Aberdeen's Worst Xi

[Dynamo]

Has Craig Bryson been mentioned? A stick on for CM if he could avoid injury for 2 minutes. 

[King Street Loon]

4 hours ago, Ten Caat said:

McCall wasn't that bad, bizarre to think he was still in our squad when we faced Bayern in '83 (although he was sold IIRC to a Hong Kong side a few weeks later). I'm sure I once read that Fergie signed him because he was Dougie Bell's brother in law and Bell had asked Fergie if he could train with us in pre-season as a favour. Impressed so much that Fergie offered him a deal.

If Tom Jones gets a mention, then so must Gary Hackett, signed that same summer by Porterfield.

Steve Ritchie was an abomination of a player but the comedy goal in the Cup Final made up for a lot of his shortcomings.

I'm going to throw in Gregg Watson. As a young loon he was touted as being the next Willie Miller. And so he was. That Willie Miller being the one that played right back for Hibs....

Did McCall play any games that season?

I could've looked this up myself tbh.

[Ten Caat]

2 hours ago, Dynamo said:

Has Craig Bryson been mentioned? A stick on for CM if he could avoid injury for 2 minutes. 

He won't give a flying fuck with 2 medals in his hipper since we let him go. He'll have trousered enough at his time with Derby that he'll be comfortably off for life into the bargain

[Ten Caat]

3 minutes ago, King Street Loon said:

Did McCall play any games that season?

I could've looked this up myself tbh.

I've just looked it up

He played the same number of games as Bryan Mitchell and Willie Falconer.

And one more than Ian Porteous and Bryan Gunn

Two appearances....

 

[Ke1t]

Mackie has to be among the worst. For the length of time he was at the club, with a something like 50+ goal return?  His only real asset, 'pace', got incrementally worse season on season, until I think his final season he turned up with a pot belly, by which point all pace had evaporated, his shots were no closer to hitting the net, and didn't we use him as a winger for a while?

Paul Kane, obviously. 

And any number of anonymous signings who came and went as cheap shirt-fillers on negligible wages. 

How we've never been relegated is a minor miracle, tbh. 

[Kilgore Trout]

28 minutes ago, Ke1t said:

Mackie has to be among the worst. For the length of time he was at the club, with a something like 50+ goal return?  His only real asset, 'pace', got incrementally worse season on season, until I think his final season he turned up with a pot belly, by which point all pace had evaporated, his shots were no closer to hitting the net, and didn't we use him as a winger for a while?

Paul Kane, obviously. 

And any number of anonymous signings who came and went as cheap shirt-fillers on negligible wages. 

How we've never been relegated is a minor miracle, tbh. 

Always remember Provan commentating on an Aberdeen v Celtic game on Sky when Mackie was just breaking into the team. He described him as a great prospect with Michael Owen pace ! Aye.

Those Twa Bulgarian fucks been mentioned yet ?

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

29 minutes ago, Ke1t said:

Paul Kane

Scored an absolute cracker down at iprix though (a lovely team goal), so I'll leave him out of our worst XI. 

However, there be a few footballs lying on Tahiti beaches by now thanks his usual abysmal shooting ability.

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

9 minutes ago, Kilgore Trout said:

Always remember Provan commentating on an Aberdeen v Celtic game on Sky when Mackie was just breaking into the team. He described him as a great prospect with Michael Owen pace ! Aye.

Those Twa Bulgarian fucks been mentioned yet ?

They were fucking terrible, Messrs. Tzvetanov and Kiriakov. 

They would definitely make the subs bench, at the very least.

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

Mitchell, Kombouare, Bates, and Gallagher are definitely up there with the worst of all-time defenders we've had. 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

18 minutes ago, Matt Armstrong's Dog said:

Mitchell, Kombouare, Bates, and Gallagher are definitely up there with the worst of all-time defenders we've had. 

There’s plenty worse 

None of them are near the worst X1 

[Ke1t]

1 minute ago, Matt Armstrong's Dog said:

Mitchell, Kombouare, Bates, and Gallagher are definitely up there with the worst of all-time defenders we've had. 

Remember first watching Toni Kombouare, we were all thinking he was operating on a level above the rest of the team, because fair enough he seemed like a guy that liked to play the ball out rather than just lump it forward. Problem was he was used to getting time on the ball, and there was no way that was happening in Scottish football, so he was perpetually getting closed down and panicking. 

Add to that he was slower than a Monday morning, AND he'd most likely lied about his age... 

We eventually realised he was on a different level, it just wasn't above.. 

 

[Bournemouth Gee]

Kiriakov was alright. His mate was crap. I liked kombouare as well! Paul Kane, I was in Turin when we lost 3-2 I thought him and Rico were great. 

I was shitfaced though

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

13 minutes ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

There’s plenty worse 

Very hard to find worse min. If you can, let's hear them......

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

9 minutes ago, Ke1t said:

Remember first watching Toni Kombouare, we were all thinking he was operating on a level above the rest of the team, because fair enough he seemed like a guy that liked to play the ball out rather than just lump it forward. Problem was he was used to getting time on the ball, and there was no way that was happening in Scottish football, so he was perpetually getting closed down and panicking. 

Add to that he was slower than a Monday morning, AND he'd most likely lied about his age... 

We eventually realised he was on a different level, it just wasn't above.. 

 

Correct Ke1t min. His debut down at Stark's Park was purely a masquerade.

A man that played in a European Cup semi-final a couple of years previously as well, but that doesn't always equate to a decent individual player. 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

16 minutes ago, Matt Armstrong's Dog said:

Very hard to find worse min. If you can, let's hear them......

Cobian, Bus, Ifil, McQuilken, Tate, Ian Robertson, Solberg, Ryan McLaughlin, Steve Ritchie, Jared Hodgkiss, Javan Vidal…. Need any more? ?

[TheRedPrawcess]

Every time I think of bad defenders I can't help but think of Youl Mawene. He seemed like he must have comfortably been the slowest player on the park every game.

[aberdeen1970]

Jared Hodgkiss absolutely delighted to finally be replaced in this team by Gurr 

[Millertime]

10 hours ago, RAZOR said:

 

Masson and Cammy Smith were long after Paterson

Payne I'm talking about

Definitely paterson that called him Beckham

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

13 hours ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

Cobian, Bus, Ifil, McQuilken, Tate, Ian Robertson, Solberg, Ryan McLaughlin, Steve Ritchie, Jared Hodgkiss, Javan Vidal…. Need any more? ?

....David Lilley, Derek Dung, Stuart Duff (albeit the latter two were unorthodox defenders).

[redone]

15 hours ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

Cobian, Bus, Ifil, McQuilken, Tate, Ian Robertson, Solberg, Ryan McLaughlin, Steve Ritchie, Jared Hodgkiss, Javan Vidal…. Need any more? ?

Ooh ya fucker , that makes grim reading.   Top Trumps - Shit Player Edition.

Grassi and Vujodinovic (?) deserve a mention.

 

[redone]

1 hour ago, Matt Armstrong's Dog said:

....David Lilley, Derek Dung, Stuart Duff (albeit the latter two were unorthodox defenders).

I don’t think this three , not even Lilley, come anywhere near our worst XI

[strachanmcgheegoal]

Who was the injured hun we took in that ridiculous swop deal again?  Must be worth a mention.

[Ten Caat]

23 minutes ago, strachanmcgheegoal said:

Who was the injured hun we took in that ridiculous swop deal again?  Must be worth a mention.

Velicka

[ericblack4boss]

21 hours ago, Ten Caat said:

I've just looked it up

He played the same number of games as Bryan Mitchell and Willie Falconer.

And one more than Ian Porteous and Bryan Gunn

Two appearances....

 

Ian Angus , Willie Falconer,  and Ian Porteous the acrchitypical  utility players

[ericblack4boss]

21 hours ago, Matt Armstrong's Dog said:

They were fucking terrible, Messrs. Tzvetanov and Kiriakov. 

They would definitely make the subs bench, at the very least.

Over a million spunked on those two by old purple hair,

[ericblack4boss]

20 hours ago, Matt Armstrong's Dog said:

Correct Ke1t min. His debut down at Stark's Park was purely a masquerade.

A man that played in a European Cup semi-final a couple of years previously as well, but that doesn't always equate to a decent individual player. 

Ally Dick played in a European cup final, 

[ericblack4boss]

I think Craig Robertson would get in everyone's side.

What about Colin Woodthorpe, David Winnie, Ricky Gillies, Nigel Pepper, Niclas Fabiano.

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

11 minutes ago, ericblack4boss said:

Ally Dick played in a European cup final, 

I may be wrong but think he played in the 1972 UEFA Cup final against Wolves. 

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

10 minutes ago, ericblack4boss said:

I think Craig Robertson would get in everyone's side.

What about Colin Woodthorpe, David Winnie, Ricky Gillies, Nigel Pepper, Niclas Fabiano.

It's a no for David Winnie for me after his MOM performance in the Skol Cup final in 1992. 

As for the rest, fucking aye!

[ericblack4boss]

14 minutes ago, Matt Armstrong's Dog said:

I may be wrong but think he played in the 1972 UEFA Cup final against Wolves. 

1984 UEFA cup final for Spurs managed by Keith Burkenshaw