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biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:52 pm

who are the biggest footballing flops ? i.e clubs spend millions on them and their awful and managers like steve mcaren at england :lol:

Re: biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:55 pm

Shevchenko at chelsea
Torres at chelsea

Re: biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:57 pm

Carroll.

Jo for Man City.

Santa Cruz.

Alberto Aquilani.

SWP.

The Ukraine striker who joined Chelsea for 30 million could be a flop.

Downing.

Re: biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:01 pm

Modric - Real Madrid :o

Re: biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:04 pm

Afonso Alves for Boro :lol:

Bebe was under 10 million but I thnk Hernandez was 6 million... so look whos better.

Re: biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:06 pm

Ukraine striker who joned chelsea? If your talking about taison he's brazilian and he rejected chelsea to join the ukraine champions.

Re: biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:09 pm

Woodgate to real madrid! Think he only played one game for them and managed to score an own goal and get sent off in that game. I'm sure he was injured when they bought him aswell :lol:

Re: biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:11 pm

mr'mogreenz wrote:Woodgate to real madrid! Think he only played one game for them and managed to score an own goal and get sent off in that game. I'm sure he was injured when they bought him aswell :lol:

:lol: things could of gone better there then :lol:

Re: biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:12 pm

Ali Dia anyone remember him?

Re: biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:15 pm

typenamehere wrote:Ukraine striker who joned chelsea? If your talking about taison he's brazilian and he rejected chelsea to join the ukraine champions.



i think he means shevchenko

Re: biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:15 pm

haha Ali daei or whoever its spelt. good shout that

Re: biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:17 pm

Pontypool_Bluebird wrote:haha Ali daei or whoever its spelt. good shout that


surely must be the biggest flop ever

Re: biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:18 pm

paulh_85 wrote:
typenamehere wrote:Ukraine striker who joned chelsea? If your talking about taison he's brazilian and he rejected chelsea to join the ukraine champions.



i think he means shevchenko


I thought that at first but i saw the 'could be a flop'

Re: biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:21 pm

for anyone not watching footy in the 90's here he is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyI-OfT7zYM

Re: biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 1:33 pm

typenamehere wrote:
paulh_85 wrote:
typenamehere wrote:Ukraine striker who joned chelsea? If your talking about taison he's brazilian and he rejected chelsea to join the ukraine champions.



i think he means shevchenko


I thought that at first but i saw the 'could be a flop'


Thats him Paul.

Re: biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 4:04 pm

Francis Jeffers - Everton to Arsenal £10m in 2002

Re: biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 5:27 pm

trueblue1927 wrote:Francis Jeffers - Everton to Arsenal £10m in 2002

:lol:

Re: biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 6:06 pm

Eric Djemba-Djemba, Fergie must have had a bottle of plonk too many when signing him. :lol: :lol:

Re: biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 6:17 pm

Wouldn't say Torres, he didn't want the £50m tag and hardly anyone thought he was valued at that. He's done alright in the circumstances at Chelsea and been decent this season, although not scoring much :ayatollah:

Re: biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 6:31 pm

Eiten...

Re: biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 6:55 pm

Torres
Carroll
Henderson

Re: biggest footballing flops

Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:23 pm

Mynachdy_Bluebird wrote:Torres
Carroll
Henderson


Considering Henderson has jumped ship on loan or anything I would consider him a flop.. He has a big price tag but hes young and I can see him improving in a season or two.

Re: biggest footballing flops

Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:07 am

Robbie fowler to Cardiff

Re: biggest footballing flops

Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:29 am

Andy van der meyde - Everton

Re: biggest footballing flops

Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:03 am

any managers ? :lol:

Re: biggest footballing flops

Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:05 am

Veron 28m to man utd, torres @ chelsea

Cant remember the story but who was the player who pretended to be a professional footballer related to george weah or something and im sure southampton played him in their first team for a game... He couldnt even kick the ball! Anyone remember this and know the story??

Re: biggest footballing flops

Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:15 am

NBACF wrote:Veron 28m to man utd, torres @ chelsea

Cant remember the story but who was the player who pretended to be a professional footballer related to george weah or something and im sure southampton played him in their first team for a game... He couldnt even kick the ball! Anyone remember this and know the story??

dont know the george weah story but remember the italian kid who pretended he was a huge star and got sent on loan to bangor :lol:

Re: biggest footballing flops

Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:17 pm

Diego Folan - Man Utd
Chris Sutton - Chelsea (£10m per goal!)

Re: biggest footballing flops

Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:20 pm

samdm94 wrote:
NBACF wrote:Veron 28m to man utd, torres @ chelsea

Cant remember the story but who was the player who pretended to be a professional footballer related to george weah or something and im sure southampton played him in their first team for a game... He couldnt even kick the ball! Anyone remember this and know the story??

dont know the george weah story but remember the italian kid who pretended he was a huge star and got sent on loan to bangor :lol:

that was Ali Dia, he rang graeme souness when he was at southampton and pretended to be George Weah and said his cousin was amazing, his name is Ali Dia. Souness fell for it, flew him over and without seeing him train made him come on as a sub, he was then subbed himself 10mins later.

Re: biggest footballing flops

Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:23 pm

Torres the biggest flop of all time. :laughing5:

Dwarfs the money Chelsea wasted on Winstone Bogardes contract.