| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? 11:49 - Aug 29 with 21063 views | wkj |
Prompted by the mention of Leon Best on another post, I realise there have been far worse. Reo-Coker springs to mind, but I think Samassi Abou stands out as I remember town players deliberately avoiding passing to him on his last game for us. |  |
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| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 16:38 - Aug 29 with 3455 views | EatonBlue |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 12:26 - Aug 29 by iamipswich |
Balint Bajner?
Played the 1st half against Fulham and practically never seen again when McCarthy realised the Championship wasn't for him |
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| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 16:41 - Aug 29 with 3451 views | EatonBlue |
Steve Stacey or James Alabi [Post edited 29 Aug 2019 17:11]
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| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 16:43 - Aug 29 with 3446 views | jas0999 |
Tough one. Adam Proudlock was very poor, yet Adrian Paz was a complete waste of money and over hyped. |  | | |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 16:53 - Aug 29 with 3424 views | Churchman |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 16:20 - Aug 29 by Churchman |
Lee Chapman. My grandad would have contributed more than him and he’d been dead 20 years before the Chapmeister turned up. Woeful, but hey, he topped up his pension.
Second place: Jonathan Douglas. Laughed at by opposition fans (Newcastle in particular), but it used to enrage me that a has-been like him, whose prime was 10 years before in the 3rd Division, was stealing a living and he was still being bigged up by MM as a ‘proper bloke’. He was proper useless.
3rd place: Graham Harbey. Staggeringly inept. It was like somebody in the crowd had won a prize to play with the team.
Honourable mention: Glenn Pennyfather. He played with a built up boot because one leg was shorter than the other. I thought he ought to have played in callipers. He couldn’t have been any worse. |
I was going to mention Frank Nouble. He never had a clue where he was in relation to anyone else on the pitch, the ball or anything else. He was so bad it was hilarious, so for entertainment value alone he was not the worst.
Drissa Diallo deserves a mention. Looked promising in a pre season game but died like a louse in a Russians beard as the season progressed. Awful player. |  | | |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 17:14 - Aug 29 with 3403 views | LankHenners |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 16:53 - Aug 29 by Churchman |
I was going to mention Frank Nouble. He never had a clue where he was in relation to anyone else on the pitch, the ball or anything else. He was so bad it was hilarious, so for entertainment value alone he was not the worst.
Drissa Diallo deserves a mention. Looked promising in a pre season game but died like a louse in a Russians beard as the season progressed. Awful player. |
Leave Frank out of this - never deserves to be on these sorts of lists. Limited ability but had a few games where his pure pace and strength was rather effective (Derby at home with the Berra last minute winner stands out).
Douglas wasn’t *that* bad either. |  |
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| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 17:16 - Aug 29 with 3397 views | Garv |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 17:14 - Aug 29 by LankHenners |
Leave Frank out of this - never deserves to be on these sorts of lists. Limited ability but had a few games where his pure pace and strength was rather effective (Derby at home with the Berra last minute winner stands out).
Douglas wasn’t *that* bad either. |
It annoyed me how much game time Nouble got, we had better players warming the bench. But I agree, he doesn't belong on this thread. |  |
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| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 17:20 - Aug 29 with 3393 views | PJH |
If I was to try to name someone for this I would probably start with a short list made up of four or five of Jackie Milburn's signings.
On the other hand Jackie Milburn made three or four very good signings AND started our youth team. |  | | |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 17:32 - Aug 29 with 3380 views | handslikeplates |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 12:03 - Aug 29 by LeBlue |
Mark Fish. |
The answer to this question is always going to be that 45 min cameo by Mark Fish at QPR. Horror show bless him. |  | | |
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| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 17:43 - Aug 29 with 3366 views | Superblue95 |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 16:41 - Aug 29 by EatonBlue |
Steve Stacey or James Alabi [Post edited 29 Aug 2019 17:11]
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James Alabi?
He must have one of the best goal to games ratios in the history of the club, if not the best |  |
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| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 19:23 - Aug 29 with 3284 views | Hipsterectomy |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 17:43 - Aug 29 by Superblue95 |
James Alabi?
He must have one of the best goal to games ratios in the history of the club, if not the best |
I work with a Leyton fan and he says Alabi is one of the worst players he's ever seen - even when they were in the conference winning every week |  |
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| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 19:26 - Aug 29 with 3284 views | Illinoisblue |
Adam Proudlock wasn't great. |  |
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| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 19:47 - Aug 29 with 3270 views | Churchman |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 17:14 - Aug 29 by LankHenners |
Leave Frank out of this - never deserves to be on these sorts of lists. Limited ability but had a few games where his pure pace and strength was rather effective (Derby at home with the Berra last minute winner stands out).
Douglas wasn’t *that* bad either. |
Haha, Frank was a loveable character, but in my view and in just about everyone who was sitting near by, it was a great laugh when he came on and I was always pleased to see him (which was why I thought he should not be excluded) but sorry, he was awful.
Douglas not ‘that bad’??? I love football because it’s a game of opinions. Douglas used to run like someone who desperately needed the thunderbox. Knees together! He was behind the game always, just missed a tackle - always, drifted around and contributed nothing - in my view. Yes, he ‘weighed in’ with a massive 3 goals in his 59 appearances which against Skuse makes him a goal machine but sorry, his name on the team sheet was one of the most depressing sights in all my years following ITFC. | | | |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 20:10 - Aug 29 with 3244 views | StuartBrett8 |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 15:45 - Aug 29 by Hipsterectomy |
Not the worst but Bilel Mohsni was a weird one - 18 goals in 62 games for Southend. Could play as a centreback, winger or striker. Refused to turn up for training with them and was constantly getting sent off. He had a trial at West Ham and scored a goal and own goal. Had a trial at Celtic before joining Rangers where he was sent off for punching a player, punching and kicking another player and headbutting another.
Apparently he played 5 times for Town and I remember none of it |
We had him on trial, we never actually signed him up... pretty sure he got sent off pre-season? |  |
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| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 20:20 - Aug 29 with 3228 views | Hipsterectomy |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 20:10 - Aug 29 by StuartBrett8 |
We had him on trial, we never actually signed him up... pretty sure he got sent off pre-season? |
We had him on loan for 3 months | |
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| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 20:24 - Aug 29 with 3222 views | StuartBrett8 |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 20:20 - Aug 29 by Hipsterectomy |
We had him on loan for 3 months |
according to wiki we had him a week and then he went on trial at Brum, then a 3 month loan... apologies lol [Post edited 29 Aug 2019 20:25]
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| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 20:56 - Aug 29 with 3188 views | Epiphone |
To those mentioned before,Harbey,Douglas and Dinning I'd add Manuel Thetis. |  | | |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 21:39 - Aug 29 with 3149 views | Ely_Blue |
Colin Healy!
I will never forget the game in which he was so poor at PR that he was subbed after 20 minutes of the first half, can’t remember if it was Keane or Jewell who signed him but how the hell he made 19 appearances for us is beyond me |  |
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| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 21:52 - Aug 29 with 3117 views | Lesta_Tractor |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 20:56 - Aug 29 by Epiphone |
To those mentioned before,Harbey,Douglas and Dinning I'd add Manuel Thetis. |
But that goal at West brom! |  |
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| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 21:53 - Aug 29 with 3114 views | Swailsey |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 21:39 - Aug 29 by Ely_Blue |
Colin Healy!
I will never forget the game in which he was so poor at PR that he was subbed after 20 minutes of the first half, can’t remember if it was Keane or Jewell who signed him but how the hell he made 19 appearances for us is beyond me |
Again, a joke surely?!!
Jewell publicly apologised for taking him off afterwards.
He was unplayable against Arsenal and formed a very good midfield with (loan) Bullard.
Not a world beater by any means, but for £50,000 I’d say we more than got our money’s worth! |  |
| Who said: "Colin Healy made Cesc Fabregas look like Colin Healy"? | We miss you TLA |
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| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 21:59 - Aug 29 with 3098 views | StNeotsBlue |
Plenty of shocking performances and players already mentioned and I'll throw Connor Sammon into the mix, absolute dog poo. But kept getting a chance, used to make my head hurt. |  | | |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 22:11 - Aug 29 with 3083 views | agentp |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 21:52 - Aug 29 by Lesta_Tractor |
But that goal at West brom! |
Quite. Worth a statue in its own right. | |
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| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 22:13 - Aug 29 with 3080 views | Churchman |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 21:59 - Aug 29 by StNeotsBlue |
Plenty of shocking performances and players already mentioned and I'll throw Connor Sammon into the mix, absolute dog poo. But kept getting a chance, used to make my head hurt. |
Good call. Little was expected when he turned up and he delivered even less. Desperate. | | | |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 22:19 - Aug 29 with 3071 views | agentp |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 22:13 - Aug 29 by Churchman |
Good call. Little was expected when he turned up and he delivered even less. Desperate. |
C'mon that's not fair. Any player that scores more goals; I accept that's not many, with his Arse, knee and shin than he does with his foot should command far more respect. Pretty sure his entire goal tally here was scored without actually using a foot! | |
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| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 22:24 - Aug 29 with 3061 views | Clapham_Junction |
| Worst player to ever put on a town shirt? on 13:51 - Aug 29 by BlueBadger |
In terms of money spent vs return on that investment, a toss-up between Paul Taylor, Tamas Priskin and Lee Martin. [Post edited 29 Aug 2019 15:18]
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On that basis, I'd go for Amir Karic. £700k for zero league appearances.
Also, he must have been in our top 10 most expensive signings at the point we bought him. [Post edited 29 Aug 2019 22:28]
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