Players who did much better than you expected at City

[BLUEYESTU]

Gio Kinkladze - I’d never heard of him and he looked much too small and ‘waif like’ for English football. I remember my rag mates laughing at us buying him but he proved a lot of people wrong.

 

[Adamb95]

I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised by Kolarov. Also didn’t expect him to get as many caps as a blue!

 

[Newman Noggs]

Gareth Barry. Thought he was the sort of midfield journeyman who wouldn't elevate us to the next level. Misjudged the man.

 

[Vienna_70]

Definitely Bellamy.

Bellers was the one who immediately sprang to mind.

 

[BusterPhillips]

Terry Cooke

 

[its grim up north]

Can only be the "Goat" the way he worked to make what he did out of what he had. I bow to you Sir.

 

[Abattoir Blue]

Super Kev. Joined the club at the wrong time and thought he was just probably another in the seemingly endless cycle of players to come and go between 96-98.

Didn't have much pace, wasn't necessarily the strongest. But he could tackle, had nous, could read the game...and that wand of a left foot! Hard to think of too many others who had a more consistently positive influence on City between 1998 and 2002. Goater maybe.

Easily in my top 5 favourite City players of all time.

 

[JodrellBlue]

I'd go with Barry as well. Honourable mentions to Bosvelt and Hamman who did more than I expected for journeymen on their last payday and Weikens who turned it round as a centre half

Gareth Barry. Thought he was the sort of midfield journeyman who wouldn't elevate us to the next level. Misjudged the man.

 

[its grim up north]

PS and what a lovely guy he was, met him once at Platt Lane a couple of days after he scored a header to win our game at Charlton and he was delighted to tell me how he had done it.

 

[Vienna_70]

Super Kev. Joined the club at the wrong time and thought he was just probably another in the seemingly endless cycle of players to come and go between 96-98.

Didn't have much pace, wasn't necessarily the strongest. But he could tackle, had nous, could read the game...and that wand of a left foot! Hard to think of too many others who had a more consistently positive influence on City between 1998 and 2002. Goater maybe.

Easily in my top 5 favourite City players of all time.

Didn’t he experience either promotion or relegation in five of the six seasons he was with us?