Ian Royal I propose a compromise:
Drenthe - biggest waster signing
Ferdinand - stupidest signing
Pogrebnyak - most overpaid signing
West Stand Man You have clearly not read it though. It is pretty clear that a signing who has never played has to be a worse signing than one who has contributed week in week out. On your logic if we signed Messi and he never actually played for us that would be a good signing. That is obviously nonsense. Sorry.
Johann Has to be Zat Knight , what a kick in the b----cks it must have been for Jake Cooper when we signed him .
Dr_HfuhruhurrWest Stand Man You have clearly not read it though. It is pretty clear that a signing who has never played has to be a worse signing than one who has contributed week in week out. On your logic if we signed Messi and he never actually played for us that would be a good signing. That is obviously nonsense. Sorry.
Its not.
i think Pogrebnyak's global impact is also quite obvious.
Ever since we've put him on his big contract we've been uncontrollably in debt - we havent made any decent decisions in the transfer market for three years, simply because we cant afford to. The utter irony of this thread is that pretty much all of these bad transfers that are listed are partly because Pogrebnyak is at the club. It was his wage that first bust the club and since then we've been making speculative punts on crocks because they are free. Or on lower league players because they're cheap. You could even argue that we made the Ferdinand deal because we were broke. And as its Pogrebnyak making us broke - its at least partly his responsibility - and the rest of them on this list.
One tick in Royston's favour is that when push came to shove, he left. Pogrebnyak has been going to the press saying that he wants to go back to Russia for over a year now. There isnt a hint that he wants to play for another contract. He is quite happy sitting it out; despite the fact that the club has been grumbling about cash for years. You cannot, in any world, say that is something to admire.
We are going to be in transition next year as well - because Pogrebnyak is at the club - that isnt an accusation you can make to Ferdinand.
With Ferdinand out - at least it gave us an opportunity to give Hector a good half a season. With Pogrebnyak up front, we cant play anybody with him - because he's so useless and we cant replace him because we cant afford any strikers. Arsenal summed it up for me. We played Pogrebnyal up front because we had to - who in their right mind would want to play a 4-5-1 with Pog on his own - nobody. We had to draft Mackie in to help him. Whatsmore he gets a chance put on a plate for him and, well, I dont even want to talk about his 2 on 1 effort - it was so Pogrebnyak. Pathetic, in other words. We sold Le Fondre to help pay his wages, and, laughably, we had to pay for the loan of another forward to help him out because his strike rate is so pitiful - so for the first half of this season, Pogrebnyak was costing us his wage, plus Murray's - you just cant make it up.
Ferdinand may offer us absolutely nothing - but Pogrebnyak offers us less than that. As soon as he is off the books, we might start operating like a proper club again. We've been falling from grace for quite some time now - and he is a key reason for it.
floyd__streete To answer the question posed several times on this thread I included Pogrebnyak to test the general intelligence of Reading supporters
LOL @ me forgetting that Akpan and Blackman even exist, unsurprising given their complete lack of impact
Also forgot Mariappa, absolute :shrug shoulders: at his time at Reading. Doesn't get anywhere near the Palace team these days I think I am right in saying
Dr_HfuhruhurrWest Stand Man You have clearly not read it though. It is pretty clear that a signing who has never played has to be a worse signing than one who has contributed week in week out. On your logic if we signed Messi and he never actually played for us that would be a good signing. That is obviously nonsense. Sorry.
Its not.
i think Pogrebnyak's global impact is also quite obvious.
Ever since we've put him on his big contract we've been uncontrollably in debt - we havent made any decent decisions in the transfer market for three years, simply because we cant afford to. The utter irony of this thread is that pretty much all of these bad transfers that are listed are partly because Pogrebnyak is at the club. It was his wage that first bust the club and since then we've been making speculative punts on crocks because they are free. Or on lower league players because they're cheap. You could even argue that we made the Ferdinand deal because we were broke. And as its Pogrebnyak making us broke - its at least partly his responsibility - and the rest of them on this list.
One tick in Royston's favour is that when push came to shove, he left. Pogrebnyak has been going to the press saying that he wants to go back to Russia for over a year now. There isnt a hint that he wants to play for another contract. He is quite happy sitting it out; despite the fact that the club has been grumbling about cash for years. You cannot, in any world, say that is something to admire.
We are going to be in transition next year as well - because Pogrebnyak is at the club - that isnt an accusation you can make to Ferdinand.
With Ferdinand out - at least it gave us an opportunity to give Hector a good half a season. With Pogrebnyak up front, we cant play anybody with him - because he's so useless and we cant replace him because we cant afford any strikers. Arsenal summed it up for me. We played Pogrebnyal up front because we had to - who in their right mind would want to play a 4-5-1 with Pog on his own - nobody. We had to draft Mackie in to help him. Whatsmore he gets a chance put on a plate for him and, well, I dont even want to talk about his 2 on 1 effort - it was so Pogrebnyak. Pathetic, in other words. We sold Le Fondre to help pay his wages, and, laughably, we had to pay for the loan of another forward to help him out because his strike rate is so pitiful - so for the first half of this season, Pogrebnyak was costing us his wage, plus Murray's - you just cant make it up.
Ferdinand may offer us absolutely nothing - but Pogrebnyak offers us less than that. As soon as he is off the books, we might start operating like a proper club again. We've been falling from grace for quite some time now - and he is a key reason for it.
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It's not Pog's fault that he was given an extortionate contract. Yes that contract means that he might be one of the worst signings financially but don't hold it against the guy himself. Part of the reason for him not scoring goals is the team around him, and how he's been utilised - again not something you can hold against the guy himself.
maffff In all honesty. This ludicrous signing in 2013 tops it for me.
Forbury Lion Guthrie didn't get my vote because he at least gave 100% half the time and got on the coach for most of the away games.
Royal Gingermaffff In all honesty. This ludicrous signing in 2013 tops it for me.
I seem to remember he was playing out of his skin at the time. He played his best spell for us at the end of the Premier League season.
leonMaguire Drenthe is the worst signing of all time. Just a lazy mental case who's wasted his talent.
Really harsh putting Pogrebnyak alongside him - works his balls off in a way that Drenthe never would.
All Pog needs is a decent foil to play alongside him.
Guthrie for me every time.
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