All this talk of panic buying.....

[Adi_Dem]

....has got me worried that we shall shortly see a grinning Michael Ricketts holding up a Boro shirt.

Who was your favourite panic buy?

 

[dooderooni]

I think that's an oxymoron Adi.

Unless Uwe or Branca were a panic buy then I can't think of anyone.

 

[ForssAwakens]

Andy Carroll - Liverpool.

 

[nowthen]

Alun Armstrong can be added to that list.

 

[American_Mary]

Steve Spriggs, he came, he saw, he ran around and nearly touched the ball.

 

[Cooper6711]

Phil Whelan

 

[Adi_Dem]

Phil Whelan

Yes, definitely a favourite episode of mine. Signed and unable to play. We didn't realise how lucky we were that he wasn't allowed to play!

 

[Funky_Chicken]

Without Rickets we may well have not won the League Cup though

 

[Adi_Dem]

Without Rickets we may well have not won the League Cup though

Exactly - that goal made it all worthwhile.

 

[Billy Horner]

What’s the definition of ‘favourite’ here? Worst buy or best?

Worst has to be Phil Whelan, simply due to the saga if nothing else.

Best would be either Uwe or Trevor Senior.

 

[Capybara]

I'm not sure people are differentiating between deadline signings and panic buys. All these were deadline signings. I'm not sure any were panic buys. But Mido was.

 

[BobUpnDown]

Uwe Fuchs.... promotion charge stuttering, in need of goals.... in strides a big lumbering German with a haircut & a commentators nightmare name..

 

[Adi_Dem]

What’s the definition of ‘favourite’ here? Worst buy or best?

Worst has to be Phil Whelan, simply due to the saga if nothing else.

Best would be either Uwe or Trevor Senior.

Favourite can be anything you want it to be. It may be that the panic buy holds a special place in your heart, that the comedy of it makes you smile, that they still made a significant contribution despite being generally *****. Anything at all.

 

[SmallTown]

We definitely panic bought Phil Whelan. Badly to.

i wonder if we have him stockpiled in a cupboard with 1000 loo rolls?

 

[Cardiffdaffs]

Mido was without doubt our worst panic buy

 

[Capybara]

We definitely panic bought Phil Whelan.

Did we? I saw it as a purchase for defensive cover for our (successful as it turned out) promotion campaign. But then they messed the paperwork up.

 

[Zoophonic]

George Kinnell

 

[Lottowyn]

Bringing in Willie Fernie in December 1958 always seemed an odd move to me. We signed him from Celtic and let him return there after about 2 seasons. He virtually took Derek McLean's place and slowed down our forward line which contained Clough,Peacock, Day and Holliday. The original combination had started the season by whacking Brighton 9-0 and certainly didn't need changing.