The College Dropout Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 8 minutes ago, Consortium of one said: Shelvey, Alan Smith, Colback, Hendrick. We have had some horrific midfield play in the Ashley era. I remember Dyer, Jenas, Parker, Emre, Tiote, Milner getting loads of stick on here. Million miles above the shit we've endured since. That Arsenal lad is a breath of fresh air. He's no better than Jenas was for us but seeing a midfielder that can run, with a first touch and some ability is a rare combination for us these days. Hayden's a bit of a clogger too but he's as good as we've had since Cabaye. We used to criticise Cabaye's athleticism, Shelvey makes him look like Patrick Vieira. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stal Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Mike Hooper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 (edited) Endless list in recent years really. Shola’s the one who springs to mind, Dummett, Smith, Butt, any number of shites. Dummett has partly redeemed himself through becoming a semi-useful squad player, but only just. And I am aware Shola cared about the club and tried his best. But both should’ve been peddled a lot earlier. Edited April 13, 2021 by AyeDubbleYoo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Those pictures on the first page ffs I know they were hidden but I wasn't prepared for that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big River Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 It was Shola's celebration that used to get me. Strolling away slapping his chest looking smug, like he done it every fucking week Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Main ones have been said so I'll chuck in a curveball: Bramble. Now to see if my Tweet telling Ronaldo that the forum's defence systems were down was ignored or not... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzz Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Shola is definitely number one. I can understand persevering with him a bit when he was younger but he should have been booted out by at least 2007 (he had that brief spell under Roeder in 2006 where he looked ok before getting injured). He was here for another seven years after that fgs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Hendrick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Steve Harper. It’s probably a bit of a harsh one but as soon as Given moved on Krul should have been given the shirt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 You bloody Shola haters! He was the mackem slayer ffs Old Shola was so impossibly slow tbf and his daisy cutters were like goddam snails. I'll gonna go for Jenas. Reckon him being Vieira mk II was debunked very early and a top class replacement with a bit more presence in midfield could have made a huge difference to that team. Another thread idea there, which one player would you move to a different era for most success. Peak Tiote with Solano, Robert and Dyer would have been hot shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Joelinton, Rivière, Cacapa, one game should have been the limit for them 3. Could name quite a few from late 70’s early 80’s but we were dogshit so wouldn’t be fair, ............fuck it, Billy Askew, played a belter for Hull against us and we bought the gonk. He was supposed to be a bit of a coup ?. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Geremi Duff Amdy Faye Joelinton Steve Carr Berecca (all four minutes) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, SEMTEX said: Certain players benefited from us going down. They garnered some level of forgiveness/usefulness by being reasonable in a shit league. I mean: Gouffran (127), Simpson (137), Anita (155!), Butt (173), all went back and forth between being total shit or exceptionally mediocre. Robbie Elliott managed 188 appearances for us, and quite obviously shouldn't have been with us 2nd time around. He seemed mediocre first time around but my memory is hazy of such a time. Didn't have a problem with Elliot like? Decent squad player brought back on a free, thought he did alright, unless I'm misremembering I do have affection for Shola, but aye he's right up there. For him to still be picking up so many games well after proving his limitations was a real sign of the club's demise. Afraid I'd put Dwight Gayle there now too. I appreciate him for his contribution in the promotion season, and he did alright first year up - but think it's quite sad he's still getting games now, we both should've moved on. Edited April 13, 2021 by Inferior Acuña Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 20-30 years from now Joelinton will be seen as the worst signing in our history. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, Beth said: 20-30 years from now Joelinton will be seen as the worst signing in our history. That’s pretty optimistic about future signings Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Anita is a great shout. Incomprehensible number of appearances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Sammy Ameobi in there tooo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 (edited) I remember trying to big up (no pun intended ) Anita on here a lot because I had this idea that he would become our next Cabaye Technically he was decent enough as you'd expect from a former Ajax product but yeah he was just a nothing player really Edited April 13, 2021 by Chicane Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 I liked Anita but I don’t remember getting much agreement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 36 minutes ago, Inferior Acuña said: Didn't have a problem with Elliot like? Decent squad player brought back on a free, thought he did alright, unless I'm misremembering I do have affection for Shola, but aye he's right up there. For him to still be picking up so many games well after proving his limitations was a real sign of the club's demise. Afraid I'd put Dwight Gayle there now too. I appreciate him for his contribution in the promotion season, and he did alright first year up - but think it's quite sad he's still getting games now, we both should've moved on. Just seemed to be a lot of appearances for someone who was clearly not good enough to start for a PL side. 25 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: I liked Anita but I don’t remember getting much agreement I didn't mind him / thought there was potential, but 155 appearances? Both parties should've moved on about 80 appearances prior to that I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Lenny said: I'm insulted that even with the relatively few response so far, Butt hasn't been mentioned. Here here. Would add Stephen Carr in there too. Fucking fat waster. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 50 minutes ago, Beth said: 20-30 years from now Joelinton will be seen as the worst signing in our history. He is already when you take into account the money spent on him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Think Anita had a bit of a revival under Rafa? Seem to remember being more confident at the end of that PL season under Rafa with Anita in at RB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Stephen Carr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Considering the years before where we mainly used Hughes and Griffin, Carr was a massive upgrade to the right back position. He got old quick though and he definitely got one more season that he should have. Was a massive relief when Beye replaced him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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