Player who most surpassed expectations

[dannyboy91uk]

Elano
Eyal Berkovic

Surpassed my expectations anyway. I had never heard of Elano before he joined us, gutted when he was shipped out.

Others like Goater, SWP, Tevez, Benarbia, Zabaleta, Bellamy, Dunne etc already mentioned repeatedly.

 

[Bill]

don't laugh but for me David Silva. I was "yeh he looks ok , bit lightweight."

fuck me what a bell end I am.

simply the greatest player to pull on the shirt.

 

[BuryBlue1977]

Bony

 

[Bill]

Didn't he make his debut, as a sub, away to Port Vale?

Thought it was millwall.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Joe Corrigan. When he started playing, he made numerous mistakes and looked like a big lump. People called him "Muttonhead." He went on to become one of our best keepers and played for England, albeit not as often as he might have done.

 

[Blue Hefner]

Thought it was millwall.

From Wikipedia:

He made his first-team debut as a substitute in the second leg of a League Cup match against Burnley, replacing Terry Cooke.[3] His league debut came two months later at Port Vale. Brought on as substitute striker, he helped his team turn a 1–0 deficit into a 2–1 win

 

[Bill]

From Wikipedia:

He made his first-team debut as a substitute in the second leg of a League Cup match against Burnley, replacing Terry Cooke.[3] His league debut came two months later at Port Vale. Brought on as substitute striker, he helped his team turn a 1–0 deficit into a 2–1 win

Just thinking I reckon his debut goal was v millwall.

 

[HelloCity]

Zabaleta.

 

[casserole of nonsense]

From Wikipedia:

He made his first-team debut as a substitute in the second leg of a League Cup match against Burnley, replacing Terry Cooke.[3] His league debut came two months later at Port Vale. Brought on as substitute striker, he helped his team turn a 1–0 deficit into a 2–1 win

His shirt was far too big for him, that's what I remember.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Jo.

Thought he might be shit, but he was shitter than anyone thought!