Tetteys Jig 830 Posted May 17, 2013 Well as we all seek to find the real value behind these daft rumours, i thought i''d look at our buys last year: Let me know if you saw any rumours before the deals I didn''tTransfers:Garrido - out of the blueBassong - out of the blueB Johnson - heard whisperings a bit beforeSnodgrass - rumours and stories floating about for a good year before he joinedVaughan - out of the blueButterfield - heard a couple of things before he joinedRVW - big rumours in January dismissed them as i didn''t think we would attract himBunn - out of the blueWhittaker - out of the blueTurner - out of the blueMorison - rumours flying around beforeHowson - rumours went around briefly before he signedR Bennett - out of the blue (a few people suggested we should go for him including me)E Bennett - out of the blueTettey - out of the blueBecchio - out of the bluePilkington - out of the blueRumoured players who never happened:AbdelloueCMSHooper - (clearly we went for him though)Michu - (massive shame!)Forstercan anyone think of any more? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill 1,788 Posted May 17, 2013 Unfortunately it will not stop the witless posting up drivel they have read in the sun or sky football (neither of whom had anything about Garrido signing a new contract)There was a post on here somewhile back where some chap owned up to posting loads of false stories about transfers, but just as with those who believe in spiritualists and mediums there will always be the window lickers amongst us as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thirsty Lizard 3,085 Posted May 17, 2013 Don''t think Elliot Bennett was out of the blue Jimmy.Didn''t we go for him in the transfer window before we actually signed him? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redders Right Foot 22 Posted May 17, 2013 that toure bloke from the french league Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
holtamania 0 Posted May 17, 2013 Just as an aside, we tried to get E Benno the transfer window before he joined, so it wasn''t out of the blue. Don''t disagree with the rest, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz06 0 Posted May 17, 2013 Yeah we went for E Bennett the January before we signed him which eventually lead to him handing in a transfer request. We also went for Morison that January but our offer was rejected. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bethnal Yellow and Green 1,557 Posted May 17, 2013 Depends how long you mean in advance of the transfers - there were rumblings in Norway about Tettey 2 or 3 days before he signed (he was choosing between Norwich and a Turkish team) but it certainly wasn''t an on running story like Snodgrass. Norwich have been very good at keeping transfers away from the media, stuff very rarely breaks more than an day before being announced, mostly it''s only a couple of hours beforehand. Shopping overseas will test this secrecy policy more, the RvW story was leaked before the club wanted it out there - not many clubs announce their largest ever signing at 11pm on a Friday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bethnal Yellow and Green 1,557 Posted May 17, 2013 And for transfers that never happened the Pink''Un ran a story that Norwich were going to sign Per Ciljan Skjelbred in January, which obviously never happened. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tetteys Jig 830 Posted May 17, 2013 Yes, i remember the E Bennett bid now.I enjoyed the 11pm Friday announcement of RvW. I was in the middle of a night out!I remember the olden days of teletext. The day we got Hucks and Crouch was great! I went to the Burnley game (their first) and enjoyed them two starting but then saw some fairly short black lad on the wing and thought "who the hell is he?"We''d got that Kevin Harper chap in on the sly too! That sort of stuff doesn''t happen any more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
birchfest 397 Posted May 17, 2013 There was quite abit of build up in the run up to signing Pilkington, as I remember there was about 2 weeks of us knowing we were in for him before it was sorted.. I remember going on Terriers fan boards to see what they made of it and if it would happen.I too liked the RVW announcment, though I wonder if it wasnt for Lisbon having to declare to their shareholders all transactions, would maybe the club would have waited till the end of the season to announce it so as to not distrupt the player as a favour to Lisbon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites