ironsofcanada 5:34 Thu Jan 3
Our best January signing?
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Was scanning our January transfers in the last 10 years or so, reminding myself of some of the many Roger Johnson-like signings we have made in this month.
Was Demba Ba the only one who really hit the ground running?
Gary O'Neil was pretty useful after we went down.
Are their better ones going further back or am I missing someone?
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El Scorchio
6:09 Thu Jan 3
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Has to be Vladimir Labant.
To be fair we've signed some utter shite in January transfer windows.
This time a year ago plenty would be grouping Snodgrass in with them.
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Westside
6:15 Thu Jan 3
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Stretching the 10 years a bit, Dean Ashton in 2006, was a great signing.
Until he got crocked.
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Far Cough
6:16 Thu Jan 3
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Hartson and Kitson?
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Far Cough
6:16 Thu Jan 3
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Oh, 10 years
Carry on
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Alex G
6:38 Thu Jan 3
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... And we signed Harston and Kitson in February anyway!
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Dr Matt
7:36 Thu Jan 3
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Rufus Brevett, Dean Ashton, Demba Ba and Bobby Zamora.
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claret59
7:44 Thu Jan 3
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lucas neil - played a big part in the great escape.
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moorethanjustananon
8:03 Thu Jan 3
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Ricardo Vaz Te
He was pretty handy, in the championship at least.
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Hammers1993
8:19 Thu Jan 3
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1000000000% Vaz Te.
Cost 500k, return was the biggest prize in football (purely in money terms as I'm pretty sure if you win the Play Off Final in terms of revenue you get a windfall which is double that of the Champions League).
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pdbis
9:07 Thu Jan 3
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Best signing this season is Declan Rice.
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southbankbornnbred
9:20 Thu Jan 3
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Rufus Brevett was an excellent January signing for us. His acquisition, combined with bringing Glen Johnson back from loan, almost saved us from relegation that year.
Before that, our two full-backs were a creaky-kneed Nigel Winterburn at the age of 723, and Tom 'Stare of a Killer/Touch of A Rapist' Repka.
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eastend joker
10:32 Thu Jan 3
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Les Ferdinand was a good signing
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Stubbo
10:55 Thu Jan 3
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Seem to recall Ilan scoring some important goals in his loan spell.
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dolph
1:19 Fri Jan 4
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Absolute shout for Vaz Te. Dread to think what state we’d be in now without his goals back then.
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cholo
1:31 Fri Jan 4
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Vaz Te plays in China after never being able to hold down a job, he had the physique and wasn't short of talent, must just have an utter shitcunt of an attitude?
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Westham67
1:33 Fri Jan 4
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Hartson and Kitson kept us up 96/97
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Westham67
1:39 Fri Jan 4
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We had 14 points a Christmas finished 14th on 42 points
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dolph
1:52 Fri Jan 4
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Cholo
Now, as much as I love the guy, I’m not necessarily sure it’s an attitude issue.
His level was the championship.
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Alfs
2:13 Fri Jan 4
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Hartson and Kitson get my vote too. Transformed what would have been a dreadful season.
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New Jersey
4:23 Fri Jan 4
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Agree with Hartson and Kitson, we would have been relegated without them two. Pissed off when Harry sold Hartson to Wimbledon!
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