Scottish Mag 3 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Are there any players who over the last decade you wish we had signed and believe they would have made a difference to our team? When I say this I am of course talking about realistic players taking into account where we were in the league and what our budget was at the time, not your Ronaldos etc Whilst neither were world beaters I always thought we should have went for Southgate and Ehiogu when they both signed for Boro. They were better than the likes of Dabizas and O'Brien and were well within our budget and having played together at Villa worked well as a partnership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassplayerjj 0 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 (edited) Darrent Bent instead of Ambrose Carrick for a couple of mill off West Ham Anelka instead of Owen (half price) Sol Campbell off Arsenal David Bentley off Arsenal Benni McCarthy for a couple mill, ditto Santa Cruz probably many more that escape me but we could well have had all the above players and could still be in UEFA at least, oh well =/ Edited May 22, 2008 by bassplayerjj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 8 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Same as bassplayerjj plus Arteta, Lescott, Sami Hyypia, Berbatov, Woodgate again, and SWP pre-chelsea at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Distin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Paolo Di Canio Would have been a legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Ian Woan. At any point prior to 2 May 1996. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 2929 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Distin. Saha might of also been worth more than the loan period we had him for - although he didn't look like he was up to it at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras 234 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Ian Woan. At any point prior to 2 May 1996. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Modric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Good topic mate. Peter Schmiechel or Brad Friegel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Lazaru 0 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Good topic mate. Peter Schmiechel or Brad Friegel Cantona is always the one they bang on about winning the title for Manu, and i'm not saying he did nowt! But Scmiechel saved them so many points on numerous occasions and when we played them off the park at St. James he was the sole reason we didnt give them the hammering we should have. Best keeper i've ever seen by a good distance. As for signings we should have made, when keegan bought Asprilla he should have got Zola (and i think he'd have been cheaper) or Bergkamp, those two players scored and made shitloads of goals and delivered week in week out, Asprilla was entertaining to watch sometimes, but outside of europe delivered little in the prem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Good topic mate. Peter Schmiechel or Brad Friegel Cantona is always the one they bang on about winning the title for Manu, and i'm not saying he did nowt! But Scmiechel saved them so many points on numerous occasions and when we played them off the park at St. James he was the sole reason we didnt give them the hammering we should have. Best keeper i've ever seen by a good distance. As for signings we should have made, when keegan bought Asprilla he should have got Zola (and i think he'd have been cheaper) or Bergkamp, those two players scored and made shitloads of goals and delivered week in week out, Asprilla was entertaining to watch sometimes, but outside of europe delivered little in the prem. agree, but I'm thinking more along the lines of we had them signed up but lost the 2 of them for different reasons. Nowt against Pav or Shaka but in comparison to those 2, one of them would have gained us those extra points to win the title IMO Completely agree about getting Zola instead of Arsprilla, complete no brainer that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras 234 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Good topic mate. Peter Schmiechel or Brad Friegel Cantona is always the one they bang on about winning the title for Manu, and i'm not saying he did nowt! But Scmiechel saved them so many points on numerous occasions and when we played them off the park at St. James he was the sole reason we didnt give them the hammering we should have. Best keeper i've ever seen by a good distance. As for signings we should have made, when keegan bought Asprilla he should have got Zola (and i think he'd have been cheaper) or Bergkamp, those two players scored and made shitloads of goals and delivered week in week out, Asprilla was entertaining to watch sometimes, but outside of europe delivered little in the prem. agree, but I'm thinking more along the lines of we had them signed up but lost the 2 of them for different reasons. Nowt against Pav or Shaka but in comparison to those 2, one of them would have gained us those extra points to win the title IMO Completely agree about getting Zola instead of Arsprilla, complete no brainer that one. TBF, not getting Friedel was no fault of ours; he was unable to get a work permit. Unlike the pass we took on Schiechal, this one was not a lapse in judgment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Good topic mate. Peter Schmiechel or Brad Friegel Cantona is always the one they bang on about winning the title for Manu, and i'm not saying he did nowt! But Scmiechel saved them so many points on numerous occasions and when we played them off the park at St. James he was the sole reason we didnt give them the hammering we should have. Best keeper i've ever seen by a good distance. As for signings we should have made, when keegan bought Asprilla he should have got Zola (and i think he'd have been cheaper) or Bergkamp, those two players scored and made shitloads of goals and delivered week in week out, Asprilla was entertaining to watch sometimes, but outside of europe delivered little in the prem. agree, but I'm thinking more along the lines of we had them signed up but lost the 2 of them for different reasons. Nowt against Pav or Shaka but in comparison to those 2, one of them would have gained us those extra points to win the title IMO Completely agree about getting Zola instead of Arsprilla, complete no brainer that one. TBF, not getting Friedel was no fault of ours; he was unable to get a work permit. Unlike the pass we took on Schiechal, this one was not a lapse in judgment. I know. Either would have done I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douggy B 0 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Eto'o when we had the chance first time round. Dennis Bergkamp we had the chance first time round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoggeordie 0 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Miguel and Carrick when we wanted them in 2004. Woodgate at any time he's been available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Hyypia was the first one that came to my mind. Also wasn't Sir Bobby interested in Gallas and Terry when Chelsea were in financial shit just before Abramovich arrived? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBass 2247 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Didn't we have a chance to sign Thierry Henry before he went to Arsenal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Hyypia was the first one that came to my mind. Also wasn't Sir Bobby interested in Gallas and Terry when Chelsea were in financial shit just before Abramovich arrived? Aye, we tried to get Terry but were knocked back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Good topic mate. Peter Schmiechel or Brad Friegel Cantona is always the one they bang on about winning the title for Manu, and i'm not saying he did nowt! But Scmiechel saved them so many points on numerous occasions and when we played them off the park at St. James he was the sole reason we didnt give them the hammering we should have. Best keeper i've ever seen by a good distance. As for signings we should have made, when keegan bought Asprilla he should have got Zola (and i think he'd have been cheaper) or Bergkamp, those two players scored and made shitloads of goals and delivered week in week out, Asprilla was entertaining to watch sometimes, but outside of europe delivered little in the prem. agree, but I'm thinking more along the lines of we had them signed up but lost the 2 of them for different reasons. Nowt against Pav or Shaka but in comparison to those 2, one of them would have gained us those extra points to win the title IMO Completely agree about getting Zola instead of Arsprilla, complete no brainer that one. I always thought Pav was fucking shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth Operator 10 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Rui Costa when he left Fiorentina, although his price tag may have been unrealistic perhaps, was it 20 mill +? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26390 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Hyypia was the first one that came to my mind. Also wasn't Sir Bobby interested in Gallas and Terry when Chelsea were in financial shit just before Abramovich arrived? Aye, we tried to get Terry but were knocked back. Did they? I thought we were very close to signing him and he changed his mind at the last minute or we went for someone else. I can't remember the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6307 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Roberto Baggio. Well Douglas Hall certainly thought we were going to get him in the summer of 1995. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Hyypia was the first one that came to my mind. Also wasn't Sir Bobby interested in Gallas and Terry when Chelsea were in financial shit just before Abramovich arrived? Aye, we tried to get Terry but were knocked back. Did they? I thought we were very close to signing him and he changed his mind at the last minute or we went for someone else. I can't remember the details. Bobby said in his column in FourFourTwo how they rejected it flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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