beavis17 Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 Isolation boredom question: What’s the worst performance you’ve seen by a Southampton striker? Can be multiple misses, not scoring a sitter etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 Can't remember who it was against but Ricardo Fuller had an abysmal game in the championship for us, missed about 6 golden chances including a header from 6 yards out that he somehow cleared away from goal [emoji23] Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 Pretty much any game played by Shane Long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-Reece Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 Charlie Austin at Fulham (A) last year. Absolutely abysmal lack of effort from the utter tw*t. That only sticks in my mind as it is relatively recent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 Pretty much any game played by Shane Long. Cardiff at home last year stocks in my mind. Was absolutely no threat to one of the worst defences in the league, every time Sol Bamba brushed against him he threw himself to the floor and started waving his arms at the ref. We had some pretty forgettable ‘performances’ from the likes of DMG, Pekhart and Robertson in the Championship too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint97 Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 Not sure about the worst performance but the worst finish I've seen is Shane Long at Palace this season. Easy chance through on goal with no pressure and he calmly hits it straight at the keeper, absolutely woeful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 Easily fat Chaz away at Fulham. He was an absolute disgrace that day. Not just the worst striker performance, but one of the worst from anyone I’ve ever seen in a Saints shirt at any level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvSFC Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 Leon Best against Derby in the play-offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Saint Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 Ali Dia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaint sfc Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 Leon Best against Derby in the play-offs. And then he got to take the first penalty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 Stand out candidate has to be Carrillo surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
influx Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 David Hirst, any game. Unless my memory is playing tricks on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 Bradley Wright Phillips away to Coventry about 12 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 Bradley Wright Phillips away to Coventry about 12 years ago. He was absolutely rubbish wasn’t he. I remember being pleased when we signed him ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 Paul Moody was pretty dreadful but a bit unfair as he was clearly out of his depth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 I liked Paul Rideout but i will never forget him somehow missing an open goal whilst stood almost on the goal line in the last minute at home to Everton in a 2-2 89/90 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 David Hirst, any game. Unless my memory is playing tricks on me. If yours is so is mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John D Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 Frankie Bennett another in the Paul Moody vein remember Kerry Dixon have a few shockers for us. Played against Chelsea and got widely cheered by the Chelsea fans and jeered by us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chap in the Chapel Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 David McGoldrick was lazy, arrogant, and selfish. Take your pick from 90 per cent of the matches he played for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 David Speedie should be added to the woeful list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenilworthy Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 If yours is so is mine David Hirst scored two goals against Spurs in his second game for us to win the match 3-2, scored twice at Anfield when we won 3-2 and the winner at Leeds. Nine goals in 29 games is not brilliant but he deserves more than to be mentioned alongside some of the players here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint1977 Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 Frankie Bennett another in the Paul Moody vein remember Kerry Dixon have a few shockers for us. Played against Chelsea and got widely cheered by the Chelsea fans and jeered by us If you’ve read Dixon’s book it’s a surprise he could even get on the pitch, seemed to be in a mess for a few years. The Milton were singing Deadly Dixon Donkey Dowie but that song changed around within a few weeks. Speedie v Boro, some Saints fans were so outraged at the lack of effort that a few in the lower East tried to get on the pitch to remove him as Branfoot seemed incapable of doing so. Dixon and Speedie outscore Shearer? Mind you, Guido Carrillo underlines why Pellegrino achieved the impossible and toppled Branfoot as the worst ever manager in living memory. The Wigan game looked like a trialist from Bashley or Dorchester had snuck on so poor was the movement, first touch and lack of joining up with the play. Unlike at WBA, he was even not convincing in the air. Monaco must still laugh, we can only hope it was only £20m over many appearances he will never make. Ali Dia actually looked better v Leeds who genuinely was Southern League Level but could vaguely run although really couldn’t trap a bag of cement. Someone mentioned Frankie Bennett - he really did clear the family centre upper level in the Milton terrace with one shot on goal. For all of the MLTs, Bales, Manes, Channons, Shearers, Keegans, Lamberts etc we’ve seen some turd that belies belief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 I went to a cup game away at Gillingham when David Speedie put in such a terrible performance it made Austin away at Fulham look positively world class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamsaint Posted 15 April, 2020 Share Posted 15 April, 2020 Gotsmanov against Rochdale was spectacularly inept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benali Saint Posted 16 April, 2020 Share Posted 16 April, 2020 Paul Moody was pretty dreadful but a bit unfair as he was clearly out of his depth I remember Moody and Dowie playing together. Woeful was an understatement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunglasses Ron Posted 16 April, 2020 Share Posted 16 April, 2020 (edited) I think when you take expectation, opposition, end result and legacy into account, the winner by a country mile is Carrillo. Nothing personal against him, but his signing remains an absolute disgrace and one that we still haven't recovered from 2 years later. Edited 16 April, 2020 by Sunglasses Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 16 April, 2020 Share Posted 16 April, 2020 Carillo was terrible but at least he tried. I'd rather that than Austin wandering around pointing to space he wants someone else to cover because he was too lazy to do it himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunglasses Ron Posted 16 April, 2020 Share Posted 16 April, 2020 Carillo was terrible but at least he tried. I'd rather that than Austin wandering around pointing to space he wants someone else to cover because he was too lazy to do it himself. I'd never put Austin near the top of the list, he may have been a bit of a prat but he was a bargain and scored some really important goals. I guarantee you, if I ever found myself playing for Saints, I'd give 150% effort, but would still make the top of this list as I would be ruthlessly exposed for the **** player that I am :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsaint Posted 16 April, 2020 Share Posted 16 April, 2020 Jason Euell was particularly **** for us, as was Vincent Péricard although the entire team was awful at the time!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooney Posted 16 April, 2020 Share Posted 16 April, 2020 I remember Moody and Dowie playing together. Woeful was an understatement I cannot ever remember Ian Dowie having a good game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 16 April, 2020 Share Posted 16 April, 2020 I cannot ever remember Ian Dowie having a good game. I don't think Dowie was as bad as people painted him, although he never managed to overcome the following: - not being photogenic ... - not being Alan Shearer - being a Branfoot signing - being a lump of a CF With those four insurmountable obstacles he was never going to win any popularity stakes at The Dell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandy_Top_89 Posted 16 April, 2020 Share Posted 16 April, 2020 Jason Euell was particularly **** for us, as was Vincent Péricard although the entire team was awful at the time!! I had a lovely nostalgia moment when I went to see Doncaster (my second team) v QPR in the Championship a couple of years after he left us and joined Donny. Some flatcapped elderly Yorkshireman jumped out of his seat yelling ‘Euell you’re ****!’. Some things never change. Leon Best against Derby in the play-offs. Some say he is still offside to this day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 16 April, 2020 Share Posted 16 April, 2020 I'd never put Austin near the top of the list, he may have been a bit of a prat but he was a bargain and scored some really important goals. I guarantee you, if I ever found myself playing for Saints, I'd give 150% effort, but would still make the top of this list as I would be ruthlessly exposed for the **** player that I am :-) He did score some crucial goals and wasn't always terrible, but by the end he was a waste of a shirt and that performance at Fulham was a disgrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 16 April, 2020 Share Posted 16 April, 2020 I don't think Dowie was as bad as people painted him, although he never managed to overcome the following: - not being photogenic ... - not being Alan Shearer - being a Branfoot signing - being a lump of a CF With those four insurmountable obstacles he was never going to win any popularity stakes at The Dell. People hated Dowie when he first came in but he won the majority of fans over through a combination of sheer hard work and falling over to win free kicks that MLT scored from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 16 April, 2020 Share Posted 16 April, 2020 Best and McGoldrick were both pretty woeful but not as bad as Moody and Pericard. I don’t see how anyone can mention Shane Long in the same breath as most of the ****e listed in this thread. I would also give a dishonourable mention to Gordon Hobson, he was crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 16 April, 2020 Share Posted 16 April, 2020 (edited) Best and McGoldrick were both pretty woeful but not as bad as Moody and Pericard. I don’t see how anyone can mention Shane Long in the same breath as most of the ****e listed in this thread. I would also give a dishonourable mention to Gordon Hobson, he was crap Scored a hat trick away at Man City so wasn't always crap. Having looked him up I've seen that he scored 7 goals in 20 games in his first season with us (signed towards the end of the season as I recall). Rather like a Micky Evans, came in did a job for for a while then fell back down the leagues. Edited 16 April, 2020 by Badger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint86 Posted 16 April, 2020 Share Posted 16 April, 2020 Peter Crouch vs Manchester United. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint si Posted 16 April, 2020 Share Posted 16 April, 2020 Tomas Pekhart? Vincent Pericard? Mayuka? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stknowle Posted 17 April, 2020 Share Posted 17 April, 2020 Stig Johannson (sp?) - zero impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsaint Posted 17 April, 2020 Share Posted 17 April, 2020 Peter Crouch vs Manchester United. Which game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Man Do Posted 17 April, 2020 Share Posted 17 April, 2020 Ian Dowie vs Port Vale in the FA Cup somewhen in the 90s. Missed several sitters leading to us hearing Le Tissier shout “That’s f**king s**t!” As he missed another one late on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint86 Posted 18 April, 2020 Share Posted 18 April, 2020 Which game? Really? He played for us for one season, and we got relegated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsaint Posted 18 April, 2020 Share Posted 18 April, 2020 Really? He played for us for one season, and we got relegated. Yeah I know, just asking what specific game against United that’s all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 18 April, 2020 Share Posted 18 April, 2020 Yeah I know, just asking what specific game against United that’s all Clue, he was suspended for one. Which, I think is the original point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsaint Posted 18 April, 2020 Share Posted 18 April, 2020 Clue, he was suspended for one. Which, I think is the original point. We played them in the cup that year too though that’s all - I don’t remember a stand out bad performance as such, and if it hadn’t have been for crouch we’d have been dead and buried long before that last game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 19 April, 2020 Share Posted 19 April, 2020 That Rickie Lambert guy certainly wasn’t too good was he? I was saw him shoot straight at the keeper in a home friendly from 45 yards out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint1977 Posted 20 April, 2020 Share Posted 20 April, 2020 We played them in the cup that year too though that’s all - I don’t remember a stand out bad performance as such, and if it hadn’t have been for crouch we’d have been dead and buried long before that last game. I think he means Crouch's stupid sending off at Palace which ruled him out last day against MU. Mind you, scoring goals wasn't the problem that season - we had Beattie, Phillips, Crouch and Camara at various points scoring - but the appalling defence. I mean it was worse than the current one and that's going some. Jakobsson made Vestergaard look like Bobby Moore and Olivier Bernard made Bertrand even on one of Ryan's off games look like Roberto Carlos. As for Callum Davenport...worst player I've ever seen in the first team at SFC, you could see the dread in the rest of the side when he appeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 20 April, 2020 Share Posted 20 April, 2020 Does David Lee count as a striker, more a winger I suppose but bloody crap all the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 20 April, 2020 Share Posted 20 April, 2020 Mane away at Sheffield United in the league cup seems to have slipped under the radar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 20 April, 2020 Share Posted 20 April, 2020 Mane away at Sheffield United in the league cup seems to have slipped under the radar Not sure he was particularly worse than anyone else that night. The whole team were so bad that if it came out we'd lost on purpose because of some massive far Eastern betting scam I wouldn't have been surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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