Players who make/made no impression.

David Turnbull. Ok, i believe he scored a goal, although i can't recall it happening. He's been known to have a bit of composure on the odd set piece, and i know that he's had his problems with injuries. But, i can't think of one stand out moment from him, not even something really poor, and nothing decisive. I can honestly say that until he actually makes any form of valuable contribution, then it's almost impossible for me to have any kind of opinion on him as a footballer. I don't want to make this thread about Turnbull though, he's just an example of what i'm after really (as the heading suggests) i'll throw in another one-Stuart o Keefe. We seemingly had out fair share of 'No Impression' players under Slade. Any more? i would have thought so...

Alex Revell

This past season was full of them.
Mannsverk for me being a partial case in point.

The three Norwegians Ole signed - well, two of them anyway.

I reserved judgement on mannsverk for quite a while, same with Alves, i just couldn't get a grip on either player, something wasn't right with either of them in my opinion, although i didn't really commit, even after someone on here proclaimed them both as Premier league players in the making or something like that. Mannsverk was slow and mechanical and a bit predictable. He had one pace in every aspect of his game and thinking, when what we probably needed was some intensity and urgency in the middle (easy for me to say in hindsight though) Alves has attributes, he's young, very raw, but he reminded me of a wind up toy where the mechanics only allowed it to do circles. remember those two young lads from Everton under slade? sure there were two of them? wide players, contributed bugger all without really looking like poor players. Maybe there was only one...... :hehe:

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

The three Norwegians Ole signed - well, two of them anyway.

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Great shout Bob, that's a clincher. Remember Daehli? He was like some kind of novelty act.

Eoin Doyle.... Why?

I'm not sure if Mannsverk came here as a 4,8 or 10, and I don't think he or the manager knew either. If his position was more defined we might have gotten more out of him, but the constant chopping and changing by Riza failed to get the best out of him in any position.

Alves a very odd one, clearly incredibly skilled on the ball but no end product, kind of player who beats players just to beat them then has no idea what to do with it. Didn't look to me like he has a future in the game at the highest level, although must be incredibly difficult as a young loan player to come into a chaotic situation like City under Riza who had had no cutting edge all season and make an impact to be fair.

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

Eoin Doyle.... Why?

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Surprisingly his goalscoring record for us wasn't too shabby.

Mannsverk is one of the slowest players I've seen and when combined with Chambers in the centre of the pitch made us unbelieveable bad at closing down the opposition.

Alves was a show pony with no end product but at least he has youth on his side so there's plenty of time for him to improve.

Macheda, lex imers and to Adamle fondre
Spedger

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Originally Posted by PontBlue

Surprisingly his goalscoring record for us wasn't too shabby.

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Then I stand corrected, although that was under Slade and I may have been sleeping 😴

Le Fondre is a great shout. Scored for fun in the Championship for years, then totally unremarkable for us and moved on quickly.

Tom Ademeyi sprang to mind. Paid a fair bit for him, sent out on loan for two seasons of his contract, retired at 27. Perhaps injuries were the issue.

Edit: Though if he sprang to mind he must have made some impression.

Sheyi Ojo (oh no!)

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

The three Norwegians Ole signed - well, two of them anyway.

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the two that MFF signed that went on to play in Europe ??

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Originally Posted by LA Bluebird

Le Fondre is a great shout. Scored for fun in the Championship for years, then totally unremarkable for us and moved on quickly.

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He was with us for 2 or 3 years,but if I remember correctly Russell Slade preferred Kenwynne Jones up front and Le Fondre's appearances were mainly out wide.

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Originally Posted by PontBlue

Surprisingly his goalscoring record for us wasn't too shabby.

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Surprised at this but a search for eoin doyle cardiff confirms. Also brought up this story. https://www.offtheball.com/soccer/sa...ntract-1316133

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Originally Posted by The Bloop

He was with us for 2 or 3 years,but if I remember correctly Russell Slade preferred Kenwynne Jones up front and Le Fondre's appearances were mainly out wide.

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Only played one season for us, spent the other two under contract out on loan in the Championship. Strange transfer all around, but towards the end of the era where we bought players for fun.

Richard Langley.

Miguel Comminges, also seem to remember an Irish goal machine Jason Byrne, scored the winner at Wolves, never seen again.

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Originally Posted by LA Bluebird

Le Fondre is a great shout. Scored for fun in the Championship for years, then totally unremarkable for us and moved on quickly.

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Ole played him on the right.
No wonder City is a graveyard for strikers who come with a good scoring record

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Originally Posted by Captain_Sensible

Surprised at this but a search for eoin doyle cardiff confirms. Also brought up this story. https://www.offtheball.com/soccer/sa...ntract-1316133

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That story illustrates how amateurish the club are.

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That story illustrates how amateurish the club are.

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Wasn’t the David Hughes £400,000 signing a slip of the pen? Allegedly. Extra 0 was the rumour at the time.

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Originally Posted by RichardM

Alex Revell

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https://youtu.be/Dtk8oMYQ8tc?si=6awtupp-gMUNrWcK

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

I reserved judgement on mannsverk for quite a while, same with Alves, i just couldn't get a grip on either player, something wasn't right with either of them in my opinion, although i didn't really commit, even after someone on here proclaimed them both as Premier league players in the making or something like that. Mannsverk was slow and mechanical and a bit predictable. He had one pace in every aspect of his game and thinking, when what we probably needed was some intensity and urgency in the middle (easy for me to say in hindsight though) Alves has attributes, he's young, very raw, but he reminded me of a wind up toy where the mechanics only allowed it to do circles. remember those two young lads from Everton under slade? sure there were two of them? wide players, contributed bugger all without really looking like poor players. Maybe there was only one...... :hehe:

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You are spot on Dennis. He has done nothing and hasn’t helped himself by continually passing sideways and backwards and not tackling anyone. Really strange.

Lots of other names on this post have done something of note, but simply not often enough (Revell, Daehli, Alves, Ojo) but Turnbull? Absolutely nothing. Just a waste of a squad place. And yet lots of people still think that he is a really good player. Weird.

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Richard Langley.

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Good one. Turnbull 1.0

Wilfried Zaha
Juan Cala
Kagisho Dikgacoi
Ravel Morrison

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Wasn’t the David Hughes £400,000 signing a slip of the pen? Allegedly. Extra 0 was the rumour at the time.

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That's a shout Splotty, What the **** was all that about? Remember that ginger scottish fullback around the same time? He was a nothing player as well. Can't remember his name, from one of the Dundee clubs i think.

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Wilfried Zaha
Juan Cala
Kagisho Dikgacoi
Ravel Morrison

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Dikgacoi :hehe: i remember holding out some hope with him. Sadly, he was fat, slow and not interested. Who was that player who went on to become a Priest? That's what this club can do to ex players....

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Dikgacoi :hehe: i remember holding out some hope with him. Sadly, he was fat, slow and not interested. Who was that player who went on to become a Priest? That's what this club can do to ex players....

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Phil Mulryne

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

That's a shout Splotty, What the **** was all that about? Remember that ginger scottish fullback around the same time? He was a nothing player as well. Can't remember his name, from one of the Dundee clubs i think.

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Scott McCulloch?

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

Dikgacoi :hehe: i remember holding out some hope with him. Sadly, he was fat, slow and not interested. Who was that player who went on to become a Priest? That's what this club can do to ex players....

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Not a player but the club chaplain, Fr Joe Jordan outed for using his hands in an even more disgusting way than his Scottish centre forward namesake.

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Scott McCulloch?

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:hehe: That's the one. Now you're on form, who was that midfielder from York city who actually scored a few goals for us on loan, signed permanantly and was ****ing shit? And that Finnish midfielder who did...... Nothing.... Must have been around 2006-7

Marouane Chamakh
Gary Madine

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

:hehe: That's the one. Now you're on form, who was that midfielder from York city who actually scored a few goals for us on loan, signed permanantly and was ****ing shit? And that Finnish midfielder who did...... Nothing.... Must have been around 2006-7

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Lee Bullock

Toni Koskela (manager of HJK at one point, future CCFC boss no doubt)

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

:hehe: That's the one. Now you're on form, who was that midfielder from York city who actually scored a few goals for us on loan, signed permanantly and was ****ing shit? And that Finnish midfielder who did...... Nothing.... Must have been around 2006-7

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Lee Bullock 2004/5
Toni Koskela 2005/6

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Marouane Chamakh
Gary Madine

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Madine got 2 big assists that season. He obviously wasn't even decent but we did get promoted so I am prepared to give that signing some leeway

Omar Bogle