Player transfer out that effected you the most?

[Major Isewater]

We all know that players move on but which one leaving effected you the most ? 
I was devastated when SuperBob got given away to West Brom. Our talisman had gone and for bugger all, £300,000 the Baggies had our trousers down. 

[chinapig]

9 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

We all know that players move on but which one leaving effected you the most ? 
I was devastated when SuperBob got given away to West Brom. Our talisman had gone and for bugger all, £300,000 the Baggies had our trousers down. 

We had our own trousers down given that Bobby Gould said later that they would have been prepared to pay £1m for him.

[Sturny]

Probably the most recent would be Aden Flint and Bobby Reid leaving. Flint played a role in an exciting chapter, just felt like it was ending around then when he left. Doesn’t seem like we’ve had many characters recently. Bobby Reid had an exciting style of play which was great to watch, enhanced most players around him.
 

It’s weird because even though we’ve had better strikers on paper just before and after him, we still never played as good upfront when he was in the team. I haven’t been too bothered about other players leaving since them

[The Gasbuster]

4 minutes ago, chinapig said:

We had our own trousers down given that Bobby Gould said later that they would have been prepared to pay £1m for him.

And that should have been turned down as well

[The Gasbuster]

Andy Cole. He was always going on to bigger things (obviously !)

We gave him away to Newcastle, £1.75M with no sell on, and Newcastle had him in their team after putting just £50k down up front.

We spent the £50k on a part time school teacher called Glen Pennyfather  

Gutted to see Cole go for a pittance.

Edited January 5, 2023 by The Gasbuster

[Davefevs]

Mick Harford

[B1ackbird]

23 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

We all know that players move on but which one leaving effected you the most ? 
I was devastated when SuperBob got given away to West Brom. Our talisman had gone and for bugger all, £300,000 the Baggies had our trousers down. 

I'll never forgive Lumsden for that....

 

[Unan]

Over the moon when we got rid of Tomlin

[TonyTonyTony]

6 minutes ago, The Gasbuster said:

Andy Cole. He was always going on to bigger things (obviously !)

We gave him away to Newcastle, £1.75M with no sell on, and Newcastle had him in their team after putting just £50k down up front.

We spent the £50k on a part time school teacher called Glen Pennyfather  

Gutted to see Cole go for a pittance.

Agree with this. We were so naive to agree such a low fee for the country’s up and coming striker, bearing in mind he was our record signing at the time. Seems like a millions years ago now mind

[Merrick's Marvels]

Clarrie Bourton. Cyril Williams. Roy Bentley. Brian Clark. Chris Garland. Biff. Mick Harford. Sean Goater. Andy Cole. How long you got? 

[Davefevs]

11 minutes ago, The Gasbuster said:

Andy Cole. He was always going on to bigger things (obviously !)

We gave him away to Newcastle, £1.75M with no sell on, and Newcastle had him in their team after putting just £50k down up front.

We spent the £50k on a part time school teacher called Glen Pennyfather  

Gutted to see Cole go for a pittance.

I’ve probably posted this before, but I heard it was something like a £1m with a sell on, or £1.75m flat???

[The Gasbuster]

Just now, Davefevs said:

I’ve probably posted this before, but I heard it was something like a £1m with a sell on, or £1.75m flat???

£1.75M flat

We got £50k up front and had to wait at least 6 months for the next down payment

Daylight robbery

[The Gasbuster]

36 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

We all know that players move on but which one leaving effected you the most ? 
I was devastated when SuperBob got given away to West Brom. Our talisman had gone and for bugger all, £300,000 the Baggies had our trousers down. 

*Pedant alert*
 

It should be AFFECTED Major, not effected.

[redsquirrel]

my world fell apart when uncle albert left. his character was something ive never seen since. interviews were a must watch. i kept his poster on our dining room wall for years ago but took it down when i finally accepted he liked other teams too

[Ronnie Sinclair]

Henry McKop 

[exAtyeoMax]

Joe Bryan. Albert. Matty Taylor.

[Silvio Dante]

I’m going to expand this and say that - although I agree with Bob Taylor as a player - the biggest “departure” for me was Big Joe on his first stint. Firstly, if he hangs around, Taylor probably doesn’t go shortly after.

Secondly, and more importantly, since I’ve been watching city it’s the only time a manager we had has been poached by another club. And we were on the up. We had a fantastic promotion side, augmented by signings such as Aizlewood in the summer, and were punching at the top end of the championship. Joe had turned down Villa who were an established top flight side and went to Hearts - bloody Hearts! as he saw it his route to the Scotland job.

If Joe hadn’t been poached, we’d have gone on and IMO gone up eventually. I think he regretted it and we certainly did.

Players leaving can upset you. Jordan leaving is the only example I can think of where an individual leaving fundamentally affected the direction of the club. So it has to be that.

Or Marvin Harriott. But probably Joe.

[Davefevs]

Ryley Towler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Phantom]

Scott Murray when he joined Reading 

I just got back from Glastonbury and have never experienced a come down like it 

[LondonBristolian]

Andy Cole is my first memory of our best player leaving - an experience I would subsequently become accustomed to - so probably him. 

[And Its Smith]

Bob Taylor, Andy Cole, Adam Webster, Darren Barnard, Bobby Reid and soon to be Alex Scott

Edited January 5, 2023 by And Its Smith

[Sir Geoff]

Gary Collier

[Calculus]

12 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

I’m going to expand this and say that - although I agree with Bob Taylor as a player - the biggest “departure” for me was Big Joe on his first stint. Firstly, if he hangs around, Taylor probably doesn’t go shortly after.

Secondly, and more importantly, since I’ve been watching city it’s the only time a manager we had has been poached by another club. And we were on the up. We had a fantastic promotion side, augmented by signings such as Aizlewood in the summer, and were punching at the top end of the championship. Joe had turned down Villa who were an established top flight side and went to Hearts - bloody Hearts! as he saw it his route to the Scotland job.

If Joe hadn’t been poached, we’d have gone on and IMO gone up eventually. I think he regretted it and we certainly did.

Players leaving can upset you. Jordan leaving is the only example I can think of where an individual leaving fundamentally affected the direction of the club. So it has to be that.

Or Marvin Harriott. But probably Joe.

Wasn't Pulis poached by Portsmouth? 

Staggering I know, but I can remember feeling very grateful to Pompey for quite a while.

Maybe my memory's finally gone.

[chinapig]

5 minutes ago, Sir Geoff said:

Gary Collier

Yes both a big loss for us and not the right move for his career imo. A player Don Revie wanted to sign when he was 18 should have gone on to greater things.

[The Gasbuster]

Paul Agostino.

Walked away for nothing.

[The Swan and Cemetery]

Loved/love Wayne Allison, but losing Mark Gavin at the time was reasonably traumatic - archetypal tricky winger. 

[pillred]

I get effected every time a player leaves us for a team I consider to be no better than us and in quite a few cases a "smaller"club just because they have parachute payments and can outbid us on wages, Bournemouth being the one that p**es me off the most losing Lloyd Kelly to them really got my goat. 

Edited January 5, 2023 by pillred
Punctuation.

[Phantom]

19 minutes ago, Calculus said:

Wasn't Pulis poached by Portsmouth? 

Staggering I know, but I can remember feeling very grateful to Pompey for quite a while.

Maybe my memory's finally gone.

He was indeed 

I've never been so happy to lose a Manager to another club 

[Phantom]

1 minute ago, pillred said:

I get effected every time a player leaves us for a team I consider to no better than us and in quite a few cases a "smaller"club just because they have parachute payments and can outbid us on wages, Bournemouth being the one that p**es me off the most losing Lloyd Kelly to them really got my goat. 

[Show Me The Money!]

Shaun Goater probably for me. 

[GlastonburyRed]

Akinbiyi, Brennan, Barnard.

[!james]

Jim Brennan. 

[pl00peh91]

I was annoyed we sold Luke Ayling at the time as it felt completely unnecessary, and was the first step in the dismantling of the 2014/15 team 

[cidercity1987]

Reid in 2018 and Webster in 2019 were both saddening. I think a City side with them both in would have had serious promotion potential but Reid peaked a season too soon from our perspective 

 

Edit oh and Eliasson was annoying as we should have developed him into a £10m sale but failed to do so

Edited January 5, 2023 by cidercity1987

[grifty]

38 minutes ago, Calculus said:

Wasn't Pulis poached by Portsmouth? 

Staggering I know, but I can remember feeling very grateful to Pompey for quite a while.

Maybe my memory's finally gone.

Wasn't John Ward poached by Wolves?

[AshtonRobin21]

Stefan Marinovic, just felt like we didn’t get a proper goodbye.

 

In all seriousness, I remember being devastated as a kid when Leroy Lita was sold. 
 

The Bolasie deal was extremely frustrating because you knew he didn’t get a proper opportunity, and then immediately looked brilliant for Palace. 
 

Luke Ayling was another, as he could have solved a problem position of ours for years and years.

[red panda]

Ralph Milne

 

Oops, I might have blown my cover 

[Always Believesham]

1 minute ago, grifty said:

Wasn't John Ward poached by Wolves?

Ward was sacked I believe? Fell out with the board over Lennartson from what I understand

I was talking to a Birmingham fan mate about this very thing last week - I hadn't realised that the 2 in my lifetime I was bemoaning were the 2 ever  (it is a bad thing to have a manager poached, but also a poor reflection on us that we've not been seen as successful enough to have a manager poached).

On topic, Goater was probably the most frustrating for me, especially given his success at Man City

[Cannybluff]

David seal

[Porto Red]

None that bothered me as much as using effected instead of affected

[ralphindevon]

I think most have been mentioned now, though not sure if anyone has mentioned Gerry Gow but he along with Mick Hartford and Andy Cole and a few others were either necessary or inevitable. 

Norman Hunter was a huge loss and was probably one of the main reasons we went down but his top flight days were sadly over by then.

In more recent times I think we really missed Bobby Reid in the season after he left.

[lenred]

Seeing Bobby tapping his head hurt.   

[Sleepy1968]

34 minutes ago, phantom said:

He was indeed 

I've never been so happy to lose a Manager to another club 

We got compo, and TP had a court case v Gillingham after he left us.

[Kodjias Wrist]

Scott Murray.

[italian dave]

Bob Taylor. Shaun Goater. And Jacki - I cancelled my City Society subscription in response and never rejoined!

[Kingswood Robin]

1 hour ago, Silvio Dante said:

I’m going to expand this and say that - although I agree with Bob Taylor as a player - the biggest “departure” for me was Big Joe on his first stint. Firstly, if he hangs around, Taylor probably doesn’t go shortly after.

Secondly, and more importantly, since I’ve been watching city it’s the only time a manager we had has been poached by another club. And we were on the up. We had a fantastic promotion side, augmented by signings such as Aizlewood in the summer, and were punching at the top end of the championship. Joe had turned down Villa who were an established top flight side and went to Hearts - bloody Hearts! as he saw it his route to the Scotland job.

If Joe hadn’t been poached, we’d have gone on and IMO gone up eventually. I think he regretted it and we certainly did.

Players leaving can upset you. Jordan leaving is the only example I can think of where an individual leaving fundamentally affected the direction of the club. So it has to be that.

Or Marvin Harriott. But probably Joe.

Agreed. Jordan leaving was a disaster that set us back decades, I'm not sure we've recovered (on the pitch) even now !

Selling Keith Curle to the mighty Reading peed me off a bit.

The regret list of players bought is a lot longer than the regret list of players sold ! 

[RedEd73]

7 minutes ago, Kingswood Robin said:

Agreed. Jordan leaving was a disaster that set us back decades, I'm not sure we've recovered (on the pitch) even now !

Selling Keith Curle to the mighty Reading peed me off a bit.

The regret list of players bought is a lot longer than the regret list of players sold ! 

I could be wrong, but I'm sure Portsmouth approached us (poached) to take (of all people) Tony Pulis? For @Silvio Dante

Edited January 5, 2023 by RedEd73

[Oh Louie louie]

One of the worst decisions ever by a city boss that day at Northampton letting seal play. And people weren't slow in telling ward that after, many were calling for his head. Junior bent another one he let go came back to haunt is to. Tommy and Aaron getting stolen by QPR upset me the most, 

[exAtyeoMax]

Josh Brownhill as well

[Offside]

Bob Taylor for me. His departure still hurts. 

[Vidal]

Paul Hartley - just got one season. 

[Major Isewater]

7 hours ago, Show Me The Money! said:

Shaun Goater probably for me. 

Good one, IMHO it cost us the title. 

[real_bristol]

9 hours ago, Major Isewater said:

We all know that players move on but which one leaving effected you the most ? 
I was devastated when SuperBob got given away to West Brom. Our talisman had gone and for bugger all, £300,000 the Baggies had our trousers down. 

Same player for different reasons. He was my first favourite player. I wasn’t old enough to understand transfers but I do remember being gutted. I actually met him a few years back at some event underneath the dolman I think he told me Lumsden didn’t have much time for him so shipped him out. Got the impression he didn’t want to leave. He also told me he worked in construction after retiring. Great player, top bloke.

[Loco Rojo]

JET!

Remember thinking at the time, it was like that one relationship that ended when you didn't want it to.  (tragic, i know).

A frustrating player to watch at times, but one of the most gifted.  What a talent he had.

 

[Loco Rojo]

Ok, can i be the first to say Ryley Towler?

Or is it too soon?

[Silvio Dante]

7 hours ago, RedEd73 said:

I could be wrong, but I'm sure Portsmouth approached us (poached) to take (of all people) Tony Pulis? For @Silvio Dante

He was, and I’d shut that out of my mind. With Joe he was poached because he’d done well. With Pompey Pulis was poached for reasons I still can’t fathom, and the feelings when he left couldn’t be more opposite. Next game, away at Bournemouth, it felt like a giant weight had been lifted.

Edited January 6, 2023 by Silvio Dante

[RedEd73]

4 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

He was, and I’d shut that out of my mind. With Joe he was poached because he’d done well. With Pompey Pulis was poached for reasons I still can’t fathom, and the feelings when he left couldn’t be more opposite. Next game, away at Bournemouth, it felt like a giant weight had been lifted.

Yep. Horrendous football. Not sure if it was his last match but IIRC Wycombe at home, late in the game, score at 0-0 they were down to 10 and hanging on, and he takes off Tins and pops on another defender.....I vowed never to go to another match as long as he was in charge that night. Thankfully didn't have to wait too long.

[Oh Louie louie]

Robbie turner was told not to go out after the championship decider at twerton. He defied joes orders, the following day called into the office and told he would never play again. Possibly joes harshest decision and he made a few.

[One Team]

I don't think any of us begrudge a player leaving for bigger and better things (Brownhill), it’s when heroes move side ways or to a rival it hurts (Goater, Flint etc). 

[Jersey Bristolian]

Super Bob for me, never understood that move, didn't we get Carl Shut sort of included in the deal or alongside the deal?

[CyderInACan]

29 minutes ago, One Team said:

I don't think any of us begrudge a player leaving for bigger and better things (Brownhill), it’s when heroes move side ways or to a rival it hurts (Goater, Flint etc). 

It hurt that Goater left for a club that had been relegated! Whatever happened to Man City? You never hear of them any more. 

[Oh Louie louie]

Bob and goats both scored crackers against man utd was so easy for Bob he scored well on his ass in the box!

[bpexile]

10 hours ago, Davefevs said:

Ryley Towler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I'll raise you Dave:

 

Mark Ashton

He's been a big player in whats happening in our club.

Edited January 6, 2023 by bpexile

[GrahamC]

19 minutes ago, Jersey Bristolian said:

Super Bob for me, never understood that move, didn't we get Carl Shut sort of included in the deal or alongside the deal?

We sold Shutt when we bought Taylor, not when we sold Bob.

I suppose all of those saying Bob regret us signing Dziekanowski then? Because that’s where all the money went.

It was well before forums & the like & I loved Bob, but he had lost his place when we sold him, the sublime Nicky Morgan & Wayne Allison were our front two & he was out of form.

Selling him proved to be a complete disaster by Lumsden, (just the 100 goals for them in his first spell) but hey, Dziekanowski flicked the ball up in the air a couple of times & stood around watching Shelton work his arse off whilst we got hammered 4-0 at Twerton, eh?

I was probably most gutted by Agostino, as he moved on for nothing (early Bosman) & we were pretty rubbish in Joe’s second spell & badly needed him.

Edited January 6, 2023 by GrahamC

[GrahamC]

19 minutes ago, CyderInACan said:

It hurt that Goater left for a club that had been relegated! Whatever happened to Man City? You never hear of them any more. 

Exactly why that one didn’t hurt for me, obvious why you join a team like that, even when we were incredibly a division above for that season.

[chinapig]

9 hours ago, cidercity1987 said:

Edit oh and Eliasson was annoying as we should have developed him into a £10m sale but failed to do so

His career since doesn't suggest there was a £10m player in there on the other hand.

[Maesknoll]

Bob Taylor, you expect players to move on, but the timing and almost dismissive manner of his move was a real low at the time.

[chinapig]

29 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Selling him proved to be a complete disaster by Lumsden, (just the 100 goals for them in his first spell) but hey, Dziekanowski flicked the ball up in the air a couple of times & stood around watching Shelton work his arse off whilst we got hammered 4-0 at Twerton, eh?

It has always surprised me that Jacki has such a big reputation with so many fans. For all his undoubted skills his contribution to the team was invariably negligible.

[1960maaan]

23 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Exactly why that one didn’t hurt for me, obvious why you join a team like that, even when we were incredibly a division above for that season.

It was the timing that hurt me.

Made sense for Man City, we both had 7 games left . 
We were 2 points behind Watford with a game in hand and I'm convinced we would have won the League if he'd stayed.
Man City were 1 point off the bottom of the table, even with Goaters 3 goals they got relegated. Terrible timing for us, missing the top spot by 3 points. 
We swapped places with them as we went up, then did the same going down the following year. 

[Northern Red]

Suspect the answer for some is Ryley Towler judging by one or two of the meltdowns in the other thread.