nobby_solano Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 can't believe nobody's mentioned xisco yet?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest michaelfoster Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Marcelino as we had to pay his contract to get rid of him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 He's making a contribution now because he's found his level...which isn't as a £6m £50k a week footballer. I'm sure all of the players on that list would have contributed at this level. Thus isn't a complete waste of money, I'm glad we agree. So what if Luque would have? He didn't, we got NOTHING from him. Smith we've gotten something from, even you've admitted that. How you can still say Smith is the biggest waste of money is laughable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I only said, "that's a good shout". I'd put him on that list ahead of Ferguson, Emre, Martins & Viana. That's the only point I'm making. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 It's tough between Owen and Luque- But I think Luque edges it Owen did get goals for us, albeit not in 20 goal a season fashion whereas Luque did nothing notable really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Fair enough then, sounded like you were saying he was the biggest waste. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Smith would have been well up there before this season. I don't actually think he's been great this season but he's doing a job now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Alan fucking Shearer - is someone pulling my pork? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Mongo Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Luque beats Boumsong on the fact that Boumsong could head a ball. No, he couldn't. (Unless the ball fell down on his head.) And neither of them had Michael Owen's ridiculous wages, and then went on a free transfer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Shearer. He's the only one not to contribute to this year's title challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groo Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Where's Stephane Guivarc'h in that list Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Luque and Boumsong were huge disappointments, but Owen was the most costly error. We could get rid of those two, but we were lumbered with Owen until the end of his contract. Because of his reputation, he was also difficult to drop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Marcelino Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2sheds Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Owen by a country mile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 If it's of some comfort to you, Luque's transfer to Newcastle set up a legal precedent that costs Spanish clubs quite a few million every year. Magpie revenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 If it's of some comfort to you, Luque's transfer to Newcastle set up a legal precedent that costs Spanish clubs quite a few million every year. Magpie revenge. That's interesting, how so? And while I've got you, who's been Barca's biggest waste of money in your opinion? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
garth Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Fucking Michael Owen by a mile. For being the parasitic cunt that he is and giving fuck all back in return. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 If it's of some comfort to you, Luque's transfer to Newcastle set up a legal precedent that costs Spanish clubs quite a few million every year. Magpie revenge. That's interesting, how so? And while I've got you, who's been Barca's biggest waste of money in your opinion? When a player is transferred between Spanish clubs, the player gets 15% of the transfer money. This never applied to when players were transferred to a non-Spanish club. Luque sued Deportivo for it, and finally a Spanish judge last year determined that he was entitled to it. Now it's a precedent and other footballers (like Eto'o) transferred to non-Spanish clubs are seeking this same compensation. I guess our biggest waste of money was Overmars, which was our record signing until Zlatan (€40m). He wasn't useless, but he didn't live up to the pricetag by a long shot, and had Owen-like fitness. Gerard López (€25m) probably had a worse return. We also paid €20m for current Hull superstar Geovanni. Hleb, Maxi López, Dehu, Cristanval, Alfonso... I could stay here all night really. Martín Caceres and Henrique, centreback pair we bought for €30m combined and are out on loan are shaping up like real winners too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Barca spunked a lot of pesetas as it was back then on young Brazilians Geovanni & Rochemback it was anit-galactico signings i.e thinking yous had signed the best youngsters in the world rather than the best players. Still the pair got to play for Hull & Boro after Barca. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Barca spunked a lot of pesetas as it was back then on young Brazilians Geovanni & Rochemback it wasanit-galactico signings i.e thinking yous had signed the best youngsters in the world rather than the best players. Still the pair of got ot play for Hull & Boro after Barca. Damn you to hell, I had finally erased Rochemback from my mind. Joan Gaspart nearly bankrupted the club. Worst president in our history. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Barca spunked a lot of pesetas as it was back then on young Brazilians Geovanni & Rochemback it wasanit-galactico signings i.e thinking yous had signed the best youngsters in the world rather than the best players. Still the pair of got ot play for Hull & Boro after Barca. Damn you to hell, I had finally erased Rochemback from my mind. Joan Gaspart nearly bankrupted the club. Worst president in our history. I seem to remember a player called Dani failing around the same time as Gerard & Alfonso. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Dani had a good first season, but floundered afterwards. Not the worst in the lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Maxi Lopez was a very useful sub on FM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Maxi Lopez was a very useful sub on FM. "The white Drogba", that's what they called him at the time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Maxi Lopez was a very useful sub on FM. "The white Drogba", that's what they called him at the time That is like calling Vanilla Ice the white Jay-Z Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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