Admit it! You were just plain WRONG!!

In the spirit of how the '07/08' thread is playing out, let's have some balls-out examples of being completely wrong about a team or player. Particularly thinking someone was going to be great who turned out to be shit.

I'll go first:

Back in 1998, I spent about an hour having a discussion with someone about how good Wes Brown would turn out to be compared to Rio Ferdinand.

Whoops!

Come on. Man up, y'all!

I thought John O'Shea was going to be one of our better players for the next 10 years after the 02/03 season.

Bit like Phil Jones.

I thought life would generally be better as an adult

Now I want to be a child again

Originally Posted by JakeB

I thought John O'Shea was going to be one of our better players for the next 10 years after the 02/03 season.

Bit like Phil Jones.

Me too

He got MOM at Stamford Bridge early in the season we signed Rio. I wondered why we had bothered. As you can guess, I really didn't like Ferdinand!

slightly underwhelmed by the signings of Vidic and Evra at the time.

Obviously a reappraised very quickly once they started playing.

Thought Forlan would work out.

Apart from that I'm usually right about most people.

I thought that Berbatov playing dinked balls through to Ronaldo, Rooney and Tevez would quite literally be the most amazing football anywhere since time began

Originally Posted by JakeB

I thought John O'Shea was going to be one of our better players for the next 10 years after the 02/03 season.

Bit like Phil Jones.

Considering after his first season everyone's decided Phil Jones is utter gash, pretty unlike Phil Jones.

Originally Posted by JakeB

I thought John O'Shea was going to be one of our better players for the next 10 years after the 02/03 season.

This. I'll never forget his Cryuff instep and shot against Newcastle. What happened to him.

Originally Posted by silv

I thought life would generally be better as an adult

Now I want to be a child again

And this. United were truly awesome when I was a kid.

Originally Posted by Harri Jaffa

I thought that Berbatov playing dinked balls through to Ronaldo, Rooney and Tevez would quite literally be the most amazing football anywhere since time began

And this as well. I thought Berba was going to flourish...

Originally Posted by andyroo

Considering after his first season everyone's decided Phil Jones is utter gash, pretty unlike Phil Jones.

I mean it's like Phil Jones because I thought he was good, but now think he may turn out to be shit for the next however many seasons.

Bit like John O'Shea

cant actually think of anything

Originally Posted by The Return of JC

Back in 1998, I spent about an hour having a discussion with someone about how good Wes Brown would turn out to be compared to Rio Ferdinand.

Life of the party, right here

Originally Posted by The Watcher

Life of the party, right here

can you imagine spending an hour with JC? absolute torture

Originally Posted by The Watcher

Life of the party, right here

Reckon JC said "Wesleyyyyyy Brrrooowwwnnn" really slowly, Gary Barlow style. That took up a good 45 mins.

Originally Posted by The Watcher

Life of the party, right here

Worst part was that they left after about twenty minutes of it.

Originally Posted by Ginners

can you imagine spending an hour with JC? absolute torture

And yet here you are on my thread.

Originally Posted by Ginners

can you imagine spending an hour with JC? absolute torture

going to be a pretty big fallout when hazard joins chelsea.

Originally Posted by Fuzzy Dunlop

going to be a pretty big fallout when hazard joins chelsea.

Between those who thought he'd £#%&! us off City as opposed to £#%&!ing us off for Chelsea?

Originally Posted by The Return of JC

And yet here you are on my thread.

Originally Posted by Ginners

I thought Teddy Sheringham was finished when we signed him.