Players we'd signed...but never did

[DMnumber4]

Starters for ten:
Luke Beckett?
Markus Heikkinen?

Who else has seemingly moved elsewhere at the eleventh hour?

[vaya]

Robert Pires

[Dutch Uncle]

I think we once signed Darren Roberts from Wolves in the summer of 1994, and then he signed for Chesterfield before the season started.

Also - did we ever actually sign Lamine Diatta and Damien du Plessis?

[Bollinger]

Oscar Hold 'signed' Ralph O'Donnell, the ex-Owls defender. O'Donnell turned up at Belle Vue the following day to confirm the deal only to find that Hold had been sacked that morning.

[PDS]

Peter Beardsley

[chrisd_123]

Did I imagine this or did we very nearly sign Warren Feeney from Stockport before he signed for Luton?

I'm sure I remember he was about to sign but then went to Luton after looking round Belle Vue.

[Alan Southstand]

Billy Sharp, before he went to Scunny - Penney thought the £100k asking price was too much!

[Herbert Anchovy]

That does ring a bell actually!!



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Did I imagine this or did we very nearly sign Warren Feeney from Stockport before he signed for Luton?

I'm sure I remember he was about to sign but then went to Luton after looking round Belle Vue.
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[keith79]

Him that went to Barnsley after going on pre season with us. Moto I think his name was

[One_Matty_Lucas]

Did I imagine this or did we very nearly sign Warren Feeney from Stockport before he signed for Luton?

I'm sure I remember he was about to sign but then went to Luton after looking round Belle Vue.

Wasn't this alledgedly on the recommendation of Ian Snodin working for Luton as a scout.

[Herbert Anchovy]

I remember back in the mid 80’s King Billy was  very close to signing Tommy Tynan from Plymouth. Instead, Billy went to Leeds and Tynan went to Rotherham I think. We did sign him some years later but his best years had long gone by then.

[chrisd_123]

Billy Sharp, before he went to Scunny - Penney thought the £100k asking price was too much!

Didn't S'OD allegedly turn down James McArthur and James McCarthy when they were at Hamilton for about that same price too?

[chrisd_123]

Did I imagine this or did we very nearly sign Warren Feeney from Stockport before he signed for Luton?

I'm sure I remember he was about to sign but then went to Luton after looking round Belle Vue.

Wasn't this alledgedly on the recommendation of Ian Snodin working for Luton as a scout.

Not sure on that but I do remember it being all in the papers etc that he'd been up to Donny and Belle Vue had put him off a bit.

I seem to remember JR mentioning this too in the run up to the Keepmoat being built saying that the stadium would help with attracting players and prevent this happening again.

[Cantley Rover]

Billy Sharp, before he went to Scunny - Penney thought the £100k asking price was too much!

Didn't S'OD allegedly turn down James McArthur and James McCarthy when they were at Hamilton for about that same price too?

There was talk at the time that he also had the chance to sign Charlie Adam but turned him down

[DonnyOsmond]

Now that would have been a scary midfield.

[scawsby steve]

Him that went to Barnsley after going on pre season with us. Moto I think his name was

I think his name was Mvoto, Keith, and at the same time they snatched James Bailey from under our nose; I was glad they did, they were both f*cking sh*te.

[VivaRovers]

Marco Gabbiadini in the summer of 2000. He chose Northampton Town. We picked up Carl Alford instead, which worked out brilliantly.

[Nudga]

Marco Gabbiadini in the summer of 2000. He chose Northampton Town. We picked up Carl Alford instead, which worked out brilliantly.

We already had Alford. JR wanted to pair him up with gabbiadini.

[One_Matty_Lucas]

Billy Sharp, before he went to Scunny - Penney thought the £100k asking price was too much!

Didn't S'OD allegedly turn down James McArthur and James McCarthy when they were at Hamilton for about that same price too?

I thought this was more out of reluctance to work with Willie McKay....I heard that he offered him the two along with Charlie Adam.

[roversdude]

Wasn’t Dorrans offered to SOD

[Chris Black come back]

Lassana Diarra.

Definitely a credible possibility.

[RedJ]

Wasn’t Dorrans offered to SOD

He was linked during the experiment but it never came off.

[scawsby steve]

I could be wrong here, but during the time of all that business with JR and Sequentia, weren't there supposed to be 3 Aston Villa players lined up to join us? I think the 3 mentioned were Shay Given, Stephen Ireland, and Richard Dunne. Probably a load of b*ll*cks, but talked about a lot at the time.

[RoversAlias]

I could be wrong here, but during the time of all that business with JR and Sequentia, weren't there supposed to be 3 Aston Villa players lined up to join us? I think the 3 mentioned were Shay Given, Stephen Ireland, and Richard Dunne. Probably a load of b*ll*cks, but talked about a lot at the time.

Aye I remember those three being touted. Probably as legitimate as Sequentia themselves!

Carlos Tevez anyone? A great effort by the internet to get that one in a national bloody paper.

[craigdrfc]

Did anyone ever spill the names of the 2 Algerians we had on trial during the Beaglehole era? We opted not to sign them as we needed quick fixes and not players who would develop over time. The story goes at least one of them went on to have a stellar career!

[CrippyCooke]

Wasn’t Dorrans offered to SOD

We nearly loaned him from WBA but then he was required for the first team due to injuries.

[nortikorner]

Tony Woodcock

[Drover]

Billy Sharp, before he went to Scunny - Penney thought the £100k asking price was too much!

Didn't S'OD allegedly turn down James McArthur and James McCarthy when they were at Hamilton for about that same price too?

I thought this was more out of reluctance to work with Willie McKay....I heard that he offered him the two along with Charlie Adam.

Did'nt we have David Vaughan training and offered to SOD at the same time?Both him and Adam going blackpool after we decided against signing them?

[VivaRovers]

I don't remember David Vaughan ever being mentioned. And he's always been one of my favourite Welsh players so I'd have definitely been all over it if he had been on the cards.

[nightporter]

Tom Taiwo