kpturner Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Wade Elliott's success today reminds me - has anyone managed to compile a "ones that got away" 11? In other words, 11 players who were either Saints fans or on Saints books but never got a sniff, who then went on to be top drawer players (or potentially so with Elliott). It can include players who eventually did come back past their best. Up front we've probably got Kevin Phillips, Scott MacDonald and possibly Vokes - Bobby Robson too perhaps? Midfield - Dennis Wise, Wade Elliott, Brian Howard, Darren Anderton - any others? Anyone with a long memory got any defenders or a goalkeeper? Was Phillips a defender when he was here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Matt Mills, Martin Cranie, Leon Best, Dexter Blackstock, Cedric Baseya, Theo Walcott, Gareth Bale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladysaint Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Graham Roberts Southampton lad who played for Spurs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee_saint Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Flahavan in goal, although he's Palace no.2 at the moment I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 25 May, 2009 Author Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Matt Mills, Martin Cranie, Leon Best, Dexter Blackstock, Cedric Baseya, Theo Walcott, Gareth BaleI was really after the ones that didn't get a sniff here - not the ones that we let go reluctantly. Has Cedric Baseya become a top drawer player already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Phillips was a left back i believe and didn't make the grade. Soo he then left to become prem top goal scorer a few times, good move for the academy me thinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Dennis Bergkamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee_saint Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 I was really after the ones that didn't get a sniff here - not the ones that we let go reluctantly. Has Cedric Baseya become a top drawer player already? Played once for the first team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano6 Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Kevin Pressman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee_saint Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Kevin Pressman? Born in Fareham, not sure whether he was at us as a nipper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navysaint Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 If my memory serves me correct, A certain Mr Lowe didn't think Didier Drogba was worth go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Buster Crabbe went on to play for Gillingham....There a bigger club than us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 25 May, 2009 Author Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Dennis Bergkamp:confused: was he a Saints fan or did he play for our youth team under a pseudonym? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladysaint Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Dare I mention Adebayor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Ali Dia....Can't remember which top Italian or Spanish team he went on top play for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 :confused: was he a Saints fan or did he play for our youth team under a pseudonym? I'm 1% sure he was born in Southampton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westmidlandsaint Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Gazza had a trial here didnt he? I know the scouting network picked up the likes of Drogba, Malouda, Mido, Adebayor but couldnt put a deal together for what ever reasons. Weren't we turned down for a work permit for Maxi Lopez who went on to play for Barcelona. The 4 recent ones that spring to mind straight-away are Brian Howard, Wade Elliott & Scott McDonald and Vokes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuRomseySaint Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Gazza had a trial here but ended up in goal to make up the numbers, hence never got through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 25 May, 2009 Author Share Posted 25 May, 2009 I'm 1% sure he was born in Southampton. - OK - 1% is good enough. He is a shoe-in for the goalkeeping position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 25 May, 2009 Author Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Gazza had a trial here but ended up in goal to make up the numbers, hence never got through.No sh1t?? Never knew that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Gazza had a trial here but ended up in goal to make up the numbers, hence never got through. May be we could have a second team of players that didn't get through because they were played in odd positions. Gazza in goal, KP right-back....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 This thread cheers me up. If we had got where were are because we regulalrly let fantastic players slip through our fingers it would make things even worse. Given the number of young players and trialists who have passed through over the years, it doesnt seem like we've misjudged too many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin C Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Im sure Wade would love to play for us. I have played with him and he is a saints fan, naybe in a couple of years on his way down he may play for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthieu Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 If my memory serves me correct, A certain Mr Lowe didn't think Didier Drogba was worth go. well he has good judgement then doesn't he. 5 goals in 32 premier league appearances for someone who's supposedly one of the world's best strikers and is worth supposedly £20m+ is extremely poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocker268 Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Gazza had a trial here didnt he? I know the scouting network picked up the likes of Drogba, Malouda, Mido, Adebayor but couldnt put a deal together for what ever reasons. Weren't we turned down for a work permit for Maxi Lopez who went on to play for Barcelona. The 4 recent ones that spring to mind straight-away are Brian Howard, Wade Elliott & Scott McDonald and Vokes This may be completely wrong but I'm sure I heard somewhere we didn't sign Drogba because £1.5 million was too much for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie2008 Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Darren Anderton went to St. Mary's College. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee_saint Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 This may be completely wrong but I'm sure I heard somewhere we didn't sign Drogba because £1.5 million was too much for him To be fair, when we tried to sign him he was at Le Mans who were in the French 2nd Division, £1.5 million for someone from that league at the time (I say that because we spent similar on some other French kid!) was stupid. Plus, his goalscoring record at Le Mans was awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamLeGod Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 well he has good judgement then doesn't he. 5 goals in 32 premier league appearances for someone who's supposedly one of the world's best strikers and is worth supposedly £20m+ is extremely poor. Yes, in a season he was injured for a large part of, and fell out with Scolari hence his exit? Everything he has done in the last few years suggests what a poor signing he would be for £1.5m considering we paid about the same if not more for Ormerod? and he was WICKED!!!!!! Also, I recall we tried to get DaMarcus Beasley before he went to PSV, later went to City and is at Rangers now looks a useful player, MLS rejected our offer as they didnt think we were the right club for him or some rubbish like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Brian Stock was a local lad. Also Steve Guppy,who went on to Wycombe,Leicester and Celtic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Bizzle Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 This may be completely wrong but I'm sure I heard somewhere we didn't sign Drogba because £1.5 million was too much for him Slight correction, he was sat in the office ready to sign, however ****ing beattie went and scored 10 goals in 10ish games and lowe said we didnt need another player like beattie. Damarcus Beasley Kaka (years ago) Rosicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee_saint Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Nope, the yanks wanted something about £2 million for DeMarcus Beasley, we didn't think he was worth it and to be fair, that was maybe right, he didn't do anything at Man City and hasn't impressed that much at Rangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Yes, in a season he was injured for a large part of, and fell out with Scolari hence his exit? Everything he has done in the last few years suggests what a poor signing he would be for £1.5m considering we paid about the same if not more for Ormerod? and he was WICKED!!!!!! Also, I recall we tried to get DaMarcus Beasley before he went to PSV, later went to City and is at Rangers now looks a useful player, MLS rejected our offer as they didnt think we were the right club for him or some rubbish like that? DaMarcus Beasley is utter sh*te. Calm down about Drogba. He was rubbish in his first season for Chelsea and they spent £20m on him. We were looking at him several years before that, and if we had signed him there is no guarantee he would have become the same Drogba we know now - remember he has a tiny attitude problem and Saints may well have bombed him out after a season for being an arse. Remember, Skacel and Delgado would be whinged about as "great lost world beaters" to this day if we never got round to signing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee_saint Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Brian Stock was a local lad. Also Steve Guppy,who went on to Wycombe,Leicester and Celtic. Guppy played in the local leagues until he was given the chance at Wycombe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRobbie Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Wade Elliott's success today reminds me - has anyone managed to compile a "ones that got away" 11? In other words, 11 players who were either Saints fans or on Saints books but never got a sniff, who then went on to be top drawer players (or potentially so with Elliott). It can include players who eventually did come back past their best. Up front we've probably got Kevin Phillips, Scott MacDonald and possibly Vokes - Bobby Robson too perhaps? Midfield - Dennis Wise, Wade Elliott, Brian Howard, Darren Anderton - any others? Anyone with a long memory got any defenders or a goalkeeper? Was Phillips a defender when he was here? Andrew Surman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 I think Kaka has got to be top of the tree on this one. Think Lowe also refused to fork out £5m Rosicky. And Jason St Juste. Have he and Simon Clifford conquered the world yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Guppy played in the local leagues until he was given the chance at Wycombe. Colden Common I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee_saint Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Colden Common I believe. Yeah, a few of my family played against him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made in Southampton Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Me! I'm sh!t hot up front. What could of been eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Saints Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Rosicky was eager to play in the Prem, Strachan was quoted 12 million by Dortmund but didn't even follow it through with the powers that be as it was obviously way out of our price range. One week later, we signed Neil McCann for 1.5 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamLeGod Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 DaMarcus Beasley is utter sh*te. Calm down about Drogba. He was rubbish in his first season for Chelsea and they spent £20m on him. Seeing as he cost about the same as Brett Oh-My-God, still couldnt be all bad, Im sure he was still better in his rubbish season than Brett in his best, whilst Beasley is hardly a world beater, as someone else above has pointed out we later signed McCann shortly after, and wow what a player he was? I genuinely cannot understand how he was ever even a professional footballer, let alone a premiership player, my word he was awful! Decisions like these must point to why Strachan got fed up and walked out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yate Saint Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Kaka?? Is that true? must be a different Kaka, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 25 May, 2009 Author Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Me! I'm sh!t hot up front. What could of been eh?Rumour has it that there is one word too many in your post.;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyes k8 Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 You think you're bad do you? We disbanded our youth team with the wise words from our manager, that there was nothing to be found in the Portsmouth area but fish. So we released on the same day for nothing young Peter Shilton and young Mick Mills. ffffggggarrrrrrrgggghhh. lol at us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain sensible Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Gary Mabbutt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Rosicky was eager to play in the Prem, Strachan was quoted 12 million by Dortmund but didn't even follow it through with the powers that be as it was obviously way out of our price range. One week later, we signed Neil McCann for 1.5 million. Thought the figure was nearer £8m? Would have been worth it IMO. Kaka?? Is that true? must be a different Kaka, surely? Bit of an urban legend really I think. Rumour has it we agree a fee of around £3.5m a year before he joined Milan, but the deal fell through because we couldn't get a work permit. That's the story I heard, probably about as reliable as most of the ITKs on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpb Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Darren Anderton went to St. Mary's College. I think it was Bitterne Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Seeing as he cost about the same as Brett Oh-My-God, still couldnt be all bad, Im sure he was still better in his rubbish season than Brett in his best, whilst Beasley is hardly a world beater, as someone else above has pointed out we later signed McCann shortly after, and wow what a player he was? I genuinely cannot understand how he was ever even a professional footballer, let alone a premiership player, my word he was awful! Decisions like these must point to why Strachan got fed up and walked out? Chill out. Football club signs some rubbish players and may have also passed up on some other players. Gee whizz. It's such a pity we signed useless f*ckers like Marsden, Beattie, Svennson and Neimi. PS - there was not a meeting where Southampton football club had to decide between signing Didier Drogba or Brett Ormerod there and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
um pahars Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 As a youngster how about Steve Foster??? As for "established" players, how about Adebayor & Maxi Rodrigues??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 25 May, 2009 Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Steve Foster of Brighton etc and headband..Good shout..Had forgotten he was one of our yuf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 25 May, 2009 Author Share Posted 25 May, 2009 Maxi Rodrigues???Are you sure you are not getting confused with Dani Rodrigues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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