Home Home Calendar Calendar Search Search Register Register Login Login
Welcome, Guest.
Please login or register.
Fishy Forum › Fishy Boards › Classic Threads › Signings that didn't impress you
Moderators: Moderator
Users Browsing Forum
No Members and 9 Guests

Signings that didn't impress you

  This thread currently has 11,482 views. Print
6 Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next All Recommend Thread
Gainsbro_Mariner
August 6, 2012, 9:07pm

Champagne Drinker
Posts: 2,088
Posts Per Day: 0.35
Reputation: 89.9%
Rep Score: +27 / -2
Approval: +1,450
Gold Stars: 14
Okay lads and lasses, think back to to previous years, or this season if you like   which signings have we made that didn't impress you, annoyed you or even angered you, and by that I don't mind judging on how they played for us, just going by your reaction when we first signed them.

I'll start the ball rolling with a few....

*Clint Marcelle (absolutley pointless signing, we had adequate strikers, he looked old and slow in his trial but we signed him)

*Richard Hope (was going down hill, and I remember the rumour circulating around here for a couple of weeks before he signed, it seemed the majority of us wern't impressed with him when it was a rumour let alone when we signed him)

*Anthony Williams (Relegated in 03/04, we had lost Davison, not considered Fettis and were looking at a straight return to League One, and we went and signed Hartlepool's sub keeper, admist reports he was crap anyway..the rest is history)

*Chris Williams & Paul Robinson (two utter pointless loan signings in 04/05, and it was the other Paul Robinson, not the ginger ex Newcastle striker)

*Simon Grand (not the answer to our defensive worries, panic signing)

*Lee Thorpe (The thought of being a Championship relegated club struggling in League One, and panic loaning a League Two striker, and Lincoln cast off didn't give me any confidence for our survival)

*Willie Falconer (did we need him? did we use him? past it has been, utterly pointless at the time of signing)

*Matthew Bloomer (Local lad, really nice bloke, didn't make the grade first team round, wasn't exactly a world beater at Hull or Lincoln, so to sign a player back who didn't cut the mustard first time around didn't impress me)

*Terry Barwick (A friend of mine who is a Scunny season ticket holder told me this guy wasn't good enough to lace Beagrie's boots, he had played 2 games in 04/05 for Scunny and wasn't injured, and to make him our first signing of 05/06 wasn't inspiring)

*Terry Fleming (Old journeyman League Two midfielder, nothing more than a gap filler in the squad)

*Neil Webb (Ex United, Ex Forest, Ex England, but had been reported he had lost his legs long before we gave him a contract)


Tony Gallimore nicked my Pint and my sausage roll
Logged Offline
Private Message
0
0
0
Les Brechin
August 6, 2012, 9:09pm

Moderator
Posts: 23,785
Posts Per Day: 4.18
Reputation: 82.43%
Rep Score: +114 / -24
Location: Grimsby
Approval: +12,688
Gold Stars: 174
Peter "flipping" Beagrie.

And going back in the annals of time Terry Curran.



OFFICIAL FUNDRAISER FOR THE BRAIN TUMOUR CHARITY
TOTAL AMOUNT RAISED SINCE AUGUST 2008 £16613.24

LATEST DONATION - FROM DONATION FROM THE FISHY FORUM - AUG 2023 AMOUNT RAISED £170.00
        
Logged Offline
Private Message
0
0
0
 Reply: 1 - 53
psgmariner
August 6, 2012, 9:11pm

Barley Wine Drinker
Posts: 10,122
Posts Per Day: 1.69
Reputation: 73.33%
Rep Score: +39 / -15
Approval: +5,480
Gold Stars: 33
Elding, the definition of lower league journey man striker on his way down. Went completely against the usual S&H signings.

He did a lot better than I thought he would last season.




http://www.miabcleethorpes.net
Logged
Private Message
0
0
0
 Reply: 2 - 53
Gainsbro_Mariner
August 6, 2012, 9:16pm

Champagne Drinker
Posts: 2,088
Posts Per Day: 0.35
Reputation: 89.9%
Rep Score: +27 / -2
Approval: +1,450
Gold Stars: 14
Quoted from psgmariner
Elding, the definition of lower league journey man striker on his way down. Went completely against the usual S&H signings.

He did a lot better than I thought he would last season.


Didn't think he was a bad signing for the Conference, had a half decent goal scoring rate.


Tony Gallimore nicked my Pint and my sausage roll
Logged Offline
Private Message
0
0
0
 Reply: 3 - 53
Gainsbro_Mariner
August 6, 2012, 9:19pm

Champagne Drinker
Posts: 2,088
Posts Per Day: 0.35
Reputation: 89.9%
Rep Score: +27 / -2
Approval: +1,450
Gold Stars: 14
Quoted from Les Brechin
Peter "flipping" Beagrie.

And going back in the annals of time Terry Curran.


I wasn't as mortified as most when we signed Beagrie, probably due to his main role being as part of the coaching staff, I thought at 40 years old, he could act as cover, and an experienced head for the squad on the training field. I overlooked he came from Scunny, obviously the rest is history  


Tony Gallimore nicked my Pint and my sausage roll
Logged Offline
Private Message
0
0
0
 Reply: 4 - 53
topuphere666
August 6, 2012, 9:20pm
Vodka Drinker
Posts: 6,516
Posts Per Day: 1.19
Reputation: 77.96%
Rep Score: +24 / -7
Approval: +1,843
Gold Stars: 3
That girl private butler.
Logged Offline
Private Message
0
0
0
 Reply: 5 - 53
psgmariner
August 6, 2012, 9:26pm

Barley Wine Drinker
Posts: 10,122
Posts Per Day: 1.69
Reputation: 73.33%
Rep Score: +39 / -15
Approval: +5,480
Gold Stars: 33
Quoted from topuphere666
That girl private butler.


Widely hailed as the missing part of the jigsaw when he signed. I thought he would do well.




http://www.miabcleethorpes.net
Logged
Private Message
0
0
0
 Reply: 6 - 53
Gainsbro_Mariner
August 6, 2012, 9:33pm

Champagne Drinker
Posts: 2,088
Posts Per Day: 0.35
Reputation: 89.9%
Rep Score: +27 / -2
Approval: +1,450
Gold Stars: 14
I remember Steve Mildenhall coming to us with nothing but poor reviews from other fans, didn't County fans call him "Mildenflap"?


Tony Gallimore nicked my Pint and my sausage roll
Logged Offline
Private Message
0
0
0
 Reply: 7 - 53
davmariner
August 6, 2012, 9:33pm
Vodka Drinker
Posts: 7,043
Posts Per Day: 1.22
Reputation: 78.9%
Rep Score: +37 / -10
Approval: +4,910
Gold Stars: 78
Tomi Ameobi - enough said.


Up The Mariners!
Logged Offline
Private Message
0
0
0
 Reply: 8 - 53
kevikov
August 6, 2012, 9:34pm
Fine Wine Drinker
Posts: 1,184
Posts Per Day: 0.24
Reputation: 75.68%
Rep Score: +14 / -5
Approval: +839
Gold Stars: 13
Neil woods. Not as a player though. Talk about not impressing during your trial!


I was there, the day Bradley Wood scored a 35 yarder!

From the black and white striped shirts
To the fish in the sea
You'll hear us singing
Coz we are Grimsby.

You won't hear us crying
But you'll hear us shout
Coz we are the Grimsby
And this is our chant.......... Grimsby! Grimsby! Grimsby!

     A.S.A.F.A.T.
Logged Offline
Private Message
0
0
0
 Reply: 9 - 53
6 Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next All Recommend Thread
Print

Fishy Forum › Fishy Boards › Classic Threads › Signings that didn't impress you

Thread Rating
There is currently no rating for this thread
 

Back to top of page

This is not an official forum of Grimsby Town Football Club, the opinions expressed are those of the individual authors. If you see an offensive post then click "Report" on the relevant post. Posts will be deleted at the discretion of the moderators whose decision is final. Posts should abide by the Forum Rules. IP addresses of contributors together with dates and times of access are stored. The opinions and viewpoints expressed by contributors to The Fishy are their own and not necessarily those of The Fishy. The Fishy makes no claims that information dispersed through this forum is accurate or reliable. Also The Fishy cannot be held liable for any statements made by contributors of The Fishy.