| Players who were rubbish but you liked 10:25 - May 23 with 5312 views | Churchman |
His name cropped up on another thread. I give you dear old Frank Nouble. He’s 34 now and had a long professional career which is let’s face it, a real achievement.
However for us in the Championship he was truly hopeless. Big, fast, eager. Like a puppy off the lead in the park, off he’d go. Nobody knew where and you always hoped somebody would tell him which end to head for. On one occasion he was put through just over the half way line. And after half a dozen paces heading for goal………fell over. We laughed.
Frank was such an endearing character and you had no idea what he was going to do next. When he warmed up as sub, ‘here comes Frank’ would be shouted. ‘The answer to our prayers’’go get em Frank, they’re terrified’ and so on.
4 goals in 56 appearances. Let’s be honest, he wasn’t the best forward I’ve ever seen, but he was worth the entrance money.
The other one I liked was Gus Uhlenbeek. Never seen anything like it. Built like a middleweight, ran like a rhino with toothache. Sadly, straight ahead was his only option. On the charge he was virtually unstoppable. Thank god there was a stand at either end otherwise he’s still be going.
At the end of the charge would come the cannonball shot. Like a flippin missile. Would it decapitate somebody in the crowd? Where in the stand would it go? Would it go over the roof to Coes? One thing for sure, the net was rarely an option.
I really enjoyed watching Gus. He was pretty terrible really, but I see he made 94 appearances for us and scored as many as dear old Frank, so maybe I’m being harsh. |  | | |  |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 10:32 - May 23 with 3273 views | Wallingford_Boy |
Wow that’s harsh on Gus.
Frank was shit. |  |
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| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 10:37 - May 23 with 3262 views | Esseeja |
Tomáš Holý.
I actually didn't his performances when he was first playing for us, either, but eventually it went wrong, along with the rest of our results that season. [Post edited 23 May 10:38]
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| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 10:38 - May 23 with 3255 views | Churchman |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 10:32 - May 23 by Wallingford_Boy |
Wow that’s harsh on Gus.
Frank was shit. |
Oh I cheered and smiled with everyone else when his name was announced. He was good value and made me laugh, but let’s face it he was a bit cr@p. | | | |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 10:43 - May 23 with 3229 views | EJP |
Vemund Brekke Skard. Could have sworn he played more than 3 times for us. No idea why he was signed.
Nice bloke though, and lets face it - he was living our dream as it was like picking someone from the crowd to make up the numbers ... |  | | |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 10:45 - May 23 with 3202 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
CLACK |  |
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| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 10:54 - May 23 with 3153 views | LA_Tractor_Boy |
Graham Harbey will live long in the memory for those of a certain age.
But I often wonder if like a lot of players in the mid to late 80s, he was a victim of supporters remembering the great teams of the 70s and early 80s.
Same goes for John Duncan. Was he actually that bad a manager? | | | |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 10:55 - May 23 with 3129 views | FrimleyBlue |
Keenan bennets
Couldn't pass. Couldn't cross. Fell over a lot. But he tried and looked dangerous without actually achieving anything. [Post edited 23 May 10:56]
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| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 10:56 - May 23 with 3134 views | Plums |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 10:55 - May 23 by FrimleyBlue |
Keenan bennets
Couldn't pass. Couldn't cross. Fell over a lot. But he tried and looked dangerous without actually achieving anything. [Post edited 23 May 10:56]
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You can probably watch him on TV on Monday. |  |
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| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 11:07 - May 23 with 3098 views | BlueBadger |
I LOVED Gus. Ran, as my old man said 'like he'd got a turbo up his arse' and invariably put his cross in behind the goal line.
My personal favourite was Manu Thetis - just as capable of send a no-pressure 5 yard pass to an opposition player as he was a ludicrous bicycle kick in the opposition box. He was GREAT fun. |  |
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| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 11:08 - May 23 with 3083 views | muhrensleftfoot |
Boncho Genchev - always felt there was a brilliant skilful player there, but it never quite happened. |  | | |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 11:10 - May 23 with 3071 views | Leaky |
Manuel Thetis. Scored a cracker at WBA |  | | |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 11:19 - May 23 with 3002 views | Churchman |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 10:54 - May 23 by LA_Tractor_Boy |
Graham Harbey will live long in the memory for those of a certain age.
But I often wonder if like a lot of players in the mid to late 80s, he was a victim of supporters remembering the great teams of the 70s and early 80s.
Same goes for John Duncan. Was he actually that bad a manager? |
Harbey was atrocious. But unlike Gus and Frank I didn’t warm to him. He made me weep rather than laugh.
Now Douglas just left me annoyed as soon as his name was announced. There was nothing funny watching him stealing a living then be told by Mick he war a ‘proper bloke’.
This thread is about players you liked in spite of their hopelessness. | | | |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 11:32 - May 23 with 2964 views | jas0999 |
Bálint Bajner … | | | |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 11:39 - May 23 with 2925 views | waveneyblue |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 11:07 - May 23 by BlueBadger |
I LOVED Gus. Ran, as my old man said 'like he'd got a turbo up his arse' and invariably put his cross in behind the goal line.
My personal favourite was Manu Thetis - just as capable of send a no-pressure 5 yard pass to an opposition player as he was a ludicrous bicycle kick in the opposition box. He was GREAT fun. |
Thetis was the ultimate "never knew what he would do next"
Cruyff turns in his own box
Twice attempted overhead kicks.
Lifting up players to fight with.
Absolute legend |  | | |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 11:43 - May 23 with 2930 views | Hugoagogo_Reborn |
Georges Santos. Lovely bloke, couldn't control the strength of his passes and was always booting the ball out of play from Centre Back. |  |
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| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 11:43 - May 23 with 2929 views | wkj |
Larsen Touré, say what you like about the guy but he tried really hard to be a positive character off the field and from what I heard he was one who did a lot to help create a positive dressing room. [Post edited 23 May 11:44]
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| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 11:44 - May 23 with 2897 views | waveneyblue |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 11:19 - May 23 by Churchman |
Harbey was atrocious. But unlike Gus and Frank I didn’t warm to him. He made me weep rather than laugh.
Now Douglas just left me annoyed as soon as his name was announced. There was nothing funny watching him stealing a living then be told by Mick he war a ‘proper bloke’.
This thread is about players you liked in spite of their hopelessness. |
Douglas made me angry, absolutely abysmal for us and Mick just kept playing him, probably to annoy us. | | | |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 11:52 - May 23 with 2861 views | MattinLondon |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 11:44 - May 23 by waveneyblue |
Douglas made me angry, absolutely abysmal for us and Mick just kept playing him, probably to annoy us. |
Mick’s stubbornness probably cost him the opportunity to manage in the PL for longer than a lot of lesser qualified coaches managed to. |  | | |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 11:52 - May 23 with 2859 views | mellowblue |
Colin Quaner, absolute pants but I liked him. | | | |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 11:55 - May 23 with 2842 views | MattinLondon |
Myles Kenlock - always thought that with a bit more confidence he could’ve done better here. | | | |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 11:56 - May 23 with 2830 views | Herbivore |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 11:08 - May 23 by muhrensleftfoot |
Boncho Genchev - always felt there was a brilliant skilful player there, but it never quite happened. |
World Cup semi-finalist Boncho Genchev was definitely not rubbish. |  |
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| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 11:58 - May 23 with 2820 views | mellowblue |
Frank loved to chase down the goalie, with very little success. Got to admire the determination. Championship really was a couple of levels too high for him. | | | |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 12:08 - May 23 with 2762 views | MattinLondon |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 11:58 - May 23 by mellowblue |
Frank loved to chase down the goalie, with very little success. Got to admire the determination. Championship really was a couple of levels too high for him. |
When you look at his career a lot of managers must have seen something in him in order for him to have played for so long in L1/L2. But for whatever reason, he never really seemed to have been a player that stayed long at any particular club. | | | |
| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 12:15 - May 23 with 2731 views | urbanpenguin |
Stuart Slater |  |
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| Players who were rubbish but you liked on 12:21 - May 23 with 2700 views | burnbudgiesburn |
Bit harsh this one maybe but .... Macauley Bonne
Very limited, was at the peak of his powers for half a season with us and actually didn't do badly at all.
You could tell he loved wearing the shirt and that he got a chance here. I will look back fondly at his time, and his like was very much needed in trying to bond with a complete new set of players after the bomb squad.
I do still shudder there were quite a few Town fans who said we should have stumped up QPR's asking price of £2m | | | |
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