bmeikle Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/18-hearts-transfers-you-probably-24238204 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 That first line: "Of all the big clubs in Scotland, Hearts have probably had the most forgettable transfers." I would dispute that. Anyway, 5 of the list were keepers, none of whom were really brought in to be first choice players. Also: Kancelskis was decent. Petras also decent. Cammazola decent. McAnespie decent. So...9 players who were bad signings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinRummy Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 I remember being at a midweek game against Livi and that Thorarinsson boy played (might have been off the bench). Never heard a thing about him after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerjames398 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 15 minutes ago, GinRummy said: I remember being at a midweek game against Livi and that Thorarinsson boy played (might have been off the bench). Never heard a thing about him after that. In sure thor grabbed our last minute equaliser, in the lge cup semi v Motherwell at easter rd yrs ago...we still ****ed it up😖😂🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantjambo Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 No recollection whatsoever, of Razulis or Lekevicius 🤷🏼♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantjambo Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 31 minutes ago, millerjames398 said: In sure thor grabbed our last minute equaliser, in the lge cup semi v Motherwell at easter rd yrs ago...we still ****ed it up😖😂🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻 Correct. I was at that game. Marc Fitzpatrick, scored a last minute, injury time winner for Motherwell. I remember going home, fuming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantjambo Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 3 hours ago, Nookie Bear said: That first line: "Of all the big clubs in Scotland, Hearts have probably had the most forgettable transfers." I would dispute that. Anyway, 5 of the list were keepers, none of whom were really brought in to be first choice players. Also: Kancelskis was decent. Petras also decent. Cammazola decent. McAnespie decent. So...9 players who were bad signings. I remember McAnespie being awful. I agree that the other 3 were decent though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, iantjambo said: I remember McAnespie being awful. I agree that the other 3 were decent though. What is weird about including him is that he joined in 2001, years before the rest of that list. Seems very random. Also a bit harsh to include Thorarinsson. I doubt we are the first club to buy a young player for it not to work out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malinga the Swinga Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Absolute disgrace of an article. There have been garbage signings galore by Celtic, Rangers and every Scottish club but Hearts nowhere near the worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerjames398 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 10 minutes ago, iantjambo said: Correct. I was at that game. Marc Fitzpatrick, scored a last minute, injury time winner for Motherwell. I remember going home, fuming. Same here, 2 down and managed to get back in the game..only to balls it up,,a novelty watchin a game in the vermins enclosure, lost my shit when thor equalised, and landed next to the linesman, some scramble to get back in our end, before I got my collar felt😂🇱🇻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmeikle Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 5 hours ago, Nookie Bear said: That first line: "Of all the big clubs in Scotland, Hearts have probably had the most forgettable transfers." I would dispute that. Anyway, 5 of the list were keepers, none of whom were really brought in to be first choice players. Also: Kancelskis was decent. Petras also decent. Cammazola decent. McAnespie decent. So...9 players who were bad signings. It's nothing to do with being bad or good, it doesn't say that anywhere. It's signings that people may have forgotten happend, for whatever reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmeikle Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Malinga the Swinga said: Absolute disgrace of an article. There have been garbage signings galore by Celtic, Rangers and every Scottish club but Hearts nowhere near the worst. 1. Celtic and Rangers were done too - https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/18-rangers-transfers-you-probably-24238538 https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/18-celtic-transfers-you-probably-24231264 2. It's not about bad signings, it's about ones people may have forgotten happened (as it says) Edited June 17, 2022 by bmeikle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, bmeikle said: It's nothing to do with being bad or good, it doesn't say that anywhere. It's signings that people may have forgotten happend, for whatever reason. True. I'll put away the pitchfork 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 1 hour ago, bmeikle said: 1. Celtic and Rangers were done too - https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/18-rangers-transfers-you-probably-24238538 https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/18-celtic-transfers-you-probably-24231264 2. It's not about bad signings, it's about ones people may have forgotten happened (as it says) It isn’t just about bad signings, but it mainly is, and it starts off appallingly with the faceless foreigner nonsense, the dreadful line used by bigoted Keith Jackson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Cockade Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Crawford Boyd, Brian Mcneil, Gregor Stevens and Gordan Petric all absolutely terrible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masonic Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 lee miller was good for a season i had forgot about him tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weakened Offender Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 3 hours ago, Paolo said: It isn’t just about bad signings, but it mainly is, and it starts off appallingly with the faceless foreigner nonsense, the dreadful line used by bigoted Keith Jackson. This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rory78 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 A pointless article considering both the Ugly Sisters have squandered millions of cash on - could start with Daniel Prodan who possibly cost them more in the long run than that whole list of Hearts poor signings and never played one game 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmeikle Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 49 minutes ago, rory78 said: A pointless article considering both the Ugly Sisters have squandered millions of cash on - could start with Daniel Prodan who possibly cost them more in the long run than that whole list of Hearts poor signings and never played one game 🙄 How many times man, it's not criticism over poor signings, I don't know where folk are getting that from. It's just a bit of fun looking at players that people have possibly forgotten about over time. It's written by a Hearts fans FFS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTT Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Not a transfer that happened, but very nearly under Locke IIRC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artūras_Rimkevičius https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/latest-hearts-news/hearts-trialist-arturas-rimkevicius-seeks-romanov-talks-future-1594412 Lad had a good goal scoring record in the Lithuanian league but we couldn't sign him because of the embargo. Think this was the time that nonsense about one in, one out/Enklemann thing. Poor guy killed himself in 2019. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 34 minutes ago, bmeikle said: How many times man, it's not criticism over poor signings, I don't know where folk are getting that from. It's just a bit of fun looking at players that people have possibly forgotten about over time. It's written by a Hearts fans FFS! A Blaire Meikle, no less 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_R Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 12 hours ago, iantjambo said: No recollection whatsoever, of Razulis or Lekevicius 🤷🏼♂️ Me neither and my football manager obsession usually means I'm familiar with even the most obscure of our recruitment. Razulis is a weird one. Prolific at a few clubs but then hardly played at others. Strange career Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingantti1874 Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Sammy Cammazola shouldn’t be anywhere near that list. An excellent wee player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 (edited) 39 minutes ago, kingantti1874 said: Sammy Cammazola shouldn’t be anywhere near that list. An excellent wee player And certainly not a forgotten one Edited June 18, 2022 by Nookie Bear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcjambo Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Roger Vaaler. Sat on the bench for one game otherwise never played for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deevers Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 One for us Golden Oldies - Jim Fotheringham. A centre half bought for a substantial fee from Arsenal in 1959. He lasted about six months and played next to no games and was sold on to a lower league club in England. He was a poor signing by Tommy Walker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzas right boot Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 On 17/06/2022 at 10:56, Nookie Bear said: That first line: "Of all the big clubs in Scotland, Hearts have probably had the most forgettable transfers." I would dispute that. Anyway, 5 of the list were keepers, none of whom were really brought in to be first choice players. Also: Kancelskis was decent. Petras also decent. Cammazola decent. McAnespie decent. So...9 players who were bad signings. The 4 were pretty shite. At best, average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Camazzola Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 2 hours ago, kingantti1874 said: Sammy Cammazola shouldn’t be anywhere near that list. An excellent wee player MOM at Celtic Park October 2005. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS98 Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 20 hours ago, iantjambo said: Correct. I was at that game. Marc Fitzpatrick, scored a last minute, injury time winner for Motherwell. I remember going home, fuming. I remember it like it was yesterday. 2-0 down to 2-2. The main reason we lost the 3rd goal is that we won a throw-in with about a minute left. Robbie Neilson ran the entire length of the pitch and to the opposite side to take a long throw. They clear it and Fitzpatrick runs into the space where Neilson should have been and slots it home. Was absolutely raging. Probably only just forgiven Robbie now. Maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmeikle Posted June 18, 2022 Author Share Posted June 18, 2022 2 hours ago, kingantti1874 said: Sammy Cammazola shouldn’t be anywhere near that list. An excellent wee player No-one said he was a bad player. He only played for the club 8 times, so people may have forgotten him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmeikle Posted June 18, 2022 Author Share Posted June 18, 2022 12 hours ago, Nookie Bear said: A Blaire Meikle, no less 🤔 Yep. What's the issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gershwin Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 21 hours ago, Malinga the Swinga said: Absolute disgrace of an article. There have been garbage signings galore by Celtic, Rangers and every Scottish club but Hearts nowhere near the worst. Ian Gordon’s putting together a pretty compelling body of work with hibs at the moment - their shan signing articles have technically been dropping for months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzas right boot Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 26 minutes ago, bmeikle said: No-one said he was a bad player. He only played for the club 8 times, so people may have forgotten him. He was bang average. If his name was Dave Smith and he was signed from the Lower leagues no one would remember him. Folk remember him because iirc he was our first ever Brazalian player and has a cool name. If he was, as some have suggested a brilliant wee player then guys like Halliday and Lee were / are superstars. Nostalgia really does cloud folks judgement imo. Anyway, other clubs have signed just as much shite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 16 hours ago, The White Cockade said: Crawford Boyd, Brian Mcneil, Gregor Stevens and Gordan Petric all absolutely terrible Ray Dunlop. 😏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantjambo Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 17 hours ago, The White Cockade said: Crawford Boyd, Brian Mcneil, Gregor Stevens and Gordan Petric all absolutely terrible I still wince when I think about how much we spent on Petric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locky Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 1 hour ago, bmeikle said: Yep. What's the issue? Blair, I respect what you do and I get it might be frustrating if you feel people misinterpret your work, but its not a good look coming on here and borderline arguing with people who don't like what you wrote. I enjoyed it for what its worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoked-Glass Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Derek homles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Bazzas right boot said: He was bang average. If his name was Dave Smith and he was signed from the Lower leagues no one would remember him. Folk remember him because iirc he was our first ever Brazalian player and has a cool name. If he was, as some have suggested a brilliant wee player then guys like Halliday and Lee were / are superstars. Nostalgia really does cloud folks judgement imo. Anyway, other clubs have signed just as much shite. So shouldn’t be on the list. Outrage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locky Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 16 minutes ago, Smoked-Glass said: Derek homles Is that French? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 19 minutes ago, Smoked-Glass said: Derek homles We didn’t sign him, he came through the ranks. WHY CAN NOBODY UNDERSTAND THIS?!! 😏 (By the way, the Celtic and rangers lists are much more interesting. Genuinely had no idea about most of them) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzas right boot Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 43 minutes ago, Nookie Bear said: So shouldn’t be on the list. Outrage! Bit Harsh on him. But he was bang average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restonbabe Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Surprised no one mentioned myrsad belija biggest waste of money spent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanley_ Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 I don't think Beslija belongs on a 'transfers you may have forgotten about' list when he's our record signing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAndrew Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Peter Van De Ven, early 90s. Cost us a bit of money from Aberdeen I think. Doubt many folk will have a shirt with his name on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAlim Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Give it another decade and I'm sure there'll be more to add from the last five years or so such as Choulay, Amankwaa, Langer, Advijaj, Grzelak etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartofmidlothian Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Hearts pub quiz question: Of the supposed 'faceless cast of thousands' Romanov signed, there really were two future World Cup players. Who were they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannibal Lecter Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, tartofmidlothian said: Hearts pub quiz question: Of the supposed 'faceless cast of thousands' Romanov signed, there really were two future World Cup players. Who were they? There are actually 3 I can think of Rais M'Bolhi (Algeria), Martin Petras (Slovakia) and Ryan McGowan (Australia). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartofmidlothian Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, Hannibal Lecter said: There are actually 3 I can think of Rais M'Bolhi (Algeria), Martin Petras (Slovakia) and Ryan McGowan (Australia). Correct - it was the first two I was thinking of, from that January window. M'Bolhi's had a good career, I wonder what he would have been like for us if CG hadn't been in his way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTJ Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 2 hours ago, JamboAndrew said: Peter Van De Ven, early 90s. Cost us a bit of money from Aberdeen I think. Doubt many folk will have a shirt with his name on. I think you are being a little unfair. The "Ooh aah Cantona" chant was revised to "Ooh aah Van de Ven" for Peter. Fans don't tend to sing about "forgotten" players. Van de Ven switched to sweeper for us after playing midfield for Aberdeen and was quite good for a season. No Craig Levein but very solid - plus man of the match in Liege against Standard. I expect few people on here were at that game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naisys Tackle Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 On 17/06/2022 at 13:34, GinRummy said: I remember being at a midweek game against Livi and that Thorarinsson boy played (might have been off the bench). Never heard a thing about him after that. Didn't he score in a league cup loss at Easter Road against Motherwell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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