[Archived] Players Your Glad Rovers Didnt Sign!

[BRFC4EVA]

Right then, lets have your nominations for players that Rovers were trying to buy (ie put in a bid) or had an offer accepted but could agree personal terms/medical problem, that now your very glad we didnt actually sign. This isnt players Rovers were only linked with.

I'll get us started with Matt Jones, remember him. Souness had a bid accepted back in the promotion season, but lcfc sole him away at the last minute. At the time i was disappointed, now i dont know if he even has a career anymore!

[krislu]

Zidane, Batistuta, Cantona

[Eddie]

Having said that he could have come here and done very well. You never know with these sorts of things.

[Alan75]

Matt Jones, had to retire from the game due to injury.

[Presty On Tour]

  Alan75 said:

Matt Jones, had to retire from the game due to injury.

348904[/snapback]

he's a footy pundit on BBC Wales now.

[Radagast]

Craig Moore.

[Presty On Tour]

sven??

robbie elliott?

don't think i know anymore??

[Ray-Von]

Geoff Thomas.

[SouthAussieRover]

Roy Keane allegedly.

He chose Man United at the 11th hour.

Would have been sent off more times had he been playing for us as opposed to United.

[andy82]

Leslie Ferdinand.

not that he was that bad...just we ended up with Chris Sutton instead

[Dan Furness]

Off top of my head, did we or were we after Simon Ireland the season we got up. He scored a beauty against us at Ewood in the cup for Shrewsbury iirc

[Modi]

Dennis Wise.

[andy82]

  dan_mark_furness said:

Off top of my head, did we or were we after Simon Ireland the season we got up. He scored a beauty against us at Ewood in the cup for Shrewsbury iirc

348934[/snapback]

we bought him didnt we?

[Ste B]

We signed him for 200k from Huddersfield. Think he had a bad injury early on, either that or he was just crap.

[Dan Furness]

I thought we'd signed him but could not remember, hell it was 13yr ago and i was 9!

[Mark Atkins' Bald Patch]

Jody Morris.

Not a great player and he wouldn't have done our thuggish reputation any good either.

[Exiled_Rover]

Barry Ferguson.....oh, no wait we got him didn't we. Fabulous player

[tchocky]

Martin Grainger

[northernrover]

Christophe Dugarry French ######

[Jolly Giraffe]

Has to be Gary Lineker!

How they all laughed at the time

[AlanSheppard]

Robbie Fowler, it was him or Cole I seem to remember. Lucky that Liverpool accepted the offer from Leeds instead.

[Mr. E]

have to go with Wise

[FourLaneBlue]

I'd say Geoff Thomas as he wasn't the best but...Dalglish wanted him, Jack refused to pay their asking price and unfortunately it seemed the first breach (however small) in their working relationship. I'd have accepted a crappy Geoff Thomas if it'd meant keeping Dalgish interested enough for another season or two.

[McClarky]

Robbie Savage....oh no we did sign him didn't we.

[allan]

Lucien Mettomo was almost a £2.5m signing but failed the medical. Berg came instead. Probably the difference between promotion and not.