Biggest Disappointment After Signing

[Jockbee]

John Akinde fro me....when he played for WW he was mustard....You Reds....

 

[Ken_Hom's_Wok]

Scott Marshall - Arsenal pedigree and replaced Herman. Was garbage.

 

[RT]

Paul Davis

 

[Chorlton Bee]

Scott Canham

 

[pompeybee]

Steve Claridge. Though maybe shouldn't have been surprised that I was disappointed.

 

[Brain-dead Bee]

All those above, plus Kruszynski, Shipperley

 

[rebus]

Paul Davis

Definitely up there. Eddie May also. Leo Fortune-West.

 

[fallacy]

Focusing on recent arrivals Will Grigg

There was a fair amount of excitement around Nicky Adams signing....not sure what went wrong there

 

[RT]

Lorenzo Pinamonte

 

[rebus]

Lorenzo Pinamonte

Yes. Drewe Broughton is in the mix also.

 

[alikat]

All those above, plus Kruszynski,

I seem to recall that Detzi played well for us when on loan at the end of our promotion season... and then he signed for us and played only a few games the following season!

 

[Invipai]

Robbie Nielson falls into the category of players of whom we'd have done better had we not signed him...

 

[W13 Bee]

Will Grigg.

 

[Houghton Bee]

Marshall, the Icelandic lad from Arsenal who suffered a bad injury, McEachran (so far), Grigg, Hofmann. Folan in a way as well.

 

[Houghton Bee]

I seem to recall either Leon Townley arriving from Spurs or Danny Cullip coming in from Fulham creating a bit of a buzz, neither of them worked out of course.

 

[nick logan]

I seem to recall either Leon Townley arriving from Spurs or Danny Cullip coming in from Fulham creating a bit of a buzz, neither of them worked out of course.

Cullip was ok wasnt he ?

 

[W13 Bee]

Mark McCammon, Ricky Newman, David McCracken, John Mackie and Big Nick were also awful or way below what I expected them to be.

 

[sonofabee]

Bill Glazier, played crap, gave away a soft goal and retired!

 

[Houghton Bee]

Cullip was ok wasnt he ?

Only made 15 apps by the time he left (Wikipedia), although he was steady enough I think. I just remember (probably Townley) a bit of publicity and excitement about one of them when they arrived without them ever living up to the hype.

Alternatively I may be talking utter nonsense

 

[HertfordBee]

Bill Glazier, played crap, gave away a soft goal and retired!

More than one soft goal... almost one a game!!

 

[8corner]

Paul Davis was my instant thought.

Kind of agree with Rebus' Leo Hounslow West but not sure I expected too much from him.

Murray Jones must rate a mention and Alan Whitehead (after Fred Callaghan's quote of "better in the air than Concorde")

 

[Sultan]

The re-signing of Gordon Sweetzer.

 

[TW3Bee]

Scott Marshall - Arsenal pedigree and replaced Herman. Was garbage.

To be fair HH was a hard act to follow.

 

[BeeHomeSoon]

Jean-Philippe Javary

 

[CTBee]

Jamie Fullerton

 

[TW3Bee]

John Akinde fro me....when he played for WW he was mustard....You Reds....

I think he was only signed on the basis of 'that' goal for Wycombe at GP.

 

[TW3Bee]

Paul Davis

He was truly awful, and I think makes it into most Worst Ever Brentford XI's.

 

[TW3Bee]

Scott Canham

One of those that were brilliant when he was on loan, but ***** when he was signed permanently.

 

[TW3Bee]

I seem to recall that Detzi played well for us when on loan at the end of our promotion season... and then he signed for us and played only a few games the following season!

Highlight would probably have been hitting the post at Filbert Street.

 

[TW3Bee]

Alan Whitehead (after Fred Callaghan's quote of "better in the air than Concorde")

Was that the Air France one that crashed?

Record signing at the time I think.

 

[TW3Bee]

Bill Glazier, played crap, gave away a soft goal and retired!

Nine appearances.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Glazier

 

[Chorlton Bee]

Scott Marshall - Arsenal pedigree and replaced Herman. Was garbage.

In my minds eye Marshall came good and showed why he was signed towards the end of his Bees career

 

[North London Bee]

Lee Frost for me, brilliant on loan, useless when we signed him permanently.

 

[North London Bee]

Scott Marshall, Tony Funnell, Nicky Adams, Cleveland Taylor, Calum Willock - more to come I am sure!

 

[TW3Bee]

Lee Frost for me, brilliant on loan, useless when we signed him permanently.

That seems to be a re-curing theme.

Scott Marshall, Tony Funnell, Nicky Adams, Cleveland Taylor, Calum Willock - more to come I am sure!

Tony Funnell is a bit harsh.

Just checked 8 goals in 32 games.

Doesn't include his hat-trick against KB Copenhagen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Funnell

 

[Gee Bee]

Efan Ekoku

 

[Ken_Hom's_Wok]

He seemed to have played quite a number of games for us which suggests he wasn’t all bad, but I seem to remember him being extremely slow and a really poor reader of the game which was disappointing given his pedigree. Also we paid a significant amount for him at the time which made it worse. Scored a few OGs as well

 

[wibs]

Shipperley was supposed to put 1,000 on the gate.Turns out he was putting 2,000 calories just on his breakfast

 

[wanderer paul]

Sweetzer markII
Booker markII
Davis
Canham mark II
Frost markII
Adams
Cleveland Taylor
Murray Jones
Alan Whitehead

There has to be many many more.....!!

 

[wanderer paul]

Shipperley was supposed to put 1,000 on the gate.Turns out he was putting 2,000 calories just on his breakfast

Along with Davis, this has to be up there!! What a shocker.

 

[Humblebee]

Pim Balkestein.

 

[finsbury_bee]

The Hoff was disappointing and the Ryan Williams signing was just strange. There’s actually been a few recently, Gogia, Kersch, Tebas and of course, Betty. Can’t get them all right.

 

[ruislip bee]

Jesus some of these names are making me break out in a cold sweat. I keep thinking - he was the worst then someone comes up with someone even worse. Paul Davis and Murray Jones take some beating though.

 

[GP200]

..............Bjellend............

 

[Low End Bee]

We all chipped in and got.....
Shipperly.
Not even a 1000 on the gate could sweeten that deal.

 

[Bangor Bee]

Sweetzer very disappointing second time around after being so good originally. Also the "wee gem" (to use McLintock's words) Rowan Alexander: wee he was, a gem he was not.

 

[ruislip bee]

..............Bjellend............

Harsh, very harsh. Got effed-up by our own pitch. Own goal of a huge proportion. Someone's head should have rolled over that disgraceful pitch.

 

[wanderer paul]

The Hoff was disappointing and the Ryan Williams signing was just strange. There’s actually been a few recently, Gogia, Kersch, Tebas and of course, Betty. Can’t get them all right.

It’s been mentioned many times why Williams was signed......

 

[TW3Bee]

Also the "wee gem" (to use McLintock's words) Rowan Alexander: wee he was, a gem he was not.

Had a great debut, but it was downhill after that.

 

[TW3Bee]

Eddie May

Record signing at the time, but never really settled.