IIIronss wrote:b*llocks was it Quashie, im shocked that hes been voted for so much, he was £1.75m, thats half of Davenports price and 1/4 Parkers, who has played very litttle, and when he has played, hasnt looked great, like Dyer has.
Quashie bought fight and determination to the team and thats worth the money on its own, if the players had shown that in the first place we wouldnt have been in the mess.
People hate Quashie so much they decide he is a bigger waste of money then a £6m Faubert who we may not see play this year and most have decided he is class without ever watching him play.
He bought wayward passing, ***** control and the pace of a broken down bus...the best thing that happened was he got injured and Noble got his chance.
Faubert may turn out to be cracker although all i saw was at Dagenham and thats hardly the best place to work out. (Although this doesn't stop some from making out he's Pele)
I was torn between Ljungberg and Boa Morte (aka rigor mortis in my family) ...
Ljungberg does appear to be a giant waste of space but I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, at least 'til he's been fit for a while, hopefully he'll turn out able to still do a job for us (pref one of a professional footballer)...
Similar reasoning discounts Parker for me, i'm till holding out hopes that he'll come good once fit.
But Boa is one of my least favourite hammers ever, his attitude when he arrived wound me up sooo much, seems to be completely disinterested the majority of the time and even if he has set up a few goals since I think he's a right Lawro so he gets my vote.
Quashie is a crap player but he was only a fraction of the cost and his arrival and the competition for places it created could be said to have got the midfield massive of last yr playing... hope not to see him again tho!
It's just bloody annoying that there are so many to choose from, not a nice way to think of where our money is being squandered...
I've just noticed a lot of you have voted for Parker or Ljungberg.
Bit harsh don't you think? They have been injured and this early on in their West Ham careerso it's going over the top to call them a 'waste of money'. Both might turn out to be excellent signings for us.
For example Upson was injured last season. He's come this season and is starting to show why Curbs brought him.
See Ljungberg has been out with strains and stuff like that so I can sort of understand people voting for him as they are not impact injuries but Parker has been out with a knee problem and that is a impact injury and one you can't really help.
For the money we payed out for him and for the amount of times he's played for us it's really got to be Davenport. I'm not saying he was a bad signing by the way because at the time we needed defenders and fast.
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Davenport is the obvious choice and i voted for him.
Others like Ljunberg, Parker and Dyer were all in the running for my vote but took into consideration there may be a chance they will get fit plus they are good players.
Sometimes it depends on how you judge a "bad" signing. If its being judged on how they play when "FIT" then Davenport/Quashie are pretty even. If its how they've performed since they've been at the club fit or not and how much we paid for them then its Parker/Ljunberg IMHO.
Ljungberg - The wages he's on and his legs are gone. At least Parker has still got some good years ahead of him, Ljungberg is just past it from the games I've seen and as some of my more knowledgable Gooner mates said as soon as we signed him.
westham,eggyandchips wrote:Sometimes it depends on how you judge a "bad" signing. If its being judged on how they play when "FIT" then Davenport/Quashie are pretty even. If its how they've performed since they've been at the club fit or not and how much we paid for them then its Parker/Ljunberg IMHO.
Harveys_HammersLH wrote:I've just noticed a lot of you have voted for Parker or Ljungberg.
Bit harsh don't you think? They have been injured and this early on in their West Ham careerso it's going over the top to call them a 'waste of money'. Both might turn out to be excellent signings for us.
For example Upson was injured last season. He's come this season and is starting to show why Curbs brought him.
See Ljungberg has been out with strains and stuff like that so I can sort of understand people voting for him as they are not impact injuries but Parker has been out with a knee problem and that is a impact injury and one you can't really help.
For the money we payed out for him and for the amount of times he's played for us it's really got to be Davenport. I'm not saying he was a bad signing by the way because at the time we needed defenders and fast.
The question was " who's his worst signing ?? "
I based my answer ( Parker ) on the fact that he has cost an obscene amount of money for 90 mins against Plymouth & 35 mins against Arsenal...
Financially he would probably be our worst signing, Ljungberg cost 3m or more less, than he cost...
He/They might go on on to have great careers but as it stands, on the day the question has been asked, they're gonna be prime candidates to have the most votes due ot the monmey they've cost & what we've seen in return..
That's probably why the votes are as they are & are completely justified IMVHO...
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rare as rockinghorse shat wrote:Again I ask... didn't I read somewhere 'reputable' that Ljungberg only cost us an initial £500k?
How do we know, you ****ing read it !!! :lol:
First i've heard of it Mate, if so that means Parker should be waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy in front of Ljungberg then cos he certainly didn't cost an " initial " 500k..
Bobby Orangeboom wrote:
How do we know, you ****ing read it !!! :lol:
First i've heard of it Mate, if so that means Parker should be waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy in front of Ljungberg then cos he certainly didn't cost an " initial " 500k..
You know the endless list of ITK posts, I thought I saw a reputable ITK poster say that he cost an initial 500k.
Just wondering if I am the only one who remembers reading it? :lol: