What about Roque Junior? Or was he a loan? > From: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:13:37 +0930 > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LU] Top 10 worst Premier League signings: Leeds United? > > 9 out of 10 is very good, sure. > > E > > 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 _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected]
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