Underwhelmed when they signed but turned out to be pretty good

[LangleyBlue1970]

Rosler.

 

[J.G.Blue.]

Never heard of him before we signed him but he turned out pretty good, Uwe Rosler, and he probably has the best song we have ever had for a player.

 

[Mon Autre]

Kinkladze

 

[dromoreblue]

Kompany and Zabba. VK was deployed as a defensive midfielder initially and was ok. Then he was moved to cb and the rest as they say is history. What a man. What a player.

 

[Harlaching Sky Blue]

Kevin Horlock...think everyone we signed at that time was at best "meh" and worst "god can we get any lower" but he was a superb and underrated player for us in 3 divisions.
Even did a decent job as a defensive mid in the Prem for a while.

 

[Eds]

Because I hang on every word said by the pundits I thought KDB would be a flop and who had ever heard of David Villa or was it Silva we signed and some bloke called Yaya. Morrison was a revelation at the time.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Gordon Smith.
Because of "that miss" against the rags in the 83 Cup Final....
But he was a very stylish and cultured player. Indeed he was top scorer in the 84 / 85 promotion season which wasn't bad for a midfielder.

 

[True_Blue69]

Dias. Hadn't really heard of him and we had reportedly missed out on our top 2 targets. Turned out to be unbelievable!

 

[Eric Hitchmough]

Benarbia and Berkovic

 

[JGL07]

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!