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Footballers that we missed out on, who went on to do well.

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  • CharltonDave85CharltonDave85
    You can say that about every single player in the world.
  • GlassHalfFullGlassHalfFull

    Matt Elliott
    Linvoy Primus
    George Boyd
  • queensland_addickqueensland_addick
    Kevin Keegan, but we did get Alan Simonsen instead.
  • DaveMehmetDaveMehmet
    ForeverAddickted said:

    PragueAddick said:

    Stanley Matthews.

    Seriously.

    Yeah didnt the owners think he was too old before Matthews went on to win the FA Cup a few years later?
    I thought they wanted Seed to guarantee them 1st division football for a set time first (5 years I think) which naturally, he couldn't
  • The Red RobinThe Red Robin
    Darren Purse and Julian Gray
  • cafctomcafctom
    Wonder how many of these we genuinely did miss out on, and how many were just rumors.
  • StarinnaddickStarinnaddick
    cafctom said:

    Wonder how many of these we genuinely did miss out on, and how many were just rumors.

    We'll never know
  • Big WilliamBig William
    DaveMehmet said:

    ForeverAddickted said:

    PragueAddick said:

    Stanley Matthews.

    Seriously.

    Yeah didnt the owners think he was too old before Matthews went on to win the FA Cup a few years later?
    I thought they wanted Seed to guarantee them 1st division football for a set time first (5 years I think) which naturally, he couldn't
    That's why they gave Pardew so much money - they asked him to guarantee first division football when they actually meant the Premier League
  • soapboxsamsoapboxsam
    golfaddick said:

    John Hartson

    He failed the Medical.

    He failed 3 medicals at different clubs, yet went on to play plenty of games.

  • cafcsingercafcsinger
    Wern't we very close to signing Danny Ings in our title winning league 1 season?
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  • The Red RobinThe Red Robin
    cafctom said:

    Wonder how many of these we genuinely did miss out on, and how many were just rumors.

    Starinnaddick said:

    cafctom said:

    Wonder how many of these we genuinely did miss out on, and how many were just rumors.

    We'll never know
    Colin knows.
  • Laddick01Laddick01
    We were close to Max Gradel last Summer. Now off to Bournemouth for 7 million.
  • shirty5shirty5
    edited July 2015
    Steve Guppy. Had a couple of reserve games on trial from Wycombe Wanderers during the 92/93 season
  • drewmandrewman
    Niemi. Although we ended up with Deano instead.
  • Charlton_StuCharlton_Stu
    Jordan Rhodes.
  • pettgrapettgra
    DaveMehmet said:

    ForeverAddickted said:

    PragueAddick said:

    Stanley Matthews.

    Seriously.

    Yeah didnt the owners think he was too old before Matthews went on to win the FA Cup a few years later?
    I thought they wanted Seed to guarantee them 1st division football for a set time first (5 years I think) which naturally, he couldn't
    Apparently we bid £13000 for him which the manager accepted but the Directors of Stoke turned down.
    With the outbreak of war under way Albert Gliksten apparently told Seed " see Jimmy, what would have happened if we had signed him". Fast forward about another fifteen years.
  • pettgrapettgra
    edited July 2015
    Alex Stepney. Changed our mind at the last and got Mike Rose.
    You were not bad Mike but........
  • RossRoss
    Rickie Lambert
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