Worst ever players at your club??

[Trapdoor]

I'll not hear a bad word about Curo in this thread.

One of the best strikers I've ever seen play for City. Scored 21 goals in 38 games for us one season. Thats probably the club record for highest goal to games ratio. Legend.

The teams who didnt rate Curo just didnt play to his strengths,

 

[Stringy]

Paddy Gamble. On loan from Forest circa 09-10 I believe. Quite simply the worst keeper in existence.

He dropped a lot of clangers didn't he? The strange thing was that he started off looking very confident and assured. At first we were tipping him to be a very good keeper. Perhaps his first clanger wrecked his confidence. He was only 20 so it was perhaps too soon to have that responsibility of being a first choice keeper at a club that were expecting to be challenging in the division.

It makes you wonder how many players could go on to be good if they were managed a little differently. Looking at his career stats it doesn't look as though he played another game. That loan spell must be an experience that still keeps him awake at night.

His overall game wasn't that bad, he just started to cost us a goal per game.

 

[Guernica]

Anthony Pulis, dreadful.

 

[#Beebot]

Anthony Pulis, dreadful.

He'd never have played above NL North/South level if not for his dad.

 

[Aber gas]

Weren't the worst of the worst but because of the hype surrounding them when they signed at the same time I nominate:

Tony Thorpe and Jamie Cureton.

Was seen as a bit of a coup when we signed both of these from QPR. Both were shite. Luton fans may be offended but Thorpe played less than 10 games and was clearly way past it while Cureton missed sitters on a regular basis. We went down that year.

Wash your mouth out.

 

[MisterTee]

Matteo Lanzoni, started in the youth setup at Sampdoria before being loaned out to just about every Italian team ever, swapped Genoa for Oldham (easy mistake to make I grant you) making just a handful of starts for them before rocking up in Yeovil, similarly a handful of games later he finds his way here, supposedly a RB/CB lacking in both pace and/or talent. We loaned him to Hartlepool where he lasted 1 game. After being released here he disappeared for TWO YEARS before signing for a 4th division Swiss side that looks like they play in a park next to a mountain. Nice chap, woeful footballer.

 

[Casey]

Because we have had a recent rise in the level we play out some of our "legends" would feature in most of your team's list off nowhere near good enough. I will leave out a names from the distant past, such as a the centre forward who played every game in a season and scored two goals, and come to the more recent past.

I give you Emmett O'Connor. Signed on recommendation from ex Hammer Kevin Keen. He made a couple of substitute appearances before being given a start against Rochdale (?). He was eventually loaned to Lewes in the Ryman league who sent him back because he wasn't good enough! He may be a lovely person, buy his Mum birthday treats and subs his dad for an occasional pint but a professional footballer. Never.

Re Rene Gilmartin (devilforajob's choice). I watched him play about four times for Crawley. I never saw him make a save! I think he claimed a cross once, but that was not under pressure. He is now a goalkeeping coach. What he is coaching is anybody's guess.

Casey

 

[Big Bird]

Fancy reeling off some more shitheads:

David Prutton. Useless tramp.

Lilian Nalis. Old and broken.

Alan O'Brien. Run run run run run. Can't cross the ball. Wow I crossed the ball! There goes me hammy.

 

[Richard Cranium]

There was also a guy called Goma Lambu who made one appearance, tried to do a step over but tripped over the ball.

Subbed off at half time and never played for us again. Mansfield legend. Remember loads taking a banner saying Goma Lambu appreciation society to Woking away whilst he played for them. He's got a 12" penis too.

 

[Baratheon]

Subbed off at half time and never played for us again. Mansfield legend. Remember loads taking a banner saying Goma Lambu appreciation society to Woking away whilst he played for them. He's got a 12" penis too.

Trouble is, his legs are only 10".

 

[Vanni]

Matteo Lanzoni, started in the youth setup at Sampdoria before being loaned out to just about every Italian team ever, swapped Genoa for Oldham (easy mistake to make I grant you) making just a handful of starts for them before rocking up in Yeovil, similarly a handful of games later he finds his way here, supposedly a RB/CB lacking in both pace and/or talent. We loaned him to Hartlepool where he lasted 1 game. After being released here he disappeared for TWO YEARS before signing for a 4th division Swiss side that looks like they play in a park next to a mountain. Nice chap, woeful footballer.

That's a good shout MrT. I had completely forgotten all about the chap tbh. But I can recall just enough that he was a Dickie Dosh signing and that some of our fans actually thought at the time that he was a decent signing. I also seem to recall one particular match in which he was utterly woeful, but as is the norm for me, I can't remember whom we were playing. Still, if I were to hazard a guess I'd say the game I'm thinking of was against either Pools or Dagenham.

 

[Krazy8]

Alberto Comazzi.

4 games, 3 yellow cards, 1 red. Now serving a four year ban for his involvement in Italy's match fixing scandal.

I think the FA should look for irregular betting patterns during his time here as well!

 

[Smurf]

I wont have Tony Thorpe mentioned. The guy was a genius - despite having that song about him from his disgraced move to QPR. Still supports the club to this day, though.

Alan Kimble - left back who fell over his own feet. He was in the team about the time I started to understand football rather than it being a day out with my old man.

Magnus Okuonghae.... how did this man ever make it to the level he did AND captain teams?! Still going at Maidenhead or somewhere I believe...

Colin Samuel... big old oaf who ran on for about 10 minutes against Bath away on the conference. One of Brabins signings, mid season and was a 'oh... hes available' type signing. Huffed and puffed for tens mins, must have been 3 stone overweight amd never seen again.

 

[oakroader]

tony thorpe was the worst kind of footballer...one who thought he was bigger than the club.
he demanded and instigated a move to qpr when we were in the shit after declining to help by taking a pay cut.
a talented player admittedly but decided to leave our sinking ship at a time we needed him
will never be forgiven by more than those who would forgive him

 

[Posh Harry]

tony thorpe was the worst kind of footballer...one who thought he was bigger than the club.
he demanded and instigated a move to qpr when we were in the shit after declining to help by taking a pay cut.
a talented player admittedly but decided to leave our sinking ship at a time we needed him
will never be forgiven by more than those who would forgive him

We had tony Thorpe for a while as well and he was dogshite.

A special mention should go to Richard Brodie. Not only shit, but a complete c**t of the highest order as well.

 

[rudebwoyben]

We had tony Thorpe for a while as well and he was dogshite.

A special mention should go to Richard Brodie. Not only shit, but a complete c**t of the highest order as well.

Something you don't hear very often about Brodie!

 

[Smurf]

Ah Richard Brodie. Never seen someone not want to come near us for an entire game so much after scoring for Crawley away in the conference. Gangly little weasel.

 

[GTFCfish]

The ball that Brodie took his penalty with in the FA Trophy final against Wrexham is currently on its 22nd orbit of the earth.