Raiders Plight said:
Im waiting for someone to do a list for the cowboys...
We've had some doozies but not for a while.
The last I can remember was Paul McNicholas, big as a mountain but an absolute nuffy for us.
Before that, let me see... We mortgaged the clubhouse for Brett Hetherington when Sheensy told us he was the next big thing. He got injured at the start of each season three years in a row and left with a motza, never to be heard from again.
Paul Green and Ivan Henjak, bought at the same time. The committee met one night and one bloke said, "Guess what? I've signed a halfback for next year." And the other bloke said, "Yeah, me too." D-OH!!! Neither was much chop for us.
Of course, there've been any number of locals and young hopefuls that tried out without ever making it but I'm trying to think more of the big names that came up here and took our money for very little return.
There are probably plenty of others in the early days when we had to pay overs for good players in the twilight of their career (as they were the only ones who would come up here) or damaged goods from othe clubs but I just can't think of any off-hand.
