plymouthranger 3,872 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 What’s people’s thoughts on him as a player for us? From what I remember, we paid big money for him (in the region of £6million), he had injury problems and then there was a carry on about an appearance fee we couldn’t afford to trigger. I didn’t realise he was an England international when we signed him, so it must’ve been disappointing considering the money we spent on him at the time. Was he actually a player who we were just unlucky with? Always seemed like a Papac-style player who was solid but not spectacular, rather than someone we should’ve spent big on... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEPPS BOY 73,909 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Decent singer.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
In walter we trust 228 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Thinking back, injury prone and bit of a wimp , not worth the money Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcbear 10,913 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 I was expecting way more, thought he was a 6/10. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangersMedia 35,961 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Bit of a flop tbh the transfer fee was pretty hefty and he was on a high wage Pretty much played only 1 full season with us iirc and celtic ran away with the league that year so we were a bit pish then the following season was the whole appearance money debacle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gj923 1,457 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 He only had 1 cap in a friendly for England so not exactly an international. The fee was pretty standard for then but yes like a lot of players we signed he had injury problems. There was also an appearance clause which kept him benched for a while once he came back from injury Looking at his stats over 15 years he averaged about 16 games a season so its clear he was reasonably talented but was just as likely to pick up an injury. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeyserSoze 14,532 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Hadn’t heard anything about him when he arrived forgot about him when he was here couldn’t remember anything about him after he left We’ve had our fair share of these types over the years that’s for sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
docspiderman 1,228 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 I thought he was a very poor signing; not good defensively and seemed to have a problem with depth perception and distance control when passing or crossing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coopsleftboot 5,512 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 I worked with an Everton fan when we signed him, he was raging. Thought we were getting an absolute steal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_4 34,520 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Good player, fucked with injuries though and then by our financial situation. Definitely not value for money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Cost us 6 million from Everton in 2001. Everton replaced the missing Ball by signing Alan Stubbs on a free transfer from cellic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigo 32,526 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Good fullback but 6 million was way OTT. Ruined by injury with us. Would have been a good addition if he'd been injury free and half the price. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEPPS BOY 73,909 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 16 minutes ago, tannerall said: Cost us 6 million from Everton in 2001. Everton replaced the missing Ball by signing Alan Stubbs on a free transfer from cellic. Quite ironic really... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amokachi 3,009 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 My memory was he was a top player who new his stuff but seemed to play within himself, injures played a big part in that imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copland bear 7,966 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 One word Pish, never recovered from his injury and we spent a small fortune on him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copland bear 7,966 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 14 minutes ago, Inigo said: Good fullback but 6 million was way OTT. Ruined by injury with us. Would have been a good addition if he'd been injury free and half the price. We never saw that fullback at Ibrox thou. That was £6m down the pan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 18,769 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Loved a diagonal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElBufalo20 7,892 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Pretty sure he scored a free kick against dinamo Moscow and was injured all the time. That was it really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Traive 22,756 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 In my time, he’s behind Munro (Iain and Stuart), Robertson, Sasa The Great, Wallace, Mathieson and the best Rangers left back I’ve ever seen, Numan. At 6m, an atrocious waste of money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TamCoopz 19,605 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 34 minutes ago, STEPPS BOY said: Quite ironic really... Deserves more likes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEPPS BOY 73,909 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 11 minutes ago, TamCoopz said: Deserves more likes I’m wasted on here tbh pal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McEwan's Lager 30,522 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 We signed him to be a left sided CB in a back three, he got injured and by the time he came back we were playing a back four under McLeish which didn’t really need his type at CB so he got played at LB. Remember him being decent in the Sven’s Man City side that led the Premier League at one time in the 07/08 season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TamCoopz 19,605 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 15 minutes ago, McEwan's Lager said: We signed him to be a left sided CB in a back three, he got injured and by the time he came back we were playing a back four under McLeish which didn’t really need his type at CB so he got played at LB. Remember him being decent in the Sven’s Man City side that led the Premier League at one time in the 07/08 season. I’m sure he was part of the team that got humped 8-1 by Middlesbrough Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wully 47,343 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Whacked the bar from range at McDiarmid Park and Arveladze headered the rebound home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Deacon 55,203 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Copland bear said: One word Pish, never recovered from his injury and we spent a small fortune on him. You could use this line on a few signings Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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