Hands up - players you've wrongly written off

[Clark W Griswold]

Many already mentioned. Cleverly looks more promising and I hope he makes me eat my words but until he signs a 4 year contract and plays most games like he has recently I'm still on the fence. Clark and Baker have not made me eat my words yet and I doubt they ever will, but again I'm happy to be proved wrong.
I could see potential in Petrov but did start to doubt him I must admit. Ugo's game against Norwich was worrying, but didn't write him off. I never wrote Hutton off but thought he'd end up leaving.
3 players I liked to start with who started looking ropey but came back well where Delph, Dublin and Mellberg.
I never thought Laursen would be the player he turned out to be to be honest, but again wouldn't say I wrote him off.

[Clark W Griswold]

Oh, and I openly admit I didn't see Milner becoming the player he did after that season he had on loan.

[PeterWithesShin]

anyone remember Ugo Ehiogu's debut, think it was against Norwich

written of in 90 minutes by most people there

Fairly sure Ehiogu's (home) debut was a cup match v Oxford United and he had a blinder.

His debut was a year earlier. Arsenal home August 1991.

[fbriai]

anyone remember Ugo Ehiogu's debut, think it was against Norwich

written of in 90 minutes by most people there

Fairly sure Ehiogu's (home) debut was a cup match v Oxford United and he had a blinder.

His debut was a year earlier. Arsenal away August 1991.

That Norwich game was his home debut in the league, wasn't it?

[PeterWithesShin]

That should be Arsenal home!

[cheltenhamlion]

Based on the last month or two then Tom Cleverley.

[oldhill_avfc]

Stylian Petrov. When he first came I slagged him off without mercy. In time he proved me completely wrong and I admire him immensely. Of the current squad Cleverley is currently twenty times the player I judged him to be when he arrived.

Same here. Stan was poor for a long time before transforming into the great player and leader he became.

Petrov was never a great player.

[oldhill_avfc]

The u-turn on Hutton has been the most amusing to witness on here.

Until this season he was one of the worst, dirtiest players to have ever played for us and the sooner he was taken off the payroll on £45k a week or whatever, the better. After that crucial winner in front of the Holte against Leicester before Christmas everyone wanted his bald Scottish babbies.

Hutton has improved beyond measure and his performances in the first half of the season were an almost isolated ray of hope.  That doesn't mean he's anything more than mediocre though.

[dcdavecollett]

I couldn't see Clark and Baker coming back from their very poor form at the end of last season, especially Nathan. I thought their confidence had completely crumbled and that they'd have to drop down a division to recover.

I'm really pleased to be so wrong.

[Matt Collins]

Many already mentioned. Cleverly looks more promising and I hope he makes me eat my words but until he signs a 4 year contract and plays most games like he has recently I'm still on the fence. Clark and Baker have not made me eat my words yet and I doubt they ever will, but again I'm happy to be proved wrong.
I could see potential in Petrov but did start to doubt him I must admit. Ugo's game against Norwich was worrying, but didn't write him off. I never wrote Hutton off but thought he'd end up leaving.
3 players I liked to start with who started looking ropey but came back well where Delph, Dublin and Mellberg.
I never thought Laursen would be the player he turned out to be to be honest, but again wouldn't say I wrote him off.

Didn't Dublin score about 7 goals in his first three games??!

[dcdavecollett]

Yes, he did.

It could have been even better; he had a goal wrongly disallowed against Spurs and a penalty saved vs Liverpool, which would have given him three hat-tricks in his first three games!!

[Matt Collins]

Mellberg was also great when he started - great partnership with alpay

[SoccerHQ]

A few years ago We were away at Fulham and the new striker missed an absolute sitter right in front of us.  My 12-year-old  daughter could have put it away blindfolded.  I turned to the old fella and said "He'll never make a premier league striker while he's got a hole up his arse!".  The old man concurred.  That young striker?  Chap called Christian Benteke. Oops!   

Except it wasn't a sitter...

No it wasn't. I was there that today and the cross back was just behind Benteke so he had to turn his body to get a shot in which just went wide. He missed far easier chances against West Brom and Spurs the previous weeks.

[PeterWithesShin]

Plus he had a defender right in front of him iirc. the only absolute sitter I remember him missing when he was getting stick was the header at Spurs.

[edgysatsuma89]

Petrov and Hutton. Salifou, the bulletproof song made it worth while (not the events obviously).

I've still written N'Zogbia off. And Gabby. Maximum impact player for me now.