Monk Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Given how utterly miserable it is at the moment, let's have some nostalgia. You only get one vote and the game is simple, pick one player who on their initial performance/debut/early form had a bit about them and you thought/hoped would turn out to be a strong performer for Saints only to leave on a free two years later? I remember a very decent performance from Jamie White one game in the Championship (I think) however, ultimate award goes to Leandre Griffit. Thought he'd be the new Henry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Josh Sims Struggles to get a game at Ross County despite our fans insistence that he was the next Ronaldo. An example of our academy being the victim of it's own success - Ie should have let him go years earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Katalinic's 'tache Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 I thought "former waiter" Frankie Bennett was going to be sensational with his lightning pace and that goal against Chelsea. That turned out not to be the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Wesley Hoedt, thought he looked class in his first couple of games, went well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 (edited) Gaston Ramirez Everyone should remember 'that game against Villa', I think he scored in the following game against Everton as well. But not much happened after that. Edited 10 October, 2022 by S-Clarke 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaptopSaint Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Do do do do do Dexter Blackstock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee On Solent Saint Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Ronne Ekelund. Not sure he meets the criteria, but him and Le Tiss together was a joy to watch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 10 minutes ago, LaptopSaint said: Do do do do do Dexter Blackstock Great keeper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Second for Griffet watched him a lot in games at Staplewood. I was raving about him to bloke next to me when he came on as sub he then scored ! Surprised he didn’t kick on 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Boufal scored a worldie on what I think was his debut. He scored a couple more against Boro and West Brom, the problem was the year of nothingness between each one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Saints Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Kamil Kosowski 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Steeeeeeeeeeeve De Ridder First time i saw him he came on a a sub away at Leicester, he looked really exciting, quick, direct, and thought he'd be a decent player in the championship. After watching him two or three times more you realised pace was all he had. Plus he had that god awful "steeeeeeeeeeve" thing sung by bellends who thought it was hilarious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Gabbiadini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midfield_General Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Nicky Banger. Hat trick on his debut in the league cup. Fair to say that was the highlight of his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintscummer Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 I’ll go Danny Ings ( was he two seasons ? ). Thought he would stay and see career out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 36 minutes ago, S-Clarke said: Gaston Ramirez Everyone should remember 'that game against Villa', I think he scored in the following game against Everton as well. But not much happened after that. He looked like the new Zinadine Zidane in that game, and the line “he clearly has talent, remember that Villa game” we down as the go to statement on here c2012-14. IIRC his first season was okay but he got an injury, then Pochetino came in and he wasn’t hard working enough for him as hard working, pressing players became all the rage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 I liked him. But that means nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Saint Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 David Speedie.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Yoann Folly. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErwinK1961 Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Just now, Crab Lungs said: Yoann Folly. Beat me to it! Bayern Munich friendly, looked like Makele MKII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 10 minutes ago, Turkish said: He looked like the new Zinadine Zidane in that game, and the line “he clearly has talent, remember that Villa game” we down as the go to statement on here c2012-14. IIRC his first season was okay but he got an injury, then Pochetino came in and he wasn’t hard working enough for him as hard working, pressing players became all the rage. I expect he was sold a dream by his agent of just one good season and you’ll get the move to Liverpool and neither of those things happened and he became disillusioned. Also didn’t help him that Davis was much better at playing the number 10 role than he was and then Poch started to prefer a 4-3-3 which didn’t suit him at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartridgeA Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Sam Gallagher. Beast in the youth set up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Andrew Davies Our player of the season in 07/08 having played only 12 games on loan, moved on to Stoke just as they got promoted to the PL.... and vanished from that level never to get near again thanks to Injury. Best known for being part of the Bradford City side that went on to the league cup final. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 What..... no one has mentioned Saganowski ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabrice Fernandes no.1 fan Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Tomasz Hajto for me. Came in and played the first half of the season in the championship, Polish international who was what we needed at right back with Dodd , Telfer and Nilsson all going. Never worked for him particularly well (in hindsight Baird was probably the better option) and he went to Derby in January. Since then he's had a manslaughter charge and played a few years in Poland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toussaint Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Some little upstart called Shearing or something, scored a hatrick against Arsenal when he was only 17, never to be heard of again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Cosimo Sarli, thought he was going to be the bees knees plus another Ryan Seager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Who was that striker we had on lan in the championship? Think he light have been an Aussie. Scored a cracking curling goal and I thought he would be superb. Did absolutely nothing after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 13 minutes ago, Colinjb said: Andrew Davies Our player of the season in 07/08 having played only 12 games on loan, moved on to Stoke just as they got promoted to the PL.... and vanished from that level never to get near again thanks to Injury. Best known for being part of the Bradford City side that went on to the league cup final. Got our player of the season didn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 3 minutes ago, hypochondriac said: Who was that striker we had on lan in the championship? Think he light have been an Aussie. Scored a cracking curling goal and I thought he would be superb. Did absolutely nothing after that. Jordan Robertson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 3 minutes ago, hypochondriac said: Who was that striker we had on lan in the championship? Think he light have been an Aussie. Scored a cracking curling goal and I thought he would be superb. Did absolutely nothing after that. I think you're thinking of Jordan Robertson? Was then arrested for causing death by drink driving after leaving us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 (edited) 24 minutes ago, hypochondriac said: Who was that striker we had on lan in the championship? Think he light have been an Aussie. Scored a cracking curling goal and I thought he would be superb. Did absolutely nothing after that. I know who you are talking about. Not the one mentioned above. Had ginger hair, name totally escapes me. Had to edit and add the names as I have done 3 posts. Scott McDonald, Caleb Watts and Robbie Slater. I was thinking of Scott McDonald. Edited 10 October, 2022 by Pilchards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Appy said: Jordan Robertson? That's the one no idea why I thought he was Australian. It may not have been his debut for us but otherwise it fits the description perfectly because that was a cracker of a goal and then he did nothing else. I thought he would be mustard. Edited 10 October, 2022 by hypochondriac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 2 minutes ago, Pilchards said: I know who you are talking about. Not the one mentioned above. Had ginger hair, name totally escapes me. Tomaz Pekhart? He scored the one goal for us (on his debut I think?) and did nothing else but it was more of a tap in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Just now, hypochondriac said: That's the one. It may not have been his debut for us but otherwise it fits the description perfectly because that was a cracker of a goal and then he did nothing else. I thought he would be mustard. No, I think it was his debut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 4 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said: I think you're thinking of Jordan Robertson? Was then arrested for causing death by drink driving after leaving us. dangerous driving i believe. Killed someone doing 120mph and playing with his ipod. ON christmas day as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Ali Dia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamesaint Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Tadanari Lee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Corbyn Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Has anyone mentioned Elias? Came to us as an 'underachiever', destoryed Newcastle and I thought we'd pulled off an incredible signing, faded off almost immediatly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 3 minutes ago, Turkish said: dangerous driving i believe. Killed someone doing 120mph and playing with his ipod. ON christmas day as well. Yes, I remember it being Christmas day. Absolute wank stain. Only got about 3 months inside or something silly didn't' he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 1 minute ago, Jeremy Corbyn said: Has anyone mentioned Elias? Came to us as an 'underachiever', destoryed Newcastle and I thought we'd pulled off an incredible signing, faded off almost immediatly. This guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurj Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Sheerin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
influx Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Robbie Slater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Luis Boa Morte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally_uk Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Jamie White plays for Infinity a team my mate founded 👍 As for recent players I'd go with Gaston Ramirez or Boufal and even Osvaldo I thought all 3 were capable of better things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Just now, ally_uk said: Jamie White plays for Infinity a team my mate founded 👍 As for recent players I'd go with Gaston Ramirez or Boufal and even Osvaldo I thought all 3 were capable of better things. Osvaldo was quality he was just a complete nutter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Alan Blayney - got a lot of praise when he first played in goal for us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Steve Neville looked to have pace and a bit of skill when coming on in an old Division 2 match (74 or 75) as a sub. Not sure he ever featured much for us after though he did make a career in lower leagues (Exeter from recollection). Osher Williams- looked a prospect as well but disappeared after a couple of run outs. Keith Cassells -good debut v Liverpool , but crap after. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revolution saint Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 Surprised no one has mentioned Delgado yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 10 October, 2022 Share Posted 10 October, 2022 3 minutes ago, revolution saint said: Surprised no one has mentioned Delgado yet. Except no one saw him play for 12 months or so after joining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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