by account deleted by request » Sun May 21, 2006 11:03 pm
I have just been reading a few excellent posts about Steve Finnan and it got me thinking about how wrong I was about him when he first came. I thought he was just a typical Houllier squad player not fast enough,cant tackle, not tall enough and all he can do is cross. I admit it, I was WRONG.From this I began to think of the FEW other times I got it wrong about a player and I freely admit some of them were big mistakes.
Ray Clemance - I first saw him against Derby, I think it was his league debut. My verdict was that he would never make it.
Alan Hansen - never make it as a centre back but might make a decent fullback.
John Mcloughlin - saw him make his debut against Huddersfield and he was going to be a big star.
Ray Kennedy - too slow and drops too deep all the time never make it.
Phil Babb - He is going to be world class.
Bruno Cheyrou - He is going to be the new Zidane
Igor Biscan - He is going to be the new Zidane
Salif Diao - He is going to be the new Souness
In my defence I seem to be better at judging attacking players as I picked out big futures for S.Highway, K.Keegan, S.McManaman, R Fowler and M.Owen after their debuts.