Name five early season flops

A random club footy thread for the international break.
Name five early season flops from one or several leagues and why you've been disappointed with them.

Mine are:

Stephane Sessegnon - Had a great season 11-12, but now hasn't got a single goal or assist for Sunderland in six games.

Ramires - Perhaps a little unfair, this, but he was among Chelsea's most important players last season, has been very indifferent what I've seen of him in this campaign.

Fabio Borini - I'm sure more was expected of him, can only hope he hits form later on. No goals or assists in the league yet.

Charles N'Zogbia - He was great for Wigan from 09 to 11. Great dribbles, key figure in attack, scoring and assisting... Start of second season at Villa after his £9.5m move and has been very poor, lost his starting place, too.

Mario Balotelli - Obviously his minutes have been limited, but still, no goals in 255 minutes of Premier League football this season.

Ramires has been great in the pivot. Not so good in our attacking style on the wing.

He hasn't lived up to last season but still a starter and not a flop.

Olivier Giroud. Leads Montpellier to Ligue 1 title but has a difficult start at Arsenal. Had 1 goal in 9 games up until this past weekend where he broke the drought in the league. I like him a lot, hopefully he finds form.

Messiah "Aggerswagger" wrote:Olivier Giroud. Leads Montpellier to Ligue 1 title but has a difficult start at Arsenal. Had 1 goal in 9 games up until this past weekend where he broke the drought in the league. I like him a lot, hopefully he finds form.

Good call on him.

I don't see how Balotelli can be called a flop when he has only 3 games started and 1 off the bench. He still has a goal to his name and given how Mancini doesn't use him in whats not exactly a goalscoring position, then its harsh.

Borini either as he was brought it for future development and at the age of 21 he is just that. We still look better with him on the field due to his intelligence and movement and it doesn't help that he has been played wide majority of the season.

Main flop in the Bundesliga atm: Felix Magath

Wouldn't call Giroud a Flop tbf, He has been average.

5 starts 5 sub appearances 2 goals 4 assists.

Kagawa was hyped up beyond belief, but has delivered nothing but porridge thus far. All he's done when I've watched him is fall over a lot and be subbed off for Anderson

Gylfi Sigurðsson was somebody at Swansea. Now, he's some guy lost in the shuffle at Tottenham

No shout for Higuain? He's on ice compared to last season, same for Huntelaar.

Hunterr

Girourd

Walcott

Isla
ravel Morrisson

Kagawa

Alexis Sanchez

Higuain


Can't think of anymore at the moment

1. K.P Boateng (Been crap)
2. Silva (playing bad but untouchable by mancini)
4. Gerrard (past it)
5. Özil (inconistent)

Marco marin

D.Silva is playing on the wingg so ....

Pastore, better players around , still walk on the pitch and that % of balls losts

Lavezzi , yeah yeah he is injured but still

Ménez , . good player but he thinks he is already at the top

pewpew wrote:1. K.P Boateng (Been crap)
2. Silva (playing bad but untouchable by mancini)
4. Gerrard (past it)
5. Özil (inconistent)

Good call on Silva, he indeed hasn't been as influential as expected.

Thinking over, I'd replace Ramires with Papiss Cisse in my list.

Marin has been injured, how can that be flopping?

pewpew wrote:1. K.P Boateng (Been crap)
2. Silva (playing bad but untouchable by mancini)
4. Gerrard (past it)
5. Özil (inconistent)

some great shouts, can't believe I forgot Gerrard, he's well and truly done I think.

As for Levezzi who was also mentioned, to be honest I've never really rated him

Giroud

Borini

Welbeck

Gyifi

Pappis Cisse

Borini

Giroud

Gylfi

Maicon

Hazard

Forgot about Maicon, shadow of the player he was a few years ago

Gylfi
Cisse
Balo
Ramirez
Kagawa

I'd argue Cisse's form is more due to the playing style and system same goes for all our players.

So i'd say Pardew is the flop

Santon, Ba, Ben Arfa aside they have all been crap or injured

Oh forgot to add Cantera Legend Granero as well

El Fenomeno wrote:

pewpew wrote:1. K.P Boateng (Been crap)
2. Silva (playing bad but untouchable by mancini)
4. Gerrard (past it)
5. Özil (inconistent)

some great shouts, can't believe I forgot Gerrard, he's well and truly done I think.

You mean Gerrard of Liverpool, who has got 2 goals and 2 assists in 7 league games so far?

Firenze wrote:Hazard

I thought he's been pretty good, no?

Cantera GOAT Granero

Higuain/Ozil

Kompany

Cisse

The entire Wolfsburg squad

Silva

Gylfi

Reina

Borini

Enrique

Nani

Higuain
Dani Alves
Cisse
Giroud
Moses
Ramires
Sanchez
Kagawa
Maicon