Players you thought would be good but turned out not to be so good

[Axlswhk]

Wayne Rooney
Amazing debut for half a season and completely disappeared after that.

 

[twoblue]

Tosun. Not that he's been particularly bad, just not the raging success one had hoped for.

No, he isn’t even back up. That’s pretty bad

 

[Wayno]

Obviously Kroldrup after all the hype. Bily and Van Der Meyde right up there too. I always believed Johnson and Jelavic were going to be great signings too. Expected better from Heitinga as well.

Of the current crop, I expected / hoped for more from Walcott, Gomes and Bernard.

Weird one AJ, did good for us at times. Think we would have kept him had Fulham not come in with a mad offer

 

[twoblue]

Jelavic was the one for me. Thought we had brought in a goal machine.

It was like his batteries went. He looked immense and then just changed over night.

 

[BigMick]

Been mentioned a few times : Martin Murray. Touted as the 'new George Best', I always think of him when we sign a young player who's described as 'one for the future' or 'he'll be good in 12 months time'.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Most certainly.
I recall him having worldies almost every game for Rangers when he first started with them. The Press down here were touting him big style. Now if my memory serves me correctly Souness singlehandedly started a riot on the pitch when playing Aberdeen. The major casualty was Durrant who was subject to a knee high karate kick by one if the Aberdeen players. Out for ages and never fully recovered. Thought he'd do brilliantly for us, but he was never the same player.
I stand to be corrected regards the circumstances if any of our brethren north of the border are reading.

You are correct.
He was snapped in half and piggy backed of the park.

 

[MikeB1980]

Anyone who’s played Championship Manager has got to say Bakayoko, surely!

 

[tommytowne]

You are correct.
He was snapped in half and piggy backed of the park.

I wish someone would have done that on big nose Souness.

 

[tommytowne]

I absolutely hated John Collins from the moment he missed a penalty on his debut. He always came off the pitch with a cleaner pair of shorts than he started with.

Had an air of superiority from the moment he slipped in through the door. Just cos hed played on the continent.

 

[tommytowne]

Been mentioned a few times : Martin Murray. Touted as the 'new George Best', I always think of him when we sign a young player who's described as 'one for the future' or 'he'll be good in 12 months time'.

In my mind he was the first of the many disappointments that we've had. Then Bernie Wright of course.

 

[IV(AC)]

Niasse, van der Meyde, Tosun, Klaasen, Sigurdsson, Funes Mori, Alcaraz, Ross, Bolasie, McGeady, Jo, Gueye, Vellios, Manny Fernandez, Beattie, Collins, Mark Hughes, Bilic, Preki, Bob the Pole, Whiteside, Ginola, Gazza. Cottee.

All leg ends that have graced the RBJ...

 

[Lawrence]

Mickey Walsh 350K record buy from Blackpool. Joe Harper 180K record buy from Aberdeen? Two forwards two failures. Liverpool got Toshack and Keegan around the same time.

 

[everton fan number one]

Beattie. How does one lose ones first touch overnight as a pro?

 

[judge]

How bout Simon Davies? Never thought he was brilliant but at least at Spurs before us and at Fulham after he did something (scored a few goals, went past a few players, had a few assists). With us I never saw him do anything. Another one of those players with no discernable strengths!

 

[chippy1722]

Beattie. How does one lose ones first touch overnight as a pro?

He looks like Harry Kane compared to what we have now.