StrandedRaxJohn Smith I’ll maybe let you off slightly on Asaba. Not on Rafael though: dogshit
Blimey, you clearly never saw Mark Reilly "play" for us then - or Sean Evers for that matter!
Asaba was frustrating, bit like Aluko fee wise - he was, to use today's terms, a great League One player but rubbish in the Championship!
Shipped off to Gillingham after a season IIRC......
Always thought flogging Asaba when we did was premature. He scored 8 in 33 in a relegated side. Remember him ripping eventual champions Sunderland to shreds in a 4-0 win.
Just felt like we cut our losses as Gillingham offered us 600k when he may well have done really well for us back in L1.
He finished that following year as top scorer for play off finalists as we finished a distant 11th.
Yep, travesty moving him on and replacing him with Fleck, Scott and Brayson.