stewaj3 1,444 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I was thinking earlier about how many good signings mcleish actually made? Who would make your top 5?1. Prso2. Novo3. Boumsong4. Hemdani5. BoydHere's a list of signingsKevin Muscat, Steven Thompson, Jerome Bonnisel, Dan Eggen, Nuno Capucho, Zurab Khizanishvilli, Paolo Vanoli, Henning Berg, Emerson, Egil Ostenstad, Hamed Namouchi, Gavin Rae, Barjim Fetai, Marc Kalenga, Dado Prso, Marvin Andrews, Alex Rae, Jean Alain Boumsong, Dragan Mladenovic, Nacho Novo, Olivier Bernard, Gregory Vignal, Bojan Djordic, Thomas Buffel, Sotrios Kygriakos, Ronald Watterus, Barry Ferguson, Ian Murray, Brahim Hemdani, Jose-Karl Pierre-Fanfan, Julien Rodriguez, Frank De Boer, Francis (Fox In The Box) Jeffers, Federico Niero, Danny N'Guessan, Filippo Maniero, Kris Boyd, Moses AshikodiI'm not including Arteta as id credit Advocaat with his signing, even though Mcleish was the manager when he joined, Its common knowledge Advocaat wanted him as soon as we played PSG and then as director of football, secured the signature.Its pretty painful reading that list it says it all that if i did a top 10, by the time i got to the bottom it would look prettty grim, you look at some of those players there and think of the wages they'd have been on, plus some big fee's... I think Mcleish got very lucky that he inherited a lot of good players.Players like Maniero, Rodriguez, Buffel, Pierre-Fanfan, Waterrus, Hemdani, Kygriakos, Jeffers, vanoli, berg, emerson, capucho, ostenstad... thats a lot of wages right there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
He's blue he's white 717 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Watterus and Khizanishvilli were also great signings Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnberry18 3,204 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 PrsoAndrewsNovoHemdaniWaterreus Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarkev 3,540 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Buffel, waeterus, kyriakos and hemdani were good players and at different times contributed to alot of success...he did make some poor signings to be fair and that again goes back to the scouting network as he was operating on a budget...it seems its something that has been poor for a while! Tin hat on here but I actually liked Rodriquez as a defender as well... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewaj3 1,444 Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 Something i've just thought of and it may not be much... but i think if you were to pick a best 11 out of that side.. and looked at mccoists signings... despite the difference in budget and division i stilll think 3 or 4 of them wouldn't be too far away from getting in that team! (Aluko, Wallace, Temps and Boca) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FernandoR20 2,133 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 No order:NovoPrsoBoydBuffelVignal/Kygriakos Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolongawake 1,205 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I'm no orderNovoPrsoBoydAndrewsWattereus Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLE SUPER WILBERT 2,475 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 1. Novo2. Prso3. Boyd4. Andrews5. Hemdani Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Something i've just thought of and it may not be much... but i think if you were to pick a best 11 out of that side.. and looked at mccoists signings... despite the difference in budget and division i stilll think 3 or 4 of them wouldn't be too far away from getting in that team! (Aluko, Wallace, Temps and Boca)The difference in budget wouldn't have been that big, probably.McLeish never got the deserved credit for the job he done in impossible financial circumstances. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,752 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 NovoPrso BoydBoumsong Andrews Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,752 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 The difference in budget wouldn't have been that big, probably.McLeish never got the deserved credit for the job he done in impossible financial circumstances.The domestic form in his final season was an embarassment although that's offset by the Champions League campaign.I still think he stayed a season too long though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 The domestic form in his final season was an embarassment although that's offset by the Champions League campaign.I still think he stayed a season too long though.See, our domestic form was terrible that season, I agree. But truth be told, Hearts simply had a better team than us that season, if you go pull a starting XI from any Rangers-Hearts game from that season I'd wager they had the better team. Too many years of cost cutting had destroyed us as a real force that year, despite the European exploits.McLeish ran out of ideas, and ran out of steam. As much as I loved him for winning us so many trophies and getting us to the last-16, I'd have to agree that he did stay a season too long. But then, why wouldn't he? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I'm presuming the only reason Boumsong is on everyone's list is because of the mad profit we made on him?I remember him making mistakes every match, and the commentators would always just say he's being casual because he's too good for this level. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfc1990 1,140 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Averladze? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,752 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Averladze?Signed by Advocaat Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,752 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I'm presuming the only reason Boumsong is on everyone's list is because of the mad profit we made on him?I remember him making mistakes every match, and the commentators would always just say he's being casual because he's too good for this level.That's the only reason I have him in there.Kyrgiakos was a good signing and another player who cost us nothing and I think Ferguson also proved himself to be good value for money over a number of years after he came back too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 That's the only reason I have him in there.Kyrgiakos was a good signing and another player who cost us nothing and I think Ferguson also proved himself to be good value for money over a number of years after he came back too.Kyrgiakos was a funny one.He was absolutely excellent in his loan spell, then when we signed him on a permanent deal he was still a decent defender, but made far, far more mistakes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirrhillLoyal 318 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Novo PrsoBoydAndrewsBoumsong Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirrhillLoyal 318 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I used to love Buffel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,752 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I used to love Buffel.Are you Danny? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markem 7,251 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 At the time I never really appreciated the job that Mcleish done mainly because I probably hadn't accepted the financial constraints. Still think he signed some dross however that arguably makes the trophies won even more exceptional - let's face it the offended offenders were hard to beat at the time. Considering the big goals he scored wee Nacho was a fantastic signing and Dado was a incredible free (he was a free wasn't he?). Marvin was worth signing for 'Keep Believing' alone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,752 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 To be fair to Eck a lot of the players he signed came here with decent reputations and careers but for whatever reason they just didn't perform. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,752 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 See, our domestic form was terrible that season, I agree. But truth be told, Hearts simply had a better team than us that season, if you go pull a starting XI from any Rangers-Hearts game from that season I'd wager they had the better team. Too many years of cost cutting had destroyed us as a real force that year, despite the European exploits.McLeish ran out of ideas, and ran out of steam. As much as I loved him for winning us so many trophies and getting us to the last-16, I'd have to agree that he did stay a season too long. But then, why wouldn't he?That Hearts team was actually pretty good. imagine getting a champions league winner and a European championship winner in the SPL within a year of those wins now Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamie 4,830 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Federico Nieto loyal Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 That Hearts team was actually pretty good. imagine getting a champions league winner and a European championship winner in the SPL within a year of those wins now .In 2005/6 we had a Hearts team with Gordon, Pressley, Webster, Fyssas, Hartley, Skacel, Jankauskis etc, a Hibs team with Whittaker, Murphy, Brown, Thomson, Riordan and O'Connor. Even Aberdeen had Anderson, McNaughton, Nicholson, Clark and Miller.The quality drop in the SPL is shocking the last few years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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