Mike Newells Sexist Army 2 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Dia It was Souness signed him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR 1,480 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 You might be thinking of that player he signed for Southampton, supposedly on the recommendation of George Weah, who turned out to be a hoax. Correct Southampton. Subbed on after an injury in the first half, subbed off 15 minutes later. That was the extent of his match time. Wouldn't like to say for certain but wee Gordon might have been Saints boss at the time? No it was defo Souness Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonderryLoyal 2 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Dia It was Souness signed him. No it was defo Souness Yeah, cheers guys . 21 minutes playing time? Ali Dia - Southampton In 1996 Graeme Souness immortalised himself in football folklore by falling for an amazing scam that resulted in him signing a player, so bad, that it made Gerard Houllier’s decision to buy Bruno Cheyrou look inspirational. It all started when Ali Dia, a desperate 30 year-old nobody, convinced his agent to phone the Southampton boss pretending to be World Footballer of the Year George Weah recommending ‘his cousin’ (Ali Dia) as the next big thing. Souness fell for it quicker than Robert Pires looking for a penalty and Dia was instantly signed up on a month’s loan. As you can imagine, Souness was eager to see what his new acquisition could do, but the Gods of Football Humour were smiling down on the Dell and a proposed reserve game, and Dia’s debut, against Arsenal was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. That close shave didn’t deter the ‘striker’ who tried to build up his credentials by saying, “I feel I have a bit of pace and I can dribble well. Hopefully I can now show enough of that to the manager and maybe get a place in his squad.†Once again, Souness took the bait and Dia suddenly found himself on the bench in Southampton’s next game against Leeds. But the unthinkable was to follow. Despite Souness never seeing Dia kick a ball, he brought him off the bench. After one minute the whole crowd had to pinch themselves, trying not to believe that Coco The Clown was playing. Dia had the touch of an elephant and the deadliness of a fly. He couldn’t control a ball to save his life and after 14 minutes of 'Bambi on ice' the substitute was substituted, and his loan rapidly terminated. After such a humiliation, you would expect that Souness would have learnt his lesson about taking on a player who clearly can’t play football. I guess this wouldn’t be the right time to mention the £7m he spent on Corrado Grabbi then… oops! Ali Dia and Graeme Souness… we salute you! Link here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rohan 23 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Apparently Bobby Robson accidently signed Carl Court from Wimbledon thinking he was That guy who played for Middlesbrough last year. his name escapes me at this moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigeee 60 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 still can't believe the weah's cousin one was ever allowed to happen... what an idiot souness was! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del 667 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 The best one i heard was Newcastle! They sent a scout to Wimbeldon to watch the black striker they had that was scoring goals. Well that game Carl Cort scored a double and they ended up signing him. Robson was actually meaning Jason Euall who missed the game because he was injured!! lol Im sure it was in his biography! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boabe 1 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Was there not an interview with Shola Ameobi on some tv channel where they were talking about nicknames and asked him if Bobby Robson (then Newcastle manager) had a nickname for him. And he replies "Yeh, he calls me Carl Cort". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Briton 394 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Did anyone at Milan later confirm that they had got Blisset confused with Barnes? It's well documented. There is still a Luther Blissett Fan Club amongst the Rossoneri. Ah right. I didn't know that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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