Of all the players we ditched, who went on to be far better than any of us thought

[BensGrandad]

Jimmy Langley left us for a pittance and went on to play for QPR Fulham and England

 

[SausageTree]

Can't recall the name or whether he was signed or on loan (helpful eh?). Believe he had an arabic name, midfield, 2005 - 6 ish scored a spectacular goal against Brentford (or might have been Fulham). Zash Rehman I remember! He actually came on loan twice in the mid 'noughties.

Zesh Reham is now playing for Kitchee SC, the current Hong Kong champions.

 

[hopper_182]

Joel lynch.

 

[Cars]

Leon knight

 

[Big Jim]

Me.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Ian Muir is the obvious one. The one good thing was that Lou Macari also missed out on him when he had him on loan at Swindon.
Danny Carter had a fine career with Orient after coming though probably our most successful youth team that included Trevor Wood who ended up with a couple of full NI caps.

 

[Doc Lynam]

Roy Keane from his Autobiography

Honours

Nottingham Forest
Full Members Cup (1): 1992

Manchester United
Premier League (7): 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03

FA Cup (4): 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04

FA Community Shield (4): 1993, 1996, 1997, 2003

UEFA Champions League (1): 1998–99

Intercontinental Cup (1): 1999

Celtic
Scottish Premier League (1): 2005–06

Scottish League Cup (1): 2005–06

Individual
FWA Footballer of the Year: 2000
PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2000
PFA Team of the Year: 1992–93, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02
Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2001–02): Overseas Team of the Decade
English Football Hall of Fame: 2004
Premier League Player of the Month (2): October 1998, December 1999
FIFA 100

Yeah the people at the club screwed up big time.

 

[Storer 68]

View attachment 32239
Roy Keane from his Autobiography

Honours

Nottingham Forest
Full Members Cup (1): 1992

Manchester United
Premier League (7): 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03

FA Cup (4): 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04

FA Community Shield (4): 1993, 1996, 1997, 2003

UEFA Champions League (1): 1998–99

Intercontinental Cup (1): 1999

Celtic
Scottish Premier League (1): 2005–06

Scottish League Cup (1): 2005–06

Individual
FWA Footballer of the Year: 2000
PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2000
PFA Team of the Year: 1992–93, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02
Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2001–02): Overseas Team of the Decade
English Football Hall of Fame: 2004
Premier League Player of the Month (2): October 1998, December 1999
FIFA 100

Yeah the people at the club screwed up big time.

Be fair - he wouldn't have achieved half of that if he's come to us then!

 

[Storer 68]

So true...Ian Wright was rejected for being too small.

no he wasn't - it was a straight choice between him and steve penney - we couldn't afford both - and two years later, Pennney was a first team regular playing in the second tier of english football, an international and playing at the World Cup Finals, whilst Wright wasn't even a regular at shithurst then.....................

 

[rool]

On a more modest scale Andy Crosby did rather well at Scunthorpe after we got rid.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Hate to say it but hats off to dean Hammond who is now a premier league player

We got a qtr of a mill at the time for Hammond from Col U. And at the time that was good business.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

David Gipp

 

[seagul]

Jimmy tarbuck

 

[Vegas Seagull]

Dean Saunders went far too cheap. Just Wikipeeded Ian Muir, wow ,so did he.I did not realise how good he was.

We got him on a free & sold on for £70k, he wasn't playing great at the end, so we made a fair profit

 

[drew]

View attachment 32239
Roy Keane from his Autobiography

Honours

Nottingham Forest
Full Members Cup (1): 1992

Manchester United
Premier League (7): 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03

FA Cup (4): 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04

FA Community Shield (4): 1993, 1996, 1997, 2003

UEFA Champions League (1): 1998–99

Intercontinental Cup (1): 1999

Celtic
Scottish Premier League (1): 2005–06

Scottish League Cup (1): 2005–06

Individual
FWA Footballer of the Year: 2000
PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2000
PFA Team of the Year: 1992–93, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02
Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2001–02): Overseas Team of the Decade
English Football Hall of Fame: 2004
Premier League Player of the Month (2): October 1998, December 1999
FIFA 100

Yeah the people at the club screwed up big time.

That's all well and good but what could he have achieved had he been bigger!!!!!

 

[Superphil]

Dave Cameron