I always go back to my first impression of Paul Merson when he came to us. I'll admit to getting it wrong initially!
He may well be a good player, but sticking him straight in after a 5 week break was utter stupidity.
Quote from: Nunkin1965 on February 02, 2017, 08:02:05 AMI always go back to my first impression of Paul Merson when he came to us. I'll admit to getting it wrong initially!If your first impression of Paul Merson was that he couldn't be arsed you would have been right. And then after a few months he decided he could be arsed and was fabulous.As pointed out, players like Ugo and Petrov looked pretty poor to start with, and even the likes of Townsend, Laursen, Angel and Bozzie looked a way off the player they became for us.There's been plenty over the years that started slow and did well, and some that started well and ended up quite shit, Carlton Cole, Peter Enkelmann etc
Like a poor mans Brett Holman. Let that sink in for a while...poor man's...BRETT HOLMAN...Good lord.