Good on Paper XI (4 Viewers)

[Legia Sky Blue]

A team of players that looked good when we signed them, but the reality proved different!
Bryan King
Regis Genoux
Gary Collier
Colin Hendry
Robert Jarni
Nii Lamptey
Dave Bowman
Jose Perdomo
Keith O'Neill
Kevin Drinkell
Alan Brazil

 

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[lord_garrincha]

Off the top of my head, internationals who came in, with experience of playing in europe...

Walemme
Clement
Soltvedt
Isaias
Zuniga

 

[Otis]

Bellamy has to be on there surely.

Joe Cole too.

 

[Greggs]

Yakubu

 

[clint van damme]

Eion Jess. Incredibly skilful but just couldn't translate it to anything effective on the pitch.

Off the top of my head, internationals who came in, with experience of playing in europe...

Walemme
Clement
Soltvedt
Isaias
Zuniga

Thought Soltvedt was decent

 

[ovduk78]

A team of players that looked good when we signed them, but the reality proved different!
Bryan King
Regis Genoux
Gary Collier
Colin Hendry
Robert Jarni
Nii Lamptey
Dave Bowman
Jose Perdomo
Keith O'Neill
Kevin Drinkell
Alan Brazil

Bit harsh on Robert Jarni

 

[lord_garrincha]

Thought Soltvedt was decent

I expected him to be better from his days at Rosenberg... he was certainly playing second fiddle to the likes of Boateng & Whelan in the 2nd half of his first season.

 

[stevefloyd]

I told this story before but in the early days of bsb (sky) i used to watch the scottish football highlights (it was better than watching the full games) Eoin Jess kept catching my eye so being an anorak at the time I wrote to Terry Butcher, our manager at the time, telling him that Jess would be a great foil for big Cyrille, I got a nice letter signed by Butcher thanking me and the next thing we went and signed him !
Now it was either pure coincidence or they actually listened to me, he turned out shite so I got rid of the anorak persona and become a c**t

Eion Jess. Incredibly skilful but just couldn't translate it to anything effective on the pitch.
Thought Soltvedt was decent

 

[rob9872]

Gary Mac - he was good with pens and his quality is palpable
Jean-Guy Quillemme
Reggie Bl-inker

 

[DazzleTommyDazzle]

Eion Jess. Incredibly skilful but just couldn't translate it to anything effective on the pitch.

Apart from the 2-0 win away to Wimbledon (at Selhurst Park) where the win kept us up.

He was brilliant that day.

 

[Otis]

I told this story before but in the early days of bsb (sky) i used to watch the scottish football highlights (it was better than watching the full games) Eoin Jess kept catching my eye so being an anorak at the time I wrote to Terry Butcher, our manager at the time, telling him that Jess would be a great foil for big Cyrille, I got a nice letter signed by Butcher thanking me and the next thing we went and signed him !
Now it was either pure coincidence or they actually listened to me, he turned out shite so I got rid of the anorak persona and become a c**t

Are you also responsible for Kyle Lightbourne, Nick Proschwitz and Simon Jackson?

 

[DazzleTommyDazzle]

I told this story before but in the early days of bsb (sky) i used to watch the scottish football highlights (it was better than watching the full games) Eoin Jess kept catching my eye so being an anorak at the time I wrote to Terry Butcher, our manager at the time, telling him that Jess would be a great foil for big Cyrille, I got a nice letter signed by Butcher thanking me and the next thing we went and signed him !
Now it was either pure coincidence or they actually listened to me, he turned out shite so I got rid of the anorak persona and become a c**t

I'm pretty sure "Big Ron" signed Jess. Wasn't it at the same time we signed Daish?

 

[wingy]

Villa .
Nigel sp Ink.

 

[Otis]

I'm pretty sure "Big Ron" signed Jess. Wasn't it at the same time we signed Daish?

Yup.

 

[AStonesThrow]

Gervane Kastaneer!

 

[stevefloyd]

Are you also responsible for Kyle Lightbourne, Nick Proschwitz and Simon Jackson?

Not guilty...I quit when I was behind

 

[stevefloyd]

I'm pretty sure "Big Ron" signed Jess. Wasn't it at the same time we signed Daish?

Perhaps it was Big Ron could have sworn it was butcher but my memories not great at the best of times

 

[Otis]

Perhaps it was Big Ron could have sworn it was butcher but my memories not great at the best of times

You sure you sent the letter?

 

[stevefloyd]

You sure you sent the letter?

I only remember your name because it's the same as mine

 

[mr_monkey]

McIndoe
Kyle Reid (other than the cross for the 2nd goal at Wembley)
Lee Hughes
Isasis

 

[Otis]

I only remember your name because it's the same as mine

Hi, Otis.

 

[superskyblue]

Martin Lorentzson

 

[AStonesThrow]

Martin Lorentzson

 

[AStonesThrow]

Martin Lorentzson

Bloody hell, that’s a coincidence

 

[Ring Of Steel]

You've got to say that Konjic was a failure in the Prem as well after coming in with a lot of hype.

 

[shmmeee]

You've got to say that Konjic was a failure in the Prem as well after coming in with a lot of hype.

 

[Sky_Blue_Daz]

Freddie Eastwood

 

[Legia Sky Blue]

Bit harsh on Robert Jarni

He's included in the sense that he was an exciting signing that ended up in huge disappointment. Jarni was a helluva player, I can't remember if that was the same period we brought in Nilsson, but no team in the Prem would have had a better full back combination than Nilsson & Jarni. Of course we would have had Williams & Shaw alongside them to complicate matters.

 

[lordy_87]

Conor Chaplin

 

[skybluesam66]

Roger van gool
Freddie eastwood

 

[Otis]

One for the older folk. Chris Chilton.

Big signing for us supposedly at the time. But he was a complete failure here.

Just look at his stats for Hull and then his stats for the City.

Better than one in every two games for Hull, but one in nine for us.

 

[Frostie]

Dean Gordon

 

[Johnnythespider]

Socrates, or was that parchment

 

[Johhny Blue]

I told this story before but in the early days of bsb (sky) i used to watch the scottish football highlights (it was better than watching the full games) Eoin Jess kept catching my eye so being an anorak at the time I wrote to Terry Butcher, our manager at the time, telling him that Jess would be a great foil for big Cyrille, I got a nice letter signed by Butcher thanking me and the next thing we went and signed him !
Now it was either pure coincidence or they actually listened to me, he turned out shite so I got rid of the anorak persona and become a c**t

So....Mc Alister is good on both pen and paper?

 

[Otis]

So....Mc Alister is good on both pen and paper?

Definitely good with pens except Vs England in Euro 96.