Risso Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I think Nilis would have been one of the best if it hadn't been for THAT injury. Sad day, that. Man he looked promising Wasn't he 33 though when we bought him? I agree, looked a class act, and people like van Horseface rated him very highly, but how long he'd have lasted in the Premier League, I don't know. What a goal he scored though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I think Nilis would have been one of the best if it hadn't been for THAT injury. Sad day, that. Man he looked promising yes very sad what a brilliant debut goal he scored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Interesting to see Stephen Ireland as so many people's worst buys, the same Stephen Ireland who won VillaTalk's Player of the Year award! Doesn't mean he deserved it. He mainly won it because he was the only player that showed an ounce of flair in a hideously negative McLeish team. Even then - he wasn't the best player that season. He wouldn't have been so bad if he was cheap but he cost us a lot of money, both in wages and whatever they knocked off the Milner fee. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I think Nilis would have been one of the best if it hadn't been for THAT injury. Sad day, that. Man he looked promising yes very sad what a brilliant debut goal he scored. Indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 Nilis will go in the "what might have been" file for me, alongside Laursen, Hendrie and collymore among others. on another good bit of business going out, we sold Zat Knight for £4.5million, £1million more than we got him for, smashing deal considering he was fecking shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 im sorry he wasnt the greatest but Zat Knight rarely gave anything but 100 percent and popped up with some vital goals. the finish vs Arsenal was as sweet a strike you will see 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Nilis will go in the "what might have been" file for me, alongside Laursen, Hendrie and collymore among others. on another good bit of business going out, we sold Zat Knight for £4.5million, £1million more than we got him for, smashing deal considering he was fecking shite I think Laursen was around long enough not to be tagged with the "what might have been" label. We saw what he was for a while, and he was brilliant! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Some "what might have beens" Nilis Allback Hitz Bradley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Nolberto Solano - £1million, scored a few goals before being sold back to Newcastle for £3million + Milner on loan for a season If I remember correctly, Solano was sold for the same amount as he was bought. £1M OR £1.5M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 Nilis will go in the "what might have been" file for me, alongside Laursen, Hendrie and collymore among others. on another good bit of business going out, we sold Zat Knight for £4.5million, £1million more than we got him for, smashing deal considering he was fecking shite I think Laursen was around long enough not to be tagged with the "what might have been" label. We saw what he was for a while, and he was brilliant! not saying he wasn't quality, just in 4 years he played one full season and a handful of games in others, what might have been if he had stayed fit and didn't need replacing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 If Laursen hadn't been injury prone, we probably couldn't have afforded him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Erik Bakke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 If Laursen hadn't been injury prone, we probably couldn't have afforded him. Sure we would. He was a reserve at AC Milan, behind Maldini among others... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Best- Laursen Barry Yorke Platt Mellberg Milner Worst- Given Balaban Ireland Collymore Curic Davies Makoun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Another "what might have been" - Salifou. If only he was played more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 How many times did Salifou even play for us? I remember he making the bench a few times but I can't remember if he came on as a sub or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbonne10 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Best- Laursen Barry Yorke Platt Mellberg Milner Worst- Given Balaban Ireland Collymore Curic Davies Makoun Purely for money spent Curtis Davies for 10 million quid was an absolute stinker. Zat Knight gave you everything he had but he was a poor centre half. I always thought Jlloyd Samuel was worse than useless (even though we didnt sign him) I was shocked the amount of games he racked up for us. Stephen Ireland I strangely enough believe he has something but his attitude stinks and that was a horrible bit of business. Mellberg, Laursen, Benteke, Yorke, McGrath, Barry were super bits of business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Some "what might have beens" Nilis Allback Hitz Bradley How is Hitz on that list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 He wasn't the worse, but one of the most baffling was Mathieu Berson. Dolly spent all summer chasing him-and then hardly played the guy. I remember he had a decent game v Boro, and then for no real reason was frozen out and sold on. Strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Biro Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 How many times did Salifou even play for us? I remember he making the bench a few times but I can't remember if he came on as a sub or not. Few subs started once or twice at most, i think mantis was being serious though. He was more of a joke sort of figure but in a nice way, dont think he was ever good enough for some of our lower leagues let alone the prem certainly and dont think he is a "what could have been" player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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