Your worst suggestions for a signing..

[Kenneth]

Chris Riggott, now of Burton Albion, is another ex Derby player who was tipped heavily at one point.

[Daffy Duck]

And Miles Addison

[red g]

And Cherno Samba.

Another bullet dodged there

[Buzzo]

I remember Taribo West even being annoinced on teletext as signing for us, and then being gutted when it didn't happen.

[the rev leeroy brown]

Victor Leonenko and Daniel Fonseca all because you could buy them for any team on champ manager 00/01 season and theyd be brilliant!

[yamiedo]

That so doesn't count in this thread, Duff was magic back then and no good about it, he would have been great for us.

He would have done us for a few seasons but he lost it again.

[Shaggy]

I remember wanting us to sign Cicinho.

[Lee]

Chris Riggott, now of Burton Albion, is another ex Derby player who was tipped heavily at one point.

Could have been a good player if it wasn't for his terrible injury record.

I remember Taribo West even being annoinced on teletext as signing for us, and then being gutted when it didn't happen.

I remember that too. Rocked up at Derby a few years later and was ****.

[RedReet]

Kenwyne Jones.

I also thought Jones would be a good signing. Still think he could have been under Rafa.

My worst was probably saying that Elmander might have been worth a punt during his purple patch last year.

I also thought Downing would do well for us, both before and after we signed him. Still time though

[Neil Young]

I remember wanting us to sign Cicinho.

Me too, but mainly so the Kop would sing Cecilia by Simon and Frank Lloyd Wright.

[greystoneslfc]

I'm sure I've had a few mares myself on this topic. Only one I can remember off-hand is Jan Koller to get the best out of Baros......

[peekay]

Kevin Nolan

Voronin

Morientes. I thought we had a bargain there

[peekay]

I Had a £50 bet that Tony le T would be better than Ronaldo.

On the advice of a Parisien Friend who assure me that he was going to be one of the worlds best.

You are Chris Bascombe

His article in the echo

In most cases, paying £12m for a teenager would be considered rank
stupidity, over-indulgence or, at the very least, a gamble which
even Chris Kirkland's dad would shy away from.

When Manchester United do it, it's a stroke of transfer genius.
According to everyone who they make listen, United have just
signed the best teenager in the world. By God are we hearing about it.

I'm not doubting Ronaldo's abilities. Clearly he's a talented kid Who may be on the threshold of greatness. It just strikes me as rather odd that no-one has given the same attention to Liverpool's equally stunning new teenage recruit.

It seems Gerard Houllier's mistake with Anthony Le Tallec was to buy him early rather than delay until everyone in Europe wanted him. Obviously, Liverpool should have waited until Le Tallec's value was £12m.

Soon enough, the rest of the nation will wake up to the fact LeTallec and Ronaldo played in the same world youth championships not so long ago and it was the Liverpool new boy who was voted the best player.

No doubt both Gerard and Mr Ferguson watched those same youth championships in Malaysia a few years back and noticed the same players.

Indeed, Liverpool had already signed Le Tallec by then and were strongly linked with Ronaldo themselves, but can't afford to splash out like United.

Time will tell who's got the better deal, but for value for money I know who I'm backing. It's a bit like Houllier and Ferguson have both dined at the same top class restaurant and had their pick of the best main courses on the menu.

Houllier has managed to get his dish at a quarter of the cost Ferguson has paid, and yet it's his rival who is getting all the praise.

Le Tallec won't get the same attention as Rooney, Gerrard or Michael Owen because he ain't English. But the few glimpses I've had of him remind me so much of the first time I saw Gerrard. So young, yet so full of class. So clearly ready to play at the highest level and begin the learning curve which will take him to the top of the game.

One of the most encouraging, but sadly overlooked parts of Sunday was Le Tallec's being named a sub. Pity he didn't get on, although Houllier said he was prepared to play the youngster if the circumstances of the game had been different.

The career paths of Le Tallec and Ronaldo are sure to cross regularly over the next decade. Should the French gem prove himself the better player, you never know, maybe the manager who signed him will get a bit of credit

[tsb]

Great work there by Bascombe. Haha

[dww]

I remember when Riise left I suggested an ageing Roberto Carlos as a decent short term signing for us and was roundly abused on here for it

I guess the classic one was El Matador suggesting we get Brian McBride in ASAP .

Neil Young in the General Football thread just reminded me that DWW was advocating us signing Tuncay not so long ago too, so we're all culpable

With the benefit of hindsight what's the worst signing for LFC you've ever suggested?

I'm suspecting that some context is important for that, but I'll let it ride.

I thinking Damien Francis, when he was at Norwich in their 04-05 relegation season, was worth a punt. That was a bad call.