20 Nov 2018 12:03:55
Hi guys so as international break finaly passed I thoiggt i would spice the things up on the banter page with my question.

Name 2 chelsea players which:

Were signed with high expectations but have let you down and one which was signed but you didn't expect him to be anything special but complete surprised you.



My intake would be that biggest downfall signing was shevchenko (sorry if spelt wrong) I really thought he will be extremely succesfull but it seemed yo be otherwise. Secondly the player who really surprised me was Alonso (closely beating Azplicueta) as even though we paid for him quite a sum, there was loads of talks by the fans/ media that he probably will be a flop but look how he turned out to be one of most important/ steady players in our team.

1.) 20 Nov 2018
20 Nov 2018 13:14:47
I think the obvious ones are Torres, Shevchenko and perhaps Falcao as these were all very established players before joining us and, especially Torres and Shevchenko were both quite expensive. I'd like to say Cuadrado, however, as I must admit I really thought he would be a great player for us.
On players that've surprised me positively, I think both Alonso, Azpilicueta and Cahill. However, I think the player that surprised me the most was Courtois, as I never expected him to be anything special when we bought him.

2.) 20 Nov 2018
20 Nov 2018 14:18:21
For the sake of being different I’ll say Morata and Bakayoko were the ones that I thought would be great for us and really disappointed. Oscar as well I thought looked great and really thought he’d be with us for years but then he left before his prime.

For the one that surprised me I’ll go with Marcos Alonso. Remembering him at Sunderland and Bolton, I did not have high hopes at all but that first season under Conte especially, he was immense.

3.) 21 Nov 2018
21 Nov 2018 10:52:42
Winston Bogarde has to be the ultimate disappointment - the surprise has to be between Ivanovic and Aspi.