Excited when they signed but turned out to be rubbish

[Bobby the blue]

I was listening to that under the cosh podcast this week and Nicky Weaver was talking about Ousmane Dabo. I remember being really excited at this signing. I was on holiday in Rhodes at the time it was announced sitting in a bar with the wife watching sky sports news when it flashed up.
Obviously didn’t turn out so well for all concerned but at the time i really thought we had purchased a cracking player.

Andreas Isaksson. Looked a really good keeper. I think a few other clubs were looking at him and I thought it was a real coup when we landed him. Injuries and Stuart Pearce not really fancying him ended his city career. A shame as he had everything to be a class keeper at city.

Nery Castillo. I was at his debut I think it was West Ham away. As good as it got. Around that time I really thought Svennis was putting together a really good squad but ultimately in a few weeks it all started to unravel.

Honourable mentions to.
Bianchi.
mcmanaman
Samaras

 

[its a Barm]

Fuck me this will be a long one

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Numerous to many to mention but Badbuy stands out.

Players like McPointy were always stop gaps.

 

[mike1923]

Nolito. Wasn’t exactly gash but turned out to be a massive bellend

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Bianchi was alright he just couldn't handle a stodgy breakfast

 

[Boo or Boo-urns]

Lee Badbuy.

 

[John Wayne]

Hatem Trabelsi. Looked a top player at Ajax but was misused by Pearce and never hit the heights expected.

 

[Sergio<3]

Bony

 

[Blueknows]

Weah

 

[John Wayne]

If I recall, Badbuy was signed by Keegan on the strength of one goal he scored against us for Preston NE.

That was Macken.

 

[Asa's left peg]

Aguero. Could have been so much more.

 

[WEMBLEY76]

Mathias Vuoso

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Nery Castillo.

 

[TonyM]

Ben Haim.

 

[dadnlad]

If I recall, Badbuy was signed by Keegan on the strength of one goal he scored against us for Preston NE.

that was jon macken

 

[Kippaxpete]

That was Macken.

Duh! Stupid me. So it was. Early onset dementia at work!

 

[skillman]

Nery Castillo
McManaman
Bojinov
Caicedo (wasn't shite but could've been so much more)
Fowler

 

[Bobby the blue]

that was jon macken

I always thought Macken was a silly buy at the time. We were effectively promoted at the time and 5 million was a big outlay at the time for someone who had no real stand out qualities. Just a typical keegan buy when he bought for the sake of it.

 

[red 2 hats]

Robinho

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Keegan was great at talking up a new signing. I remember him talking about Christian Negouai like he was some sort of nailed on super star.

He got sent of on his only start i think and despite being with us for 4 years he just disappeared of the face of the earth. His only contribution is that it turns out at some point he dodged a drugs test and got away with it and it was used by Rio as precedent in his case.