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Post by Gary Baldi on Oct 3, 2016 12:12:21 GMT
Rob Wollaston. Came with a big rep, was rubbish
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Post by swissyellow on Oct 3, 2016 12:12:33 GMT
Jamie Guy, Hutchinson, Lee Jarman, Tim Sills, Grebis all in there.
NO BLOODY WAY SHOULD SUPER KEV or Wilsterman be anywhere near this topic...
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Post by Best Mate on Oct 3, 2016 12:36:26 GMT
To be fair, I have had a shit Monday morning but this thread has been Gold. Had me chuckling away at my desk.
One note on Trevor Aylott, I was only a kid at the time but remember Pompey coming to the Manor and had about 300 of them infiltrated with us in the Beach Road. Aylott scored an absolute screamer in what was, from memory, 2-1 win.
Absolute donk - but for that goal alone, remains a hero for me.
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Post by witneyoldboy on Oct 3, 2016 13:18:41 GMT
Who  The Ginger "Secret Footballer" More like Billy Big Bollox with a ton of McCains on his shoulder |
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Post by ZeroTheHero on Oct 3, 2016 13:38:03 GMT
Jamie Guy, Hutchinson, Lee Jarman, Tim Sills, Grebis all in there. NO BLOODY WAY SHOULD SUPER KEV or Wilsterman be anywhere near this topic... The thing about Jamie Guy is that in pre-season he looked like an absolutely brilliant player. He got a (pretty minor IIRC) injury and was absolute rubbish thereafter. So he certainly rates as one of the most disappointing players of recent(ish) times. |
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Post by grenobleroad on Oct 3, 2016 15:08:13 GMT
Can't believe nobody has said Mark Rawle - total waste of space! Can't have Mark Rawle in there! Those goals against Kidderminster and Cambridge alone give him a get out of jail card for this thread. He was injury prone, granted. As others have said, there's a difference between being outright useless and a tragic disappointment. I'd throw in Deane Smalley in that last category. Worst ever? No. a terrible waste of transfer fee and wages? Absolutely. Dave Kitson could well qualify for worst transfer we had as well. Excellent player but a knob and an expensive one at that too. Agree, throw in that ridiculous header away at Huddersfield, scoring with a tap in with his first touch on his debut and scoring the winner in our last win at Southend. Cult hero in my opinion. |
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Post by grenobleroad on Oct 3, 2016 15:15:13 GMT
I seem to remember a bloke called Andrade who played one or two games in pre-sesason under Patterson. He was worse than me, and I was about 50 then. For competitive games it's hard to choose between Alex Jeannin and Matt Day, although Phil Trainer took the worst free kick I ever saw and Andy Burgess was the biggest pussy ever to don the OUFC shirt. He has to be the winner for me. If my memory is correct it was just the one appearance in a pre season game at home. He came on as a sub in the 2nd Half and was subbed 15 minutes later. I was waiting for the cameras to come out and Ant & Dec or Jeremy Beadle to come running out with a camera crew. Emiliano Diaz pushes him close but to be subbed on and subbed off in such a short space means Andrade takes the title for me. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2016 16:10:20 GMT
If Smalley and Kitson had been free they would have been ok. But our manager decided it would be good to throw money away so neither good buys
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Post by lambchop on Oct 3, 2016 17:02:04 GMT
I was never very impressed by Garry Smart! He somehow played about 200 times for us in Division 2 in the early 90s and I was convinced that he must be the worst full back in all 4 leagues every time I saw him. How dare you say such things, he was a great defender and had to put up with Steve Foster blaming him for everything even when it was mostly Fosters fault Always the butt of people jokes but I'd have had him in our side anytime before Mapp arrived. I remember the flying volley that hit the crossbar at Birmingham away. If it went in we would still be talking about it now |
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Post by mooro on Oct 3, 2016 17:23:22 GMT
Challenge accepted....who amongst you can out-crap THIS pitiful XI....? Arendse Gnohere, Hatswell, McGuckin, Futcher Obi, Reck, Narbett Anthrobus, Robinson, Diaz Manager; Rix There may be many, many more that I have selectively blanked from my memory bank lest the night terrors return... Leave Hatswell out of this - he was virtually my player of that era, just because of the complete commitment and determination he put into each game when those around him were just so lame. ANd I can never forget the look on Joey's face once when Ol' Wayne came tanking past him on the overlap.... No argument with the others mind |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2016 18:20:18 GMT
Salmon
Hunt Futcher McGuckin Capaldi
Diaz Hutchinson fear Andrade
Robinson Anthrobus
Love Trevor Aylott when he played for Oxford mainly for the headband and shouting "Trrrrrrevvvvvooor" arms held aloft!!
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Post by greatunclekip on Oct 3, 2016 18:25:59 GMT
I seem to remember a bloke called Andrade who played one or two games in pre-sesason under Patterson. He was worse than me, and I was about 50 . Christ he was bad! I remember Pattersons face when he brought him off. Almost like a Souness/Ali Dia moment. He knew he'd been had. The guy was never a footballer. His wiki backs this up. |
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Post by stebbesyellows on Oct 3, 2016 19:33:50 GMT
In all of my 50+ years of supporting the Yellows one name stands out head and shoulders above the rest ie Ray Gaston. Have to go along with that. We actually paid money for Gaston in the late sixties, and he was so poor I think he only played about a dozen games for us all told. In my 60 years supporting he certainly sticks out as the worst. (ps: I saw Phil Trainer have a couple of good games for us, that's two more than Gaston!) Agreed you'd have to search long and hard for a player worse then Gaston. Just looked up his playing record; 13 appearances for us and on the winning side once! That's impressive in a very bad way. However, in my 50 years of supporting my all-time piece of sh*te ever to play for us is Mehdi Kerrouche. Even typing his name is doing my head in so I will stop. |
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Post by oufcjack11 on Oct 3, 2016 20:09:43 GMT
Fantastic idea for a thread btw
For me has to be John grant
Panic loan in our promotion season from the conference and was totally innocuous in everything he did besides collecting a pay packet. Totally awful.
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Post by Gary Baldi on Oct 3, 2016 20:47:10 GMT
Bradie Clarke is another one. Totally useless even in warm ups. You could've taken a random person out of the crowd and not noticed the difference.
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Post by Padz on Oct 3, 2016 22:24:59 GMT
Surprised DouDou hasn't come up yet
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Post by Marked Ox on Oct 4, 2016 7:26:48 GMT
Surprised DouDou hasn't come up yet Thanks, I'd managed to forget about him! 😫 |
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Post by Boogaloo on Oct 4, 2016 7:59:35 GMT
Paul Kee had the mobility of an 18 wheeler articulated lorry and Teflon gloves.
Emiliano Diaz though - How on earth did he get a game? Awful. The fact his dad was the manager is just a pure coincidence.
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Post by MJB on Oct 4, 2016 8:18:04 GMT
Steve Wood probably deserves a mention. Nowhere near our worst player but worthy of a mention nonetheless.
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Post by Marked Ox on Oct 4, 2016 9:58:40 GMT
Paul Kee had the mobility of an 18 wheeler articulated lorry and Teflon gloves. Emiliano Diaz though - How on earth did he get a game? Awful. The fact his dad was the manager is just a pure coincidence. Paul Kee was a great shot stopper but garbage at everything else. Another shocking keeper was Hubert Busby Junior (if I remember his name correctly). |
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Post by Junior on Oct 4, 2016 10:07:07 GMT
Much love for Nick Cusack? He was the Matt Murphy of the 90s
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Post by unification on Oct 4, 2016 10:38:34 GMT
I think that having Diogo Andrade as worst player is a bit harsh since he never actually signed. However, what made his 20 minutes of ‘glory’ even funnier was the self-created YouTube ‘highlights’ reel of routine touches and passes as well as drawing the odd foul all taken from one FL Trophy game for Bournemouth and some sketchy footage from his spell at Dorchester. The reality was a lot worse.
Speaking of rubbish trialists, anyone remember Gavin Caines’ one appearance against Oxford City c. 2009 in a PSF? CW was building his promotion squad and Caines was given 45 minutes to impress. Missing headers, fouls that would have commanded yellows in a proper fixture and woeful passing saw him hooked and never seen again. I think KT said at the time, ‘He’s a trialist and shall remain a trialist!’
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Post by oufcad27 on Oct 4, 2016 11:56:31 GMT
What about another player Rix bought in. E'Bayer I think?
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Post by oufcyellows on Oct 4, 2016 12:01:23 GMT
Mark e'bayer . Now there's a blast from the past
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Post by swissyellow on Oct 4, 2016 12:10:38 GMT
I'd already forgotten about Deane Smalley...
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Post by Marked Ox on Oct 4, 2016 12:50:11 GMT
Much love for Nick Cusack? He was the Matt Murphy of the 90s I don't think Nick Cusack was a bad player for us and his subsequent career demonstrated he was a decent player. The problem for Nick Cusack was that he became a target for the boo boys just as Matt Murphy did. |
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Post by myles on Oct 4, 2016 13:43:04 GMT
Challenge accepted....who amongst you can out-crap THIS pitiful XI....? Arendse Gnohere, Hatswell, McGuckin, Futcher Obi, Reck, Narbett Anthrobus, Robinson, Diaz Manager; Rix There may be many, many more that I have selectively blanked from my memory bank lest the night terrors return... Not sure how you can put Tony Obi in there when he only ever had 15 minutes on the pitch... My shouts based on self-opinion versus actual ability would go to Andy Burgess and Billy Whitehurst. Not the worst players we've ever had, but they were certainly a lot worse than they thought they were! |
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Post by berliner on Oct 4, 2016 13:50:32 GMT
Another shocking keeper was Hubert Busby Junior (if I remember his name correctly). Nah, not having that...sorry. You can argue the toss on the Mickey-Mouseness of how he came to play for us (reserve keeper (Wilson, Jackson?) injured, no money for a reserve, so we go to Oxford Brookes uni and ask to borrow a Canadian student) but to come on in a borrowed OUFC sweatshirt after Richard Knight got sent off, then save the resulting penalty, then have it retaken for moving too early is a very special indictment of the chaos of OUFC at the time. Oh, and you want some bad keepers? Lance Key, Ian MacCaldon and Tim Carter! |
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Post by maddogmickey on Oct 4, 2016 14:06:42 GMT
Bradie Clarke is another one. Totally useless even in warm ups. You could've taken a random person out of the crowd and not noticed the difference. His keeping against Rushden really was a hapless display and the worst goalkeeping I have seen ever and yes I was there to witness Salmon and Clarke made him look like Neuer. Controversial I know but Clarke gets the no1 shirt in our worst ever OUFC XI if you ask me. |
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Post by unification on Oct 4, 2016 14:34:48 GMT
Does anyone have any videos of games from the generally shit ‘FK years’ (1999-2006) to hand? I’ve love to see the awesome Mark Rawle goals, the Ian McCaldon/Bradie Clarke howlers and any footage of Emiliano Diaz imitating a professional footballer again.
I think the precious few on YouTube for that era are the win over Swindon from the FA Cup on BBC, the Leyton Orient match (shudder) and a couple of one offs namely from other clubs. If anyone has a Deddington Steve-esque commitment to loading these up, that would be appreciated!
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The Ginger "Secret Footballer"
