Current players who would get in to all time worst XI

[1danewhitehouse]

Rohypnol does that.

I thought you preferred to beat the memories out of them

 

[1danewhitehouse]

no place for Andy France? or that "superstar" loanee we had from Italy?? Claude Davis is always quoted as being really bad...

I liked Claude Davis. Made the odd rick but I wanted us to sign him before we did as I rated him generally. Very good in the air and reasonably quick.

 

[drinksmat]

Add Luton Shelton to the bad strikers list.

 

[Bladesway]

Great thread, our players are shit. Instills you with nothing but positive mind.

 

[BushBlade]

I thought you preferred to beat the memories out of them

No, I beat them so they don't forget.

 

[LoughboroBlade]

It was a header that was aided by a deflection on a Chelsea defender's chest. Falconer didnt have to dive to get his head to the ball

Such a big deflection that it was later reclassified as an own goal I think. Owning a Match magazine wall chart that I meticulously filled in with our results, I remember the annoyance at having to correct the match details...

 

[Deadbat]

Gosh we have seen some shit over the years. Remember going to Luton when we got promoted and people wearing t shirt with the names of some of the players already mentioned.

Only been going since 83 ish but off top of my head would plump for something like; playing a 4-3-3

---------------------------------------Lee Baxter------------------------------------------------------------
Mark Blount---Nyron Nosworthy---Sagi Burton---Sean McGinty---Jordan Stewart-
----------Axel Smeets--------Ian Hamilton------------Michael Twiss-------------------------
-----------------------Laurens Ten Heuvel------Paul Williams---------------------------------

Subs from : Steve Simonsen, Mark Foran, Jon Cullen, Jasper Johns,Craig Beattie, Lyle Taylor, Richard Cadette

Might have forgot a few...we have seen a lot of crap over the years so easy to forget.

 

[Silent Blade]

-Sagi Burton.

Harsh as you never saw him play. He was an unused sub in our away match to Stockport. When Warnock came in, Burton joined Port Vale

 

[Silent Blade]

Ah, the memory plays tricks on the mind. Watching as a 9 year old, it was a fantastic diving header. Don't ruin it for me!

Such a big deflection that it was later reclassified as an own goal I think. Owning a Match magazine wall chart that I meticulously filled in with our results, I remember the annoyance at having to correct the match details...

 

[mattbianco1]

Jonathan Hunt.
Jordan Stewart.
Sir Nyron of Nosworthy

 

[Deadbat]

Harsh as you never saw him play. He was an unused sub in our away match to Stockport. When Warnock came in, Burton joined Port Vale

His warm up was terrible.

Could have sworn I saw him play.

Might have got him confused with Manu Thetis.

 

[Silent Blade]

His warm up was terrible.

Could have sworn I saw him play.

Might have got him confused with Manu Thetis.

Sagi never played a minute for us. Brian Launders came on as sub and then got a really bad injury a few minutes later after a clash of heads

 

[AlienWoodward]

Is this like a game of Top Trumps ?
Ok anyone 50 and over will know I win with Steve Ludlam .......

 

[diplomat]

Where the fuck are Willie Falconer and Barry Hayles ?
Im sorry but Howard isn't in the top 10 worst keepers ,hes not even the worst keeper at the club now.

Willie Falconer would be one of my midfield I reckon.

 

[Latters]

David Sommeil

 

[diplomat]

whilst not wanting a thread that bashes our heroes to become one of the most popular it is very interesting how certain players either simply don't fit, have a torrid 45 mins, an anonymous 45 games, sometimes even a single incident that stuck in the mind.

For my two Penney - to be in this team someone must have had a prolonged stint in the team to prove their lack of worth.
It's funny how nyron sends a shudder down our spine but is a mackem championship winning legend.
1danewhitehouse is right re a player being amazing and then equally poor. I saw Wayne Quinn get dry bummed at Ipswich in his loan return for example.
It's funny how Gannon took abuse from all corners (at the time) despite being the central cog in one of our most fondly remembered eras. No one has mentioned him though.

Off the top of my head players I'm sad represented us - sometimes because they were arise, sometimes because of the outlay:

Ched Evans - ridiculous outlay. Awful for two years despite being paid as a premier player. Thick as mince. Didn't score to keep us in the championship. Still we languish. Less said about the rest the better.

Jordan Stewart - was Hendrie such a liability that we had to take him just to get rid? Maybe. But then we played the bugger. I remember him as a mime clown that bends down to pick the ball up but kicks it away, and then does it again.

James Harper - I was excited about him as we had the battles with Reading in recent memory. To be honest I couldn't remember what he brought to their team and I can't remember what he brought to ours either. Again I dread to think what we paid him.

Special mentions to Ian Hamilton, Willie Falconer, Mark Yeates, Joe Mattock, and probably lots more.

I can't put anyone in from 1988-1994 as that was my golden era and I loved anyone who played for us and embraced their shortfalls. The current bunch I will let them have until the end of the season to paint their picture.

 

[Grappler]

whilst not wanting a thread that bashes our heroes to become one of the most popular it is very interesting how certain players either simply don't fit, have a torrid 45 mins, an anonymous 45 games, sometimes even a single incident that stuck in the mind.

For my two Penney - to be in this team someone must have had a prolonged stint in the team to prove their lack of worth.
It's funny how nyron sends a shudder down our spine but is a mackem championship winning legend.
1danewhitehouse is right re a player being amazing and then equally poor. I saw Wayne Quinn get dry bummed at Ipswich in his loan return for example.
It's funny how Gannon took abuse from all corners (at the time) despite being the central cog in one of our most fondly remembered eras. No one has mentioned him though.

Off the top of my head players I'm sad represented us - sometimes because they were arise, sometimes because of the outlay:

Ched Evans - ridiculous outlay. Awful for two years despite being paid as a premier player. Thick as mince. Didn't score to keep us in the championship. Still we languish. Less said about the rest the better.

Jordan Stewart - was Hendrie such a liability that we had to take him just to get rid? Maybe. But then we played the bugger. I remember him as a mime clown that bends down to pick the ball up but kicks it away, and then does it again.

James Harper - I was excited about him as we had the battles with Reading in recent memory. To be honest I couldn't remember what he brought to their team and I can't remember what he brought to ours either. Again I dread to think what we paid him.

Special mentions to Ian Hamilton, Willie Falconer, Mark Yeates, Joe Mattock, and probably lots more.

I can't put anyone in from 1988-1994 as that was my golden era and I loved anyone who played for us and embraced their shortfalls. The current bunch I will let them have until the end of the season to paint their picture.

The actual outlay for Evans wasn't as much as everyone says, the inflatd figure was all based o appearances and add ons.

James Harper - he used to run about and point at people, as if to look busy, while doing nothing.

Remember the French lad, Lillian Niallis? (or something like that), played about 3 times for us in 3 years!.

 

[Treeton Blade]

Won more than we lost that season but terribly inconsistent.

Beat Attercliffe 6-0 and then 5 days later lost 13-0 to Bolton.

Thirteen bloody nil.

I was fuming that night, couldnt even eat my gruel

 

[1danewhitehouse]

Such a big deflection that it was later reclassified as an own goal I think. Owning a Match magazine wall chart that I meticulously filled in with our results, I remember the annoyance at having to correct the match details...

 

[Darren]

The actual outlay for Evans wasn't as much as everyone says, the inflatd figure was all based o appearances and add ons.

James Harper - he used to run about and point at people, as if to look busy, while doing nothing.

Remember the French lad, Lillian Niallis? (or something like that), played about 3 times for us in 3 years!.

We actually signed Nalis in the summer of 05. He played a few games and then we released him in Jan 06. Went off to Plymouth I believe.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

I’m gonna try for a team of dreadful players or at least dreadful contributors without using anyone mentioned yet:


-----------------------Fettis

Francis------Halls--—Gabrieli-----Edghill

Hall----------Lit Tie-----Thirlwell—Carney

----------------Lovell---Battersby


Some other great names for the list


Parrino

Seck

Mulligan

Nix

Kallio

Lowry

Flitcroft

Slavkovski

Sestanovich

Croissant

Lupoli (at least he scored against the pigs)

Fortune

Andrew Davies

Calve (Started excellently but soon realised he was right back who could not defend at all)

David Johnson (spend ages wanting him to play for us but by the time he got here he was rubbish)

John Newby

 

[Karaoke Blade]

I used to watch De Vogt doing half time warm ups with the other subs. His ball skills were amazing. If he could run I think he’d have made it as an outfield player. I remember me and my mate always saying we should put him on up front for D’Jaffo.

Strangely, In Neil Warnock's book, he states that Wilko De Vogt was indeed an outfield player, who was called on when Tracey got sent off in the 'Battle of Bramall Lane'. Poetic licence I guess.

 

[diplomat]

The actual outlay for Evans wasn't as much as everyone says, the inflatd figure was all based o appearances and add ons.

plus about twenty grand a week

 

[Trigger Blade]

I’m gonna try for a team of dreadful players or at least dreadful contributors without using anyone mentioned yet:

Francis

Yes, so bad he's been getting rave reviews in the Prem for Bournemouth more than 10 years later

That's a bit tongue in cheek, because although he wasn't brilliant for us, he wasn't a disaster and it always looked to me as though there was a footballer in there somewhere, though he disguised it well around the lower leagues before becoming an integral part of Bournemouth's success.

 

[Sean Thornton]

whilst not wanting a thread that bashes our heroes to become one of the most popular it is very interesting how certain players either simply don't fit, have a torrid 45 mins, an anonymous 45 games, sometimes even a single incident that stuck in the mind.

For my two Penney - to be in this team someone must have had a prolonged stint in the team to prove their lack of worth.
It's funny how nyron sends a shudder down our spine but is a mackem championship winning legend.
1danewhitehouse is right re a player being amazing and then equally poor. I saw Wayne Quinn get dry bummed at Ipswich in his loan return for example.
It's funny how Gannon took abuse from all corners (at the time) despite being the central cog in one of our most fondly remembered eras. No one has mentioned him though.

Off the top of my head players I'm sad represented us - sometimes because they were arise, sometimes because of the outlay:

Ched Evans - ridiculous outlay. Awful for two years despite being paid as a premier player. Thick as mince. Didn't score to keep us in the championship. Still we languish. Less said about the rest the better.

Jordan Stewart - was Hendrie such a liability that we had to take him just to get rid? Maybe. But then we played the bugger. I remember him as a mime clown that bends down to pick the ball up but kicks it away, and then does it again.

James Harper - I was excited about him as we had the battles with Reading in recent memory. To be honest I couldn't remember what he brought to their team and I can't remember what he brought to ours either. Again I dread to think what we paid him.

Special mentions to Ian Hamilton, Willie Falconer, Mark Yeates, Joe Mattock, and probably lots more.

I can't put anyone in from 1988-1994 as that was my golden era and I loved anyone who played for us and embraced their shortfalls. The current bunch I will let them have until the end of the season to paint their picture.

Jordan Stewart. The nicest thing you could say about him is that he wasn't as good as Andy Taylor (who reached rock bottom at Leicester oneBoxing Day). Which tells you all you need to know.

James Harper was the best pointer I've ever seen in a United shirt.

The Baxter, Johns, Richardson trio make Howard look like Lev Yashin while Martin Peters deserves much more stick than Stewart Houston who did have the odd decent game.

Brian Gayle. Nosworthy without pace. Always managed to mess up when it really mattered. Swindon away for example.

 

[Blade for Sale]

Brian Gayle. Nosworthy without pace. Always managed to mess up when it really mattered. Swindon away for example.

Gayle, after a shaky start, was an absolute rock next to Beesley for the rest of that season (where we ended up 9th in the top flight and did the double over that lot).

 

[Darren]

Gayle, after a shaky start, was an absolute rock next to Beesley for the rest of that season (where we ended up 9th in the top flight and did the double over that lot).

It's also notable that in 93-4, we were woeful in the first 2/3 of the season when Gayle was injured, but when he came back our record was P13 W4 D7 L2 pts 19 - i.e. upper mid table form and only 1 minute away from survival :-(

 

[Slug]

Mike Whitlow?
Ryan France?
Gary Flitcroft?
Tommy Johnson?
Emmanuelli Gabrielli?
Gus Uhlenbeek?
Hao Haidong?

 

[Sean Thornton]

Gayle, after a shaky start, was an absolute rock next to Beesley for the rest of that season (where we ended up 9th in the top flight and did the double over that lot).

Actually I meant Odham away - we were all singing "going down with the Swindon Town" to them not realising what was to come. Big lummox cocked up, keeper off injured keeper on and the win went out of window.
Then there was the Leeds game....

 

[1danewhitehouse]

I liked Gayle. Big no nonsense, centre half. Always a presence in both boxes. Always likely to score. You just never knew who he would score for!


Remember his late equalisers at home to Leeds and West Ham in 94 in dramatic comebacks form 2-0 down (Rogers getting a last gasp winner against the shammers after Gayle challenged Miklosko- and how good was Roger Nilsen’s goal line clearance against Leeds?). I have fond memories of that season. It was the first season that I got properly into football and actually started paying attention to what was going on on the pitch. It was the first year that I got really pissed off when we lost (Blackburn and Villa at home, pigs away, Newcastle away, Man U home and away being the defeats that really stuck out for me) and was over the moon when we won (Flo’s double at Anfield, opening day v Swindon, Blake’s double against Newcastle being real highlights). I remember the dramatic upturn in form coinciding with the signing of Blake and the return of Gayle. After really struggling for goals all season, we were finally a threat. Long live Brian Gayle!


Now waits for some nobhead like Silent or Loughborough to come along and shatter my childhood memories by telling me we actually lost the Leeds game, drew against west ham, it was Rogers with the goal line clearance against Leeds, not Nilsen and that both of Gayle’s goals were deflections.