Historical Transfer Rumours

[alex_ncfc 662]

1 minute ago, sonyc said:

And we lost Martin O'Neill just as he was approaching his managerial peak (his record was not at all shabby either in the short time with us) ...and all for the lack of £320,000 if my memory has served me correctly.

I still think it was a bit sh*tty of O'Neill to walk out on us after giving him a chance at a higher level. I have always believed he'd have taken us back up that season, Windass or not, so I don't see why it was such a deal breaker for him. We were second in the league when he resigned.

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1 hour ago, GodlyOtsemobor said:

Craig mackail-Smith, went on for about 4 transfer windows didn't it? 

It was a done deal at least twice

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9 minutes ago, alex_ncfc said:

I still think it was a bit sh*tty of O'Neill to walk out on us after giving him a chance at a higher level. I have always believed he'd have taken us back up that season, Windass or not, so I don't see why it was such a deal breaker for him. We were second in the league when he resigned.

It was strange and disappointing yes. But it was the lack of backing to buy (a fairly reasonable sum I think at that time) that annoyed him. That has always been my impression - but he was clearly a very impatient bloke and believed enough in himself to walk. Leicester gained a lot.

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i guess mid nighties.. Dwight Yorke, Lee Clark, Danny Murphy

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The legend that is Fabio Q.

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William Carvalho from last summer will join the list in a few years.

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2 hours ago, overthebordercanary said:

William Carvalho from last summer will join the list in a few years.

Does William Carvalho actually exist though? seems to have been linked with every team in the country.

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3 hours ago, alex_ncfc said:

I still think it was a bit sh*tty of O'Neill to walk out on us after giving him a chance at a higher level. I have always believed he'd have taken us back up that season, Windass or not, so I don't see why it was such a deal breaker for him. We were second in the league when he resigned.

To be fair to O'Neill, he thought he could work with Chase, but he was wrong so he got out - after he knew where he was going!

I remember the Windass deal at £600K. 

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17 minutes ago, komakino said:

To be fair to O'Neill, he thought he could work with Chase, but he was wrong so he got out - after he knew where he was going!

I remember the Windass deal at £600K. 

I wonder if Martin would have enjoyed working with Smith and Jones. 

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41 minutes ago, Midlands Yellow said:

I wonder if Martin would have enjoyed working with Smith and Jones. 

O’Neill would have never tolerated such austerity and parochialism. 

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Alexis Claude-Maurice rumbled on for a while in 2019. He joined Nice in the end but hasn't really pulled up any trees.

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2 hours ago, Midlands Yellow said:

I wonder if Martin would have enjoyed working with Smith and Jones. 

I don’t see why not. Chase refusing to buy Windass was his way of telling O’Neill there was actually no money to spend, as other events not long afterwards confirmed. With Smith and Jones O’Neill would have been taking the job knowing what the financial constraints were.

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10 hours ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

Ajer. Oh Ajer. Wait that's not histoical.. does Koulibaly count?

You haven’t been around for long enough to comment on this 

Quagerilla, Rigters or Carl Cort for me

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Neil Doncaster's 2006 deadline day diary for anyone that's interested:

 

Edited July 1, 2022 by Captain Holt

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7 hours ago, Yobocop said:

You haven’t been around for long enough to comment on this 

Quagerilla, Rigters or Carl Cort for me

Maceo rigters did sign and play a few games though didn't he ?

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Wasn't there one for Alan Lee signing permanent aswell after his loan? I seem to remember it going on a while but nothing happened (although I could just be mis-remembering) 

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Luciano Becchio might well have been a rumour for all we saw of him. Hughton's forgotten man? "Luciano, Luciano where art thou Luciano?" cried the ladies.

A fan's favourite at Leeds where he scored for fun, he played just 13 league games for City spread over three seasons and even failed to emulate RVW's goalscoring feats whilst wearing the Yellow.

(Wouldn't mind the Leeds version now as a back-up striker.)

Edited July 1, 2022 by BroadstairsR

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1 hour ago, raunds canary said:

Maceo rigters did sign and play a few games though didn't he ?

He did play, but sure if it was a loan cut short by injury. Only played a few games, iirc.

 

Edit - according to wiki played 2 games on loan from blackburn

Edited July 1, 2022 by Greavsy

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5 hours ago, Greavsy said:

He did play, but sure if it was a loan cut short by injury. Only played a few games, iirc.

 

Edit - according to wiki played 2 games on loan from blackburn

Was around the same time that Steve Walsh and Tony cottee were in the building if I remember 

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On 30/06/2022 at 14:46, Nuff Said said:

I’d forgotten that one, we got Fry’d good and proper.

Didn't Dion Dublin ' break' the news we were signing him on a midweek football highlights show.