Players we expected to be terrible, that were actually decent

[whoareyaaa 2,388]

1 hour ago, HankMarvin said:

this one next pls

 

Players we expected to be good that were actually terrible

 

 

 

100 pages later..

[Leicester_Loyal 4,872]

Sol Bamba.

 

250k from Hibs? Must be shite. Then he destroyed Man City on his debut He wasn't amazing by any means but it was brilliant to watch him dribble the ball out of defence.

[Dan LCFC 11,701]

Danny Simpson I thought was a very meh signing and he was very good in that title winning season.

[UpTheLeagueFox 9,616]

2 hours ago, Brooksy said:

Paul Konchesky

Seriously? He wasn't decent for us in the PL.

[Brooksy 3,105]

23 minutes ago, UpTheLeagueFox said:

Seriously? He wasn't decent for us in the PL.

Solid enough for us in the Championshio though.  Our fans weren't overly impressed with the signing based on what Forest and Liverpool fans said about him

[Guy 136]

1 hour ago, tom27111 said:

 

He completely flopped at Portsmouth and was loaned out to Burnley, where he didn't exactly set the world on fire.

 

Happily proven wrong though.

I remember he got in on the scoring act for Pompey against us though in their 6-1 demolition of us in 2010, in Sousa's extremely short lived reign with us - does he or Megson hold the shortest managerial reign at Leicester?

[Aus Fox 8,222]

4 hours ago, tom27111 said:

 

He completely flopped at Portsmouth and was loaned out to Burnley, where he didn't exactly set the world on fire.

 

Happily proven wrong though.

To be fair he was completely fecked over by Redknapp at Pompey.

[Wasyls Pec Deck 545]

6 hours ago, HankMarvin said:

this one next pls

 

Players we expected to be good that were actually terrible

 

 

 

John Pantsil and many of Sven’s other mercenaries 

[BroughtonFox 138]

Darius Vassell 

 

thought he was past it when he signed, turned out to be one of the better players that season. 

[rico 2,618]

David Lowe, had never heard of him when we signed him,had a good footballing brain on him

[rico 2,618]

Ashley Ward - shite for us but great for every other team he played for

[foxile5 2,452]

Julian Watts. 

[volpeazzurro 3,533]

18 minutes ago, rico said:

David Lowe, had never heard of him when we signed him,had a good footballing brain on him

Good call. Saw him away at Villa when he in particular took the game by the scruff of it's neck.

[surrifox 2,423]

Rooster Russell and (purely on appearance) Neil Lennon who looked like an overweight schoolboy when he arrived 

[Gwyn 329]

Whilst still retaining alot of his shitness Steve Clariage scored some important goals. 

[Stoopid 1,160]

Steve Walsh looked very ordinary when he first came from Wigan - well off the pace and a walking red card.

Took a while, but he turned into a bona fide Leicester legend. 

[HighPeakFox 10,549]

14 minutes ago, Gwyn said:

Whilst still retaining alot of his shitness Steve Clariage scored some important goals. 

Wash your mouth out - Claridge was never shit. A real favourite of mine.

[Jacnah 670]

10 hours ago, Blue-fox said:

1. Wes Morgan 

2. Kisnorbo

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

but Kisnorbo was crap 

[Grebfromgrebland 2,154]

David Speedie

[Gwyn 329]

3 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Wash your mouth out - Claridge was never shit. A real favourite of mine.

My comment was probably badly worded and I didn't mean to offend you sir. He was actually a favourite of mine also, but he was no Maradonna..

[HighPeakFox 10,549]

Just now, Gwyn said:

My comment was probably badly worded and I didn't mean to offend you sir. He was actually a favourite of mine also, but he was no Maradonna..

No offence - I was being playful  

[when_you're_smiling 314]

33 minutes ago, Jacnah said:

but Kisnorbo was crap 

He wasn’t (albeit compared to the quality around him). Was our only decent centre back for a couple of years.

[Soarvalleyfox 30]

I instantly thought of dean hammond, it seemed like we had to play him because we were desparate, players getting injured and no proper back up when we got promoted, but he was pretty good until he got injured himself if I remember correctly.

[los dedos 604]

58 minutes ago, Stoopid said:

Steve Walsh looked very ordinary when he first came from Wigan - well off the pace and a walking red card.

Took a while, but he turned into a bona fide Leicester legend. 

Not sure how many people remember this but you would often here shouts of "F*** off  walshy you donkey " from the Kop when he first came here .

[HighPeakFox 10,549]

5 minutes ago, los dedos said:

Not sure how many people remember this but you would often here shouts of "F*** off  walshy you donkey " from the Kop when he first came here .

I remember one game where there was an audible groan as he dithered on the ball before launching it to no great effect.