Moyes best signing?

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Just wondering what peoples thoughts were. In terms of money spent and consistent performances I think it would have to be Arteta but there again there is Top Cat and Lescott. Pienaar is turning out to be an inspired loan move but my order is this:

1) Cahill
2) Arteta
3) Lescott

If you think those three players were signed for around £9.5m- what the hell are they worth now?!
 

Nigel Martyn & Tim Howard were also great buys.

It's impossible to say who the best signing was. If a player was bought for £2m and sold for £10m that is a 500% profit, but is that a "better" signing that a player bought for £5m and sold for £20m ?
 

Although he did throw an almighty strop when BT was brought in. Basically stopped playing from that point.

Praise to M.Bent though, he has gone on to better things than BT, bagging a 07/08 season hat-trick.
 
Nige was a great buy. Cahill started the turning of the tide for us. Arteta cemented our ambition.

All crucial, but I'd have to say his another great move was signing Osman on senior terms. He made a better player out of him and in my eyes Ossie is crucial to how our midfield operates.

Howard is another corker and carrys on the good work put down by Martyn.

All in though, I'd have to say Cahill was the best buy. For many reasons.
 
evilwebby said:
Nigel Martyn & Tim Howard were also great buys.

It's impossible to say who the best signing was. If a player was bought for £2m and sold for £10m that is a 500% profit, but is that a "better" signing that a player bought for £5m and sold for £20m ?
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Its just based on what your opinion is.

In terms of who has the highest value I would probably say Cahill. He is a goal scoring midfielder that has dont it consistently over a few seasons in the top league. Arteta seems unfancied and Lescotts position as a defender means he will never be valued as highly as a goal scorer.
 
Lescott not a goalscorer?
Only joking, he has that 'advantage' of of being British which perhaps would knock his price up higher

I personally think that we would get more for Arteta than Cahill, just because i could more likely see one of the big spanish clubs going for him...

Anyway I shouldn't be talking about how much we could get for them!
 

In no particular order, the "best" signings would probably be:

Martyn
Howard
Yobo
Lescott
Cahill
Arteta
Neville


Yakubu, Fernandes & Pienaar could both be on that list in a year's time, and I think even AJ could make it if he steps up a level.
 
That list makes me realize that, despite the odd blip (Kroldrup, VDM) Moyes has been brilliant in his signings, not sure any other PL manager stacks up when you weigh in the funds available and also his relative lack of experience the first few years.

I'd put Cahill top, but not an easy decision.
 
CanadaToffee said:
That list makes me realize that, despite the odd blip (Kroldrup, VDM) Moyes has been brilliant in his signings, not sure any other PL manager stacks up when you weigh in the funds available and also his relative lack of experience the first few years.

I'd put Cahill top, but not an easy decision.
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compared to smith, who's best signing was probably richard gough right at the end.
 
Carsley, Weir, Stubbs, Campbell?

Not bad signings when you look back on them.
Doesn't make up for the rest of them though.
Nyarko etc. Ginola almost scored against Arsenal that time...
 
You can pretty much go through the whole team and find bargains in most positions:

Martyn
Neville
Yobo
Lescott
(neither Valente or Baines have really proved bargains but Baines has time yet)
Cahill
Arteta
Pienaar
Yak
AJ

Heck, even lesser lights such as Bent, Kilbane, McFadden have all been good value for money because all were signed cheaply and have either made a profit for us or played a decent number of games.
 

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