Marino Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 Alan Bennett. Loaned to us for 6 months by Reading - remember these were the dark days - and 'starred' on his debut in our 4-1 home defeat by Palace on the opening game of the 07-08 season. Culpable for at least 2 of their goals, the fans never forgave him.
Saint_Ash Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 Alan Bennett. Loaned to us for 6 months by Reading - remember these were the dark days - and 'starred' on his debut in our 4-1 home defeat by Palace on the opening game of the 07-08 season. Culpable for at least 2 of their goals, the fans never forgave him. I remember watching him thinking he is not good enough for Sunday league, one of the worse players I've seen in a Saints shirt, and there have been a few bad ones. I really wanted Tadinari Lee to come good, I remember watching him live at Watford when Rickie got his Hat-trick thinking he would be excellent.
SuperSAINT Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 Thought I'd dust off my old list of players that have been through these doors since relegation from the Prem. A. SVENSSON BERNARD CAMARA CROUCH DAVENPORT DODD FERNANDES JAKOBSEN LE SAUX NILSSON PHILLIPS REDKNAPP TELFER TESSEM YAHIA TEJERA WISE BLAYNEY NIEMI McCANN St.JUSTE WALCOTT HAJTO ORMEROD McNEIL M.MILLS DELAP QUASHIE GRIFFIT CHAPLOW (loan) MADSEN POTTER KOSOWSKI PAHARS ANCALET BRENNAN KENTON VAN DAMME OAKLEY SMITH FOLLY HIGGINBOTHAM BLACKSTOCK FULLER SPARV CRITCHELL SARMIENTO RICHARDS RUDD MILLER PRUTTON BELMADI BALE CONDESSA GUTHRIE BEST CRANIE BAIRD SVENSSON PELE JONES DAILLY IFIL METTOMO BENNETT O'HALLORAN PEARCE (ian) LUNDEKVAM MAKIN R. WRIGHT VIGNAL PERICARD PERRY LUCKETTI HAMMILL DUTTON-BLACK OSTLUND POWELL WRIGHT IDIAKEZ LICKA BASEYA SAFRI VIAFARA A.DAVIES PEKHART ROBERTSON PEARCE (alex) CORK Kyle Davies GASMI SKACEL SMITH Hatch Imudia LIPTAK SAEIJS DYER SVENSSON McGOLDRICK SURMAN WRIGHT-PHILLIPS EUELL JOHN RASIAK TROTMAN MELLIS PATERSON SAGANOWSKI OTSEMOBOR Boyle Dunford GILLETT JAMES LANCASHIRE McCLAGGON MURTY PERRY POKE THOMAS THOMSON WHITE ANTONIO WAIGO Preen MOLYNEUX BIGNALL WOTTON SHEA Jordace Holder-Spooner lloyd foot PULIS Sam Argent Ryan Tafazolli McNish Tony Garrod N'GUESSAN GOBERN D.STEPHENS CHAMBERLAIN MILLS Jack Saville FALQUE BIALKOWSKI JAIDI HOLMES DOBLE CONNOLLY Harlee Dean Aarran Racine Dovey HARDING FORECAST DICKSON SEABORNE Sam Hoskins REEVES RICHARDSON BUTTERFIELD Alberto Seidi CHAPLOW FORREN DE RIDDER HAMMOND LEE MARTIN FOX PUNCHEON Corby Moore BARNARD FORTE Do PRADO Andy Robinson Matt Young Joe Curtis LAMBERT SHAW LALLANA LOVREN CHAMBERS SHARP **TAIDER** CORK BORUC HOOIVELD CROPPER Chris Johns Omar Rowe Jake Sinclair Niall Mason **ELIA** **DJURICIC** CLYNE OSVALDO **ALDERWEIRELD** SCHNEIDERLIN MAYUKA **CAULKER** Harry Isted K.DAVIS **STEKELENBURG** RAMIREZ Will Britt JUANMI WANYAMA MANE PELLE Bevis Mugabe TURNBALL Josh Debayo
mrfahaji Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 (edited) I also thought Imants Bleidelis had potential.... and that Scottish lad Paul MacDonald in the mid-90s. Bleidelis will, for me at least, always be associated with that Tranmere game. Edited 5 January, 2017 by mrfahaji
Monkou Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 Simon Charlton. Not a glamorous player but always gave 100% for saints. He was also the first saints autograph i ever got.
Jai27 Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 Tadanari Lee, obviously I still wonder what could have been had Guly not sabotaged Lee's time at Saints!
Give it to Ron Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 Yahia was an odd one we had really crap defenders yet he didn't get a game. In reserves he never lost a header in matches I saw. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
salisbury saints1 Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 I was convinced that Perry Groves would become one of the latest line of players discarded for being too old but performed really well for saints. Plus I thought the best transfer business was persuading West Ham to part with £1M fir Ian Dowie!
FriendlySaint Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 Guly He did alright for us in the championship obviously. Crap is harsh Jermaine Wright
Greenridge Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 Always thought Andrew Davies was a better player than he was given credit for although I seem to recall winning player of the season when only playing half the campaign. Shows what a state we were in then I guess. Injury prone unfortunately.
Pass the Dutchie Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 SAEIJS [video=youtube_share;xEM4CL4s9P4] (skip to 2m7s)
sandwichsaint Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 Chris Perry - his legs had gone but he put himself through it every week for us. Antonio - I thought he had excellent potential, the forum genius's and the fans on the board knew better, one that got away. Osvaldo - I didn't see much of him but he was always 'interesting', and that goal too - probably 3 years ahead of his time punching Fonte out as well. PS I do realise we couldn't sign Antonio at the time.
jjsaint Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 Chris Perry. Obviously not crap for all of his career but was at the very very very end when he came to us. Immense at times when most of our players were utter crap.
ericb Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 I remember watching him thinking he is not good enough for Sunday league, one of the worse players I've seen in a Saints shirt, and there have been a few bad ones. I really wanted Tadinari Lee to come good, I remember watching him live at Watford when Rickie got his Hat-trick thinking he would be excellent. Despite what others would have you think the worst player i've ever seen wear the shirt wasn't Ali Dia (let's be honest he doesn't count) but Lee Todd. Signed at the same time as Paul Jones i think Lee Todd had all the attributes of a player in the bottom divisions on a downward trajectory. A full back that made Clasie look like a giant, but coupled with the positional sense of an oil tanker and an ability to read the game second only to Stevie Wonder. I remember seeing him in one particular game, away from home at Arsenal, having to "mark" Henry. He was absolutely torn to shreds and by the beginning of the second half it actually looked like Henry was taking pity on him because he realised just how sh*t he was.
Give it to Ron Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 Despite what others would have you think the worst player i've ever seen wear the shirt wasn't Ali Dia (let's be honest he doesn't count) but Lee Todd. Signed at the same time as Paul Jones i think Lee Todd had all the attributes of a player in the bottom divisions on a downward trajectory. A full back that made Clasie look like a giant, but coupled with the positional sense of an oil tanker and an ability to read the game second only to Stevie Wonder. I remember seeing him in one particular game, away from home at Arsenal, having to "mark" Henry. He was absolutely torn to shreds and by the beginning of the second half it actually looked like Henry was taking pity on him because he realised just how sh*t he was. Mine was Pulis son...absolute sh1te....shouts at everyone but couldn't do a thing with the ball or without it.
Bananaman Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 Kamil Kosowski and Djamel Belmadi (who is now managing in Qatar btw!)
September Saint Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 Stern John Sounded like a character from Viz Remember him from Survival Sunday
Bad Wolf Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 De Ridder, Ostlund. Blackstock, Harding. All fairly bad players but something quite loveable about them all. I'll even put the legendary Jermaine Wright into the list! However my all time favourite of the crap lot has to be Djemel Belmadi! Scored in the first ever Saints game I went to see, 2-0 win over Crewe on my 13th birthday. I know Quashie scored a penalty that game too but I don't remember which way round the goals were but either way he scored the first ever Saints goal from open play that I saw (in a competitive game). Loved him from then on even though he was fairly gash.
spyinthesky Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 Terry Curran Crap but his goal v Leeds sent us to Wembley in 1979 Got sent off at QPR the following season I think Steve Baker Local lad but a pretty poor full back
Tom Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 Jeff Kenna Neil Moss Iain Dowie Duncan Spedding Andy Williams Neal Bartlett Frankie Bennett Neil McCann
simo Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 Oh I forgot Mr David "don't sing I'm back from the dead" Connolly! Was one of our better players when not in the physios room imo
Bananaman Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 also, what about that keeper... I want to say Kevin Miller (?) I remeber him being pretty decent for us when called in.
Poolesaint Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 Mickey Evans. Basically, crap, but scored some vital goals for us, looked like a wurzel and headed the post. Did we get him from Plymouth or he moved to Plymouth from us? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Greenridge Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 also, what about that keeper... I want to say Kevin Miller (?) I remeber him being pretty decent for us when called in. Modelled himself on Wayne Shaw. Actually, as you say, he did OK for us. Big lad.
StDunko Posted 5 January, 2017 Posted 5 January, 2017 Chris Perry. Obviously not crap for all of his career but was at the very very very end when he came to us. Immense at times when most of our players were utter crap. I was just about to say Perry. Was an underwhelming signing that actually turned out to be pretty good, particularly considering his stature for a CB.
Dublin Saint Posted 6 January, 2017 Posted 6 January, 2017 Thought I'd dust off my old list of players that have been through these doors since relegation from the Prem. A. SVENSSON BERNARD CAMARA CROUCH DAVENPORT DODD FERNANDES JAKOBSEN LE SAUX NILSSON PHILLIPS REDKNAPP TELFER TESSEM YAHIA TEJERA WISE BLAYNEY NIEMI McCANN St.JUSTE WALCOTT HAJTO ORMEROD McNEIL M.MILLS DELAP QUASHIE GRIFFIT CHAPLOW (loan) MADSEN POTTER KOSOWSKI PAHARS ANCALET BRENNAN KENTON VAN DAMME OAKLEY SMITH FOLLY HIGGINBOTHAM BLACKSTOCK FULLER SPARV CRITCHELL SARMIENTO RICHARDS RUDD MILLER PRUTTON BELMADI BALE CONDESSA GUTHRIE BEST CRANIE BAIRD SVENSSON PELE JONES DAILLY IFIL METTOMO BENNETT O'HALLORAN PEARCE (ian) LUNDEKVAM MAKIN R. WRIGHT VIGNAL PERICARD PERRY LUCKETTI HAMMILL DUTTON-BLACK OSTLUND POWELL WRIGHT IDIAKEZ LICKA BASEYA SAFRI VIAFARA A.DAVIES PEKHART ROBERTSON PEARCE (alex) CORK Kyle Davies GASMI SKACEL SMITH Hatch Imudia LIPTAK SAEIJS DYER SVENSSON McGOLDRICK SURMAN WRIGHT-PHILLIPS EUELL JOHN RASIAK TROTMAN MELLIS PATERSON SAGANOWSKI OTSEMOBOR Boyle Dunford GILLETT JAMES LANCASHIRE McCLAGGON MURTY PERRY POKE THOMAS THOMSON WHITE ANTONIO WAIGO Preen MOLYNEUX BIGNALL WOTTON SHEA Jordace Holder-Spooner lloyd foot PULIS Sam Argent Ryan Tafazolli McNish Tony Garrod N'GUESSAN GOBERN D.STEPHENS CHAMBERLAIN MILLS Jack Saville FALQUE BIALKOWSKI JAIDI HOLMES DOBLE CONNOLLY Harlee Dean Aarran Racine Dovey HARDING FORECAST DICKSON SEABORNE Sam Hoskins REEVES RICHARDSON BUTTERFIELD Alberto Seidi CHAPLOW FORREN DE RIDDER HAMMOND LEE MARTIN FOX PUNCHEON Corby Moore BARNARD FORTE Do PRADO Andy Robinson Matt Young Joe Curtis LAMBERT SHAW LALLANA LOVREN CHAMBERS SHARP **TAIDER** CORK BORUC HOOIVELD CROPPER Chris Johns Omar Rowe Jake Sinclair Niall Mason **ELIA** **DJURICIC** CLYNE OSVALDO **ALDERWEIRELD** SCHNEIDERLIN MAYUKA **CAULKER** Harry Isted K.DAVIS **STEKELENBURG** RAMIREZ Will Britt JUANMI WANYAMA MANE PELLE Bevis Mugabe TURNBALL Josh Debayo F*****g hell Two from the past. Andy Rogers. Played 5 games in the early 80s. And David Madden from around the same time. He was so gifted but never really showed it.
saint si Posted 6 January, 2017 Posted 6 January, 2017 Despite what others would have you think the worst player i've ever seen wear the shirt wasn't Ali Dia (let's be honest he doesn't count) but Lee Todd. Signed at the same time as Paul Jones i think Lee Todd had all the attributes of a player in the bottom divisions on a downward trajectory. A full back that made Clasie look like a giant, but coupled with the positional sense of an oil tanker and an ability to read the game second only to Stevie Wonder. I remember seeing him in one particular game, away from home at Arsenal, having to "mark" Henry. He was absolutely torn to shreds and by the beginning of the second half it actually looked like Henry was taking pity on him because he realised just how sh*t he was. Seems unlikely as Todd only played for Saints in 1997-98 and Henry didn't join Arsenal until 1999. Maybe another Arsenal player... Anelka perhaps? (guessing it was this match http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/article/25505/7770624/arsenal-3-southampton-0)
lumuah Posted 6 January, 2017 Posted 6 January, 2017 I always thought Ian Andrews was a decent keeper. There was a youngster who I thought was destined for great things but injury cut his career short - David Hughes. Other mentions: Neil Maddison, David Prutton, Gerry Forrest, George Lawrence, Gordon Hobson, Colin Clarke,
cellone Posted 6 January, 2017 Posted 6 January, 2017 Vignal for some reason. Was even chuffed when he came back.
mrfahaji Posted 6 January, 2017 Posted 6 January, 2017 Despite what others would have you think the worst player i've ever seen wear the shirt wasn't Ali Dia (let's be honest he doesn't count) but Lee Todd. Signed at the same time as Paul Jones i think Lee Todd had all the attributes of a player in the bottom divisions on a downward trajectory. A full back that made Clasie look like a giant, but coupled with the positional sense of an oil tanker and an ability to read the game second only to Stevie Wonder. I remember seeing him in one particular game, away from home at Arsenal, having to "mark" Henry. He was absolutely torn to shreds and by the beginning of the second half it actually looked like Henry was taking pity on him because he realised just how sh*t he was. Dave Jones always said that Todd's difficulty in adapting was one of his biggest surprises as he really thought he had what it took. It was pretty clear that after a game (or two?) he didn't though...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 7 January, 2017 Posted 7 January, 2017 [video=youtube_share;xEM4CL4s9P4] (skip to 2m7s) Some classic Kelvin Davis goalkeeping for their first goal!
Chewy Posted 7 January, 2017 Posted 7 January, 2017 Paul smith. Couple of stunning games for us, then disappeared completely (via qpr I think?)
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 7 January, 2017 Posted 7 January, 2017 Stern John Sounded like a character from Viz Remember him from Survival Sunday Scored some stunners did Stern. Remember a volley as part of a hat trick against Hull?
benjii Posted 7 January, 2017 Posted 7 January, 2017 All those saying "Belmadi" - he was good. By all means, like him, but don't keep associating him with some of the rubbish we've had! Lee Todd, for example, makes Cuco look like Cafu in comparison.
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