Worst ever players at your club??

[Vanni]

Rory Gaffney. That's all.

And no, I'm not bitter at all.

 

[Greenacres]

I feel really bad a doing this as I was always rubbish at playing football, but reasonably average at a couple of other sports, so I'm hardly speaking from the moral high ground.

There have been plenty through the years, some whose performances are like scars in my memory, including a young triallist who played in a pre-season friendly. He looked really out of his depth in defence, scored an own goal when slicing a clearance and never reappeared for the second half.

The one name that really stands out for me is Tomi Ameobi. One would think that coming from a family that has produced a couple of fairly decent players that some of his brother's footballing ability might have rubbed off on him. Unfortunately you would be mistaken. He arrived as a striker and apparently (according to Wikipedia) managed to score five goals in just shy of thirty games for us. How he managed that amount is a complete mystery to me and must surely be down to the ineptitude of our opponents as he rarely, if ever, looked like scoring. In mitigation, which is only fair, we really were pants that season and but for the financial idiocy at Salisbury would have been relegated. After the last game of the season, that we had lost against already relegated Grays Athletic, most of the players came over to the fans to give thanks for their support at the end of a pretty awful season. Tomi was not amongst them as he could not get off the pitch soon enough...possibly the fastest he had moved all season...into the dressing room and presumably a rapid exit from the scene of the crime. For that indiscretion he is head and shoulders above all others, which at well over 6ft he should also have been in the box at corners...if he could have been bothered to jump. I am going on now, it isn't doing my blood pressure any good whatsoever...enough!!!

 

[Aber gas]

Rory Gaffney. That's all.

And no, I'm not bitter at all.

Stop being so salty. You know in your heart that the ginger messi had to leave. He'd outgrown you and will one day outgrow us for the glamour of a Blackburn or a Burnley.

 

[Urban]

In fairly recent times I'm adamant that it was Shaun Batt.

 

[Vanni]

Stop being so salty. You know in your heart that the ginger messi had to leave. He'd outgrown you and will one day outgrow us for the glamour of a Blackburn or a Burnley.

Listen mate, you've got to look at this Gaffney fella from a neutral perspective just like I do cos he's not all that believe me. Here's some hard evidence for you to consider -
The Gas are playing Cambridge Utd but the U's have fielded a side made up entirely of kids and reserves. So this chap comes on with 67 mins on the clock and he fails to get his name on the scoresheet. Now, considering our line up, 23+ mins is a very long time, and more than enough time for any half decent striker to get a brace at the least.

You've got to liberate yourself by coming out and admitting the lad is only a poor man's Ollie Palmer. That's all there is to it, and you'll feel a lot better in a day or two.

 

[#Beebot]

Alex Jeannin - absolutely abysmal.
Somehow after leaving us he managed to play 1 professional game for Bristol Rovers (then they asked him to leave.) Then staggeringly he went on to play for Hereford, Oxford and Mansfield.

Lee Sharp - played 4 games for us.
To say his legs had gone would be unfair to the rest of his body. Not only had his legs gone but so too had his belly and his cognitive faculties. His passing was so appalling that you could only assume his pre-match warm up routine involved spending 12 rounds in an illegal bare knuckle boxing ring with Steve Flack.

Jonathon Fortune - played 5 games for us.
Brought in an a pay-as-you-play contract to help us avoid relegation. Scored an own goal on his debut and I think that was his only touch. Literally incompetent.

I can echo Fortune, just after you released him we signed him and inexplicably made him captain. He looked totally shot and was dropped as captain by mid-September I think.

Also for us:
Charlie Taylor - signed as backup striker for one of our many L2 relegation near misses after eight goals for Sutton the previous season. Showed absolutely nothing to suggest he was a League player, no pace, touch or strength, and there was nothing in his past record to suggest it either.

Jon Nurse - Signed as a direct replacement for Izale McLeod despite having just been released by Dagenham and being the wrong side of 30. Too slow and poor at holding the ball up, he was a favourite of Davids for some inexplicable reason and ended up spending a full three seasons here with only 5 goals to show for it

Alassane N'Diaye - made over 20 appearances for Palace in the Championship (somehow). Looked way way out of his depth in L2. Built like a tank and supposedly a holding midfielder, he looked cumbersome and couldn't pass or tackle.

Harry Crawford - Another poor signing in our relegation season. Scored in every other game for Dartford in the Conference but was similar to Taylor in that he had nothing in his game whatsoever to trouble defenders at this level. Looked equally poor after we went down and hasn't performed at Conference level since.

Shaun Batt - Built a decade long career in the League off the back of being an incredible athlete. 6'4", huge physique and rapid pace. Footballing wise he belonged somewhere between the Ryman North and Essex Senior League. The single worst finisher I've seen at any level, his lack of composure was almost legendary. Every one-on-one would either be blazed over or wide. He finally managed a tap-in in his final game for us, before getting injured and then released.

 

[les.gtfc]

Serge Makofo's got to be up there!

Who was is that Neil Woods thought he was?

Serge wasn't the best but wouldn't make my worst Top 3. His 2 goals at Bath saved him from that.

For the record my 3 all-time worst players for us (and no doubt I'll think of others deserving of the accolade later)

1) Michael Antoine-Currier. Only played about 6 games for us but was absolutely awful, the only good thing I remember him doing is crossing the ball at Chesterfield for Jamie Lawrence to score. I can't believe he went on to have a successful career in Scotland. What that says about the standard up there though, I'm not sure.

2) Tommy Forecast, or Fourpast as he was affectionately known. Goalie on loan from Southampton, who apparently was once tipped as a future England international. By whom, I'm not actually sure. Again only played a handful of games but his performances were comical. A 6ft 6in keeper lobbed in his 18 yard box once if I remember correctly.

3) Peter F***ing Beagrie. God he was pants, the only thing he did of any note was give away a penalty at home when trying to showboat near the corner of the pitch before losing possession and bringing his opponent down in the box.

 

[#Beebot]

Serge wasn't the best but wouldn't make my worst Top 3. His 2 goals at Bath saved him from that.

For the record my 3 all-time worst players for us (and no doubt I'll think of others deserving of the accolade later)

1) Michael Antoine-Currier. Only played about 6 games for us but was absolutley awful, the only good thing I remember him doing is crossing the ball at Chesterfield for Jamie Lawrence to score. I can't belive he went on to have a successful career in Scotland. What that says about the standard up there though, I'm not sure.

2) Tommy Forecast, or Fourpast as he was affectionately known. Goalie on loan from Southampton, who apparently was once tipped as a future England international. By whom, I'm not actually sure. Again only played a handful of games but his performances were comical. A 6ft 6in keeper lobbed in his 18 yard box once if I remember correctly.

3) Peter F***ing Beagrie. God he was pants, the only thing he did of any note was give away a penalty at home when trying to showboat near the corner of the pitch before losing possession and bringing his opponent down in the box.

Didn't Soton accept Forecast from Spurs as part of a deal that involved waiving the sell-on fee for Bale? That went well.

 

[Ban Fat Stan]

Shaun Batt..... When fans start laughing and taking the piss as a player you have hit rock bottom!!!

Michael Leary was dog shit

 

[Baratheon]

Daley Thomson (yes, that one). To be fair he only sat on the bench once and never actually played. I think we were trying to sign Sally Gunnel next.

 

[Laker]

David Chick
Dave Partridge
Aiden Palmer
Simon Ainge

Four names just off the top of my head. Not sure how any became professional footballers.

 

[Laker]

Rory Gaffney. That's all.

And no, I'm not bitter at all.

The Gaffney saga doesn't even come close to the Shaggy/Devon White deal, probably our worst ever.

 

[Aber gas]

The Gaffney saga doesn't even come close to the Shaggy/Devon White deal, probably our worst ever.

We had your pants down there to be sure.

 

[Vanni]

The Gaffney saga doesn't even come close to the Shaggy/Devon White deal, probably our worst ever.

I only said Gaffney because I knew Aber g wouldn't be able to resist biting Yep, I've tried many times to forget all about that Devon White saga but to no avail unfortunately.

Seriously though, we had so many shit players esp.when we were down in the conference that it would take all day to name them all. We also had loads of crap ones back in 2002-05, with the highlight being 04/05 of course. But one in particular deserves a special honourable mention, that of Danny Webb

 

[Luke Imp]

David Chick
Dave Partridge
Aiden Palmer
Simon Ainge

Four names just off the top of my head. Not sure how any became professional footballers.

Ainge is a goal machine nowadays!

 

[Kenneth E End]

Ainge would make my list as well.

An XI:

GK Dino Seremet
RB Richard Jackson
LB Alan Goodall
CB Alan Shite nee White
CB Simon Ainge
CM Jamie Hand
CM Arnaud Mendy
CM Pavel Besta
CF Stuart Douglas
CF Taiwo Atieno
CF Collin Samuel

 

[Baratheon]

Rob Duffy (pen)
Ross Dyer

 

[GTFCfish]

Didn't Soton accept Forecast from Spurs as part of a deal that involved waiving the sell-on fee for Bale? That went well.

lol didn't know about that but you are right:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/mike-walters-meets-tommy-forecast-2257918

 

[Moomin]

Alex Jeannin - absolutely abysmal.
Somehow after leaving us he managed to play 1 professional game for Bristol Rovers (then they asked him to leave.) Then staggeringly he went on to play for Hereford, Oxford and Mansfield.

Lee Sharp - played 4 games for us.
To say his legs had gone would be unfair to the rest of his body. Not only had his legs gone but so too had his belly and his cognitive faculties. His passing was so appalling that you could only assume his pre-match warm up routine involved spending 12 rounds in an illegal bare knuckle boxing ring with Steve Flack.

Jonathon Fortune - played 5 games for us.
Brought in an a pay-as-you-play contract to help us avoid relegation. Scored an own goal on his debut and I think that was his only touch. Literally incompetent.

Think you're being a tad harsh on Jeannin. Ok he wasn't the best but to say he was one of our worst ever is a bit harsh.

Also Lee Sharpe actually looked ok in his first game and played a stormer in his second game where scored a beauty against Hull. He was indeed dire against Torquay before he left.

In total agreeance with you about Fortune. I'd forgotten just how bad he was.

 

[The Reverend Skyblue]

For any Cov fan this question of worst ever player has far too many candidates that it might take weeks to get an answer.
I've been watching for fifty odd years and believe me we must have over fifty candidates, but if you had to push me it would be our reserve goalkeeper from the early seventies, Eric McManus.
He couldn't catch a cold and I truely dreaded any shot on target because he would fuck it up and let it in somehow .
His pinnacle came when we finished sixth in the top division and hence the following sesason we played Bayern Munich in the second round.Our first choice was injured so he had to play in first leg which was away and which we lost 7-1,with all seven down to him.The farcical incompetant display will live with me forever, I bet even Beckanbaur remembers him if he's asked.

 

[ccfctommy]

In the Prem. Raffealle Nuzzo - Keeper on loan from Inter Milan. Conceded 5 goals at Tranmere in the League Cup. Never heard of again.
Kyle Lighbourne
Simon Howarth
Viorel Moldovan - Missed an open goal in a FA Cup quarter final replay v Sheffield United. Then scored for Romania to knock England out of the Euros a few years later! Scored the winner v Villa though so maybe not all bad.

Championship...

Fabian Debec - Useless French keeper who let one through his legs.
Morten Hyldegaard - Crap giant Dane goalie
Dean Gordon
Tim Sherwood - Shit and past it.
Steve Saunton - See above
Vicente Engonga - Gary McAllister our 38 year old player manager signs a 37 year old to play with him in Midfield. Yes seriously.
Keith O'Neill - Cost a bout £2.5 million. Constantly injured.
Steve Walsh - 37 year old ex Leicester who was at Tamworth of all places by McAllister. Got beat 5-1 at Watford and gracefully retired.

League One...

Kevin Malaga - Random Frenchman signed by Andy Thorn. Waaaay out of his depth.
Nick Proszwicz - German striker who Mowbray liked and actually tried to sign. Terrible.
Chris Dunn - Crap backup keeper. Let in three crap goals v Crewe in the JPT area final.
Peter Ramage & Darius Henderson - Panic Mowbray signings who were very poor.
Kevin Foley - Dreadful. Not at moneybags Billaricay Town
Callum Reilly - Cannot see him making it at Birmingham.

That's about it!

 

[les.gtfc]

Didn't Soton accept Forecast from Spurs as part of a deal that involved waiving the sell-on fee for Bale? That went well.

Yeah, nice bit of business by Southampton there.

 

[lordofthepies]

We've had a lot of terrible players, but the worst of the worst might well be most of the strikers we signed in an attempt to replace Dean Ashton. For wildly different reasons, Pavol Suhaj, Juan Ugarte and Anthony Elding were all pretty goddamn awful.

Going back a few more years, Jamie Moralee was spectacularly terrible too.

 

[Stanleyfan]

We once had a goalkeeper called Bertrand Bossu (or something like that)
He played one game for us in the conference, had a shocker and conceded 3 howlers. He was never seen at the club again.
I once asked Coleman did he feel sorry for Bossu to which he replied "sorry for him?? If I ever see him again I'll fucking kill him"

 

[Stripes]

Jason Drysdale, another big money signing, was a fucking disaster. .

Jason played for us for about three seasons, he was one of my favourite players at the time. Was able to shine at Conference level. I think he liked a sherbet, but was intermitantly very good. Top Lad.

As previously mentioned, Tomi Ameobi was pretty shocking for us, obviously David Hockaday rated him.
There were a number of posters on our forum at the time who would defended him come what may! Always a few in denial.

 

[#Beebot]

Ainge would make my list as well.

An XI:

GK Dino Seremet
RB Richard Jackson
LB Alan Goodall
CB Alan Shite nee White
CB Simon Ainge
CM Jamie Hand
CM Arnaud Mendy
CM Pavel Besta
CF Stuart Douglas
CF Taiwo Atieno
CF Collin Samuel

Atieno left us very suddenly halfway through the 12/13 season, leaving us short of forwards. Shortly after, Graham Stack posted a rant on Twitter claiming that he beat Atieno in a poker game and still hadn't paid him what he was owed. He hasn't played football since, looks like someone doesn't want to bump into Stacky again.

 

[Flaxman's Alibi]

Anybody signed by David Holdsworth, or the entire 2010-11 squad - with the exception of Alan Marriott.

 

[#Beebot]

How could I forget Collins John? Joined us in his mid-20s having been a decent Premier League striker in his late teens, he was a stone overweight and could barely move.

 

[Super_horns]

We had him on loan but was always injured.

Missed a open goal for Fulham v us.

 

[#Beebot]

Worst XI (can only comment on 05/06 onwards)

GK: Ran Kadoch
RB: David Hunt
CB: Jon Fortune
CB: Anwar Uddin
LB: Adam Gross
RM: Jon Nurse
CM: Alassane N'Diaye
CM: Tommy Fraser
LM: Anthony Edgar
FW: Charlie Taylor
FW: Collins John

Subs: Nick Jupp, Anthony Acheampong, Anthony Charles, Michael Leary, Claude Seanla, Shaun Batt, Harry Crawford