Players we expected to be terrible, that were actually decent

[MGLCFC]

Thought Steve Howard and Matt Oakley were passed it when we signed them, but both turned in some exceptional performances.

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

I remember when kisnorbo did his knee, he was hobbling around and made a clearance and there was this horrific snapping sound and he screamed like a man in absolute agony (because he was). He was decent when he moved to cb, but they were the levein days, nobody was actually any good he was just a bit better than the people around him. 

[Heathrow fox]

16 hours 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 .

He was crap for 4 years so no wonder.

[ozleicester]

5 pages and no mention of Huth?

I thought he was an outdated lumbering lump...and i was sure our CB pairing was going to be like watching the thing from the cartoon as the league danced around them. 

Oh so happy to be WRONG!!!!

[dylanlegend]

Timothy Castagne

[TJB-fox]

22 hours ago, Col city fan said:

I was not surprised at Lloyd Dyer being good for City. He joined with a strong reputation 

There’s some funny names in this thread that almost certainly don’t belong here. Surely people didn’t expect Lloyd Dyer, David Nugent etc to be terrible? 

 

[sishades]

I was livid when the club threw away 1 million on an unknown non league player.  I really thought that they had lost the plot. 

[waylander]

Kalac never given a chance here . But ended up proving his worth . 

[GoosensLCFC]

I didn't think Justin would be as good as he has been, especially coming from league one

[UpTheLeagueFox]

55 minutes ago, waylander said:

Kalac never given a chance here . But ended up proving his worth . 

One might argue he was given too many chances with us.

 

In that infamous game at home to Bolton, I embarrassed myself on commentary (not for the first or last time) on Radio Leicester after the third goal went in and cringily said: "He's got his head in his hands, let's hope he doesn't drop it."
Not my finest hour.

[waylander]

1 hour ago, UpTheLeagueFox said:

One might argue he was given too many chances with us.

 

In that infamous game at home to Bolton, I embarrassed myself on commentary (not for the first or last time) on Radio Leicester after the third goal went in and cringily said: "He's got his head in his hands, let's hope he doesn't drop it."
Not my finest hour.

Scandalous commentary. Can you believe the cat kept Kalac out though. The dwarf against the giant. And he did go onto great things . 👍

Edited 1 September 2020 by waylander

[1972 Fox]

2 hours ago, UpTheLeagueFox said:

One might argue he was given too many chances with us.

 

In that infamous game at home to Bolton, I embarrassed myself on commentary (not for the first or last time) on Radio Leicester after the third goal went in and cringily said: "He's got his head in his hands, let's hope he doesn't drop it."
Not my finest hour.

I can actually remember listening live and hearing that. Didn't realise it was you Geoff.

 

I pissed myself laughing at the time. I would say it was your finest hour!

[Dan Gliballs]

Not seen Les Ferdinand mentioned.

Thought he was too old, and not upto the job when he joined, turned out to be a real gem that season, phenomenal header of a ball too. Infact Bent and Dickov were equally good that year, just a shame the defence leaked like a sieve or we might have clung on. 

[Rain King]

15 minutes ago, Dan Gliballs said:

Not seen Les Ferdinand mentioned.

Thought he was too old, and not upto the job when he joined

On a similar theme. Brian Deane. Came in under Bassett and scored a few goals despite our relegation and then was instrumental in getting us back up, forming a very good partnership with Dickov.

[foxinsocks]

6 minutes ago, Rain King said:

On a similar theme. Brian Deane. Came in under Bassett and scored a few goals despite our relegation and then was instrumental in getting us back up, forming a very good partnership with Dickov.

Darius vassell?

[Rain King]

4 minutes ago, foxinsocks said:

Darius vassell?

Say what?

[Dr The Singh]

Elvis Hammond before the ankle 

[whoareyaaa]

Kisnorbo

[ParkerPen]

another vote for Big Wes, thought we'd lost the plot

[Dan Gliballs]

Another big shout for Kisnorbo actually, when played at CB he was class at that level.

 

’He used to be shite, but now he’s alright’ 

[foxile5]

Anyone pointed out that Kermo was decent? 

[foxfanazer]

David Nugent had a bit of a journeyman reputation but turned out to be a very important player for us. Probably not appreciated enough by us

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Mark Davies is up there however brief a stint. He'd been such a sicknote - I thought he'd probably take ages to get up to speed, get crocked and head back. 

 

[Mickyblueeyes]

Only here for a short time but Yuki Abe was a decent championship midfielder. Honestly thought the club brought him in to simply improve our profile in the Far East, which they did but we also got a pretty decent player.

[Stoopid]

On 30/08/2020 at 22:55, weller54 said:

Frank Large

Going back a bit, but for us old bleeders totally unforgettable for the Man City FA Cup replay in 68.

Quintessential Filbert St. night match, rammed and raucous, unlikely comeback, pitch invasion(s) the lot. 

Best game I ever saw at the old place.