| Nightmare eleven - Column on 11:03 - Apr 27 with 1924 views | TeddRanger |
This eleven is a combination of people I genuinely detested seeing in a Rangers side (J Barton, SWP, Hateley, Bosingwa) , people who wore the shirt for far longer than they had a right to (T Roberts , K Ready) , just really poor( E Howe, J Curtis, Z Rehman, S Slade) and irrational hatred(K Rowland).
Playing 5 at the back, but don’t think that would help the goals conceded column!
Tony Roberts
John Curtis
Karl Ready
Zesh Rehman
Ernie Howe
Jose Bosingwa
SWP
Barton
Keith Rowland
Hateley
Steve Slade |  | |  |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 11:15 - Apr 27 with 1895 views | MrSheen |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 11:03 - Apr 27 by TeddRanger |
This eleven is a combination of people I genuinely detested seeing in a Rangers side (J Barton, SWP, Hateley, Bosingwa) , people who wore the shirt for far longer than they had a right to (T Roberts , K Ready) , just really poor( E Howe, J Curtis, Z Rehman, S Slade) and irrational hatred(K Rowland).
Playing 5 at the back, but don’t think that would help the goals conceded column!
Tony Roberts
John Curtis
Karl Ready
Zesh Rehman
Ernie Howe
Jose Bosingwa
SWP
Barton
Keith Rowland
Hateley
Steve Slade |
Keith Rowland was doomed from the start by being part of the terrible Sinclair trade, but he was genuinely hopeless in his own right. Good selection, but if you had managed to squeeze Vinnie Jones in for Ernie Howe, who was rubbish but only as a back-up in a good side, there might have been a few more tomatoes flying. |  | | |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 12:42 - Apr 27 with 1829 views | The_Beast1976 |
Shabazz Baido (for being shite on the pitch, shite at rapping, and for thinking he is a gangsta innit) [Post edited 27 Apr 2020 12:44]
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| Nightmare eleven - Column on 18:43 - Apr 27 with 1658 views | stevec |
Steve Slade should be in there and Richardson over Lumley? Hmm don’t think so.
What I won’t have is Karl Henry in that eleven. Play off promotion season, 30 games and average of 2 points a game, fck me only Charlie had a better return. [Post edited 27 Apr 2020 18:46]
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| Nightmare eleven - Column on 19:24 - Apr 27 with 1636 views | terryb |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 18:43 - Apr 27 by stevec |
Steve Slade should be in there and Richardson over Lumley? Hmm don’t think so.
What I won’t have is Karl Henry in that eleven. Play off promotion season, 30 games and average of 2 points a game, fck me only Charlie had a better return. [Post edited 27 Apr 2020 18:46]
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I know this is controversial, but the worst goalkeeper I've seen play for Rangers is Ron Springett.
A classic case of continuing to play after the "best before" & "sell by" dates have expired!
I'm sure that in his first spell for us & in his time at Wednesday he was good, but he was a poor second behind Mike Kelly in abiliity after his return. I would even say that the young Alan Spratley would have been a lot better choice to play than Ron! | | | |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 19:24 - Apr 27 with 1636 views | HordleHoop |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 10:00 - Apr 26 by 2Thomas2Bowles |
A squad maybe better
Add the king of the treatment room Dean Sturridge.
He did get on the pitch 11 times but no one noticed. |
Dean Sturridge is a great shout.
Can we throw in Rio Ferdinand? I say worse than Ji Sung Park |  | | |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 20:07 - Apr 27 with 1609 views | Rassilon |
How about Georges Santos, Marc Nygaard and Iain Dowie (wasn’t he part of the same trade that got him and Keith Rowland for Sinclair?) | | | |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 20:16 - Apr 27 with 1591 views | rsonist |
Chris Plummer really play 62 times for us? Hells bells. |  | | |
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| Nightmare eleven - Column on 20:29 - Apr 27 with 1584 views | TomS |
There are so many to choose from, but I'd like to make a case for Jay Bothroyd.
You may recall we bought him from Cardiff after we got promoted under Warnock, and they didn't. He left an impression in a match in Cardiff towards the end of the season as his attempted cross from midfield ended up in the back of our net.
He was given so many chances by us, but failed to change our first impression that he was a total and utter waste of space. He had his moment in the sun when he played a few minutes for England while with Cardiff, but FFS, Charlie Austin was a far more deserving candidate for that honour.
"That" tattoo that he got while with us merely reinforced many of our first impressions. |  | | |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 22:21 - Apr 27 with 1541 views | Esox_Lucius |
The definitive nightmare XI
....................................Joey Barton
Joey Barton .... Joey Barton ....Joey Barton ....Joey Barton
Joey Barton .... Joey Barton ....Joey Barton ....Joey Barton
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| Nightmare eleven - Column on 11:47 - Apr 28 with 1386 views | Rassilon |
Alan Brazil and Sammy Lee, both bought when they were past their best.
You could probably make a nightmare team of just players we got from Man United (several already mentioned): John Curtis, Rio Ferdinand, Ji-Sung Park, Federico Macheda, Fabio. (I'm sure I'm missing some). | | | |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 12:16 - Apr 28 with 1367 views | kensalriser |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 10:00 - Apr 26 by 2Thomas2Bowles |
A squad maybe better
Add the king of the treatment room Dean Sturridge.
He did get on the pitch 11 times but no one noticed. |
Permacrocks probably deserve a team of their own. |  |
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| Nightmare eleven - Column on 13:18 - Apr 28 with 1333 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 11:47 - Apr 28 by Rassilon |
Alan Brazil and Sammy Lee, both bought when they were past their best.
You could probably make a nightmare team of just players we got from Man United (several already mentioned): John Curtis, Rio Ferdinand, Ji-Sung Park, Federico Macheda, Fabio. (I'm sure I'm missing some). |
The strange thing about Lee is that he played like a lad with too many miles on the clock but he was actually only 27 when he joined us. I couldn't fathom him out. |  |
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| Nightmare eleven - Column on 13:34 - Apr 28 with 1320 views | eghamranger |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 12:09 - Apr 26 by Ned_Kennedys |
Not sure why you hate Tony Roberts so much: he was ok for us over a decent period I thought. Would certainly rate him higher than the likes of Lumley, Dykstra, Barron etc. |
Think Rob Green should be ahead of Roberts for the No1 jersey |  | | |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 14:05 - Apr 28 with 1311 views | MrSheen |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 13:34 - Apr 28 by eghamranger |
Think Rob Green should be ahead of Roberts for the No1 jersey |
Wemberlee! | | | |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 14:53 - Apr 28 with 1290 views | WadR |
Karl Henry was one of our better players in the 14/15 relegation season. Dislike him but he was a competent player who worked hard.
On the other hand, Sandro was perpetually injured, didn't give a sh t when he did play and was as slow as Bob Malcolm but on 10x as much money. Hated him and his inexplicable fan club that kept calling for him to be played post relegaiton.
Alessandro Pellicori's one league start was the single most inept centre forward display I've ever seen at QPR. | | | |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 15:38 - Apr 28 with 1267 views | kensalriser |
Trying to figure out Northern's three who shouldn't be in.
Henry, definitely.
Then it gets more difficult, but the next is Plummer I think, and then either Scully or Borrowdale.
Edit: No, the third is Richardson, I reckon he'd have Roberts in goal. [Post edited 28 Apr 2020 15:40]
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| Nightmare eleven - Column on 18:57 - Apr 28 with 1191 views | CamberleyR |
Definitely Coco The Clown Roberts in goal for me. Fúck me, whilst Jan Stejskal was also prone to the very odd rick, Big Jan was a bit harshly done to IMO by Gerry Francis. How Coco The Clown managed to play as much as he did in that period (92-94) is a genuine mystery, a bloody awful goalkeeper. |  |
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| Nightmare eleven - Column on 19:39 - Apr 28 with 1169 views | PeterHucker |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 21:40 - Apr 25 by BrianMcCarthy |
Mine:
Tony Roberts - awful, error-prone, short, miserable, joyless
Jose Bosingwa - refer to Mel's write-up. I can't better that!
Bob Malcolm - oh God.
Neil Ruddock - oh God part 2.
Armand Traore - could be harsh, struggling to think of a worse left-back, though.
Clive Walker - edging out SWP is some achievement
Joey Barton - his name just typed itself
Gary Chivers - God I hated him and Robbie James, but the latter was at least good once
Michael Meaker - end-of-move Meaker, no Rangers player has ever lost the ball more often than him. Ever.
Dominic Iorfa - the man lived offside. Lived there.
Mark Hateley - useless, lazy, arrogant, ar$ehole |
Can I just step in to defend Michael Meaker here.
He wasn't THAT bad. Saw him play several times at youth level and he had some good skill and a lot of pace.
When he was played in the first team, he looked bad because of the high quality of the players around him and in particular the ones he replaced in the team (Sinton, Sinclair, Impey)
His reputation suffers and he stood out because he was an average player in a team full of brilliant ones.
If you were to put him into the Ray Harford team or some of the truly shit midfields we had in the Briatore years he would've been one of our better players compared to Tchakounte, Nick Ward, Tommy Doherty, Matteo Alberti etc etc etc etc |  | | |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 20:19 - Apr 28 with 1157 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 19:39 - Apr 28 by PeterHucker |
Can I just step in to defend Michael Meaker here.
He wasn't THAT bad. Saw him play several times at youth level and he had some good skill and a lot of pace.
When he was played in the first team, he looked bad because of the high quality of the players around him and in particular the ones he replaced in the team (Sinton, Sinclair, Impey)
His reputation suffers and he stood out because he was an average player in a team full of brilliant ones.
If you were to put him into the Ray Harford team or some of the truly shit midfields we had in the Briatore years he would've been one of our better players compared to Tchakounte, Nick Ward, Tommy Doherty, Matteo Alberti etc etc etc etc |
Yes, you have a point about context. In fairness I moved to Ireland in '96 and while he makes my team he probably wouldn't have if I'd seen more Rangers games between '96 and '02 say. | |
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| Nightmare eleven - Column on 09:13 - Apr 29 with 1033 views | GRDHoops |
I'd have Fitz Hall in there. Injury prone & quite possibly the laziest defender I've ever seen - was superb at doing nothing. | | | |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 10:16 - Apr 29 with 1000 views | Northernr |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 15:38 - Apr 28 by kensalriser |
Trying to figure out Northern's three who shouldn't be in.
Henry, definitely.
Then it gets more difficult, but the next is Plummer I think, and then either Scully or Borrowdale.
Edit: No, the third is Richardson, I reckon he'd have Roberts in goal. [Post edited 28 Apr 2020 15:40]
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I thought Henry, Plummer and Borrowdale were harsh. I've long since stopped arguing with Mel over Henry though.
Rehman and Ready far, far worse than Plummer for me. |  | | |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 10:43 - Apr 29 with 989 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 09:13 - Apr 29 by GRDHoops |
I'd have Fitz Hall in there. Injury prone & quite possibly the laziest defender I've ever seen - was superb at doing nothing. |
He was superb at letting Furlong in for the playoff goal! | |
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| Nightmare eleven - Column on 11:14 - Apr 29 with 965 views | ingeminate |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 10:16 - Apr 29 by Northernr |
I thought Henry, Plummer and Borrowdale were harsh. I've long since stopped arguing with Mel over Henry though.
Rehman and Ready far, far worse than Plummer for me. |
The answer to this thread could well be whoever else was in the team when Karl Ready won player of the season. |  |
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| Nightmare eleven - Column on 12:20 - Apr 29 with 930 views | stevec |
| Nightmare eleven - Column on 11:14 - Apr 29 by ingeminate |
The answer to this thread could well be whoever else was in the team when Karl Ready won player of the season. |
Wish I could remember when it was but there was a period when we were desperately bad and the exec boxes used to vote on player of the match.
At that time, if we lost which we usually did, they’d vote for the worst player on the pitch. Quite funny in the next programme seeing a rather sheepish player pictured with his ‘trophy’. | | | |
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