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Ex-TOON flops that blossomed in later life

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  1. holystone

    holystone Active Member

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    Here's your starter for 5*


    Rossi...........on loan briefly.........now worth zillions
    Jon Dahl Tomasson..............52 goals in 115 internationals!!!!
    Sick-note Owen............just making sure your still awake!!!!!!!!
     
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    Gutierrez's Right Boot Well-Known Member

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    Erm Parker
     
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  3. MikeAshley'sMassiveShlong

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    David Edgar.
     
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  4. Tim Kruls Zulu Shield (:)

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    Ummm...

    Bramble
     
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  5. holystone

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    Bramble or Bungle as he was affectionately known is still sh**e.

    Sorry, they must have blossomed.
     
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    Brad Freidel?
     
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  8. Tim Kruls Zulu Shield (:)

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    Carl Cort?

    we havent got that many that have blossemed
     
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  9. milner_for_england

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    Parker was no flop! He was fantastic at times for us!
     
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    yeah i loved him

    we've always had decent CDM's
     
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  11. Oh Titus She Said No

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    Wouldn't say they were flops but i'd definitely take back Milner, N'zgobia and Hughes
     
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  12. milner_for_england

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    I was gutted when he left, he scored a fantastic goal away at Charlton for us. I think Bowyer scored an own goal straight after if I'm thinking of the same match and we lost 3-1
     
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    And the only toon player to score with his penis against Cheltenham in the FA cup!!
     
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    I don't get why people are willing to pay so much for Rossi. He scored 18 goals in 36 apps last season, then the seasons before he was a 1 in 3 guy. I mean it's good, but it hardly says that he's going to become top class in the much tougher EPL.

    I'd pay a decent wedge for him, but some people are throwing around figures like £40million and that's just ****ing bonkers.
     
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    I never really liked Parker that much, each to their own though <ok>
     
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    Imagine if we'd signed Rossi permanently, he's quality now
     
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    Probably would have ruined him to be fair and he wouldn't be as good as he is now.
     
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    Luis Saha
     
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    Saha/Rossi up front...........class.
     
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    There aren't too many players who've truly prospered AFTER leaving NUFC. Rossi, obviously, but he was only a young player on loan to us. Ditto Louis Saha. Jon-Dahl Tomasson was hopeless here, but was very successful afterward. Alan Kennedy and Terry McDermott reached full potential at Liverpool after seeking moves away from St James's. To be fair, Bramble's reputation was in tatters on departing us, but has been partially restored since.
    Players like Andreas Andersson and especially Albert Luque came with big reputations and exorbitant outlays, but their careers died on arrival - never to be resuscitated. Just goes to show, while some players prosper on any stage (Keegan, Zinedine Zidane, Carlos Tevez, etc), others only seem to be able to shine all too briefly at one club. Clearly this is more likey with players who move to different countries due to different cultures, styles, personnel, etc.
     
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