End of threadWorst Rudi Gestede
Don't think we could judge kike sola, he barely got a kickBest - Ramirez
Worst - a toss up between Gestede or Adlene Guedioura
was Kike Sola a January signing? Because he turned out to be shight
Riggott was absolutely superb, criminally under ratedAs an alternative to Ramirez (who I agree was excellent but I also think his behaviour the following season counts against him) but wasn't Riggott a January signing? He was very good for us in probably our 2 best seasons ever.
45 minutesDon't think we could judge kike sola, he barely got a kick
No he didn't.Best Ramirez.
Worst has to be Guedioura.
Cost £3.5m, played less than 2 matches worth of minutes in a year and then had his contract ripped up in the next January window.
Gestede might have been *****, but he at least contributed.
No he didn't.
Gestede cost more money, was paid lots more money and for a longer.
Loved him during the 04/05 and 05/06 seasons. Stepped in for Ugo, popped up with some important goals in Europe. As you say, doesn't get mentioned enough given the role he played in our most successful years.Riggott was absolutely superb, criminally under rated
I'd agree with this. I at least saw Gestede have some good games. I remember him looking great at Preston away during Woodgate's good run but he was massively impacted by injuries. Not going to argue it was a terrible signing but it was a sign of things to come that we were signing championship strikers when we were trying to stay in the PL.We won 3 games in the 2017/18 season directly because of Gestede goals or assists, he was injured for over half the season.
He contributed, for the money we paid he should have contributed far, far more, but large parts of the lack of impact are down to the fact he was incredibly injury prone.
He was clearly a big waste of money, and we should never have signed him, but Guedioura was a worse transfer.
£3.5m for absolutely no contribution whatsoever is worse to me.