David Kelly said: Kendrick definitely comes in for consideration. Awful footballer. Expand he should stick to rapping 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11173 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 On 15/01/2025 at 13:29, acrossthepond said: Sometime when you really want to boggle your mind, look at the astonishing list of ABSOLUTE FUCKING DIRGE that we signed under Ashley, and the fees we paid for them, and think about how much whinging he did about not being able to wipe our own noses or whatever the fuck it was. The extent of the no-namers that briefly wore our colours really has to be seen to be believed. We spaffed a hundred million pounds on pure dogshit trying to find bargains from France and Belgium because we once lucked into signing Cheick Tiote for 4m and wanted to replicate that twenty more times. Expand Just the midfielders bought/signed during the Dark Ages under Ashley, and their fee in euros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 7125 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Colback was worse than Hayden. I forgot about Alan Smith? Awful CM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22941 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 On 15/01/2025 at 14:17, Holden McGroin said: Colback was worse than Hayden. I forgot about Alan Smith? Awful CM. Expand didn't he play for england at CM at one point? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 11104 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Saivet was worse too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 36049 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 On 15/01/2025 at 13:25, acrossthepond said: Matty Pattison made 10 league appearances for us - ugh. I'll throw Hendrick in there too as he was fucking awful and a classic Ashley signing. Siem de Jong, Henri Saivet the mystery man, Kenedy (second spell), Thauvin and Cabella...the list goes on. Geremi I actually consider better than several of those, at least at the start of his time with us. Expand That game away to Spurs when we won when Butt scored and Martins scored a screamer. It was like playing with 10 men having Pattison in the side. He was fucking miles out of his depth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 14358 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Vurnon Anita. A player who, on Twitter, gradually turned into Zidane the longer he sat on the bench 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 7125 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 On 17/01/2025 at 18:31, Ayatollah Hermione said: Vurnon Anita. A player who, on Twitter, gradually turned into Zidane the longer he sat on the bench Expand Aye. He was terrible too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 34970 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 (edited) Vurnon Anita, supposedly 'neat and tidy' with a Beyonce arse. Another wasted millions signing when you added them up. Mike Ashley man, what a wasted decade and a half. Edited January 18 by Howmanheyman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22941 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 18/01/2025 at 08:09, Howmanheyman said: Vurnon Anita, supposedly 'neat and tidy' with a Beyonce arse. Another wasted millions signing when you added them up. Mike Ashley man, what a wasted decade and a half. Expand He was the solitary summer signing the season after we finished 5th wasn’t he? A statement of intent 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22941 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Back in the days when Ashley could have spent freely to try and build the squad to build on the momentum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22941 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 11/07/2016 at 09:36, David Kelly said: I've never seen anything of him but I quite like the sound of this signing. Bruce seemed to be keen on him and most Arsenal fans I've heard don't seem to be too happy with letting him go. I'm also impressed that as a club we knew anything about him. Players like Gayle and Ritchie are more obvious having played in the premier league and Rafa's Spanish connection is obviously how the Jesus deal has come about but this deal seems to have required a lot more thought. Not something we're usually good at. We really do seem to have a new Newcastle United this summer and it's really refreshing to see. Expand sorry, I couldn’t resist 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11173 Posted Monday at 10:40 Share Posted Monday at 10:40 On 18/01/2025 at 08:15, Dr Gloom said: He was the solitary summer signing the season after we finished 5th wasn’t he? A statement of intent Expand Didn't we also sign Bigirimana in the same window? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1310 Posted Monday at 13:22 Share Posted Monday at 13:22 On 18/01/2025 at 08:17, Dr Gloom said: sorry, I couldn’t resist Expand 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22941 Posted Monday at 13:45 Share Posted Monday at 13:45 On 20/01/2025 at 10:40, The Fish said: Didn't we also sign Bigirimana in the same window? Expand sorry, my bad. two statement signings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11173 Posted Monday at 13:55 Share Posted Monday at 13:55 On 20/01/2025 at 13:45, Dr Gloom said: sorry, my bad. two statement signings Expand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11958 Posted Tuesday at 02:25 Share Posted Tuesday at 02:25 On 20/01/2025 at 13:45, Dr Gloom said: sorry, my bad. two statement signings Expand And the statement was "Fuck Off". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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