The Paille Man Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 A short survey to keep self-isolating Hearts supporters occupied during social lockdown. Looking for fans to select their top 10 and worst 10 signings of the post-administration era. Link to the survey is as follows: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/H8JM7D5 For clarity, this includes all players signed between the 2014 summer and 2020 January transfer windows but not players signed initially for the U20s (e.g. Keena, Zanatta, Roy). Thanks in advance for your input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leginten Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Christ, that list makes for depressing reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Shark Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Way too difficult. Gave up on 5 decent signings and 68 utter shit signings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, Paul Shark said: Way too difficult. Gave up on 5 decent signings and 68 utter shit signings. Only 68? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozi Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Rather damning indictment how hard it was to pick a top 10 and also to limit the disappointments to 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAndrew Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 I like to think I'm a hearts fan. But I had to stop at a few names and think, who was that again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upgotheheads Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 11 minutes ago, Bozi said: Rather damning indictment how hard it was to pick a top 10 and also to limit the disappointments to 10 And how little difference there was between the two. 4 minutes ago, JamboAndrew said: I like to think I'm a hearts fan. But I had to stop at a few names and think, who was that again? Me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1971fozzy Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 What a helluva depressing list. Struggled hugely for a top 10 could have picked so many for the worst unfortunately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozi Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 The worst part for me was that Adam Eckersley had to be in my top 10, prior to Hickeys emergence he was the only decent left back signed in the whole of the last 6 years...and we have had a LOT of left backs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartsfc_fan Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 God a few I forgot about: Smith-Brown Stockton El Hassnaoui Anderson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTT Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Could have kept going with the poor signings. Shocking how bad our recruitment has been. Need a total clear out of that department. Preference would be to give someone like JJ a role on the board but bring in a DOF/ Sporting director with a track record. Ultimately, you get what you pay for. A lot of our signings were pointless gambles and thats what we got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreJambo Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 We have signed some true guff in recent years. After looking at the list of players I'm not at all surprised by where we currently sit in the league table. Levein 😡 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japan Jambo Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 any who have found ten for the top are far more generous in spirit than i am. so far have picked two I'm happy with, will wander into mediocrity and see what else I can dredge up. suppose I best give credit for initial contribution... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTT Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Think my top 10 was: Mclaughlin Smith Boyce Naismith Souttar Milinkovic Lafferty Berra? Rossi? Sow? ? - I forgot the last 3 Interesting that the vast majority of our success stories have been players with experience of british football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayman Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 9 minutes ago, OTT said: Think my top 10 was: Mclaughlin Smith Boyce Naismith Souttar Milinkovic Lafferty Berra? Rossi? Sow? ? - I forgot the last 3 Interesting that the vast majority of our success stories have been players with experience of british football. Boyce is more likely in my most disappointing than my top 10. So much expectations, especially after that debut. He’s maybe a bit injured but he’s been disappointing since. The rest seem about right I’d think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigO Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 7 minutes ago, Dayman said: Boyce is more likely in my most disappointing than my top 10. So much expectations, especially after that debut. He’s maybe a bit injured but he’s been disappointing since. The rest seem about right I’d think. Kinda see what you mean but it's the "type" of signing we've needed for years so he made it in almost on what he's done pre Hearts and I'm convinced he'll come good. For me, one of or both of Prince and Gomis need to be in there. Perfect signings for where we were at at the time. Djoums in too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1971fozzy Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Rossi was in my top 10 which kind of says everything about our recruitment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayman Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 18 minutes ago, TheBigO said: Kinda see what you mean but it's the "type" of signing we've needed for years so he made it in almost on what he's done pre Hearts and I'm convinced he'll come good. For me, one of or both of Prince and Gomis need to be in there. Perfect signings for where we were at at the time. Djoums in too. Yeah, ability wise he’s too good for us probably. Application has been a different thing though. Take away the rangers game and his reputation and he’s been a dud. He’s a brilliant player, hopefully we will see it next year! totally agree on prince and gomis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What Again Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 The second question was tougher than any exam question I ever faced 😕 If it helps, you could easily eliminate any spoilt papers (Hibs infiltrators) by easily excluding anyone returning a completed survey without Michael Smith as an answer to question 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Салатные палочки Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Tough picking the worst. So many terrible players on that list. Had to go with those who were given more than a few games to probe themselves and turned out to be awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAlim Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Bad: Oshaniwa El Hassanoui Avdidaj Grzelak Smith-Brown Vanecek Martin Anderson Doyle Sowah Good: Sow Gomis Djoum Rossi Berra Souttar Lafferty Naismith Haring McLaughlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Berra Smith Lafferty Djoum Sow Naismith Rossi Souttar Haring Zeefuik I think that was my 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 3 hours ago, 1971fozzy said: Rossi was in my top 10 which kind of says everything about our recruitment Rossi has been one of the best. Could count on one hand the amount of bad games he had for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigO Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 2 hours ago, BigAlim said: Bad: Oshaniwa El Hassanoui Avdidaj Grzelak Smith-Brown Vanecek Martin Anderson Doyle Sowah Good: Sow Gomis Djoum Rossi Berra Souttar Lafferty Naismith Haring McLaughlin Surely Pereira has to be in the pish list!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1971fozzy Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 1 hour ago, TheBigO said: Surely Pereira has to be in the pish list!! Sadly an indictment of the pish we have bought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavydavy Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 4 hours ago, 1971fozzy said: Sadly an indictment of the pish we have bought How much money has been wasted on this dross over these years. I wonder if CL and AM are volunteering to give up more of their wages as is DS? If CL had any pride he would have walked a long time ago. Supposed to be a Jambo, my arse the thing he worships more than anything is money even in hard times like this he is still hanging around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diadora Van Basten Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Who is Smith-Brown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King prawn Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 13 hours ago, heartsfc_fan said: God a few I forgot about: Smith-Brown Stockton El Hassnaoui Anderson All 4 made my list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King prawn Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 We’ve had so much guff over the last few years but what’s even worse is how many of those players were disappointments. Some of the young players we’ve taken a chance on and it’s not worked out, ok it’s not the end of the world. But there are 7 or 8 players there who had been hyped up to be the next best thing for us yet turned out to be utterly dreadful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King prawn Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 36 minutes ago, Diadora Van Basten said: Who is Smith-Brown? The Manchester City youngster who spent most of his time injured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King prawn Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 7 hours ago, TheBigO said: Surely Pereira has to be in the pish list!! That’s how pish the pish pile is! He didn’t make my list either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboiain13 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Berra Souttar Naisy Gomis McLaughlin Smith Zeefuik Haring Sow Djoum v Oshaniwa Doyle Pereira Martin Vanacek Wighton Anderson Kitchen Stockton Sowah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex member of the SaS Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Can anyone post a list of players we have singed since the Championship? There has been something like 114 players signed since Levein was given control of the footballing side. Some were players the managers wanted, but ultimately being DoF, Levein had the final say. Would love to see a complete list and then we can see who was good and who was not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o1djambo Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 17 hours ago, The Paille Man said: A short survey to keep self-isolating Hearts supporters occupied during social lockdown. Looking for fans to select their top 10 and worst 10 signings of the post-administration era. Link to the survey is as follows: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/H8JM7D5 For clarity, this includes all players signed between the 2014 summer and 2020 January transfer windows but not players signed initially for the U20s (e.g. Keena, Zanatta, Roy). Thanks in advance for your input. Very interesting post. Rather depressing when you see the money that has been wasted. Poor quality signings or / and bad management we will never know. A mixture of both I expect. Very frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboman9 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Pah! Gave up,could only pick 6 best,7 at a push. Depressed now.🤷💩 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Paille Man Posted March 21, 2020 Author Share Posted March 21, 2020 Thanks for the input so far folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyphoonJambo Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 I rated Pollardo, thought he was decent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambonian Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Struggled to find best signings after 7. Worst, well I had that done before I even got to the second half of the list! Craig Levein should be sent a full copy and be asked how much money he has wasted away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diadora Van Basten Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Seriously worried that I didn’t pick Oshaniwa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 15 hours ago, Diadora Van Basten said: Seriously worried that I didn’t pick Oshaniwa It is surprising, but there are more than 10 who contributed less, a couple who I'm thinking, did i see them play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainsley Harriott Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Shows how bad our recruitment has been. Almost impossible to get 10 good ones from the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i8hibsh Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 I gave up as I struggled with the 'best' and I had ticked 10 before I even got past B for the worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Rob Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 There are actually at least 10 decent signings in there. The problem is that very few of them arrived recently. Finding 10 disappointing ones is a whole lot easier, though I found it easier when I focused on the ones who were truly crap (especially when hyped up in advance) as opposed to mainly ‘meh’. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Paille Man Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 Bumping this back up for another day or so before the responses are finalised. Please share your thoughts if you haven't already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Djoum, Gomis, Lafferty, McLaughlin, Ozturk, Rossi, Smith, Sow, Walker The disappointing ones were those who came with buildup or reputation Amankwaa, Cowie, Damour, El Hassnaoui, Kitchen, Martin, Mitchell, Oshiniwa, Tziolis, Vanacek. Huge numbers of other rotten signings like MacLean and Wighton though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thommo414 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 I think I might actually have forgotten Smith in my best 10. One of those cases of such a blindingly obvious answer that it didn’t even cross my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAlim Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 (edited) Just noticed a distinct lack of Sammon, he'd surely be in the worst ten. Gonna attempt a first xi: ____________________Pereira Shaughnessy__Hughes__Grzelak__Oshaniwa Wighton__Anderson__Martin__Amankwaa ___________Stockton__Sammon Edited March 23, 2020 by BigAlim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Paille Man Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 Last chance to have your say in this - planning to close the survey tonight. Only a few votes separating certain players at both ends of the scale. https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/H8JM7D5 Thanks for all the input so far - response has been great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cory McNamara Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Alexander Berra Naismith Buaben Ozturk Djoum Rossi Sow Keatings Walker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Hans Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 17 hours ago, BigAlim said: Just noticed a distinct lack of Sammon, he'd surely be in the worst ten. Gonna attempt a first xi: ____________________Pereira Shaughnessy__Hughes__Grzelak__Oshaniwa Wighton__Anderson__Martin__Amankwaa ___________Stockton__Sammon I based my worst signings on disappointment levels. The Sammon signing turned out exactly how I thought it would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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