So any doubts about his loan not being terminated have been quashed, has signed for Shrewsbury on loan until the end of the season:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46921814
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46921814
Sam Smith signs for Shrewsbury
- Thread starter Northstandboy
- Start date
Sorry I'll complain to the owner.
Congrats, Shrewsbury ... *slow hand clap*
Doubt it, isn’t it a love in.
West Oxon U’s
Level: Phil Whitehead
(238 Apps)
- Year of First Game
- 1975
Sam Smith scored twice for Cambridge today.
MiddleBartonYellow
Level: Andy Crosby
(122 Apps, 13 Gls)
He still has to be one of the most useless signings ever.
Steve Gilbert
Guest
Bit harsh when we have had:
Derek Townsley, Ian McGuckin, Lee Jarman, Peter Fear, Antrobus, Simon Hackney, Doudou, Grebis, Jamie Slabber, Andy Campbell, Mark E'Beyer, Scott Gemmill, Liam Horsted, Danny Morgan, Neville Roach, Rob Davies, James Dobson, Michael Husbands, Levi Reid, Ricky Appleton and Phil Trainer.
I'm sure there are many many more that weren't as bad as Smith.
Marked Ox
Level: Mickey Lewis
(351 Apps, 7 Gls)
Derek Townley doesn't deserve to be in that list. He wasn't great but he was comfortably better than the rest in that list.
Steve Gilbert
Guest
You're Derek Townsley's dad and I claim my £5!
werthersoriginal
Level: James Constable
(280 Apps, 106 Gls)
Phil Trainer wasn’t really terrible, he was just a basic Conference level player, which is where we were. I don’t remember quite a lot of those!
A bit of an odd selection when it comes to ‘rubbish players’, that. Some undoubtedly qualify but others are forgettable nonentities who never really committed many crimes in an Oxford shirt. Can we really say that James Dobson or Danny Morgan appeared enough to fall into the ‘worse than Sam Smith’ category? Not really.
The go-to terrible players are surely Mike Salmon, Emiliano Diaz, Lee Jarman, Peter Fear, Ray Gaston, Steve Anthrobus and Neville Roach.
MJB
Level: Les Phillips
(224 Apps, 15 Gls)
Tiendalli. An absolute danger.
m
Level: Les Phillips
(224 Apps, 15 Gls)
Alex Jeanin, he was absolutely f*****g terrible.
Thomas/Brock/Jones
Level: Steve Basham
(189 Apps, 51 Gls)
I think 'that' free kick puts trainer into the poor category in peoples minds , he was an ok player at that level.
MiddleBartonYellow
Level: Andy Crosby
(122 Apps, 13 Gls)
He joins a long list.
- Year of First Game
- 1953
Reading the names in this thread gives me nightmares.
- Year of First Game
- 1980
Reading the names in that list shows me how much of the last 20 years I've blanked out of my memory entirely... I guess trauma does that to a brain.
NottsYellow
Level: Callum O'Dowda
(106 Apps, 14 Gls)
Looking at those names just shows how supporters should appreciate the current team a bit more.
RyanioBirdio
Level: Les Phillips
(224 Apps, 15 Gls)
I understand what you’re saying, but it’s all relative. If everybody took the approach of “things used to be worse than they are now so don’t worry about it” then nobody would ever strive to improve, and would actually be more likely to let things slide. There’s a fine line between appreciation and complacency. I’m sure most of us are glad to not see us getting beaten by Histon, Lewes and Droylsden anymore, but I’m not sure that warrants a finger wagging every time anybody goes, “Well this one point from the last 15 lark is a bit crap, for the second season running. I’d really like us to play a bit better and not end up in another unnecessary season long survival battle.”
And anyway, I won’t hear a bad word against Phil ‘The Power’ Trainer. That free kick was utterly sensational. We could only dream of technique like that in our current squad.
Peter fear, probably the worst, when you think of what he was being paid.
Who?
Steve Gilbert
Guest
I forget to add names such as Diaz, Mike Salmon, Neil McGowan, Buckley-Ricketts, Xemi, Smith-Brown and Gino Van Kessell!
Northernyellow
Level: Andy Crosby
(122 Apps, 13 Gls)
David Kemp's entire 'team', especially the fat centre half who waddled around trying (and failing) to kick people. McGuckin?
Steve Gilbert
Guest
He is now in charge of developing the youth footballers at Hartlepool. Looks like Hartlepool won't be having any youth team players worth selling on for a while.
werthersoriginal
Level: James Constable
(280 Apps, 106 Gls)
The worst players I remember playing a decent number of games are Tiendalli and Dave Collins early 90s Irish guy from Liverpool, looked like an old farmer even though he was in his early twenties
Thomas/Brock/Jones
Level: Steve Basham
(189 Apps, 51 Gls)
We paid money for him ?
Marked Ox
Level: Mickey Lewis
(351 Apps, 7 Gls)
Both centre halves in that team (McGuckin and Lee Jarman) fit that description. Both had turning circles of an Oil tanker.
