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Post by iancransonsknees on Oct 17, 2022 16:42:04 GMT
Which players were you wrong about? The stand out ones. For me I couldn't see what Jon Walters gave us in the early days. Fast forward a few season and what a plonker I looked.😆 Finally a thread that Bayern can’t post on. Post of the year. |
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Post by silsdenstokie on Oct 17, 2022 16:42:20 GMT
Which players were you wrong about? The stand out ones. For me I couldn't see what Jon Walters gave us in the early days. Fast forward a few season and what a plonker I looked.😆 Ian Allinson Good shout. My mate at the time was an Arsenal fan and couldnt believe we had got him. What a waste of time he turned out to be |
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Post by newsteadst3 on Oct 17, 2022 16:44:40 GMT
Arnie, I always thought to start with we were giving him to much praise and desperate for a legend after Fuller so I felt we gave Arnie that tag without earning it initially.
I knew he had a ability but i was only majorly impressed after his 3rd season.
One of my all fave players in past 30 years.
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Post by callas12 on Oct 17, 2022 16:47:58 GMT
I hate to admit it but I had really high hopes when Brek Shea signed for us. I'd watched his YouTube montage of goals & thought we'd signed a maverick but a skillful goalscorer! Embarrassed to say I'd even got his name/number on the adidas home shirt we had at that time!
How wrong I was & how Im determined to never ever trust the YouTube footage again since then!
Marc Goodfellow after his Man Utd Friendly brace is another one I had high hopes and fell for believing he was going to be a full on Stoke goalscoring legend! Dean Crowe & Martin Carruthers aswell! Blimey, the list is quite endless when think about it!
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Post by bayernoatcake on Oct 17, 2022 16:50:24 GMT
You can have him. I still don’t really rate him I’m not gonna lie. But he does score plenty of goals. Rice though, we’ll keep him. Hold on a moment lol, isn't that the yardstick by which you are measuring Gayle? Kane scores goals for fun as a striker and you don't rate him????? I don’t rate Gayle because he looks old and past it and can’t score. |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Oct 17, 2022 16:50:48 GMT
Finally a thread that Bayern can’t post on. Post of the year. Apart from the obvious |
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Post by MilanStokie on Oct 17, 2022 16:53:28 GMT
Hold on a moment lol, isn't that the yardstick by which you are measuring Gayle? Kane scores goals for fun as a striker and you don't rate him????? I don’t rate Gayle because he looks old and past it and can’t score. But you don't rate Kane because he's still.a good age, bang in form for the last 8 years and can score, lots? |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Oct 17, 2022 16:54:21 GMT
I don’t rate Gayle because he looks old and past it and can’t score. But you don't rate Kane because he's still.a good age, bang in form for the last 8 years and can score, lots? I don’t rate Kane because I think he makes England worse when he plays. |
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Post by supersimonstainrod on Oct 17, 2022 16:54:23 GMT
Break Shea,Kurt Zouma.😡
Mickey Thomas second time around...
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Post by Pugsley on Oct 17, 2022 17:35:34 GMT
But you don't rate Kane because he's still.a good age, bang in form for the last 8 years and can score, lots? I don’t rate Kane because I think he makes England worse when he plays. Well he plays all the time so I'm not sure how you can come to that conclusion. Since he's been playing we've been relatively successful. |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Oct 17, 2022 17:39:02 GMT
I don’t rate Kane because I think he makes England worse when he plays. Well he plays all the time so I'm not sure how you can come to that conclusion. Since he's been playing we've been relatively successful. We’ve underachieved with the players we have imo. I just wish he’d stay up front. He hinders the play too much and doesn’t fit the more fluid attackers we have. Sadly the only player who I think would improve us beyond the current level seems a right cunt and could end up in jail. |
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Post by skip on Oct 17, 2022 17:41:53 GMT
Rickie Dadasson, after his debut substitute appearance header from a corner. Thought we'd struck gold.
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Post by upthefud on Oct 17, 2022 17:48:36 GMT
Arnie and Odemwingie
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Post by lordb on Oct 17, 2022 17:53:07 GMT
Well he plays all the time so I'm not sure how you can come to that conclusion. Since he's been playing we've been relatively successful. We’ve underachieved with the players we have imo. I just wish he’d stay up front. He hinders the play too much and doesn’t fit the more fluid attackers we have. Sadly the only player who I think would improve us beyond the current level seems a right cunt and could end up in jail. Not with the central defenders we have had in the last 5 years We've had better keepers too although Pickford isn't bad he's not top draw If England had a top CB would really bang the drum |
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Post by ParaPsych on Oct 17, 2022 17:57:00 GMT
SuperDave Rowson. He was even better than I thought he would be.
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Post by cheadlepotter on Oct 17, 2022 18:03:33 GMT
Sobhi. Having watched the YouTube vids and seeing signs of potential in his early games for us (not that there were many, granted) I thought he’d go on to big things.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2022 18:04:16 GMT
Well he plays all the time so I'm not sure how you can come to that conclusion. Since he's been playing we've been relatively successful. We’ve underachieved with the players we have imo. I just wish he’d stay up front. He hinders the play too much and doesn’t fit the more fluid attackers we have. Sadly the only player who I think would improve us beyond the current level seems a right cunt and could end up in jail. Nile Ranger? |
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Post by thedeadlyshart on Oct 17, 2022 19:34:13 GMT
Van Ginkel. Thought he would give us everything Nzonzi did, plus more goals.
Odemwingie. Thought he was past it.
Maurice Edu. He seemed like a solid Pulis type player for the USMNT, just wasn’t even remotely good enough for the prem.
Gunn. Thought he could maybe stop a shot or two.
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Post by middleoftheboothen on Oct 17, 2022 19:49:00 GMT
Was absolutely delighted to get Tuncay and totally nonplussed about Huth Funny old game I was the same with this one, how wrong we as fans can get it sometimes eh. |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 17, 2022 19:51:50 GMT
Van Ginkel. Thought he would give us everything Nzonzi did, plus more goals. Odemwingie. Thought he was past it. Maurice Edu. He seemed like a solid Pulis type player for the USMNT, just wasn’t even remotely good enough for the prem. Gunn. Thought he could maybe stop a shot or two. Van Ginkel was dire. He has to be the most loaned player in the history of the game? I’m sure he’s still getting a gig at PSV? |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 17, 2022 19:54:02 GMT
Van Ginkel. Thought he would give us everything Nzonzi did, plus more goals. Odemwingie. Thought he was past it. Maurice Edu. He seemed like a solid Pulis type player for the USMNT, just wasn’t even remotely good enough for the prem. Gunn. Thought he could maybe stop a shot or two. Van Ginkel was dire. He has to be the most loaned player in the history of the game? I’m sure he’s still getting a gig at PSV? After SEVEN years of being a loan player he’s now at PSV on a permanent. Crazy |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2022 20:09:10 GMT
Didn't we sign Gunlaugsson and Burton the same day? Think we played Reading away that weekend and neither impressed after what looked like 2 great signings but played parts later
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Post by lordb on Oct 17, 2022 20:09:34 GMT
Van Ginkel was dire. He has to be the most loaned player in the history of the game? I’m sure he’s still getting a gig at PSV? After SEVEN years of being a loan player he’s now at PSV on a permanent. Crazy Dutch Dean Whitehead the exact opposite of the stereo type of Dutch midfielders Had his shot gone in at Anfield rather than hitting the post he'd be an all time Stoke legend The bastard |
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Oct 17, 2022 20:10:31 GMT
Didn't we sign Gunlaugsson and Burton the same day? Think we played Reading away that weekend and neither impressed after what looked like 2 great signings but played parts later Gunnlaugsson looked better in his first loan spell the previous season. Still scored an absolute belter against someone like Chesterfield though I think. |
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Post by potterburt on Oct 17, 2022 20:41:09 GMT
Thought that Andrew Davies and Tim Soares were going to add some young energy - both had been England U21s and were half decent in FM. After multi-loans just look at the clubs they played for after us… Ross County, Hartlepool, Bury, Stevenage, FC Odcome (?), Dorchester 🥴
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Post by fazza90 on Oct 17, 2022 20:58:09 GMT
Thought they'd be ace but were cack:
Etebo
Bauer
Sobhi
Van Ginkel
Palacios
Thought they'd be cack but were ace:
Lee Grant
Afellay
Odemwingi
Pennant
Craddock
Players who I probably was wrong about, but still to this day defiantly think deserved to have played a much bigger part and could have done so much more for us if given more of a chance:
Tuncay
Arismendi
N'Diaye
Rooney
Marteinsson
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Post by chigstoke on Oct 17, 2022 21:11:02 GMT
Thibault Verlinden. Came highly rated by one of the Oatcake’s top scouts and tacticians, now playing in some basement league in Europe…. I'm sure we all get one wrong once
Or nine times
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Post by a on Oct 17, 2022 21:16:01 GMT
Thibault Verlinden. Came highly rated by one of the Oatcake’s top scouts and tacticians, now playing in some basement league in Europe…. I'm sure we all get one wrong once
Or nine times
Nineteen* |
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Post by lordb on Oct 17, 2022 21:24:08 GMT
Thought they'd be ace but were cack: Etebo Bauer Sobhi Van Ginkel Palacios Thought they'd be cack but were ace: Lee Grant Afellay Odemwingi Pennant Craddock Players who I probably was wrong about, but still to this day defiantly think deserved to have played a much bigger part and could have done so much more for us if given more of a chance: Tuncay Arismendi N'Diaye Rooney Marteinsson I think if Gudjon had stayed Marteinsson would have been a key player |
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Post by PotterLog on Oct 17, 2022 22:24:13 GMT
Thought they'd be ace but were cack: Etebo Bauer Sobhi Van Ginkel Palacios Thought they'd be cack but were ace: Lee Grant Afellay Odemwingi Pennant Craddock Players who I probably was wrong about, but still to this day defiantly think deserved to have played a much bigger part and could have done so much more for us if given more of a chance: Tuncay Arismendi N'Diaye Rooney Marteinsson I’d have Afellay in the first section of that |
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