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    Post by SuperMario Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:45 pm

    Which player has played the least matches while being fit. I'm talking about (luxury) fringe players, who are fully match fit, but hardly make the bench if at all, let alone play. Transfers are allowed as long as they get little or no playing time.

    Who wins the Bogarde Award?
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    Post by COTR Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:48 pm

    For liverpool I will nominate

    Salif Diao - £5 million

    From 2002-2007 he played 37 games while from what I remember being fit most of the time
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    Post by Football Genius Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:49 pm

    COTR wrote:For liverpool I will nominate

    Salif Diao - £5 million

    From 2002-2007 he played 37 games while from what I remember being fit most of the time

    Come now COTR he WAS the next Vieira!
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    Post by Chocolate Thunder Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:50 pm

    Festive Genius wrote:
    COTR wrote:For liverpool I will nominate

    Salif Diao - £5 million

    From 2002-2007 he played 37 games while from what I remember being fit most of the time

    Come now COTR he WAS the next Vieira!

    Cheyrou, the next Zidane cheers
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    Post by SuperMario Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:54 pm

    Diao is a good call for starters he only played 12 matches a season on average throughout his carreer. Was hardly used anywhere he went.

    Have a feeling there must be far useless players. Can't think of one at Feyenoord we prefer useless players in our starting line-up.
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    Post by COTR Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:57 pm

    For Manchester United I will nominate

    Dong Fangzhou - £1m - £3.5 m

    According to Wikipedia Dong made 1 senior appearance for united in four years (which I presume means league and CL) before being sent back to China

    Bought purely as a marketing tool, Fergie replaced him with his attempts to conquer the African market .... Mateus Alberto Contreiras Gonçalves
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    Post by SuperMario Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:01 pm

    Good ones. Think we need a special category for those marketing signings.
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    Post by Jaime Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:04 pm

    I suppose backup goalkeepers are a different category but Dudek has made 1 league appearance in a year and a half.

    Javier Balboa was given a shirt number with the first team in two seasons and he made only 6 appearances.

    Carlos Diogo ended up being fairly useless...was bought in 05-06 the same season we bought two other right backs (Sergio Ramos and Cicinho) in addition to Michel Salgado (yes, your arithmetic is correct - that made FOUR right backs). Not sure how many appearances he made but it wasn't that many...then he went on loan and then he was sold outright. Decent player though.
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    Post by DS Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:12 pm

    According to wiki we signed him for 500 k rising to 3.5 m depending m so 500 k it is , that must be paid off very quickly.
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    Post by Chocolate Thunder Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:24 pm

    Partice Luzi, was the keeper I've been thinking about cheers

    Patrice Luzi Bernardi (born July 8, 1980) is a French goalkeeper currently with French side Stade Rennais. He is perhaps best known for his stint at Liverpool, which came to an end when he was released by the Anfield club in June 2005. He then signed a contract with Belgian side Mouscron. In 2006, he moved from Mouscron to another Belgian club, Charleroi.

    Having previously played for Monaco and Ajaccio, Luzi made his Liverpool debut in January 2004 against Chelsea in a 1-0 win. He made two wonderful saves to deny Chelsea, but was left frustrated when he later was left out from the first team. His chances where limited when Liverpool loaned in Southampton's Paul Jones to cover from Jerzy Dudek and Chris Kirkland. Patrice Luzi has been described as a good shot stopper with good handling and distribution.

    ....Year..........Club.....Apperances
    2002-2005...Liverpool...........1
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    Post by Guest Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:31 pm

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    Post by The Easter Bunny Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:32 pm

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    To be one lazy fucker.
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    Post by Glenarch of the Glen Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:41 pm

    COTR wrote:For Manchester United I will nominate

    Dong Fangzhou - £1m - £3.5 m

    According to Wikipedia Dong made 1 senior appearance for united in four years (which I presume means league and CL) before being sent back to China

    Bought purely as a marketing tool, Fergie replaced him with his attempts to conquer the African market .... Mateus Alberto Contreiras Gonçalves

    he started 1 game, the league cup defeat to Coventry, they lost 2-0. I think he came on as a 90th minute sub in a couple of meaningless end of season games.

    Fergle ruined his career to make a quick buck. I wonder how all those Chinese fans felt spending a weeks wages on a shirt with Dong's name on it only to find out they'd been conned.
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    Post by Deano Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:05 pm

    For West Ham, I nominate Nigel Quashie...

    Signed-January 2007. Appearances to date-7.
    Cost-£1.5m.

    Nigel Quashie did not make a single appearance in the 2007/08 season for West Ham, and has failed to do so at all in the 2008/09 season...making just one appearance in a comeback reserve/friendly game against QPR. He is now on loan at Birmingham City.
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    Post by Axeslammer Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:26 pm

    De Guzman wrote:
    Have a feeling there must be far useless players. Can't think of one at Feyenoord we prefer useless players in our starting line-up.

    Very Happy

    You've just earned 10 E-bonus points for self depreciation Wink
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    Post by Axeslammer Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:31 pm

    How about Ajax buying a Brazilian world champion who almost never played for them ? (Marcio Santos ? I'll have to google him)

    Or that awesome Argentine striker Van Gaal bought for them for a lot of money (having only seen him on video) : "now we have a striker who'll fall down, that's how strong he is !" (Ivan Gabrich)

    Nobody cared about him being strong : he couldn't score if his life depended on it Laugh

    The last Eredivise player that comes to mind is Vampeta for PSV : they went to Brazil to specifically buy Vampeta (for quite a lot of money), but when they had him it turned out there were two Vampetas.....and they bought the wrong one !!! lol!
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    Post by debaser Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:36 pm

    Van Der Meyde? Not sure if he's been injured, shit or both. He got 10 mins vs Villa last week, due to numerous first team players being injured.
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    Post by Deano Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:40 pm

    Make a Prem XI of them...

    So far we have Diao and Quashie for CM...Van Der Meyde for the RW(I think) and Rebrov up front. £11m for him!
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    Post by Glenarch of the Glen Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:42 pm

    Axeslammer wrote:

    The last Eredivise player that comes to mind is Vampeta for PSV : they went to Brazil to specifically buy Vampeta (for quite a lot of money), but when they had him it turned out there were two Vampetas.....and they bought the wrong one !!! lol!

    this Vampeta?
    http://famosos.pelados.zip.net/images/vampeta.jpg

    wasn't he a regular for Brazil? Or did PSV sign both?
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    Post by debaser Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:46 pm

    GianDeano Zola wrote:Make a Prem XI of them...

    So far we have Diao and Quashie for CM...Van Der Meyde for the RW(I think) and Rebrov up front. £11m for him!
    stick VDM on the left, Wayne 'Who?' Routledge on the right ok
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    Post by Axeslammer Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:49 pm

    Glenjamin Hysénus wrote:
    Axeslammer wrote:

    The last Eredivise player that comes to mind is Vampeta for PSV : they went to Brazil to specifically buy Vampeta (for quite a lot of money), but when they had him it turned out there were two Vampetas.....and they bought the wrong one !!! lol!

    this Vampeta?
    http://famosos.pelados.zip.net/images/vampeta.jpg

    wasn't he a regular for Brazil? Or did PSV sign both?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampeta

    apparently it *is* him Shocked

    He was completely Cr@p for PSV, he only became a player for Brazil *after* they cut their losses and sold him (on the cheap) Laugh
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    Post by Axeslammer Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:50 pm

    debaubler wrote:Van Der Meyde? Not sure if he's been injured, shit or both. He got 10 mins vs Villa last week, due to numerous first team players being injured.

    VDM is an excellent call ok

    He was never more than a decent player to begin with, but what he's shown for Everton is below every standard Grr
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    Post by The Easter Bunny Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:52 pm

    Axeslammer wrote:
    Glenjamin Hysénus wrote:
    Axeslammer wrote:

    The last Eredivise player that comes to mind is Vampeta for PSV : they went to Brazil to specifically buy Vampeta (for quite a lot of money), but when they had him it turned out there were two Vampetas.....and they bought the wrong one !!! lol!

    this Vampeta?
    http://famosos.pelados.zip.net/images/vampeta.jpg

    wasn't he a regular for Brazil? Or did PSV sign both?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampeta

    apparently it *is* him Shocked

    He was completely Cr@p for PSV, he only became a player for Brazil *after* they cut their losses and sold him (on the cheap) Laugh

    He posed fully nude with erection for G Magazine in the January 1999 issue.

    lol!
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    Post by Deano Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:57 pm

    I think Routledge is a good player...he just hasn't got a chance wherever he has gone, bar Fulham...who should've kept him. I'd happily take him over Faubert. Who for £6.1m is in big danger of making this list.
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    Post by debaser Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:59 pm

    Well, Routledge may've had potential once, but I think his confidence has been shot from the last couple of years. He's never gotten close to starting for Villa since signing, and at times we were hardly strong in depth.
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    Post by The Easter Bunny Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:01 am

    Boban for Villa Question
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    Post by debaser Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:05 am

    The Easter Bunny wrote:Boban for Villa Question
    Balaban? Yeah. Fair call. That was a complete failure of a signing. He did alright afterwards, In Bruges
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    Post by Prastama Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:21 am

    Kleberson & Djemba2 for ManU
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    Post by EMP Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:04 am

    Maduro for Valencia. He might be okay in end, but one year at €24m for a reserve that we don't want is a terrible signing. Not seen enough to know how bad he is.
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    Post by Deluded F*ck™ Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:48 pm

    Jol destroyed Routledge, absolutely ruined him Grr

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