Top 3 scapegoats

[Turkish]

Past and present 

Redmond

Eric Black

Guly

[hypochondriac]

Jermaine Wright 

 

[The Cat]

Jack Stephens gets some pelters.

A few from a while back include Paul Telfer, Jermaine Wright and Paul Wotton. 

[Disco Stu]

Danny Fox

[Lighthouse]

4 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Jermaine Wright 

 

No, he was just crap. Not helped by Burley’s absurd obsession with playing him anywhere at any cost.

 

I think Hooiveld got more stick than he deserved in the Premier League. He and Fonte both looked very sketchy in our first season back up, the latter only really steadied when Lovren came in. Jos wasn’t PL standard admittedly but a couple of unfortunate own goals gave him an undeserved reputation as being a hopeless liability.

[Badger]

‘Sideways’ Magilton and Glenn(da) Cockerill used to take a fair deal of flak at one time.

Going back Lew Chatterley was a bit of a skapegoat in the 70’s especially after relegation when he’d just joined from Lawrie’s old club.

Hugh Fisher about the same time, although redeemed himself with his part in our cup run.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Kerry Dixon and David Speedie

[Noodles34]

Branfoot 

it was fun back then 

[VectisSaint]

Steven Davis

 

 

 

(just to wind Verlaine up) 

[Turkish]

I seem to remember Paul Rideout getting a fair bit of grief despite being a good player 

[Turkish]

Just now, VectisSaint said:

Steven Davis

 

 

 

(just to wind Verlaine up) 

True, good player but not in the eyes of people who know nothing about football 

[The Cat]

Anders Svensson used to get a fair amount of abuse which was weird because he was obviously quite good.

A bloke I used to go with hated Matt Oakley with a passion. Could never really work out why. 

[Pilchards]

David Puckett.

Paul Telfer

Mick Mills

Scott Marshall

Neill Moss

[Mystic Force]

Turkish

MLG

Rupert Lowe

[Colinjb]

Paul Telfer
Lloyd James
Controversial: Gaston Ramirez.

[Colinjb]

2 hours ago, Disco Stu said:

Danny Fox

No, just out of his depth.

[northam soul]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

True, good player but not in the eyes of people who know nothing about football 

Probably our best value signing since we got promoted.

On his day really made us tick in the final third and decent bloke too

[Ted Bates Statue]

Les Reed 

[Turkish]

3 minutes ago, Ted Bates Statue said:

Les Reed 

✅ isn’t it amusing that our arguably best players from the last 2 season have been Reed signings. 

Edited 12 March, 2021 by Turkish

[badgerx16]

All of our current GKs.

[gordonToo]

Tommy Mulgrew, Jimmy Melia, Dave McClaren, etc etc etc

[moonraker]

Their used to be a group of fans in the archers who could see no value in David Armstrong, based on some of the views on some of our current players I assume they are still alive and still no nothing about football.

 

[redkeith]

11 hours ago, Turkish said:

I seem to remember Paul Rideout getting a fair bit of grief despite being a good player 

Rideout used to get stick because ha wasn't as fast as Rod Wallace, or as skilful as MLT. A player with all those attributes would have been worth more than Van Basten 

3 of us moved our season tickets from the West to the East stand because we got fed up with the constant moaning, 

[Toussaint]

Rasiak went right off the boil and drew a lot of ire. I personally had it in for Cockerill, not sure why, I was mid screaming abuse at him one time when he banged in a stunning 30yd volley. Made me look a tit!

[Chewy]

Mane

Pelle

morgan

 

if we’re talking about scapegoating people 5 mins into their careers, that is.

Quashie seemed the focal point of all the anti Harry sentiment but wasn’t our worst player imho.

George Lawrence going back a while for some reason

[saintwbu]

Stephens gets abuse for everything he does wrong, and normally gets abuse for everything someone else does wrong too. 
 

An interesting thread would be ‘players who seem to be immune to criticism’, Hojbjerg and Bednarek definitely seemed to have magic powers to avoid criticism for anything they did/do wrong.

[haddock22]

Bradley Wright phillips

[Appy]

Any player that is linked with a move away. 
 

 

[Noodles34]

3 hours ago, Chewy said:

Mane

Pelle

morgan

 

if we’re talking about scapegoating people 5 mins into their careers, that is.

Quashie seemed the focal point of all the anti Harry sentiment but wasn’t our worst player imho.

George Lawrence going back a while for some reason

Since when was Snederlein ever a scapegoat? 
 

what was the reason George Lawrence was? 

[Lord Duckhunter]

5 minutes ago, Noodles34 said:

what was the reason George Lawrence was? 

He was pretty headless, but he suffered from breaking into a side with class players all over. Personally I remember him as more of a cult figure than a scapegoat, but it was years ago and a lot of ale has been sank in the intervening years.....

[Charlie Wayman]

Let's try this the other way around. Who has never been a scapegoat?

Lambert

Sydenham

Moran

[Turkish]

17 minutes ago, Noodles34 said:

Since when was Snederlein ever a scapegoat? 
 

what was the reason George Lawrence was? 

I remember Sniderlein getting a bit of grief in his early days when he was still establishing himself and trying to find his best position. I think this was more to do with the fact he cost us £1m when we were absolutely skint rather than anything to do with him, fans were expecting someone to come in and made an immediate impact rather than needing a couple of seasons to develop. 

[Dell McDellFace]

I will raise you Carlton Palmer, Jim Magilton, and Peter Wells

[Noodles34]

2 hours ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

He was pretty headless, but he suffered from breaking into a side with class players all over. Personally I remember him as more of a cult figure than a scapegoat, but it was years ago and a lot of ale has been sank in the intervening years.....

To be honest, I really meant that back in those days, there wa a pretty good reason why he might have been a scapegoat. Hence the name. 

[The Cat]

Rupert Lowe

[Lord Duckhunter]

2 hours ago, Noodles34 said:

To be honest, I really meant that back in those days, there wa a pretty good reason why he might have been a scapegoat. Hence the name. 

There was absolutely nothing racist about it, if that’s what you’re implying. 

[Turkish]

23 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

There was absolutely nothing racist about it, if that’s what you’re implying. 

Indeed, Ruben Agboola and Danny Wallace we’re very popular at the same time 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

George Lawrence was one of my favourite players in my early Dell days. Loved the fact that he didn't know what he was going to do next, let alone opposition players.

[Lord Duckhunter]

Did I dream it, or did he have an absolute stormer against Man Utd once. 

[hackedoff]

47 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

George Lawrence was one of my favourite players in my early Dell days. Loved the fact that he didn't know what he was going to do next, let alone opposition players.

"Chicken George" or just a headless chicken,discuss. My vote goes to Steve Baker.

[Noodles34]

2 hours ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

There was absolutely nothing racist about it, if that’s what you’re implying. 

Not implying to you mate at all. Apologies if it came across that way. 
but it was a way of life for some back then. 
 

Edited 13 March, 2021 by Noodles34

[Noodles34]

Benali certainly was

[egg]

4 minutes ago, Noodles34 said:

Benali certainly was

I'd go the other way. He got praise way above his ability. 

Tadic on the other hand was scapegoated big time. 

[egg]

1 hour ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

George Lawrence was one of my favourite players in my early Dell days. Loved the fact that he didn't know what he was going to do next, let alone opposition players.

I loved Lawrence for the same reason. The only winger I can remember who would run towards the corner flag when past his man raher than towards the goal. If he got his head up more often who could have been really good. 

[Lord Duckhunter]

21 minutes ago, egg said:

I'd go the other way. He got praise way above his ability. 

 

Absolutely spot on. 

[Ted Bates Statue]

22 hours ago, Turkish said:

✅ isn’t it amusing that our arguably best players from the last 2 season have been Reed signings. 

Yes, happy to eat my words over some of the garbage he signed that ended up alright.

Perhaps he might be viewed a little more kindly on here had he not banged on about what a mastermind he was, only to disappear from view once results took a turn for the worse.

[adrian lord]

I used to scapegoat Rory Delap for his much -vaunted, endless long throws which floated harmlessly into the oppos' box and never ever resulted in any goals.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 13 March, 2021 by adrian lord

[Hamilton Saint]

Paul Telfer

Rory Delap

Gaston Ramirez

[Chris cooper]

1 hour ago, adrian lord said:

I used to scapegoat Rory Delap for his much -vaunted, endless long throws which floated harmlessly into the oppos' box and never ever resulted in any goals.

 

 

 

 

 

Recall him scoring an amazing over headkick at st Mary’s Can’t remember who against ?

[Turkish]

Just now, Chris cooper said:

Recall him scoring an amazing over headkick at st Mary’s Can’t remember who against ?

Spurs.