Who is our worst signing?

[Nutsin]

I’ve got Kieran Dyer.

Who you got?

[goose]

Todibo is giving Kilman a run for his money.

[Eerie Decent]

Roberto is the worst ever player to step on the field for this football club. But the context there is he was a free transfer, and brought in as a back up keeper, even though he was literally throwing the ball into our net. It's incredible just how bad he was.

But the worst signing, pound for pound, given the situation at the time, is Benni McCarthy.

Said it recently on another thread, but he had played against us that season, and he was the size of a fucking whale in that game and couldn't move. We were bang in relegation trouble, we were lacking a striker, lacking pace, and Victor Moses was available from Palace for £2.5mil and had been playing up front. It was the only cash we had, and we signed that finished fat cսnt with our last bit of cash when we were genuinely skint. He waddled through a few games, never scored, he literally couldn't run, which we knew BEFORE he signed. At least most of the players being mentioned on this thread tried, even if they were shit. He didn't try a leg.

Kilman is getting close, even though he was only part of a big spending spree unlike the cսnt above, but given he was £40mil, and in my eyes is the biggest weakness in a team that is going to get relegated, he is firmly in the conversation.

The Kalvin Phillips thing was bizarre. £7mil he cost us, even though it was only on loan. Had previously been very good for England, signed for big money from Man City, and he looked like he'd been plucked out of the women's 4th division to play in the Prem. I reckon he was probably the one player where the difference between what was expected and what we got was the most stark.

 

[honky cat]

Pellegrini and husillos definitely unearthed some treasures

Carlos sanchez 

Obvs we are complaining now about kilman and todibo, but the big disasters and financial losses started with pellegrini and we still havent recovered. The Rice money and the european run probably kept the club from collapsing. 

I think someone who isnt me should do a few sums and stats to properly crown the "worst ever signing" 

[El Scorchio]

Dyer no chance. We just got crazy unlucky with injuries with him.

Cost and perceived importance to the team vs performance has to be key here and how badly they fuck the club rather than just the shittest players we have ever signed on talent alone seen as several of them would have been peanuts and not made a dent. 

Kilman has to be a really good shout and possibly the worst of the worst
Felipe Anderson was god awful
Scamacca and Haller not because they were shit per se but cost vs ROI
JWP
Alvarez
Vlasic
Hermansen could be well up there when all is said and done
Todibo

I've probably forgotten a few. An alarming amount from the last decade, but i suppose prices have never been higher and we have had to put up with 'talent spotter' Sullivan ruling the roost. None of those were without his tacit approval or flat out him acting alone.

[MaryMillingtonsGhost]

Didn’t he break his leg before we signed him?

Not as far as I can remember, although may be wrong.
I do seem to recall him also suffering a broken foot, not too long after the broken leg.

[Nutsin]

Kieron Dyer is nowhere near to being the worst.


 

 

Agreed. Suffered a horrific leg break against Bristol City and never fully recovered.
Hardly his fault.
For me, probably the fucking spastic Roberto. Totally derailed what might have been a promising season by having the athletic prowess of Elsie Tanner.

Didn’t he break his leg before we signed him?

[Far Cough UKunt]

I always thought Mavropanos was bad, but he's Paolo Maldini compared to the clown twosome of Todibo and Kilman.

[Tomshardware]

Robbie Keane hahaha its endless!

 

 

 

 

Robbie Keane who at least scored a couple of goals in 9 appearances. We've had far far worse.

[scott_d]

Sam Allardyce

Thats when I whew this regime didn't care a fuck about our history.

Player wise Sandy Clarke is up there, David Kelly to replace McAvennie was pretty bad as was MacKnight to replace Parkes. Of this era Zaza must be up there surely.

I agree, as far as a manager goes Allardyce is the worst.
Hated that prick! 

 

 

Yep - especially when one of the first things he said was a dig at the Academy of Football saying that no-one knows what it is.  From then on you knew it was going to be dreadful.

[MaryMillingtonsGhost]

Kieron Dyer is nowhere near to being the worst.

 

 

 

Agreed. Suffered a horrific leg break against Bristol City and never fully recovered.
Hardly his fault.
For me, probably the fucking spastic Roberto. Totally derailed what might have been a promising season by having the athletic prowess of Elsie Tanner.

[Mr Anon]

Evra has to be up there too, I think we lost by 4 goals every game he started. Didn't have a club when we signed him, couldn't get a club when we ditched him.

Let's be honest though, it's Roberto 

[Sydney_Iron]

Remember Sullivan doing one of his specials on January deadline day and signing Henri Camara from Wigan on loan for the rest of the season.

We couldn't wait to get rid and he couldn't wait to leave

[Vexed]

We've got four candidates in the current squad. The aforementioned pathetic centre back duo. The shit fucking disaster midget goalkeeper and the ugly fucking donkey German that purports to be a striker. Around 120m spent on those four CUNTS. 

[Mr Anon]

Zaza, Ljungberg, Roberto...

[Mr Anon]

Sam Allardyce

Thats when I whew this regime didn't care a fuck about our history.

Player wise Sandy Clarke is up there, David Kelly to replace McAvennie was pretty bad as was MacKnight to replace Parkes. Of this era Zaza must be up there surely.

I agree, as far as a manager goes Allardyce is the worst.
Hated that prick! 

We've had 3 worse ones this year already 

[honky cat]

Gary Breen doesn't come near the worst, i'd have him back tomorrow.
​​​​​He does a lot of premier league commentary/punditry over here in Ireland and he's always spot on about west ham and very funny as well.

[Sydney_Iron]

Where do you start! Even as free agents they were shit and on big wages, Jack Wilshire comes to mind though as does Serhiy, Rebrov. 

So many over the years you could write a book, Gary Breen of course is another standout

[theaxeman]

Robbie Keane hahaha its endless!

[Fauxstralian]

Titi Camara … 50yo ‘striker’
Benny McCarthy … couldn’t even bother giving up the pies to play in a once in a lifetime home World Cup in S Africa
After he left his shorts were used as a pitch cover

[Takashi Miike]

Wilshere has to be up there. Quashie too. It would be a very long list

[Nutsin]

Sam Allardyce

Thats when I whew this regime didn't care a fuck about our history.

Player wise Sandy Clarke is up there, David Kelly to replace McAvennie was pretty bad as was MacKnight to replace Parkes. Of this era Zaza must be up there surely.

I agree, as far as a manager goes Allardyce is the worst.
Hated that prick! 

[theaxeman]

Sam Allardyce

Thats when I whew this regime didn't care a fuck about our history.

Player wise Sandy Clarke is up there, David Kelly to replace McAvennie was pretty bad as was MacKnight to replace Parkes. Of this era Zaza must be up there surely.

[Gary Strodders shank]

Kilman financially (a sleeping giant)
Is there a pulse ?

Other notable mentions 

Charles (pissed)

Jones (crocked )

And any other deal involving Harry the Spiv after the Rio deal.

 

[goose]

As Cough said, it’s nowhere near Dyer.

You could make a case for both Todibo & Kilman.
Or our new keeper with t-Rex arms.

[honky cat]

Kalvin Phillips