Quality player, shed loads of potential... Sorry pal. Not good enough. Had potential but we didn't sign him for a potential fee, nor potential wages. He was signed, on a gamble, to do a job. Sadly he wasn't up to it. He was never a Premiership striker in all his time with us. Following Wilson's departure he was injured for much of Hendrie's reign and was inherited by Bassett at the end of his (no doubt) expensive contract. None of those managers were in a position to put faith in his potential and so his departure was inevitable. Sheron, Donovan, even Dyer, all worse robbers but I cannot bring myself to put Judd into any category barring "Best off gone". To answer the original question, though, I give you PAUL GIBBS! Not signed for, nor paid, big money but still stole a living being piss poor, yet forever blaming others for his shortcomings. I wish I had a pound for every time he mishit a pass down the left touchline and out of play, then chelped at infield player for not being on the end of it!
RE: Mr Hristov......... Maybe a little unfair, but the amount of games he played for his big fee makes him one of our worst value for money signings ever. Maybe the worst of all infact. People are alright mentioning people like Kevin Dixon, Colin Healy and the like, but those didn't cost anywhere near as much in the long run, thus not as bad.
RE: Mr Hristov......... he looked good enough to me, shame we didn't get the use out of him. The injury was hardly his fault though.
There was a whole host of 'name' players that came after the prem... Geoff Thomas</p> Don Goodman</p> that winger from blackburn who was all left foot (Stuart Ripley?)</p> Deon Burton</p> that striker from Ipswich</p> Mike Sheron (fecking useless lazy bald headed w.anker - couldn't finish inside the six yard box, even worse the further away from goal he got)</p> All past their best and here from a silly amount of money on the Barnsley F.C. gravy train. We signed some absolute ***** around that time and the squad just got fatter and fatter with either crocked or useless footballers all pulling down £6,7,8 k per week.</p> But I really hated Kevin Betsy (as I've already said).</p>
RE: Mr Hristov......... Premiership season I had just turned 14. Remember him well and was there when he scored a rare away goal at Bolton when we drew on Boxing Day. Obviously he's not the worse player that's ever played for us. But based on transfer fee, wages, lack of games, injuries etc he is a candidate.
Geoff Thomas........ very suprised you think he should fall into this catagory, he came in and did a sound job in wembley season, chipped in with a few crucual goals
RE: Mr Hristov......... Yes, but when he played, Hristov was a goal scorer and showed this regularly. His striker's instinct was very good, he could find space in the box very well, dropped his marker better than any other striker I've seen at the well. Timed his runs very well. His finishing was just as good and his heading was excellent - saw him score a header against Bolton which was ruled off side - but it wasn't. I was sat right along the line, and he timed his run perfectly, the ball wasn't great, but he managed to turn his head on it and flick it into the far top corner (and he was running towards the near post having been stood opposite the far post on the edge of the area) - it was all deliberate, and his technique there was exceptional. Remember his performance against Sheff U at Bumhole Lane? The man was quality - and regardless of the injury, we ought to have made more of him really.</p> I'm not sure this thread is about how much value for money we got out of a player, it's more about who we were glad to see the back of. I think Hristov was slightly unusual in that we looked back on him with regret when he left - but I don't think anyone thought 'I'm glad he fecked off'. Compare that to Deon Burton who was absolutely outrageous in his attitude and openly talked about not wanting to be with us, spent most of his games with his hands on his hips like a spoilt child, when he left everyone was glad.</p>
oh don't get me wrong Of that group of 'name' players who came to us after the prem, there are, in my mind, two exceptions - one is Hignett, the other is Shipperly. I nearly said three, and included Geoff Thomas, but for me he was just about past it, and he was too slow. He also suffered from not being any where nearly good enough to replace Neil Redfearn and that made the comparison even more remarkable to me. I was pissed off for years thinking about the money we wasted trying to replace Redfearn, when we could have just given him that money and kept him. </p> So for me, Geoff was just aboutin that catagory of players that I felt we shouldn't have brought in.</p> No where near Deon Burton, Mike Sheron or Kevin Betsy though.</p> When I think of the money we gave Mike Sheron (and his transfer fee) it makes me feel sick now.</p>
RE: Mr Hristov......... 'Obviously he's not the worse player that's ever played for us. But based on transfer fee, wages, lack of games, injuries etc he is a candidate.' </p><hr /> </p> No - I disagree. None of the factors you have stated reflect on his ability or his quality as a player - lack of games, our fault, injuries, nobodies fault, transfer fee, our fault, wages - well we agreed to pay them. Regardless he was a quality player. You can easily stand by your comment that he wasn't good value for money (if you price him per goal, God knows what we paid), but to say he was one of the worst players that's ever played for Barnsley - that's a different criteria altogether, and he is nowhere near. </p>
RE: Mr Hristov......... Yes he was a poor Richard Naylor like loan signing. But at least he didn't cost us as many problems as Hristov. A short term loan singing no matter how bad is still not too bad.
RE: Mr Hristov......... I still can't help but think that your considerations in this catagory are entirely financial. This is the 'which player were you glad to see the back of' thread, not the 'which player cost us the most money' thread.</p> Let's face it, we all wanted to see Hristov get one more season and come good, and while he was with us we all harboured a glimmer of hope deep down that it could happen at any time - just a run in the team and a handful of goals and he could be off and running towards a big tally.</p> I wasn't glad to see the back of him - just so dissapointed that we never made the most of him, and we have to share the blame at least 50/50 with him for the fact that he never really made the impact he should've. The players who should genuinely fall into the 'glad to see the back of' catagory, should be the lazy useless deceitful feckers who stole their money or even if they were cheap, marked such a low standard of performance that you just couldn't wait for them to be gone. You know what I mean - you groaned when you heard their name announced atbefore kick off, and they caused you embarressment at awaymatches. </p>
The Question...... was who was you glad to see the back of? So my arguement stands with that. Obviously if the question was who was the worst player to ever play for us, I would have gave a different answer like Mike Turner or Ashley Scothern