Tomo 21,751 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 With the talk of Neymar increasing all the time i just thought id get your view's on which signing's excited you the most as a Chelsea fan and which one's underwhelmed you the most. Id pick 3 out in each.My 3 most excited one's3. Asier Del HornoA surprise one this one but he has a track record as a solid and scoring left back and for the first month it looked good, he had a header cleared off the line against Arsenal and then scored at White Hart Lane a week later aswel as good solid performances added to it, i think its best i don't go past that month however.2. Jimmy Floyd HasselbainkI was a secret fan of his when he was at Leeds anyway (i use to joke to my Leeds fan teacher in PS that he was going to Chelsea) and i can remember looking at the Chelsea squad list on the good ol ceefax and seeing Jimmy's name and i thought it was a youth player name sake, when i found out it was actually him i had to slap myself 10 times to make sure it was happening 1. Hernan CrespoAnother surprise choice but again i was a massive fan of his in his Lazio and Inter days and the year before he signed for us (02/03) he use to be my first fifa signing every time (on fifa 03), i can remember just after Roman's take over we were constantly linked with his Inter team mate Christian Vieiri and i kept shouting at the tele wrong player get Crespo, when i tuned in to sky sports and the main headline was Chelsea were on the verge of signing of him i could not fucking believe it.I have to say tho, if Neymar comes in it will eclipse all 3 of them.My 3 most underwhelmed signing's3. Yossi Benayoun I was in Bulgaria at the time this happened did not hear about it until i came back but i hardly batted a eyelid, to be fair the guys a decent player but a hard one to get excited about.2. Ross TurnbullWhat the hell where we doing? I saw his performance against us for Boro in 2008 and it was ridiculous, did not have a good feeling about this at-all and in hignsight i was right considering he has not kept a single clean sheet in a match he has started.1. Enrique De LucasHe was our only signing that summer, but i was so underwhelmed when we signed him, considering the high profile acquisition's the year before could not see what he would have given to the side.What are your personal top 3 at both ends of the scale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrique 9,133 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 1- Shevchenko2- Ballack3- Ashley Cole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwylino 329 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Well ive not been a chelsea fan for all that long but ill share some of the big memorys ill have of when guys came to the club and suchoverwhelming1 FERNANDO TORRESYeah i stood at the tv followed most of the transfer stories till it came to light. when he signed god it was even pretty exciting waiting for his first pictures in a chelsea shirt2 DECOCL Winner with barcelona in one of their better times. was pretty wanting to see his first pictures in chelsea blue see what he looked like in it3 RICARDO QUARESMA Was expecting him to shine in there. sadly he didntUnderwhelming1 ROSS TURNBULLOk so you lost cudicini to tottenham. you go into the summer transfer window to look for a really good back up. begovic? no......I know lets sign a Keeper that isnt even good in middlesbrough2 YURI ZHIRKOVsure he got talked about good and all that but looking at the price tag makes it underwhelming a little3 MIKE EMENALONo words to describe.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc-meleady 192 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Over1. Torres2. Crespo3. DecoUnder1. Ben Haim2. Boulahrouz3. SidwellI would add Bogarde but I didn't know much about him at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax 9,219 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Torres, Lampard, ShevaMineiro, Anelka, Ben Haim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
termninja 5,290 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 My most exciting one:Ross Turnbull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,367 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Joe Allon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Term-X 7,891 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 OverwhelmingSheva - Ballack - TorresUnderwhelmingSidwell - Boulahrouz - Benayoun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.F. 1,484 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 over: luiz, ballack and ashley coleunder: mineiro, ben haim, di santo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismada9 1,948 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Overwhelming...1) Shevchenko2) Torres3) EssienUnderwhelming...1) Pizarro2) Ben Haim3) Benayoun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionsden 4,689 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 What's Torres and Sheva doing on most posters overwhelming list. The former appeared to have lost the golden touch and also injury plagued while the latter was simply too old (29 at the time) and past his prime . so what's the justification for the excitement. I guess kaka and pirlo would make the list to if we manage to sign them. smhAnyway to the topic.. Overexcited signings were 1) Alex2) Essien3)Mikel ObiUnderwhelming1) Torres2) Sheva3)Turnbull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madalista 30 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 overwhelming1.deco i couldnt believe mourinho didnt bring him ti the bridge when he came2 crespo was a fan of him...i still think he had decent stats for his time here3 torres was just surreal...didnt think it would happen...i still believe he'll come goodunderwhelming1 cech.....did not think he would just take over from cudicini the way he did...a pleasant suprise2 smertin.....i sorta just noticed we had him cant remember us buying him3 lampard......i never dreamt he would be as good as he became...another pleasant suprise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy1 24 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Quaresma, Drogba, Veron........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 What's Torres and Sheva doing on most posters overwhelming list. The former appeared to have lost the golden touch and also injury plagued The same guy who put us to the sword at Anfield, and appeared to be rejuvenated under Dalglish (3 goals in 4 games i think) i was super fucking excited Over -TorresAlexDrogbaUnder-AnelkaTurnbullMikel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetsajCFC 1,255 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 1) Torres2) Ballack3) Neymar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kez 2,727 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Overwhelming Sheva - Realised just how far we'd come when we signed him, one of the best strikers in the world. Robben - He was young, talented & exciting, had to wait even longer for his debut & showed his talent straight away we played really exciting football with him and duffer on the wings. Torres - Massive signing, the hype on this forum alone was unbelievable. Makelele - A master of the game. Was so important to us. Had to add him to the list. Underwhelming Sidwell - Don't even know why we signed him, wasn't good enough Ben Haim - From a nightmare season of some really bad signings Benayoun - To go from Joe Cole to Benayoun, really disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrique 9,133 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 over1- Shevchenko2- Ballack3- Ashley Cole 4- David Luiz5- Zhirkovunder1- Torres2- Deco3- Maniche4- Jarozik5- Kalou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishblue 128 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Ballack - He was always one of my favourite national team players.Deco - I couldn't believe it when I saw that Chelsea signed him, mainly because I hadn't heard much about it beforehand so it was unexpected.Torres - I really didn't think we'd sign him, but it finally happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulsterchelsea 3,221 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Ruddi Gullit because i was a massive fan of his before we signed himDeshamps, if only we had gotten him when he was youngerSheva, it should have been brilliantNando, lets hope it will be brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
termninja 5,290 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 1. Aguero2. Neymar3. Pastorex. Guardiola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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