Chez 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. I just want to say that he was one of the worst footballers I have ever seen.Thank god he was injured a lot.
SNSUN Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Ooh ooh ooh Mark Paul. A name that gets trotted out once in a while with him described as the next Michael Owen. He wasn't. http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/paul.htm
shurlock Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Kamil Kosowski - looked like a porn star and session musician from a 70s krautrock band - no doubt 'arry and rosie did quite nicely.
Monk Posted 13 July, 2012 Posted 13 July, 2012 Leandre Grifit: really thought he was awesome at first.
Saint J 77 Posted 14 July, 2012 Posted 14 July, 2012 (edited) Stern John, for his goals against Sheffield Utd to keep us up. A player I thought underrated during our premier league years was Simon Charlton, always remember him clearing a last gasp header off the line against Crewe in the Fa cup years ago. We were 3 nil up and cruising, but typically we let them back into the game. All of a sudden it was 3-2 and in the last effort of the match should have been 3-3 but he made a great stop on the line. I think we signed him from Huddersfield and his career here started sluggishly. After a while though his form improved and he was a fairly decent player. Not a world beater by any means but for us at the time, I thought he turned out alright. Edited 14 July, 2012 by Saint J 77 just noticed the wilderness years part, so ive updated my post :)
PhilippineSaint Posted 14 July, 2012 Posted 14 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. Most certainly this and I have nieces now called Charlie and George
SuperMikey Posted 14 July, 2012 Posted 14 July, 2012 Paul Wotton, most definitely. Aside from scoring that decisive penalty to put us through in the JPT against Norwich, did he do anything else? Nice bloke and a decent pro though - now back at Plymouth.
SaintsAddict Posted 14 July, 2012 Posted 14 July, 2012 Tomasz Hajto and Jordan Robertson are my favourite saints of the wilderness years that have killed people (possible new thread?). My favourite player with little impact has to be Oscar Gobern, Preston away, one of those "I was there" moments.
sidthesquid Posted 14 July, 2012 Posted 14 July, 2012 I always liked Scott Hiley - a good example of determination overcoming limited ability, and a specialist at clearing hte ball off his own line.
doddisalegend Posted 14 July, 2012 Posted 14 July, 2012 Actually surprised no one has mentioned Considering the hype he was a major let down..
doddisalegend Posted 14 July, 2012 Posted 14 July, 2012 Also I really liked Wayne Thomas...barely a footballer more a thug pretending to be a footballer his greatest saints moment was a good one though
Wade Garrett Posted 14 July, 2012 Posted 14 July, 2012 Jim Brennan. Very sad about his stroke. At least he's got Dot to look after him.
Wade Garrett Posted 14 July, 2012 Posted 14 July, 2012 Charlie George/Frank Worthington. Remember Frank giving Villa fans the finger when he was subbed, at The Dell.
St BATman Posted 14 July, 2012 Posted 14 July, 2012 Thought Safri was immense for us. Always liked McNish and Gobern as well and was convinced both were destined for a really bright future...
Katalinic Posted 14 July, 2012 Posted 14 July, 2012 I seem to recall a couple of wingers in the mid 90's that played a handful of times, seemed to have some kind of potential, but then completely disappeared - Russ Watkinson was one, was the other Andy/Andrew Williams?
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 14 July, 2012 Posted 14 July, 2012 Richard Wright & Christian Daily. Forgot either played for us until having a think about this. Made me laugh.
farawaysaint Posted 14 July, 2012 Posted 14 July, 2012 Also I really liked Wayne Thomas...barely a footballer more a thug pretending to be a footballer his greatest saints moment was a good one though I was at this game, great goal! Don't think he made back his 2 million pound transfer fee somehow though.
Sparky_Mark Posted 14 July, 2012 Posted 14 July, 2012 Has to Be John Viafara! Purely for that heartbreaking evening away at Derby in the play offs, where the hell is he now?!
Badger Posted 14 July, 2012 Posted 14 July, 2012 Charlie George/Frank Worthington. Remember Frank giving Villa fans the finger when he was subbed, at The Dell. Ronnie Ekelund I don't think you can justifiably say they had little or no impact even in their short time with us. Ekelund was immense. Frankie looked woeful for the first few months, but really came alive after Christmas, with the cup run. I always thought he started to believe 'Frankie [could] go to Wembley', for the first time in his career for a cup final, and it energised him. (But for that f^cking runt Heath, it would have been) Richard Wright & Christian Daily. Forgot either played for us until having a think about this. Made me laugh. Again both contributed in their short time, and many people wanted them to return.
saintchris23 Posted 14 July, 2012 Posted 14 July, 2012 Ronnie Ekelund - What a player, totally stunning to watch him and Le Tissier and I love the story of how we ended up with him. He'll have a place in Saints fans hearts forever. My pick would be Jelle Van Damme. Brilliant name, looked the part but had the attitude of a petulant child. Saw him play once and thought he'd be insanely good, then saw him at Plymouth away in a pre-season friendly and couldn't believe the difference.
stthrobber Posted 14 July, 2012 Posted 14 July, 2012 Belmadi scored a fantastic goal against Crewe Alexandra in our first season down. Remember him running halfway across the pitch to celebrate with the old twitchy bstard. Funnily enough, another who started brightly and then did nothing, much like Saganowski once he'd been given a contract
doddisalegend Posted 14 July, 2012 Posted 14 July, 2012 I was at this game, great goal! Don't think he made back his 2 million pound transfer fee somehow though. Shocking that he cost that much....
Chris Larkin Posted 14 July, 2012 Posted 14 July, 2012 Alan Bennett looked like he'd never played football before in his life during his debut (Opening Day of 07/08, Jamie Scowcroft got a hat-trick as Palace beat us 4-2 at SMS), but he was pretty solid after that. Also loved Jhon Viáfara, both for his style of play and for the time that he shot from the edge of the area at the Chapel End and managed to hit the screen hanging from the roof.
funkymojo44 Posted 15 July, 2012 Posted 15 July, 2012 Anyone recall Ryan Smith? Apparently had 14 games with us in 2008/09 Only reason i remember him was when he came on as a sub v the whitecaps for Chivas the other day. Literally came on, ran around a bit ad that was it. Was supposed to have a bright future
funkymojo44 Posted 15 July, 2012 Posted 15 July, 2012 Oh and i'll throw in Zoltan Liptak and Henri Camara. Liptak i liked and thought he could make an impact but only made 7 sub appearances. Camara was exciting to watch, had pace and was dangerous but ultimately couldnt save us from the drop.
whizzpop Posted 15 July, 2012 Posted 15 July, 2012 Players who made no impact, and no one seems to talk about anymore - Yoann Folly, Zoltan Liptak, Alex Pearce, Jordan Robertson, Youssef Safri, Marcelo Sarmiento and Chris Makin
mitch01 Posted 15 July, 2012 Posted 15 July, 2012 Sarmiento, Jordan Robertson, Chele, Kevin Miller, Tomas Hajto.
Saint_clark Posted 15 July, 2012 Posted 15 July, 2012 So this has now become a "random players from over the years, whether they've contributed or not" thread?
Wilf Posted 15 July, 2012 Posted 15 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. Yep it's got to be Charlie hasn't it
radio slave Posted 15 July, 2012 Posted 15 July, 2012 http://www.brabnerschaffestreet.com/team/Stuart+Ripley
Channon's Sideburns Posted 16 July, 2012 Posted 16 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? He was a prolific trialist in the Keegan years...
The Majestic Channon Posted 16 July, 2012 Posted 16 July, 2012 Very sad about his stroke. At least he's got Dot to look after him. At least he won't be at st marys prompting the crowd again, how pointless was that
ericofarabia Posted 16 July, 2012 Posted 16 July, 2012 (edited) Kleber Chala. Tin Man Delgado's buddy to keep him company in the treatment room. Don't think he played 1st team footie for us despite having 86 international caps and winning the league 4 times with Nacional. His biggest crime was not letting us fans knowing it was Delgado"s birthday, which led to The Tinman getting the huff and never living up to his billing. Actually I guess The Tinman was even better at acheiving zilch with us at a much higher cost!! EDIT .... hadn't noticed "the wilderness years"proviso .... however I'd like to keep my boys in as it was deals like this (and airfares and medical costs etc) that contributed to our downfall. Edited 16 July, 2012 by ericofarabia
Thedelldays Posted 16 July, 2012 Posted 16 July, 2012 Forcast the press he gets on here is hilarious despite having no impact what so ever you would think he was alone in being a crap player having signed for saints not as if we have never done this before lol
ericofarabia Posted 16 July, 2012 Posted 16 July, 2012 (edited) Forcast the press he gets on here is hilarious despite having no impact what so ever you would think he was alone in being a crap player having signed for saints not as if we have never done this before lol I think it's the 5 year contract bit that hurts, much like the long contract Pulis signed. Are they selling I've seen Forecast play T Shirts after Saturdays cameo 45 mins? Should be a best seller. Edited 18 July, 2012 by ericofarabia
dellboypete Posted 16 July, 2012 Posted 16 July, 2012 Ronnie Ekelund One of the best players I have ever seen in a Saints shirt - but he was a "could have been great" for us
September Saint Posted 17 July, 2012 Posted 17 July, 2012 So this has now become a "random players from over the years, whether they've contributed or not" thread? Not certain which of the 2 categories Nathan Dyer fits into. He could be amazing at times even though he looked about 12 Wonder if he'd still be playing with us if it wasn't for that "incident" at Portsmouth with BWP Views?
Jez Posted 17 July, 2012 Posted 17 July, 2012 I think every single Saints player we have had over the last 10 years seems to have been mentioned now. Well done all - mission accomplished
Chez Posted 17 July, 2012 Posted 17 July, 2012 Shocking that he cost that much.... he didn't, it was more like £1.2m, but still a lot considering he was available for about £250,000 to everyone else but us desperate mugs.
KK the 2nd Posted 18 July, 2012 Posted 18 July, 2012 Perry Groves David Hirst Tommy Jenkins Austin Hayes
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