Boss Players You Thought Would Be Gash

bluestevon · May 10, 2014

Nigel Martyn, wondered why on earth we were signing a keeper that old and near retirement for, been far the best keeper we had since Neville by miles

Hopefully in years to come i will be saying McGeady though, as i was scathing about the signing prior to him arriving

kingduncan · May 11, 2014

Martyn was quality. I heard a rumour we nearly signed him a good few years earlier, was that true?

bluestevon · May 11, 2014

kingduncan said:
Martyn was quality. I heard a rumour we nearly signed him a good few years earlier, was that true?

Yeah was a utter mess up from all involved

kingduncan · May 11, 2014

Probably the wrong thread but Seamus Coleman...I knew nothing about him whatsoever, I figured he would just be another one of those youth team players that would disappear on a free 2-3 years later.

ilikecheese · May 11, 2014

bluestevon said:
Nigel Martyn, wondered why on earth we were signing a keeper that old and near retirement for, been far the best keeper we had since Neville by miles

Hopefully in years to come i will be saying McGeady though, as i was scathing about the signing prior to him arriving

My gut feeling is we will remember Howard much more fondly 10 years from now.

evertony · May 11, 2014

Yes from Palace but went to Leeds

bluestevon · May 11, 2014

ilikecheese said:
My gut feeling is we will remember Howard much more fondly 10 years from now.

Same here mate, then again we could end up with the next great thing after him, one thing for sure is this season has arguably been his best

ilikecheese · May 11, 2014

kingduncan said:
Probably the wrong thread but Seamus Coleman...I knew nothing about him whatsoever, I figured he would just be another one of those youth team players that would disappear on a free 2-3 years later.

I think it's the right thread. NOBODY had heard of him...you simply don't get quality for a bag of balls these days.

kingduncan · May 11, 2014

ilikecheese said:
My gut feeling is we will remember Howard much more fondly 10 years from now.

Howard isn't my favourite player, not by any stretch of the imagination. Us toffees who remember Nev, well nobody will ever live up to those standards. I think Howard is probably a better than average Premier league 'keeper. Seems like a good guy too so I think without having 20M to risk on a David de Gea type he is probably the best we can hope for at the moment. He's been loyal and he most definitely isn't [Poor language removed]. When you look at it, how many 'keepers in the premier league would you take over him?

ilikecheese · May 11, 2014

kingduncan said:
Howard isn't my favourite player, not by any stretch of the imagination. Us toffees who remember Nev, well nobody will ever live up to those standards. I think Howard is probably a better than average Premier league 'keeper. Seems like a good guy too so I think without having 20M to risk on a David de Gea type he is probably the best we can hope for at the moment. He's been loyal and he most definitely isn't [Poor language removed]. When you look at it, how many 'keepers in the premier league would you take over him?

Exactly...

spence03 · May 11, 2014

Carsley. I remember when he signed thinking if we sign Ashley Ward as well I'm giving up my season ticket.

Resigning Duncan ferguson I thought was a mistake at the time. I was wrong.

CynicalBlue · May 11, 2014

Kanchelskis for me.
Reason being I couldn't understand at the time why United would sell him so assumed his legs had gone or something, but how wrong could I be.

kingduncan · May 11, 2014

CynicalBlue said:
Kanchelskis for me.
Reason being I couldn't understand at the time why United would sell him so assumed his legs had gone or something, but how wrong could I be.

You really couldn't have thought he was going to be gash though?! As I remember it he pretty much went on strike to force the move!