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  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,757
    Robbie Mustoe
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 51,034
    Stig said:

    I was worried when Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink signed, that he might be a disinterested, overweight has-been looking for one final payout. How wrong I was. An who'd have thought that after a glittering career with us he'd go on to be the greatest manager in Northampton's history? Oh.

    Now has been sacked
  • superdulvertonred
    superdulvertonred Posts: 1,147
    Graham Stuart was a underwhelming signing but how wrong was I did really well for us.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,831
    Dean Kiely
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Stuart fleetwood, Dorian smith.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,088
    Callumcafc said:

    Dean Kiely

    Yes, known only for being the York keeper who helped beat Man Utd.
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,675
    When we signed Traore from Liverpool I thought he'd be a liability but I underestimated just how shocking he was.
  • Missed It
    Missed It Posts: 2,735
    Radostin Kishishev. He was initially played at right back where he was all over the place and did not look good at all.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Who could forget Paulo Monteiro

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  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    kentaddick said:

    Who could forget Paulo Monteiro

    Who?
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,432
    Pelling1993 said:

    You show me someone who predicted how good Fosu would turn out to be, and i'll show you a liar

    This. Fosu stunned me. I was sure we brought him in as a development player.
  • harveys_gardener
    harveys_gardener Posts: 7,038
    Aizelwood, McKenzie, Melrose, Perry, Stuart, Wiggins, Yann, Igor and currently Fosu and if he keeps it up, Reeves.
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,391
    edited April 2018
    Pelling1993 said:

    You show me someone who predicted how good Fosu would turn out to be, and i'll show you a liar

    Me!
    First I heard of him was when my work mate berated me for us having stolen him. He said he was a real talent, and I think I passed that on, on here?
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    harveys_gardener said:

    Aizelwood, McKenzie, Melrose, Perry, Stuart, Wiggins, Yann, Igor and currently Fosu and if he keeps it up, Reeves.

    Good call, I certainly was under impressed with his signing
  • agim
    agim Posts: 1,135
    SuedeAdidas said:

    Robbie Mustoe

    I'd second this.
  • iamdan
    iamdan Posts: 2,421
    Not sure this’ll count, but Alexi Smertin.
  • Howells
    Howells Posts: 253
    El karkouri, Graham stuart, and more recently fosu.
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,974
    Harry Cripps, Colin Pates, Mark Bowen, Andy Hunt, Keith Jones.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,772
    edited April 2018
    Going back a bit - Terry Naylor

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  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,658
    Easy question for me. Yann.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,772
    edited April 2018
    That is a good point, we weren't over excited at first but it didn't take long!
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,175
    bolloxbolder said:

    Harry Cripps, Colin Pates, Mark Bowen, Andy Hunt, Keith Jones.

    No, I am sorry. That is unacceptable.

    :-)

  • CharltonByBlood
    CharltonByBlood Posts: 1,900
    I didn’t think Bent would cut it in the Prem.

    Turned out pretty wrong on that one
  • KettsJohn
    KettsJohn Posts: 1,221
    Paul Williams. Sure he was playing non-league.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,970
    Deon Burton

    Led the line brilliantly in L1, if we had been able to sign BWP a year earlier than we did, that would have been a great partnership
  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,068
    David Whyte. Was it him and the deity known as Morts we got for Pitcher? Brilliant, brilliant player.
  • charltonnick
    charltonnick Posts: 3,063
    Sweaty Balmer , scored own goals in his first two games but went on to become a great player for us
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,772
    Yes, definitely - there are quite a few when you put your mind to it. Probably warns us not to judge too early!
  • Kenny Achampong
    Kenny Achampong Posts: 540
    I remember when we signed Simon Webster, in those pre-internet days one of the only things that we knew about him, was that he was part of the Huddersfield back four that lost 10-0 to Man City - when Man City were shit house and had players like Jeff Whitley and Steve Redmond playing for them.

    Consequently I was a little underwhelmed by his signing, but he proved to be a fantastic player for us, and would have had a good career in the PL had he not been 'done' by Julian Dicks.

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