Tommy_Fent Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 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. if I was to list worst ever I'd include players like Maheta Molango, Lord Nidwa Kangana, David Lee etc i.e players who didn't have the ability to achieve. Letdowns to me are players who clearly had the ability but never achieved it almost all the players I've mentioned have achieved something at a higher level. Plus I'm not including Killen because like I said he spent most of the time injured, you can't blame a player for being injury prone no matter what ridiculous fee we paid for him when Chris Moore was steering us towards the Iceberg and of those 88 appearances I'm guessing at least half of those came from the bench. He showed his true ability in his final season bagging 15 in 30 games which kept us up, that to me was not what a letdown would have done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Plus I'm not including Killen because like I said he spent most of the time injured, you can't blame a player for being injury prone.... He showed his true ability in his final season Wonder why that was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 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. Yeah, I thought that was an odd one, especially as he came in as a youngster do there wasn't really any expectation. He took a mean corner too; used to consistently whip it across the face of goal onto the far post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 (edited) The odd decent game, but these were mostly disappointing for me. Mark Arber Robb Scott Delroy Facey Rodney Jack Neil Wood John Thompson Michael Ricketts Greg Fleming Steve Kabba Dean Windass Andy Todd Jason Jarrett Warren Feeney Harry Bunn Nicky Banger John Keeley Paul Moulden Neil Tolson Derek Brazil Paul Kane Edited May 5, 2013 by BP1960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy_Fent Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Thanks BP1960 I was struggling to name Centre Backs, I can name my team now GK. Andy Goram (2nd Spell) RB. Michael Clegg LB. Rob Scott CB. John Thompson CB. Mark Arber RM. Rodney Jack CM. Anthony Grant CM. Wayne Gill LM. Joe Colbeck CF. Andrea Mancini CF. Michael Ricketts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I think Ricketts has to be the winner. That guy could have scored 50 goals if he had been arsed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_ogden99 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 seb hines ... he was simply :censored: I do find this funny! My two Teams are Middlesbrough and Oldham, I remember Seb Hines playing for Oldham and yes he wasn't brilliant! but he is a quality centre back for Boro in the Championship! but I find it funny how :censored: he was here but is brilliant for Boro when Jonathan Grounds is talked up so much on here but for Boro he was terrible every time he played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latics and England Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I know this will be controversial but I'dhave Rick Holden (2nd time round) in there. Expectancy was huge. We thought we were signing the player that had left us a few years earlier. We weren't. I'd also have Ian Olney in there. I don't think he was horrendous but probably came with higher expectation than any player in our history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GravityGrave Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Dele adebola ... Refused to shoot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGortonsMatches Posted May 5, 2013 Author 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. Keigan Parker ripped us apart in the 07 play-offs, so my expectations were raised when he signed - he was turd and a massive let down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyPimp Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 If Killen had kept off the booze he would have recovered much quicker from his muscle pulls. Unfortunately he had a penchant for late night poker games with Aaron Wilbraham and Will Haining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoafc Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Without a doubt, David currie for me. I was buzzing when we signed him, I'd seen him rip so many defences apart, but for us, he was utter tosh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy_Fent Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 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. As mentioned before, Parker tore us a new one in the 2007 play-offs and I remember Dean Crowe being a handfull whilst playing for Stoke (he was also an amazing lower league striker on Championship Manager) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageTheBeast Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Darren Byfield even abused him when he scored against Crewe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig D Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Parker was brilliant against us for Huddersfield and Blackpool, so seemed a brilliant signing at the time. Then he started spending full days in the bookies I worked in and ate KFC 3 times a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markspark92 Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 How anybody can call Pawel Abbott a let down I really don't know he was quality for us held the ball up brilliantly and scored 15 goals in a very poor side to keep us up ! Gutted when he left for Charlton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Dean Furman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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