I reckon I've said that about 50 times in my life. It started with Ray Deakin & is currently being levelled at Darren Pratley. I've definitely said it about Vaz Te & from recent memory Daniel Braaten too.

 

Anybody substantially worse than these 4?

wilhelmsson

braaten

gerald cid

Everyone from 1986 - 1990.

wilhelmsson

braaten

gerald cid

 

wilhelmsson was/is a decent player.

 

just not for us.

 

weve had loads of shit in recent years (usually back handed signings by allardyce)

 

but i dont think you can count decent players who just didnt do it for just us.

Also, I remember John Gregory coming on for as cameo once. Sure he'd retired 6 months earlier, but his fat wobbly legs still got on the pitch for 20 minutes of football.

 

I've just had a Peter Barnes flashback too. Make it stop.

Djibril Diawara sticks out for me. Looked like he'd never played them game before. Zero positional sense

blessing kaku

 

1 game and that was too much

 

emmanuel morini, we thought he would be the next maradona, how wrong were we!

wilhelmsson was/is a decent player.

 

just not for us.

 

weve had loads of shit in recent years (usually back handed signings by allardyce)

 

but i dont think you can count decent players who just didnt do it for just us.

 

he could be brilliant but i was replying to the thread title and he was shite in a whites shirt and i remember his performance in belgrade!

Been some shockers - Martin Djetou, Franck Passi and that spaniard who came at the same time as Salva Bellesta, can't remember his name.

 

From the older days, I never rated Gary Henshaw, Chris Thompson or Steve Elliott

We somehow got a point at Anfield with a team including Diawara.

 

Nigel Jemson for me.

Oh yes, add Mario Jardel and Robert Fleck to the list

Marcus Hallows.

Steve MacAnespie

Rasiak

Wayne Burnett.

 

Anybody remember him coming on at Burnden one game (maybe his debut) and he kept running sideways across the pitch rather than running forward with it. It was like he had blinkers on and couldnt turn the right way

Makakula

 

Andy Cambell

 

Fleck as mentioned earlier

 

Chris Armstrong

Wayne Burnett.

 

Anybody remember him coming on at Burnden one game (maybe his debut) and he kept running sideways across the pitch rather than running forward with it. It was like he had blinkers on and couldnt turn the right way

 

Maybe someone had an unattended suitcase in the crowd.

Wayne Burnett.

 

Anybody remember him coming on at Burnden one game (maybe his debut) and he kept running sideways across the pitch rather than running forward with it. It was like he had blinkers on and couldnt turn the right way

 

Wayne Burnett AKA the Crab!

Only one winner for me - Jardel.He looked like he'd gone a bit mental through all his drug/booze abuse, he didn't have any positional sense whatsoever - oh and he ran like a tart anarl.

John O'Kane and Nicky Sumerbee were gash

Ability with the ball, Robinson and Knight for sure.

This thread showing a generation gap - some of these players mentioned would have been footballing gods at Burnden in the 80s.

This thread showing a generation gap - some of these players mentioned would have been footballing gods at Burnden in the 80s.

Spot on. The prize for couldn't give a shit has got to go to Nigel Jemson.

Most useless probably Ian Moores.

Warren Joyce was bad but Phil Neal still thought he could build a team around him.

Jardel was a fat cunt but not a bad player.

 

We've had MANY worse.

Jardel hit the post against Fulham I think and scored at Anfield, he wasn't THAT bad. There's a fucking huge difference between being way out of shape and being totally shit.

Though he wasn't that shit. I hated Micheal ricketts... And still do