lady-isobel-barnett Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Haud the bus!!!!!! This post I created was meant to be a lighthearted look back at some of the less gifted players we have had. I was hoping it might even bring out some humourous anecdotes about what made these players so bad. However, it seems to have turned into internal infighting. Personally, i think some people need to remember that the forum is meant to be fun medium for us jags fans to stay in touch and communicate. so please play nice Apologies from me, optimist. In agreement with what your saying I was at the same time diverting your thread away from what was intended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The optimist Posted June 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Apologies from me, optimist. In agreement with what your saying I was at the same time diverting your thread away from what was intended. Cheers Biggest surprise: 2 pages in, no mention of Darren Brady. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jags on tour Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Grant Murray. you didnt give an explanation why, the forum police will be onto you pronto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleGreySky Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 i think there should be some sort of poll for this. Some people will only remember the existence of some players, that were so bad they had erased memory of them, when they are reminded. I'd suggest that maybe john kane and vitislav mooc might be the worst two mentioned so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Shot Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 (edited) Could maybe somebody add something even slightly interesting on why so and so was so bad? Just naming players that did hee haw for us is kinda pointless. I thought my post was quite informative, The Lovell bit was short but gave a reason all the same, and I divulged my emotions over Cameron for an entire season , which may be easy for you m'lady but us men have difficulties expressing emotion in public You're such a snob Edited June 6, 2010 by Hot Shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanarkjag Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 (edited) Anyone remember the Callaghans during the Tommy Bryce era? Now they were especially pish. Don't ever remember either of them scoring for us. Kenny Brannigan is also the worst player I have ever seen grace a Thistle top. A central defender who couldn't head the ball, poor tackler and had the positional sense of a blind turnip. Not to mention the fact he was captain at the time Edited June 7, 2010 by Lanarkjag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKennan Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Cheers Biggest surprise: 2 pages in, no mention of Darren Brady. It goes without saying he was a complete and utter turnip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collins Out! Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 I was going to plump for Darren Brady but decided to go for Grant Murray instead as he was captain around the same time. Even the great Lambie could sign a dud and continue to play him for too long, Kevin McKee for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_mm_ Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 do loan signings count? if so, i'd give di giacomo a shout. me no likey. there should be a sub-category for players who are looked upon fondly, were characters, or generally well intentioned, but ultimately kind of useless (in a loving way)...jakup mikkelson or quentin jacobs maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 stevie fulton was definately a waste of two shirts - never looked like an athlete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ma Ba' Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Jim (Fat B@57@rd) Slaven what a total embarrassment to scottish football, how could somebody be a full time 'athlete' and be that fat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stolenscone Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 I realise that I'm probably in the minority, but I've always had an irrational dislike for Graeme Robertson (blond right back we paid money (£20k?) to take from Dunfermline in the 1990s). I can't explain why, but nobody quite gets my goat like him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 i think there should be some sort of poll for this. Some people will only remember the existence of some players, that were so bad they had erased memory of them, when they are reminded. I'd suggest that maybe john kane and vitislav mooc might be the worst two mentioned so far. I'd raise you a Dave the Ukranian. Here's a guy who only started once for us, got himself immediately booked for a rugby tackle and was subbed by half time. I don't think he managed more than 10 more mins on the field after that. I admit it's at tough call between Mssrs Mooc and Pronevych but the former stumbled about like a headless chicken in the 1st Div whereas Dave managed that feat against the bottom club in Div 2. I thought my post was quite informative, The Lovell bit was short but gave a reason all the same, and I divulged my emotions over Cameron for an entire season , which may be easy for you m'lady but us men have difficulties expressing emotion in public You're such a snob nearly choked on my morning sherry when I read that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Earl of Hathaway Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 and up front we have....Andy 'Stop pointing and DO something' Thomson, and the legend that is Steven 'slippers' Mconalogue. The unacceptable faces of Scottish football.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexForsythFan Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 I realise that I'm probably in the minority, but I've always had an irrational dislike for Graeme Robertson (blond right back we paid money (£20k?) to take from Dunfermline in the 1990s). I can't explain why, but nobody quite gets my goat like him. Strange you should mention Robertson who I believe to be very similar to our present right back, Paton. I thought him a fair player with an incredibly irritating weakness in his game - an inability to pass/ cross the ball to a team mate. For me Paton, who is great at getting forward, fails too often when crossing, to get the ball past the first defender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briogadh Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Was just thinking that about signings that could improve our squad this summer, then I remembered that in last years pre season, we signed Jim Hamilton. Who was arguably one of the worst signings in recent times. It got me thinking that actually, we have had some stickers in the last 10 or so years. So whos your worst player of the decade. Steve Fulton - no contest!! Without question the worst player I've seen in a Jags shirt, and my memory goes back a long way. We have in the past often been seen as a sort of retirement home for ex-OF players put out to grass at the end of their careers, but Fulton really took the biscuit in my eyes. Disgracefully unfit. Didn't try. Didn't care - and, it is alleged,ready to lead younger players astray. What were our management team thinking of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapiti Jag Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Leigh Hinds! I remember the game where he was unveiled (or paraded?) and the general enthusiasm from the crowd. He then proceeded to hide from the ball repeatedly - never in the right place at the right time, statistically he should have been there at least once. So bloody frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kni Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 (edited) And so your tiresome anti McCall crusade continues. Compared to a lot of the other Thistle Managers we have had over the last 25 years or so his signings have not been that bad. No anti-McCall crusade on this occasion. The other posters listed the duds signed by Dick Campbell whom I disliked from his first ridiculous "no relegation" statements. I just added McCall's as he is our current manager. McCall has also extended Kinniburgh's deal. Are you happy with that and his other signings like Erskine, Hodge and Doolan? Harkins, Twaddle and Cairney were good signings but they have to be viewed in context with the poor ones. Edited June 7, 2010 by kni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven H Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Steve Fulton - no contest!! Without question the worst player I've seen in a Jags shirt, and my memory goes back a long way. We have in the past often been seen as a sort of retirement home for ex-OF players put out to grass at the end of their careers, but Fulton really took the biscuit in my eyes. Disgracefully unfit. Didn't try. Didn't care - and, it is alleged,ready to lead younger players astray. What were our management team thinking of? I'm surprised it took til the 3rd page for anyone to mention him, totally agree he was honkin'. I'd also throw in Jakup Mikkelson, international goalie . Out of all the signings over the years I think Lovell and Bonnes have been the most disappointing simply because I expected big things from them when they signed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 No anti-McCall crusade on this occasion. The other posters listed the duds signed by Dick Campbell whom I disliked from his first ridiculous "no relegation" statements. I just added McCall's as he is our current manager. McCall has also extended Kinniburgh's deal. Are you happy with that and his other signings like Erskine, Hodge and Doolan? Harkins, Twaddle and Cairney were good signings but they have to be viewed in context with the poor ones. No I criticise him for the likes of Hamilton, Lennon and Lovell(though everyone thought they would be great signings partly the reason they werent was the players themselves) Keegan, MCstay and several others were poor as well. Regarding Hodge, Doolan and Erskine they will be with us for next season so I will reserve judgement on them for all we know they may come good. While all 3 have been average they certainly ahve not been in the wrost ever duds and the 2 Junior guys were pretty much on peanuts and not in any way a waste of a wage like Lennon, Lovell, Hamilton etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinny Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Two of the most disappointing signings for me have been Ricky Gillies and Leigh Hinds - two players I had hoped would be good players for us yet didn't seem to ever be on the pitch. My memory of my first season going to Firhill back in '97-98 is very vague, but Graham (Graeme?) Connell springs to mind as a player who couldn't kick his erse, though I may be mistaken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Two of the most disappointing signings for me have been Ricky Gillies and Leigh Hinds - two players I had hoped would be good players for us yet didn't seem to ever be on the pitch. My memory of my first season going to Firhill back in '97-98 is very vague, but Graham (Graeme?) Connell springs to mind as a player who couldn't kick his erse, though I may be mistaken. Apart from one absolute screamer against Inverness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kni Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Most of the Bunnet's signings were duds, e.g. Darren Brady and Graham Gibson. He had a huge squad and wasted a lot of money. We should have asked Lambie to help Britton and Whyte until the end of that season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinny Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Apart from one absolute screamer against Inverness! Aye, shortly after that when getting players autographs, I spoke Tommy Callaghan on the pitch during warm up - thinking he was Graham Connell I told him I thought the goal he had scored against Inverness was amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpool Jags Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 One of the greatest atrocities of the post-war era is that this thread is now well into its third page and is yet entirely devoid of any reference whatsoever to Barry Smith, the principal resident in the realm of fud-dom. This 'man' bore a striking resemblance to an egg, was as familiar with a football as most of us are with the Polynesian sub-dialects of West Papua, and, beyond the parameters of comprehension, held down a semi-regular place during the latter part of Nero Campbell's anarchic reign. On reflection, it is probably better that all and any mention of this fraud be fully deleted from the annals of our club lest we all shudder periodically with unspeakable neural horrors. So, on that note, I won't mention him again either. Honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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