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Who is our worst signing?

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Who is our worst signing?

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I’ve got Kieran Dyer.

Who you got?
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Far Cough UKunt" wrote: 29 Oct 2025, 09:57 Didn't Hales have an on field punch-up with Flanagan when both were at Charlton? Yeah Derek Hales was a hard bastard.
Yes mate. 
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Didn't Hales have an on field punch-up with Flanagan when both were at Charlton? Yeah Derek Hales was a hard bastard.
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Billy Blagg" wrote: 29 Oct 2025, 09:46 God, I remember doing a Blagg column on this back in the days when WHO was the Ironworks - yea, it's been that long smartarse - my winner was Derek Hales. His only claim to fame was his astonishing ability with facial hair. I once saw him turn out at v Coventry at Highfield Road clean-shaven before the match. By the time 90 minutes came around, he had a full beard. 
Derek was a top bloke and teacher at my old school. He scored 10 goals in 24 games for West Ham in one season,  he'd be our best player these days. 
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God, I remember doing a Blagg column on this back in the days when WHO was the Ironworks - yea, it's been that long smartarse - my winner was Derek Hales. His only claim to fame was his astonishing ability with facial hair. I once saw him turn out at v Coventry at Highfield Road clean-shaven before the match. By the time 90 minutes came around, he had a full beard. 
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goose wrote: 29 Oct 2025, 09:30 Savio was nowhere near £10m. From memory we only ever paid a couple of million for him.
Granted he was shit but the fee was all smoke & mirrors.
Even if this is correct he would still be up there for me even for a couple of mil!    He looked like that bloke from Soton who convinced Souness he was a pro. 
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Paulo Futre.
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Savio was nowhere near £10m. From memory we only ever paid a couple of million for him.
Granted he was shit but the fee was all smoke & mirrors.
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Not the worst but another disaster currently on the books is Cornet.
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Rob Jones 
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I’m not sure how to think about Savio in this context. Yes he was shit but I don’t think buying him was a ‘mistake’ per se at all in that our DOF or whatever his title was, that Italian bloke Nani did it on purpose knowing he was shit, to funnel money to his father in law or something at Ascoli? 
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Danny Ings.........but it could be anyone of the ones mentioned. A shocking and frightening thread!
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clown world

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Zaza famously took a shot at the goal that went out for a throw in.
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For me its Savio, £10m was a decent wedge at the time and he was as bad if not worse than Roberto 

Kilman and Haller are also up there for wastes of money.  Felipe Anderson also deserves a mention 

Wilshere has to be in the discussion also

there were quite a few when we moved to the LS that could have their own chapter, Nordveit, Tore, Calleri, Zaza 
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Benni McCarthy called Karren Brady" the devil with a set of tits". This comment was a retort after Brady had heavily criticized him in her newspaper column for his performance at the club. The public argument continued with each of them trading insults, with Brady famously responding to his sexist jibe by saying, "At least I'm supposed to have tits".

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My god, I'm getting flashbacks reading through this thread. Watched far too many of the absolute bilge mentioned on here. The price tags on many of them bordered on criminal.
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goose wrote: 28 Oct 2025, 22:15 Todibo is giving Kilman a run for his money.
That's just not true. Todibo doesn't run.
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F 129 Row66" wrote: 29 Oct 2025, 03:04 Because of how much he cost, Max Kilman is the most disastrous signing we have ever made.
Roberto the goalkeeper.
The black teenager we paid a fortune for. Can't remember hs name
Savio?
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Freddie Ljungberg was finished when signed on massive wages and a waste of space.
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Because of how much he cost, Max Kilman is the most disastrous signing we have ever made.
Roberto the goalkeeper.
The black teenager we paid a fortune for. Can't remember hs name
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Fucking hell weve had some candidates.  Glad someone mentioned benni Mccarthy.  If the fat cսnt could t be arsed to get motivated to play in the world cup
in his own country he was hardly gonna bother doing it for us was he

Robbie Keane was dogshit too and cost us points missing sitters

titi fuckign camara 
Boogers

Nigel quashie

Calvin phillips was one of the worst players l've ever seen in my life

Roberto was worse than allen mcknight and that hermanson doesn't look much better.  But hes stuck behind an abysmal defence.

90%.of our current squad are beyond shit. Especily that cսnt kilman

Fuck me its fun being a west ham fan
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Davor Suker?

All that talent and we got none of it. 
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Boogers.
Kelly.
Mido.(Then again. All striker’s bought under the current regime could be put in here.)
DEADLY DON. The Return. 
Dicks 2nd time around.

Let’s face it. We are a hot bed for.”Has Beens.” And “Never Will Be’s”!
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Todibo 
He is shit and doesn't want to be at the club, the same  with 
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Todibo is giving Kilman a run for his money.
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