Who?

[PeterNdlovu081]

Is it just me who has never heard of any of the players we ever sign?

Not saying it's necessarily a bad thing but I'd like to know if it's just my own ignorance or a common thing.

Out of the current 20 or so players in the squad the only ones I knew when we signed them were Brayford, Basham and Sharp.

 

[Silent Blade]

Is it just me who has never heard of any of the players we ever sign?

Not saying it's necessarily a bad thing but I'd like to know if it's just my own ignorance or a common thing.

Out of the current 20 or so players in the squad the only ones I knew when we signed them were Brayford, Basham and Sharp.

I hadnt heard of Chris Hussey or James Wilson. Bassett signed a lot of players I hadnt heard of and we got two successive promotions

 

[Bert]

I hadnt heard of Chris Hussey or James Wilson. Bassett signed a lot of players I hadnt heard of and we got two successive promotions

Bert had never heard of that lad from Watford that John Harris signed in 1968 either.

 

[Lord Bos of Eckington.]

Is it just me who has never heard of any of the players we ever sign?

Not saying it's necessarily a bad thing but I'd like to know if it's just my own ignorance or a common thing.

Out of the current 20 or so players in the squad the only ones I knew when we signed them were Brayford, Basham and Sharp.

Could be saying the same buying a £38m Johnny Foreigner from Lyon or Leipzig . Still a risk , whoever they are .

At least our players can have the pleasure with there Wags of Champ- a Élysées Eccy Road

Brayford loves the coffee culture. May not know them , but at the end of next season everybody will.

 

[UnitedBlade]

Ronnie Pickering.

 

[robbiez666]

I'd heard of Paul Coutts and Dean Hammond....

 

[Latters]

Is it just me who has never heard of any of the players we ever sign?

Not saying it's necessarily a bad thing but I'd like to know if it's just my own ignorance or a common thing.

Out of the current 20 or so players in the squad the only ones I knew when we signed them were Brayford, Basham and Sharp.

I'd never heard of Basham or Brayford either. I had heard of Done, but only due to hearing his name on Radio Sheffield while he was at Barnsley.

 

[Deleted member 875]

Bert had never heard of that lad from Watford that John Harris signed in 1968 either.

On another thread I've asked what people would think if we signed a tall, pacy lad, with mediocre scoring record from a side at the bottom end of the league below us, and asked what people would think if i told them he would be the player to fire us to successive promotions.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Ronnie Pickering.

Who?

 

[UnitedBlade]

Who?

RONNIE PICKERING

 

[blade too long]

we were never going to go up after signing some no mark from div 4 Doncaster in 88 and a saxaphone playing makeweight from watford, who arrived unexpectedly as part of a deal

 

[TJB.]

A thorough knowledge of most football league players is reserved, in my opinion, for proper football boffins. Football Manager players, gamblers and just plain old nerdy bastards. No disrespect to any of these folk of course, because when we do sign lads a lot of people haven't heard of they're usually the first to give an opinion and a bit of insight to the rest of us mere mortals.

You're not on yer own, Nuddy. What's in a name, anyway? It's what they do for 90 minutes on a Saturday that counts. Nobody will care that we've signed a lad called Saddam bin Hitler if he bangs in a hat trick against Wednesday.

 

[Grappler]

I'd heard of Paul Coutts and Dean Hammond....

And I had heard of Johnny Ertl when we signed him...........

 

[blade too long]

Nobody will care that we've signed a lad called Saddam bin Hitler if he bangs in a hat trick against Wednesday.

isnt he on the bench for Germany tonight

 

[Deadly_D'Jaffo]

Looks like Wilder isn't snapping at the nibbles of interest he is getting from players agents. He is taking a diligent approach to see if A. They WANT to come to United and B. They want to achieve something out of the game. He should be applauded for that.

I hadn't heard of Hussey, O'Connell or Wilson but I am actually quite relieved as the only players I would recognise will be ex Prem/Championship, late 20's/early 30's and sinking to our level for a reason.

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

RONNIE PICKERING

Who's that?

 

[BigBed]

RONNIE FUCKIN PICKERING!!!!!

 

[prince albert]

RONNIE FUCKIN PICKERING!!!!!

never heard of you

 

[Grappler]

RONNIE FUCKIN PICKERING!!!!!

 

[Silent Blade]

Who's that?

RONNIE FUCKIN PICKERING!!!!!

 

[Maidenhead]

never heard of you

D ya want a fight?

 

[St Annington]

In his excellent book Soccornomics, Simon Kuper discusses the effect of Nick Hornby's books on the psyche of the average football fan. Kuper proves, by statistics, that the Hornbyesque notion of the 'superfan' who knows every intimate detail of football is extremely rare; much to the relief of us mere mortals.

 

[Barney]

RONNIE FUCKIN PICKERING!!!!!

Fucking Jonny Pickering, ey you someone famous are ye.

 

[blade.i.am]

John Harris signed Flynn after watching him play for Workington Town Reserves and Dearden came from Chester City. Can't imagine they were well known either but didn't turn out too bad. A good example of a manager seeing potential and moulding a side that is bigger than the sum of it's parts. Hopefully, Wilder is in the same vein.

 

[Silent Blade]

John Harris signed Flynn after watching him play for Workington Town Reserves and Dearden came from Chester City. Can't imagine they were well known either but didn't turn out too bad. A good example of a manager seeing potential and moulding a side that is bigger than the sum of it's parts. Hopefully, Wilder is in the same vein.

Rowley signed Flynn

 

[Trueblade]

I think you only have to look at some of the teams in this league that have been at the top or there and thereabouts over the last 6 seasons to see that it's not about names. Some of the shite that's gone up is ridiculous.

 

[blade.i.am]

Rowley signed Flynn

Apologies, but the point still stands

 

[DazBlade88]

It always surprises me when people haven't heard of players who have actually played against us quite a few times. Hussey scored a brace against us from left back!

 

[Chali 2na]

Is it just me who has never heard of any of the players we ever sign?

Not saying it's necessarily a bad thing but I'd like to know if it's just my own ignorance or a common thing.

Out of the current 20 or so players in the squad the only ones I knew when we signed them were Brayford, Basham and Sharp.

A thorough knowledge of most football league players is reserved, in my opinion, for proper football boffins. Football Manager players, gamblers and just plain old nerdy bastards. No disrespect to any of these folk of course, because when we do sign lads a lot of people haven't heard of they're usually the first to give an opinion and a bit of insight to the rest of us mere mortals.

You're not on yer own, Nuddy. What's in a name, anyway? It's what they do for 90 minutes on a Saturday that counts. Nobody will care that we've signed a lad called Saddam bin Hitler if he bangs in a hat trick against Wednesday.

I feel I'm good with names and perhaps know more than average, the only way I get my knowledge is watching players line up against us, and any live football/FLS on the telly. I just try to notice the names of impressive players, just to impress you lot.

 

[TJB.]

watching players line up against us

I'm usually still making my way to me seat at this point.

any live football/FLS on the telly

Usually in the pub for live stuff and pay no mind to who's playing. And I'd rather use poo for Play-Doh than watch the Football League Show