Gramme Stuart used to get stick by certain sections but i always loved him. Same with Anthony Barness. You could probably add Curbs to the list as well.
Rommedahl, I always thought he was decent and was frustrated by the way curbs used him. Varney was tosh, dickson was worse and mcleod was laughably dire. Never liked Bailey, thought he was lazy and lightweight, shirked tackles and used to fall over clutching his face etc. Far too much for a hard looking footballer
Waggy definitely divided opinions earlier this season. I think Green has come on well with games but didn't see why so many were keen for Waggy to be dropped when we were playing well and he was scoring.
Rommedahl, I always thought he was decent and was frustrated by the way curbs used him.
I have to agree with you there. I had such high hopes when Rommedahl joined us, but I´m not sure that curbs knew how to use him to his best. He´s still performing at the highest level for his country.
Ross: I think I was one of the only people that supported Ambrose... I'm sure that many think Leroy has made some valid contributions to this site - on occasions!!!
I found Rommedahl so frustrating. The fastest CAFC player I have seen at the Valley but never seemed to take on his full back but would run across the pitch until he lost the ball. Mind you he did score at Palace!!!
This is such a good thread because it's amazing the difference in opinion on players sometimes. I think it partly has to do with age. Eg. the Kishishev debate. I thought he was great in midfield but earlier on he was pretty bad at RB, his tackling was awful at times. So if you saw his whole 7 (?) years for us, you could be on either side of the fence, but if you only saw post 2003/4 you'd almost certainly be a fan because of his link up play with Di Canio, Parker etc. and the only 2 goals he ever scored for us which were both pretty significant. On the other hand Euell was great for us but then faded badly, so if you only saw his last few years you'd probably remember him as a crap player.
Personally I'm glad Jorge Costa was brought up because me and the guys I had my season ticket with at the time seemed to moan at him every week. Imo he had a habit of getting in Kiely's way and there were definitely communication problems. At the time I don't think there was anyone better but he was pretty frustrating to watch. On here though people seem to remember him as totally solid. Lisbie, to me will always be someone who we wasted far too much time and money on. It's as if every season from about 01 we said ''this will be his season" but it never was. He wasn't an awful player at all and he had moments of brilliance, just simply he missed far too many chances and by the end you knew it wasn't going to happen, you almost backed him to miss. (which is why it was such a surprise when he tore Liverpool apart) Nice bloke but we should have been ruthless and got shot of him long before we did.
Big Carl. Absolutely loved him, his hold up play, causing chaos in the oppo's box. One of a very small band of players who scored against Man Ure during that season we played them at Old Trafford.
Was noticeable how much we missed him when he took his opportunity and went to Wimbledon.
It wasn't a question of Curbishley not knowing how to use Rommedahl best. Curbishley didn't want to play 4-3-3 with Rommedahl lurking in the opposition half while we were under the cosh from good Premier League teams. He hoped Rommedahl would adapt to our way of playing but it didn't happen. It seemed like an ideal signing at the time but it wasn't to be.
Big Carl. Absolutely loved him, his hold up play, causing chaos in the oppo's box. One of a very small band of players who scored against Man Ure during that season we played them at Old Trafford. Was noticeable how much we missed him when he took his opportunity and went to Wimbledon.
Noticeably, we missed him not much at all. Brighty & Jones plugged the gap and we got promoted
Big Carl. Absolutely loved him, his hold up play, causing chaos in the oppo's box. One of a very small band of players who scored against Man Ure during that season we played them at Old Trafford. Was noticeable how much we missed him when he took his opportunity and went to Wimbledon.
Noticeably, we missed him not much at all. Brighty & Jones plugged the gap and we got promoted
I'll agree with Alex Song, never liked him when he played for us.
I'll nominate Nicky Weaver. I liked the lad, unlike many at the club.
Are you joking? Song was class for us, what games were you watching? he was the only bit of quality we had that season ( apart from Sir Darren Bent of course) I mean look at him now
Are you joking? Song was class for us, what games were you watching? he was the only bit of quality we had that season ( apart from Sir Darren Bent of course) I mean look at him now
I'll admit that I didn't see every game that season so maybe I was unfortunate but literally every game I did see, Song was lazy and uninterested, as is so often the case with loan players.
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Varney was tosh, dickson was worse and mcleod was laughably dire.
Never liked Bailey, thought he was lazy and lightweight, shirked tackles and used to fall over clutching his face etc. Far too much for a hard looking footballer
One that has not been mentioned yet is Peter Shaw.
Appalling in his first couple of seasons in the old Division 2 but an absolute rock when we last played at this level in 80/81.
Although I'm sure most would agree that he scored some important (fairly lucky) goals when he first arrived, and was very poor thereafter.
Ive locked in just in case anyone disagrees with anything I say
I think I was one of the only people that supported Ambrose...
I'm sure that many think Leroy has made some valid contributions to this site - on occasions!!!
I found Rommedahl so frustrating. The fastest CAFC player I have seen at the Valley but never seemed to take on his full back but would run across the pitch until he lost the ball. Mind you he did score at Palace!!!
Personally I'm glad Jorge Costa was brought up because me and the guys I had my season ticket with at the time seemed to moan at him every week. Imo he had a habit of getting in Kiely's way and there were definitely communication problems. At the time I don't think there was anyone better but he was pretty frustrating to watch. On here though people seem to remember him as totally solid.
Lisbie, to me will always be someone who we wasted far too much time and money on. It's as if every season from about 01 we said ''this will be his season" but it never was. He wasn't an awful player at all and he had moments of brilliance, just simply he missed far too many chances and by the end you knew it wasn't going to happen, you almost backed him to miss. (which is why it was such a surprise when he tore Liverpool apart) Nice bloke but we should have been ruthless and got shot of him long before we did.
Was noticeable how much we missed him when he took his opportunity and went to Wimbledon.