Admin Maesknoll Red Posted December 4, 2003 Admin Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 In response to FTG BTR's post regarding the most expensive failure, who was the 'best bit of business' in regards to players being sold. In my opinion, it has to be Ralph Milne to Man U for £175,000..........still laughing now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Tony Thorpe - Free. :how funny: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 I'm with you on Ralph milne, I was stunned when Man U came in for him. I thought they had good scouts! :sport18: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Corner Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Umm..... Not very easy this one, which I suppose goes to the show we haven't exactly been the best exponents of the transfer market over the years Only other one I can think of (must be others though), was 'Dodgy' Dryden who Southampton somehow thought who could do a job in the top flight. I think Southampton paid around about 200k for him, which I seem to recall was round about the figure we paid for him in the first place, so again you hardly say he was a good investment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gater2 Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Andrew Jordan (dont know how much for, but frankly anything more than £0 is too much for him). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potbelly Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Has to be Mr Akinbyi (sp?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Withnail Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Jim Brennan. Over a million pound fee if I remember rightly, and didn't exactly set the world on fire at Nottingham Forest. Plying his trade at Norwich now if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BTR_FTG Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Brennan's not a bad shout, though I'd plump for Peter Spiring who Liverpool paid a prince's ransom for & who thereafter onlym though rarely, graced the turf at Hereford. Shame, as he looked as though he might have made it when at The Gate. BTR FTG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Brian Mitchell, contract terminated after a couple of months........thank god! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 I'm with you on Ralph milne, I was stunned when Man U came in for him. I thought they had good scouts! :sport18: Ralph Milne! I think that Ferguson thought he could get him off the bottle, but no-one could believe that price! I always thought Keith Curle was overpriced as well. His speed covered up for his lack of positioning and he always looked like what he was (a converted winger). Cooper was a great salesman, and always claimed he was going to be Englands left back in future, nobody seemed to notice that he never played him there for us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fRed Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 I couldn't believe it when S****hopre paid £200,000 for Torpey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Liam Robinson. Didn't we make a profit that would be considered obscene when compared with actual footballing ability? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mosquito Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Gary Collier to Coventry City circa 1977, transfer fee fixed at around £350,000 by an FA tribunal. I might not be exactly right on those stats but I know we got a lot of money for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zfc Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 How much did City get for Paul Agostino who graced the Champions League and played for Australia?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lita For Congo Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 How much did City get for Paul Agostino who graced the Champions League and played for Australia?????? Nothing. He went on a Bosman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kiwired Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 I thought that when Reading signed Keith Curle for 150,000 they got a bargain even if that was a big fee at the time, especially as they sold him to Wimbledon a few months later for 500,000. I was a bit surprised he went on to play for England though. I reckon the best deal we've had when getting rid of dead wood wasn't a player but when Portsmouth actually paid us compensation to take Pulis off our hands, MUGS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 I thought that when Reading signed Keith Curle for 150,000 they got a bargain even if that was a big fee at the time, especially as they sold him to Wimbledon a few months later for 500,000. I was a bit surprised he went on to play for England though. I reckon the best deal we've had when getting rid of dead wood wasn't a player but when Portsmouth actually paid us compensation to take Pulis off our hands, MUGS <br /> Obviously my memory's going as I thought we got the 500k, hence my post. I had forgotten the Gary Collier affair, he was the reason that the City panicked and gave the rest of the team stupidly long contracts leading to the Ashton 8 debacle. He was great for us but I don't think he played 6 games for Cov before going to the states never to be heard of again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest profplum86 Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 Torpey was great, and although akinbiyi was pretty good for us, we did sort of flog a dead stick with him worst loss:( has got to be tony thorpe - or maybe agostino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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