[Archived] What Was Rovers Worst Transfer?

[rastan]

Hello!

I just wanted peoples opinions on what/who they thought was rovers worst player transfer activity?

Players left who shouldnt have, players who left and got good, players who come in who are kak but meant to be good(ie amoruso, well thats GS!), good players who've left for hardly any money etc etc...

Ive got my opinion, but ill wait till later to see if anyone thinks the same as me..

thanks

[tchocky]

Selling Shearer.

[rastan]

Selling Shearer.

ya i agree in 1 way, but it was not that bad as we got the biggest transfer fee for a player at the time so in that sense it was good business 15 mill, if he hadnt left then; all clubs would have kept coming in for him until eventualy he;d have left us anyway so the money we received was good business under those circumstances.

how often do u c good players go on strike or sulk these days so they can leave the club and end up going for much less than they could have cos the mnager is fed up with them etc?

[OhmiBRFC]

Grabbie, Davies, Blake, Ward

[Eddie]

Probably Grabbi. Expensive fee, no return. I'm still one of those that thinks he had a bit of talent and that it could have all worked out had things not gone the way that they did, but it would certainly be between him and Davies for me.

[OhmiBRFC]

He looked good Grabbi espically against utd and I fully expected him to do well, I think alot of it was a confidence thing

[Athlete]

He looked good Grabbi espically against utd and I fully expected him to do well, I think alot of it was a confidence thing

ADD DWIGHT LAZY YORKE TOO THAT BUNCH

[theresonly1alj]

It could be Oojier.

Time will tell

[Hasta]

Grabbie, Davies, Blake, Ward

I always argue against Blake as being one of the worst purchases we made. He managed 16 goals 45 appearances at a goal every 2.8 games.

Dickov was only 15 goals in 44.

Yes I know he cost us 4.25million but, unlike Grabbi and Davies, at least we got some sort of return for our money. I'm not saying he was good but theres no way he's the worst.

[OJRovers]

Matty Holmes

[Wolverine]

Selling Speedie.

Buying Dahlin. Not for his contribution but it didn't half cost us...

[Ninjathunder]

Matty Holmes

I'd second that as the worst close-season transfer activity. Champions League football on offer to attract the best talent in football (when the Champions League was still the exclusive reserve of the champions) and that's who we got. Jack Walker's one great mistake.

Edited September 19, 2006 by Tooting Rover

[youandwhosearmy]

matty holmes

at a time when we had won the league and should have been cementing our position, we got him

terrible

[brfcshabba]

The transfer of a certain Brian Kidd from United assistant to Rovers manager

[RoyRover]

God there are so many to mention, but the likes of Grabbi, Ward, Davies and Blake are up there with the worst.

[FINRover]

Hmmm... my option -> Grabbi

[Alex Rover]

Grabbie, Davies, Blake, Ward

GOVERNMENT HEALTH WARNING!

Under no circumstances add up the total of those transfer fee's. I got to Grabbi and am currently writing this from Queen's Park Hospital.

[rovers4ever95]

Grabbi or Davies for the amount of money spent.

[The1mattjansen]

With the money from those four, we could have bought Wright-Phillips, Essien or Drogba in today's market....Now i don't feel all that bothered.

[mohelger]

Corrado Grabbi and Kevin Davies - close race; Rovers paid around 7 million for each of them and got nothing for the money. Together, they're almost the money from the Shearer sale down the drain...

[gbrovers]

Hello!

I just wanted peoples opinions on what/who they thought was rovers worst player transfer activity?

Players left who shouldnt have, players who left and got good, players who come in who are kak but meant to be good(ie amoruso, well thats GS!), good players who've left for hardly any money etc etc...

Ive got my opinion, but ill wait till later to see if anyone thinks the same as me..

thanks

For players who left and then came good, Patrik Andersson springs to mind for me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrik_Andersson

[blackburnrvs]

Add per pedersen to the list

[neekoy]

You might as well add Kevin Davies for players that were crap but then left and made good.

Another way is Sutton and Duff who were very good but left and did bugger all at Chelsea

[Radagast]

Its really got to be Davies, hasn't it? He cost about half a million more than Grabbi (£6.7m->£7.25m), so that's my justification.

The money we paid for him and Blake was indicitave of how crazy football was going between the late 90s and early 2000s.

[CAPT KAYOS]

For players who left and then came good, Patrik Andersson springs to mind for me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrik_Andersson

Beat me to it

As for supposed to be good but kak - Per Frandsen springs to mind (Emerton would have been here but he has redeemed himself slightly lately) Ward & Dahlin but I didn't rate them as any good before they came anyway.

How anybody can call Blake is strange - he might not have been the best but he wasn't the worst

Based on terms of money it has to be Grabbi/Davies - with Grabbi probably nicking it due to the fact Souness only ever saw him play on Video

Players that shouldn't have left for whatever - Garner/Sellars/Hendry/Sutton/Speedie/Duff/Dunn/Berg/Barker ......