When was the last time for you that we signed a player and said WOW ?

s6t9a2f3f · Post by **s6t9a2f3f** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:46 am

When was the last time for you that we signed a player and said WOW in a surprise (thought we could never sign him way) ??

Brian

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:46 am

Defour

Roosterbooster · Post by **Roosterbooster** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:48 am

Defour

Before then probably Blake first time round

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:48 am

Marvin Sordell.

halfmanhalfbiscuit · Post by **halfmanhalfbiscuit** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:49 am

Defour

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:50 am

Haha, I definitely said 'wow' when we signed Juke and Sordell.

In terms of good surprise, I would say Defour.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:51 am

Ian Wright. The only time.

Papabendi · Post by **Papabendi** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:53 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Ian Wright. The only time.

Chris Eagles.

John Johnson 1605 · Post by **John Johnson 1605** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:54 am

Ade Akinbiyi (the second time).

Zom Zom · Post by **Zom Zom** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:55 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Ian Wright. The only time.

Me too.
And he made me say 'Wow!' with his goal against Notts County at the Turf.
Class.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:56 am

Last time I don't know but first time was Frank Casper in summer of 1967. I'd been watching Burnley for nearly seven years and he was the first signing.

I do know the last - has to be Ian Wright.

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:01 am

Lets hope its still not the case tomorrow night

happyclaret17 · Post by **happyclaret17** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:01 am

Zom Zom wrote:Me too.
And he made me say 'Wow!' with his goal against Notts County at the Turf.
Class.

........
remember it well...a crucial late goal.
my lasting memory of him was that he had that friday night show on tv but was up at the turf the day after and was on the bench for us cheering the lads on.....wrighty a complete class act on and off the field.....maybe because he was late into the professional game and appreciated what he had.

CnBtruntru · Post by **CnBtruntru** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:23 am

Ian Wright for me too.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:25 am

Defour.

Longside4evr · Post by **Longside4evr** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:32 am

Gazza caused a stir averaging 8,000 then he signed and we had a crowd of over 20,000 on but he had issues and turned out not so good as it could have been
But yes it has to be Wright for me he did the business for us

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:32 am

Defour.

Braindead · Post by **Braindead** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:36 am

Gazza.

I then saw 10 minutes of him play and then went 'Wow, he's clearly smashed'.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:38 am

Gray....we had never spent that sort of money ever before,and it paid off with his goals making us Champions.

jedi_master · Post by **jedi_master** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:41 am

Longside4evr wrote:Gazza caused a stir averaging 8,000 then he signed and we had a crowd of over 20,000 on but he had issues and turned out not so good as it could have been
But yes it has to be Wright for me he did the business for us

We definitely weren't averaging 8k before Gazza signed.

We were top of the Championship a couple of months prior getting 16-18k on each game.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:41 am

Its Defour, and then Grosicki (before his plane landed and it all went a bit weird)

quoonbeatz · Post by **quoonbeatz** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:42 am

defour and wrighty are the only two.

Marlonspants · Post by **Marlonspants** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:44 am

Mark Kendall

I still can't believe we signed him.

jedi_master · Post by **jedi_master** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:44 am

Brady because I didn't think we wpuld ever go to £13m for a player.

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:46 am

Keith Newton was a bit wowish, back in the day.

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:50 am

Longside4evr wrote:Gazza caused a stir averaging 8,000 then he signed and we had a crowd of over 20,000 on but he had issues and turned out not so good as it could have been
But yes it has to be Wright for me he did the business for us

We were averaging a lot more than 8,000. We were in the Championship.

Just about all the signings of recent times.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:59 am

Ian Wright was just unbelievable and so unexpected. Defour and Brady were wow signings but we sort of knew they were happening.

Robbie Blake 2nd time round was the only time I went down to the training ground to see a new signing. My 3 year old at the time was more interested in the tractors and ground machinery for me to go into full on stalker.

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:14 pm

joe barton, always liked him and was genuinley shocked when he came.

AlargeClaret · Post by **AlargeClaret** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:15 pm

Gazza

Simply because he was Gazza,He actually got super fit but his head had gone long before.

Terrible shame but for the last 10 yrs generally to be found in assorted hotel/pub dustbins,mental units, and A@E depts.Amazed he's still alive .

Herts Clarets · Post by **Herts Clarets** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:16 pm

Ian Wright is the only one for me too. My then father in law phoned up and asked if I had seen who we had signed. I couldn't guess, he said think Celtic and the penny still didn't drop. Then I put teletext (remember that?) on and it was the main headline on the sports page.

And THAT goal v Notts Co - I had travelled up from London and was sat in the BL stand with a girl I used to work with in the bar. We battered them, went 1-0 up and couldn't get a second. My worst fears materialized when they scored from their one and only chance. Looking like we had thrown 2 points away, then Wrighty got on the end of a pass from Davis and did what Ian Wright does and stuck it away. Also remember the Brentford away, Wright went through 1 on 1 with the keeper and I just thought he will score. It's Ian Wright. I have seen him do it so many times for Arsenal. Sure enough he finished easily, plus 2 more from John Mullin I think. We still almost managed to throw it away, but held on thanks to a couple of cracking saves from Crighton at the end.

boiledclaret · Post by **boiledclaret** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:17 pm

I didn't think 'wow' when we signed Andy Cole. If anything, at 35, I thought we'd landed a crock, but I certainly said 'wow' when he played.

It demonstrated the gulf in class. He couldn't get near Sunderlands team in the bottom 6 of the prem yet looked an absolute gem playing for us in the champ.

gandhisflipflop · Post by **gandhisflipflop** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:17 pm

Zom Zom wrote:Me too.
And he made me say 'Wow!' with his goal against Notts County at the Turf.
Class.

Which pass was better. Davis or Brady?

SussexDon1inIreland · Post by **SussexDon1inIreland** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:31 pm

Jack Cork

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dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:32 pm

First time Peter Noble.
Last time Ian Wright.

Falcon · Post by **Falcon** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:33 pm

Gray. 9 million felt like crazy money. Strange how that would be considered a cheap deal just 2 years later with how the transfer market has been inflated.

ngsobob · Post by **ngsobob** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:40 pm

Steve Davis, Barry Kilby's show of intent. £250k was it? In a car park in Chester, heard it on the radio. Definite 'wow' factor. Then Ian Wright, again on Radio 2, in a hotel in Exeter. Had to check that one.

Guitargeorge · Post by **Guitargeorge** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:44 pm

Not sure about individual players, but I've said wow four times since 2009, thanks to the collective efforts of dozens of non wow players

Blackrod · Post by **Blackrod** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:48 pm

Ian Wright the only time for me

paulus the woodgnome · Post by **paulus the woodgnome** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:55 pm

Joe Gallagher

paulus the woodgnome · Post by **paulus the woodgnome** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:56 pm

Just kidding - Wrighty for me with a bit of Defour thrown in.

Claret-On-A-T-Rex · Post by **Claret-On-A-T-Rex** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 12:56 pm

Wood from Leeds. Before that, Brady.

KateR · Post by **KateR** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:10 pm

Gazza for me

Claret-On-A-T-Rex · Post by **Claret-On-A-T-Rex** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:14 pm

I was watching last year when the Brady deal was finalised and the camera showed him taking a seat on the Turf during the game.
He looked excited and happy, he had a huge smile on his face and you could see from his body language he was raring to go, I knew then he'd become our greatest ever player.

Ric_C · Post by **Ric_C** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:16 pm

If we sign Nahki Wells, that'll make me go WOW, but not in a good way

cockneyclaret · Post by **cockneyclaret** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:17 pm

Wright and gazza..

BleedingClaret · Post by **BleedingClaret** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:21 pm

Chris Wowds

Barton was a wow and a woah all rolled into one.
Absolutely justified Dyches judgement

JamesSherbourne · Post by **JamesSherbourne** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:29 pm

Right now with the Wells signing imminent

Steve-Harpers-perm · Post by **Steve-Harpers-perm** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:29 pm

John Gayle.

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:33 pm

I say "Wow!" everytime we sign someone!

Bordeauxclaret · Post by **Bordeauxclaret** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:35 pm

Gray as it came out of the blue and was a signal of intent.

Then Barton, there were a few stories knocking about but I didn't think he'd come to us.