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Post by Rio Doherty on Feb 2, 2018 6:27:01 GMT
Jorome Slew.
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Post by Al on Feb 2, 2018 7:13:23 GMT
Steve Finney was bloody useless.
Yeah definitely the worst of the lot for me. Someone mentioning Spink, thought he was being used as a centre back at the time.
We really have been spoilt though for shite players over the years, who can forget Paul Berry, Steve Malone, Kwick Ajet, Goran whatshisface, Ally Pickering, that Icelandic fella who threw up on the training pitch...
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Post by Anders on Feb 2, 2018 9:27:48 GMT
That would be my vote as well. Following would be Nick Rogan, only a loan player though, from Fleetwood. Anyone else remember him? Was he the one that joined us in our first few games as a reformed club? He was awful. That's him, think he might have managed a goal mind you. Considering the level he was just awful, even in such a good team.
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Post by midfieldgeneral on Feb 2, 2018 9:45:12 GMT
For those who can remember Trevor Birch was right up there. About 35 games and 1 goal. He was signed to replace Ian Rush but played like Basil Bush. Lol
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Post by Lobster on Feb 2, 2018 10:05:21 GMT
I remember a really crap striker we had on loan from Barnsley around 2000 or 2001 called Andy Evans. Scored a couple at the end of his spell but before that he really couldn't hit a barn door.
Anyone remember Joe Carver, some obscure American that Terry Smith signed? He looked absolutely knackered and was subbed at half time on his debut, and never played for us again. He did set up a goal in that time though with a tidy backheel, if I remember rightly.
Finney was certainly one of the worst. I remember him getting stick about two minutes into his debut as he was clearly out of his depth. Somehow stayed with us for over a year and was always on the fringes of the team, and eventually left us without managing a single goal!
Kwik Ajet is often mentioned, but never actually played for us I don't think. He's just a figure that's become synonymous with Terry Smith because of his silly name.
Jonathan Jones had a very poor scoring record for us too, although he was only young.
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Post by MOC on Feb 2, 2018 10:21:49 GMT
One I thought was completely terrible was Jake Edwards. Had a good debut at Wrexham by all accounts in a game I didn't see, but was shocking after that. Produced one of the worst misses I've ever seen in a 0-0 draw with Barnet. Did take his goal at Wrexham well though, which meant he scored more goals for the club than fellow forward Paul Tait managed at the same time (in fairness most of Tait's appearances came off the bench). Royce Brownlie the following season never looked like scoring in his loan spell either.
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Post by Anders on Feb 2, 2018 10:33:03 GMT
Taiwo Atieno is another loan striker that springs to mind.
Had been on loan to Rochdale and looked good and scored against us at Spotland. Few weeks later he came here on loan and looked useless. Only lasted a few games.
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Post by g1 on Feb 2, 2018 11:32:09 GMT
Forgot to mention ian foster and Jamie rainford that sitter rainford missed at gigg lane irked
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Post by g1 on Feb 2, 2018 11:33:39 GMT
Who was that lad we had on loan from Bournemouth o halloran or something?
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Post by Rio Doherty on Feb 2, 2018 15:48:11 GMT
Who was that lad we had on loan from Bournemouth o halloran or something? I think you’re talking about Josh O’Hanlon.
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Post by muchwenlock on Feb 2, 2018 16:42:21 GMT
Can't believe nobody's mentioned the truly woeful KEITH BERTSCHIN yet !! So bad that everyone has wiped him from memory played for us st the beginning of the 90s don't think he scored a single goal for us !!!
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Post by Si on Feb 2, 2018 17:44:11 GMT
Kamu Laird was awful.
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Post by devadiva on Feb 2, 2018 18:07:54 GMT
Good at building ships, though 😉
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Post by Hannibal on Feb 2, 2018 18:20:21 GMT
Does anyone remember striker Ross Greer?
He was signed as an Australian international in the 70s or 80s.
I think he played one game Shrewsbury (a).
He was truly shocking.
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Post by genghiskhan on Feb 2, 2018 18:24:39 GMT
Gary Simpson.
Worse performance by a forward was Fox away at Stockport. I think Dixon was playing fullback and every time he played the ball up to Fox on the wing he got back a hospital pass or a thro ball for Stockport. Stuffed 5 nil I think and the sack for Mc Grath.
Worst player ever has to be Steve Stacey. Brought a new meaning to the phrase not interested
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Post by billyw on Feb 2, 2018 18:38:16 GMT
Gary Simpson. Worse performance by a forward was Fox away at Stockport. I think Dixon was playing fullback and every time he played the ball up to Fox on the wing he got back a hospital pass or a thro ball for Stockport. Stuffed 5 nil I think and the sack for Mc Grath. Worst player ever has to be Steve Stacey. Brought a new meaning to the phrase not interested I remember the match he played in and he was atrocious but it depends what you mean by worst player. Stacey in fact was a bloody good player who had a terrible attitude, and it was obvious he didn't want to be here.
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Post by genghiskhan on Feb 2, 2018 18:53:00 GMT
Gary Simpson. Worse performance by a forward was Fox away at Stockport. I think Dixon was playing fullback and every time he played the ball up to Fox on the wing he got back a hospital pass or a thro ball for Stockport. Stuffed 5 nil I think and the sack for Mc Grath. Worst player ever has to be Steve Stacey. Brought a new meaning to the phrase not interested I remember the match he played in and he was atrocious but it depends what you mean by worst player. Stacey in fact was a bloody good player who had a terrible attitude, and it was obvious he didn't want to be here. Think he was back in Exeter the following day. Didn't see him play other than that match so can't comment on whether he was normally a good player but as you say it was obvious he didn't want to be here on loan. Worst performance (or non performance) may be better.
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Post by billyw on Feb 2, 2018 18:59:55 GMT
I remember the match he played in and he was atrocious but it depends what you mean by worst player. Stacey in fact was a bloody good player who had a terrible attitude, and it was obvious he didn't want to be here. Think he was back in Exeter the following day. Didn't see him play other than that match so can't comment on whether he was normally a good player but as you say it was obvious he didn't want to be here on loan. Worst performance (or non performance) may be better. He was in the same category as Barney Daniels- had the ability but crap attitude.
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Post by noddy on Feb 2, 2018 19:10:07 GMT
Can't believe nobody's mentioned the truly woeful KEITH BERTSCHIN yet !! So bad that everyone has wiped him from memory played for us st the beginning of the 90s don't think he scored a single goal for us !!! Don't think he was ever sober when he played, that might have had something to do with that!
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Post by trublu on Feb 3, 2018 8:04:41 GMT
I seem to remember Robbie Foy being played as a target man in a hoofball tactic. He was 5 foot nuthin so didn't stand a chance regardless of ability.
Danny Collins was woeful when we signed him as well.
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Post by soulseal on Feb 3, 2018 9:35:46 GMT
Gary Simpson. Worse performance by a forward was Fox away at Stockport. I think Dixon was playing fullback and every time he played the ball up to Fox on the wing he got back a hospital pass or a thro ball for Stockport. Stuffed 5 nil I think and the sack for Mc Grath. Worst player ever has to be Steve Stacey. Brought a new meaning to the phrase not interested From the 80s freckled face big lump as I remember. We were woeful in front of goal then. Also Ian Howat. Not the worst probably but got a lot of stick in trying to fill Ian Edwards boots. Classic target man with little control or pace. Would probably be world beater in this team 😂😂
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Post by Paul Da Part on Feb 3, 2018 9:36:11 GMT
I seem to remember Robbie Foy being played as a target man in a hoofball tactic. He was 5 foot nuthin so didn't stand a chance regardless of ability. Danny Collins was woeful when we signed him as well. Danny Collins the striker was Sunday League standard at best. The transformation in him when Mark Wright put him in defence though was quite incredible. Chris Malkin must get a shout too, he signed under a cloud with the Hill/Smith scenario though so maybe people judge him on that fact. Don Page was poor in that awful 94/95 season & does anyone remember Eddie Johnson’s stint? He had a big reputation but just did not produce anything of note.
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Post by soulseal on Feb 3, 2018 9:37:30 GMT
For those who can remember Trevor Birch was right up there. About 35 games and 1 goal. He was signed to replace Ian Rush but played like Basil Bush. Lol Very pacy at falling over I remember. We also had another forward who failed in Mick Kearney. Sold him back to Reading I think.
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Post by MOC on Feb 3, 2018 10:33:49 GMT
Ian Helliwell was very poor from what I saw of him in his loan spell in 1996-97 - brought in to basically play the Cyrille Regis big man up front role but wasn’t a patch on Big Cyrille and seemed pretty immobile. Scored a few minutes into his home debut and did very little else.
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Post by Lobster on Feb 3, 2018 12:10:51 GMT
Taiwo Atieno is another loan striker that springs to mind. Had been on loan to Rochdale and looked good and scored against us at Spotland. Few weeks later he came here on loan and looked useless. Only lasted a few games. I think Joe O'Neill also came in at the same time. Both scored on their debut against Rushden but otherwise looked very powder puff.
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Post by Paul Da Part on Feb 3, 2018 13:04:00 GMT
We talk about the worst striker being Kevin Rapley, and while he was woeful, he always seemed to give 100%, chased everything down and ran his socks off.... It was only when he was on the ball you could spot his shortcomings from a mile off. It started so well though, didn't it? Tried a spectacular overhead kick in a friendly against Nordsjaelland. For the fact he ran his socks off (other's that have been mentioned on here couldn't even do that, Bell, Halls in particular) I wouldn't class him as the worst.
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Post by southernblue on Feb 3, 2018 14:50:19 GMT
Didn't he get four goals in five games after this? I always thought there was enough about him that he would come good. Now can you make a similar post about Akintunde please? Did you say so at the time? Or is this hindsight? I definitely posted this before, probably around November time.
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Post by jb on Feb 3, 2018 15:27:17 GMT
Ian Helliwell was very poor from what I saw of him in his loan spell in 1996-97 - brought in to basically play the Cyrille Regis big man up front role but wasn’t a patch on Big Cyrille and seemed pretty immobile. Scored a few minutes into his home debut and did very little else. Unenviable task replacing the great man. Bit like that Tiabi having to replace Schmiechel at Utd. Nathan Lowndes deserves a special mention. He was a disgrace just didn’t seem to care. Always thought Kane Richards was terrible. He liked to think he was a toughie but a gust of wind would knock him off the ball.
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Post by sealandroadender on Feb 3, 2018 16:32:47 GMT
Lay off old Rapley. Legend in my book. Didn’t he score a vital 4th or 5th in a big win once! 5th in a 5-1 win against Leigh RMI
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Post by billyw on Feb 3, 2018 17:13:01 GMT
For those who can remember Trevor Birch was right up there. About 35 games and 1 goal. He was signed to replace Ian Rush but played like Basil Bush. Lol Very pacy at falling over I remember. We also had another forward who failed in Mick Kearney. Sold him back to Reading I think. Kearney had 2 spells here and never showed anything but he had decent goalsvoring records at both Shrewsbury and Reading.
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