bigbrandjohn Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Just saw this topic on Twitter. Thought it would be lockdown fun. Apparently City fans think Santa Cruz. Funny old World. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Prelude Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Danny Murphy 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex l Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Barry Ferguson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyblue Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Steve Kean 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumper Endean Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 John O'Mara 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoochie Bloochie Mama Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Dino Baggio was fairly wank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Displaced Rover Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Kevin Davies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBlue Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Myles Anderson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderation Lead K-Hod Posted August 7, 2020 Moderation Lead Share Posted August 7, 2020 Bradley Orr, Herald Goulon, Danny Murphy, Kevin Davies, Barry Ferguson... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllRoverAsia Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 (edited) The mobster's son. It was the lowest depth, at least the other charlatans had been footballers at least to some extent. Edited August 7, 2020 by AllRoverAsia 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davulsukur Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 (edited) Amine Linganzi, Herald Goulon, Edinho Junior, Danny Murphy. Oh, of course Myles Anderson, how could I forget that waste of space. Edited August 7, 2020 by davulsukur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Nobody said BB yet? Danny Murphy for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frosty Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 In terms of being a disgrace to the shirt, Orr and Murphy, with the likes of Etuhu and Best not far behind. Horrible time to be a Rover that 12/13 season (apart from Kean leaving). All useless on the pitch but I hated having them at the club. In terms of us signing players for dodgy reasons that weren't even proper footballers, Myles Anderson and Edinho. For players not living up to a big transfer fee, Kevin Davies, Barry Ferguson, Grabbi and - as it stands, thankfully he's got time to change this - Mr Brereton. Must be a £7m curse as the slightly more expensive ones, Rhodes and Andy Cole, worked out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pick32 Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Danny Murphy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaddyrovers Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 (edited) Darren Peacock David Goodwillie Christian Dailly Javi De Pedro Egil Ostenstad Sebastian Perez Edited August 7, 2020 by chaddyrovers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
47er Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 There are loads but how about Martin Britt from West Ham? £28000 the quoted fee, a lot then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Nelsen Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Kevin Davies for me. Taking player inflation into account, that would be like paying at least 20-30 million, maybe even more for him at least in today's money. Throw in that we gave them a young James Beattie, Rovers fan and future England international as a sweetener. Awful deal. As well as that, whilst we got him on a free transfer, the lack of impact from Javi De Pedro was the biggest under-performance vs expectations for me, even more than Murphy and that's saying something. Was only about 12/13 at the time, genuinely thought he was going to tear up the league. My first insight into the dangers of judging a player from Championship Manager! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belfast_rover Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Javi de Pedro was brilliant for Spain in the 2002 world cup, as well as being a key player in a very good Real Sociedad team for a few seasons. The revelations about the medical practices at Real Sociedad that have since emerged might explain why he was barely fit enough to wobble onto the pitch when he arrived at Ewood. A few incidents post retirement suggest he wasn't the most stable character either. I should have suspected it wasn't all going to work out quite as well as I'd hoped when my new jersey from the official store was delivered with 'DEPEDRO' rather than 'DE PEDRO' printed on it. ? All that being said the worst signing for what it represented was Myles Anderson. The biggest waste of money was Corrado Grabbi, a huge sum for the time squandered on someone with no top level experience worth talking about. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rigger Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 4 hours ago, Dumper Endean said: John O'Mara Up till the last decade I would have agreed, but during that period we have had a conveyor belt of players who are a disgrace to the blue and white. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdoggsteel Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Jesus we have had some beauties. Bad for different reasons, say a high fee and high expectations (Ferguson) V low cost, but borderline criminal (Anderson). I will go with the one that disappointed me the most and has gone on to show how good he could have been, Niko Kalinic. Around that time we had a bit of a history of finding gems without spending that much. McCarthy , RSC in the striker department for example. Allardyce had a reputation for wheeling and dealing and here we had a situation where we gave him a few quid. He just never got going though and was very unlucky and often misused, Not the worst, but just looking at it from a different angle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled_Rover Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 29 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said: Jesus we have had some beauties. Bad for different reasons, say a high fee and high expectations (Ferguson) V low cost, but borderline criminal (Anderson). I will go with the one that disappointed me the most and has gone on to show how good he could have been, Niko Kalinic. Around that time we had a bit of a history of finding gems without spending that much. McCarthy , RSC in the striker department for example. Allardyce had a reputation for wheeling and dealing and here we had a situation where we gave him a few quid. He just never got going though and was very unlucky and often misused, Not the worst, but just looking at it from a different angle. Ferguson holds a place in my heart for a) not being good enough and b) insulting the fans by saying he couldn't get up for a Lancashire derby like he could for the Old Firm game (in their third rate league). Up there with Murphy as just being an utter cunt. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdoggsteel Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said: Ferguson holds a place in my heart for a) not being good enough and b) insulting the fans by saying he couldn't get up for a Lancashire derby like he could for the Old Firm game (in their third rate league). Up there with Murphy as just being an utter cunt. Did he say that? That was a very silly thing to say. Especially as a professional , who we had spent big money on. Even if it was the truth for him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belfast_rover Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 49 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said: Jesus we have had some beauties. Bad for different reasons, say a high fee and high expectations (Ferguson) V low cost, but borderline criminal (Anderson). I will go with the one that disappointed me the most and has gone on to show how good he could have been, Niko Kalinic. Around that time we had a bit of a history of finding gems without spending that much. McCarthy , RSC in the striker department for example. Allardyce had a reputation for wheeling and dealing and here we had a situation where we gave him a few quid. He just never got going though and was very unlucky and often misused, Not the worst, but just looking at it from a different angle. I remember Niko Kalinic being comically unlucky when it came to hitting the wordwork. His goal return wasn't exactly terrible, but could have been so much better with a little bit of luck. He was a little light weight too but has since improved physically. Was he around in the period Sam played 4-5-1 with Chris Samba as the lone forward ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arbitro Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 It's the mercenary type of player that I despise and we've had plenty of them, particularly in the last decade as Rovers have been taken for a ride but the jewel in that particular crown is Murphy. When he is on tv I switch over. He strikes me as a selfish, conceited little shit. A lot of names on here are of players that were awful but the majority at least tried. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdoggsteel Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, belfast_rover said: I remember Niko Kalinic being comically unlucky when it came to hitting the wordwork. His goal return wasn't exactly terrible, but could have been so much better with a little bit of luck. He was a little light weight too but has since improved physically. Was he around in the period Sam played 4-5-1 with Chris Samba as the lone forward ? Ya, I think I read he hit the woodwork 7 times for us, or was it 11? Either way, very unlucky. I don't think the lone striker role suited him either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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