[Archived] Who's the worst football player you've ever seen.

[Mike E]

Worst: Goulon.

Best: Nuri Sahin when he was at Dortmund, about 2008 I think (Samba played that game too, but obviously I didn't know who he was at the time).

[T4E]

Emerton was bloody awful for years. Ever since he developed his fear of the touchline monster.

Kaba Diawara was pretty embarassing.

Best player I've ever seen live would have to be Messi although he wasn't at his absolute best when I saw him, the best performance I've ever seen live would definitely be Iniesta.

[Jock]

Paul McKinnon looked non-league

But i hated Ashley Ward and his buffont hair

[Torgeir]

Rovers players: Modeste was pretty awful to watch last year. Grabbi was terrible, but not so much as Per Pedersen and Ashley Ward. Cringeworthy...

Others: Mertesacker is a big lump of beans, Bebe a big flop for Manu, and Danny Cadamarteri was supposed to be the next big thing at Everton but was seriously overrated imo.

[Amo]

Grabbi was class. The hell you all talking about?

[Waggy76]

Paul McKinnon looked non-league

But i hated Ashley Ward and his buffont hair

Think you may have the worst ever there Jock , completely slipped my mind !

[Torgeir]

Grabbi was class. The hell you all talking about?

Burrrrn

[patrickvalery]

That little full back we had when Woy boy was managing us. Patrick Valery, the only pro footballer I've ever seen that couldn't actually jump off the ground.

Watch it Tyrone!!

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Watch it Tyrone!!

I cannot tell a lie, he was seriously bad. It was when I first saw Valery play that I started to doubt Woyboy. We had better full backs when we were in the old 3rd division.

[Plastic Head]

A few bad uns on this list.

PS check out the turd moor masses!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/198687_Burnley_F.C._season

Neil Grewcock was particularly poor

[Aberdeen Blue]

Herald Goulon at OT when we got slapped 7-1 will take some beating.

Aye, utter gash.

Jimmy Carter a (then) big money signing for Liverpool was spectacularly useless; akin to the less productive Olsson.

[Plastic Head]

Rovers pissspoor 11

Matt Dickens

Neil Oliver Bob Dewhurst Andy Morrison Markus Olsson

Donal Murphy. Ronnie Hildersley Keith Andrews Don Hutchins

Kevin Davies Grabbi

[Lathund]

Honestly don't know who the worst is.

Best player I've ever seen live would is Zlatan, easily,

[steverovers]

I'd forgotten about Matt Dickens until I saw the Watford stand-in keeper palm the ball into the back of his net against Leeds in their final home game!

[Philly13]

You know, this brings to mind the time I went with a Bournemouth supporting mate (now very happy at the prospect of giving us a thumping next year...) to see them play Brentford (I think). He was going on about this lad they'd just signed on loan, about how highly thought of he was by his PL club, that he'd tear up the division and be the next big thing for the England U21s.

As we sat down to watch the game he pointed the player out, playing as the striker, and I watched with interest as he shinned every ball he tried to control, bounced off the defenders and fell over. A lot. In his defence he might have had the wrong studs in or something, but he was hitting the turf when the ball was on the other side of the pitch and no-one was within five yards of him. His shooting was seriously worrying the corner flags and, if I remember correctly, he completely spooned the one good chance that fell his way.

As we left the ground I confidently said to my mate that the player was without a doubt the worst I had ever seen and would probably sink without trace.

The subsequent career of Jermaine Defoe is probably a warning against writing off any player too early or off the back of a handful of performances.

Haha very well told.

I think it's safe to say the worst player we've never seen is Myles Anderson.

[Plastic Head]

Haha very well told.

I think it's safe to say the worst player we've never seen is Myles Anderson.

Myles doesn't count as a footballer, he's just somebody's son.

[Philly13]

In terms of worst I've ever seen in person, and this is going to sound weird, Freddy Adu was absolutely awful last year against Sporting KC. Just stood out on the left touchline and didn't move to touch the ball, track back or get into position to receive a pass. The one time he managed to get the ball and keep it he went around 3 KC defenders and... promptly fell over. So yeah it was disastrous. (I think it was last years US Open cup semifinal, but I'm not sure)

[Jock]

Didnt Bob Dewhurst put in a great challenge on David James(watford)

[ABBEY]

Orr

[Guest Norbert]

In terms of worst I've ever seen in person, and this is going to sound weird, Freddy Adu was absolutely awful last year against Sporting KC. Just stood out on the left touchline and didn't move to touch the ball, track back or get into position to receive a pass. The one time he managed to get the ball and keep it he went around 3 KC defenders and... promptly fell over. So yeah it was disastrous. (I think it was last years US Open cup semifinal, but I'm not sure)

Is Freddy still trying to play football? I remember when all the American fans on a site called BigSoccer were jizzing in their pants over him, say he'll be better than both Ronaldos and basically be what Messi is now. The crazy amount of hype must have ruined him.

[bob fleming]

I'd forgotten about Matt Dickens until I saw the Watford stand-in keeper palm the ball into the back of his net against Leeds in their final home game!

Considering Matt Dickens had his hands sewn on the wrong way round I didn't think he was that bad.

I once saw Myles play a minute for Aberdeen. I thought "now theres a guy who could do a job down south. probably for Exeter reserves" He was crap.

Pound for pound? Davies, Dailly, Grabbi, Etuhu. I do remember Paul McKinnon being bloody awful but fortunately no longer remember him playing. Recently we've had too many to mention. However Goulon really was awful. That defeat at United, as already mentioned, I swear we'd have been better off playing with 10.

Which leads me to the contributions of Orr and Murphy for their 45 minute displays against Posh at Ewood this season. There are no words.

[Philly13]

Is Freddy still trying to play football? I remember when all the American fans on a site called BigSoccer were jizzing in their pants over him, say he'll be better than both Ronaldos and basically be what Messi is now. The crazy amount of hype must have ruined him.

MLS ruined him in a moneygrab. The people who run MLS are unbelievable. They are so cheap, have so many bad rules and have a $3 million dollar salary cap. That means Rhodes makes a similar amount as full teams. And the average crowd is 18000. It's all about profit.

Anyway, back to Adu, they made him turn pro at 14 and turned him into the next best thing. No one's ready at 14. It's absurd. He is (or at least was) talented, as he still showed in flashes last year. But he was really kinda the same player at 14 that he is today, because they retarded his growth through horrible, shortsighted mismanagement.

I hate Don Garber. Awful for soccer in America. Just like every other American league, especially his precious NFL. All about profit no matter what. Thankfully, the next supposedly talented American Junior Flores (not that he'll be messi or anything, but still supposedly talented) signed with Borussia Dortmund so MLS can't ruin him. Rant now over

[steverovers]

Sean Curry was pretty bad. Didn't do anything after leaving Rovers either!

[jim mk2]

Going back years, Frank Kopel. We paid £20,000 for him from United, alot of money in those days. Hopeless.

In the modern era, Kuqi. Lumps of concrete instead of feet in his boots, never understood how he made a professional.

From other clubs, George Berry of Wolves. Worst top-level defender I've seen - all his headers went up in the air or backwards.

[Veevs]

Seriously the worst player I have seen in a rovers shirt is probably Edinho Junior

It was literally akin to watching a 12 year old wander on the pitch

He has age on his side but had nothing literally nothing at all to show

I was thinking the very same when I saw the thread title and first post.. has to be the worst ever seen in a Rovers shirt in a first team match.