Oi! remember we were close to signing/liked with..

[Sky Blue]

didnt Reiziger reach the training ground also, cant remember why the deal didnt go through though

Keegan showed him around our new ground....then he chose Boro!

 

[Ray78]

didnt Reiziger reach the training ground also, cant remember why the deal didnt go through though

Keegan showed him around our new ground....then he chose Boro!

Correct went on a Bosman I think.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

Leroy Lita from Reading for £6 mill!!!

Malbranque was one that sticks in the mind as we were desperate ofr a creative midfielder and he was supposedly the answer

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Weren't we once strongly linked to signing Ellmander under Pearce but couldn't afford him?

Yeah, Elmander was on the radar but Pearce opted for Salamander, some tall lazy Greek geezer who went to Celtic.

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

We were after Elmander and that other superstar from Sweden Willhelmson (forgive the spelling) who went to Bolton and who was also shite.


We were also offered Diego Milito when Sven was here but he thought Benjani was a better prospect PL experience and all that.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

Re: Own up, who hates the derby.

I thought it was Sven who wanted Elmander? To the tune of about £18 million!

 

[feedthebell]

i was excited about that malbranque deal, still a good player i think.

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

Elmander was linked to us because of Sven being manager at the time and not Pearce.

Pearce bought us Samaras and I was gutted when he was injured for the cup game with West Ham because he was injured in a fuck all league game against Wigan the previous Saturday.

We had the chance at the time to buy Ashton who went to WHU who fucked us in the Cup.

 

[The Pink Panther]

Stelios from Bolton. Remember Fat Sam going mad and Pearce said "well our fax machine was working"