Fun thread: Players you thought would be great signings but turned out sh**e

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  1. Jack Tatty

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    Sean McClare-(think he came through our youth ranks)
    Kevin Betsy
    Andy Johnson
    That bald head left back(whose name escapes me) who thought he was Roberto Carlos
     
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    Without a thought of my own, of ones mentioned got to agree with Andy Johnson and Mifsud.
     
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  3. Mis

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    Does tha mean Dominik Werling? Hemsie loves him 'cos Bobby Hassell once (allegedly - see how it's done, Hemsie?) swore at him during a reserve game.
     
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    Got to be Johnson and Mifsud. To be fair, Johnson did play well in his first game but then was never seen again! ... I remember seeing Johnson at the Brooklands Player of the Year awards and I asked him why he hasnt been playing, he just laughed it off!
     
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    Eric Tinkler

    shitier than *****
     
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    It's easy to pick out the exoticly-named foreign players as ones you thought would be good...just because their agent managed to get them to England doesn't mean they were any good - in our case they very rarely were. Our friends down the road are beginning to find that out, they have signed some right foreign gash this season by all accounts.
     
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  7. Jack Tatty

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    That's him.
     
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    Brain McCord - such a let down after his loan
    Chris lumsden as above
    Rankin
    Warhurst
    Ripley
    Aylott , banks , glavin second time round - broke my heart to see them play like they did
    Full back from man utd few years ago - can't remember his name
     
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    Man Utd full back called Adam Eckersley
     
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    Jack Tatty Well-Known Member

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    Jan Molby
     
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    Alex Neil - didn't John Dennis say he was gonna set the Championship alight?

    Bit of a theme developing - crap players bigged up by JD?
     
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  12. Mis

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    Mike Sheron: Million pound plank!
     
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    James o brien. Made of glass.
     
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    Jeronimo Neuman...think we all wanted him to be amazing, purely because of his name, although it was evident after five minutes on the pitch that whoever the manager at the time was had been done over. Can't remember if he was a Davey or Robins signing.

    Fola Onibuji - not sure if he ever actually signed but remember seeing him in pre-season and wondered how he was supposed to be a professional footballer.
     
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    **Turns out Onibuje (got the spelling right this time) did sign for us and played three league games.

    Despite only being 28 he's played for 19 different professional clubs!
     
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    Phil Gilchrist ( i think thats how you spell it, the dude who we signed from non league, was it Machin who signed him?)
     
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    Phil gridlet was his name - very poor!!
     
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    He scored for Southend though!!!
     
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    Barnsley Player for me...when I signed up for it I thought it would be great!!
     
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    there's been a few, but Chris Lumsden is top of the list - we all screemed to get him signed when he was on loan, turned into a pile of dog turd, almost felt sorry for Spacker's for abour 1minute.

    Other which spring to mind are Mike Turner, aka postman pat. The son of a former player who's name escapes me who was as fast as anything but never made it. Also Hristov and that Peruvian shyster that Wavey Davey signed.
     
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