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El Ghazi Failed
Willock Failed
Daland Failed
Chambers Failed
Kanga Worst signing ever
Simic Failed
Roberston Jury out
Fish Jury out
Salech Success
One successful transfer out of all that lot. There's no arguing that last season transfers were a disaster and we cant afford to have that level of failure again.
Looks at the moment like the strategy to avoid bad signings is not to sign anyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bald Barry Bastad
Riza's fault though, they'll look a lot better ths year if BBM knows anything at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bald Barry Bastad
Well yes, they're playing against worse playersQuote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
Hard to disagree. Also hard to be too critical of the idea behind signing El Ghazi, Chambers and Willock, I think most of us were pleased at the time. Very disappointing though, particularly El GhaziQuote:
Originally Posted by Bald Barry Bastad
Id argue that some of the failures were due to the ability of the manager(s) to get the best out of those players.
That's not really the point though. Yes, most of us were probably happy with the transfers but we're just fans. The transfer committee are supposed to do their homework. If they'd done their homework they would have never signed these guys.Quote:
Originally Posted by delmbox
By that logic every transfer made by every club should be a success, football doesn't work like thatQuote:
Originally Posted by Bald Barry Bastad
Transfer committees are meant to research players before purchasing. To identify players they should and shouldn't be signing. So the point I'm making is based on last year's transfers our transfer committee are useless.Quote:
Originally Posted by delmbox
:hehe: ok well I can hardly argue that they had any great success, Salech apartQuote:
Originally Posted by Bald Barry Bastad
Here's my assessmentQuote:
Originally Posted by Bald Barry Bastad
El Ghazi - was a gamble signing that did not pay off. You can see why they were tempted as he was a good player but we didn't see any evidence of that. In a few early games there were maybe hints that he could be decent once he got match fit, but it never seemed to happen.
Willock - again you can understand the signing - proven at this level previously, but was strangely passive for most of the season - a little more involved in the last couple of games but too little too late.
Daland - seemed quite highly rated in Belgium, but kept making errors for us. It could be that he didn't adapt to the more physical English league, or it could be that he just hasn't settled in Cardiff. Both things were mentioned by Goutas in his recent interview - he found the difference in physicality a big shock, howevre was able to quickly adapt to the physicality, and was a very good player at this level initially - however, when Siopis left he felt a bit lost and that definitely was apparent in his performances as they took a big nose dive. I remember when we signed Kim Bo Kyung, they didn't play him for a long time as they wanted him to be properly settled in first - a kid in theit early 20s, in a foreign country, away from family and friends isn't always going to mean you see the best of that person.
Daland may have more about him than we've seen so far, the optimist in me would like to think so, but we didn't see it last season.
Chambers - another centre back that kept making errors - i suppose none of them were helped by the constant changing of centre back pairings, and our porous midfield ahead of them. Was better in midfield. BBM apparently likes a midfielder to sit infront of the centre backs as a screen - that could be the ideal role for Chambers.
Kanga - am scratching my head for anything positive to say about the guy - i suppose its that he was only a loan signing and not a permanent one. Just didn't perform at all. There was one early game (can't remember which) when he was shouting at Robertson to close down an opposition player - Robertson did exactly that and won the ball a couple of times in quick succession that gave us a bit of momentum - and that kind of on pitch calling each other out was something we didn't see enough of last season - but that's it, I can't think of a single other thing to say. Must be one of our worst signings in a long time.
Simic - Must be wondering what he's done to deserve this move - went on loan to Kortrijk where the manager didn't seem to want him, then got injured immediately. By the time he was fit he had a couple of games in the U21s where he showed he can finish well at least. Gone from scoring in the champions league against Benfica to the U21s of a relegated championship team.
Robertson - a mixed season - some promising games and some anonymous ones. i think this was a decent signing for the money, and there should be more to come from him. Still only 22.
Fish - another one who was highly rated, had to wait for his chance but by the end of the season he was probably the best of a bad bunch. I think this will prove to be a good signing.
Salech - great signing, hit the ground running and even when he wasn't scoring he looked a threat and a real handful innl the air.
we have seen strikers have a very good 6 months in the championship before and then fizzle out into nothing players, but I feel that Salech will back it up with more of the same.
He'll be some manager if he can teach Daland how to defend and Willock to gain 3 yards of pace and tryQuote:
Originally Posted by North Cardiff Blue
Watch Dan James' goal for Leeds at Elland Road to make it 3-0. Daland is in the perfect position, and then just stops and James has a tap in. The bloke doesn't have a clue where he's supposed to be. He's not just getting brushed off the ball, he switches off, he takes way too long to do anything and doesn't get tight enough. I cannot see him just turning it round at 25. He's not a young lad and he got hooked 3 times in 8 games, and that's not including his incredible clanger at Stoke where he got injured. Who can remember a centre back playing that badly that gets hooked once, let alone 3 times in 8 games?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
El Ghazi was not convinced from day one. Why would a player who was not yet 30 and was an effective Premier League performer not long ago sign for us, unless his standards had slipped quite substantially in the interim? Kudos for the moral stand he took at Mainz and I guess that had something to do with his decline, but the club would have surely let us know if we had beaten off a lot of good sided to get El Ghazi, but it sounded like hardly anyone else was in for him - a risky signing which turned out to be a very poor one.
Willock. The narrative from QPR was that he was not the player he had been two or three years earlier and he went on to prove that last season - one of a few players who I feel showed little or no sign that our relegation hurt them. A bad signing who I won’t be disappointed to see leaving us - he has the talent to be almost unplayable at this level, but I expect to see him struggle for a starting place if he stays.
Daland, got worse as the season went on. Needs to toughen up mentally and physically- still think he can succeed here, but, for now, he has to be judged as a really poor buy considering how much we paid for him.
Chambers, was really struggling at centreback for the first half of the season, but was a big influence from defensive midfielder in an improvement through the New Year and January before gradually becoming less influential in his new position. Ended the season with a daft red card and has to be viewed as another very poor buy when you consider how much were supposed to be paying him.
Kanga - the worst of a bad bunch.
Simic, utterly mad signing. It seems as though we bought him because it was reported Sunderland were after him and so we figured he couldn’t be bad. Showed some ability as a finisher for the under 21s, but did little else when given a few games for them after his disastrous loan at Kortrijk.
Robertson, wasn’t the player everyone hoped he would be and rather slipped away when the pressure came on in March and April, but worth persevering with and by the standards of our recruitment in 24/25, not a bad signing.
Fish, the mystery was why he was completely ignored in the first half of the season as he looked one of our better defenders when given a chance. That’s not to say he was outstanding for us or anything like that, but he was more reliable than most.
Salech, not the finished article by any means, but if the rest of our signings had made half the impact he did, we’d probably still be in the Championship - undoubtedly the best of our signings in the past year, but he’s not enough to avoid a 3 out of 10 marking for our recruitment department during that time.
3 out of 10? That's very generous. Our recruitment department performance was woeful.
And Deboys was on the panel that helped pick our manager :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bald Barry Bastad
Kanga Worst signing ever - gone 0/10
El Ghazi woeful - gone 2/10
Willock a poor Josh Murphy - can go 3/10
Daland there’s a footballer in the somewhere - bench 4/10
Chambers hot & cold - I think he could be the captain this season 5/10
Simic - who knows but I think he should stay and be given a chance ??
Robertson more hot than cold - starter 6/10
Fish overrated - needs a proven centre half alongside him 5/10
Salech - whilst he’s scoring he needs to start every game 7/10
The craziest thing for me is that Tan allegedly won't appoint another DOF because Moody lost him money with his poor signings, yet he seems to tolerate all the poor signings the club has made since then.
This 💯. Bizarre.Quote:
Originally Posted by Undercoverinwurzelland