Whether it be in terms of whether they didn’t play as well as you expected them to be, or if they were injured/unfit all the time during their career at your club or perhaps got on bad terms quickly into their career at your club (e.g. Di Maria at Man Utd).

As a Liverpool fan, I can think of names like Aquilani, Robbie Keane, Morientes, Andy Carroll, Kewell, Litmanen, Nuri Sahin etc.

But the one that has to take the cake is Naby Keita. I was very excited when it was announced he would be joining us. He was like the 2nd best midfielder in the Bundesliga that season for Leipzig in the data and for a couple of seasons had shown a lot of great technical ability. He joins us and the rest is history. It’s not to say he didn’t have good moments with us when he had a run of games in the first team. But that was presicely the issue, getting a run of games. It was a constant cycle of spending over half his time injured and when returning, not always having his best games due to slowly returning to fitness and when he did start showing his sparkle he’d go off injured again for a while. I am not just gutted for us but gutted for him too in how it could’ve and should’ve turned out.

      • Fffiction@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Owen was awful but at times Kluivert felt like a huge let down.

        Xisco, Emmanuel Rivière and Matz Sels get not so honorable mentions as well.

        • Ceejayncl@alien.topBEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          Kluivert never really got the chance, was mostly used in cup games.

          How about Luque?

          • doubledgravity@alien.topBEnglish
            1·
            10 months ago

            Kluivert just looked like he was here against his will most the time. Owen was a no from the get go. Such an obvious attempt to con/sway the fans by the ownership.

            • Ceejayncl@alien.topBEnglish
              1·
              10 months ago

              I was never a fan of Fat Fred, but I genuinely think he wanted the club to compete, lost his way after SBR, but I think Owen was his last throw of the dice. In hindsight it was an awful signing, Owen knew he was never going back to Liverpool, and he gave up after his 1st injury, and was only bothered about England. I think it also hurt him a lot that he missed out on winning the Champions League with Liverpool.

              • doubledgravity@alien.topBEnglish
                1·
                10 months ago

                I remember being gutted when we signed him. He was clearly needing minutes for internationals, and dollar. But I hear you on fat boy. The FCB made him look better though. Remember that scandal about slagging off Geordie lasses when he was on some golf n prostitutes weekend?

                • Ceejayncl@alien.topBEnglish
                  1·
                  10 months ago

                  I was actually too young then and hadn’t got into football. But my dad and his family had run ins with him previously, and never had a good word said about him. Without getting into detail, let’s just say that he was allegedly involved in some horrible stuff

        • kidcanary@alien.topBEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          Joelinton for a while too. Record signing and played like utter shit until he changed position.

          Remy Cabella, Mbemba, Duff, Yanga-Mbiwa… To be honest most signings Newcastle made between probably ‘03 - ‘21!

    • AgileSloth1@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I still feel he’ll be massive next season, but it’s hit us like a freight train this season. So much money and we got like 8 games.

      I’m happy the club is behind him though, and from Eddie’s comments, he’s training well. Hopefully we get another Joelinton story of hardship into phenomenal player.

      • doubledgravity@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        That would be the dream, definitely. Just hope he retains sharpness and develops a healthy respect for the club from standing by him.