Guest Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Smith. At least Owen scored 30 in 65 starts. This for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Marcelino should be up there too 99. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmk Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Babayaro was just about the most incompetent left back I have ever witnessed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 We didn't really play Smith as a striker though, and he actually had some use in getting the club back to the Premier League. Luque cost a lot more and scored once in two years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Marcelino should be up there too 1999 wasn't in the last decade. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Owen could well be the twatest signing ever. But he's not the worst. I think worst incorporates a number of things. Owen had a negative impact on all levels of the club especially our finances. Not on the pitch, he didn't. His record was decent enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Viana would need to be mentioned if he did cost £8.5 million. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 We didn't really play Smith as a striker though, and he actually had some use in getting the club back to the Premier League. Luque cost a lot more and scored once in two years. Luque could always have the injury/failure to adapt to English football as an excuse. Smith had none. I know he had that injury at Man Utd but we knew about that when he signed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnonel Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Marcelino should be up there too 1999 wasn't in the last decade. Doh - would help if i read properly - voted luque Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Colossus Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Owen could well be the twatest signing ever. But he's not the worst. I think worst incorporates a number of things. Owen had a negative impact on all levels of the club especially our finances. Not on the pitch, he didn't. His record was decent enough. Terrible captain, offered no leadership in the time we needed it most. If that's not a negative impact on the pitch then I don't know what is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Viana would need to be mentioned if he did cost £8.5 million. Just before my cut off point, for last decade I've gone 1st Jan 2003 - 31st Dec 2012. He was signed summer 2002. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Colossus Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Shame Cacapa was on a free... EDIT: In terms of being the worst signing if we'd paid money for him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Smith by an absolute mile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 We didn't really play Smith as a striker though, and he actually had some use in getting the club back to the Premier League. Luque cost a lot more and scored once in two years. Luque could always have the injury/failure to adapt to English football as an excuse. Smith had none. I know he had that injury at Man Utd but we knew about that when he signed. I think if you asked Hughton his opinion on Smith he'd say his influence was vital in getting us back up, off the pitch in particular. Remember the Leyton Orient game, the aftermath of that really galvanised the club and who knows where we'd be without the likes of him and Nolan. He was a shocking player and cost us a lot of money, there's no doubt about that. I just think that he offered a lot more to the club than someone like Luque who cost even more and didn't give a fuck at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Can see why you'd say that but he was also a massive reason we were there in the first place. Tbh there's arguments for all of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginola Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Luque Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 http://www.huwdavid.net/resources/2012/11/michael-owen-movember.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I'm going with Boumsong, basically because he was actually used, and constantly proved to be shite, in a position where his mistakes/shitness would cost us dearly. Luque was the only competition IMO. Can't put Owen in the same bracket personally, as he did actually contribute to a decent whack of games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Can't look past Xisco, most the others at least contributed something in their time here. Boumsong and Luque aren't far behind mind, special mention to Amdy Faye too. Souness Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 i think the money paid for owen swayed it for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Well over 50% of the vote going to players signed by: http://i.imgur.com/Vy2zv.jpg Halcyon days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Including wages the Owen deal was close to £40m. In that time we got relegated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Srnicek Carr Boumsong Campbell Babayaro Geremi Faye Duff Xisco Owen Luque Some class signings right there over the past decade. Imagine that wage bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 We didn't really play Smith as a striker though, and he actually had some use in getting the club back to the Premier League. Luque cost a lot more and scored once in two years. Have to say, I think you've gotten them mixed up here. IIRC Allardyce gave Smith something like 28 starts up front (mostly Premiership games) before Keegan joined and dropped him straight away - Smith was probably one of the main reasons for Allardyce's undoing here, as he did absolutely sod all up front (bar one OK'ish game against Arsenal) and was essentially dragging the entire team down. The guy had plenty of chances for us, both up front and in midfield, but couldn't hide the fact that he was just a talentless footballer who had fooled his way into a lucrative career at the top levels after one small purple spell early on with Leeds. Luque was the one who wasn't given a chance, and although in hindsight it was the right decision, at the time there were plenty on these forums pretty annoyed at how overlooked he was whilst he wasted away on the bench (and this was during Shola's absolute worst form for us). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Owen, no competition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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