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Best And Worst Debut for your club

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  • #32
    ~Rebel~
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    Another really awful Liverpool debut was Daniel Padelli last season in goal against Charlton. He was on loan with a view to buying. Based on this (first and last) game, Pool didn't exercise the buying option...

    Was just useless all game, couldn't do anything right, was falling all over the place, kept rushing for the wrong things leaving the goal open etc, just the worst goalkeeping display i've ever seen.

    Here's a link to the 2 goals he conceded, but some of the stuff pool weren't punished for was even worse!
    http://www.metacafe.com/watch/586686/liverpool_2_2_charlton_athletic/





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    I mentioned Mido's spurs video on the previous page as a great one, found a link to it there http://www.metacafe.com/watch/150217/midos_debut/

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  • #33
    PauloMN
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 10,887 Mod ✭✭✭✭PauloMN


    Club: Celtic

    Of very recent times, these stand out...

    Best: Barry Robson, v Aberdeen. 63 seconds I think it was, and his first touch of ball ended up in the net. Scored on his CL debut against Barca. As debuts go, it doesn't get much better than that.

    Worst: Du Wei (defender), v Clyde in Scottish Cup. All over the place, hooked at half time and was never seen again. One of the worst individual performances I have ever seen.


  • #34
    ditpoker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,860 ✭✭✭ditpoker


    smackbunnybaby wrote: »
    Worst for Real Madrid - Woodgate, own goal and sent off


    the thing about that debut is that while he did get sent off and score an own goal woodgate actually played brilliantly and was applauded off by the madrid fans.


  • #35
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,566 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    PauloMN wrote: »
    Club: Celtic

    Of very recent times, these stand out...

    Best: Barry Robson, v Aberdeen. 63 seconds I think it was, and his first touch of ball ended up in the net. Scored on his CL debut against Barca. As debuts go, it doesn't get much better than that.

    Worst: Du Wei (defender), v Clyde in Scottish Cup. All over the place, hooked at half time and was never seen again. One of the worst individual performances I have ever seen.

    Who was the Brazillian John Barnes bought that was pants? It was part of the agent/manager con that happened in Brazil.


  • #36
    MrJoeSoap
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    Rafael Scheidt/Sh*te. Bray fans may recall him.

    http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,6903,543912,00.html


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  • #37
    Xavi6
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    Juan Pablo wrote: »
    For City in recent times

    Best: Ali Bernabia, flew in from Paris that morning, set up all three goals for City in a 3-0 win over Brum who were one of our promotion rivals for Div 1 that year and laid another million chances on a plate that the Goat spurned. Came off after 70 odd mins to a standing ovation, a legend was born.

    Worst: Christian Negouai. While not quite his debut (he had played some games in the previous Div 1 season as well as the UEFA cup game against TNS) Negouai's premiership bow came against Everton. He came on as a sub and was sent off within 3 minutes. The only player I know who finished a fantasy football season on minus points! He also missed a drug test around the time of Okey Cokey Rio's ban, Christians excuse was he had to go to the airport to pick up his Ma. A big fine? A lenghly ban? (Un)fortuneatly not. A slap on the wrist was all he got. Lauded as the "best signing he ever made" by Keegan when he splashed £1.5m, poor old Christian was far from that.

    Can't argue with any of that. What a player Ali B. was.

    In recent times, Benjani had quite the debut :D


  • #38
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,566 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    MrJoeSoap wrote: »
    Rafael Scheidt/Sh*te. Bray fans may recall him.

    http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,6903,543912,00.html

    That's the boy. Apparantly the Brazilian manager was taking back handers from agents to award their clients an international cap. Having two caps for Brazil meant you could be sold to a European team for ten times your worth, as this guy proved.:D


  • #39
    PauloMN
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 10,887 Mod ✭✭✭✭PauloMN


    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    That's the boy. Apparantly the Brazilian manager was taking back handers from agents to award their clients an international cap. Having two caps for Brazil meant you could be sold to a European team for ten times your worth, as this guy proved.:D

    Yes, he was so bad that his name has resulted in a new expression on Celtic fan forums e.g.

    "We played pretty Rafael today, eh?"
    "That defending was Rafael"
    "I'm going to take a Rafael"
    etc. etc. :)


  • #40
    OPENROAD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,692 ✭✭✭✭OPENROAD


    Best: Ian Wright scored on his debut versus Leicester in Carling Cup.

    Worst: Ray Parlour against Liverpool, conceded a penalty,thought he would never make it with us, but turned out to be a legend.


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