TeemuVanBasten 3,327 Posted July 7, 2020 (edited) Theoklitos top of the list for me. Closely followed by Zema Abbey, complete donkey who came from non-league and after leaving us was soon back there. Paul Dalglish clearly only a professional footballer because of his surname, and I'll always remember the anti-climax of being linked to Alan Gow in every transfer window for years before he finally rocked up on loan and, well, wasn't very good. Raymond De Waard compared himself with Marc Overmars when arriving I believe, I should imagine we'd have been better off signing Rodney Trotter. Edited July 7, 2020 by TeemuVanBasten Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Vadis 151 Posted July 7, 2020 Patrick Bamford Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mason 47 1,379 Posted July 7, 2020 TvB, I have to tip my cap to you. I came into this thread expecting to see only 'JOSIP DRMIC' written in huge sparkling capital letters, but you caught me out. On subject though, you can pretty much drop any player from the Roeder loan division and you won't be wrong. Outside of that, Patrick Boyle was hysterically bad in his brief cameo with us and I particularly remember watching Jay Tabb dismantle Juan Velasco away at Coventry as particularly brutal and upsetting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canary Wundaboy 1,359 Posted July 7, 2020 Theoklitos is hard to top. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
king canary 7,605 Posted July 7, 2020 Hard to choose from some of the dross the Grant/Roeder/Gunn combo bought into the club. Simon Whalley was one I was excited about but turned out to be utter dross. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle Fred 526 Posted July 7, 2020 Robert Eagle if he spent as much time on his game as he did on his hair he would have been some player Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,716 Posted July 7, 2020 Duda, Bamford.. That Greek goalie who changed his name and moved country beacause he was so embarrassed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Don’t be Krul 399 Posted July 7, 2020 (edited) Victor Segura. Was told that even Norwich United when they were Anglian Combination took one look at him and said no!!! Edited July 7, 2020 by Don’t be Krul Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hogesar 9,660 Posted July 7, 2020 David Strihavka. His only goal essentially only happening because Dublin told him specifically what to do at a corner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lake district canary 4,531 Posted July 7, 2020 Nice thread, let's all think of the worst things we can think of to do with City, great way to pass the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TeemuVanBasten 3,327 Posted July 7, 2020 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Uncle Fred said: Robert Eagle if he spent as much time on his game as he did on his hair he would have been some player To be fair to him, he did admit that he was a state of complete shock when Roeder offered him a deal... so he knew he was turd. Now a convicted s e x offender. Edited July 7, 2020 by TeemuVanBasten Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TeemuVanBasten 3,327 Posted July 7, 2020 Just now, lake district canary said: Nice thread, let's all think of the worst things we can think of to do with City, great way to pass the time. Good grief, have you ever considered becoming a traffic warden? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TeemuVanBasten 3,327 Posted July 7, 2020 Lambert said that Goran Maric was one of the worst players he'd ever seen I think, fortunately we didn't have to witness that on the pitch. Another Gunn special. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Horn (again) 131 Posted July 7, 2020 Laurie Sheffield and Simon Tracey - after Theo of course! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duncan Edwards 2,231 Posted July 7, 2020 De Waard. Derveld. Whaley. Gold, Silver and Bronze. And honourable mentions to Marley Watkins, Goran Maric, Chris Killen, Michael Theoklitos and Dean Coney. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,820 Posted July 7, 2020 The first name that springs to mind is Chris Brown. 24 games and one goal if I'm not mistaken, and then we sold him for a profit, somehow... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
king canary 7,605 Posted July 7, 2020 1 minute ago, TeemuVanBasten said: Lambert said that Goran Maric was one of the worst players he'd ever seen I think, fortunately we didn't have to witness that on the pitch. Another Gunn special. I remember someone making a comment after he left that made me chuckle. 'Goran, of all the players I've seen play for Norwich I can honestly say, you weren't one of them.' 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,820 Posted July 7, 2020 About Maric, I just checked his Wiki, and it seems someone has had a bit of fun with the Norwich City section: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goran_Marić_(footballer)?wprov=sfla1 Interesting that he scored 11 goals for Barcelona's B team in the Spanish third tier the season before he joined us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
king canary 7,605 Posted July 7, 2020 Just now, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said: About Maric, I just checked his Wiki, and it seems someone has had a bit of fun with the Norwich City section: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goran_Marić_(footballer)?wprov=sfla1 Interesting that he scored 11 goals for Barcelona's B team in the Spanish third tier the season before he joined us. Tooting my own horn here but I wrote this awhile ago for Along Came Norwich which seems to feature a few mentioned in this thread... https://www.alongcomenorwich.com/articles/the-we-barely-knew-thee-xi/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,758 Posted July 7, 2020 Pound for pound it has to be Ricky. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,820 Posted July 7, 2020 15 minutes ago, king canary said: Tooting my own horn here but I wrote this awhile ago for Along Came Norwich which seems to feature a few mentioned in this thread... https://www.alongcomenorwich.com/articles/the-we-barely-knew-thee-xi/ Good list, but the one I think is very harsh is McNamee. He was only ever brought in as a weapon to be used off the bench as there were no wingers in the squad and no midfielders or forwards with any pace, and I felt he did his job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daly 501 Posted July 7, 2020 32 minutes ago, TeemuVanBasten said: To be fair to him, he did admit that he was a state of complete shock when Roeder offered him a deal... so he knew he was turd. Now a convicted s e x offender. He’ll be pleased you brought that up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Apples 1,320 Posted July 7, 2020 40 minutes ago, TeemuVanBasten said: Lambert said that Goran Maric was one of the worst players he'd ever seen I think, fortunately we didn't have to witness that on the pitch. Another Gunn special I remember seeing him on the pre-season tour of Scotland at Raith Rovers. He hit the post and got a deal, what times they were. 🤣 Apples 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TeemuVanBasten 3,327 Posted July 7, 2020 27 minutes ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said: Good list, but the one I think is very harsh is McNamee. He was only ever brought in as a weapon to be used off the bench as there were no wingers in the squad and no midfielders or forwards with any pace, and I felt he did his job. Mostly used as a sub in his career because he had bad asthma, little known fact. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TeemuVanBasten 3,327 Posted July 7, 2020 49 minutes ago, king canary said: Tooting my own horn here but I wrote this awhile ago for Along Came Norwich which seems to feature a few mentioned in this thread... https://www.alongcomenorwich.com/articles/the-we-barely-knew-thee-xi/ Tudor-Jones a bit unlucky with injuries in his career I think, was considered a big talent at Swansea and got a few caps for Wales. Possibly a bit like Louis Thompson in that regard, will end up playing his whole career in lower leagues but we know what could have been. Just remembered Steve Walsh though, even Franke might feel a bit hard done by if he was shown a DVD of his performances. So bad I think he repaid us his wages when leaving 🤣 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clint 221 Posted July 7, 2020 Steve Walsh. We conceded 5 at home to a league 2 Bradford on his debut I believe. And then another 3/4 on his league debut. Absolute shocker! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mannings bandy legs 387 Posted July 7, 2020 Jim Blair. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle Fred 526 Posted July 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Herman said: Pound for pound it has to be Ricky. That is just plain nasty, he had the best WAG the club has ever seen 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TeemuVanBasten 3,327 Posted July 7, 2020 I'll always be grateful to Lewis Grabban, without him having a tantrum at Rotherham I'd never have seen Van Wolfswinkel score a goal. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HertsCanary93 222 Posted July 7, 2020 (edited) Mark Fotheringham was pretty dreadful. The fact he played over 70 games for us, before finding himself in the Cypriot league only a year later is a sign of how bad we were in that period. Edited July 7, 2020 by HertsCanary93 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites