Transfer flops of the season so far

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spendsum4uckingmoney
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Transfer flops of the season so far

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1. Lamela 30m
2. Jovetic 22m
3. Ozil 44m
4. Soldado 22m
5. Luis Alberto 7m
6. Iago Aspas 7m
7. Andy Carrol 15m
8. Jozy altidore 8m (ouch)
9. Fellaini 27m
10. Gary Medel 11m


Whats your top 10?

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Re: Transfer flops of the season so far

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With the exception of Eriksen, I would think every Spurs signing has to be on this list?
Eto'o may have been free but he's pissing wages up the wall at Chelsea at the moment.

Other than that your list is pretty much spot on

Without wanting to defend Ozil, can I ask what your expectation was of him when he signed?

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Re: Transfer flops of the season so far

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richpye wrote:With the exception of Eriksen, I would think every Spurs signing has to be on this list?
Eto'o may have been free but he's pissing wages up the wall at Chelsea at the moment.

Other than that your list is pretty much spot on

Without wanting to defend Ozil, can I ask what your expectation was of him when he signed?
I thought he was a panic signing and that he would be inconsistent like he was at Madrid. So far I have been proven correct. We really needed a world class striker not another play maker.

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Re: Transfer flops of the season so far

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Ozil had the most assists in Europe so I'm not sure he was inconsistent. The Real fans and players loved him. However, I've been disappointed with Ozil as well. He's looked lethargic and a bit slow, but he's still got assists and goals so, while I'd still have him on the list he'd be further down. I hope, like so many players before him, that he's taking a season to settle in to the PL.
It looks like we may have dodged a bullet with Jovetic, who we were linked to for a long time.

Medel was a lot of money, but if you're a shit club you have to play over the odds. I think he shields their defence well and is an important player for them..

Fellaini has been as poor as I though he'd be,

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Re: Transfer flops of the season so far

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Fellani
Soldado
Lamela
Jovetic
Schurrle

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Re: Transfer flops of the season so far

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Top three has to be fellaini, Lamela and Carroll.

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Re: Transfer flops of the season so far

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carroll signed last season , so he doesn't count, plus he was doing well at west ham before his injury. :|

lamela and fellaini both look like poor signings so far but I'd say (before tonight at least) considering chelsea needed a striker even more than we did this summer the free transfer of eto'o was bloody stupid, he's nowhere near the player he was

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Re: Transfer flops of the season so far

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spendsum4uckingmoney wrote:1. Lamela 30m
2. Jovetic 22m
3. Ozil 44m
4. Soldado 22m
5. Luis Alberto 7m
6. Iago Aspas 7m
7. Andy Carrol 15m
8. Jozy altidore 8m (ouch)
9. Fellaini 27m
10. Gary Medel 11m


Whats your top 10?
I know you don't like the fact that we spent daft money on Özil but to say he's been worse than Fellaini is pretty astonishing.

No Eto'o? Crazy wages for a has-been.

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Re: Transfer flops of the season so far

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spendsum4uckingmoney wrote:1. Lamela 30m
2. Jovetic 22m
3. Ozil 44m
4. Soldado 22m
5. Luis Alberto 7m
6. Iago Aspas 7m
7. Andy Carrol 15m
8. Jozy altidore 8m (ouch)
9. Fellaini 27m
10. Gary Medel 11m


Whats your top 10?
Ozil :shock:

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Re: Transfer flops of the season so far

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Ozil? Do you even watch football?

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Re: Transfer flops of the season so far

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Seriously, re-watch the game today and think really hard about what was lacking in our attacking play?

Clue: it rhymes with smozil

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Re: Transfer flops of the season so far

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Ozil a flop of the season?? This forum has hit a new low

1989
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Re: Transfer flops of the season so far

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Özil? Go home you're drunk.




FWIW:

Soldado
Fellaini
Lamela
Willian
Schurrle
Aspas
Paulinho
Chadli
Jovetic
Osvaldo

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Re: Transfer flops of the season so far

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Ozil 7 Assists, 4 goals, and that is a flop? There have been plenty of games, in which he has turned an ordinary performance into a great one. Also has it occurred to you, that he is dealing with a donkey up front, who has no pace, and therefore Ozil cant play a through ball to him.

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Re: Transfer flops of the season so far

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Surely its a wind up that ozil is in tht list ,ive read some crap on here(and ive been known rarely to post some myself :wink: )but thts absolute bull shit.

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