December 17, 200817 yr comment_39732 Since we're getting into "speculation season", has anyone got a player or players who you thought "WTF are they bringing in this guy for?" and been pleasantly surprised once they got in? Report
December 17, 200817 yr comment_39741 I'd agree with those both of those shouts. I would have included Deek Young on that list before, but as his time with us is progressing i'm less and less impressed with him. Report
December 17, 200817 yr comment_39742 It's taken a while but Lee Mair. Was going to say him but can't for personal reasons Report
December 17, 200817 yr Author comment_39743 you of the "Derek Young is the new Ben McDonald's Thornley" crowd, manc_don? Report
December 17, 200817 yr comment_39748 you of the "Derek Young is the new Ben McDonald's Thornley" crowd, manc_don? I thought he started off so well (well not as bad as I feared) as well! Report
December 17, 200817 yr comment_39750 Mixu Paatelainen. Wasn't too impressed when he signed, but he turned out to be alright for us. Was going to say him but can't for personal reasons Is he nailing your missus? Report
December 17, 200817 yr comment_39753 Mixu Paatelainen. Wasn't too impressed when he signed, but he turned out to be alright for us. Whata fucking signin'! Report
December 17, 200817 yr comment_39764 Mixu Paatelainen. Wasn't too impressed when he signed, but he turned out to be alright for us. Is he nailing your missus? Hahah nah a guy at work's partner is his cousin. Like to wind him up about that from time to time. Report
December 17, 200817 yr comment_39766 Since we're getting into "speculation season", has anyone got a player or players who you thought "WTF are they bringing in this guy for?" and been pleasantly surprised once they got in? Sone Aluko. Knew nothing about him when JC first brought him in, and thought it'd be another youngster who'd not quite be good enough to make the step-up. Report
December 17, 200817 yr comment_39774 Mixu Paatelainen. Wasn't too impressed when he signed, but he turned out to be alright for us. I was actually pleased we signed Mixu, he always seemed to score against us when he played for Dundee United, or so it seemed to me anyway. Report
December 18, 200817 yr comment_39856 Andy Dow. When I saw him lined up on the EE back page along with Derek Whyte and Craig Hignett I thought, why the fuck are we buying this guy who struggles to cut it at Hibs? Two years later and he was our player of the year by a country mile! Report
December 18, 200817 yr comment_39858 Andy Dow. When I saw him lined up on the EE back page along with Derek Whyte and Craig Hignett I thought, why the fuck are we buying this guy who struggles to cut it at Hibs? Two years later and he was our player of the year by a country mile! It was just for a season though! after that he went back to being garbage. Report
December 18, 200817 yr comment_39863 Thats cos he signed a new contract. He "did a Doddsy" or "did a Winters" or "did a Sheerin" whereby he had a blinder of a season when his contract was up for renewal. Then, when he signed his new contract, he sat back and did fuckall. But for that one season, he was immense! Hey, he scored our first goal of the season that year ... a strike against Rangers like a quarter into the new season! Report
December 18, 200817 yr comment_39865 Thats cos he signed a new contract. He "did a Doddsy" or "did a Winters" or "did a Sheerin" whereby he had a blinder of a season when his contract was up for renewal. Then, when he signed his new contract, he sat back and did fuckall. But for that one season, he was immense! Hey, he scored our first goal of the season that year ... a strike against Rangers like a quarter into the new season! Dundee United. It was a free kick. Report
December 18, 200817 yr comment_39872 We're both wrong. Gillies in the league cup against Livi! I'm sure there was something significant about Dow's goal against Rangers in the cup though. Was it our first from open play or something? Report
December 18, 200817 yr comment_39873 Thats cos he signed a new contract. He "did a Doddsy" or "did a Winters" or "did a Sheerin" whereby he had a blinder of a season when his contract was up for renewal. Then, when he signed his new contract, he sat back and did fuckall. But for that one season, he was immense! Hey, he scored our first goal of the season that year ... a strike against Rangers like a quarter into the new season! That was my first season as a season ticket holder, and oddly enough, that was my first game of that season. I always knew I was good luck Report
December 18, 200817 yr comment_39875 We're both wrong. Gillies in the league cup against Livi! I'm sure there was something significant about Dow's goal against Rangers in the cup though. Was it our first from open play or something? Yeah I think so, also it was like 119th minute Ah i didn't realise we had played a cup game before the United game...i stand corrected. Report
December 18, 200817 yr comment_39940 Yeah I think so, also it was like 119th minute Ah i didn't realise we had played a cup game before the United game...i stand corrected. Orthodontic shoes. Report
December 18, 200817 yr comment_39948 Orthodontic? Orthopaedic surely? or is that just orthopedantics ? Thankyou. I stand corrected. Report
December 18, 200817 yr comment_39963 We're both wrong. Gillies in the league cup against Livi! I'm sure there was something significant about Dow's goal against Rangers in the cup though. Was it our first from open play or something? it was only our second shot on goal the whole game? The first had come about 5seconds before from Gillies which Myhre parried to what appeared to be a relatively safe area and dow managed to get ot the rebound before the covering defender Report
Since we're getting into "speculation season", has anyone got a player or players who you thought "WTF are they bringing in this guy for?" and been pleasantly surprised once they got in?