Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 8 January 2014 Posted 8 January 2014 I also got excited a few years back when it was reported we were signing a Man United international. Who was it going to be? It was Brian Carey ........
Weller in Tights Posted 8 January 2014 Posted 8 January 2014 Fook me, has everybody forgot Ade Akinbiyi? he was the beginning of the end. FACT ! This by a mile
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 8 January 2014 Posted 8 January 2014 I don't think anyone was actually excited by the signing nor by the amount of money we spunked on him. He was actually on match of the day interviewed after playing for Wolves, he was umming and arring (are they words?) whether he was even going to sign for us, wish he hadn't. At least with Tricky Trev we only wasted 1 million on him.
ROB-THE-BLUE Posted 8 January 2014 Posted 8 January 2014 Dickov on his second spell... looked a shadow of his former self. Junior Lewis also got our hopes up briefly. Fook me did we come back down to reality with a bump
suffolk fox Posted 8 January 2014 Posted 8 January 2014 Brian Carey, signed from Man united, surely got to be good. Nicky Mohan, chased by Little for ages, utter garbage, Then we broke our transfer record for Mark Blake Mark Robins signed for a Million, the first name player we had ever signed 12 goals in 3 seasons I think I stopped expecting much from then on, partly because O'Neill rarely signed big name players but mainly because I had been disappointed so many times, I now reserve judgement until I actually see them play for us. Even when we sign players that I've watched play well week in week out in the Prem, it doesn't mean they will actually play well for us. Harsh re Mark Robins scored the goal away at Ipswich that got us into the semi finals of the league cup!
suffolk fox Posted 8 January 2014 Posted 8 January 2014 Roberto Mancini I know he was getting on a bit, but he did squat when he was here Well past his best when we signed him. Turned up in an Armani suit still wore it whilst playing for us, too old. Will be like Kevin Phillips when we sign him for gords sake.
Leicesterpool Posted 8 January 2014 Posted 8 January 2014 Ricardo Yeah i agree was really excited when we signed him, fast forward about a month later he turned out to be one of our worst goalkeepers we've ever had! Another disappointing signing was another goalie in Chris Kirkland a local lad aswell, he only made about two appearances and one of them was at that poor 0-3 display at Millwall. As some of us said most of Sven's signing were probably anti climax.
kingfox Posted 8 January 2014 Posted 8 January 2014 Beckford for sure. Loads on this forum were on the brink of spunking themselves, when he arrived to sign. So much excitement & we all went to bed happy. What was to come, was beyond disappointment. Seeing him for Everton scoring decent goals, and actually working pretty hard, I never thought he'd be so shit.
Corky Posted 8 January 2014 Posted 8 January 2014 All the ones kingfox told us were going to be shit, and it turned out they weren't, and we believed him.
cambridgefox Posted 8 January 2014 Posted 8 January 2014 Harsh re Mark Robins scored the goal away at Ipswich that got us into the semi finals of the league cup!Correct,I hate Ipswich and him scoring at their place being ex Norwich was fantastic.Good night that.Where abouts in Suffolk do you live?
Corky Posted 8 January 2014 Posted 8 January 2014 I thought Gelson Fernandes would be a top signing and be a fantastic midfielder in a promotion push. Also, slightly harsh, but David Connolly, though mainly because we never played to his strengths and when we finally managed to get him scoring regularly we sold him. Believed he would score 25+ when he joined.
Donut Posted 8 January 2014 Posted 8 January 2014 Rob Ullathorne- Worst luck with injuries probably ever Ade Akinbiyi- Couldnt fulfill huge price tag Momo Sylla- A tricky winger. Until he joined us A whole host of recent signings, some of which never played a first team game
Tom17LCFC Posted 8 January 2014 Posted 8 January 2014 haha Akinbiyi. My main memory of him is against Liverpool, I think they beat us 3-0 and he missed 4 absolute sitters. Never seen someone celebrate a shit goal so much as well like he did against Sunderland (was it Sunderland??). All the names I can think of have already been mentioned, but a special mention to Matt Mills, absolutely dire.
RizLCFC Posted 9 January 2014 Posted 9 January 2014 Gabor Bori and Zsolt Lackzo were big disappointments for me, I thought they would turn our season around, we ended up getting relegated.
Jakemoore Posted 9 January 2014 Posted 9 January 2014 Yuki Abe - I announced the signing on this forum as I knew Paulo's scout who left with him of course. The scout told me that Yuki would be the best player in the league and would shock the world! Yuki wasn't bad but he wasn't any where near that good! But then again, he also referred to Ruben Rochina as the next Messi!
deejdeej Posted 9 January 2014 Posted 9 January 2014 Not a signing but I expected Schlupp to come through and become a poacher at this level, obviously still time but its not looking that way. Expected more of the Yak when we loaned him.
MattGamble92 Posted 9 January 2014 Posted 9 January 2014 People forget Trevor Benjiman scored some important goals for us in the 2002/2003 promotion season. Far from the disastrous signing hes made out to be.
ozleicester Posted 9 January 2014 Posted 9 January 2014 Not a signing but I expected Schlupp to come through and become a poacher at this level, obviously still time but its not looking that way. Expected more of the Yak when we loaned him. 11 goals in 20 games... not sure how many strikers can do better than that rate. Biggest signing disapointmnet... Akinbadbuy was probably the worst until we signed........ Sven!!!......... wow, what an incredible disappointment that was.
dpjfox Posted 9 January 2014 Posted 9 January 2014 Mtty Jones, Matt Mills Ade Akinby micheal Johnson but number 1 Darren Eadie
ElusiveEd Posted 9 January 2014 Posted 9 January 2014 Often wonder how this would have turned out. I can remember the excitement at the time but it never materialised........ http://footballrepublik.com/johan-cruyff-and-leicester-city/
Haydos Posted 9 January 2014 Posted 9 January 2014 Yeah i agree was really excited when we signed him, fast forward about a month later he turned out to be one of our worst goalkeepers we've ever had! Another disappointing signing was another goalie in Chris Kirkland a local lad aswell, he only made about two appearances and one of them was at that poor 0-3 display at Millwall. As some of us said most of Sven's signing were probably anti climax. That's a huge exageration, he wasn't even that bad. Alright he was a bit flappy but he wasn't terrible. Kirkland was much worse.
Oasisedup Posted 9 January 2014 Posted 9 January 2014 Martin Keown. I know he was passed it when he signed for us but at the time we signed him I was fairly excited. Walker, Keown, Lilian Nalis and Dion Dublin were going to form a spine that was to fire us into the Premier League just like 02/03... Dion got sent off in a bore draw in the first game of the season v. West Ham and we all know what happened thereafter.
Fox92 Posted 9 January 2014 Posted 9 January 2014 DJ Campbell Stephen Clemence I remember signing those two in particular and being excited. In more recent times, Matt Mills. Thought he was the best defender in the division whenever I saw him for Reading. Was so wrong.
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