First impressions...

[Brian Blessed]

Brian is probably commenting on the fact that he thought selling him was a bad idea, but he was dogshit for Newcastle and every club that followed.

Problem with Wayne was that he was a fantastic wing back, just not a very good full back. Him and Vas on either side for Spackman ❤

Exactly. Was never the same player again including when he came back on loan.

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

Regularly listed as Derbys worst ever player.

He'd look poor at any level he played at.

 

[Captain]

Danny Cadamateri... better than Rooney supposedly
Alex Sabella pure class, gutted when he left!

 

[I should coco]

Agree with all of the above.

Crap for us and should have been wonderful: Jimmy Johnstone

Great for us but went on to do the square root of sweet bugger all: Tony Agana
(Honourable mentions to Nade, Jamie Murphy, Martin Kuhl)

 

[mattbianco1]

James Harper

Neil Shipperley

 

[wizadry]

Hammond. Adkins told us he was the best, he was DOGSHIT, but the unseen type, like the furry white stuff you sometimes see on the park.

Brayford. Was a little sad to see him go, as he'd been decent for us.
Turns out Burton is his level, and was probably the right time for him to move on.
Gave Freeman a chance to prove he was better too.

Brayford in his loan spell for us was leaps and bounds above the level that Burton are currently plying their trade, it’s a shame that the inadequacies of our defence at the time caused a bad injury to Brayford which he’s seemingly struggled to come back from.

 

[mattbianco1]

Lee Hendrie

Chris Basham

 

[McGrath]

Jeff Horsefield.

 

[crucialkneeligaman]

Arturo Lupoli. When he signed (albeit on loan) I thought "wow, we've bagged ourselves an Italian, Arsenal academy product. This is going to be excellent"... Nope.

Might be a bit obvious, but David Brooks. Still leaves a bit of a bitter taste in my mouth as I think we undersold him quite considerably, however the money that was raised from his sale funded the signings of Egan & Norwood which effectively sealed our promotion to the Prem.

Good call Mr Wilder.

Did Lupoli really get a chance ?

 

[Plymouthblade]

Thought David White was pretty decent

 

[crucialkneeligaman]

Agree with all of the above.

Crap for us and should have been wonderful: Jimmy Johnstone

Great for us but went on to do the square root of sweet bugger all: Tony Agana
(Honourable mentions to Nade, Jamie Murphy, Martin Kuhl)

To be fair ISC. Jimmy was way past his best but I agree, was excited when he signed. There were one or two others who didn't quite live up to expectations, Alan Whittle, Chico.

 

[Plymouthblade]

Stefan scougall thought he was a decent number 10 never quite worked loved the goal at Wembley though

 

[Broomhall Blade]

I still haven't got over Les Tibbott.
Cost us £100k from Bobby Robson's Ipswich, he was kept out of their side by the Great Mick Mills.
I honestly thought we had got a bargain.

 

[Silent Blade]

There were one or two others who didn't quite live up to expectations, Alan Whittle

Whittle's contract was cancelled after he failed the medical despite appearing in the below photo call

 

[crucialkneeligaman]

Whittle's contract was cancelled after he failed the medical despite appearing in the below photo call

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That's why he didn't make impression on me then Silent

 

[Harry's Game]

I thought Samir Caruthers was going to be our star player before the 17/ 18 season started he’d had a great pre season had taken the shirt off Duffy and then...

It all went to shit for him when the serious stuff started..

A lesson that pre season friendlies mean sod all

 

[Beans]

James Harper

Neil Shipperley

Shipperley played a big role in us getting promoted that year - thought he did a really good job myself! For someone who was clearly nearing the end of his career.

 

[Houston_Blade]

James Harper always used to impress me, we signed him and he was toss.

I was gutted when we sold Wayne Quinn but he turned out to be a bit of a flash in the pan.

Slightly differently, I was always a bit “meh” with Stephen Quinn. When we lost him I realised how good a player he was relative to the continual dross we brought in as a replacement.

 

[8lade]

Kinda surprised Steve Kabba hasn't had a mention, if he'd stayed fit he would've surely been so good we would've eventually sold him to Leeds.
I know we can't keep them forever and he was the finest servant of all the great players we've had through in recent years but we sold Maguire to Steve Bruce who wasted him for 2 years.

 

[Mad Mick]

I thought Martin Peters was going to be the new messiah. Biggest loss was Mick Jones. Enda has shocked me on how good he has turned out.

 

[AdamSufc1997]

Scougall and McNulty both looked great players until injuries hit them

 

[SB_90]

i thought febian brandy was a fantastic signing & was alright when he managed to stay on the pitch. didnt he under weir get sent off, then 3 games later back from suspension v mk dons & got sent off again within 10 mins coming on as a substitute

i loved scougall brilliant player in midfield but maybe he had lost something & is price of success to let favourites go

 

[mattbianco1]

Shipperley played a big role in us getting promoted that year - thought he did a really good job myself! For someone who was clearly nearing the end of his career.

I misread the OP.

Thought it said name a good one who turned out shit and another that was underwhelming but turned out great.

 

[Tynemouth Blade]

My first impression of Phil Starbuck was that he was shite and he continued to prove me correct!

 

[SwitchBLADE Smiles]

Did Lupoli really get a chance ?

I would say so, yes. Was signed on a half season loan in Feb '09 & played 11 times, scoring twice according to Wikipedia (once against the pigs).

Did very little else & was certainly not the quality footballer I was hoping (expecting?) to see.

Surprised to learn that he's still only 31 & is now playing in the Italian 3rd division.

 

[Nick Jansky]

Peter Dornan. Came from Linfield as the new George Best. Played 3 times. Got homesick. Went home.

 

[Nick Jansky]

Thought David White was pretty decent

He was

 

[JohnDenver]

Danny Cadamateri... better than Rooney supposedly
Alex Sabella pure class, gutted when he left!

Cadamarteri had an amazing knack of hitting the woodwork far more regularly than the back of net. Not an ideal skill to have.

 

[GreasyChipBeattie]

Tommy Cooper and Dame Edna Everidge, but I wasn't very good at either tbh
I thought I'd cracked Michael Crawford at one bit, but sadly just as he was going out of fashion.

Edit: I really must read the first post as well as the title before replying in future.

 

[Bladesway]

Tony Agana. Not his fault but I was mortified when we sold him to Notts County. I guess what no one knew at the time is his back was busted.