Didn't we once try to sign him?

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Didn't we once try to sign him?

Post by Andy Waller » Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:43 pm

I'll start with Patrice Loko and Jurgen Klinsmann.
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Re: Didn't we once try to sign him?

Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:44 pm

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Re: Didn't we once try to sign him?

Post by ChrisC » Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:46 pm

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Re: Didn't we once try to sign him?

Post by ohjimmyjimmy » Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:46 pm

Veloso :)

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Re: Didn't we once try to sign him?

Post by TANGODANCER » Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:49 pm

Deitmar Hamann. Couldn't speak Bolton English.
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Re: Didn't we once try to sign him?

Post by bobo the clown » Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:50 pm

Gerry Daly, Dave Kitson .... both of whom, effectively, said "why would I want to sign for that shower?"
Not advocating mass-murder as an entirely positive experience, of course, but it had its moments.
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Re: Didn't we once try to sign him?

Post by bobo the clown » Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:50 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:Deitmar Hamann. Couldn't speak Bolton English.
Except we did, actually, sign him. Then sold him on a few days later making a cool £100k or whatever.
Not advocating mass-murder as an entirely positive experience, of course, but it had its moments.
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Re: Didn't we once try to sign him?

Post by ohjimmyjimmy » Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:51 pm

Joey Barton?

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Re: Didn't we once try to sign him?

Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:53 pm

ohjimmyjimmy wrote:Joey Barton?
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Re: Didn't we once try to sign him?

Post by bobo the clown » Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:58 pm

Yossi Benayoun, Joseph Yobo, Sylvan Distin.
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Re: Didn't we once try to sign him?

Post by ChrisC » Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:59 pm

bobo the clown wrote:Gerry Daly, Dave Kitson .... both of whom, effectively, said "why would I want to sign for that shower?"

Which brings James Morrison to mind at WBA.

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Re: Didn't we once try to sign him?

Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:02 pm

ChrisC wrote:
bobo the clown wrote:Gerry Daly, Dave Kitson .... both of whom, effectively, said "why would I want to sign for that shower?"
Which brings James Morrison to mind at WBA.
IIRC Djibril Cisse, perhaps being quoted slightly out of context (but perhaps not), called us "third-rate".

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Re: Didn't we once try to sign him?

Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:08 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
ChrisC wrote:
bobo the clown wrote:Gerry Daly, Dave Kitson .... both of whom, effectively, said "why would I want to sign for that shower?"
Which brings James Morrison to mind at WBA.
IIRC Djibril Cisse, perhaps being quoted slightly out of context (but perhaps not), called us "third-rate".

We'd kill for that label now. :cry:
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Re: Didn't we once try to sign him?

Post by Andy Waller » Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:13 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:Edwin van der Sar
Rivaldo
Edgar Davids
Samuel Eto'o
Pele (manager)
God (problem left-back position)
We genuinely went after Pele didn't we?
What a hero, What a man...... Ooooh, what a bad foul...

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Re: Didn't we once try to sign him?

Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:15 pm

Andy Waller wrote:
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:Edwin van der Sar
Rivaldo
Edgar Davids
Samuel Eto'o
Pele (manager)
God (problem left-back position)
We genuinely went after Pele didn't we?
...and God. Though he's better as a striker.
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Re: Didn't we once try to sign him?

Post by ohjimmyjimmy » Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:17 pm

Pavel Pobgrebnyiak, i seem to recall.

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Re: Didn't we once try to sign him?

Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:18 pm

Andy Waller wrote:
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:Edwin van der Sar
Rivaldo
Edgar Davids
Samuel Eto'o
Pele (manager)
God (problem left-back position)
We genuinely went after Pele didn't we?
Indeed, as the BEN-quoting title of short-lived fanzine Now We Want Pele would attest. God, not so much.

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Re: Didn't we once try to sign him?

Post by TANGODANCER » Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:22 pm

David Dunn
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Re: Didn't we once try to sign him?

Post by Leyther_Matt » Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:40 pm

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Re: Didn't we once try to sign him?

Post by CAPSLOCK » Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:20 pm

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