who was the POOREST signing of the burke era?

[Blue Valkyrie]

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

Yes, and I suspect Burke's moneyball spreadsheet didn't feature an entry for Spanish Dave either.

Also, Tex was surely signed because of Sami's Liverpool connection.

 

[Surrey_Albion]

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

not true.......this is how holyoaks is written

 

[Gazwag]

bigger than the breadth of the entire known universe.

And seamlessly back to discussing Kemy

 

[biddles911]

not true.......this is how holyoaks is written

You're surely not suggesting that Hollyoaks was written by anything as intelligent as a monkey?!


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[The Albion Roar]

+ Ali al Habsi
A most pointless, baffling signing

Hardly. We were out of keepers at that point.

 

[The Albion Roar]

Ryan Harley?

Nope. Signed four months before Burke's arrival.

Yes, and I suspect Burke's moneyball spreadsheet didn't feature an entry for Spanish Dave either.

Spanish Dave signed over nine months after Burke's arrival.

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

Also, Tex was surely signed because of Sami's Liverpool connection.

'Surely signed...'? 'Suspect...'?

This is my point - arbitrarily picking a manager over Burke for a given signing. At the end of the day, he was the administrator who closed the deal. Did he find the given players personally? Who cares - he was the head of the team who did the searches.

 

[Drebin]

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

Bit harsh on Aaron Hughes. He wasn't spectacular but he was solid enough as a reserve for dunk and Greer. The rest though.....

 

[Dirk Lehmann's Python]

Hardly. We were out of keepers at that point.

So signed someone for a month who was ineligible against his parent club and on international duty for a fortnight. A total **** up

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[Machiavelli]

Yes, I think so. GREAT signing.

Suspect Nathan had a lot more to do with that than Burke.

 

[Easy 10]

Hardly. We were out of keepers at that point.

Ankergren and Walton couldn't have filled in ? What are they here for then.

And as mentioned, he wasn't even frickin' AVAILABLE for most of his loan spell anyway. Said it at the time. Mental signing.

 

[The Albion Roar]

So signed someone for a month who was ineligible against his parent club and on international duty for a fortnight. A total **** up

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He was allowed to go on international duty because he wasn't required any more.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Ankergren and Walton couldn't have filled in ? What are they here for then.

And as mentioned, he wasn't even frickin' AVAILABLE for most of his loan spell anyway. Said it at the time. Mental signing.

Ankergren was ill.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Kemi Hypia

 

[Easy 10]

Ankergren was ill.

ill shmill. He could've sat it out on the bench whilst Walton did his thing. He'd already had a decent game at Spurs.

 

[Pevenseagull]

ill shmill. He could've sat it out on the bench whilst Walton did his thing. He'd already had a decent game at Spurs.

Will Packham

 

[Easy 10]

Will Packham

Walton played at Spurs, but yes, Packham could've deputised for him as well. Whatever way you slice it, bringing in Al Habsi was weird.

 

[RM-Taylor]

Walton played at Spurs, but yes, Packham could've deputised for him as well. Whatever way you slice it, bringing in Al Habsi was weird.

Am I missing the irony here :whoosh:

A player that left the club in 2003

 

[Pevenseagull]

Walton played at Spurs, but yes, Packham could've deputised for him as well. Whatever way you slice it, bringing in Al Habsi was weird.

I am adrift

 

[Pevenseagull]

Am I missing the irony here :whoosh:

A player that left the club in 2003

Graeme Smith ............ BURKE OUT

 

[Easy 10]

Its late. I've been pubbing

end of it all, we had cover. Bringing in another keeper was unnecessary, especially one who couldn't play more than that game at the muff. That must have been desperately deflating for Walton at the time.