Our worst ever strikers

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Sammon sticks out in my mind. We've had some shite too. We've paid good money for strikers that couldn't spank a bulls arse with a banjo.

Mr sammon started off quite well. Great game against Peterborough away. Seemed to be developing a partnership with Adams cutting in from the left and then it all fell apart in a huge way. He ended up being 4'6 when jumping for the ball. Neshing headers 2 yards out, missing sitters and couldn't control the ball.

FFS Connor it's a bag of air. Stick your fucking head on it.
 
Paul Williams for me too. He was utterly dreadful.

Not sure how people can mention Allison or Miller. Ashley Ward and Cadamateri actually had a few decent games amongst their spells at SUFC not being greatest part of their career.

After Williams, Sammon might be next. Then you have a few who were utter gash lacking in most things you would want out of a striker.

We also have Higdon and Paynter in recent times. Two totally immobile strikers who if had not had a reasonable back catalogue you would have thought had been dragged from Concord Park as we were short of numbers.

Joe Ironside was also woeful. As someone said Morgan actually put him in ahead of Kitson at Yeovil in the playoff 2nd leg!


Richard Cadette, Lauren Ten Heuvel, Lyle Taylor all stand out also. They rarely looked like scoring (Cadette may have got a few), were slow, weak, lacked awareness and had the heart of a pea. Craig Beattie was dire also but actually got in some great positions. That miss at Prestonnin the playoffs though! He also played like dusty bin in the searing heat of Wembley a few weeks after. Not helped by Cotterill and Halford playing like they had put their boots on the wrong feet.
 
Right. As it goes, I bloody loved the bloke & he scored against the pigs, but have we really got to page 5 of this without a single mention for Laurent D'Jaffo??

Fond memories of the Kop laughing every time he made a heroic 3 inch leap trying to flick on a goal kick, and of a diving header at the back stick in front of the Kop about an inch out, hit the back of his head and cleared it off the line.

Purveyor of some of my favourite shit moments down the Lane- but I spose heroically shit is still shit
 
Jon P said:
Wayne Alison: played 72, 7 goals.

Great cult hero, poor striker.
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There absolutely no way Wayne Allison should be even mentioned in passing in any "worst striker" list. He was such an important player in that special 2002/03 season. He offered something other than goals – a list of our worst ever strikers should be ones that contributed absolutely nothing.
 
Lord Bos of Eckington. said:
Signed by Stockport when Brendan Ellwood was the chairman . Paul Williams married his daughter and the rest is history . WBA paid top dollar in transfer and wages for him . It would be interesting to see who WBA worst striker was . What's the betting on it being Paul Williams .
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Did I dream it, or was Ellwood a Blade?
 
Davalon said:
Did I dream it, or was Ellwood a Blade?
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Sure he was . The other boxing bloke Derek Hobson was S6 pig , who tried many a time with consortiums to get a hold at the sty . Hobson locking horns with all and sundry at Scunthorpe.

Again glad we have McCabe family at the helm.

Some fans do have peculiar tastes when naming there worst strikers . The Chief was what he was . Porter , albeit ridiculed , at least was a tryer . Some were worst than shit , but money or lack of it played a big part . As they say you get what you pay for . Warnock and Haslam were the worst for splashing the cash on bad buys in every position .
 
LoughboroBlade said:
There absolutely no way Wayne Allison should be even mentioned in passing in any "worst striker" list. He was such an important player in that special 2002/03 season. He offered something other than goals – a list of our worst ever strikers should be ones that contributed absolutely nothing.
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Aka Matt Done - runs around a lot, pressures defenders but doesn't score a lot of goals
 

Wouldn't put him at the top, but Chris Porter was dreadful. Big strikers that don't challenge for headers baffle me.
At least Sammon pretended to try.
 
snootyfenooty said:
Who was the guy Steve Davies we had a couple of seasons ago, managed to head wide from about 2 feet in front of the kop?
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The same guy who scored against us for Rochdale last week and was quite a handful. I've seen worse but it didn't help that he attended the 'James Wallace school of crocks' most of the time
 
1. Lauren's Ten Heuval. £400,000 at a time when that was a decent amount of money and he was utterly atrocious. Not even football league level, soon got chucked on the scrap heap by Bradford and then Grimsby for scoring 0 goals.

2. Marcus Bent 2nd time around. Along with getting rid of Leon Britton and Kyle Bartley in exchange for Michael Doyle and Neill Collins, this signing was the hallmark of Micky Adams car crash of a tenure at BDTBL.

3. Connor Sammon - stolen a living for about a decade now, incredible.

4. Craig Beattie - his 'performance' at Wembley against Burnley remains the most heartless and disgraceful from an individual player I've ever seen for us. How the fuck can you not make an effort in a play off final? Disgrace

5. Michael O'Halloran. Might be the thickest player I've ever seen. Another treat from a play off final.





Christ we've had some shite.
Still, onwards and upwards

Utb
 
spongebobblade said:
The same guy who scored against us for Rochdale last week and was quite a handful. I've seen worse but it didn't help that he attended the 'James Wallace school of crocks' most of the time
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Why is it we get strikers who can't score for toffee when they play for us, but you can put your mortgage on them scoring against us at the first opportunity when they move on?
 
snootyfenooty said:
Why is it we get strikers who can't score for toffee when they play for us, but you can put your mortgage on them scoring against us at the first opportunity when they move on?
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Now come on Snooty. You've been around long enough to know the answer to that. It's the Bladesway. Pure and simple!! ;)
 
snootyfenooty said:
Why is it we get strikers who can't score for toffee when they play for us, but you can put your mortgage on them scoring against us at the first opportunity when they move on?
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In fairness I didn't mind Davies bar his play two miss two routine.

Think he's got 13 for Rochdale this season too.
 

Lane Ender said:
Chris Guthrie not the worst but a poor replacement for Billy Dearden
After the best season I've supported the Blades talk about after the Lord Mayers Show!
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I think the fact that he was Deadens replacement and decent money changed hands made him such a disappointment.
 
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