Forgettable XI

[LoughboroBlade]

I’ve had to scroll through squad lists on each of the occasions the past 5 years this sort of thread has made me try and recall the name. I can never remember it – Matthew Spring. He played a reasonable amount and I can’t remember a single thing about him.

 

[United Aren't Back.]

Laurens ten Heuvel.
Wilko de Vogt.

 

[Bergen Blade]

I’ve had to scroll through squad lists on each of the occasions the past 5 years this sort of thread has made me try and recall the name. I can never remember it – Matthew Spring. He played a reasonable amount and I can’t remember a single thing about him.

I've got his match worn United (away, black) shirt! We were watching a training session at Shirecliffe when Blackwell was in charge and eventually had a chat with United's physical coach. As we were leaving he and a mate of his called us back and gave us a player's shirt each.

Admittedly, they hadn't belonged to our top players at the time, but a nice gesture anyway!

 

[Guesty]

Sorry if I missed him, but Simon Walton. Long term loan, crocked after one game, might even have been a friendly.

 

[BushBlade]

1. Can't Remember
2. You Know. You Know.
3. Him
4. I Know We Had Him On Loan.
   
5. The Chips Were Cold.
   
6. I Think He Had Black Hair.
7. Don't Know, But I Think He's A Postman.
   
8. We Went The Wrong Way Down The Motorway On The Way Back.
   
9. It Was A County Cup Game.
   
10. It Was A Really Sunny Day.
    
11. Les Someone. Or Des. Or Maybe Trevor.

12. That shit fucker, allus injured.

 

[Millhousesblade1889]

Joe Ironside is one for me, I remember him hopeless chasing lost causes and all the crowd shouting “come on joe!”. After 3/4 appearances we realised he wasn’t going to make it.

These names are making me realise how far we’ve come.

 

[Rochdaleblade]

Jean Phillippe Javary? seem tyo remember him being a crowd favourite despite never doing owt.

 

[1973Blade]

So which of our current squad will feature in this post in years to come? My guess is Martin Cranie, Marvin Johnson and Kean Bryan.

 

[Guesty]

Jean Phillippe Javary? seem tyo remember him being a crowd favourite despite never doing owt.

Like Tyrone Thompson, he had a great debut. Then nothing.

 

[benn5712]

Don Givens

Please. Let me forget.

 

[I should coco]

We stuck Couttsy out on the wing in that game as well.

Adkins had enough about him to rate Coutts as a proper footballer, but not enough to know how to use him.
Home defeats to the mighty Fleetwood/Shrewsbury et al with Coutts coming on as sub on the wing.
Yeah, that should do it Nige.....

Kyle bartley

Half decent young player who gave his all. If he'd played with Morgs he might have picked up enough experience to go back to Arsenal and play in the prem. Instead he partnered various loan rangers and especially ten bob head Nosworthy. The kid never stood a chance.

Didn't he break a cheekbone playing for us? Very harsh to include him in this unforgettable XI and I always thought he'd make it. Sadly he crashed out of football in shame and ended up at DirtyLeeds.

 

[N20 Blade]

Jim (not John) Gannon

 

[N20 Blade]

Nathan Peel

 

[I should coco]

Von Ryan's Express (ITV big Xmas film based on the WWII exploits of Vaughn Ryan who Basset loaned from Wimbledon)

Gareth Hunt; Signed at the same time as Kozzy as part of the Bobokis(?) deal. Rhymes with cu......

Paul Furlong; Another one of Warnock's "I like plenty of strikers, me"

Geoff Horsefield; Another one of Warnock's "I like plenty of strikers, me"

Iffy Onura; Another one of Warnock's "I like plenty of strikers, me"

Gary Flitcroft; Another one of Warnock's "I like plenty of midfielders, me"

 

[Paulus]

Alcock that’s all I’ve got to say about this thread..

 

[mancunianblade]

Reyt left out the kids who didn’t quite make it. And the crap foreign lads who had stand out names like Slavkovski, Smeets etc just a good honest forgotten 11

Gk Mihkel Aksalu

CB David Lee
CB Jon O’Connor
CB Andy Woodward

RB Manuel Thetis
LB John Halls

CM Jon Cullen
CM Darren Bullock
CM Stuart Wilson

ST Ville Lehtinen
ST Adrian littlejohn (2nd spell)

 

[The Crab]

Jean Phillippe Javary? seem tyo remember him being a crowd favourite despite never doing owt.

Certainly a favourite with the females by all accounts...……….

 

[Nedski]

Kingsley Black
Brett Angell
Scott Marshall
Mark Beard

 

[I should coco]

CB David Lee
CB Jon O’Connor
CB Andy Woodward

RB Manuel Thetis
LB John Halls

CM Jon Cullen
CM Darren Bullock
CM Stuart Wilson

ST Ville Lehtinen

I've given you a like but I've had a few.

I reckon all of the above are made up names. If not then by definition they all have to make the XI.

 

[cooperblade]

1. Can't Remember
2. You Know. You Know.
3. Him
4. I Know We Had Him On Loan.
   
5. The Chips Were Cold.
   
6. I Think He Had Black Hair.
7. Don't Know, But I Think He's A Postman.
   
8. We Went The Wrong Way Down The Motorway On The Way Back.
   
9. It Was A County Cup Game.
   
10. It Was A Really Sunny Day.
    
11. Les Someone. Or Des. Or Maybe Trevor.

I know number 11 - Des Hamilton

 

[alcoblade]

Please tell me Ryan’s France is in everyone’s list?

 

[alcoblade]

Ryan France!

Thank fuck for that!

 

[alcoblade]

In fact My XI

Billy Mercer
Ben Doane
Stephen Jordan
Toni Kallio
Mark Foran
Paul Simpson
Barry Robson
Florent Cuvelier
Simon Lappin
Will Hoskins
James Thomas

Subs

Frank Talia
Steve Yates
David Sommeil
Dries Bousatta
Jason Holt
Ben Davies
Luke Beckett

Good list. My only objection would be Steve Yates, who I thought was okay.

 

[alcoblade]

Alan Wright was OK.

Which is a great indicator of just how terrible these years have been.

 

[Russ]

1. Can't Remember
2. You Know. You Know.
3. Him
4. I Know We Had Him On Loan.
   
5. The Chips Were Cold.
   
6. I Think He Had Black Hair.
7. Don't Know, But I Think He's A Postman.
   
8. We Went The Wrong Way Down The Motorway On The Way Back.
   
9. It Was A County Cup Game.
   
10. It Was A Really Sunny Day.
    
11. Les Someone. Or Des. Or Maybe Trevor.

2. Mark Beard. (a bit like John Brayford. But had no beard. And was shit.)

 

[BritishSteel]

1. Flap
2. Out on day release
3. Don`t point, his mum is sat two rows back
4. Looks like £3 programme man.
5. If he runs near us just pretend you haven`t seen him
6. Don`t know who he is just shout "cunt" whenever he touches the ball
7. Don`t know who he is but saw him pissed on Eccy Road trying to shag a bin.
8. Polio
9. He used to be good before he put on 4 stone.
10. Fuckin `ell it`s Fred Titmus
11. No wonder he can`t run properly, he`s his dick is hanging down near to his shinpads.

 

[South_Stand]

Hao Haidong
Li Tie
Ahmed Fahti
Jordan Stewart

 

[Ernest]

David Johnson. He scored quite a few for Forest but only played a handful of games for us and failed to score.

David Sommeil. He was held in high regard at Man City before signing for us, but I can’t recall him doing anything in the five appearances he made for United.

 

[United Aren't Back.]

Jim (not John) Gannon

The Waterman geezer who wrote the Bob Booker bio, got these two mixed up.

 

[LoughboroBlade]

Which is a great indicator of just how terrible these years have been.

His career highlight for us was marking Leon Knight as an unexpected centre-half. Pretty sure that was less tactical genius and more Warnock just having a bit of a laugh.