GOAT 30,449 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 What exactly is a walter smith signing?Is it a Laudrup or a gascoigne?An albertz or an amoruso?A cuellar or a bougherra?A mendes or a davis?The amount of times i read he's just a walter smith signing makes me laugh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenose4life 5 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 What exactly is a walter smith signing?Is it a Laudrup or a gascoigne?An albertz or an amoruso?A cuellar or a bougherra?A mendes or a davis?The amount of times i read he's just a walter smith signing makes me laugh.To me, thats exactly what it is. A great signing. Other managers sign players (flo, etc..) but who has really made the signings of sir walter? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 At least you weren't selective with your list. Well done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edin-Bear-ugh 1 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Alec Clelland, Basile Boli, Theo Snelders, Davie Weir, Kenny Miller... Can be a hit or a miss Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenose4life 5 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Alec Clelland, Basile Boli, Theo Snelders, Davie Weir, Kenny Miller... Can be a hit or a missname one manager who has not signed a flop lol - even sir alex has lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flecky1 4 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 miller, mcculloch, broadfoot, weir Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingWilBEARy 4,319 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 It's when he captures the signature of a player willing to play for the club he happens to manage Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdasyn 431 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Christian Dailly, Lee McCulloch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOAT 30,449 Posted July 29, 2010 Author Share Posted July 29, 2010 Alec Clelland, Basile Boli, Theo Snelders, Davie Weir, Kenny Miller... Can be a hit or a missClelland was decent for us....Boli was a champions league winning french international.Snelders was a good goalkeeper at the sheepshaggersWeir? Are you serious? What a signing hes been!Kenny miller? Dickhead shouldnt be playing for us, but what a player hes been for us, especially last season.So once again what is a walter smith signing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyboy2009 11 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 I wonder how many players smith has singed in his 2 spells in charge, would be interesting to see. Ill start some off, people will have to help alot tho lol.2nd Spell First.Steven DavisChristian DaillyKevin ThomsonSteven NaismithMaurice EduLee McCullochMadjid BougherraDavie WeirSteven WhittakerRoy CarrollNeil AlexanderJerome Rothen (LOAN)Kenny MillerAndrius VelickaAlan GowPedro MendesDaMarcus BeasleyCarlos CuellarAaron (LOAN)Jean Claude DarchevilleAmdy Faye (LOAN)Kirk BroadfootKyle LaffertyAny ive missed? what about the first spell? Ill start with the easy to remember...Jorg AlbertzLorenzo AmorusoSeb RozenthalMarco NegriSergio PorriniStaal StensaasJonas ThernGordon DurieMark Hateley (2nd Time)Rino GattusoRichard Gough (2nd Time)Basil BoliAlec ClellandAlan MaclarenGary McSweganPaul GascoigneBrian Laudrupcant really be arsed anymore...lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brubear 2,979 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 I wonder how many players smith has singed in his 2 spells in charge, would be interesting to see. Ill start some off, people will have to help alot tho lol.2nd Spell First.Steven DavisChristian DaillyKevin ThomsonSteven NaismithMaurice EduLee McCullochMadjid BougherraDavie WeirSteven WhittakerRoy CarrollNeil AlexanderJerome Rothen (LOAN)Kenny MillerAndrius VelickaAlan GowPedro MendesDaMarcus BeasleyCarlos CuellarAaron (LOAN)Jean Claude DarchevilleAmdy Faye (LOAN)Kirk BroadfootKyle LaffertyAny ive missed? what about the first spell? Ill start with the easy to remember...Jorg AlbertzLorenzo AmorusoSeb RozenthalMarco NegriSergio PorriniStaal StensaasJonas ThernGordon DurieMark Hateley (2nd Time)Rino GattusoRichard Gough (2nd Time)Basil BoliAlec ClellandAlan MaclarenGary McSweganPaul GascoigneBrian Laudrupcant really be arsed anymore...lolAlot more success than failure in these lists in my opinion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
miracle 7,853 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 This should hopefully be fairly complete:First Spell at Rangers:Andy GoramDavid RobertsonAlexei MikhailichenkoStuart McCallDale GordonPaul RideoutAlly MaxwellDave McPhersonTrevor StevenDuncan FergusonFraser WishartCraig MooreGordon DurieBasile BoliBrian LaudrupBilly ThomsonAlec ClellandGary BollanSteven WrightPaul GascgoineOleg SalenkoGordan PetricDerek McInnesPeter Van VossenErik Bo AndersonJorg AlbertzJoachim BjorklundSebastian RozenthalAndy DibbleMark HateleyStaale StensaasLorenzo AmorusoSergio PorriniMarco NegriTony VidmarJonas ThernRino GattusoAntii NiemiJonatan JohanssonRichard GoughEverton:David GinolaLee CarsleyTobias LinderothJesper BlomqvistTomasz RadzinskiAlan StubbsGary NaysmithIdan TalDuncan FergusonThomas GravesenNiclas AlexanderssonPaul GascgoineAlex NyarkoSteve WatsonAlessandro PistoneAndrew PettingerStephen HughesJoe-Max MooreAbel XavierMark PembridgeKevin CampbellRichard GoughScott GemmillPeter DegnDavid WeirIbrahima BakayokoSteve SimonsenDavid UnsworthChris WoodsJohn CollinsOlivier DacourtMarco MaterazziSecond Spell at Rangers:David WeirUgo EhioguKevin ThomsonAdda DjeziriGiorgios EfremGraeme SmithAlan GowAndy WebsterDaMarcus BeasleyKirk BroadfootJean Claude DarchevilleCarlos CuellarRoy CarrollMarco MichetschlagerLee McCullochSteven WhittakerDaniel CousinSteven NaismithAmdy FayeArturs VaiculisThomas Kind BendiksenIsa BagciNeil AlexanderChristian DaillySteven DavisMaurice EduKenny MillerAndrius VelickaKyle LaffertyMadjid BougherraAaron NiguezPedro MendesJerome RothenKamil Wiktorski Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbm1989 41 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 not many good strikers though. far to many duds imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 11,453 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 There's been good and bad, in both spells. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edin-Bear-ugh 1 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Alec Clelland, Basile Boli, Theo Snelders, Davie Weir, Kenny Miller... Can be a hit or a missClelland was decent for us....Boli was a champions league winning french international.Snelders was a good goalkeeper at the sheepshaggersWeir? Are you serious? What a signing hes been!Kenny miller? Dickhead shouldnt be playing for us, but what a player hes been for us, especially last season.So once again what is a walter smith signing? you've not got my point at all. I'm saying weir and miller have been great. Clelland was ok. But boli and snelders did fuck all for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjorkland 13 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 not many good strikers though. far to many duds imoDuring Smith's first spell we had a near enough consistent front two of McCoist and Hateley. This was supplemented by Durie who was a very good striker for us IMO. Van Vossen & Bo Anderson were not great, but scored goals which helped us secure 9IAR. Big Dunc had issues which forced him on, and Rozenthal was pretty unaffective admittedly. Oleg Salenko flopped, but came with a reputation so I can understand his signing.During the 1998 season, Negri scored 32 goals in 30 games, so don't say he was a bad striker. He certainly wasn't the reason we didn't win the league that season. As for his form after the Porrini-gate, you can't blame Walter for that.During his second spell, Walter again inherited a team with an effective main striker in Kris Boyd. He brought in Darcheville and Cousin, both good strikers that IMO cannot be blamed for the failure in Manchester, nor our loss of the leauge that season.Kenny Miller, despite some people unjustifiable dislike of him, has played an essentially role in securing the last two leagues. IMO and exellent signing from Walter. We have also had Velicka who has done nothing and I don't believe that will change, and Naismith, who for the main has not been used as a striker, whether he was signed with this in mind I don't know, but it would be unfair to say he is a flop as a striker based on the limited game time he has had there.All in all, I would say, both Smith's spells in charge he has inherited a team with a main striker intact. He has of course supplemented with his own signings, and in the whole has had success, the exceptions being Rozenthal, Velicka, Salenko. Incidently, by my workings (could be wrong), Smith's signed strikers have played 386 games total and scored 165 goals total. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluepeter9 5,167 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 miller, mcculloch, broadfoot, weirOur second top goal scorer last two seasons, our best utility player, broadfoot and our captain.Were you trying to make some negative point about these players? - all have done excelent service for us in the Smith era. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
docspiderman 1,315 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 What has to be remembered is that in his first term agents lined up outside the door offering players because of our free flowing purse strings; it was a matter of deciding which medal laden or class talent Ewan Chester decided with Walter to buy.When Walter actually went scouting we ended up with the Stensaas or the scottish player which everyone knew about; good or mediocre.Looking at the list from Miracle for his second term,where he still splashed a lot of money,it makes very depressing reading with only a couple of gems found,one of which was at Bomber Browns insistence,a few well known players and a whole lot of dross. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott-RFC 308 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Walter is a very good judge of a playerAnyone who says differently is looking for reasons to be negative again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovanFrontGers 1 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Look all managers have good and bad signings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lylad 33 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 all in all, i think Sir Walter seez sumfin in players that no else seez, but fitting some of them in is well, quite hard due to injuries and what not. Look at Beasley, great player with massive potential, but again injured every other week. now going back to His first spell a cant remember much as i was a wee boy, but youz get what im saying Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbm1989 41 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 dont get me wrong, im one of old watties biggest fans. i just think far too many of his signings, be they his own doing or that of ewen chester the jester, have been sub-par at best. especially forwards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArturBorucRangersLegend 1 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Walter is great at signing centre halfs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbm1989 41 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 walter has grey hair Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flecky1 4 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 miller, mcculloch, broadfoot, weirOur second top goal scorer last two seasons, our best utility player, broadfoot and our captain.Were you trying to make some negative point about these players? - all have done excelent service for us in the Smith era.aye, all 4 as "football" players are fucking shitei do love Davie Weir though as bad as he is, Big Kirk i admire his attitude, Kenny, i admire his work rate and Big Lee i really do not like at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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