In terms of money and and expectation, who has been the biggest flop in PL history?
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What about money regained, for example 35m Carroll but regained 17.5m?
Sheva disappointed me be it wasnt a mental problem for him like Torres. His legs had just gone by the time he moved to us. He tried hard and i remember him for that
Shevchenko has to be right up there in terms of flops, even if it was the back end of his career....
Mutu was another but failed for personal reasons rather than ability, he was very talented.....
Taibi was a massive flop too
Calling Mutu a flop doesnt really do the situation justice. It had nothing to do with performance
Id have to say Torres.
He was on the wane at Liverpool and we stil bought him. For 50m.
Instead of an individual player can I say Spurs?
Almost £500m spent, 12 different managers (not including caretaker managers) and nothing much to show for it.
Veron. Two massive fees, a massive rep, never reached anywhere near expectations.
Carroll and Downing for us lot I think, Aqua didn't really flop he never fecking played El hadj diouf 10m , Keane 19m.
All I can think of, Carroll and Keane our worst but we got 17.5m and 12m back for them thankfully dno how.
Veron flopped twice in the prem. Once for United and then for Chelsea.
Veron and Robinho are good shouts,
Do managers count? If so AVB. Came with a big reputation as one of the world's best young managers and was touted as the next Jose Mourinho.
Yep .............Spurs, Liverpool and AVB get my vote
Spurs, millions spent for 2 League cups. Shambles.
comment by SWTN Biggish (U7916)
posted 5 minutes ago
Yep .............Spurs, Liverpool and AVB get my vote
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Don't ruin it by mentioning us Biggish.
I was setting it all up so we could all just laugh at Spurs.
As much disdain as I have for Torres, I think Shevchenko was a bigger flop. Torres scores a sneaky amount of goals against crap opposition and he helped us win a couple of important games over the years. Shevchenko was utterly useless, I think he scored like 4 goals one season or something. Unless you argue that he freed up Drogba - because I think Drogba had his breakout season with us when Sheva joined. He was still crap though.
Successes (teams): Swansea (taking into account where they were around a decade ago), Wigan despite their relegation in 2013.
At least one of Liverpool's big signings from this summer will flop. Probably Lambert but i doubt expectations are particularly high. Markovic probably has the biggest question mark hanging over him
I think Sanchez will sort of flop. I mean he'll be OK, but more like an Arshavin or Rosicky when they're hoping for a Suarez.
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Who is the biggest flop of the PL era?
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posted on 22/8/14
In terms of money and and expectation, who has been the biggest flop in PL history?
_______
What about money regained, for example 35m Carroll but regained 17.5m?
posted on 22/8/14
Sheva disappointed me be it wasnt a mental problem for him like Torres. His legs had just gone by the time he moved to us. He tried hard and i remember him for that
posted on 22/8/14
*but
posted on 22/8/14
Shevchenko has to be right up there in terms of flops, even if it was the back end of his career....
Mutu was another but failed for personal reasons rather than ability, he was very talented.....
Taibi was a massive flop too
posted on 22/8/14
Jordi Cruyff
posted on 22/8/14
Calling Mutu a flop doesnt really do the situation justice. It had nothing to do with performance
posted on 22/8/14
luke chadwick
posted on 22/8/14
Id have to say Torres.
He was on the wane at Liverpool and we stil bought him. For 50m.
posted on 22/8/14
Instead of an individual player can I say Spurs?
Almost £500m spent, 12 different managers (not including caretaker managers) and nothing much to show for it.
posted on 22/8/14
Veron. Two massive fees, a massive rep, never reached anywhere near expectations.
posted on 22/8/14
Robinho
posted on 22/8/14
Carroll and Downing for us lot I think, Aqua didn't really flop he never fecking played El hadj diouf 10m , Keane 19m.
All I can think of, Carroll and Keane our worst but we got 17.5m and 12m back for them thankfully dno how.
posted on 22/8/14
Veron flopped twice in the prem. Once for United and then for Chelsea.
posted on 22/8/14
Veron and Robinho are good shouts,
posted on 22/8/14
"Spurs?"
posted on 22/8/14
Do managers count? If so AVB. Came with a big reputation as one of the world's best young managers and was touted as the next Jose Mourinho.
posted on 22/8/14
Yep .............Spurs, Liverpool and AVB get my vote
posted on 22/8/14
Ali Dia
posted on 22/8/14
Spurs, millions spent for 2 League cups. Shambles.
posted on 22/8/14
comment by SWTN Biggish (U7916)
posted 5 minutes ago
Yep .............Spurs, Liverpool and AVB get my vote
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Don't ruin it by mentioning us Biggish.
I was setting it all up so we could all just laugh at Spurs.
posted on 22/8/14
As much disdain as I have for Torres, I think Shevchenko was a bigger flop. Torres scores a sneaky amount of goals against crap opposition and he helped us win a couple of important games over the years. Shevchenko was utterly useless, I think he scored like 4 goals one season or something. Unless you argue that he freed up Drogba - because I think Drogba had his breakout season with us when Sheva joined. He was still crap though.
posted on 22/8/14
Successes (teams): Swansea (taking into account where they were around a decade ago), Wigan despite their relegation in 2013.
posted on 22/8/14
At least one of Liverpool's big signings from this summer will flop. Probably Lambert but i doubt expectations are particularly high. Markovic probably has the biggest question mark hanging over him
posted on 22/8/14
I think Sanchez will sort of flop. I mean he'll be OK, but more like an Arshavin or Rosicky when they're hoping for a Suarez.
posted on 22/8/14
Solid reasoning TGI.
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