Underwhelmed when they signed but turned out to be pretty good

[Deleted member 77198]

Raheem Sterling.

Didn’t want him, didn’t like him when he was a Liverpool player, thought he was overrated simply because he was a Liverpool player, I used to incessantly take the piss out of the way he runs when he was a Liverpool player and how he always used to run the ball out of play. I thought £50m was far too much for him.

But he’s scored 128 goals for the club and been a big part of winning 9 trophies with us.

I have been the same with Grealish n’all. Used to always take the piss out of him when he was a Villa player for being a diving ****, always on the floor, overrated because United wanted him in 2020, Foden being better than him, played most of his career in the Championship and wouldn’t make it at a top club… we’ve gone and signed him for what I think is too much… but hopefully he proves me wrong n’all!

 

[kinky's boots]

Vinny turned out to be a bit better than we all imagined ;-)

Bought a decent if uninspiring holding mid and ended up with the best central defender in world football :-)

It was just Hughes who thought he was a midfielder, he was a central defender beforehand (he was a promising youngster on FM while he was at Anderlecht lol)

 

[mattcity5]

It was just Hughes who thought he was a midfielder, he was a central defender beforehand (he was a promising youngster on FM while he was at Anderlecht lol)

Absolutely this. Its a myth that he was a midfielder - he got moved into defensive midfield at City initially because we had sod all tacklers in there and were basically a bit soft.

He did well there, but I think it was as soon as De Jong was signed he was moved back to centre-half.

 

[ScottSinclair]

Absolutely this. Its a myth that he was a midfielder - he got moved into defensive midfield at City initially because we had sod all tacklers in there and were basically a bit soft.

He did well there, but I think it was as soon as De Jong was signed he was moved back to centre-half.

He initially wanted to be a midfielder himself, part of the reason why he signed for us because we promised him a role in midfield

 

[mattcity5]

He initially wanted to be a midfielder himself, part of the reason why he signed for us because we promised him a role in midfield

Don't remember that, you might be right though.

Not read through the whole thread, but Shaun Goater certainly comes to mind as someone who exceeded expectations.

 

[jamesha]

We’d have been relegated in 03/04 without James

I was excited as I had seen him play years before in the FA Youth Cup final and he was mint - as was Rod Thomas (who??)

 

[jamesha]

Nigel Gleghorn - very cheap signing and was slow but a good left foot, scored some important goals and wasn't bad as an emergency keeper.

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Gaz baz

 

[Gundogan's Moustache]

Cancelo

 

[KS55]

Tony Book.

I thought, why are City signing a 32 year old bricklayer who spent most of his career as a non-league part timer?

We all soon found out!

Skip turned out to be fantastic. It is said Alison messed with his birth certificate to hide his age from the directors.