jawillwill Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 ...during "the wilderness years". Not people, like Jermaine Wright, BWP or Sagonowski who were made scapegoats for everything. Just players who most other Saints fans don't even remember, but for no reason at all, you quite liked. For me it's either Neil Trotman or Romain Gasmi.
Saintjersey Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Kayne Mclaggon. I remember being at Carrow Road when we came from 2-0 to grab a 2-2 draw. Mclaggon scored the first and set up the second and I remember thinking that this was kid was gonna have a bright future.
disconnect Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Tim Sparv or Cedric Baseya. Thought both were bright prospects and looked good in reserve games. Neither of them got much of a look in for the first team.
Jack Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Alex Ostlund. I know he was a bit of a cult hero, but he didn't really 'do' anything of note.
beatlesaint Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 I liked Adam Hammill.....there I've said it oh and Belmadi - the midfield guy who played in the Championship for us when Redcrapp was here.
sussexsaint Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Not sure if it counts as the wilderness years but I always really liked Joe Tessem
The9 Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Jake Thomson. Thought he was going to be the new Walcott. Wasn't.
kpturner Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Not sure if it counts as the wilderness years but I always really liked Joe TessemDespite not knowing how to spell his name
The9 Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Not sure if it counts as the wilderness years but I always really liked Jo Tessem It definitely doesn't count, no. He left Saints before we played in the Championship.
Ado Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Yoann Folly, I must be the only person to have bought a "Folly 31" away shirt. Thought the guy was the next Vieira
sussexsaint Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Despite not knowing how to spell his name Thats fair enough , still liked him though Ill have another crack and go for Bart then , stuck with us the whole way through the drop and rise
bpsaint Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Frederico "The Torpedo" Arias. Dubbed as a brilliant winger who was insanely fast. The only speedy thing about him was how quickly he was shown the door.
Bearsy Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Iniesta is good. Never had much impact on Saints, but I've always rated him as a player.
Dazza82 Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Tomasz Hajto and Kamil Kosowski can always remember Hajto cross field passes to kosowski
The Kraken Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Darren Powell. Far too injured to make any sort of impact for us, but I reckon if we'd have had him consistently fit we could have done much better than we did, I always liked the steel he gave to our backline.
kpturner Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Darren Powell. Far too injured to make any sort of impact for us, but I reckon if we'd have had him consistently fit we could have done much better than we did, I always liked the steel he gave to our backline.Had an awesome punch as well.
SNSUN Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Anthony Pulis - if only for the comedy posts about him.
saintmatt Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Frederico "The Torpedo" Arias. Dubbed as a brilliant winger who was insanely fast. The only speedy thing about him was how quickly he was shown the door. Beat me to it! Yoann Folly, I must be the only person to have bought a "Folly 31" away shirt. Thought the guy was the next Vieira You weren't alone, although I never got his name on my shirt!
doubleonothing Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Kanchelskis - Thought he was going to be great based on how he had been at Utd and Everton. Andrei Pereplyotkin - Thought he was going to be the next big thing. Work permit plunder stopped that one.
norwaysaint Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Surman, came up through the ranks, Saints through and through, played his heart out during the bad years, then had to leave whether he wanted to or not and ended up missing out on our rise in fortunes.
Saint_clark Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Some of the players mentioned in this thread have actually made a massive impact on Saints in the past, whether good or bad.
jawillwill Posted 13 July, 2012 Author Posted 13 July, 2012 Surman, came up through the ranks, Saints through and through, played his heart out during the bad years, then had to leave whether he wanted to or not and ended up missing out on our rise in fortunes. FFS. He's was good for us! Read the OP! Unless you're being nasty and think Surman had no impact on Saints? Is that what you think? He's a Saints fan through and through and did all he could to stay with us in the tough times. I think he'll definitely be back one day though. A bit like Jack Cork he has had to go away for a little while while he was quite young to concentrate on his career away from all the non-footballing distractions. When the time is right, he'll return in a blaze of glory and be better than ever before, making all the Norweigians/Fatsos/teachers/boilermen/students/dads (etc. etc.) in the crowd happy again. Obviously Cork probably still always kept an eye on Saints from a distance, and probably still occasionally read SWF, but had to step away from the actual club for a while in order to become the great young player he is today. Actually, having written all that, I don't think Andrew Surman will ever return actually.
Saint Craig Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Yoann Folly, I must be the only person to have bought a "Folly 31" away shirt. Thought the guy was the next Vieira Haha you say Vieira, I was saying Claude Makelele. Very wide of the mark as he was playing for Plymouth and Dag & Redbridge in no time unfortunately. Last I heard he was kicking a ball around in Scotland. I also saw a bright future in Tim Sparv yet he eventually got released with barely a look in for the first team. Still wonder what might have been for him.
Mr Saints Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Peter Madsen. Fantastic on Championship Manager, average in real life.
corsacar saint Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Anders Svennson,he should have been one of Saints greatest midfield players.
doddisalegend Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Jacob Mellis - Seem to remember him looking really good in one game and then totally pants every other time I saw him.
Katalinic Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Uli Van Gobbel - great fun watching other players bounce off him. I didn't think he was too bad but meh.
LeBenali Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Peter Madsen, although my cult hero from the era was Viafara (although he doesn't fit in with this thread title because he obviously had a massive impact up at Derby!).
The Kraken Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Russell Osman. Tremendous hair. We've got a film star, we've got a film star, you ain't, you ain't. Pretty sure no-one anywhere ever got that one.
Danish Saint Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 John Beresford. At the time I thought we got a really good defender at a bargain... Spend more time in the treatment room than David Connolly.
Lets B Avenue Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Charlie George. We even had to wait over 3 months for him to get on the pitch and another 6 for him to touch the ball.
Pugwash Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Idiakez. Remember seeing him coming out of the Land Rover dealership just after he'd signed. Utter journeyman. Christ though, we've been through some players in recent years! And who was La Ling?
Saint_Mabes Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 I really liked Safri. Also Pele but only when played as a defensive midfielder not a CB. They didn't exactly do nothing i guess. They were fairly solid, just at a poo time!
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Every player we've signed who's come with the label of either a free kick or a long shot specialist.
sandwichsaint Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Vignall, Guthrie, Mellis, Trottman, Ifell, (this will be unpopular) Euell were all decent for us. Had to LOL the other day at someone who said Chris Perry wasn't very good very for us, he gave his absolute all for us, shot legs or not, and the sides he played in made him look like Beckenbaur. I also had a soft spot for Wotten, right signing, wrong player, but he never gave less than the proverbial 110%. Kudos to Bart for sticking with us. Shame Patterson never made it, saw a couple of decent games from him, ditto Jake Thomson and also McLaggon away at Norwich. I always said Dyer would end up in the premier league. Never good enough for us but pleased that Lloyd James seems to have found his level at Colchester, a real trier and he also delivered a mean set-piece (anybody there will never forget his worldy away at Brentford). It seems to be fashionable (or marmite) to slag Antonio, I thought he was great, rather blocked out by the Ox but wouldn't say no to having had him in the squad the last three years. Papa Waigo was also well under-rated, not sure about Prem but he would have been worth his place in a 22 man squad last season. Gully de Prado is also very good but well under-rated by a lot of Saints fans!
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