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I’ve got Kieran Dyer.

Who you got?
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Dyer no chance. We just got crazy unlucky with injuries with him.

Cost and perceived importance to the team vs performance has to be key here and how badly they fuck the club rather than just the shittest players we have ever signed on talent alone seen as several of them would have been peanuts and not made a dent. 

Kilman has to be a really good shout and possibly the worst of the worst
Felipe Anderson was god awful
Scamacca and Haller not because they were shit per se but cost vs ROI
JWP
Alvarez
Vlasic
Hermansen could be well up there when all is said and done
Todibo

I've probably forgotten a few. An alarming amount from the last decade, but i suppose prices have never been higher and we have had to put up with 'talent spotter' Sullivan ruling the roost. None of those were without his tacit approval or flat out him acting alone.
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Nutsin wrote: 28 Oct 2025, 20:44
Didn’t he break his leg before we signed him?
Not as far as I can remember, although may be wrong.
I do seem to recall him also suffering a broken foot, not too long after the broken leg.
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MaryMillingtonsGhost wrote: 28 Oct 2025, 20:34
Far Cough UKunt" wrote: 28 Oct 2025, 18:16 Kieron Dyer is nowhere near to being the worst.


 
 
Agreed. Suffered a horrific leg break against Bristol City and never fully recovered.
Hardly his fault.
For me, probably the fucking spastic Roberto. Totally derailed what might have been a promising season by having the athletic prowess of Elsie Tanner.
Didn’t he break his leg before we signed him?
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I always thought Mavropanos was bad, but he's Paolo Maldini compared to the clown twosome of Todibo and Kilman.
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theaxeman wrote: 28 Oct 2025, 19:38 Robbie Keane hahaha its endless!
 
 
 
 
Robbie Keane who at least scored a couple of goals in 9 appearances. We've had far far worse.
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Nutsin wrote: 28 Oct 2025, 19:31
theaxeman wrote: 28 Oct 2025, 19:17 Sam Allardyce

Thats when I whew this regime didn't care a fuck about our history.

Player wise Sandy Clarke is up there, David Kelly to replace McAvennie was pretty bad as was MacKnight to replace Parkes. Of this era Zaza must be up there surely.
I agree, as far as a manager goes Allardyce is the worst.
Hated that prick! 
 
 
Yep - especially when one of the first things he said was a dig at the Academy of Football saying that no-one knows what it is.  From then on you knew it was going to be dreadful.
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Far Cough UKunt" wrote: 28 Oct 2025, 18:16 Kieron Dyer is nowhere near to being the worst.

 
 
 
Agreed. Suffered a horrific leg break against Bristol City and never fully recovered.
Hardly his fault.
For me, probably the fucking spastic Roberto. Totally derailed what might have been a promising season by having the athletic prowess of Elsie Tanner.
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Evra has to be up there too, I think we lost by 4 goals every game he started. Didn't have a club when we signed him, couldn't get a club when we ditched him.

Let's be honest though, it's Roberto 
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Remember Sullivan doing one of his specials on January deadline day and signing Henri Camara from Wigan on loan for the rest of the season.

We couldn't wait to get rid and he couldn't wait to leave🤣
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We've got four candidates in the current squad. The aforementioned pathetic centre back duo. The shit fucking disaster midget goalkeeper and the ugly fucking donkey German that purports to be a striker. Around 120m spent on those four CUNTS. 
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Zaza, Ljungberg, Roberto...
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Nutsin wrote: 28 Oct 2025, 19:31
theaxeman wrote: 28 Oct 2025, 19:17 Sam Allardyce

Thats when I whew this regime didn't care a fuck about our history.

Player wise Sandy Clarke is up there, David Kelly to replace McAvennie was pretty bad as was MacKnight to replace Parkes. Of this era Zaza must be up there surely.
I agree, as far as a manager goes Allardyce is the worst.
Hated that prick! 
We've had 3 worse ones this year already 
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Gary Breen doesn't come near the worst, i'd have him back tomorrow.
​​​​​He does a lot of premier league commentary/punditry over here in Ireland and he's always spot on about west ham and very funny as well.
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Where do you start! Even as free agents they were shit and on big wages, Jack Wilshire comes to mind though as does Serhiy, Rebrov. 

So many over the years you could write a book, Gary Breen of course is another standout🤣
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Robbie Keane hahaha its endless!
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Titi Camara … 50yo ‘striker’
Benny McCarthy … couldn’t even bother giving up the pies 🥧 to play in a once in a lifetime home World Cup in S Africa
After he left his shorts were used as a pitch cover
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Wilshere has to be up there. Quashie too. It would be a very long list
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theaxeman wrote: 28 Oct 2025, 19:17 Sam Allardyce

Thats when I whew this regime didn't care a fuck about our history.

Player wise Sandy Clarke is up there, David Kelly to replace McAvennie was pretty bad as was MacKnight to replace Parkes. Of this era Zaza must be up there surely.
I agree, as far as a manager goes Allardyce is the worst.
Hated that prick! 
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Sam Allardyce

Thats when I whew this regime didn't care a fuck about our history.

Player wise Sandy Clarke is up there, David Kelly to replace McAvennie was pretty bad as was MacKnight to replace Parkes. Of this era Zaza must be up there surely.
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Kilman financially (a sleeping giant)
Is there a pulse ?

Other notable mentions 

Charles (pissed)

Jones (crocked )

And any other deal involving Harry the Spiv after the Rio deal.

 
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As Cough said, it’s nowhere near Dyer.

You could make a case for both Todibo & Kilman.
Or our new keeper with t-Rex arms.
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Kalvin Phillips 
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twoleftfeet wrote: 28 Oct 2025, 18:29 John Radford
Allan McKnight
David Kelly
Ilie Dumitrescu
Max Kilman
Rigobert Song


 
No way Song should be on that list.  Only cost a couple of million.   Was excellent header of the ball.  Would take him now over any of current centre backs.
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John Radford
Allan McKnight
David Kelly
Ilie Dumitrescu
Max Kilman
Rigobert Song

 
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