Things in football you got wrong...

...any opinions you look back on and think...called that one wrong?

Have to say when Southampton sacked Adkins after successive promotions and replaced him with Pochettino I thought it was an awful decision.

The_Kew_Tour

Hundreds

Back in 2002(ish) I wanted Giggs out of United. Worked out well that one.

Wanted Martin O Neill out after Scotland home game last year and thought we had no chance for Euros after it.

Just 2 of top of my head. Plenty of more I'm sure

Royale with Cheese

Wanted Wenger to sell Özil and buy back Fabregas when he left Barca.

niallo27

Thought every year was "our year" for the last 26 years.

Arghus

As a kid I was convinced Ireland would win the World Cup in 94.

Aside from that, I've been completely spot on with every prediction.

osarusan

There was a time when I thought Owen Coyle was a manager with a big future.

justshane

Anybody remember Mauro Boselli? I was convinced he was going to be the best thing since sliced bread. Worse again I told anyone that one listen.

Oat23

5/6 years ago I fully expected Ganso to have a much better career in Europe than Neymar.

Fr Tod Umptious

I though yesterday was going to be just another October Monday

But I was wrong, it was "Red Monday"

PhlegmyMoses

justshane wrote: »

Anybody remember Mauro Boselli? I was convinced he was going to be the best thing since sliced bread. Worse again I told anyone that one listen.

Same. Stuck him in my FF team and all.

Drumpot

I thought Liverpool were going to rollover and let Blackburn beat them on last day of the season in 1995 so that they could pip United for the league. In fairness, they beat them and showed everybody what a healthy, respectful rivalry should be.

Dirty Dingus McGee

I thought Cherno Samba would turn out to be an all time great player.

Chancer3001

Thought alfonso alves was gonna be a success.

Shevchenko too.

Told a girl there was absolutely no way shevchenko was gonna miss his penalty against luverpool in that famous shootout.

Used to think scholes was ****e and only scored goals.

Dirty Dingus McGee

I though Moyes was going to do well at Sunderland.Turns out it could be the worst managerial appointment in the history of the game.

justshane

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Same. Stuck him in my FF team and all.

Yes, that was actually my main bad call!

HalloweenJack

Conor74 wrote: »

Have to say when Southampton sacked Adkins after successive promotions and replaced him with Pochettino I thought it was an awful decision.

You'd be one of many. I didn't think it was right to sack him but you can't argue with the end result, just look at where both parties have ended up.

Similarly, as a Chelsea fan, I've lost track of how many times I thought we might return to some kind of managerial stability.

Had big hopes for Mateja Kezman when Chelsea signed him. Similarly for Jackson Martinez when he went to Atleti.

elefant

I thought Mata and Silva, as good as they obviously were, would struggle in the premiership after leaving Valencia, and that Soldado would prove to be a success.

Shows how hard it can be to predict how those moves between leagues go.

polarbearhead

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

I thought Cherno Samba would turn out to be an all time great player.

championship manager fan ??

That_Guy

I thought Paul Jewell would have had a huge future once upon a time... Ditto Owen Coyle.

I thought Mike Ashley would push Newcastle to Europe when he came in...

I like many others thought that Andy Reid was the player that Ireland needed to really push on in qualifying groups... What were we on lads... Seriously?!?

A_Sober_Paddy

justshane wrote: »

Anybody remember Mauro Boselli? I was convinced he was going to be the best thing since sliced bread. Worse again I told anyone that one listen.

Is that you Roberto

Flint Fredstone

I thought Cassano would be the greatest player on the planet when I first seen him at Roma.

brianregan09

I thought Sam Allardyce would finally sort out England ...Turned out great

764dak

That_Guy wrote: »

I thought Paul Jewell would have had a huge future once upon a time... Ditto Owen Coyle.

I thought Mike Ashley would push Newcastle to Europe when he came in...

I like many others thought that Andy Reid was the player that Ireland needed to really push on in qualifying groups... What were we on lads... Seriously?!?

Newcastle went to Europe under Ashley.

Guy:Incognito

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

I thought Cherno Samba would turn out to be an all time great player.

Hes no Freddie Adu

actua11

That_Guy wrote: »

I thought Paul Jewell would have had a huge future once upon a time...

I can't remember exactly when (maybe around Staunton's appointment?) but wasn't Jewell on short odds for the Ireland job? Or maybe that was just Dunphy raving about him at the time?

As before, I was absolutely sold on Ganso being the 'brains' behind Neymar as a pairing and that Neymar would struggle on his own without him.

After the 'golden era' side of '04 I thought Portugal had blown their best chance of winning a tournament and couldn't see them getting near again, certainly for a few generations/decades.

About a decade ago, for a couple of years Lyon were definitely going to win the Champions League

The one player who I always put in my fantasy side was Jozy Altidore, nailed on 15-20 league goals a season, just never happened... (...yet! Still plenty of time for that to happen!). There was just a period of players banging in 30+ goals in Holland, and sometimes getting gems or sometimes it just not translating across e.g Altidore/Alfonso Alves/Kezman...

That and I was sure Matt Taylor would be a top-6 club player with maybe a couple of England caps, just never made it to that level...

ERG89

Was sure Morientes would be great for Liverpool. Ditto Rivaldo at Milan.
Genuinely thought Pato would be the best player in Europe too, sad looking at the glimpses of greatness he had vs Napoli, Real & to a lesser extent Barca.

justshane

Flint Fredstone wrote: »

I thought Cassano would be the greatest player on the planet when I first seen him at Roma.

In fairness to you, he was unbelievable and had so much potential but didn't have the attitude to go with it.

marklazarcovic

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Hes no Freddie Adu

and he's no mido

GLaDOS

My thoughts of Dundalk's Europa League group draw:

GLaDOS wrote: »

Really? Be doing incredibly well to pick up 4 points imo.

Zenit and AZ should be far too good for them tbh. Tel Aviv are no mugs either.

Charlie19

When Benitez took over at Liverpool, I thought it be a good idea to cash in on Steven Gerrard.

I just thought that Gerrard was too big an ego and it be a good time to sell the player.

WinnyThePoo

Thought zigic would be an unstoppable goal machine.

Thought Diego would have much better career than he has.

Thought Kevin Doyle would play in a top 8 pl club and bang in 15+ goals a season.

castletownman

When they both emerged at roughly the same time, I genuinely thought Robinho was going to better than Messi.

Oh how wrong was I?

Burial.

[Insert Brazilian player with cool sounding mono name] would become a superstar. There have been dozens upon dozens in the past decade. Adriano takes the cake for me. Genuinely thought he'd be up there with Ronaldo and Ronaldinho from a legacy POV. Although at one point probably the best striker in the world oh how it was short lived. I idolised him when I was younger, bought the gold Nikes and wore double wrist tape and everything. Completely pissed away his career. Shame as he was one of the most perfect forwards I've ever seen on paper.

Richard Hillman

When Rooney got sent off in the 06 world cup with help from Ronaldo, I thought if there was a choice to be made, United should keep Rooney and get rid of Ronaldo.

LiamoSail

I never though Steve Bruce would be capable of solving a murder in the process of clearing his own name. How wrong I was

Howard the Duck

My fantasy football team every week

JB81

Ryan Babel!

razorblunt

On the Liverpool - Blackburn game, I'm not so sure, Redknapp looked gutted his free kick went in.

+1 on Boselli for me, wasn't he banging them in during pre season and all?

I also thought Drogba would flop when he joined Chelsea.

cms88

That Joe Lapira would be Irelands all time top scorer

Francie Barrett

Back in 1991, I thought it was the right time for Dalglish to move on and that Souness would be the perfect replacement.
Thought that El Hadji Diouf just needed more time, same goes for Ryan Babel to a lesser extent.
Genuinely thought that we could get the best out of Balotelli and that we were the perfect club for him to get his career back in track.

Fr Tod Umptious

I thought that AFC Wimbledon would get stuck for years in some league between were they started and League 2, based on the notion that the higher you go the harder it is to progress.

But I was wrong, thus far they have made it to the third tier.

Phoenix Wright

I thought Harry Kane wouldn't make it at at Spurs because he kept going out on loan and didn't really do a whole lot.