Bit of a controversial one probably but I think Ben Davies has to fall into this category, not so much because he has been fantastic, but because he has been a solid performer for a number of years and was very much a bit part player in the deal between us and Swansea. Don't think anybody had a second thought about the bloke when he arrived but has turned out to be important for us over the years.
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Harry Kane and Victor Wanyama recently. Going back a bit, Graham Roberts and Tony Galvin were absolute steals from non-league football.
I was surprised that our grand old man, Brad Friedel, was able to do such a good job when we decided Gomes had made 10 mistakes too many
I’m coming back to this thread In a few years time and saying Ryan sessengon
A spin on the Which player did worse than you expected thread. Only this time we are turning it around.
Name a player that you were not sold on upon arrival, but who has overcome or dare I say blown away your expectations of them.
A simple first choice: Dele Alli. When we bought him from MK Dons I was expecting a kid to warm the bench or a long term project that would go out on loan for a season or two. Instead he was nailed on for the starting 11 almost from the word go.
Your turn.
Name a player that you were not sold on upon arrival, but who has overcome or dare I say blown away your expectations of them.
A simple first choice: Dele Alli. When we bought him from MK Dons I was expecting a kid to warm the bench or a long term project that would go out on loan for a season or two. Instead he was nailed on for the starting 11 almost from the word go.
Your turn.
He absolutely wasn't that shit - scored 8 goals and showed promise in many games
I would say he was Soldado / Bent first-season shit
The Wanyama / Dembele pivot was the best CM pairing in the Prem that season - we were so good
I'd add this guy to my list, simply because of the fact he was so highly rated as a kid and after his loans etc. I thought it was never going to work out for him due to his physique.
Ended up an England player and maybe would have kicked on a bit apart from horrendous luck with injuries before he went to get more playing time and then the disaster I still can barely bear to think about at Hull. Gets far too much stick from some IMO.
This is a great article I've not seen linked here before...
www.fourfourtwo.com
Ended up an England player and maybe would have kicked on a bit apart from horrendous luck with injuries before he went to get more playing time and then the disaster I still can barely bear to think about at Hull. Gets far too much stick from some IMO.
This is a great article I've not seen linked here before...
Ryan Mason: “I have 14 metal plates in my skull, with 28 screws holding them in place, and 45 staples. And I was a lucky boy”
Ryan Mason is set to take over as interim Tottenham manager until the end of the season. He was part of the same Spurs academy generation as Harry Kane, but his life took a different turn – one which left him lucky to be alive
www.fourfourtwo.com
Wanyama, what could have been if he stayed fit!
He won a young player award at a Supporters' Club do back then. IIRC, he was a purchase from a non league club and was quite a prolific goal scorer at that level. Obviously, that was his level, he never made it for us.
That’s a fair point , his first season he frustrated me so much, and I’m ashamed to admit I would have been happy for him to go , but just goes to show some players take longer to adjust to the team and league
Trippier.
Sold Walker for 50m, got Tripps for 5m. Was excellent in our system and provided plenty of goal assists.
Then we sold him for 22m, whichpretty much covered his fee and salary for his time at the club. Hats off to Levy on that one!!
Kane
I still remember the the meme's when we had 'no choice' but to play this kid. Slow, chubby, couldn't even get in the Norwich team; we all begged for Adebeyor to come back from his voodoo curse.
Eriksen
After we missed out on Moutinho, did anyone really expect the 'cut price, bargain basement' midfielder to be the top 3 performing midfielder in the EPL for 4 seasons straight? Providing key contributions to most of our goals and barely missing a single game through injury.
Lamela
Oh sorry. Wrong thread.
Sold Walker for 50m, got Tripps for 5m. Was excellent in our system and provided plenty of goal assists.
Then we sold him for 22m, whichpretty much covered his fee and salary for his time at the club. Hats off to Levy on that one!!
Kane
I still remember the the meme's when we had 'no choice' but to play this kid. Slow, chubby, couldn't even get in the Norwich team; we all begged for Adebeyor to come back from his voodoo curse.
Eriksen
After we missed out on Moutinho, did anyone really expect the 'cut price, bargain basement' midfielder to be the top 3 performing midfielder in the EPL for 4 seasons straight? Providing key contributions to most of our goals and barely missing a single game through injury.
Lamela
Oh sorry. Wrong thread.
Dembele, didn’t see that one coming.
