Scott7 6,002 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 What players have run onto the pitch for their debuts and been instant successes? Exclude experienced players transferred in. Eric Caldow - immaculate from day 1. John Greig- future captain written all over him. Willie Henderson - instant dazzle. Alec Scott - immediate scorer from the wing, early hat tricks. Mentioning early hat tricks I saw the debuts at Easter Road - (don't ask) - 0f both Pat Stanton (utter class) and Colin Stein (archetypal centre forward). How I hoped they'd wear the blue one day. Young starters nowadays need a good bit of time before achieving consistency. Durrant and Derek Ferguson came on reasonably quickly but they started in a poor team. DJ did not bad. Any others? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
amms 0 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Kris Boyd scored a hat-trick on his Rangers debut although I suppose he could have been called an 'experienced' player by that point. Chris Burke had a great debut for us, the Willie Henderson comparisons were being made all around me that night. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DietofWorms Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Barry Ferguson looked the part almost immediately. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,624 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Dale Gordon had one of the best debuts I've ever seen. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDGE 0 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I remember Arteta's debut v AC Milan at Ibrox, wee Gattusso got booked for kicking him. Arteta looked like a really good prospect at the time, suppose he's not had too bad a career. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbr 1,256 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Dale Gordon had one of the best debuts I've ever seen. I was at east end park that day and he was on fire 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTP 0 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Vlad Weiss had one of the best debuts I've seen in recent times at Easter Road. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 6,002 Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 Gordon looked a nifty player for a while but he and Weiss were experienced players. The players I named were all new to top league football. Caldow and Greig in particular looked like the finished article from the first kick of the ball. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuznetsov 0 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 mad vlad at easter rd made me jizz in my pants. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 laudrup was great from the off. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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