Players you underestimated when they signed...

SuedeAdidas

Robbie Mustoe

Daddy_Pig

Johnnie Jackson. Average left back who was one of those many mercenary loans dealt to Parky. Couldn't even get into the team at Notts County.

"After this, he featured in the first team until he was dropped from the squad against Grimsby Town on 17 February 2010, as he was loaned out to Charlton Athletic." - wiki

246 appearances and 51 goals, title winning captain, PFA team of the year. Didn't see that coming.

ross1

Stig said:

I was worried when Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink signed, that he might be a disinterested, overweight has-been looking for one final payout. How wrong I was. An who'd have thought that after a glittering career with us he'd go on to be the greatest manager in Northampton's history? Oh.

Now has been sacked

superdulvertonred

Graham Stuart was a underwhelming signing but how wrong was I did really well for us.

Callumcafc

Dean Kiely

kentaddick

Stuart fleetwood, Dorian smith.

Stig

Callumcafc said:

Dean Kiely

Yes, known only for being the York keeper who helped beat Man Utd.

SantaClaus

When we signed Traore from Liverpool I thought he'd be a liability but I underestimated just how shocking he was.

Missed It

Radostin Kishishev. He was initially played at right back where he was all over the place and did not look good at all.

kentaddick

Who could forget Paulo Monteiro

Greenie

kentaddick said:

Who could forget Paulo Monteiro

Who?

Dazzler21

Pelling1993 said:

You show me someone who predicted how good Fosu would turn out to be, and i'll show you a liar

This. Fosu stunned me. I was sure we brought him in as a development player.

harveys_gardener

Aizelwood, McKenzie, Melrose, Perry, Stuart, Wiggins, Yann, Igor and currently Fosu and if he keeps it up, Reeves.

JamesSeed

Pelling1993 said:

You show me someone who predicted how good Fosu would turn out to be, and i'll show you a liar

Me!
First I heard of him was when my work mate berated me for us having stolen him. He said he was a real talent, and I think I passed that on, on here?

cafcdave123

harveys_gardener said:

Aizelwood, McKenzie, Melrose, Perry, Stuart, Wiggins, Yann, Igor and currently Fosu and if he keeps it up, Reeves.

Good call, I certainly was under impressed with his signing

agim

SuedeAdidas said:

Robbie Mustoe

I'd second this.

iamdan

Not sure this’ll count, but Alexi Smertin.

Howells

El karkouri, Graham stuart, and more recently fosu.

bolloxbolder

Harry Cripps, Colin Pates, Mark Bowen, Andy Hunt, Keith Jones.

MuttleyCAFC

Going back a bit - Terry Naylor

ShootersHillGuru

Easy question for me. Yann.

MuttleyCAFC

That is a good point, we weren't over excited at first but it didn't take long!

PragueAddick

bolloxbolder said:

Harry Cripps, Colin Pates, Mark Bowen, Andy Hunt, Keith Jones.

No, I am sorry. That is unacceptable.

:-)

CharltonByBlood

I didn’t think Bent would cut it in the Prem.

Turned out pretty wrong on that one

KettsJohn

Paul Williams. Sure he was playing non-league.

killerandflash

Deon Burton

Led the line brilliantly in L1, if we had been able to sign BWP a year earlier than we did, that would have been a great partnership

AllHailTheHen

David Whyte. Was it him and the deity known as Morts we got for Pitcher? Brilliant, brilliant player.

charltonnick

Sweaty Balmer , scored own goals in his first two games but went on to become a great player for us

MuttleyCAFC

Yes, definitely - there are quite a few when you put your mind to it. Probably warns us not to judge too early!

Kenny Achampong

I remember when we signed Simon Webster, in those pre-internet days one of the only things that we knew about him, was that he was part of the Huddersfield back four that lost 10-0 to Man City - when Man City were shit house and had players like Jeff Whitley and Steve Redmond playing for them.

Consequently I was a little underwhelmed by his signing, but he proved to be a fantastic player for us, and would have had a good career in the PL had he not been 'done' by Julian Dicks.