Excited when they signed but turned out to be rubbish

[Hoghead]

Clive Allen? really ? Thought he was quality TBH.

Probably not gash but not as good as I thought he would be.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Franny Lee as a chairman must be up there.

 

[AColdNightInStoke]

Emile Mpenza - for some reason I thought he was going to be our next Anelka…

 

[TheRubberRing]

jovetic

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Emile Mpenza - for some reason I thought he was going to be out next Anelka…

To be fair to him his goals did probably save us from relegation that season.

 

[AColdNightInStoke]

To be fair to him his goals did probably save us from relegation that season.

Totally agree - I just thought from there he would have pushed on and become great for us.

 

[dronefromsector7G]

Simon Colosimo

 

[Norman kneejerk]

Dave Bacuzzi came from Arsenal a seemed like a good player but never really delivered. Arthur Mann came in from Hearts and also made little impression.

The mid late 1960s team did seem to have a problem with full backs to replace Barrie Betts and Cliff Sear. They ended up with doing without full backs for much of the time with Tony Book playing as sweeper on occasions and Glyn Pardoe in the number 3 shirt was more of a midfielder (not unlike Zinchenko or even Cancelo now). Bobby Kennedy, another midfielder would also play a lot at full back.

Earliest city memories for me. Vic Gomersal was another, Bacuzzi"s understudy , and a wing half/ defender type Mike 'fatty' Batty I also remember.

 

[WickyWain]

Was only a loan signing but I was certain Djamel Belmadi was going to be the next Ali B

 

[dublinblue12]

Bradbury, samaras, mangala

 

[bennyboy]

Mick Channon if I remember correctly and Jerome Boateng.

 

[bluemc1]

Isaksson.
Bianchi.
Bojinov.
Santa Cruz.

But top billing goes to...

Corradi.

I actually shouted for the ref to send Corradi off once

this is always over the top for a player but I just hated him

 

[dadnlad]

Rodney M....... only joking

Barry Silkman

 

[bluemc1]

Samaras
Bojinov
Macmanaman
Mendy

especially after McManamans debut as well, he looked a class above

 

[Danny Hoekman]

Danny Hoekman

 

[bigstanhibbert]

Brian, we bought season tickets for the 78/79 season in the Kippax, he rarely turned up,seems his mum wasn't best pleased...

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

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.

For the little time he spent on the pitch Negouia crammed a lot, in blatant handball goal, a couple of red cards inc one within minutes of entering the pitch. Also seem to recall he sought his own unapproved medical treatment, all this from the guy KK described as his most exciting signing.

 

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

Stuart Lee back in 1979 was utter crap.

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

I still blush with embarrassment at this tw@ts goal celebrations...... I give you Bernardo Corradi.
Simplified just Utter dog shit

Remember thinking he might be a decent signing, recent Italian international....reality starting to sink in with the debut red card, didnt get much better.

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

Simon Colosimo

Only time i remember him playing was a pre season game at Halifax