spacessships
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- Jan 31, 2013
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I take far too much enjoyment in finding disappointments and/or flops that we have been linked to at one time or another, and am often surprised by what I find. Feel free to disagree but looking back at this season I'm personally glad we didn't sign--
Moutinho: 1 goal and 8 assists, not terrible by any means but our own more affordable "flop" (not my opinion) Paulinho contributed to only one less total goal and did so in fewer games played. (And let's be real, Ligue 1 vs EPL...)
Keisuke Honda: Since joining Milan on a free in January, has gone on to score once and assist twice in 14 games. I still think he has potential but so far he hasn't shown to be too dissimilar from Chadli who has put up 1 goal/3 assists in 15 (I personally wish Chadli all the best....at Swansea).
Damião: An obvious one but it begs to be mentioned. In the last 26 games (including both Internacional and Santos), he has scored a whopping 5 times. He's only just started, but I have yet to find a single comment from any Santos fan or media that doesn't absolutely lament his arrival.
Perhaps flop is an overstatement (though I would argue not for Damião) but you get the point. And of course there are more qualities to a player than goals and assist statistics but if you look at the overall performances of the above three they have been underwhelming at best.
What linked players for you, past or present, fall into this category?
Moutinho: 1 goal and 8 assists, not terrible by any means but our own more affordable "flop" (not my opinion) Paulinho contributed to only one less total goal and did so in fewer games played. (And let's be real, Ligue 1 vs EPL...)
Keisuke Honda: Since joining Milan on a free in January, has gone on to score once and assist twice in 14 games. I still think he has potential but so far he hasn't shown to be too dissimilar from Chadli who has put up 1 goal/3 assists in 15 (I personally wish Chadli all the best....at Swansea).
Damião: An obvious one but it begs to be mentioned. In the last 26 games (including both Internacional and Santos), he has scored a whopping 5 times. He's only just started, but I have yet to find a single comment from any Santos fan or media that doesn't absolutely lament his arrival.
Perhaps flop is an overstatement (though I would argue not for Damião) but you get the point. And of course there are more qualities to a player than goals and assist statistics but if you look at the overall performances of the above three they have been underwhelming at best.
What linked players for you, past or present, fall into this category?
