neiltheblue Posted 18 April 2013 Posted 18 April 2013 I think the whole Akinbiyi thing has been over blown. Don't get me wrong PT paid far to much for him and he was a terrible finisher, which is a problem for a PL striker. His biggest difficulty though was he was quick, strong, had good movement and read the game well. Put this altogether and you have a player who is getting half a dozen gilt edged chances a game and missing the vast majority. Now this is all done in the most televised league in the world and MOTD is, all of a sudden, a weekly showcase of his misses. In other words had he scored the same number of goals from a 1/4 of the chances we wouldn't have complained nearly as much. In fact he'd have been where Nugent is now.
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 18 April 2013 Posted 18 April 2013 Akinbadbuy Mills Beckford Dennis the little cvnt Wise Tommy English
HesNotGudjonsonn2 Posted 18 April 2013 Posted 18 April 2013 Just read this for a bit of amusement and expecting to see the usual suspects but I thought a few mentioned names were unfair. First two being Matt Jones and Darren Eadie, both very capable players who sadly got injured and had their careers ended. Eadie was a brilliant player and I was so happy when we signed him and so disappointed when he got injured. I also think Vassell was not a flop and Futacs hasn't been given enough opportunity yet to be considered either way. Why not go for most of the players signed by Craig Levein or Martin Allen and we have hit the nail on the head.
deejdeej Posted 18 April 2013 Posted 18 April 2013 Cant quote it cause of my sh1tty phone, but that elephant gif made me im so immature
Father Ted Posted 18 April 2013 Posted 18 April 2013 Anybody Levein signed or who we paid over £2 million for.
Bert Posted 18 April 2013 Posted 18 April 2013 Money wise it's Akinbiyi. We got well and truly ripped off there. Mills wasn't as bad as people made out IMO, he was just made a scapegoat amongst people because they believes we'd spent £5m on him.
johnny the fox Posted 18 April 2013 Posted 18 April 2013 Still plays regularly - some footage from his recent performance for Bolton Reserves.... fookin glad mills ain't got tusks, or he would be a dead man now.. he should be in the circus though...
dmayne7 Posted 18 April 2013 Posted 18 April 2013 I don't think there's enough space in this whole forum to list all the Leicester flops! We along with probably Newcastle are the biggest graveyard for decent players.
Sharpe's Fox Posted 19 April 2013 Posted 19 April 2013 Got to be Matt Mills, was brought in to be a rock in defence and Captain but was pretty useless at both.
SystonFox Posted 19 April 2013 Posted 19 April 2013 People speculate about Mills and Beclfords wages? Care to guess how much they were on? Dj Campbell for me was a flop. Always offside as the tune goes and also big wages (15k a week at a time we really shouldn't be spending that?!)
foxfanazer Posted 19 April 2013 Posted 19 April 2013 Anybody Levein signed or who we paid over £2 million for. The Levien era was soooo dull wasn't it!
_Fatboyslow_ Posted 19 April 2013 Posted 19 April 2013 Akinbiyi, Mills Darren Eadie, Waghorn Eadie ? Pls explain ? Now Lewis that's a differant story
tomtom Posted 19 April 2013 Posted 19 April 2013 Kaebi - World's fastest player wasn't he Lamey - Played a blinder against Sunderland in Pre Season, then turned out to be worse than Robbie Neilson. It always amazes me that people thought Lamey had a good game against Sunderland, ...he was awful, constantly caught out of position and also at fault for their goal
bluesbrothers Posted 19 April 2013 Posted 19 April 2013 Crncic Akinbiyi Kaebi Mills Johnson Vardy Thread complete.
cambridgefox Posted 19 April 2013 Posted 19 April 2013 Pains me to say it being from Cambridge but Trevor Benjamin and although at the twilight of his career Dion Dublin( hated even writing this)
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 19 April 2013 Posted 19 April 2013 Pains me to say it being from Cambridge but Trevor Benjamin and although at the twilight of his career Dion Dublin( hated even writing this) It pains me to read it
preacher Posted 19 April 2013 Posted 19 April 2013 Scowcroft "The new Teddy Sheringham" according to Taylor. My ar5e he was. Zelko Kalac
kingfox Posted 19 April 2013 Posted 19 April 2013 Pains me to say it being from Cambridge but Trevor Benjamin and although at the twilight of his career Dion Dublin( hated even writing this) Leave Dion alone.
5waller5 Posted 19 April 2013 Posted 19 April 2013 Carl Cort - i was delighted when we signed him - but was utter garbage!
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 19 April 2013 Posted 19 April 2013 Tony Spearing Nicky Platnauer Lee Marshall Rob Johnson
stockyfox Posted 19 April 2013 Posted 19 April 2013 One for the history books! In Dec 1954, City paid Lincoln city what was then a club record fee of £27,600 for Andy Graver. He was bought to partner Arthur Rowley. As a centre-forward, he came with a glowing reputation, having scored 106 goals in 172 matches while at Sincil Bank. He played 11 games for City, scoring 3 league goals plus 1 in the Cup and was sold back to Lincoln in the close season for £26,000. Later that season, he signed for Stoke and scored the winning goal that knocked us out of the Cup in Jan 1956.
Filbert The Fox Posted 19 April 2013 Posted 19 April 2013 Tommy English swap deal that saw Melrose going to Cov Agree.Always remember going down 'Filbo' with me dad & his mate in the 80's when we signed him.Think we played West Ham he was total shite. Remember me dads mate shouting 'You know what Thatcher said buy English some ****er buy him quick.' I was only about 12 & found it quite funny.
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