14t1c5 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I'm going to a question & answer thing in a few weeks with Joe Royle in the chair. Saw him in the pub last week and mentioned to him that I could recall not all his signings were world beaters. It might have been covered elsewhere but who do people think were Joe's worst signings, prior to the glory days, i.e. not Ian Olney !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy55555 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Joe McBride, Derrick Parker, Martin Buchan, Ian Ormondroyd, Peter Skipper, John Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobxal Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Derrick parker. Remember Mick McCarthy smashing his jaw with an elbow. Terrible challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 (edited) Joe McBride, Derrick Parker, Martin Buchan, Ian Ormondroyd, Peter Skipper, John Kelly Having seen them play for the Laics I would say all put in some decent performances, albiet only occasionally. Edited October 16, 2012 by BP1960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Olney wasn't a bad signing, just unlucky with injuries. Scored 13 goals in 46 games in the top division and cost less than £1m. Also scored 3 in 10 for England Under-21s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisbrogan Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Joe McBride, Derrick Parker, Martin Buchan, Ian Ormondroyd, Peter Skipper, John Kelly I quite liked John Kelly. We needed a bit of steel and experience at the time in midfield and thought he added that. I would have included the Keeleys to the list. Glenn (until we threw him upfront for giggles) and John who I was expecting big things from for (I think) £240k. I remember us chasing George Reilly for weeks before the deal fell through who meaning that we went for Frankie Bunn instead. I think that was one of Joe's 'Sliding Doors' moments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Olney wasn't a bad signing, just unlucky with injuries. Scored 13 goals in 46 games in the top division and cost less than £1m. Also scored 3 in 10 for England Under-21s. I'd agree with this- Olney did OK at the top flight level. It wasn't Joe's fault he did his cruciates. IIRC Sharp and Ritchie both had a long spell out of the side injured during Olney's time here. If Olney hadn't kept banging them in we might have gotten relegated earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stargazer Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I didn't think Kelly , McBride , Parker & co were bad purchases. However bringing John Ryan back ..........yeuck. Martin Buchan should have called it a day before he came to our place , so far best his best. Glen Keeley scoring against Leeds in the cup as an emergency centre forward ,that brings back memories.....no Ian Marshall was he ? To be fair to any of them , they were playing a much higher standard of football , a division up from now. I thought it was some purchases when we had money that were not so good .... Kane , McDonald , Olney , Currie etc In the days of no brass , we got Ward , Quinn , Irwin, Linighan , Bunn , Ritchie , Wright , Marshall ,Barratt , Warhurst......not too shabby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 (edited) Yeah, I've just been looking at the stats. Considering he was playing in a much weaker team, Olney managed a better goals-per-game ratio than Chapman, Bright, Saunders, Dowie, Sheron and Walters (also in the top scorers list that season). And he was only a whisper less prolific than Hughes, Le Tissier and Deane. Sorry, that was supposed to be a reply to rudemedic. Edited October 16, 2012 by Crusoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lags Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I didn't think Kelly , McBride , Parker & co were bad purchases. However bringing John Ryan back ..........yeuck. Martin Buchan should have called it a day before he came to our place , so far best his best. Glen Keeley scoring against Leeds in the cup as an emergency centre forward ,that brings back memories.....no Ian Marshall was he ? To be fair to any of them , they were playing a much higher standard of football , a division up from now. I thought it was some purchases when we had money that were not so good .... Kane , McDonald , Olney , Currie etc In the days of no brass , we got Ward , Quinn , Irwin, Linighan , Bunn , Ritchie , Wright , Marshall ,Barratt , Warhurst......not too shabby Absolute bang on the nail with that. When Royle had buttons to spend he managed to get uncut gems in with players that had lost their way and together they blossomed into the best swash buckling side many had seen. With money we replaced the departed gems with players that ultimately came up short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyt84 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Olney was a very good player but injured far too much. Neil McDonald was the worst signing I can remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Absolute bang on the nail with that. When Royle had buttons to spend he managed to get uncut gems in with players that had lost their way and together they blossomed into the best swash buckling side many had seen. With money we replaced the departed gems with players that ultimately came up short. He had the same problem at other clubs too- his spending on the cheap at Citeh was good, when he had money he didn't spend it well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbs1trg Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Mike Fillery - pretty sure we paid a fee and got about three games out of him before shipping him on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lags Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Mike Fillery - pretty sure we paid a fee and got about three games out of him before shipping him on Was it not 10 minutes or so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Injured away at Hull if I remember, smoked 40 fags a days , even on team bus... great ability ( at least for 10 minutes ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsPete Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Was it not 10 minutes or so Always played well against us then as you say, crocked within the first bit of the match at Hull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lags Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Yeah I was made up when we signed him ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemboy Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 McDonald was the biggest waste of money.At least Olney scored some great goals for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy55555 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Tore Pedersen? £500k down the drain as I recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I thought we got the money back through some convoluted manner with Pedersen? (Although I can't remember who told me that or why I believed it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Tore Pedersen? £500k down the drain as I recall. Again he got injured you can't be blaming the manager every time one of his more expensive buys gets injured. He was a decent player too, Pedersen, I think he got a few international caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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