Which Albion signing surprised you the most?...

[Trigger]

I.E... Which player in your lifetime that the Albion signed did you think 'Oh shit, not him, he's crap' but then that player turned out to be really good and made you eat your words...

If that makes sense.

(Loan signings count)

 

[Marshy]

Paul Kitson for the opposite reason though.

 

[Taybha]

Toughy but from memory prob tezza racon

 

[nevergoagain]

Mark Gall - Genuine buzz when he started another mazy run.

 

[Telboy]

Booby Smith

 

[acrossthepond]

Steve Cotterill

 

[Gritt23]

Mickey Thomas, but like Marshy it was for the opposite reasons.

That was a signing I remember so clearly and fondly from my childhood, because that was us buying someone from Manchester Utd! Woo hoo. And not one of their kids (Ritchie) coming in and doing nothing to stop my sobbing at the loss of Ward but a genuine Man Utd regular, who everyone knew, was coming to MY club.

Shame he turned out to be complete pants, and kept vanishing back to the valleys everytime we turned our backs.

 

[Mendoza]

I was like Bas Savage fits that bit, and he was like well good and did that funny celebration like!

 

[The Uninvited Guest]

Tony Grealish. Could not do anything right when he first played for BHA but developed in a good signing. Teddy Maybank was another slow starter but his hat trick against Cardiff City changed that.

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

Dean Saunders

 

[Napper]

Phil Stant , old , lower division journey man.

Turned out to be inspired , fired up the team , brought the team together , got few goals and was loved by the crowd

Pretty comical character but one you'd want in the trenches

 

[skipper734]

Tony Grealish. Could not do anything right when he first played for BHA but developed in a good signing. Teddy Maybank was another slow starter but his hat trick against Cardiff City changed that.

He was pants on Blind Date though.

 

[jharris]

Guy Butters, especially as he was turd to start with but after a while was a reliable rock .

 

[sully]

Phil Stant , old , lower division journey man.

Turned out to be inspired , fired up the team , brought the team together , got few goals and was loved by the crowd

Pretty comical character but one you'd want in the trenches

My vote goes to him, too.

I remember seeing him warming up at Orient and saying to my mate "what the f**k's Phil Stant doing in a Brighton shirt?", as I hadn't heard anything about the signing before the game.

Ended the season as a bit of a cult hero.

OO AH Stantona!

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Gary Hart last season.

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Guy Butters.

 

[Easy 10]

Danny Cullip.
"Oh great, a permanent crock, we'll be lucky to get half a dozen games out of him".

How WRONG could I be.

 

[reigate]

Tony Rougier

 

[Father Jack]

Darren Currie, he looked fat and useless then suddenly.....

 

[Napper]

Darren Currie, he looked fat and useless then suddenly.....

agree apart from the sudden bit. When it come to Darren Currie nothing was ever sudden