Summed up like that, good grief, we didn’t half waste a lot of money after each promotion
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Looking back through the archives, in 2006/07 we signed:
Chopra, Whittingham, Roger Johnson, Steve McPhail and Kevin McNaughton (amongst others)
Have we ever had a window that can compete with that for players who have had a long term impact at the club?. For a total of less that we'd just sold Cameron Jerome for.
Compare that with our Premier league signings:
13/14
Medel, Caulker, Cornelius, Daehli, Odemwingie, KTC, Eikrem, Brayford, Cala, Simon Moore, Kenwyne Jones, Fabio, Jo Inge Berget
£40 odd million.
18/19
Sala :(, Murphy, Decordova Reid, Cunningham, Smithies, Bacuna
another £40 odd million
Only really Smithies has been worth it i'd say.
Summed up like that, good grief, we didn’t half waste a lot of money after each promotion
07/08 we signed
Fowler
Hasslebaink
Sinclair
Kasper schmichael on loan
And Rambo signed a professional contract
Imagine they were all in their prime..
those 06/07 transfers though, absolutely transformed us as a club
98-99
Delaney, Carpenter, Ford, Williams, Mitchell, Bonner, Brazier (loan), Hill, Legg, Bowen + a few more. Outlay 85k and 50k of that was on Dai Thomas! (35k on Carpenter).
2001-02: Alexander, Kavanagh, Thorne, Prior
2011-12: Conway, Cowie, Gunnarsson, Mason, Turner. Much of the side that won the Championship.
I'd also add preparations for the 2017-18 promotion season, when we signed Hoilett and Bamba who were out of contract during the previous season and added Etheridge, Mendez-Laing and Paterson for not much money.
I know we talk about Dave Jones's teams having a soft underbelly, that side did as well. On form we were the best in the division for the two seasons we were there. Off form we were terrible. Kavanagh will be a bit of a club legend for that goal against Leeds but he used to cop a lot of flack at the time.
Im not convinced 2001/2002 was that great.
No way was Thorne a 1.7m player. Prior was hardly great. We overspent and ultimately failed.
The money we splashed about we should have done far better.
I dont disagree. It was our fault. This period was the start of our reckless spending.
I often wonder what happened if wed lost that play off. Would Sam had gone sooner? Admin or a buyer who knows.
The amounts we splashed out we shouldnt the following season scraped into the play off positions.
The business we did wasn't that great in my opinion.
I may be wrong but i think Brighton signed Zamora for less than we paid for Thorne.
14/15 was an interesting one - still had a decent amount of premier league money
Signed:
Manga, Morrison who contributed plenty over the years
Pilkington, Peltier and Malone who were pretty good
Players like Javi Guerra, Guido Burgstaller, Adam le Fondre, who should have been really top players at that level, just the manager didn't seem to have a clue about what he was trying to do.
Delaney was a great investment and a real cut above everyone else, can't remember fee but it was in the 000s of thousands to Villa.
Carpenter was solid at that level.
Danny Hill was a bit of a luxury player, Matt Brazier was okay, as was Graham Mitchell. Mike Ford was in his twilight years coming back.
Dai Thomas burned brightly but quickly!
Legg, Bowen and Bonner were great signings.