Guest NGoloMode Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 Stolen from another forum but would be interesting to see what people put Basically list the top 3 bargains Leicester City have bought in the past that have been the most value for money and then the top 3 worst signings and give a reason if you want..
Guest Basildon Fox Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 Stolen from another forum but would be interesting to see what people put Basically list the top 3 bargains Leicester City has bought in the past that have been the most value for money and then the top 3 worst signings and give a reason if you want.. I am going to have to go for a top 5 not in any particular order: Value for money Alan Smith Gary McAlister Muzzy Izzett Steve Walsh Neil Lennon Worst Spider Kalac Ade Akinbiyi Dennis Wise Matt Jones Graham Fenton
Foxhateram Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 Value for money; Muzzy Izzet Emile Heskey (Came through the ranks so was free, then made us a stupid amount of money) Lennon/Walsh Waste of Money; Everyone's favorite Ade Akinbiyi Junior Lewis (Did not cost much but was a waste of space!) There was a player in our last season in the prem who we bought and was then injured before he even played a match and never returned. Think it was Lee Morris Certainly not the worst wastes of money actually but they are up there. Actually thinking about 2 Mill for DJ was a big fat waste! Oh i cant decide there is loads!
Ford Super Sunday Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 Certainly not the worst wastes of money actually but they are up there. Actually thinking about 2 Mill for DJ was a big fat waste! Oh i cant decide there is loads! When you think about the money outlay in wages on him, after the £1.6m inital fee, it comes to about £4.5m, which is eye watering considering what he actually did
Guest NGoloMode Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 Value for money; Emile Heskey (Came through the ranks so was free, then made us a stupid amount of money) That doesn't count!
ithuriel Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 Bargains mmm ok Iwan Roberts, £300,000, top scorer for three seasons and then sold for a tidy profit. Steve Walsh, was it £100,000 ? despite having a few red cards an able enough defender and striker. Simon Grayson, brought on the very cheap, was our right back for half a decade and captained the team to a wembley win, played reasonably well in the prem in O'niells teams before being sold for a nice tidy profit. waste of money. Ade, five million for a striker who couldnt do the business for us. Matt Jones, brought for £3,000,000 has the new Neil Lennon Zeljko, big goalkeeper is all you can say really
Ross-Kemp Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 Andy King - on a free from chelsea I believe ? Jack Hobbs - 400,000 for someone who will play for england David Connolly - brought for about 500,000, was a good player IMO, then sold for £3.5 million. Ade Akinbadbuy - £5million , having a laugh ! DJ campbell - £1.6 million plus wages and wa shit Matt Jones ? - £3million + and played about 3 games !
Wymsey Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 Only supported club since '99: King Hobbs Guppy Wise Akinbiyi Pressman
Finnegan Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 Mat Jones as was tragic really. Never good to see a player retire through injury.
Trav Le Bleu Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 Can't believe no one has mentioned Tony Cottee as value for money! A snip at £500K
The Doctor Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 Bargins Muzzy Izzet Jack Hobbs Les Ferdinand Don't think steve walsh cost all that much either Worst signings: Ade Akibiyi - £5.5m + wages for that? DJ Campbell - £1.6m + wages - constantly having a strop, permanantly offside, generally utter bollocks Mark De Vries - Didn't cost as much as the other two but shitter still.
Foxhateram Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 That doesn't count! 6 Mill + Profit its got to count surely?
The Doctor Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 6 Mill + Profit its got to count surely? heskey wasn't really a signing though was he?
Foxhateram Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 heskey wasn't really a signing though was he? Still has to sign a professional contract to play in the first team, but yer i see your point of view. You are all just Jealous because you would not have thought of it
Woodpecker Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 Value for money ---------------------- Alan Smith - cost about £20,000 from Alvechurch, scored 84 goals in 206 games. Gary MacAllister - wasn't he just the makeweight in the Ali Mauchlen deal? Steve Walsh - cost £100,000 and became a legend Worst Signings --------------------- Ade Akinbye - not only can I not believe we payed £5.5 million for him (ouch), but that we actually managed to get £2.2 million when we sold him (if ever proof was needed that Trevor Francis didn't know a thing about football management) Matt Jones - how much????? Darren Eadie - although not a bad player it was obvious that he was injury prone before we bought him. £3.5 million and 40 games later he retired due to injuries.
Ric Flair Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 Savage was a bargain at £250,000 Ian Marshall for £800,000 Paul Dickov for £100,000
MPH Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 Value for money ---------------------- Alan Smith - cost about £20,000 from Alvechurch, scored 84 goals in 206 games. Gary MacAllister - wasn't he just the makeweight in the Ali Mauchlen deal? Steve Walsh - cost £100,000 and became a legend Worst Signings --------------------- Ade Akinbye - not only can I not believe we payed £5.5 million for him (ouch), but that we actually managed to get £2.2 million when we sold him (if ever proof was needed that Trevor Francis didn't know a thing about football management) Matt Jones - how much????? Darren Eadie - although not a bad player it was obvious that he was injury prone before we bought him. £3.5 million and 40 games later he retired due to injuries. We signed mauchlen and mcallister for 240k from .... motherwell I think it was
Guy Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 Bargins Muzzy Izzet Jack Hobbs Les Ferdinand Don't think steve walsh cost all that much either Worst signings: Ade Akibiyi - £5.5m + wages for that? DJ Campbell - £1.6m + wages - constantly having a strop, permanantly offside, generally utter bollocks Mark De Vries - Didn't cost as much as the other two but shitter still. Agreed re Akinbiyi and DJ Campbell being on the negs list! The frustrating thing was and what made it worse was that they were pants for us at any time, bar scoring the odd goal here and there (like a defenders goal tally ratio per season!) but they always did well anywhere else they went! - Akinbiyi for numerous clubs before and after us while DJC for Blackpool last season of course.....
martyn Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 Amazed nobody has mentioned Steve Claridge. £1.2m and scored goals to win the Play Off Final (worth how much money) and League Cup Final.
Criggers Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 Worst is easy with Akinbiyi, DJ Campbell and thena pick from others I would go with Dennis Wise. What a cock. Best signings, there are too many to choose from. Steve Walsh, Tony Cottee and..... Steve Claridge. nothing will ever repay the goals against Palace and Boro edit: Doh, beaten to it. I should have posted instead of surfing the web whilst the editor was open. Oh well, i only get so long on the web at lunch
Fox You Forest Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 Mat Jones as was tragic really. Never good to see a player retire through injury. Same with Eadie, played a few more than Jones but not nearly enough for the price we paid.
foxaholic Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 Bargains mmm ok Iwan Roberts, £300,000, top scorer for three seasons and then sold for a tidy profit. Steve Walsh, was it £100,000 ? despite having a few red cards an able enough defender and striker. Simon Grayson, brought on the very cheap, was our right back for half a decade and captained the team to a wembley win, played reasonably well in the prem in O'niells teams before being sold for a nice tidy profit. waste of money. Ade, five million for a striker who couldnt do the business for us. Matt Jones, brought for £3,000,000 has the new Neil Lennon Zeljko, big goalkeeper is all you can say really I dont think you can say Matt Jones as he was seriously injured and they would have got a lot of insurance money you may as well say Darren Eadie who was the same .
surrifox Posted 9 November 2010 Posted 9 November 2010 neither MON* or Jimmy Bloomfield wasted a penny in their transfer dealings - Worthington, Elliott, Izzett- fantastic value for what they brought to the side crap signings don't get much worse than Akinbiyi but Roger Davies and Mick Kennedy were pricey (at the time) failures * apart from Graham Fenton
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