That's a good shout, Naismith was a truly dreadful signing

albeit one most of us thought was decent at the time.

Posted By: megson on April 20th 2023 at 11:03:21

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is this, objectively, our worst set of transfers in a season? (NCFC) - megson, Apr 20, 09:40:20
- I think our loan signings have been by far the worst. (NCFC) - usacanary, Apr 20, 17:22:31
- Cost vs capability though, Wildschut must be up there. Ricky was just (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Apr 20, 13:06:26
- Jason Jarrett, Andy Hughes, Peter Thorne, Matthieu Louis-Jean (NCFC) - Adster, Apr 20, 12:39:04
  - They're were underwhelming but cost wise, not too much. (n/m) (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Apr 20, 14:36:53
    - It was our first season after relegation so they were supposed to get us up. (NCFC) - Adster, Apr 20, 15:05:47
      - That's a really good point, was another key set of signings that went wrong. (NCFC) - megson, Apr 20, 15:16:43
        
        Yep, it’s nothing new! (n/m) (NCFC) - Adster, Apr 20, 15:54:36
    - At the time people believed Thorne was crippling Norwich financially (n/m) (NCFC) - Lentil Weaver, Apr 20, 14:39:21
- Yes.set being the operative word imo,individually they're decent players (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Apr 20, 12:31:01
  - vmt (NCFC) - CWC, Apr 20, 12:40:14
- Yeah... (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Apr 20, 11:59:52
- It’s a Webber signing so best to assume they’re shite. (n/m) (NCFC) - thirsty work, Apr 20, 11:39:38
- I think it is fair to say that we have had terrible signings before Webber's era (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Apr 20, 10:53:15
  - The Ricky van wolf window (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Apr 20, 12:12:08
    - Oh absolutely. I've been in that camp for a long time. (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Apr 20, 12:43:13
    - I hate that term too, its an absolute myth, there are clubs in champs and Lg1 that have (NCFC) - megson, Apr 20, 12:26:17
  - Fair points (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Apr 20, 11:43:02
  - We spent £8m on Wildschutt? (NCFC) - Poirot, Apr 20, 11:40:44
  - That's a good shout, Naismith was a truly dreadful signing (NCFC) - megson, Apr 20, 11:03:21
- In pissing money up the wall terms, yes (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Apr 20, 10:01:35
- Financially I'd say so, Worthy's post prem swoops were dodgy (NCFC) - inutero, Apr 20, 10:00:23
  - Julien Brellier, who came with his own flag. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Apr 20, 11:32:07
    - But not the talent to match the size of the flag....... (NCFC) - usacanary, Apr 20, 17:18:26
      - His main talent appeared to be hacking the opposition, that was about it. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Apr 20, 19:23:27
    - That was a Peter Grant one hint it buh (n/m) (NCFC) - inutero, Apr 20, 14:25:21
      - Ah yes, with his scottish club limks (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Apr 20, 15:49:32
- We aren’t used to having money. It’s like lottery winners blowing it on gold plated Greggs (n/m) (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Apr 20, 09:45:24
  - ^^ Michael Carrol ^^ (n/m) (NCFC) - Captain Bligh, Apr 20, 11:12:21
    - Is a fine example, yes (n/m) (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Apr 20, 11:34:55

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