I remember when we signed Charlie Nicholas - what a boost it gave the club, the fans, the players, the dressing room etc and had a definite impact on attendances. I think I am right in saying Hans Gilhaus had an impact on attendances too.

 

What would it cost to get a player of that ability and reputation today? Nicholas was 400k nearly 20 years ago! Gow and Riordan are not in the same class as these guys yet I feel we won't even stretch to try to get them. I think fans are dying for a boost - anyone think of a player less than a million who would actually inspire the fans to be excited about next year?

I thought Nicholas was an excellent player. Loads of vision and linked up brilliantly. I don't think he influenced every game he played in mind but he certainly had a touch of class.

 

He was a good player in his day. I just think he had already had it by the time he came to us.

 

I was busy getting into music, girls and booze at the time, but I do remember being thoroughly frustrated by his performances in a Dons jersey. I'm sure he had the odd good game/parts of games, but I really felt that he was just strolling about much of the time 'being Charlie Nicholas'. How he ended up back at Celtic is beyond me.

 

He did score 30 goals in 78 appearances for us which isn't too shabby compared to our current lot of strikers right enough...