Forgot all about him. He was absolutely shite and makes my top 3.
Yep-that one is an absolute stinker!
But signing a bad player doesn't mean the signing was necesarily bad. Signing Allissani for example could be viewed as bad because he hasn't made an impact but was a cheap young pickup from non league with no risk. Bringing someone in for a million quid even if they play more games and score more goals would be a bad bit of business if you were relying on them.
I think Nick Proswicz (agreed absolutely useless) was on loan. We should start another list of ‘loan failures’.....most likely an even higher number of contenders.
That’s not even the worst part. Shortly after joining us Blackburn offered £3MM+. We rejected it for reasons beyond any rational explanation.
Agreed Terry and you make some fair points. Hartson is disqualified as a serious contender in this list of misfiring contenders though as 1. He was sensational for us on the pitch (albeit too late as you rightfully point out) and 2. He was sold at a significant profit.
I watched Kyle Lightbourne play for Stoke in a pre season friendly against a local Isle of Man team around 2000. I had a fantastic view from the touch line. Kyle was by far the worst player on the pitch. Never understood how he made it as a professional.
Cobi Jones still holds the record for the most international caps (164) by a US male player (there's a female player with 352).
I agree. Just trying to think of someone. He cost us £5mil right? What did we get for him again?
If hartson signed a few months earlier we’d have stayed up. I’m certain of that - I remember him playing Man Utd on his own
also you say meaningless Cup game - it was the league cup and we lost 5-1 to lower league Tranmere... he was pretty much involved in most of their goals
Signed on a pay per play deal. Sold for £6MM.
Yep, simply didn’t and couldn’t do it. Also had the cheek to ask Mark Robins to sign him for a third time last summer. Thinks the club owes him something for some reason.
