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Stuart Slater, for me, was definitely the worst if you balance reputation, expectation and end result. A very frustrating spell here where he threatened to rediscover his past form but never really happened.
Wost players with a 100+ appearances for Ipswich on 20:18 - Jan 27 by Jrm_72
First player I really didnt like at Ipswich, Geraint Williams. This was towards the end of his time at town and I get older fans may have seen better from him in the early 90's, but my memories as a 13yr old was he was rubbish!
Your 13-year-old self was spot-on: Geraint Williams was a truly terrible player!
Cheers, JK
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Wost players with a 100+ appearances for Ipswich on 11:13 - Jan 28 by Libero
I was measuring the time they were both at the club as all the factors/conditions would have been the same- he was fantastic in that first season but he never, ever recreated it, similar to how Sears never replicated his 9 goals in 21 appearances in his first season - although of course Sears was moved out of position there after...
In my opinion, McGoldrick was never the same after that Southampton cup game where they VERY effectively sussed how to mute his danger- the game was also on TV and from there on out I felt teams dealt with him a lot more effectively, having witnessed Southampton do so.
the 'reason' David McGoldrick 'became a PL player' was that he scored 15 goals to help Sheffield United to an unlikely promotion, he was brilliant that season and did pretty well in the Premier League too- it's just not what we're discussing- we're discussing Sears being harshly judged and I was using the comparrison of his output next to our star man McGoldrick's output over the same period!
McGoldrick was a better player than Sears, it was our lack of being able to deal with his injuries and knocks due to Marcus Evans lack of investment/infrastructure that was the issue. Didz went on to play a role in promoting Sheffield United to the top flight and played consistently at the top level for two seasons, without the same injury issues. He was a good player for Ipswich.
Sears in his defence was never played in the right position here, however after leaving Ipswich his career slumped further, unlike Didz.
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Wost players with a 100+ appearances for Ipswich on 12:27 - Jan 28 with 1609 views
Wost players with a 100+ appearances for Ipswich on 11:13 - Jan 28 by Libero
I was measuring the time they were both at the club as all the factors/conditions would have been the same- he was fantastic in that first season but he never, ever recreated it, similar to how Sears never replicated his 9 goals in 21 appearances in his first season - although of course Sears was moved out of position there after...
In my opinion, McGoldrick was never the same after that Southampton cup game where they VERY effectively sussed how to mute his danger- the game was also on TV and from there on out I felt teams dealt with him a lot more effectively, having witnessed Southampton do so.
the 'reason' David McGoldrick 'became a PL player' was that he scored 15 goals to help Sheffield United to an unlikely promotion, he was brilliant that season and did pretty well in the Premier League too- it's just not what we're discussing- we're discussing Sears being harshly judged and I was using the comparrison of his output next to our star man McGoldrick's output over the same period!
You are defending Sears very resolutely that’s for sure.
But your stats have only highlighted that without injury McGoldrick was miles ahead of Sears. His PL career you mention only doubles down on that.
Sears was part of a very sorry squad that was ultimately (and thankfully) dismantled to make way for players who could actually get us out of League One football.
Wost players with a 100+ appearances for Ipswich on 12:27 - Jan 28 by SE1blue
You are defending Sears very resolutely that’s for sure.
But your stats have only highlighted that without injury McGoldrick was miles ahead of Sears. His PL career you mention only doubles down on that.
Sears was part of a very sorry squad that was ultimately (and thankfully) dismantled to make way for players who could actually get us out of League One football.
None of McGoldrick, Sears, Chambers or Skuse should be anywhere near a list of crap players.
Wost players with a 100+ appearances for Ipswich on 12:27 - Jan 28 by SE1blue
You are defending Sears very resolutely that’s for sure.
But your stats have only highlighted that without injury McGoldrick was miles ahead of Sears. His PL career you mention only doubles down on that.
Sears was part of a very sorry squad that was ultimately (and thankfully) dismantled to make way for players who could actually get us out of League One football.
We can at least agree on your final point.
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Wost players with a 100+ appearances for Ipswich on 11:25 - Jan 28 by Superblue95
Haven’t seen Damien Delaney mentioned yet. He was crap for the most part and a worse player than others mentioned on this thread
Very harsh. Damo was underrated. He was a pretty poor left back, but that's on Keane.
When paired with McAuley he was rock solid for probably more than half a season, and he also built a relatively good partnership with Tommy Smith later on.
Wost players with a 100+ appearances for Ipswich on 22:20 - Jan 27 by hatch
I’m not even joking when I say I was playing golf down at Woldingham in Surrey a few years ago and Lee Martin was in a two ball ahead of me. Caught up with him on a tee box and I said “alright Lee, I’m an Ipswich fan” and without a moments thought he just said “I’m sorry”. As in, not a crap joke about our club but genuinely apologised. Couldn’t believe it.
Good lad
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Wost players with a 100+ appearances for Ipswich on 23:35 - Jan 28 with 1080 views
Wost players with a 100+ appearances for Ipswich on 22:21 - Jan 27 by textbackup
Chambers
It sticks out like a joke to see his name on the Player of the Year honours board, up there with the likes of Mariner, Wark, Muhren, Mills, Holland, Thijssen, Stewart, Hunter, Burley, Chaplin and Morsy. He had a first touch further than most centre halves can kick it and his distribution found touch more regularly than Danny Cipriani.
When I was looking at potential players for this...I had no idea Danny Haynes played 128 times for us across all competitions. I'm not nominating him for this...but thought it'd be like 30 times...
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Wost players with a 100+ appearances for Ipswich on 08:15 - Jan 29 with 883 views
Wost players with a 100+ appearances for Ipswich on 23:35 - Jan 28 by Bigalhunter
It sticks out like a joke to see his name on the Player of the Year honours board, up there with the likes of Mariner, Wark, Muhren, Mills, Holland, Thijssen, Stewart, Hunter, Burley, Chaplin and Morsy. He had a first touch further than most centre halves can kick it and his distribution found touch more regularly than Danny Cipriani.
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There's this strange cult behind Chambers, always has been which I've never understood. I get the fist pump would please the dim but that often came after he had a shocker but Daryl Murphy would pop up and save us. Screams all about me does Luke Chambers.
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Wost players with a 100+ appearances for Ipswich on 11:41 - Jan 29 with 753 views
Wost players with a 100+ appearances for Ipswich on 11:25 - Jan 28 by Superblue95
Haven’t seen Damien Delaney mentioned yet. He was crap for the most part and a worse player than others mentioned on this thread
Damien Delaney didn't do well at Town, partly because Keane started playing him at right back, but he was a regular at Palace for 4 years in the PL which suggests Town didn't exactly get the best out of him. The worst player I remember from the Robson era was Tommy Parkin, who somehow spent 14 years at Town without ever looking good enough, although he somehow played 81 times, including 60 starts.
Wost players with a 100+ appearances for Ipswich on 08:15 - Jan 29 by DinnernotTea
There's this strange cult behind Chambers, always has been which I've never understood. I get the fist pump would please the dim but that often came after he had a shocker but Daryl Murphy would pop up and save us. Screams all about me does Luke Chambers.
not always the biggest fan of chambers, but players like naylor, delaney & him shouldn't be anywhere near the list of worst players!
Wost players with a 100+ appearances for Ipswich on 21:37 - Jan 28 by Garv
Very harsh. Damo was underrated. He was a pretty poor left back, but that's on Keane.
When paired with McAuley he was rock solid for probably more than half a season, and he also built a relatively good partnership with Tommy Smith later on.
Half a season of being good is a pretty small percentage of his overall appearances, so not sure that’s a fantastic argument. McAuley was a quality centre back and helped Delaney for a period but I’d argue a good centre back shouldn’t need another good centre back next to them to not look crap. Naylor and Chambers were both miles better than Delaney for us but have gotten mentions so said I’d throw Delaneys name into the ring even if he’s probably not the overall worst.
Also when I think of Delaney I just think of his performance in this game, particularly his ‘attempt’ to stop their second goal.
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