David Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 We've all been there, a player signs for Derby which excites you, you highly rate, great signing, tell the missus you're that happy you'll wash the pots tonight and turns out to be a complete flop. Or you never rated, League 1 at best, absolutely useless, what are we thinking and went on to prove you wrong? Time to confess.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbados Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Not going to lie Daveo, I thought Cyrus was done! "No way on earth will he gain his confidence back here" I thought, he was utterly abysmal at the end of last season, conference standard, his head had gone. I half expected him to be out of squad scene completely this season. . . how wrong was I!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Ram Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 What's up with your spelling? I darent confess mine. Well maybe after some others have proved how little they know I might Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 3, 2015 Author Share Posted November 3, 2015 2 minutes ago, Ewe Ram said: What's up with your spelling? I've got a nasty coff at the minute...now f... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 It's one of those hard things to really quantify isn't it? Like, I honestly thought Bailey was a very decent player at this level, and he now warms the bench for Pune City. I liked Sammon, was excited when he signed, thought he gave the side more space to operate, but looking back I can't actually recall him scoring a single goal where it looked like he meant to hit it as he did. I was honestly happy that Bamford didn't start the playoff final, and despite taking his goals well, thought he was a bit pointless. I thought Fielding was a potential England keeper of the future, that's probably the worst of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Well, I was definitely in the pro-Albentosa camp so I guess that's one. Recently though I've tried to be as fair as possible to new signings, in both directions. Historically I can't really think of any either - Although, and this is a genuine confession as I spent the transfer window defending him, but truthfully I thought Russell was done to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 3, 2015 Author Share Posted November 3, 2015 Lee Croft anyone?.....or just me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I remember getting excited when Junior joined us in 2003. i think I even said he'd be top scorer in the Championship that season. Didn't quite go to plan. He scored 4 in 30 appearances, did his knee in and we ended up with Manel and Noel Whelan both trying to hit a barn door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idiakez Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Chris Porter. Scored a few goals in a small number of games then got injured for months. All I remember thinking was "we'll be alright once Porter's fit again, he knows where the back of the net is." I was wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaragozaram Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Taking my cue from an Aberdeen fan at the time of his signing, I was convinced Chris Maguire was going to be the next big thing. Maybe not then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramarena Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 One that sticks in the mind is Jonathan Hunt, he had a spell where he was top notch for Southend and Bham City I really rated him, then he struggled and we picked him up for a couple of hundred k. I remember being fully behind him hoping he'd recover his form. Never did and was shipped out in a swap for Vas Borbokis. Scored a cracking over head kick against Boro though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I tend to have a romance towards the ones who break through. I was convinced both Miles Addison and Lewin Nyatanga would be massive parts of our decade. Signings-wise, I was convinced Chris Martin would be a good player, I thought Raul Albentosa would do well too. I still have a man-crush on Johnny Russell, and he fleetingly lives up to expectations. As for flops, I thought Lee Hendrie would be better than he was, and Laurent Robert for that matter, and Nathan Ellington, and Gary Teale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Just now, Mostyn6 said: I tend to have a romance towards the ones who break through. I was convinced both Miles Addison and Lewin Nyatanga would be massive parts of our decade. Signings-wise, I was convinced Chris Martin would be a good player, I thought Raul Albentosa would do well too. I still have a man-crush on Johnny Russell, and he fleetingly lives up to expectations. As for flops, I thought Lee Hendrie would be better than he was, and Laurent Robert for that matter, and Nathan Ellington, and Gary Teale. I'm with you on the ones that break through. I even flirted with the idea of having Nyatanga on my shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I was spectacularly wrong about Cyrus Christie.If he keeps away from avoidable mistakes, he will be worth £4 million by the end of the season. At times on saturday, he looked too good for the Championship. I think that the coaching staff needs to be complimented. As Mel said on the radio, it could save and make us a lot of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 To be fair, Gary Teale was brilliant during his time under Clough. I'd actually say he goes on the opposite, a player that many people wrote off as being done and completely useless, but managed to make his mark before leaving. I was very critical of him at times as well, but was thoroughly wrong there. Another in that boat was Savage, who looked for all money to be completely done before Clough arrived, though many still debate if he was actually good or just lucky to get gametime. Croft, Nyatanga and Addison are definitely on the list of players I thought were good or going to be good. I thought Albentosa would take time, but be ultimately great at this level, and to be honest I still think he could have been, but oh well. Best move on from that one. Lee Hendrie is an odd one, I thought it was smart business, but never thought he'd be that great, but ultimately he was definitely worse than I thought he'd be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idiakez Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 3 minutes ago, Mostyn6 said: I tend to have a romance towards the ones who break through. I was convinced both Miles Addison and Lewin Nyatanga would be massive parts of our decade. Signings-wise, I was convinced Chris Martin would be a good player, I thought Raul Albentosa would do well too. I still have a man-crush on Johnny Russell, and he fleetingly lives up to expectations. As for flops, I thought Lee Hendrie would be better than he was, and Laurent Robert for that matter, and Nathan Ellington, and Gary Teale. At one point I thought we'd found a future England international in Addison. Real shame that his career hasn't amounted to anything, I still remember his performances against Newcastle away at CB (0-0) and his goal vs Sheff Wed at home, it was almost Yaya Toure-esque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 3, 2015 Author Share Posted November 3, 2015 I've got Bailey on the back of a shirt, they were offering free printing at the time so thought why not, even tho I was old enough to know better. Was the yellow 3rd strip, I hate yellow kits as well. Not sure what I was thinking, it's in a box in the shed now, hoping he becomes a huge hit over in India so I can cash in on eBay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombo Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Flops: Frank Fielding, Raul Albentosa, Conor Sammon, Mark O'Brien, Tomasz Cywka Proved me wrong: Cyrus Christie, John Brayford, Lee Grant, Shaun Barker There will be others I'm sure. Just a few examples. Of course, I should note that I never openly criticise or heap praise on players when they first sign because that's useless. But I always have a feeling about every player that comes in or comes through the academy that I tend to keep to myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needles Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I usually get over-excited about every player we ever sign to be honest, and I'm so often wrong I gave up analysing it years ago. Over-rated...Mark Lillis. Arthur Cox never failed, picking up good strikers without spending lots, then he spent his biggest fee to date (£200k?) from Man City(?) and I thought for that money, this bloke is going to tear it up with Bob Davison. Then nothing, not a bad player, just never happened for him here. Although Phil Gee owned it that year anyway, so no harm done. Over-rated...Pereplotkins. Saw him in a friendly and thought he looked a player. I can only apologise. Over-rated...Ravanelli. Big money, big reputation, great pedigree...what could go wrong? **** me. Underrated...Robin van der Laan. I thought we were signing a slow cumbersome clogger from Port Vale. We signed an inspiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Teale Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I thought Billy Davies was a good manager for a while. I also remember many on here thinking that players like Leacock and Bywater could play for England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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