| Best we nearly signed them 11 21:33 - Jun 1 with 4288 views | BlueandTruesince82 |
Anyone got any thoughts?.... those players that we never quite got in the door but wish we had.
So far I've got
Gazza, Guillit, Kevin Phillips, George Boyd and Batistuta.
Not sure we were ever close to signing Batistuta really? Think Robson said no to Gazza as a kid and did want to sign Guillit.
Sheepy couldn't get Phillips done and George Boyd of course turned into Paul Taylor, the swing in quality alone warrants his inclusion.
Anyone else that's deserves a mention?
No wishful thinking, only those we were at least close to signing |  |
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| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 21:36 - Jun 1 with 3830 views | Pendejo |
Pat Jennings, Ian Rush |  |
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| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 21:40 - Jun 1 with 3809 views | vilanovablue |
There was a Belgian we tried to sign when we got promoted in 2000 whose name escapes me, infuriatingly. Also didn’t we try and sign Gudjohnsen from Bolton at a similar time. Danny Murphy was another. |  | | |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 21:43 - Jun 1 with 3784 views | SitfcB |
Charlie Austin |  |
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| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 21:43 - Jun 1 with 3783 views | ketton_itfc |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 21:40 - Jun 1 by vilanovablue |
There was a Belgian we tried to sign when we got promoted in 2000 whose name escapes me, infuriatingly. Also didn’t we try and sign Gudjohnsen from Bolton at a similar time. Danny Murphy was another. |
Gert Verhayen was the guy. Also Hasan Kachloul and Claus Jensen around the same time. |  | | |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 22:19 - Jun 1 with 3690 views | mojo |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 21:43 - Jun 1 by ketton_itfc |
Gert Verhayen was the guy. Also Hasan Kachloul and Claus Jensen around the same time. |
I think we were also after Bart Goor, another Belgian around the same time. |  | | |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 22:23 - Jun 1 with 3682 views | gainsboroughblue |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 21:36 - Jun 1 by Pendejo |
Pat Jennings, Ian Rush |
Never realised we were in for Rush, unless I did and just forgot. Was it on the back of us playing Chester in the cup? |  |
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| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 22:25 - Jun 1 with 3671 views | ArnieM |
Gazza |  |
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| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 22:27 - Jun 1 with 3666 views | SamWhiteUK |
Remember we were battling with Leeds for Stuart Dallas' signature, now he's in the Premier League with them. Joel Ward and Palace as well |  | | |
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| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 22:32 - Jun 1 with 3640 views | martinwellbourne |
Ray wilkins when he was at chelsea. |  | | |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 22:36 - Jun 1 with 3621 views | gazzer1999 |
Ian Crook |  | | |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 22:37 - Jun 1 with 3616 views | gazzer1999 |
Martin Poom | | | |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 22:47 - Jun 1 with 3583 views | Illinoisblue |
I often wonder how different our history would have been had we signed Kevin Phillips. Quite how we managed to get him in the building and not sign him is quite the feat. |  |
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| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 22:49 - Jun 1 with 3569 views | BlueandTruesince82 |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 21:43 - Jun 1 by ketton_itfc |
Gert Verhayen was the guy. Also Hasan Kachloul and Claus Jensen around the same time. |
Kachloul would have been really exciting | |
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| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 22:51 - Jun 1 with 3568 views | Churchman |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 22:47 - Jun 1 by Illinoisblue |
I often wonder how different our history would have been had we signed Kevin Phillips. Quite how we managed to get him in the building and not sign him is quite the feat. |
Phillips? Madness on DS’ part. It was known at the time he was a bit special. Oh well.
The worst one was Jennings. We’d have won the league at least once, possibly twice had we got him in.
They’re the two standouts for me. |  | | |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 23:52 - Jun 1 with 3462 views | Illinoisblue |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 22:51 - Jun 1 by Churchman |
Phillips? Madness on DS’ part. It was known at the time he was a bit special. Oh well.
The worst one was Jennings. We’d have won the league at least once, possibly twice had we got him in.
They’re the two standouts for me. |
But if we’d signed Phillips would we have given him the service big man Quinn gave him at Sunderland? If he’d worked out well for us we may not have signed Marcus Stewart. And on we go...
Was Cooper a couple inches short of being a really top keeper? | |
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| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 01:31 - Jun 2 with 3402 views | Coastalblue |
Wes Hoolihan may have made things a little different in some ways. |  |
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| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 06:58 - Jun 2 with 3266 views | BlueBadger |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 23:52 - Jun 1 by Illinoisblue |
But if we’d signed Phillips would we have given him the service big man Quinn gave him at Sunderland? If he’d worked out well for us we may not have signed Marcus Stewart. And on we go...
Was Cooper a couple inches short of being a really top keeper? |
Didn't Marcus Stewart say that James Scowcroft was a near perfect foil for him? I reckon Scowie's touch, aerial presence and hold up play would have complimented Philips superbly. |  |
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| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 07:42 - Jun 2 with 3219 views | GeoffSentence |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 22:36 - Jun 1 by gazzer1999 |
Ian Crook |
We did actually sign him. |  |
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| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 07:44 - Jun 2 with 3215 views | GeoffSentence |
Emilio Izzaguirre | |
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| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 08:07 - Jun 2 with 3183 views | Sparky85 |
Jamie Vardy | | | |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 08:47 - Jun 2 with 3128 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 21:43 - Jun 1 by ketton_itfc |
Gert Verhayen was the guy. Also Hasan Kachloul and Claus Jensen around the same time. |
Wasn't Cashdrool in 2001 after our 5th place? That's how we ended up with Finidi? |  |
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| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 08:57 - Jun 2 with 3099 views | ChiefXL |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 22:51 - Jun 1 by Churchman |
Phillips? Madness on DS’ part. It was known at the time he was a bit special. Oh well.
The worst one was Jennings. We’d have won the league at least once, possibly twice had we got him in.
They’re the two standouts for me. |
Point of order, we did sign David Johnson instead of Phillips.
I'd add Jonathan Greening to this list. Would have made a big difference in the 2001-02 season |  | | |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 09:01 - Jun 2 with 3091 views | ChiefXL |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 06:58 - Jun 2 by BlueBadger |
Didn't Marcus Stewart say that James Scowcroft was a near perfect foil for him? I reckon Scowie's touch, aerial presence and hold up play would have complimented Philips superbly. |
I think Scowie could be a contender for the much-coveted "who was the most underrated player by Ipswich Town fans while they were playing for us" award.
Hindsight has been much kinder to him, and justifiably so.
But there is a lot of competition there | | | |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 09:01 - Jun 2 with 3092 views | itfcjoe |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 23:52 - Jun 1 by Illinoisblue |
But if we’d signed Phillips would we have given him the service big man Quinn gave him at Sunderland? If he’d worked out well for us we may not have signed Marcus Stewart. And on we go...
Was Cooper a couple inches short of being a really top keeper? |
It's Johnson we wouldn't have signed had we got Phillips - we were waiting for the payout on Tony Vaighan's tribunal before we could afford it and then ended up getting a lot more than we thought which meant we could sign Johnno after Phillips had already gone to Sunderland |  |
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| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 09:02 - Jun 2 with 3089 views | ChiefXL |
| Best we nearly signed them 11 on 22:37 - Jun 1 by gazzer1999 |
Martin Poom |
Mart's brother? | | | |
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