[Archived] The Worst Ever Rovers Player?

[Athlete]

No particular order

J lowe

C Brown

A ward

B Orr

J de Pedro

[AJW]

we have some crap over the years but i cannot for the life of me think of anyone worse than Chris Brown

[Amo]

Ferguson was not a poor player but he shafted us royally.

Like rigger said, it's all subjective.

Ferguson WAS a good player but in terms of potential he never made the grade.

[tomphil]

Actually iv'e just seen another shocker pop up on Rovers twitter account, Maceo Rigters ! Even Hughsey dropped the odd clanger and i remember there being a lot of raised eyebrows about how he got here and the wage he was on.

Watched him for the 2nd string a few times and he really was pants.

[Amo]

Actually iv'e just seen another shocker pop up on Rovers twitter account, Maceo Rigters ! Even Hughsey dropped the odd clanger and i remember there being a lot of raised eyebrows about how he got here and the wage he was on.

Watched him for the 2nd string a few times and he really was pants.

We signed him on the back of the UEFA U-21 tournament. Just goes to show, believe only half of what you see.

[tomphil]

Sunk without much trace once the 4 year 20k pwk contract someone at Rovers gave him had gone to his head and his stomach. Still only 32 now, he's either another waste of talent or a guy who got very lucky

[rog of the rovers]

We signed him on the back of the UEFA U-21 tournament. Just goes to show, believe only half of what you see.

That whole Netherlands squad was tipped for huge things, all flopped.

Maduro, Pieters, Royston Drenthe, Ryan Babbel, Daniel de Ridder, Tim Krul, Zuiverloon

[Amo]

What about Donis? He was a donut. Duncan Shearer was shat too. Only scored against us.

Doesn't the theory go that we only signed him to weaken Swindon?

[roverandout]

Robbie Fowler? Ince's signing, one of the great goalscorers of his generation but past it by the time he came to rovers.

Youri djorkieff, was great at Bolton but made just a few appearances for rovers

Basturk, was a superstar at Leverkusen, I think he made 1appearance for us, not sure that qualifies

[JAL]

No particular order

J lowe

C Brown

A ward

B Orr

J de Pedro

It would be interesting to see who the agent and agency that these players where associated with to see if any are connected or what other donkeys do they have on their books like clown agency.

[bellamy11]

Robbie Fowler? Ince's signing, one of the great goalscorers of his generation but past it by the time he came to rovers.

Youri djorkieff, was great at Bolton but made just a few appearances for rovers

Basturk, was a superstar at Leverkusen, I think he made 1appearance for us, not sure that qualifies

I COMPLETELY forgot that Basturk played for us! Obviously he did nothing for us but what a player he was. To think, there were days we could sign someone like that, it not work out, and everything still be OK enough for it to disappear from trace.

Barry Ferguson was probably the biggest letdown of my time watching. I was also really excited about signing Matty Holmes and that never turned into anything.

We've had far worse, but I remember my heart sinking every time I saw Jonathon Douglas on the team sheet.

[had.e.nuff]

Inspired by a thread on the Football365 Forum.......''Worst Ever XI''

I have dug up this beauty from 11 years ago, partly to see what people said 11 years ago, and also to see how little we knew back then that those would be 'the good old days' of recent times.

Pre Venkys, a phrase that will only be exacerbated as time goes on.

Please enjoy reading back through the comments, some funny in our current situation, some obviously that won't have changed. As for worst XI, any team nowadays

Based on several (or alas) more appearances.....

Steele.

Henley-Peacock-Rekik-Williams.

Etuhu-Lowe-Petrovic.

Goodwillie-Brown-Varney

I think Herold Goulon might get in that team

[Blue blood]

That whole Netherlands squad was tipped for huge things, all flopped.

Maduro, Pieters, Royston Drenthe, Ryan Babbel, Daniel de Ridder, Tim Krul, Zuiverloon

Didn't the Netherlands u21 manager select players for a system that worked rather than the most talented? Seem to remember reading something of that ilk at the time.

[Oldgregg86]

Special mention for franny jeffers

[Blue blood]

To me there are three criteria for a worst player:

1 be a poor talent for the level at which we are playing. In fairness to the current shower few would have been looked at in happier days, in any division, so all players to be ranked in the league/situation we were in.

2 have a significant negative impact on the team. One or two appearances doesn't really do much damage to us or deserve notoriety. Nor does a few ineffective sub appearances. Besides a mistake quickly rectified isn't that much of a problem.

3 statistically do badly for us. We've all seen a few clodhoppers in our time but sometimes they can be effective, even if not very talented or appealing to watch.

In light of this I've narrowed it down to two players:

Alan Fettis

Chris Brown

Oh we've had a bunch of other talentless gofers. Douglas always annoyed me in his left mid days but the team did grind out points. Andrews was poor but versatile and got a number of goals. Lowe is the worst captain I've ever seen but in very familiar company. Best was a huge expensive mistake and a prime pillock but got a few goals. And Matteo whilst a horrible footballer helped us be resilient under Hughes.

Fettis and Brown however simply couldn't do anything like what they were meant to do, fans lost all hope when the ball got near them and were poor excuses for footballers. Both sadly got a lot more game time then they ever deserved and comfortably deserve this accolade Imo.

[Mike E]

I remember Kidd saying Ward needed a rest after playing 3 matches. Only footballer I've seen jump for a header and somehow make himself shorter than just standing there.

*cough* Scott Dann *cough*

[Reedy You're A Star]

Jay 'kin Bothroyd fits those criteria too. Although he was only here on loan.

[tomphil]

Ferguson was not a poor player but he shafted us royally.

Land deals as well

[Paul Mellelieu]

Andrews.

[Amo]

Andrews.

Remember that one poster who'd defend Andrews to the point that people suspected him of being a relative, if not the man himself.

Jonnolad? Ironically he was last active in 2012... the same year Julie was sold.

[Oldgregg86]

To me there are three criteria for a worst player:

1 be a poor talent for the level at which we are playing. In fairness to the current shower few would have been looked at in happier days, in any division, so all players to be ranked in the league/situation we were in.

2 have a significant negative impact on the team. One or two appearances doesn't really do much damage to us or deserve notoriety. Nor does a few ineffective sub appearances. Besides a mistake quickly rectified isn't that much of a problem.

3 statistically do badly for us. We've all seen a few clodhoppers in our time but sometimes they can be effective, even if not very talented or appealing to watch.

In light of this I've narrowed it down to two players:

Alan Fettis

Chris Brown

Oh we've had a bunch of other talentless gofers. Douglas always annoyed me in his left mid days but the team did grind out points. Andrews was poor but versatile and got a number of goals. Lowe is the worst captain I've ever seen but in very familiar company. Best was a huge expensive mistake and a prime pillock but got a few goals. And Matteo whilst a horrible footballer helped us be resilient under Hughes.

Fettis and Brown however simply couldn't do anything like what they were meant to do, fans lost all hope when the ball got near them and were poor excuses for footballers. Both sadly got a lot more game time then they ever deserved and comfortably deserve this accolade Imo.

With that In mind.

1. Chris Brown

2.Adam Henley

3. Jason Lowe/Ashley ward/fode koita

Edited December 22, 2016 by Oldgregg86

[LewisF]

Fode Koita, he's one that I'd forgotten all about. Who was his mate who didn't play a game for us?

Edited December 22, 2016 by LewisF

[ABBEY]

Orr brown n Murphy

[Norbert Rassragr]

Dickh__d Etuhu, aka Murphy's bromance is worth a mention as is Vince Grella for their shocking injury proneness.

[Oldgregg86]

Sasha petshi ( not sure If that spelt right ) never thought Nathan Blake pulled many trees up.