Really hoping that Cornet never appears on a list like this but who in your opinion is the biggest flop we have ever signed

For me has to be Besart Berisha

Just remember massive hype after the U21 game then the injury he got really ruined his time here

So who is your biggest flop?

Drinkwater.

Probably Tony Hancock but Marco Gentile must get a mention although not entirely his fault I don’t think.

Ben Gibson..no contest

Ian Moore

Burnley's first million pound signing. Jesus wept.

Could be the worst player but not necessarily as it’s due to expectation. For example I don’t think there were too many high expectations of any Div 4 players. There was some expectation of Tony Hancock partly due to the fee and he was a flop but not the biggest.

Drinkwater

Gibson - but not down to ability or hunger

After seeing Tony Hancock play against us for Stockport I thought he was a terrific purchase until he started playing for us.

Never scored a goal did he? and sustained an arm injury after having an argument with a dressing room door it's said.

Remco Van Der Schaaf

More recently, a controversial one probably

Aaron Lennon - When he signed first time round, I was expecting more impact from him and I wasn't that bothered when his contract wasn't renewed.

Not suggesting he was a bad player, I just expected more

Drinkwater - he had absolutely no excuse for wasting the talent and opportunities he was given. And not just by us.

Fernando Guerrero

Leon Cort from Stoke, the central defender.... He was awful

Gazza or Paul Stewart.

This could be a long list.

Loan player: Paul Stewart

Permanent deal: Gerry Gow was the first one I thought of.

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 13, 2021 4:13 pm

Ben Gibson..no contest

Another vote from me for Ben

claptrappers_union wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 13, 2021 4:33 pm

Leon Cort from Stoke, the central defender.... He was awful

I was just trying to think of his name........best forgotten.
Brian Laws signed him i think. 3 million down the drain.

But Ben Gibson takes some beating.

For the amount of money it’s got to be Gibson.

Mark Ford was one from the 90’s that came with all the credentials but was utter gash.

For one reason or another, it surely has to be Ben Gibson.

Diego Penny

Paul Gascoigne

Ric_C wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 13, 2021 4:28 pm

Remco Van Der Schaaf

He looked really good pre-season. Something else went on there a la Gibsonesque perhaps

I'm surprised Vossen hasn't been mentioned yet!

Dane Richards

LDNBFC87 wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 13, 2021 5:20 pm

I'm surprised Vossen hasn't been mentioned yet!

Think we got all our money back for him so even though it didn’t work out with him it didn’t really cost us much other than a few weeks wages.

Bigvince wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 13, 2021 5:03 pm

Diego Penny

Good call, was he really a goalkeeper?

BFC123 wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 13, 2021 5:31 pm

Think we got all our money back for him so even though it didn’t work out with him it didn’t really cost us much other than a few weeks wages.

Completely fair. Financials aside, I'd consider a player that enters and exits during the same window a flop!

Another one for Gibson here.

Burnleylad wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 13, 2021 5:27 pm

Dane Richards

Another shout for Dane Richards ...

But if its a money one Ben Gibson has to be in the frame

Berisha and Van der whasit (add Gurerro to that list too) would have cost pennies in comparison to Drinkmoar and Gibson.

Mike Summerbee and Willie Morgan (after re-signing him).

Why Ben Gibson is included is a head shaker, surely you have to play to be classed as a flop.

Not his fault but Brady?
12m, record signing and released as expected, just imagine his career without that injury
And RE Gibson, massive flop but at least we got 9 mil back?

A certain Patrick Bamford. Wasted a place on the pitch

Paul Stewart was who I thought of first, however after seeing him on the abuse documentary a few months ago it’s amazing he ever played at all

LowtonClaret wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:12 pm

A certain Patrick Bamford. Wasted a place on the pitch

I'm not sure that he was given sufficient opportunity, he's certainly not wasted his place on the pitch at Leeds.
It's a long time ago but Tony Philliskirk, John Gayle and most of the ageing recruits signed by John Bond.

boatshed bill wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 13, 2021 5:35 pm

Good call, was he really a goalkeeper?

I didn’t see any evidence of it!

Frederick Nimani. Think he was brought in on loan. Made his debut at Bolton and looked like he’d never seen a football before.

JonBerro wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:10 pm

Not his fault but Brady?
12m, record signing and released as expected, just imagine his career without that injury

He weren't any good BEFORE his injury.

Gibson didn't really cost the club that much, we recouped most of it when we offloaded him to Norwich.

I expected far more from David Nugent, considering our finances at the time and what he was costing, 6 goals in 30 appearances was a very poor return

ClaretCliff wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:41 pm

Frederick Nimani. Think he was brought in on loan. Made his debut at Bolton and looked like he’d never seen a football before.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A ... ric_Nimani

I think he's carried on looking like he's never seen a football judging by his career

Bigvince wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:38 pm

I didn’t see any evidence of it!

Jelle Vossen
Hennings , that little fat ar@e as he waddled into runs was a sight for sore eyes .
Drinkwater- just atrocious

Liam Robinson

tarkys_ears wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:44 pm

He weren't any good BEFORE his injury.

In our 7th place finish season I thought he was fantastic at times.

No votes for Dale Stephens?

claretabroad wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 13, 2021 4:35 pm

This could be a long list.

Loan player: Paul Stewart

Permanent deal: Gerry Gow was the first one I thought of.

Paul Stewart was always a gamble, he clearly did not want to be at Burnley.

Gerry Gow, a player I had admired with his curly grey locks from his Bristol City days. By the time we got him from City he was well spent. When partnered with Tommy Cassidy… whose legs had also gone, it was like we had accidentally picked ‘the dads’ of footballers in our midfield.

Jonathan Walters.

Can remember Mark Ford being a massive disappointment. Was expecting much more from him after playing for Leeds in the Prem at such a young age.

In recent times it has too be.

Brady- record signing at the time wasn't he, he promised much, but delivered very little for the fee and wages we shelled out.

Gibson- some signings just don't work out, and he was unfortunate to pick up his injury when he did, as he might have got a shot in place of Ben Mee, but his Burnley career seemed jinxed from the outset, even when he was given a go in Athens, he was unlucky to get the red card, and from that moment on it was a downward spiral alas.

A few from the Waddle era bring back nightmares, Mark Ford for one.

Brady a decent shout as well done with injuries