Players we expected to be terrible, that were actually decent

[Lambert09]

We’ve all been struggling to deal with swapping champions league football for EL. Now the rumours have dropped from Tagliafico to Targett. 

 

It got me thinking about past players who we’ve all expected to be trash, but actually ended up being pretty good. 

 

Let’s bring some optimisin back with some stories of previous ‘targett’s’ that turned out to be Taggart’s. 

 

Ill start with an obvious one, Albrighton. An uninspiring free agent. 

 

 

[Stuntman_Mike]

Dean Hammond, at the time was perfect for us. Underrated really. 

[Sly]

Nathan Dyer

[davieG]

Muzzy who?  How is that going to improve us?

 

Was what I said to MrsG when we signed him

[TrentFox]

Kermo. Beat you all ! 😇

[worthosoriginals]

Vardy

[fleckneymike]

Dickov (version 1)

[Facecloth]

Danny Simpson. 

[Stevosevic]

Danny Simpson 

[Blue-fox]

1. Wes Morgan 

2. Kisnorbo

3. Marcus Bent( for the one season we had him)

[Brooksy]

Paul Konchesky

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Tony Cottee. Out to pasture in Malaysia when we bought him, but scored some important goals.

[shailen]

Wes Morgan. Thought we were mad at the time

[Mickyblueeyes]

A few old heads we picked up in league 1/championship. Guys like Marc Edworthy, Nobby Solano, Dean Hammond and GTF. Their age etc. Made them seem quite uninspiring but each played a part in our history.  
 

We should have another thread on players who came with hype but failed.

[filthyfox]

Vardy 

[Brooksy]

Kevin Phillips. Scored a couple of goals and did a job at 40 years old. What a man

[Blue ROI]

N'Didi. 

 

Looked like another of those dodgy post-Pearson signings. 

 

Probably our first major success in transfers for 18 months. What a player.

[Corky]

Jonny Evans looked like he was running through treacle on his debut. Wondered why teams like Arsenal were bidding £20 million for him.

[KingsX]

[Swarles Barkley]

Sir GTF the beast

[UniFox21]

Kasper strangely. Before signing him, my main knowledge of him was being a young keeper sold by Man City and losing his temper frequently. I remember watching us play Leeds and him coming racing out and should've been sent off 

Edited 30 August 2020 by UniFox21

[weller54]

Frank Large

[Stadt]

I wasn’t enamoured with the Fuchs signing. Cracking business on a free.

[KFS]

4 minutes ago, Swarles Barkley said:

Sir GTF the beast

Was going to be my shout. Remember he bossed Chelsea in a midfield two with Hammond  

[Aus Fox]

Don’t know if I expected him to be terrible but 7 million for Kante?