Poor signings that came good!

[Fiery Blade]

On the other side of Inevitable Disappointment!
What about poor signings that came out fantastic
I'll start off with the one and only
BOB BOOKER :thumbup:

 

[JJ Sefton]

Christ, theres loads for this. Derek Geary for one and almost anyone Warnock had in that 2002-2003 team. Its difficult to put Bassett era players in because, at the time, though they cost peanuts nowt was expected of them anyway. Players like Bryson and Gannon were never going to get the pulse racing but they were about as good as we could expect given how skint we were at the time and considering the promotions and we won with them youd have to say they did incredibly well. Simon Tracey would be one I suppose, I think hed only made one first team appearance for Wimbledon before we signed him where hed conceded 5 goals in the Charity Shield.

All of the information above could be bobbins.

 

[SwissBlade]

Spackman... came good when he stopped playing and started on the management side

 

[IOM Blade]

Steadinho. Couldn't hit a barn door at Sunlan, but oh so nearly kept us up.

 

[sitwell]

Spackman... came good when he stopped playing and started on the management side

This is a joke..... .right ?

 

[Fiery Blade]

Simon Tracey, John Gannon, Brian Deane & Tony Agana from Harry'd reign I suppose!

 

[lenners]

Cheeeeeeeef

 

[Silent Blade]

Simon Tracey would be one I suppose, I think hed only made one first team appearance for Wimbledon before we signed him where hed conceded 5 goals in the Charity Shield.

All of the information above could be bobbins.

Liverpool won the 1988 Charity Shield by 2-1. After their 5-2 loss to Arsenal in Wimbledon's opening league game at Plough Lane, Bobby Gould dropped Tracey to the reserves

 

[Casper]

Shaun Murphy. Looked like a league 2 player before Warnock sorted him. Ended up being one of the first on the team sheet.

 

[bricktop]

Neil Shipperley.

Had been released on a free by Crystal Palace, was supposedly too old, too slow, too overweight.

The reality was that he came in, his experienced showed through, he held up the front line magnificently, and played a very significent part in getting us promoted and for me he is the cult hero of this decade

 

[The One]

Can we have players who came and never lived up to expectations but then after we sold them on became pretty big players?

Trianos (sp) Dellas anyone?

 

[raul]

Shiiiii---perrrr----leeeeee!!

 

[Maidenhead]

Deano.

I remember a Spirite I used to play football with saying to me one pre season " I see you lot have signed that big useless streak of lean from Donny"

I must admit that I hadn't a clue who he was talking about but just how wrong can a football fan be?

Good job managers tend to have better judgement ;-)

 

[Stockholm syndrom]

Not really seen as a poor signing as such but more of an unknown entity (well I didn't know much about him) Bobby Davison

 

[Robbie]

Paddy Kenny.
Killa started off poor and came good.
Shippppppperleyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Murphy

 

[S64 Blade]

Kazim-Richards ?

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

Paddy Buckley anybody?

Give it to Buckley......

 

[davidpinder]

I,ve got to say Most recent is Jamie ward only because both of chesterfields supporters said he was average, so i wasn't sure. However he has turned out to be a great signing.

 

[JJ Sefton]

Paddy Buckley anybody?

Give it to Buckley......

Signed from Wolves and made his debut against Arsenal? I think its on the old Match of the Day video.

 

[Ollessendro]

John Ebberel
Lillian Nallis
Danny Cadimateri

 

[JJ Sefton]

John Ebberel
Lillian Nallis
Danny Cadimateri

Did Nalis come good?

 

[Santos]

On the other side of Inevitable Disappointment!
What about poor signings that came out fantastic
I'll start off with the one and only
BOB BOOKER :thumbup:

Rob Hulse! Won me over in his first 20 minutes!

 

[oldblade]

Did Nalis come good?

Don't think he did. But then again, being given a total of 4 appearances isn't really being given a chance to come good.

 

[oldblade]

McCall was considered by many to be a laughable signing. But I regard him, rather than Brown, as the main reason our midfield was so good in 2002-3.

 

[rachyblade]

More recently Jamie Ward.

 

[Bayingblade]

Bobby Davison - hated when at Leeds

Paul Beesley

And a certain reserve keeper from West Brom who is sadly no longer with us

 

[Darren]

Bobby Davison - hated when at Leeds

Paul Beesley

And a certain reserve keeper from West Brom who is sadly no longer with us

Beesley was our record signing at the time. I can't recall anyone thinkinge he was a poor signing.

 

[Bayingblade]

Beesley was our record signing at the time. I can't recall anyone thinkinge he was a poor signing.

I seem to remember him struggling during those first 16 games Darren and coming good once we got going.

Although I do recall a superb performance against Sunderland one cold tuesday evening which may have been his turning point? I'm sure you can help with that

 

[JJ Sefton]

What about Paul Rogers? He came from part time football into a United side in the top flight. I cant recall what peoples reactions to that were.

 

[JJ Sefton]

I seem to remember him struggling during those first 16 games Darren and coming good once we got going.

Although I do recall a superb performance against Sunderland one cold tuesday evening which may have been his turning point? I'm sure you can help with that

Was that the evening when him and Wilf Rostron gifted Sunderland two goals with some of the worst defending ever to (dis)grace the Lane?