Whenever I think "I wish we could sign someone"

[1960maaan]

I look at this photo and just give my head a wobble 

On this day 2018 . 

[Davefevs]

Rumour of £8m fee wasn’t it?

[The Nest Egg]

I remember Ashton crapping on about how we could break the club's transfer record to sign him, as if any of that sentence was even remotely impressive or wise...

[BS3City]

My God he was crap!!!

[Rossi the Robin]

First touch was a shot! 

[pongo88]

I remember someone on the forum saying he looked like a remotely controlled robot whose radio signal had been hacked 

[ExiledAjax]

This of course also the same January that saw Liam Walsh and Ryan Kent join. IIRC those were the three signings that month.

[Corsham Alf]

Diony has to be up there as one of our worst ever signings.

The business Ashton and Pipsqueak carried out in that window was horrendous & costly. Kent was clearly not anywhere near match fit. 

[Curr Avon]

59 minutes ago, 1960maaan said:

I look at this photo and just give my head a wobble 

On this day 2018 . 

A shit hot loan signing which was half right.

Edited January 25, 2023 by Curr Avon

[Redrascal2]

I just remember we have got no money.

[1960maaan]

46 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Rumour of £8m fee wasn’t it?

Sounds familiar.

Went for €10m to St. Etienne ( * Transfermarkt* I thought I read it was more) , so looked a promising signing, until you saw him play.

16 minutes ago, Curr Avon said:

A shit hot loan signing which was half right.

You saying he was hot ? 

40 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

This of course also the same January that saw Liam Walsh and Ryan Kent join. IIRC those were the three signings that month.

I could make a case for Diony & Walsh, but surely any sort of Scout would pick up that Kent was completely wrong for our team and how we were playing then. 

Mark Ashton CEO at WeSignAnyClown.com

[ExiledAjax]

1 hour ago, Davefevs said:

Rumour of £8m fee wasn’t it?

From an OS article on 29 Jan 2018.

[REDOXO]

39 minutes ago, Corsham Alf said:

Diony has to be up there as one of our worst ever signings.

The business Ashton and Pipsqueak carried out in that window was horrendous & costly. Kent was clearly not anywhere near match fit. 

It’s not necessary to call the midget a pipsqueak is it?

[2015]

The Bull 

[1960maaan]

4 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

From an OS article on 29 Jan 2018.

Whatever it was, it would have been too much. Ended up leaving St. Etienne on a free.

[Midlands Robin]

On the 26th December 2017 we beat Reading to go 2nd in the table having knocked Manchester United out of the League Cup to put us into the Semi's. 

Our record at that point was:

Played 24. Won 13. Drawn 8. Lost 3.

Starting with our defeat against Wolves on the 30th December 2017, the remainder of the season went as follows:

Played 22, Won 4, Drawn 8, Lost 10.

To finish 11th in the table. 

That cup run kept LJ in a job. 

[GrahamC]

I like to be contrary and so as I recall he had a pretty decent debut, came on as a sub, had a couple of decent early touches & left an opponent for dead with his pace.

Unfortunately that was it for his City career, afterwards he appeared completely unable to get up to the pace of games, was zero goal threat & had a tendency to run offside.

This is exactly the same description as Gustav Engvall, only difference was we bought him straight away, at least we could ditch Diony at season’s end.

Edited January 25, 2023 by GrahamC

[richyy66]

20 minutes ago, 2015 said:

The Bull 

Shit

[Simon bristol]

I wonder what his loan fee and wages were? 
 

how mark ashton is still employed in professional sports is completely beyond me.

[Rocking Red Cyril]

1 hour ago, Midlands Robin said:

On the 26th December 2017 we beat Reading to go 2nd in the table having knocked Manchester United out of the League Cup to put us into the Semi's. 

Our record at that point was:

Played 24. Won 13. Drawn 8. Lost 3.

Starting with our defeat against Wolves on the 30th December 2017, the remainder of the season went as follows:

Played 22, Won 4, Drawn 8, Lost 10.

To finish 11th in the table. 

That cup run kept LJ in a job. 

Also screwed up our league form 

[downendcity]

3 hours ago, Davefevs said:

Rumour of £8m fee wasn’t it?

But his club weren't prepared to pay us that much to take him! 

[Cityboy1954]

2 hours ago, REDOXO said:

It’s not necessary to call the midget a pipsqueak is it?

But he is

[Sleepy1968]

3 hours ago, ExiledAjax said:

This of course also the same January that saw Liam Walsh and Ryan Kent join. IIRC those were the three signings that month.

When you put it like that, he Diony was almost the best signing.

[ExiledAjax]

Just now, Sleepy1968 said:

When you put it like that, he Diony was almost the best signing.

Didn't pay him wages for two years like we did Walsh did we...

[Offside]

3 hours ago, GrahamC said:

I like to be contrary and so as I recall he had a pretty decent debut, came on as a sub, had a couple of decent early touches & left an opponent for dead with his pace.

Unfortunately that was it for his City career, afterwards he appeared completely unable to get up to the pace of games, was zero goal threat & had a tendency to run offside.

This is exactly the same description as Gustav Engvall, only difference was we bought him straight away, at least we could ditch Diony at season’s end.

That’s how I remember it too. I thought he showed promise in his first game. 

After that, though, he was absolutely terrible. 

[Kid in the Riot]

3 hours ago, Simon bristol said:

I wonder what his loan fee and wages were? 

We paid Diony £20k pw whilst he was here.  Can't remember what the loan fee was.

Not many people realise we paid a 7-figure loan fee for Tammy Abraham.

Nothing compared to Swansea though, I think they paid Chelsea a £6m loan fee for him. With a contribution to wages on top of that, and he wasn't even a regular starter for them.

Edited January 25, 2023 by Kid in the Riot

[maxjak]

3 hours ago, REDOXO said:

It’s not necessary to call the midget a pipsqueak is it?

Your right..........Bilbo would be far more appropriate?

[maxjak]

15 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

We paid Diony £20k pw whilst he was here.  Can't remember what the loan fee was.

Not many people realise we paid a 9-figure loan fee for Tammy Abraham.

Nothing compared to Swansea though, I think they paid Chelsea a £6m loan fee for him. With a contribution to wages on top of that, and he wasn't even a regular starter for them.

A Hundred Million....that's expensive?

[REDOXO]

52 minutes ago, maxjak said:

Your right..........Bilbo would be far more appropriate?

Excellent known here after as  Baggins! 

[Coxy27]

The highlight of Diony's time was coming off the bench at home to Sunderland with a 3-0 lead "to get him a goal and some confidence".

Lost the second half 0-3.

[Davefevs]

1 hour ago, Kid in the Riot said:

We paid Diony £20k pw whilst he was here.  Can't remember what the loan fee was.

Not many people realise we paid a 7-figure loan fee for Tammy Abraham.

Nothing compared to Swansea though, I think they paid Chelsea a £6m loan fee for him. With a contribution to wages on top of that, and he wasn't even a regular starter for them.

Think they (Swansea) paid Tammy some money too, to allow for lost potential earnings had he stayed at Chelsea.

At yet Mark Ashton told someone quite gullible that “he’d never pay a loan fee”…bullshit!!!

[Mike Hunt-Hertz]

11 hours ago, REDOXO said:

It’s not necessary to call the midget a pipsqueak is it?

Don't call Frodo a midget!

[Ziderarmy]

8 hours ago, maxjak said:

A Hundred Million....that's expensive?

1,000,000 is 7 (seven) digits and that’s 1 million pounds.

A hundred million is 100,000,000 that’s 9 (nine) digits. 

So not that expensive, #quickmaths! 
 

[Bazooka Joe]

20 hours ago, 1960maaan said:

I look at this photo and just give my head a wobble 

On this day 2018 . 

Proof, if proof were needed, that you can't polish a turd.

Shit signing.

Now here's a question . . .

who was worse, Diony or Marinovic ?

[ExiledAjax]

13 minutes ago, Bazooka Joe said:

Proof, if proof were needed, that you can't polish a turd.

Shit signing.

Now here's a question . . .

who was worse, Diony or Marinovic ?

Diony.

Marinovic may have been crap, but he disappeared after being injured, and ultimately was presumably fairly cheap. He signed on 7 March, played against Ipswich on 12 March, got injured in an U23s game on 22 March and was never seen again. He quietly left the club on 1 July.

Diony hung around for a full half season, cost us £20k per week in wages, and took up a place in the side that could have been better used keeping Tinnion fit, giving fan competition winners a run out, or rehabilitating injured dogs.

Edited January 26, 2023 by ExiledAjax

[Mad Cyril]

20 hours ago, Rossi the Robin said:

First touch was a shot! 

I heard he was known in the dressing room as "Tackle".

Presumably referring to his second touch.

[Mike Hunt-Hertz]

21 hours ago, 1960maaan said:

I look at this photo and just give my head a wobble 

On this day 2018 . 

We'd have been better off signing Lois Lane.

[alexukhc]

Wasn’t he done for some driving stuff here?