Tony Warner
Totori
Toto
Ricardo Clarke
Jiang Chen
Jiang Chen I can't even remember so won't argue with, but apart from that I'm outraged by your suggestions -
Ricardo Clarke - Never lost a game
Tony Warner - Marshalled the back four like you wouldn't believe
Totori - Was great for the lolz. Consistently
Toto - Brought the rains down in Aaaafricaaaa
I remember Warner down in Dunedin. Someone in the crowd yelled at out at Berisha "That's gotta be the worst fucking haircut I've ever seen" And Warner heard it and cracked up laughing - along with everyone else.
Enlighten me as to how an injury replacement is a pointless signing? Don't they take up a spot on the roster...that's their job (ie. Not pointless)
You think an injury replacements job is to take up a spot on the roster?
Enlighten me as to how an injury replacement is a pointless signing? Don't they take up a spot on the roster...that's their job (ie. Not pointless)
Well for Clarke it seemed pretty pointless flying him all the way from Panama to train for a couple of months. I think that was even more pointless in that he was injury replacement for a foreign player so even if he'd done well we couldn't sign him!
Lucas Pantelis?
Signed for two years, Injured constantly, played never. That was pretty pointless wasn't it?
It's not like he was injured when we signed him. He featured as a starting player in the few pre season games he managed until he became injured.
"Yellow Fever are fantastic – I have to say that"
Jimmy Downey: A rushed Ricki signing
Benjamin Totori: As above based on one game
Niko Tsattalios: As above
Cameron Lindsay: As above
Royce Brownlie: As above
Notable mentions:
Jiang Chen
Cleberson
Lucas Pantelis
George
Oscar Roberto Cornejo
Reece Crowther
Ricardo Clarke
Ahmad Elrich
Downey has to go in there for the 2 year contract alone. Crazy stuff...
Normo's coming home
My top 5 most Pointless signings. Most useless would be completely different!
1. Roberto Cornejo - Ricki snapped him up to fill the roster and used an import spot to do so.
2. Jiang Chen - Loan deal from some shite Chinese team. Had a bowl cut.
3. Jimmy Downey - Was supposed to be the answer to the right back troubles. Couldn't even get near the bench.
4. Cameron Lindsay - Given a 3 year deal and billed as the next big thing by Ricki. What was wrong with a one year deal Ricki?
5. Benji Totori - Scores against the All Whites so Ricki signs him up! Procedes to run the ball out of play under minimal pressure.
I didn't mind signings like Lindsay and Tsattalios who were brought in to fill up the youth numbers with the hope of developing them. But wasn't Lindsay given an extension? Surely you would have known after a complete season it wasn't going to go anywhere.
Also wasn't there a rumor floating around with George that they were not entirely convinced he was actually the player they thought they had signed?
Tricky to distinguish between signings that were pointless at the time of signing, and signings that in retrospect were pointless. Eg (at the risk of stepping outside my scope of knowledge) at the time we signed Pantelis we were screaming out for an attacking option to give us a bit of an edge, and I recall most of the reaction on here to his signing was fairly positive. In retrospect, given the amount of time he spent on the sideline........yeah........pointless.
Lulz quote from Wiki regarding Jiang Chen:
"On August 5, 2009 he joined A-League side Wellington Phoenix on a season-long loan deal after trialling with the team.[1] On October 17, 2009 he made his debut for the Phoenix as a late substitute against North Queensland Fury.[2][3] On 29 December 2009, he was released early from his loan contract with the Phoenix. He was taken back by his Chinese team after Ricki Herbert did not hold up his end of the deal and get Jiang Chen fit and give him game time."
Lulz quote from Wiki regarding Jiang Chen:
"On August 5, 2009 he joined A-League side Wellington Phoenix on a season-long loan deal after trialling with the team.[1] On October 17, 2009 he made his debut for the Phoenix as a late substitute against North Queensland Fury.[2][3] On 29 December 2009, he was released early from his loan contract with the Phoenix. He was taken back by his Chinese team after Ricki Herbert did not hold up his end of the deal and get Jiang Chen fit and give him game time."
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Where's the citation on that?!
"Yellow Fever are fantastic – I have to say that"
Royce Brownlie - I have always felt that if that shot in the very first game against Melb Vic had gone in rather than hit the post Royce would have been a different player going forward. He certainly would be a hero for the Nix