[Archived] worst striker you have seen at ewood?

[Mafioso]

Benjani was another Kean masterstroke!!

Alardyce signed Benjani. Considering he was recovering from so much injuries, loss of form and confidence he did ok. His game against Liverpool he was immense. Apart from that he was pretty average, but was never meant to set the world alight.

Kaba Diawara,

Egil Ostenstad,

Ashley Ward,

Anthony Modeste,

Edinho (too soon?)

Robbie Fowler,

Martin Dahlin,

Per Pedersen,

Francis Jeffers,

Maceo Rigters,

Niklas Gudmunsson,

Jemal Johnson....

....All players that make Chris Samba look like CF is his natural postition.

[dingles staying down 4ever]

Paul McKinnon still takes it.

[pick32]

Modest ward or ngog

[dingles staying down 4ever]

David N'gog?

[Waggy76]

Paul McKinnon still takes it.

Or O'Mara

[dingles staying down 4ever]

Or O'Mara

I'm too young for O'Mara

[pick32]

Sorry not ngog the other one from Liverpool pongolle

[m1st]

Depends on how you want to determine worst striker ever:

Least talented player?

Smallest contribution for rovers?

Biggest waste of money?

Biggest waste of potential?

Most wasteful in front of goal?

Think depending on which factors you emphasise you'll get a different player or two as our worst striker.

I think you could also add, "Buying players and then not playing to their strengths [such strengths as they may have]." Most recently, Kalinic fits into this category for me. Let's hope that Rhodes doesn't become another, as witness this post from the "Leeds United game" thread:

feedback from the west Yorkshire end.

At the end of the Town commentry and summary, they do a quick round up of the other teams in the Yorkshire so went over to the leeds game to get a summary. The Huddersfield pundit/commentator then asked about how Rhodes got on an it was an interesting response. He said... (paraphrased)...

" Steve Kean sets him up in a 4-5-1 where his job was to hold the ball up and pass it back to midfield. He said Rhodes did this well but that we all know that this is not the way to get the best out of him. That wasn't how he got all those goals at Huddersfield. He then said Rhodes did not have a shot on goal and that not to be putting him in a situation where he will is wasting his natural attributes"

Give or take, that is the comments made on Rhodes from a Leeds/West Yorkshire perspective.

all the best

Ben

[windymiller7]

Norman Bell for me. I know he must've scored at least once but I can't recall him ever scoring or even looking like scoring. We played with Garner up front on his own for most of the time!

More recently Ashley Ward or Nathan Blake - both Kidd signings IIRC. (enough said)

[Exiled in Toronto]

I'm too young for O'Mara

He put years on those of us who saw him.

Using the criterion of who did I have least confidence would put away a sitter, it would be Beamo.

[bradeagle]

Interms of money spent its between Davies and Grabbi. For shear lack of ability Ashley Ward