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worst player to put on a Argyle shirt
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Greenskin
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GM Vauxhall":2714mf18 said:
Stewart Evans actually had a pretty successful career,played in a lot of promotion winning sides for teams with diverse styles-rather underrated,i would certainly not put him in any worst player ever category.Mind you,there was a story going round at the time that the Ciderman had a choice between Evans and Steve Bull and chose the former-mmm,if that was so then you'd have to say that Smithy got that one wrong.
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Paul_Roberts
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Peter Swan was an arse, but he came third in the player-of-the-year vote for the one season he was with us. Amazing achievement for someone who celebrated a goal by standing in the centre circle and making a 'f*** you' gesture to the fans, before publicly admitting he hated Plymouth, the club and his team-mates, stated he only signed for the money, and wanted his own team relegated.
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Greens12
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Glen Crowe and Lee Power were rather awful, but then there are many players from that era that I'd like to forget.
My grandfather wasn't very complementary towards Peter Swan (left just before I went to my first match). He had ability, but was a complete and utter mam.
Bjarni Gudjonsson would be a contender for the can't be arsed category.
David Beresford? I think we signed him from Hull and went to Tranmere after not doing much for us.
My grandfather wasn't very complementary towards Peter Swan (left just before I went to my first match). He had ability, but was a complete and utter mam.
Bjarni Gudjonsson would be a contender for the can't be arsed category.
Kevin_Dacombe":2utw0as9 said:
David Beresford? I think we signed him from Hull and went to Tranmere after not doing much for us.
Nobby":2kids8xx said:
Partly agree with you there Nobby, but have to challenge you on a couple. West was unfit & past his best, but a great player in his time, Samba wasn't given any real support (he didn't really do a lot, but great goal against coventry, although some people say it just bounced off his head
), Patterson, Hmm... just felt he could have been a whole lot better if circumstances had been different, gave us glimpses.The rest I have to agree, although Pericard threatened to impress, but ultimately slivered down the popularity pole.
Mac Rickard":2q5b34c1 said:
I would only say stack among that crowd and Luke Young has had some exceptional games for Argyle, considering he is just a young lad playing in a struggling team, hardly seems fair to me.
Soukouna probably my pick, no-one has stood out so much in my mind in having almost no technical skill with a football whatsoever. Watching him away at Crawley, miss ing basic passes, trying overheads on the halfway line and missing the ball entirely, tripping over his own feet under no pressure whatsoever - was particularly embarrassing.
Some of the names in this thread, Chadwick, Feeney, Luke Young etc. are totally out of order IMO. Worst players ever? They are nowhere near.
Walton comes on the radar for me though - I've never known a player seemingly refuse to get fit and develop his stamina, yet get picked in a CM role time and time again. Some centre mids are box-to-box, Walton was box-to-our-half-of-the-centre-circle, that was strenuous enough for him. Opposition players used to dribble down either side of him and he had no pace or agility whatsoever to stop it. But his decent aerial game, the captain's armband and a few penalties made him our best player in some eyes. Considering the near £750k we paid for him, and being made to look slow and unfit by the midfield of Aldershot and the like, puts him on the shortlist for me.
Some of the names in this thread, Chadwick, Feeney, Luke Young etc. are totally out of order IMO. Worst players ever? They are nowhere near.
Walton comes on the radar for me though - I've never known a player seemingly refuse to get fit and develop his stamina, yet get picked in a CM role time and time again. Some centre mids are box-to-box, Walton was box-to-our-half-of-the-centre-circle, that was strenuous enough for him. Opposition players used to dribble down either side of him and he had no pace or agility whatsoever to stop it. But his decent aerial game, the captain's armband and a few penalties made him our best player in some eyes. Considering the near £750k we paid for him, and being made to look slow and unfit by the midfield of Aldershot and the like, puts him on the shortlist for me.
