How good a team can we make from players we have been linked with or have tried to sign over the years?
GK: Victor Mannone: Arsenal (Offered on loan a few years back)
RB: Michael Hart: Hibs, ex- Livi, Dons and Preston (Pele tried to sign him in 2001ish)
CB: Patrick Kisnorbo: Leeds Utd, ex-Hearts (On trial in 2003, went to Tynecastle though)
CB: James McPake: Coventry, ex-Livi (Linked in 2007 in Brewster's second spell)
LB: Steven Whittaker: Rangers (Linked in 2003, part of swap deal to take Bobby Mann to Hibs)
RM: Vyacheslav Hleb: Shenzhen Ruby,ex-Stuttgart (We were linked in 2007)
CM: Graham Dorrans: WBA, ex-Livi (We made a bid before he went to West Brom)
CM: Dean Shiels: Doncaster, ex-Hibs (Linked in 2006/07)
LM: Wes Hoolahan: Norwich, ex-Blackpool (We almost bid for him when we signed Rankin)
F: Derek Riorden: Hibs, ex-Celtic (Link in 2003, same swap deal as Steven Whittaker)
F: Noel Hunt: Reading, ex-Pars/Arabs (Linked when Charlie was boss)
Can anyone help me finish this 'nearly man' XI?
Edit: Added Hunt, Mannone and Hleb.
Not a bad team.