| Worst ever QPR XI 13:29 - Nov 15 with 16865 views | derbyhoop |
We've had previous threads on the best XI but, prompted by a Facebook discussion about the worst player, how about the worst team. I suggest we do not go back into the 1950s and 1960s. Those who were there then (incl me) probably can't remeber as well as they think.
Your starter for ten
Bankole; John Curtis, Bob Malcolm, Gus Caesar, Ugo Ukah; Keith Rowlands, Ned Zelic, Alex Bonnot, Nick Ward; Brett Angell, Dominic Iorfa
Subs could include Tony Roberts, Christer Warren, Sammy Koejoe
The subs would actually make the team (slightly) better. |  |
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| Worst ever QPR XI on 15:35 - Nov 15 with 2529 views | R_from_afar |
I dare say this player is so completely hopeless that you have permanently erased him from your memories, but surely Pellicori must be the first name on the team sheet?
I play at a low level, usually in some sort of defensive role, but my finishing is more deadly than his and I have more pace, even at the grand old age of 49! He was so woeful my heart bled from him. Making him turn out for us in a Championship game was an act of cruelty.
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| "Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1." |
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| Worst ever QPR XI on 15:38 - Nov 15 with 2525 views | FredManRave |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 15:28 - Nov 15 by W7Ranger |
Mark Hughes record can't be that much better can it? I reckon 8 wins? Two of those in the cup (MK Dons and Swindon I think).
No away wins either. |
Surprisingly Hughezzzz is only 9th from bottom in the table of win percentages of QPR managers with 25%, as in 8 wins in 32 games. He is top of the table in the table of wánker percentages of QPR managers with 100%.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C._managers |  |
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| Worst ever QPR XI on 15:51 - Nov 15 with 2519 views | QPunkR |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 15:28 - Nov 15 by W7Ranger |
Mark Hughes record can't be that much better can it? I reckon 8 wins? Two of those in the cup (MK Dons and Swindon I think).
No away wins either. |
Jesus, just goes to show how I've already scrubbed last season from my memory banks!
Of course Hughes must take the biscuit for worst manager! A proud second place for Hart there though |  |
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| Worst ever QPR XI on 15:56 - Nov 15 with 2509 views | HantsR |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 15:02 - Nov 15 by izlingtonhoop |
In my mind he only ever scored when we were already 3 up.
Memory tricks perhaps.
I'll give him the famous Liverpool victory though, that was his day... [Post edited 15 Nov 2013 16:19]
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First game I took my boys to was at home v Spuds - Falco scored the only goal (for us!). He wasn't great by any means, but not as bad as others, Dowie, Hateley, Leon Clarke, Stefan Moore to name but a few.
Some on here may remember the bearded Brian Williams...surely a place for him in this team? [Post edited 15 Nov 2013 15:59]
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| Worst ever QPR XI on 16:06 - Nov 15 with 2502 views | MrSheen |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 15:56 - Nov 15 by HantsR |
First game I took my boys to was at home v Spuds - Falco scored the only goal (for us!). He wasn't great by any means, but not as bad as others, Dowie, Hateley, Leon Clarke, Stefan Moore to name but a few.
Some on here may remember the bearded Brian Williams...surely a place for him in this team? [Post edited 15 Nov 2013 15:59]
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Falco was cracking for us! Not mentioned yet were a last-minute equaliser against Norwich, a boomer against Newcastle and a goal at Highbury to put us up with 15 mins left. (lost 2-1, never mind). Now Alan Brazil, he WAS hopeless. |  | | |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 16:08 - Nov 15 with 2499 views | Northernr |
A first stab, which I shall revisit, taken only from players I've seen live. And again I'm considering the longevity of the suffering, because obviously Bankole is the worst keeper but it was only that horrifying 20 minutes against Tranmere.
Roberts; Gnohere Rehman Ready Curtis; Boswinga Park Moore; Koejoe Angell Agyemang |  | | |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 16:21 - Nov 15 with 2483 views | derbyhoop |
Compared with Caesar, I can't go with Rehman, who started OK and got rapidly worse. But, in that first season where him and Stewart played together, go back and see how many goals Stewart gave away. The difference was that Stewart got better second season. Once fans started getting on Zesh's back, his confidence went completely. | |
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| Worst ever QPR XI on 16:23 - Nov 15 with 2481 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Michael Meaker. How did I forget.
Didn't try a leg. Just as well because he only had one. Head-down shoeless merchant who never worked on his game in the slightest so continually forced to run around like a clockwork mouse. When the little bit of stamina he had was spent, the full back would saunter past his collapsed pigeon-chested corpse, avoiding his razor-sharp Elvis haircut, and collect the ball. Had the odd shot. Very odd. Liked to hit the ball into the School End. Used to rotate it between Upper and Lower. Consequently, always known by our crew as End-of-Move Meaker.
Left Rangers for Reading and pronounced himself delighted. Reading was a great move for him, he stated, as it was just down the road!
Summed him up. |  |
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| Worst ever QPR XI on 16:26 - Nov 15 with 2476 views | Northernr |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 16:21 - Nov 15 by derbyhoop |
Compared with Caesar, I can't go with Rehman, who started OK and got rapidly worse. But, in that first season where him and Stewart played together, go back and see how many goals Stewart gave away. The difference was that Stewart got better second season. Once fans started getting on Zesh's back, his confidence went completely. |
And he was dog toffee. | | | |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 16:35 - Nov 15 with 2470 views | MrSheen |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 16:21 - Nov 15 by derbyhoop |
Compared with Caesar, I can't go with Rehman, who started OK and got rapidly worse. But, in that first season where him and Stewart played together, go back and see how many goals Stewart gave away. The difference was that Stewart got better second season. Once fans started getting on Zesh's back, his confidence went completely. |
Santos and Rehman is the combination that has me waking up in a cold sweat.
EDIT - my god, they never played together. Entirely the stuff of nightmares. [Post edited 15 Nov 2013 16:38]
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| Worst ever QPR XI on 16:43 - Nov 15 with 2456 views | PhilmyRs |
These things are always tricky, do you base it on disappointment/falling below expectations? or do you go for people you generally feel you were better than at Football.
For disappointment/expectations you can’t look much further than Bosingwa, Park, Hateley, Zelic, Samba. But all of them, even Hateley showed glimpses of what they could do (if only he’d taken that penalty on debut...)
Now the following list of players are people that got lucky, ones that should be paying to play, not earning money wearing the Hoops, players that sum up the quality of the English coaching system and show perfectly why England are, and have been for some time, inferior, non technical Footballers.
Step forward Eric Sabin (French I know), Karl Ready, Richard Paquette, Lee Charles and the player that not only made me think I could make it, but made me believe a goalscoring future lied ahead, the one and only Stuart Wardley. I take the point they tried and worked hard, but with guys like Adel and Faurlin, it’s been like watching up market American porn over the last few seasons, back then a night vision dogging video was as good as it got (where have I heard that before...?) [Post edited 15 Nov 2013 16:58]
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| Worst ever QPR XI on 16:50 - Nov 15 with 2444 views | stevec |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 15:56 - Nov 15 by HantsR |
First game I took my boys to was at home v Spuds - Falco scored the only goal (for us!). He wasn't great by any means, but not as bad as others, Dowie, Hateley, Leon Clarke, Stefan Moore to name but a few.
Some on here may remember the bearded Brian Williams...surely a place for him in this team? [Post edited 15 Nov 2013 15:59]
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Thank you, thank you... until I saw this, for one horrible moment, I thought Brian Williams had been a figment of my imagination.
A truly terrible player but my conscience still troubles me, picturing that long lonely walk as he was substituted for the last time. Poor sod. |  | | |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 16:58 - Nov 15 with 2433 views | Phildo |
I was young at the time but remember a terrible burning hatred for Dean Coney. Was he really that bad?
Mullery surely gets a mention in the management stakes.
Sometimes I think a player/manager sticks in the memory when they replaced a goodun and were a stinker. Like Mullery after Venables |  | | |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 17:00 - Nov 15 with 2430 views | Toast_R |
Right here’s mine for a reason.
In goal, Tony Roberts.
We had a great team back when the Prem started and yet suffered Tony Robert’s butter fingers and ineptness for seasons on end. He was never a Premiership quality goalkeeper. Remember the farcical situation where he was ahead of Stejskal and at one point was temporarily replaced by Bob Corolgees lookalike Sieb Dystra?
Defence
Zesh Rehman, awful, and so far out of his depth I actually felt sorry for him.
John Curtis, Insanely bad, I know we were skint but what was that all about?
Danny Murphy, I wanted him to do well so bad but third tier football and he wasn’t good enough and that’s as bad as we’ve got since I’ve been following. Does anyone remember the Tranmere goal he goofed on?
Steve Morrow. The ass who fell off a Donkey and broke his arm. Unlucky for him he was paired with an injury prone uninspiring back 4 the season we were relegated. I remember going to a depressing grey day in Watford and seeing him try to gee up his defence and seconds later being culpable for two corners gifted to Watford on a plate. Things like that stay with you.
Midfield.
Tommy Docherty. Joey Barton on steroids without the footballing brain.
George Kulscar, What did he actually do? What was he even doing there?
Matthew Rose, posh boy plays football. Whoops he injured again, 6 months later….
Tony Scully, the boy could run but he was dreadful apart from that freak goal against Palace.
Brett Angel. Way over the top, fat and looked like some ones dad filling in for on his teenage sons crap team.
Eric Sabin. Looked the part but was just rubbish and nothing you could add.
Loans, Callum Willock, Karl Ikeme, |  | | |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 17:04 - Nov 15 with 2313 views | Nov77 |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 16:58 - Nov 15 by Phildo |
I was young at the time but remember a terrible burning hatred for Dean Coney. Was he really that bad?
Mullery surely gets a mention in the management stakes.
Sometimes I think a player/manager sticks in the memory when they replaced a goodun and were a stinker. Like Mullery after Venables |
According to the website above mullery had a better win percentage than both jim smith and Gerry Francis, must say that surprised me.
Steve burtenshaw was bloody useless and took us down.
Any talk of worst ever elevens should begin with the words "Ernie Howe + 10 others" |  |
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| Worst ever QPR XI on 17:07 - Nov 15 with 2309 views | MrSheen |
No loanees, no youth-teamers.
Sommer
Curtis
Rehman
Santos
Warren
Bean
Jones (c)
Kulscar
Scully
Nardiello
Slade
Panic, lethargy and incompetence, the boys have it all. | | | |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 17:11 - Nov 15 with 2305 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 17:07 - Nov 15 by MrSheen |
No loanees, no youth-teamers.
Sommer
Curtis
Rehman
Santos
Warren
Bean
Jones (c)
Kulscar
Scully
Nardiello
Slade
Panic, lethargy and incompetence, the boys have it all. |
Love the way you even picked a captain!  | |
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| Worst ever QPR XI on 18:02 - Nov 15 with 2273 views | R_from_afar |
No one else has mentioned Pellicori! 
Did he only ever play for Rangers in my worst nightmare?
Talking about strikers, how about playing two up front, Pellicori and Dean Sturridge? Shudder 
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| Worst ever QPR XI on 18:05 - Nov 15 with 2270 views | W7Ranger |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 16:43 - Nov 15 by PhilmyRs |
These things are always tricky, do you base it on disappointment/falling below expectations? or do you go for people you generally feel you were better than at Football.
For disappointment/expectations you can’t look much further than Bosingwa, Park, Hateley, Zelic, Samba. But all of them, even Hateley showed glimpses of what they could do (if only he’d taken that penalty on debut...)
Now the following list of players are people that got lucky, ones that should be paying to play, not earning money wearing the Hoops, players that sum up the quality of the English coaching system and show perfectly why England are, and have been for some time, inferior, non technical Footballers.
Step forward Eric Sabin (French I know), Karl Ready, Richard Paquette, Lee Charles and the player that not only made me think I could make it, but made me believe a goalscoring future lied ahead, the one and only Stuart Wardley. I take the point they tried and worked hard, but with guys like Adel and Faurlin, it’s been like watching up market American porn over the last few seasons, back then a night vision dogging video was as good as it got (where have I heard that before...?) [Post edited 15 Nov 2013 16:58]
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Eric Sabin scored possibly one of the most important goals in Rangers recent history tho'!  |  | | |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 18:06 - Nov 15 with 2269 views | Ranger78 |
Rob Steiner anyone?? |  | | |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 18:08 - Nov 15 with 2267 views | W7Ranger |
What about Kevin Mcloud???
Promised so much, but delivered so very little!!
Wore coloured boots - he shouldn't have!!
Only player I've seen come on as sub, then get subbed about 25mins later!! [Post edited 15 Nov 2013 18:08]
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| Worst ever QPR XI on 18:10 - Nov 15 with 2260 views | Bluce_Ree |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 18:06 - Nov 15 by Ranger78 |
Rob Steiner anyone?? |
he wasn't very good. He did try though and at least scored a couple of goals.
Best memory of him was him taking a pass right to the nuts and going to ground and then eventually getting up and looking around jokingly as if he was looking for his knackers! |  |
| Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. He runs like a cheetah, his crosses couldn't be sweeter. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore. |
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| Worst ever QPR XI on 18:14 - Nov 15 with 2254 views | W7Ranger |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 18:06 - Nov 15 by Ranger78 |
Rob Steiner anyone?? |
I actually didn't mind him. Didn't he suffer a career ending injury with us?
Also, who was that really tall white forward we had about 7-8 years back? Scandinavian I think? Possibly bald (can be certain)? Think he scored a diving header at the school end in a 3-0 win against Norwich, Green was in goal! | | | |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 18:27 - Nov 15 with 2248 views | terryb |
| Worst ever QPR XI on 18:10 - Nov 15 by Bluce_Ree |
he wasn't very good. He did try though and at least scored a couple of goals.
Best memory of him was him taking a pass right to the nuts and going to ground and then eventually getting up and looking around jokingly as if he was looking for his knackers! |
Sorry, this wasn't meant to be a reply to blue reece. I hit the wrong button!
As you can see I rarely post on this site but this is a subject dear to my heart. At the Colchester away leg of the league cup a decade or so ago a few of us in the seats came up with a complete team but I can't remeber all that we picked. Besides I've had to change a full back recently. i have gone back to the 60's for one player & a few fropm the 70's.
Manager Mullery, assisted by Docherty. Give me Harford or Hart any day over those two.
1 Ron Springett (after his return from Wednesday) or Chris Woods
They both cost us promotion
2 Karl Elsey
3 Bosingwa
4 Brian williams
5 Victor Bloody Mobley
6 Karl the Unready
7 David McCleary (just didn't like him)
8 AN Other (memory has failed me - but he's probablt too good for this team!)
9 Mark Hateley
10 Steve Slade
11 Dominic Iorfa
Without doubt IMO Mobley was the worst player I have seen in the hoops, but then I didn't see Gus make his contribution for us. [Post edited 15 Nov 2013 19:40]
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wondered when somebody would mention him. 
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