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Ryan's thread got me thinking about those times when you tell your mates to "watch out for this kid" and rave all about your latest acquisition like they were the illegitimate love child of Pele and Eusebio, and they turn out to be, well, more than a little tripe!
What players from our past do you remember waxing lyrical about and it never quite happened.
The clearest one I can remember is Mido.
"He was a teenage scoring sensation", I would say. "Wanted by Man Utd but turned them down" was another. "He's a wonderkid on Champ Man don't you know". The superlatives kept on coming.
Then I spent the next few years desperately defending him when the reality set in and I didn't want to lose face!
I vaguely remember going on about Anthony Gardener as the "next sol Campbell" too. The shame!!
Any others?
What players from our past do you remember waxing lyrical about and it never quite happened.
The clearest one I can remember is Mido.
"He was a teenage scoring sensation", I would say. "Wanted by Man Utd but turned them down" was another. "He's a wonderkid on Champ Man don't you know". The superlatives kept on coming.
Then I spent the next few years desperately defending him when the reality set in and I didn't want to lose face!
I vaguely remember going on about Anthony Gardener as the "next sol Campbell" too. The shame!!
Any others?