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On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Alec McQueen <[email protected]> wrote: > Indeed. But you have to admit the rest of the list is pretty accurate. > > Do other clubs have the same litany of crapness, or are we being singled out > here? It is inevitable that some signings don't work out, but we do seem to > have had more than our fair share. We seem to have this flair of picking up > the wrong players at the wrong end of their careers. > > Cheers > Alec > > On 13/09/2012, at 12:55 PM, Eric B <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dacourt is on the list? he was fucking ace. rubbish list. He was also >> the first one to say something about LUFC financial situation at the >> time if I recall. >> >> E >> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 6:55 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Top 10 worst Premier League signings: Leeds UnitedFrom the blog at >>> www.offthepost.info [1] 10. Danny GranvilleSigned from Chelsea for >>> GBP1.6million, Granville never really made a significant impression on >>> the Leeds first-team, and was sold after just one season for an >>> GBP800,000 loss to Manchester City, who were not in the Premier >>> League. 9. Darren HuckerbyAlthough the fee for Huckerby from Coventry >>> was reported in some quarters as GBP6million, but we will give them >>> the benefit of the doubt and say GBP4million. He stayed for just one >>> season and scored just two League goals (at GBP2million a pop), and >>> his time at Leeds will be remembered as a huge disappointment. He was >>> sold for less than GBP3.5million to Manchester City. 8. Michael >>> DuberryDuberry actually stayed at Leeds for approaching seven years, >>> but in that time never played 20 League games per season, and actually >>> made, on average, eight per campaign. Joining for GBP4.5million, >>> Duberry found himself behind Ferdinand, Woodgate and Matteo in >>> Leeds’ Premier League days, and such leading lights as Didier >>> Domi and Matthew Kilgallon. 7. Nicky BarmbyJoining from Liverpool for >>> a fee of GBP2.75million, Leeds actually bought Barmby when they were >>> already up financial sh*t-creek. Playing just 25 League games in two >>> years whilst Leeds slid down towards relegation, he was eventually >>> loaned to Championship Nottingham Forest. 6. Olivier DacourtDacourt >>> actually gained many plaudits for his early appearances at Elland >>> Road, but the GBP7.2million signing fell out with the club and Terry >>> Venables after David O’Leary was sacked. This meant that he was >>> loaned out to Roma before a cut-price permanent move, and the >>> Frenchman played less than sixty league games for Leeds. 5. Lee >>> SharpeRidiculously signed for GBP4.5million despite his history of >>> injuries, Sharpe became Leeds’ record signing. Played 30 league >>> games in three seasons, and was loaned out to Sampdoria and Bradford >>> in the final year. Eventually joined Bradford for just GBP250,000, and >>> English football’s biggest wasted talent was born. 4. Robbie >>> KeaneKeane started off well at Leeds during an initial loan move, but >>> as soon as the club had paid GBP12million for his services his formed >>> dropped dramatically. He found himself out of the first team, and >>> stayed for just a single season at Elland Road. With Leeds in >>> financial disarray, he was sold for a loss of GBP5million to Spurs. 3. >>> Robbie FowlerAfter being dropped for Michael Owen and Emile Heskey, >>> Fowler moved to Leeds for a fee of GBP12million. He scored a few goals >>> towards the end of the 2001/2 season, but suffered an injury in >>> pre-season, ruling him out for four months. When he returned, Leeds >>> had sold players and slid down the League table, and he was sold to >>> Manchester City for an initial GBP3million. Even after that, Leeds >>> continued to pay much of Fowler’s wages as part of the deal. 2. >>> Tomas BrolinNow we’re talking! Stayed for two seasons after >>> signing for GBP4.5million, making 20 appearances and famously being >>> accused by Howard Wilkinson of not pulling his weight, which would >>> have been a fair achievement given the pounds that the Swede put on. >>> Brolin was voted as the second-worst player to ever grace the Premier >>> League and Leeds’ worst ever player, and he retired at the age >>> of 29, shortly after leaving on a free transfer. 1. Seth JohnsonAnd >>> yet the Swede still isn’t no. 1, as Seth Johnson became a >>> yardstick for having more money than sense in the Premier League. He >>> was bought from Derby for GBP7million but almost immediately suffered >>> injury problems, meaning he played just 54 League games in four years. >>> Even when he did regain fitness, Leeds realised they would be forced >>> to pay add-ons to Derby if he played more games, and so he was simply >>> constantly left out of the match-day squad. He was eventually released >>> on a free transfer, and retired in 2007, aged 28. >>> >>> ------------------------- >>> Msg sent via Inspire @Mail - http://www.inspire.net.nz >>> >>> Links: >>> ------ >>> [1] http://www.offthepost.info >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leedslist mailing list >>> Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >>> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >>> >>> PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate >> _______________________________________________ >> Leedslist mailing list >> Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >> >> PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
