Tiny_Kilby_Loyal
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Totally forgot about Jeffers.Francis jeffers marcus gayle jerome rothen andy webster
This thread has reminded me how seriously poor our record actually is.
Totally forgot about Jeffers.Francis jeffers marcus gayle jerome rothen andy webster
Never understood why he was so bad great player for Empoli and Lazio , champions league player but he was just terrible.Emilson Cribari summed up our shambolic transfer strategy in the third division.
‘Experienced’ Brazilian centre-back looking completely lost against part-timers. Torn to shreds at Tannadice. I’d hate to know what we were paying him.
Completely unnecessary. Was never going to work.
This thread is tim porn
To add to your list - Colin McAdam and Jim Stewart. Both came for fees of over £100k (at a time when we only spent that amount of 2 or 3 times previously), contributed not very much and departed on freesPena and Herrera for a combined £5m plus wages at a time we didn't have the finances to challenge was virtually criminal.
Konterman for nearly £5m plus wages to make the team 10x worse than it was will anger me forever.
But if we go back a lot further, what about the huge money we spent in the early 80s on players who gradually made us the 4th and 5th best team in Scotland with the biggest outlay?
Gregor Stevens, Ian Redford, Craig Paterson, Iain Ferguson, Cammy Fraser, Sandy Clark, etc all cost massive money for the time, and all were abysmal value for where they took us. And were all sold for a fraction of what we paid.
When he was totally bossed by lego muncher in that 5-1 disaster it truly showed him up for the fake f@nny, plastic hard man and fraud he was, never ever fit to wear our shirt.I'm bored so anyway lol just been sitting here thinking about our worst transfers ever? Who you got? Now mine will only be since I've been a Rangers fan so quite sure ya'll might offer different choices. From my perspective since I've been a fan these are my top three in no particular order:
Joey Barton-I thought at the time he still had something in the tank and could be quite good here. Yes, was a prick then as he has always been but I could overlook that. However, as well all know he was a total bust in more ways than one.
James Beattie-Past his best when we got him and it showed.
Carlos Pena-Horrific, simple enough.
The Flo shouts are laughable, honestly.
Yes he wasn't a great signing and everyone clings to the £12m price. But then those same people conveniently forget we sold him for £7.5m so the total outlay in transfer fees was only £4.5m.
Now, had we only bought him for £4.5m initially, I seriously doubt anyone would be saying he was our worst ever signing. A Norwegian international who scored 38 goals in 70 games for £4.5m? Aye what a shocker.
Sakala is a strikerRamsey has to be up there. Given the expectations that he was here to secure the title and the reputation he came with the return was nothing short of shocking.
13 appearances totalling 632 minutes means his appearances averaged 45 mins per game.
2 goals and 2 assists gives him a goal contribution every 158 minutes, worse than the much maligned Sakala who had a goal contribution every 115 mins.
Then to top it off missing the crucial penalty in Seville.
IronySo what?Its just simply the truth as we see it.We have had some real honking signings over the years.So have they.
Lighten up mate.
Sakala is a striker
I think anyone suggesting a loan signing who made a small contribution but ultimately didn’t work out is our worst signing is mental, and their judgement is being clouded by a recent penalty miss.
Ramsey is literally only being mentioned in this thread because of a penalty miss.Ramsey is an attacking midfielder and Sakala often played on the wing, quite comparable in that I would expect both to be contributing in attacking areas.
Its not as if Ramsey was contributing much going back the way?
Obviously he isnt anywhere near out worst player ever, but in terms of expectation vs reality he deserves to be part of the dicussion for worst signing ever in my opinion. Possibly harsh but its the same reason Flo appears in these threads.
Herrera is the only player I can remember us signing who had a YouTube compilation showing how bad he was rather than how good.Ian Black (still to this day can't believe he pulled on our shirt)
Barton (badly wanted him to be a success)
Eduardo Herrera. I'll qualify this one by saying he was a very good pro who respected the club and fans but, my God he was awful. I remember watching him warm up before the 5-5 game at Easter Road. He couldn't even kick the ball properly.
SadiqHerrera is the only player I can remember us signing who had a YouTube compilation showing how bad he was rather than how good.
Aye, I'm sure Livi has had barrel loads of players who hit double figure goals over the years....actually, in the last 20 years of Livi being in the top flight they've had a player hit double figures twice. Bruce Anderson this season and Derek Lilley in 03/04.Fashion Sakala, wouldn’t even get a game for livi
PishTore Andre Flo.
His goal return was good but was a terrible signing.
I honestly thought at the time we were brining in Christian Vieiri so I was against him from the start.
PishFlo as well, a very expensive flat track bully.
He started one game at the Euros. A fairly routine win against a Denmark team who didn’t score at the tournamentIf you’d watched him in the Euros after he‘d signed, you’d have been impressed.
Looked better than Jaap Stam.
Not even sure how that makes sense! He wasn’t value for money, but with a very respectable goal return he was never a disaster either.
YepGotta be the wee earl haig O'halloran....
For me what made the Flo transfer worse was Chelsea replaced him with Eidur Gudjohnsen from Bolton for £4.5MIt's more the fact he was symbolic of the Murray era excess and we had no real idea what to do with him. £12M for a big flat track bully who wasn't even trusted to get on the pitch against Celtic in his final months. Rubbish.
One cost 4ook and is a youth player who has been here a year on about 4k a week.Nnamdi Ofoborh has got to be up there if Prodan is
Wit a goal that vanoli scored against Dundee. The rest were pretty awful.The Emerson Capucho Vanoli Ostenstad boy band won’t be topped for me.
Francis Jeffers for me.Francis jeffers marcus gayle jerome rothen andy webster
HuhColin West sticks in my head as one of the worst.
Didn't score too many important / match winning goals from memory. Often scored a couple in 4 or 5 goal victories. Agree he wasn't a disaster, but he's not someone you look back on and marvel at his match winning performances either, so for the money paid I think he was a disappointment.Not even sure how that makes sense! He wasn’t value for money, but with a very respectable goal return he was never a disaster either.
Still not a good signing by any stretch of the imagination, something lacking in the medical procedures especially since we got lucky with big Goldsons heart issue.One cost 4ook and is a youth player who has been here a year on about 4k a week.
The other cost 4 million 20 years ago, on 20k a week and took 4 years wage out the club.
10 times the money and you could be talking 25 times relative to inflation over that time.
Nowhere near our worst signing by any stretch of imaginationStill not a good signing by any stretch of the imagination, something lacking in the medical procedures especially since we got lucky with big Goldsons heart issue.
Time will tell but zero output so far.Nowhere near our worst signing by any stretch of imagination
Michael Ball.
Cost over £6.5m, barely kicked a ball for us then we let him go for nothing.
Think he remains the biggest single loss we’ve ever made on a player.
More recently, Carlos Peña.
£2.7m at a time when we were still struggling to make ends meet after the ravages of liquidation and the litany of charlatans and crooks with their snouts in the trough was just insane, especially so when the warning signs were so glaring.
It's more the fact he was symbolic of the Murray era excess and we had no real idea what to do with him. £12M for a big flat track bully who wasn't even trusted to get on the pitch against Celtic in his final months. Rubbish.
Vuckic was good and would have been great in Warburton's side the following season.The Newcastle 5 - never have we had a transfer foisted upon us. Hardly any of them played and when they did they were shite.
His low cost alone means he’ll never be our worst signing, it’s ridiculous to argue that he might be.Time will tell but zero output so far.
Wouldn’t say Ball hardly played.Michael Ball.
Cost over £6.5m, barely kicked a ball for us then we let him go for nothing.
Think he remains the biggest single loss we’ve ever made on a player.
More recently, Carlos Peña.
£2.7m at a time when we were still struggling to make ends meet after the ravages of liquidation and the litany of charlatans and crooks with their snouts in the trough was just insane, especially so when the warning signs were so glaring.