Who is/was Derby's worst ever signing?

[ramAnag]

Bjorn Otto Bragstad, Eddie Lewis that bloke from Stockport who cost a million and never played having trashed something or other... oh and Eddie Lewis

Liam Dickinson, Rog. Good call...trashed Stephen Pearson’s flat....allegedly, if memory serves.

[Andy_Faber]

In terms of cost per minute I may have found a winner.

In 1975, for some reason Derby podded out £25,000, £150,000 in today's money to Hearts for ERIC CARRUTHERS

In two seasons Carruthers made only one substitute appearance, and assuming it was a 60th minute job as most are, he contributed to the cause for a whole 30 minutes - in today's money, £5,000 per minute.

Then he was gone not just from Derby but out of first class football full stop.

I don't think even Fabrizio Ravanelli cost £450,000 per game.

[ramAnag]

In terms of cost per minute I may have found a winner.

In 1975, for some reason Derby podded out £25,000, £150,000 in today's money to Hearts for ERIC CARRUTHERS

In two seasons Carruthers made only one substitute appearance, and assuming it was a 60th minute job as most are, he contributed to the cause for a whole 30 minutes - in today's money, £5,000 per minute.

Then he was gone not just from Derby but out of first class football full stop.

I don't think even Fabrizio Ravanelli cost £450,000 per game.

I think you’ve been trumped by Ramjet, Andy. Dickinson cost £750,000 and I don’t think he played a single game.

[Romanis]

For crap footballers we can go round the houses on who was technically a worse footballer than the other. But for impact there are only a couple of real options to consider.

3: Vic Moreland: I'll give him special mention but the point is that he was one of the Tommy Docherty signings that turned the club from a European regular to a relegation cert. We also had to watch him week in week out getting turned over by Kenny Dalglish on the opening credits to Grandstand.

2: Bob Malcolm: Indicative of the Davies era, played one great game then vanished without trace. Contract paid up coz we couldn't sell him and was never seen of again in the professional game. The impact of those purchases (all the way from Fielhaber to Fagan) are still being felt at this club.

1: John Robertson: The deal that caused Taylor and Clough to never speak again, and for almost zero benefit. No player can even start to claim a worse impact on this club than that he permanently soured the relationship between the greatest management duo not only this club but any club has ever seen.

Never thought of it in this way, but you're right, John Robertson my favourite Forest player, could arguably be the worst signing because of the impact he had on the club's 2 (out of 3) greatest managers