MC Prussian Posted 7 November 2005 Share Posted 7 November 2005 In Izzet's case could almost arguably have been talking about wages whilst he was injured. As it happens, they'll get a lot of the money back on this from insurers. Also he's back playing now. I think Swissfox, who claims to be a fairly articulate, intelligent man has actually completely mis-read/misunderstood the topic and instead gone for players who he thinks are over-rated OR players who he loved when they were at Leicester and now have become cr ap in the space of a season or two... (as if) Nope. I was referring to players (predominately in the Premiership) who have been praised as a football savior, instead displaying lacklustre performances in almost every single game. Therefore a waste of money. And there are only three former Leicester players on that list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The People's Hero Posted 7 November 2005 Share Posted 7 November 2005 Fair play, sorry if it sounded a bit harsh mate. I've just read it back to myself - oops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonboy Posted 7 November 2005 Share Posted 7 November 2005 Can't agree with Beckham at all. His form has been brilliant all season, one of the best players for Madrid and he is the last player you could call waste of money because of all the revenue he makes from merchandise. Owen was not a waste of money- he scores goals and that costs money. £16/17 million is a lot but it gets results. Veron has cost more in all his transfers together than any other player ever. He did nothing in England for Man U or Chelsea but I don't really know if he did anything extaordinary abroad. Never worth what people have paid for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted 7 November 2005 Share Posted 7 November 2005 Can't believe no-one's mentioned Dennis Wise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Arrow Posted 7 November 2005 Share Posted 7 November 2005 Every bought footballer is a waste of money, in some peopels view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 7 November 2005 Share Posted 7 November 2005 Every bought footballer is a waste of money, in some peopels view Does that mean that players from your own youth academy and on-loaners are usually better? Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest seanfox778 Posted 7 November 2005 Share Posted 7 November 2005 wasn't carl cort either 7 or 9 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationwider Posted 7 November 2005 Share Posted 7 November 2005 Lee Bradbury - Man City paid £3M for him. He's absolutely crap. 81 goals in 11 seasons as a professional footballer, and a "striker" at that. Every single one was a fluke. Incidentally, Ade Akinbiyi's career transfer fees total £12.75M. That's £5M more than Teddy Sheringham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest seanfox778 Posted 8 November 2005 Share Posted 8 November 2005 jon mackem to man city 5 mill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shauno45 Posted 8 November 2005 Share Posted 8 November 2005 Steve Marlet to Fulham? £11.5million? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 8 November 2005 Share Posted 8 November 2005 Chris Sutton - Chelsea £10 million Louis Saha - Man United £13.5 million Laurent Robert - Newcastle £10 million Delgado - Southampton £4 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royston. Posted 8 November 2005 Share Posted 8 November 2005 Is it me or has Diego Forlan escaped your criticism? 7 million Man Utd paid for him (I think) Robbie Keane for Inter (11 million?) Sunderland had Lilian Laslandes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The People's Hero Posted 8 November 2005 Share Posted 8 November 2005 Good thinking with Laslandes and Marlet. Absolute disasters the pair of em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitesh Posted 8 November 2005 Share Posted 8 November 2005 Didier Drogba - £24m He is rubbish! I dont rate him at all. He is a chancer and gets his goals without little effort at all. Ok, doesnt matter how goals come but he doesnt show much for his price! I also think Essien is over rated and they payed way too much for him! Not that price is an issue for chelsea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The People's Hero Posted 8 November 2005 Share Posted 8 November 2005 Essien may be a little over rated and perhaps a little overpriced but come on, he's a quality player. You can argue that all footballers are overpriced. At the end of the day, its all relative and Chelsea wanted to prise away a competitor's most prized asset. Essien is quality. In one so young he is so close to being the finished product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitesh Posted 8 November 2005 Share Posted 8 November 2005 Essien may be a little over rated and perhaps a little overpriced but come on, he's a quality player. You can argue that all footballers are overpriced. At the end of the day, its all relative and Chelsea wanted to prise away a competitor's most prized asset. Essien is quality. In one so young he is so close to being the finished product. he is a good player but he hasnt proved himself at the highest level and therefore it doesnt justify the amount of money payed. but as you say, chelsea can get what they want and money is no object! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knightonian Posted 8 November 2005 Share Posted 8 November 2005 Connolly for possibly £3 Million to Wigan. Great for us, but if they're not gonna play him, thats a lot of money for a player probably not worth £1 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 8 November 2005 Share Posted 8 November 2005 Connolly for possibly £3 Million to Wigan. Great for us, but if they're not gonna play him, thats a lot of money for a player probably not worth £1 million. Perhaps. But then again, the season's still young, only a third played, and should Roberts picks up an injury, Connolly will get his chance again. And he has proven that he can score on that level. Time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted 8 November 2005 Share Posted 8 November 2005 wasn't carl cort either 7 or 9 million I think Newcastle paid nigh on 9 million for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muz Posted 8 November 2005 Share Posted 8 November 2005 Seth Johnson 7m! Laughable . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 9 November 2005 Share Posted 9 November 2005 Forty thousand shares in a company called Planestation. It crash landed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macca4lcfc Posted 9 November 2005 Share Posted 9 November 2005 if essien was english, people would be saying hes worth about £60 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted 9 November 2005 Share Posted 9 November 2005 Don't remember what they were paid for, but the following players are totally underperforming (as of right now): - Beckham (the reason why footballers are called divas nowadays) - Woodgate (Injured one day, injured the other... ) - Bent (Everton) - Cech (he's not that good, it all boils down how well Terry, Del Horno, Huth and Gallas are performing) - Rio Ferdinand - Gerrard - Scholes (very, very quiet recently) - Van Persie (Arsenal is built around Henry and his "replacements" just aren't as good as the original) - Robbie Keane - Ronaldo (ManU) - Garcia - Crouch (Overrated? Wrong club?) - Dickov () - Izzet - Forssell - Baros On this occasion, I'd like some controversial figures back on the pitch. Aren't there any modern Cantonas, Gascoignes, Roy Keanes, Vinnie Jones' around any more...? It's all way too smooth in today's football culture... What do you think? I have to say, I find some of those suggestions absolute bollox, Swiss....sorry! Beckham has arguably been Real Madrids best and most consistent player this season. For the amount Everton paid for Bent, and the performances he put in last season, playing a big part in getting 4th place for them, is hardly a waste of money. He's hardly had a chance this season. Cech, not that good? Everyone's raving about Chelseas defence, and never acknowledge Cech's contribution. He was awesome in France and he's just about as solid as goalies come! Gerrard and Scholes are youth products and have thus far never been transferred... Van Persie isn't a striker really. Feyenoord always played him out wide as a wing. He's incidentally done reasonably well for Arsenal to be honest. Garcia was together with Gerrard the one who arguably won the Champions League for Liverpool Dickov was virtually free and Izzet cost nothing Forssell, give him a chance...he's only just returned from injury. However, I would add other big profiles like Morientes, Pellegrino, Saha, Kewell to your list... Veron has cost more in all his transfers together than any other player ever. He did nothing in England for Man U or Chelsea but I don't really know if he did anything extaordinary abroad. Never worth what people have paid for. He was well worth the money when Lazio bought him from Parma. He was my far and away favourite player then, and was arguably the best midfielder in the world. Incidentally this was under the 'boring' and 'shit' Sven Göran Erikssons leadership Good thinking with Laslandes and Marlet. Absolute disasters the pair of em. Yup, they were awful in England... But like many of the South Americans who try their luck in England, they get shipped out and enjoy plenty of success in places that are more suited to their style. Marlet is doing well with Marseilles at this time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wirralsimon Posted 9 November 2005 Share Posted 9 November 2005 Still think it's Denis Wise to Leicester for 1.6 million, an over-inflated salary and a law suit that tipped us over the edge into administration. That's ****ing it up in the transfer market with style! Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 9 November 2005 Share Posted 9 November 2005 Winston Bogarde - Chelsea He played 14 games in 4 years there and picked £8.5 million in wages during that time. Amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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