Who is a player you were wrong about?

[filham]

The usual: Slated Baird, Zamora and Onomah after poor starts.

But on the other hand I though Franck Queudrue, Fredrik Stoor, Amorebieta, Sigurdsson and Seri would be great before they kicked a ball.

Oh yes Sigurdsson the International centre back who had been responsible for the defeat of England, expectations were so high.

Baird , awful in that first game at Arsenal and for a while after. Got his nose to the grindstone and turned into a fans favourite.

Berbatov, arrived with a world class reputation but after a couple of seasons glad to see the back of him.

Jim Stanard  Initially thought he was not a top keeper but he soon became a firm favourite.

[Woolly Mammoth]

I was wrong about Steve Mcnanamie in the 90s, I thought he was a poor signing but I could not have been more wrong, he was a terrible signing.
To sign him was the worst decision since Abraham Lincoln said, I am fed up kicking around the house, let's go take in a show.

McAnespie?

I remember his first game. He and another player had been signed by Keegan that week and just thrown into the team. They'd obviously hardly trained together if at all and McAnespie kept doing overlaps while the ball went elsewhere. He was offering himself for the pass but the crowd really got on his back and if his confidence was shot after that I'd not be surprised. He was scarcely seen again. I felt he never had a chance.

Most disappointing player? David Carlton "The new Haynes".

That's it Macanespie, after his debut he was never seen again this side of the equator.
David Carlton yes it was a disappointment I was also convinced he would progress into a decent player at least, but for some reason it never happened. 

[cmg]

Gerard Piqué : I've always thought of him as one of the world's greatest defenders and still the top rated La Liga centre back.
Having read some of the expert opinion on here I am obviously totally mistaken.

[Holders]

I was wrong about Steve Mcnanamie in the 90s, I thought he was a poor signing but I could not have been more wrong, he was a terrible signing.
To sign him was the worst decision since Abraham Lincoln said, I am fed up kicking around the house, let's go take in a show.

McAnespie?

I remember his first game. He and another player had been signed by Keegan that week and just thrown into the team. They'd obviously hardly trained together if at all and McAnespie kept doing overlaps while the ball went elsewhere. He was offering himself for the pass but the crowd really got on his back and if his confidence was shot after that I'd not be surprised. He was scarcely seen again. I felt he never had a chance.

Most disappointing player? David Carlton "The new Haynes".

That's it Macanespie, after his debut he was never seen again this side of the equator.
David Carlton yes it was a disappointment I was also convinced he would progress into a decent player at least, but for some reason it never happened. 

I just thought that Macanespie was trying to impress getting into good positions but no-one read it.

Disappointment  Ian Selley who had a career-ending injury before he could really show what he could do.

And do you remember Leon Mackenzie? I thought he'd really make it but he just disappeared.

[@jolslover]

Gerard Piqué : I've always thought of him as one of the world's greatest defenders and still the top rated La Liga centre back.
Having read some of the expert opinion on here I am obviously totally mistaken.

hahaha

For me Seri and Schurrle in recent memory

[RaySmith]

Alan Warboys came to mind  i remembered that he came with a great goal scoring reputation for Bristol Rovers, along with  striking partner Bruce Bannister - they were known as Smash and Grab, that helped them get  promotion from D3, but failed to live up to expectations when when he came to us, and left after a season.

Looking on Google, I found  this, from an interview with him,  that might be of interest to Fulham fans

"Our partnership was so successful that it was obvious when, in 1976-77, it started to dip. That's when they off-loaded us. I 'd started to slow down a bit . Fulham had George Best, Bobby Moore, Rodney Marsh and Peter Storey, so I jumped at the chance. All they wanted was a big fella up front to take the knocks. Bestie used to train in the afternoons instead of mornings so I'd stay behind just to watch . You've never seen a rush like when we played five-a-sides: everyone wanted to be on his team."

[blingo]

Johnny Haynes - Plainly too small for the first team  :005:

And Sloooowwww

[rogerpbackinMidEastUS]

Geoff Horsfield
Voltz
Sidwell

[Carborundum]

Knockeart.  Was expecting a swashbuckling Cavalier, turned out he's a bit of a Roundhead.  Runs around a lot for seventy minutes wearing himself and the opposition out, setting it all up nicely for someone else to finish them off.  The merits of this have grown on me in recent weeks - whilst the Roundheads lacked flamboyance they were basically in the right and victorious - but he's a lot duller to watch than I expected based on his performances for visiting teams.

[RaySmith]

Is he a mix of cavalier and roundhead?

He certainly has flamboyant aspects to his game , even if they don't always come off, and  can lead to accusations of not being a team player, but,  unlike  some of our fairly recent signings, he's prepared to  run back and tackle, and help out in defence.

I agree that he hasn't  shown the form   we expect maybe, but certainly always  puts in a good effort - as you say.

[fulhamfever]

Kebano

[Wolf]

Micky Conroy. I complained about him quite a lot during 95/96 season. And probably not at all during 96/97.

Interesting to see Steve McAnespie mentioned. He had a shocker on his debut and carried that into every subsequent appearance.

[MayoDomo]

Too many to count. Worst offense probably Duff, thought he was well past it before coming to us.

[filham]

Johnny Haynes - Plainly too small for the first team  :005:

And Sloooowwww

Yes. but that was for the first five minutes of his first game. After that we all realized that he was extra special.

[filham]

Well I rated Parick Roberts as possibly our best prospect since Haynes.
Actually I still do rate him just can't understand why he is not playing regularly for top club.

[JimOG]

Surprised onomah doesn't get a good few mentions. Rarely have I seen a new young player get so much abuse as he did.

For me it was Zamora, I was shocked how good he was that Europe year.

I confess to slating him (honestly not my usual thing) after watching him at Swansea. I said we played with 10 men etc & he looked clueless. Never have I been happier to have been wrong and to apologise sincerely

[Huxley]

Carlos Salceido, the Mexican LB... was telling my mate how good he was after watching him play in the early games. Then my mate came to watch a game. Salceido was dog s#!t and stayed like that for the rest of his stay. Got and still get grief from my mate when I talk about good players.

[res]

 Dan Burn...saw him make his debut and thought he could make it in whatever league. Saw him not progressing, and being hoodwinked by pacey attackers, so happy when he left for Division 1 football. Gob smacked when Premier league Brighton signed him and assumed he would be a minor cog in their first team squad. Very happy to be proved wrong as he's an integral part of their miserly defence...well done Dan, glad I was proved wrong !

[sunburywhite]

Fotheringham

I thought he would be c@p

He was 10 times worse than that

[YankeeJim]

Dan Burn...saw him make his debut and thought he could make it in whatever league. Saw him not progressing, and being hoodwinked by pacey attackers, so happy when he left for Division 1 football. Gob smacked when Premier league Brighton signed him and assumed he would be a minor cog in their first team squad. Very happy to be proved wrong as he's an integral part of their miserly defence...well done Dan, glad I was proved wrong !

If they would have just played Burn in his natural right back position, all would have been well.  :005: