Underwhelming signings that you were wrong about

[Carl the Llama]

43 minutes ago, foxfanazer said:

Occasionally even us brain boxes get things wrong...so come on, which signings were you underwhelmed by that turned out to good for us?

 

I'll start us off with Wes Morgan. Seemed like a really lazy signing and thought he'd be nothing more than a plodder for us. Goes on to captain us winning the championship and premier league

Yeah I echo this, thought he'd be a fairly average buy at best.

 

I'll also admit that I thought Mahrez would never be as good for us as Knockaert.  That assumption was fairly quickly squashed though  

[martyn]

Gerry Taggart

Spencer Prior

Rob Ullathorne

Billy McKinlay

Paul Dickov

Brian Deane

[Tomek]

Bruno Berner & David Nugent. 

Edited 17 February 2022 by Tomek

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

Ade Akinbiyi. 

[SkidsFox]

Russell Osman - I thought we'd signed up a washed- up centre back, but his class soon proved me wrong.

See also in a similar vein Johnny Evans.

[irishfoxkev]

Claudio 

[Robo61]

 Ranieri,  close the thread

[Anorak]

The signings of Keller and Prior before the 96/97 season didn't have anybody too excited but they did great for us

[sylofox]

None as I judge players on performances for us. 

 

But vestnpants is shite.

[Raw Dykes]

59 minutes ago, SkidsFox said:

Russell Osman - I thought we'd signed up a washed- up centre back, but his class soon proved me wrong.

See also in a similar vein Johnny Evans.

Evans is a good shout. Never really rated him all that highly, but he's been immense for us.

[baldeagle]

Izzet for me 

[oadby.fox]

2 hours ago, foxfanazer said:

Occasionally even us brain boxes get things wrong...so come on, which signings were you underwhelmed by that turned out to good for us?

 

I'll start us off with Wes Morgan. Seemed like a really lazy signing and thought he'd be nothing more than a plodder for us. Goes on to captain us winning the championship and premier league

And the FA cup !

[Gamble92]

More or less every geat signing we've had hasn't been expected. It's always been a common trend for us to spend big on absolute shit and unearth unreal players from nowhere. 

[tom27111]

David Nugent.

 

So happy ro be proven wrong.

 

After all we've been through, still one of my favourite ever players.

 

Gave it everything with a smile on his face.

[Stadt]

Hammond and Taylor-Fletcher, we were fúcked with FFP, thought they’d be past it but they both did a job when called upon. Excellent Pearson/Walsh signings.

[Mike the Metal Ed]

4 hours ago, Nalis said:

I thought Taggart would be shite but he was alright.

First season he was crap. Then he settled in big time.

[Guest David Oldfields Gate]

Ian Ormandroyd.

[FoyleFox]

Vardy.

After 95 transfer windows nearly signing Maynard, we spent a million quid on a skinny, pale non - league Vardy. Which, at the time, I thought wasn't a good decision...

 

 

[Mike the Metal Ed]

Genuinely didn't think Tim Flowers would be all that. Out of the picture with England, benched by Blackburn, getting on in years.

[Incognito]

A bit left of field but was underwhelmed when Sven brought in Diomansy Kamara on loan. By the end of the season I was hoping he'd sign permanently.

 

Fate and all that though hey!

[AndyElZorro]

Muzzy Izzet. I remember the announcer saying "Hello everyone, the Leicester City substitute is Muzzy Izzet" and the entire cop starting shouting "who?"

[Dan]

I actually think Ulloa slightly. Might be being harsh but I remember thinking we've come up and our big striker signing is from a team we're comfortably better then? Wasn't expecting him to be rubbish but was just slightly underwhelmed. Really liked him in the end though.

[Collibosher70]

Muzzy...even the Mercury headline was muzzy who.

Cottee....thought he was passed it

Iwan roberts....forward for Huddersfield ffs 😅

Matt Elliott...Oxford ffs

 

How wrong was i

[The Year Of The Fox]

Vardy obviously 

 

I thought we’d signed him to play in the reserves 

[iancognito]

Claridge.