CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at some of the joyful early season arrivals who proved to be miserable flops instead

Emerson

Kevin Davies

AH, the hilarious myopia of early season optimism. This is the time when Wigan fans will giddily talk of Europe without recourse to reason or sense.
When your new striker is definitely the “missing piece of the jigsaw”, despite scoring one goal in three years and signing from a club in Belarus. Or Emile Heskey.
When your new manager is the messiah, the man to bring Tiki-Taka to League One – at least until his third defeat when he’ll o...