byrnes boots Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 What about the twins mcniven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGortonsMatches Posted May 3, 2013 Author Share Posted May 3, 2013 What about the twins mcniven As they were products of the youth team, I dont think you can class them as a "let down" unless they were tipped at the outset for greatness ? A let down for this thread is someone who promised greatly (be it form/experience at previous club or £fee paid), but faded into the wallpaper as soon as they turned up at Boundary Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 (edited) As they were products of the youth team, I dont think you can class them as a "let down" unless they were tipped at the outset for greatness ? A let down for this thread is someone who promised greatly (be it form/experience at previous club or £fee paid), but faded into the wallpaper as soon as they turned up at Boundary Park. Colbeck £60k wouldn't have brought him for 60 buttons. Add Chris Swailes, played for Rotherham in the Chanpionship. Barely played for us. Worthington, had been decent for Huddersfield pre-money at this level. Poor (at best) for us, plus let's not mention his add-ons. Andy Goram (second spell) had played for United the previous season. Plus he was Andy Goram, only the other Andy Goram turned up. Can still remember the Cardiff fans singing "Thank you very much for Andy Goram" Edited May 3, 2013 by rudemedic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 And I'll throw it back at you... without his goals in 05 (along with Becketts), we'd have gone down... Wouldn't disagree with that, 22 goals in 88 games though, that's nobody's idea of a roaring success, especially given how much he cost - £13,000 per game played according to Wiki! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGortonsMatches Posted May 3, 2013 Author Share Posted May 3, 2013 Craig Davies? Behave son, the guy was binned off by incompetent management after scoring a decent number up front on his own. Madness. Toddy is harsh too. Though crap, when he scored once the scoreboard (remember that?) flashed up a "hot Toddy" graphic which was class. He didnt trouble the scoreboard operators that often, 1 goal in 4 years ! One of his rare excellent displays was in our win at Maine Road in 99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milnrow latics Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 David Curry. He was supposed to come alive in the box. Unfortunately he didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stargazer Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 John Ryan (second time) Martin Buchan Glenn Keeley Carl Serrant Rodney Jack Paul Atkinson(second time) Toddy Orlyggson Stuart Barlow Jermine Johnson Lee Barnard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choppertoo Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Carl Serrant?! Seems a very left field choice unless you mean for Newcastle? (IMHO) He was fantastic for us - it was amazing how much he could shape the game from left back. We were spoilt in those days for left backs with Armstrong coming along so soon after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choppertoo Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Oh and my biggest, aside from the already-mentioned David Currie, was Ryan Sugden. I thought he was fantastic in the reserves and seemed a goal machine at the time. I thought we had a player of real promise on our books, but he never quite managed to fulfil it. Let down probably isn't the right term, though - I was as disappointed for him as I was for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oafc1895 Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Dean Brill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markspark92 Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Windass seen as a major coup at the time managed only one goal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP1991 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 seb hines ... he was simply :censored: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Dean Brill What were your expectations of him when he signed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlayItLivo Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Windass seen as a major coup at the time managed only one goal And MOTM goalkeeping performance away against runaway leaders Leicester! Got in the official team of the week as the goalie for that game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stainrod Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Mike Bernard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markspark92 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 And MOTM goalkeeping performance away against runaway leaders Leicester! Got in the official team of the week as the goalie for that game Now that was funny sure he got a fingertip to that penalty aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhamandy1 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Rob Purdie, Keigan Parker, Pavel Abbot, Dean Brill, Dean Windass, Lee Barnard, Jon Worthington, Ritchie Jones, Chris Swailes, Joe Colbeck, Neal Trotman and there's bound to be more from when I've been a season ticket holder but they came off top of my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Lees Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Mark Hughes when he signed permanently after being on loan. Wayne Gill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobOAFC Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Luca Scapuzzi? Lot of hype around him when he came, but never really stood out apart from one or two games. Harry Bunn? Billed as being a poacher when arrived and didn't score once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy_Fent Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 (edited) I know it's all about opinions but I have to say I've seen some silly suggestions here. Abbot scored a third of our goals in a very poor side without even playing a full season, without him we would have gone down. Davies despite a number of fans not liking his personality didn't actually do that bad (bagged 15 goals). Killen had a goal to games ratio in his final season as 1 in every 2 games it wasn't his fault he was injured, in fact I don't think it's fair including injury prone players full stop. Ones that stick out for me include Andrea Mancini, Wayne Gill, Anthony Grant, Andy Goram (2nd spell), Brett Ormerod, Ben Burgess, Michael Clegg, Keigan Parker, Carlos Rocca, Wes WIlkinson, Rob Lee, Dean Windass, Ben Amos, Andy Holdsworth, Jon Worthington, Joe Colbeck, Dean Crowe, Paul Beavers, Junior Agogo (notice how most of them were strikers) Edited May 5, 2013 by Tommy_Fent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I know it's all about opinions but I have to say I've seen some silly suggestions here. Abbot scored a third of our goals in a very poor side without even playing a full season, without him we would have gone down. Davies despite a number of fans not liking his personality didn't actually do that bad (bagged 15 goals). Killen had a goal to games ratio in his final season as 1 in every 2 games it wasn't his fault he was injured, in fact I don't think it's fair including injury prone players full stop. Ones that stick out for me include Andrea Mancini, Wayne Gill, Anthony Grant, Andy Goram (2nd spell), Brett Ormerod, Ben Burgess, Michael Clegg, Keigan Parker, Carlos Rocca, Wes WIlkinson, Rob Lee, Dean Windass, Ben Amos, Andy Holdsworth, Jon Worthington, Joe Colbeck, Dean Crowe, Paul Beavers, Junior Agogo (notice how most of them were strikers) This thread is for letdowns, most of that list more suited to the worst ever group. As for Killen, you can twist his stats all you like, fact is he scored 22 in 88 while costing over a million quid in fees and wages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Paul Kane would merit a place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlayItLivo Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Pawel Abbot Top scorer whose goals kept us up. Sold on for a fee to a bigger club. Massive let down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeylandLatic Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Top scorer whose goals kept us up. Sold on for a fee to a bigger club. Massive let down Agreed, never understood why anybody thought Abbott was a failure here. His goals and hold up play along with Gregan's heroics at the back were the only reasons we survived that season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 How the likes of Parker and Crowe get in here is beyond me - they weren't let downs, they were total, utter, irredeemable :censored:. Appleby and Swailes I think are very harsh. Swailes played for us in agony and probably did himself permanent harm to keep us from having Terrible on the pitch for 40 minutes here and there. I remember Appleby playing I think his first game in a decade against Spurs, he was like 5 men until he inevitably got :censored:ed, he would have been a great player for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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