Which signing is your biggest letdown

[Bjornebye]

Forget how much we paid or obviously Carroll stands out.

 

For me it is Babel. I remember watching him for holland u21's in the European championships when arsenal were linked with him wondering why we cant sign someone like that. He was class all tournament.

 

We signed him, i was expecting him to be as good as henry.

 

Fuck me what a letdown

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Sahin.

[cloggypop]

Litmanen.

[RedKnight]

Collymore, he was gangbusters in his first season and then he sort of fizzled and popped, and then he was sold. Bitterly disappointed by all that.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Kewell. Gonzalez.

 

Bad times.

[Fugitive]

Phil Babb

[RedKnight]

Kewell. Gonzalez.

 

Bad times.

 

Kewell.

 

[ElishaScottBC]

Morientes

[KevieG]

Collymore. I thought he was going to be better than Shearer.

 

Ziege and Kewell both disappointing too. Morientes. Dean saunders. Phil babb. Mark wright. Andy carroll. Its a long list.

[JermainePennant]

Joe Cole and Kewell are the two for me, I was over the moon with both thinking we would finally have a top wide player but both flopped.

[Rico1304]

Le Tallec

[El Dangerous]

Paul Ince, the massive cunt.

[alles ist gut]

Paul Stewart for me, Clive.

[James Dean]

Jovanovic.

[Boss]

Litmanen was before his time, criminally under appreciated by Houiller. What made it more bizarre was the quality he showed when he played and after every one of these games he was benched for the next one, it made no sense.

 

For me the biggest letdown was Diouf, and it wasn't because he was a cunt, or because he was a very limited footballer, it was because of what might of been had we opted for Anelka.

[SammyAftershave]

There's been so many but off the top of my head Collymore and Babb. Both appeared to have so much more in the tank but seemed incapable/reluctant to give it. Having said that, I thought Keane and Leonardson would be a great signings for us. Incidentally, a while back while listening to Talkshite in a friends car it proclaimed 'we;ll be back after the break with former Liverpool legend Phil Babb'..This made me feel very angry toward the person who'd said it (Danny Kelly, I think) I considered getting out of the car at the traffic lights and randomly murdering a complete stranger or, failing that, applying for a job in advertising.

[John101]

Mark Kennedy

[Boss]

There's been so many but off the top of my head Collymore and Babb. Both appeared to have so much more in the tank but seemed incapable/reluctant to give it. Having said that, I thought Keane and Leonardson would be a great signings for us. Incidentally, a while back while listening to Talkshite in a friends car it proclaimed 'we;ll be back after the break with former Liverpool legend Phil Babb'..This made me feel very angry toward the person who'd said it (Danny Kelly, I think) I considered getting out of the car at the traffic lights and randomly murdering a complete stranger or, failing that, applying for a job in advertising.

 

https://twitter.com/itvfootball/status/482790140977614848

[John101]

Ashley Cole in the making? The rumours are true

[Trumo]

Ince. Although I was young enough and naive enough to believe all that shite about 'last piece of the jigsaw' that was doing the rounds at the time. Roy Evans' side was deemed to be a good footballing side but with a soft underbelly and that was something Ince was supposed to help solve.

[JermainePennant]

Litmanen was before his time, criminally under appreciated by Houiller. What made it more bizarre was the quality he showed when he played and after every one of these games he was benched for the next one, it made no sense.

 

For me the biggest letdown was Diouf, and it wasn't because he was a cunt, or because he was a very limited footballer, it was because of what might of been had we opted for Anelka.

Anelka for me is probably the biggest miss the club has had in my time of watching us, a world class striker who we could of had years of service from and I fully believe we would have been in the cl a lot more had we got him.

 

There was shit loads of opportunities to get him back aswell and I wanted him everytime, the jan window we signed morientes, the summer window after that were souness nearly got him at newcastle and then finally whenever Bolton got him.

 

Morientes was another disappointment for me as well as I loved watching him at Monaco, with no wingers here it was always going to be difficult for him.

[JohnnyH]

Aquilani - I spent 4 months in Italy and watched him numerous times. When we signed him I was like a kid on Christmas morning. Him not making it here was gutting for me. I thought (and still think) he's a superb player. Maybe at a different time it could have worked. Sad times.

[Chip Butty]

The Thierry Henry transfer/signing was a bit of a let down, to be honest.

[ZonkoVille77]

Kewell.

Really thought he was the missing piece. He was ace for Leeds but looked like he got a touch of the Downings when he played for us. Hairband wearing shithouse.

[Mark M]

Collymore is a good shout as he should have been boss but his attitude stank.

But making a call I'd say Kewell I remember being so pumped by his signing getting his name on the back of a jersey. Last time I ever did that as well. I guess I probably jinxed him.