Your worst ever XI

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Re: Your worst ever XI

by ferrarilover » 15 Jun 2011, 23:35

Micky Evans, **** hell, he made glacial pace seem quick. So much effort for absolutely no discernible change of speed what-so-ever. I'd nick his luggage at the airport, not a hope in hell of him catching me.

Chippy, you leave Buster alone, wonderful player provided he wasn't asked to use his left foot, even for standing on.

Matt.

Re: Your worst ever XI

by A J » 15 Jun 2011, 23:21

popsider wrote:Mickey Evans got to be worth a shout? And James Bitner & Martin Horsell.
Bittner never made a first-team appearance thank god! As he was useless in the pre-season friendlies!

A couple of others I can remember playing well in pre-season (and scoring), but then clearly not good enough for the 'real stuff' were Richard Bouton and Ben Joyce.

Horsell was very young and didnt do badly. Micky Evans was great in the air, he just couldnt do anything else! Like a few players we've had before, he was unfortunately well past his best when he joined TUFC.

Re: Your worst ever XI

by Southampton Gull » 15 Jun 2011, 22:25

To be fair, magic mushrooms couldn't make Martin Rice look like Lev Yashin :)

Re: Your worst ever XI

by Jeff » 15 Jun 2011, 17:19

Struggling to think of some for mine, but here goes

GK - Jamie Attwell (made Martin Rice look like Lev Yashin)
DR - Patrick Flynn (looked like he'd never touched a football in his life)
DC - Lee Andrews (enough said)
DC - Gareth Owen (was supposed to be good. Wasn't)
DL - Stephen Reed (the novelty of endless, backspun long balls wore off after 10mins)
MR - Daryl McMahon (loan from West Ham, had about 3 touches in one game, all poor, then said he wanted to player reserve team footie as it was "higher profile"!
MC - Paul Smith (marquee signing, clearly only after one last paycheck. Never seen a player so slow and little effort)
MC - Matt Hewlett (booed on second appearance - nuff said)
ML - Aaron Brown (bottler - winger who couldn't take anyone on or pass the ball)
ST - Jamal Easter (awful, awful forward)
ST - Carl Priso (20mins of clamouring for "Big Carl" to get on at Grimsby - shouldn't have bothered wasting my breath!)

Re: Your worst ever XI

by chippygull » 15 Jun 2011, 14:38

Buster Phillips in his latter days.........
:@

Re: Your worst ever XI

by leetufc » 15 Jun 2011, 14:37

I think your being harsh on Horsell. He was young with no experience thrust into the team because we had nobody else. He showed decent potential, probably not at League level, but feels harsh saying worst ever. Completely agree about Evans though, was absolutely terrible for us.

Re: Your worst ever XI

by popsider » 15 Jun 2011, 14:13

Mickey Evans got to be worth a shout? And James Bitner & Martin Horsell.

Re: Your worst ever XI

by nicktufc » 15 Jun 2011, 12:58

Lee Andrews features in A LOT of your worst XI's

He was terrible, good call

Re: Your worst ever XI

by hector » 15 Jun 2011, 10:52

Staffsgull1 wrote:I remember the Mansfield game, Priso was particularly inept, but I was also at the terrible Barnsley game and we were so depleted that our centre back partnership that day was Matt Hockley and Brian mcglinchey. Anthony Pulis was subbed after about 30 minutes, and I'll never understand how he stayed on the pitch so long.

The same season we played Tranmere away and remember that being as bad, we were missing Alex Russell and had the most anonymous Midfield which i've just looked up as Boardley, Woodman and Gosling. Other slightly older players worth a mention are full backs Dudley Lewis and Sean Hankin, the mysterious Alan Hay, goalkeeper Mathew Lowe, centreforward John Muir, and then there were the likes of Ollie Morah, Bruno Merellies, Osvaldo Lopes that disappeared without trace very quickly.

We got hammered away at Halifax a few years ago, that was really bad, most of that team should be in the squad.
I always thought Merellies looked quite a promising player. I think if we had persevered he might have become a good player.

Re: Your worst ever XI

by kingsgull » 15 Jun 2011, 10:45

TUFC92 wrote: :lol:

dont think sarcasm suits you....did say he was a REASONABLY good player..had some good games for us (and some bad admittedly) but def not worthy of this thread...























Oh sorry, you were serious? :slap:

Re: Your worst ever XI

by miltonkeynesgull » 15 Jun 2011, 10:44

Bigman wrote:I can't stand by and have Jean Pierre Simb attacked. Sure he had the finishing ability of Gary Neville with his laces tied together, and the only goal he scored was an open goal that he nearly missed, but for his enthusiasm, occassional touches of brilliance, and above all that box-to-box dribble to set up Eifion Williams' first goal I think we should exclude him from the worst 11 players to EVER play for Torquay. For strikers I think Richardson, Donaldson, Sissoko and IMO Logan get the nod ahead of him.

He did incidentally score another goal in a charity/testimonial match when the 4 foot tall Hearald Express sports writer hoofed a clearance into his face. He didn't celebrate that one quite so much.
I can't believe anyone could consider putting the Simbster in their worst XI! Sure he looked a bit like Shaft, but he was certainly one of our better foreign imports - up their with Morike Sako for me. I only wish I had been there for his goal and celebration!

Having said that about Sissoko (and I put him in my worst XI) - I do remember being at a home game against Blackpool (When Eifion scored 2 goals in injury time for us to win 3-2...this game in fact - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 898599.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;-), where Habib scored a cracking volley. Didn't do much else though!

Re: Your worst ever XI

by oxgull » 15 Jun 2011, 10:08

Trojan 67 wrote:Another local buhy made good is Mark ("Smudger") Smith, son of former United player Harry ("Smudger") Smith.

A sample of more local buhys (at random and in no particular order) who have pulled on the TUFC first team shirt . . . Ernie Pym, John Evans, Ben Murphy, Brad Beattie, Derek Fowler, Gary Wright . . .

None of the above have appeared in the "Worst XI". Why ?

Cos they is local buhys and us local buhys defends and blows the trumpet when they can't or won't blow it 'emselves. :nod:

Remember playing against Brad Beattie in the Torbay Pioneer U14/15s back in the early/mid 70's. Kingsteignton YC v Torre Trojans was always a lively affair up at Sandygate. I was a very limited right half/wing for the Kings and and we actually won the league and cup one year although I didn't play in the final at Plainmoor. He didn't seem to do much at Torquay though, not that I remember anything from his time at Plainmoor TBH. I am still thinking about worst players and there were a few signed on from the mass trials at the racecourse a few years ago that should spring to mind. Let me think :-/

Re: Your worst ever XI

by Bigman » 15 Jun 2011, 10:05

I can't stand by and have Jean Pierre Simb attacked. Sure he had the finishing ability of Gary Neville with his laces tied together, and the only goal he scored was an open goal that he nearly missed, but for his enthusiasm, occassional touches of brilliance, and above all that box-to-box dribble to set up Eifion Williams' first goal I think we should exclude him from the worst 11 players to EVER play for Torquay. For strikers I think Richardson, Donaldson, Sissoko and IMO Logan get the nod ahead of him.

He did incidentally score another goal in a charity/testimonial match when the 4 foot tall Hearald Express sports writer hoofed a clearance into his face. He didn't celebrate that one quite so much.

I'd also like to jump on the Alan Connell appreciation bandwagon - before injury I thought he looked a good goal threat, even stuck a fiver on him being the league's leading scorer.

Of those suggested so far I think Rice, Villis, Camara, Hewlett and Brabin are definites.

I'm loving the nostalgia of this thread, will have to give the best 11 a better read.

Re: Your worst ever XI

by TUFC92 » 15 Jun 2011, 08:49

kingsgull wrote: thats because he was a reasonably good player
:lol:























Oh sorry, you were serious? :slap:

Re: Your worst ever XI

by kingsgull » 15 Jun 2011, 08:19

bobby93 wrote:There is a distinct lack of Tyrone Thompson in this thread.
thats because he was a reasonably good player

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