Alex Moss 2,165 Posted October 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, TeemuVanBasten said: I was quite excited when Dutch internationals Leroy Fer and Ricky Van Wolfswinkel both rocked up in summer 2013. Soon just missed the fat tyre fitter from Carlisle. Out of likes, but agree Teemu 👍. It was hard not to get excited about us signing those two. Thought we were going to the next level there. RvW probably would’ve fitted into the Teemu role under Farke perfectly to be fair to him. Not really suitable for a Chris Hughton side. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TeemuVanBasten 3,327 Posted October 5, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Alex Moss said: Out of likes, but agree Teemu 👍. It was hard not to get excited about us signing those two. Thought we were going to the next level there. RvW probably would’ve fitted into the Teemu role under Farke perfectly to be fair to him. Not really suitable for a Chris Hughton side. Not sure really, he wasn't very mobile - or at least didn't move much, and Teemu actually has decent upper body strength and can hold off a defender now and again with his back to goal. I just think RVW was a player who belonged in the 90's when people would play 4-4-2 with a big lump and a poacher. Fer showed some moments of absolute brilliance, and a few games where he just ran things, problem is he was just too lazy. That problem seems to affect quite a few Dutch players doesn't it... two burgers Wildschut, Andy Van De Meyde who just became a huge coke head in Liverpool. Royston Drenthe who had the world at his feet as Real Madrid's left back and just blew it, Winston Bogarde at Chelsea who earnt millions and millions as a piece of deadwood. Edited October 5, 2020 by TeemuVanBasten Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex Moss 2,165 Posted October 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, Terminally Yellow said: Too much time. I’m far too relaxed tonight so if you’re really desperate for an argument, why not crack open a 16 pack of scrumpy and head on over to Facebook (if you’ve got enough time on your hands that is) 👍 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,777 Posted October 5, 2020 19 minutes ago, hogesar said: Last ready made players I was excited about was Leroy Fer and RVW. Same. In our most recent two Premier League seasons, we haven't really signed a big name player worth going over the top about. Possibly Naismith is the closest, but he wasn't enough to get properly excited over. Massive let downs, the three of them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Vadis 150 Posted October 5, 2020 12 minutes ago, TeemuVanBasten said: You two not get excited by the Leroy Fer signing a few months later then? I remember being more excited by that than RVW, he had more caps and had almost signed for Everton for £25m the summer prior! Yes, I mean that whole summer I thought was the sign of us becoming 'established' but I genuinely thought RvW would take us to lofty heights (Europe etc.) and just got too carried away with it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
East Rider 548 Posted October 5, 2020 Angus Gunn (albeit on loan) signing for us was pleasing. But for excitement especially in the build up the latest for me was probably RVW. Luciano Becchio was another 🤷♂️ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zema abbey football genius 34 Posted October 5, 2020 Probably Dean Ashton - I really thought he would keep us up that season. More recently I was excited about Redmond. Always exciting to watch...still hasn’t lived up to his potential IMO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonyc 5,492 Posted October 5, 2020 (edited) Definitely Earnie. Signed at 11.35pm in a motorway layby I seem to recall? I thought he would take us up as he was a real goalscorer. Which he was .....but then someone paid his release fee a year later. Secondly, the gallic flair of Marc Libbra. Except for one moment of magic, he faded rather. And who can forget Strihavka?!! Otherwise known as Dave. Edited October 5, 2020 by sonyc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zema abbey football genius 34 Posted October 5, 2020 14 minutes ago, sonyc said: Definitely Earnie. Signed at 11.35pm in a motorway layby I seem to recall? I thought he would take us up as he was a real goalscorer. Which he was .....but then someone paid his release fee a year later. Secondly, the gallic flair of Marc Libbra. Except for one moment of magic, he faded rather. And who can forget Strihavka?!! Otherwise known as Dave. F**king Strihavka - Didn’t Roeder bin him off 6 months into his contract...on account of him being utter s**te? 😹 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
......and Smith must score. 1,335 Posted October 5, 2020 Must confess RVW seemed exciting as fans of clubs bigger than ours thought we'd pulled off a great signing. Going back in time it was MacDougall and Peters. Huckerby and Dean Ashton more recently ( who I'm sure would've kept us up had we had the gumption to sign him pre-season ) Nathan Redmond is probably the only one other than RVW since 2010 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Well b back 3,190 Posted October 5, 2020 Harry Kane ( worst player to ever pull on a Norwich shirt ). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hogesar 9,618 Posted October 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said: Same. In our most recent two Premier League seasons, we haven't really signed a big name player worth going over the top about. Possibly Naismith is the closest, but he wasn't enough to get properly excited over. Massive let downs, the three of them. To be fair yeah, Naismith felt like a prem signing and his performance against Liverpool had me excited. He just didn't give us much time to be excited because he was pretty poor pretty quick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paddycanary 538 Posted October 5, 2020 Andrew Brownrigg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlands Yellow 3,936 Posted October 5, 2020 Huckerby right up there and Peters decades before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faded Jaded Semi Plastic SOB 1,017 Posted October 5, 2020 5 hours ago, Uncle Fred said: Norwich don’t tend to do exciting signings cheap and average tend to be the norm You must be very young, or have a short memory, loads of good signings down the seasons I have watch us............ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
