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Hayden Mullins, Lee Bowyer, Darren Purse, Jimmy Bullard...

AFKABartram
AFKABartram Posts: 57,822
edited July 2012 in Fun, Jokes & Captions
Which one of these four 'never signs'* has been most linked with us over the years ????

Any others been repeatedly linked over the years, only to never come to us ?

*re-sign in Bowyer's case
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  • Norfolk_Addick
    Norfolk_Addick Posts: 2,289
    Sidwell and Majeta Kezman. I'd give the award to Mullins though.
  • Nicholas
    Nicholas Posts: 7,626
    Out of that lot it's got to be Purse.

    We were always seemed to be linked with that Gardner, the one at Palace.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,973
    that morrocan and belgian
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,030
    You missed out Julian Gray .
  • SE9
    SE9 Posts: 809
    Mullins is the one I remember the most
  • cafcdan18
    cafcdan18 Posts: 3,664
    For some reason, always thought Kevin Phillips may have ended up playing for us.



  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,159
    Quashie used to come up a fair bit if I remember rightly
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,822
    You missed out Julian Gray .
    good call, though he did trial

  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,597
    edited July 2012
    Who was the lad Steve ? Who played for Gravesend & Northfleet in the early to mid 90s. Top goal scorer and was gonna be the next Killer. I think he ended up with a eye injury which finished him in the game.
    His surname might be Bridge or Porter, he was linked with us for a couple of seasons.
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    Steve portway. Awesome at that level
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  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,838
    Who was the lad Steve ? Who played for Gravesend & Northfleet in the early to mid 90s. Top goal scorer and was gonna be the next Killer. I think he ended up with a eye injury which finished him in the game.
    His surname might be Bridge or Porter, he was l ked with us for a couple of seasons.
    Steve Portway.

    James Scowcroft was linked with us plenty of times, but I think the prize would go to Darren Purse.

    Pretty sure Kezman and Flamini were lined up before Chelsea and Arsenal nipped in.

  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,590
    Alex Rae's name often used to be mentioned.
  • Radzinsky
    Radzinsky Posts: 100
    theballisround.co.uk/2010/12/09/non-league-legends-steve-portway/
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    I thought this was going to continue...

    "...go into this pub. Hayden says to the Landlord. Can I have three pints and Lee would like a look at your wife.
    The landlord pulls the pints and calls up the stairs. "Lily, come down here, Lee Bowyer wants to have a look at you".
    etc
  • MartinCAFC
    MartinCAFC Posts: 3,219
    Marlon Harewood's name came up a few times
  • razil
    razil Posts: 15,041
    My money is on Purse..
  • Norfolk_Addick
    Norfolk_Addick Posts: 2,289
    Jagielka before he went to Everton
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    theballisround.co.uk/2010/12/09/non-league-legends-steve-portway/
    thanks for that. A really nice interview
  • TeeC
    TeeC Posts: 311
    Remember when we nearly signed Flamini? The (joke) rumour at the time was we paid for his flight over and then Wenger poached him the airport!
  • Webbja77
    Webbja77 Posts: 1,104
    Has to be purse.... Thank f@ck he never came!! What a pile of tosh
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  • TeeC
    TeeC Posts: 311
    Jeffrey Schlupp seems to be the Powell era's King 'never sign'...
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,839
    Steve Claridge was one we were linked with and would have made a lot of sense back in the pre Super Clive days...
  • Darty Valiant
    Darty Valiant Posts: 618
    I remember when we were allegedly gonna sign Morientes or Xavier Portillo from Real Madrid.
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,456
    Craig Bellamy
  • Addickted4life
    Addickted4life Posts: 7,467
    Mullins is still be linked with us this very day.

    FR:

    09 Jul 2012 20:07:56
    Once the transfer ban is lifted and Michael Appleton is allowed to sign people, 6 players will join Portsmouth which will be Izale McLeod (free) Lee Naylor (free) Tamas Kadar (Free) George Thorne (season loan) Jon Harley (Free) and David Button (season loan)

    Players leaving will be; David Norris, Luke Varney and Greg Halford to Leeds, Liam Lawrence to Cardiff, Hayden Mullins to Charlton, Eric Huseklepp to Brann and Ben-Haim to Partizal Belgrade
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,934
    Mark Van Bommel.
    James Beattie
    Jeremy Goss (turned us down for Hearts at the last minute)
    Don Hutchison
    Ian Wright
    Mark Hughes (first year in the prem when he was leaving Chelsea)

  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,242
    Could you imagine if he had signed the likes of Flamini, Morientes, Jagielka, Kezman, Hasselbaink, Di Canio, Murphy, Dailly.... Oh wait sorry I got off on a tangent there
  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,810
    theballisround.co.uk/2010/12/09/non-league-legends-steve-portway/
    thanks for that. A really nice interview
    That's a great article - and the bit about his move to Charlton breaking down was a great reminder of why its sometimes best to let players leave if they want to leave as they will never produce the same level of performance for you if you block their progress.

    The Scott Parker thing to Chelsea is a classic case of this; if we had forced him to stay then what sort of performances would he have put in for the rest of the season?
  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    Mullins
  • Bill_Stumps
    Bill_Stumps Posts: 882
    Not exactly a player we've often been mentioned in the same breath as, but there was once a time when we were linked with Christiano Ronaldo before he went to Man U. Hard to believe now.

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