Transfer Hit Rate

MarcusH26

Crispywood said:

redman said:

Please remind me how much we paid for Alli? I don't think it was that much was it? 

Initial 1M. An extra 500k but not sure if that’s installments or performance related add ons 

That's peanuts for this level nowadays , probably was initially meant to be a squad signing as even when he was signed there was probably still hope of getting that "marquee" RW signing. Looks a tidy enough player that he'll make a good contribution. 

Garrymanilow

killerandflash said:

thenewbie said:

iaitch said:

JoshrewCAFC said:

Under what manager in the last 20 years have we had a better transfer hit rate?

Not many of them that's for sure.

Powell's signings of Morrison, Taylor, Wiggins, Hollands, Stephens and Yann were quite effective.

Danny Green, Ruben Bover, Mikel Alonso, Lee Cook all less so. Which shows that even the "best" seasons we didn’t actually get everything right, but enough that the failures didnt matter.

Green played 74 games for us, including 32 league games in the promotion season, so while he wasn't a star, he did play decent minutes. Cook was a loan, while the others were free "punts".

That summer 2011 transfer window was ridiculously good. When the Spivs ran out of money, we hardly needed any additions to finish 9th in the Championship the next season. 

The summer of 2018 had an incredibly high hit rate too, for very little money. Just 2 perms on a free, Taylor and Pratley, both excellent. Then 4 loans, Cullen and Bielik who were top players for the level, Steer who was an excellent keeper before being recalled, and Jamie Ward who was less successful, but did a job for us.

The only really bad signings that season were forced upon Powell as well. Alonso and Leon Clarke were board signings that he didn't want and Powell used them accordingly. Even Lee Cook, a player I actively despised during his atrocious 2008 contribution came in just as a little bit of cover and got us a good assist against Orient before receding back to the bench when Jackson was back. Green was a little disappointing given his reputation but he still managed 3 goals and 10 assists that season

Henry Irving

Athletic News 1928

CostaFortune

Henry Irving said:

Athletic News 1928

So we even had a Charlton height test then!!