Best bargain ever

[Judge Jules]

I don't agree with that. Had Suarez been in that squad he'd have played his fair quota of games. The only player in that forward line who would have scored more goals than Suarez was Aldo, and he was a FAR more limited footballer than Suarez overall.

 

[Mersey86]

Actually I seem to remember it a little differently. Barnes got off to a flyer for sure. But Beardo took 6 or 7 games to get going. I remember because he was (as Silver Sean just pointed out) a British record signing at the time and the press love to be negative with things like that. As we all know though they clicked fairly quickly!

EDIT : I could be wrong about Beardo starting a little slowly - I was only 12 at the time!

You are right that there was that perception at the time, though Liverpool were breathtaking from the start. Beardsley was less noticeable in comparison to Barnes who took the early headlines with some brilliant stuff and Aldo who scored in the first several games of the season. Also Stevie Nicol was amazing. Beardsley took a little longer to come into his own, but as JJ says, he was obviously going to be something special. In that first game the 3 new players combined for Aldridge's header ... and Stevie Nicol won it late with a bullet header from the edge of the box. There have been many great times over the years as a Liverpool fan, but that season we took it to a different plane. I remember John Sillett positively drooling in his praise after we had torn apart his Coventry team.

 

[Red Astaire]

I wonder if that was the year Stevie Nicol scored a hatrick against Newcastle? A defender!!!! What a player!

 

[Mersey86]

Yes - that was the year. Did he play as a defender in that game? He was often moved up to right midfield and I think may have played there on that day ... though for most of that season he was devastating behind John Barnes on the left.

 

[Red Astaire]

Hmmm I wonder. I remember reading about it in the paper the day after. I was a nipper then but I remember being gobsmacked by how good they were playing and Nicol scoring a hatrick just seemed unreal. 🙂

 

[Judge Jules]

Stevie Nicol was a wonderful player. There are a fair number of players who can "do a job" in more than one position, but Stevie Nicol was top quality absolutely anywhere in defence or midfield, good enough for any first team in whichever of those positions you care to name.

 

[LarryHagman]

I think Nicol was playing RB when he scored the hat trick. I'm sure the game was live on ITV.

I have a mate who has only started watching footy in the last 10/15 years and thinks Suarez is the Dog's. I sent him this vid to put him in his place.

 

[Ryan]

I think Nicol was playing RB when he scored the hat trick. I'm sure the game was live on ITV.

I have a mate who has only started watching footy in the last 10/15 years and thinks Suarez is the Dog's. I sent him this vid to put him in his place.

Yup, away to Newcastle. Third goal was a dink over the keeper from memory.

 

[rurikbird]

In recent times, the best bargain I can think of is Dortmund buying Shinji Kagawa for 350K euros.

 

[irishred]

In recent times, the best bargain I can think of is Dortmund buying Shinji Kagawa for 350K euros.

Yep, surprising aswell because he was already quite established in the Japanese league.

Henrik Larsson - 650k Celtic
David Platt - 200k Aston Villa
Kolo Toure - 150k Arsenal
Dixie Dean - 3k Everton



Liverpool-related bargains - these have been mentioned but i've added the inflated 2012 figure in brackets aswell.

Ray Clemence - 18k from Scunthorpe in 1967 - (270k)
Bruce Grobbelaar - 250k from Vancouver Whitecaps in 1981 - (880k)
Phil Neal - 66k from Northampton Town in 1974 - (650k)
Markus Babbel - Free from Bayern Munich in 2000 - (Free)
Alan Hansen - 110k from Partick Thistle in 1977 - (650k)
Sami Hyypia - 2.6m from Willem II in 1999 - (3.6m)
Steve Nicol - 300k from Ayr United in 1981 - (1.1m)
Steve Heighway - Free from Skelmersdale United - (Free)
Emlyn Hughes - 65k from Blackpool in 1967 - (980k)
Graeme Souness - 350k from Middlesbrough in 1978 - (1.8m)
Jan Molby - 225k from Ajax in 1984 - (630k)
Gary McAllister - from Coventry City in 2000 - (Free)
John Barnes - 900k from Watford in 1987 (2.2m)
Peter Beardsley - 1.9m from Newcastle in 1987 (4.6m)
Ian Rush - 300k from Chester City in 1980 - (1.3m)
Kevin Keegan - 35k from Scunthorpe United in 1971 - (460k)
Kenny Dalglish - 440k from Celtic in 1977 - (2.6m)
John Toshack - 110k from Cardiff in 1970 - (1.5m)
Ian St. John - 37.5k from Motherwell in 1961 - (710k)

 

[themn]

Liverpool-related bargains - these have been mentioned but i've added the inflated 2012 figure in brackets aswell.

Ray Clemence - 18k from Scunthorpe in 1967 - (270k)
Bruce Grobbelaar - 250k from Vancouver Whitecaps in 1981 - (880k)
Phil Neal - 66k from Northampton Town in 1974 - (650k)
Markus Babbel - Free from Bayern Munich in 2000 - (Free)
Alan Hansen - 110k from Partick Thistle in 1977 - (650k)
Sami Hyypia - 2.6m from Willem II in 1999 - (3.6m)
Steve Nicol - 300k from Ayr United in 1981 - (1.1m)
Steve Heighway - Free from Skelmersdale United - (Free)
Emlyn Hughes - 65k from Blackpool in 1967 - (980k)
Graeme Souness - 350k from Middlesbrough in 1978 - (1.8m)
Jan Molby - 225k from Ajax in 1984 - (630k)
Gary McAllister - from Coventry City in 2000 - (Free)
John Barnes - 900k from Watford in 1987 (2.2m)
Peter Beardsley - 1.9m from Newcastle in 1987 (4.6m)
Ian Rush - 300k from Chester City in 1980 - (1.3m)
Kevin Keegan - 35k from Scunthorpe United in 1971 - (460k)
Kenny Dalglish - 440k from Celtic in 1977 - (2.6m)
John Toshack - 110k from Cardiff in 1970 - (1.5m)
Ian St. John - 37.5k from Motherwell in 1961 - (710k)

Bob Paisley - £10 from Bishop Auckland in 1939 - Fucking pricless !

 

[Athens]

Bob Paisley - £10 from Bishop Auckland in 1939 - Fucking pricless !

What's that in today's money?

 

[themn]

What's that in today's money?

You can't put a price on that man's skill, but someone can have a go.

It's probably in the region of a Billion dollars.

Or maybe a Trillion dollars.

 

[the count]

Bob Paisley - £10 from Bishop Auckland in 1939 - Fucking pricless !

That wouldn't take into account the cost of his travel from New Zealand though

 

[themn]

That wouldn't take into account the cost of his travel from New Zealand though

Shut up !

 

[Athens]

That wouldn't take into account the cost of his travel from New Zealand though

Due to plate movements New Zealand was a lot closer back then.

 

[peterhague]

Yep, surprising aswell because he was already quite established in the Japanese league.

Henrik Larsson - 650k Celtic
David Platt - 200k Aston Villa
Kolo Toure - 150k Arsenal
Dixie Dean - 3k Everton



Liverpool-related bargains - these have been mentioned but i've added the inflated 2012 figure in brackets aswell.

Ray Clemence - 18k from Scunthorpe in 1967 - (270k)
Bruce Grobbelaar - 250k from Vancouver Whitecaps in 1981 - (880k)
Phil Neal - 66k from Northampton Town in 1974 - (650k)
Markus Babbel - Free from Bayern Munich in 2000 - (Free)
Alan Hansen - 110k from Partick Thistle in 1977 - (650k)
Sami Hyypia - 2.6m from Willem II in 1999 - (3.6m)
Steve Nicol - 300k from Ayr United in 1981 - (1.1m)
Steve Heighway - Free from Skelmersdale United - (Free)
Emlyn Hughes - 65k from Blackpool in 1967 - (980k)
Graeme Souness - 350k from Middlesbrough in 1978 - (1.8m)
Jan Molby - 225k from Ajax in 1984 - (630k)
Gary McAllister - from Coventry City in 2000 - (Free)
John Barnes - 900k from Watford in 1987 (2.2m)
Peter Beardsley - 1.9m from Newcastle in 1987 (4.6m)
Ian Rush - 300k from Chester City in 1980 - (1.3m)
Kevin Keegan - 35k from Scunthorpe United in 1971 - (460k)
Kenny Dalglish - 440k from Celtic in 1977 - (2.6m)
John Toshack - 110k from Cardiff in 1970 - (1.5m)
Ian St. John - 37.5k from Motherwell in 1961 - (710k)

I thought I already told you punks that transfer fee inflation is on a completely different scale from regular RPI. As a rough guide, the £1.9m paid for Beardsley would convert to about £30m today. Anything before about 1990 needs *at least* a 15 factor applied to it, and I'd reckon that even the £2.6m we paid for Hyypia would be around £7m today.

 

[irishred]

I thought I already told you punks that transfer fee inflation is on a completely different scale from regular RPI. As a rough guide, the £1.9m paid for Beardsley would convert to about £30m today. Anything before about 1990 needs *at least* a 15 factor applied to it, and I'd reckon that even the £2.6m we paid for Hyypia would be around £7m today.

Shhh! Some of us like to pretend that the influence of Sky and multi-million pound sponsorship deals, etc, didn't happen.