DrZuess1979 the 2nd Posted 27 October, 2009 Share Posted 27 October, 2009 Eyal Berkovich Went to west ham ? only to be booted in the head LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 28 October, 2009 Share Posted 28 October, 2009 Been reading the threads on Saga and Surman, and it got me thinking of players that used Saints as "a window for a better club", but were actually playing their best football at Saints, and shouldn't have moved on, but did because of the money. Hassan Kachloul springs to mind as well as Kevin Davies. Ted Bates was on record as saying the ONLY sale he ever regretted was that of Martin Chivers. Although it was (then) a British club record £125,000 I think Spurs fans would have said they got a bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisobee Posted 28 October, 2009 Share Posted 28 October, 2009 Ted Bates was on record as saying the ONLY sale he ever regretted was that of Martin Chivers. Although it was (then) a British club record £125,000 I think Spurs fans would have said they got a bargain. Yes, but we had a certain young player named Micky Channon to replace him ! I believe Chivers wanted to move anyway, we also got Frank Saul as part of the deal. So I think it is fair to say we did not suffer too much as a result of the transfer albeit Chivers was clearly a very good striker. Saints losing players to Spurs, sounds familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulwantsapint Posted 28 October, 2009 Share Posted 28 October, 2009 Super Kenny Monkou left us due to lack of mega money contract then never really heard of again ok Ken was gettin on a bit but was still class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtonesfc Posted 28 October, 2009 Share Posted 28 October, 2009 Mark Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWD Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 Wayne Bridge. Would easily have been first choice here and I reckon he would have played more for England. Chelsea was always a stupid move (altho 7mil and le saux was not bad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 MLT - if he had run around a bit more as if there was money on it then maybe he would have stayed fit enough for a couple of more seasons. Couldn't resist could you? Well done. Everyone thinks you're really clever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 Couldn't resist could you? Well done. Everyone thinks you're really clever. Agreed .fhs. There's no pleasing some people - is there? You can't legislate for injuries and illness and say IF ONLY...but here's a few. Ron Davies - Despite his wonderful record - was kicked around so much by angry defenders not good enough to beat him fairly - and finally lost the skill. Steve Mills - terribly injured in a car crash 1975 - later died of leukemia. Austin Hayes - great young prospect. Scored on his debut, Irish international League Cup final team 1979 - died of cancer aged 28. Ronnie Ekelund - looked great for that half season..had bad back..was it ? Marian Pahars - How good might he have been - but for that ankle injury.? Michael Svensson - One of the best Saints CH in my lifetime ! I'm sure people can make there own lists but surely we can't complain about MLT ...after all those wonderful years and 200+ goals. I think any fan who'd seen MLT for only ONE season would have got their money's worth. (Do older Man.Utd fans complain about George Best (who was " finished " by the time he was 26) ..I think not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonibell Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 MLT - if he had run around a bit more as if there was money on it then maybe he would have stayed fit enough for a couple of more seasons. attention-seeking Grow up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 Could Antti Niemi be one? Was brilliant for us then never really made it at fulham, although he did have a lot of injury problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 I'm only 18 so I can't remember a lot of these players. However I agree with the suggestions of Fernandes and Niemi. Possibly Anders Svensson aswell. One player's name I'd throw in is a centre half called Fitz Hall. Playing in a higher division now but had he stayed with us and helped us stay up in the Prem, who knows? Also suprised no one's mentioned Martin Cranie aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 I wish Charlie Livesey had stayed with the Saints instead of going to Chelsea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 Beatts. I say that from a slightly selfish reason in that if he hadn't of left we'd probably have stayed up, and lets face it he did c*ck all at Everton except get paid more but did get to chuck noodles over a skate in a Manchester restaurant so it wasn't all a wasted effort I suppose And in hindsight staying up that season would only have delayed the inevitable relegation in the long run. Glad he is back in the top league and scoring goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dellboypete Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 Ronnie Ekelund - looked great for that half season..had bad back..was it ? Definitely and with a doubt one of the best players I've ever seen in a Saints shirt (and that includes when he was playing ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 Definitely and with a doubt one of the best players I've ever seen in a Saints shirt (and that includes when he was playing ) Hi Pete ... and there is the basis for a whole fred of it's own..... players seen in a Saints shirt but not actually seen playing !! We seem to have had a whole crop in the Dave Jones era ... Barry Venison, Beresford, David Hirst, David Howells and more recently some bizarre foreign imports other than Delgado such as Sarmiento (was he the torpedo or was that someone else?), Kanchelskis, er lol at me can't remember their names now, but hopefully you get my drift!! Remember back in the day somebody produced a tee shirt stating "I've seen Charlie George play for Saints "!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 Hi Pete ... and there is the basis for a whole fred of it's own..... players seen in a Saints shirt but not actually seen playing !! We seem to have had a whole crop in the Dave Jones era ... Barry Venison, Beresford, David Hirst, David Howells and more recently some bizarre foreign imports other than Delgado such as Sarmiento (was he the torpedo or was that someone else?), Kanchelskis, er lol at me can't remember their names now, but hopefully you get my drift!! Remember back in the day somebody produced a tee shirt stating "I've seen Charlie George play for Saints "!! Or Perry Groves..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 Or Perry Groves..... Or Anthony Pulis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 Or Perry Groves..... Or Anthony Pulis! Perry Groves ... defo had him in my mind, but forgot to put in him the list!! Pulis ... didn't really arrive with the same expectations as the others. It may be said he has actually lived up to our expectations of him :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 I wish Charlie Livesey had stayed with the Saints instead of going to Chelsea. some serious DELL memoirs from different sources suggest that Charlie wasn't such a good role model, or so postive in the dressing room (!) ...still you're partly right... but without that deal we wouldn't have got Cliff Huxford in our backline.. and for that I'm not sorry. They didn't come much harder..(and that includes even Jimmy Case). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 Neil Heaney's career spectacularly nosedived after leaving Saints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 Richard Hall is a good shout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 some serious DELL memoirs from different sources suggest that Charlie wasn't such a good role model, or so postive in the dressing room (!) ...still you're partly right... but without that deal we wouldn't have got Cliff Huxford in our backline.. and for that I'm not sorry. They didn't come much harder..(and that includes even Jimmy Case). Cliff Huxford.......The Gloustershire foghorn.......You could hear him all around the ground on those damp foggy evening games.....Sooo loud. Great captain and as you rightly say...Hard as they come. He went on to work for the coastguard as a lighthouse audible warning signal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 Neil Heaney's career spectacularly nosedived after leaving Saints. At the time he was one of my favourite players :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 Yes, but we had a certain young player named Micky Channon to replace him ! I believe Chivers wanted to move anyway, we also got Frank Saul as part of the deal. So I think it is fair to say we did not suffer too much as a result of the transfer albeit Chivers was clearly a very good striker. Saints losing players to Spurs, sounds familiar. Frank Saul hardly a great success at the Dell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 Beatts. I say that from a slightly selfish reason in that if he hadn't of left we'd probably have stayed up, and lets face it he did c*ck all at Everton except get paid more but did get to chuck noodles over a skate in a Manchester restaurant so it wasn't all a wasted effort I suppose And in hindsight staying up that season would only have delayed the inevitable relegation in the long run. Glad he is back in the top league and scoring goals. Disagree, he was woefully off form the season he left partlydue to a niggling ankle injury. Also he was keeping Crouch out of the side was one of, if not the most prolific Premiership striker in the second half of that season. There's another one, Peter Crouch. Yes it was a choice of either playing for a Championship club or for Liverpool, but he went from a prolific striker to not scoring for his new club Liverpool in over 23 hours of football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 Neil Heaney's career spectacularly nosedived after leaving Saints. At the time he was one of my favourite players :-( He was good I remember a game we win against coventry at the dell when big fat Ron had a bust up with andy gray in telly. I'm sure heaney scored the winner that day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 I always thought Neil Ruddock might have achieved more out of his playing career by staying at Saints.He would probably have ended up captaining Saints and eventually could have been an England international,something which eluded him after leaving SFC.No doubt he would have moved on eventually but he probably moved too soon. Although his time at the yids and Liverpool may have been more glamorous I don't feel Ruddock ever fulfilled his potential after leaving Saints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjsaint Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 Beattie, although he is back in the Prem now he wasted some of his best years in the wilderness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 Beattie, although he is back in the Prem now he wasted some of his best years in the wilderness. In truth his best years were probably with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 He was good I remember a game we win against coventry at the dell when big fat Ron had a bust up with andy gray in telly. I'm sure heaney scored the winner that day? I think that was a 0-0 game, and Beasant got MoM, prompting Big Ron to lose his rag... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yate Saint Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 Martin Cranie, Matt Mills, Gareth Bale in recent years. Most players who leave Saints do crap tbf. Must be a curse!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 Martin Cranie, Matt Mills, Gareth Bale in recent years. Most players who leave Saints do crap tbf. Must be a curse!! Wouldn't say Walcott scoring a hat trick for England is crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint1977 Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 I think that was a 0-0 game, and Beasant got MoM, prompting Big Ron to lose his rag... lol Think it might have been Dodd actually in the first couple of minutes. BFR blew his top as Richard Keys and Andy Gray stuck into him a bit and said Beasant was MOTM. Big win though and had to laugh as BFR threw his earphones down at the end of the interview! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 Kevin Davies was right to move playing Prem football while we languish in League 1 I'm sure that was on his mind when he left The Dell for Blackburn in the summer of 1998. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 Dean Richards. Maybe could have been a good move but we'll never know because of the injury. Spurs must be sick of the defenders they get from us... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Jeweller Posted 29 October, 2009 Share Posted 29 October, 2009 if Bale was still with us he'd of won more games here in the past few weeks than he has in his entire career with spurs......(He-Heeee!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 31 October, 2009 Share Posted 31 October, 2009 Steve Moran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 31 October, 2009 Share Posted 31 October, 2009 thank god no one has said walcott...as when people claim that he should not have left us makes me cringe every time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRobbie Posted 31 October, 2009 Share Posted 31 October, 2009 BT springs to mind for this one. He wasted 2-3 years of his footballing career by leaving Saints in the manner he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 31 October, 2009 Share Posted 31 October, 2009 Disagree, he was woefully off form the season he left partlydue to a niggling ankle injury. Also he was keeping Crouch out of the side was one of, if not the most prolific Premiership striker in the second half of that season. There's another one, Peter Crouch. Yes it was a choice of either playing for a Championship club or for Liverpool, but he went from a prolific striker to not scoring for his new club Liverpool in over 23 hours of football. I think he more than made up for that once he actually banged one in for them. He has had an excellent games to goals ratio for every club since saints (including England). Seeing that he has a real chance of playing in the world cup next year I doubt a day goes by where he regrets leaving us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 31 October, 2009 Share Posted 31 October, 2009 Someone mentioned Eyal Berkovic. Used the club and/or got ideas above his station after helping to hammer Manyoo, I reckon. Could have been a great if he hadnt jumped at the first opportunity and had held his tongue. Tw*t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 31 October, 2009 Share Posted 31 October, 2009 Just watching Bale against Arsenal, what on earth has happened to him. Crap touch, seems to have lost that bit of pace, can't beat the first defender with a cross and keeps giving the ball away. He needs to move ASAP or his career will go completely down the toilet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 31 October, 2009 Share Posted 31 October, 2009 Just watching Bale against Arsenal, what on earth has happened to him. Crap touch, seems to have lost that bit of pace, can't beat the first defender with a cross and keeps giving the ball away. He needs to move ASAP or his career will go completely down the toilet. He has been linked to Brum recently, prob go there in Jan. If he doesn't do something soon though it will be back to the championship for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 31 October, 2009 Share Posted 31 October, 2009 Just watching Bale against Arsenal, what on earth has happened to him. Crap touch, seems to have lost that bit of pace, can't beat the first defender with a cross and keeps giving the ball away. He needs to move ASAP or his career will go completely down the toilet. I agree totally. He used to own the left hand side of St Mary's at times. He was a joy to watch. Too much, too soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derry Posted 1 November, 2009 Share Posted 1 November, 2009 Maik Taylor a far better keeper than his erratic replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigchrisy Posted 2 November, 2009 Share Posted 2 November, 2009 Know he only had one season here but Pele would proably be a good shout. Anyone know where he is atm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerfryisalegend Posted 2 November, 2009 Share Posted 2 November, 2009 Albert Brown, Hardly did anything after leaving Saints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 4 November, 2009 Share Posted 4 November, 2009 I agree totally. He used to own the left hand side of St Mary's at times. He was a joy to watch. Too much, too soon. Redknapp doesn't seem to rate him. Although I hear the general consensus from the spurs fans has been that Assou-Ekotto has been superb for them this season so I think he's keeping Bale out of the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southamptonfclegend Posted 4 November, 2009 Share Posted 4 November, 2009 Wouldn't say Walcott scoring a hat trick for England is crap wow, hes done one thing since hes left saints OMG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabrone Posted 4 November, 2009 Share Posted 4 November, 2009 Moran - on the verge of England with us, never did much after leaving. Dennis - was destined never to reach the same level of performance as he did at Saints. Bale - skulking around in Spurs reserves. Williams - didn't realise how good it was here. Channon - played at Pompey, WTF!! ....not a player but Hoddle - was on to a good thing here then blew it at Spurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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