who was the POOREST signing of the burke era?

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

If you give enough monkeys enough typewriters one day you will get a work of Shakespeare

That's actually more unlikely than you might realise. Essentially you need to take all the letters in the play (X letter), noting that a space or a ' is a letter (meaning 28 alphabetical possibilities) and the probability of generating the play by random chance is one in 28 to the power of X. I may be wrong, but I think that this may be a number that is in fact bigger than the breadth of the entire known universe.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Burke was the poorest signing of the Burke era. Numpty with a database.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Burke was the poorest signing of the Burke era. Numpty with a database.

Got it in one.

 

[Merdalfthewizard]

Hyppia?

 

[Icy Gull]

We actually signed Stephens and sold Bridcutt on the same DAY (January 30 2014).

Interesting, who would have said, without tongue in cheek, on that day "What a fabulous bit of business?" which it very clearly was, in retrospect.

Hopefully we can pull off a similar bit of business when Stephens leaves in the summer

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

That's actually more unlikely than you might realise. Essentially you need to take all the letters in the play (X letter), noting that a space or a ' is a letter (meaning 28 alphabetical possibilities) and the probability of generating the play by random chance is one in 28 to the power of X. I may be wrong, but I think that this may be a number that is in fact bigger than the breadth of the entire known universe.

Looks like we need more monkeys and typewriters

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Looks like we need more monkeys and typewriters

I really don't think you're taking this seriously . . . . .

 

[Black Rod]

Harley was a Gus special. One of the players - along with Paynter - he tried to sign around 100 times before we finally did get him. Those six month pursuits turned out to be really worth it didn't they you JEC

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

I really don't think you're taking this seriously . . . . .

I have heard those words way too many times - from teachers in my younger years and in latter years, the wife

 

[Albion Dan]

Harley was a Gus special. One of the players - along with Paynter - he tried to sign around 100 times before we finally did get him. Those six month pursuits turned out to be really worth it didn't they you JEC

Tried to get Paynter and let Murray go for free....

 

[Taybha]

Billy Paynter actually said Oh Darn It after one of his trademark slice shots ended up in row S of the southwest corner , for this outrageous outburst he has to be up there .

 

[The Albion Roar]

To the same level that Burke is being blamed for the rubbish players he acquired (loan or permanent), one is assuming he gets the same level of credit for the good ones acquired during his time here. They include...

Kuzczak
Orlandi
Spanish Dave
Ulloa
Bridge
Ward
Upson
Bruno
Stephens
Teixera
Stockdale

But blimey did we acquire some rubbish during that time.

He also set the specifications in place for the training centre at Lancing.

 

[Worthingite]

Do Spanish Clunge and David Rodriguez not get honorable mentions?!

 

[kevo]

You have all forgotten OBIKA

(Ok, only a loan - but even so..)

 

[WhingForPresident]

The definitive list of crap/didn't work out/pointless David Burke signings:

Nzuzi Toko
Adam Chicksen
Kemy Agustien
Stephen Dobbie
Gary Gardner
Billy Paynter
Leroy Lita
Vitalijs Maksimenko
David Rodriguez
Adrian Colunga
Jon Obika
Aaron Hughes
Chris O'Grady
Leon Best
Paddy McCourt
Danny Holla
Jeffrey Monakana

 

[studio150]

To the same level that Burke is being blamed for the rubbish players he acquired (loan or permanent), one is assuming he gets the same level of credit for the good ones acquired during his time here. They include...

Kuzczak
Orlandi
Spanish Dave
Ulloa
Bridge
Ward
Upson
Bruno
Stephens
Teixera
Stockdale

But blimey did we acquire some rubbish during that time.

He also set the specifications in place for the training centre at Lancing.

The definitive list of crap/didn't work out/pointless David Burke signings:

Nzuzi Toko
Adam Chicksen
Kemy Agustien
Stephen Dobbie
Gary Gardner
Billy Paynter
Leroy Lita
Vitalijs Maksimenko
David Rodriguez
Adrian Colunga
Jon Obika
Aaron Hughes
Chris O'Grady
Leon Best
Paddy McCourt
Danny Holla
Jeffrey Monakana

I wonder what the score would have been in a game against these 2 sides. Would the poorer signings have been able to keep the loss under 10?

 

[Easy 10]

The definitive list of crap/didn't work out/pointless David Burke signings:

Nzuzi Toko
Adam Chicksen
Kemy Agustien
Stephen Dobbie
Gary Gardner
Billy Paynter
Leroy Lita
Vitalijs Maksimenko
David Rodriguez
Adrian Colunga
Jon Obika
Aaron Hughes
Chris O'Grady
Leon Best
Paddy McCourt
Danny Holla
Jeffrey Monakana

+ Ali al Habsi
A most pointless, baffling signing

 

[kevo]

The definitive list of crap/didn't work out/pointless David Burke signings:

Nzuzi Toko
Adam Chicksen
Kemy Agustien
Stephen Dobbie
Gary Gardner
Billy Paynter
Leroy Lita
Vitalijs Maksimenko
David Rodriguez
Adrian Colunga
Jon Obika
Aaron Hughes
Chris O'Grady
Leon Best
Paddy McCourt
Danny Holla
Jeffrey Monakana

Ryan Harley?

 

[Napier's Knee]

Baldock was a Burke signing too.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

 

[Thunder Bolt]

To the same level that Burke is being blamed for the rubbish players he acquired (loan or permanent), one is assuming he gets the same level of credit for the good ones acquired during his time here. They include...

Kuzczak
Orlandi
Spanish Dave
Ulloa
Bridge
Ward
Upson
Bruno
Stephens
Teixera
Stockdale

But blimey did we acquire some rubbish during that time.

He also set the specifications in place for the training centre at Lancing.

I would say some of those signings were down to Poyet rather than Burke. We were definitely tracking Ulloa before Burke arrived.