Tony Pulis Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 I think Shodipo.is actually quite a good player. Was very unlucky with injuries and the system change imo - he is a left-winger who has little defensive capabilities, so after the switch to five-back he was always going to find it challenging to get into the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmigo Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 6 hours ago, Emerson Thome said: Okay, coming up next, number 6. And guess what? It's another disappointing loan signing. Mcgeady is my guess. although I maintain da cruz will be somewhere near the top of this list. Absolutely terrible player ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Pulis Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 6 hours ago, Emerson Thome said: Okay, coming up next, number 6. And guess what? It's another disappointing loan signing. Butterfield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym1 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 12 minutes ago, Tony Pulis said: Butterfield? If he's not number 1 then I'm calling fix! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage owl Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 On 18/06/2022 at 18:12, Emerson Thome said: Let's be honest his average is only that high because of trolls and attention seeker's playing devil's advocate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerson Thome Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 2 hours ago, mcmigo said: Mcgeady is my guess. although I maintain da cruz will be somewhere near the top of this list. Absolutely terrible player ! McGeady was number 11. Da Cruz would have been right up there near the top of this list, but he only started 9 games, so doesn't qualify. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest I Love Coffee Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Its a real shame you lowered the number of games to qualify for worst player vs best player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingOwl Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Harsh on Joey. Very harsh. Became very trendy to hate him. He wasn’t amazing but he really wasn’t that bad for the type of player he is. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnchanter Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 I know for a fact this worst Owlstalk 11 would probably beat us at Wembley in a one off game as is the voodoo surrounding our fortunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Pelupessy had an incredible game at Villa away when Fletcher and Matias scored the goals. Other than that he was woeful, one that looked bad as soon as he came in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerson Thome Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 6 minutes ago, Zeus said: Pelupessy had an incredible game at Villa away when Fletcher and Matias scored the goals. Other than that he was woeful, one that looked bad as soon as he came in. Great memory. That game at Villa is the highest rating he was ever given for a game (7.81). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomtheOwl95 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Zeus said: Pelupessy had an incredible game at Villa away when Fletcher and Matias scored the goals. Other than that he was woeful, one that looked bad as soon as he came in. A very clear memory from that game is a frustrated Jack Grealish trying to take him out and Joey knocking the ball past him like he wasn't there. Whenever the debate over Grealish' talent comes up I always thing of that game and that moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerson Thome Posted June 28, 2022 Author Share Posted June 28, 2022 Sorry @owlstalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Emerson Thome Posted June 28, 2022 Author Share Posted June 28, 2022 Lewis Wing: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerson Thome Posted June 28, 2022 Author Share Posted June 28, 2022 There is nothing worse than thinking Wednesday have made the perfect signing, then they turn out to be absolutely bobbins. We seem to have signed lots of promising ‘final piece in the jigsaw’ midfielders just to find they seem to fit within a different game entirely. I was so excited about this signing. Oh well. Almen Abdi, Simon Donnelly, David Jones, Jim Magilton, George Boyd – all enigmas shrouded in a mystery. And to that list we can add the name of Lewis Wing. The thing about Wing was, every time he played against Wednesday he had looked like a superstar. Rangy, good engine, with a great long shot and eye for a pass, he seemed desperate to move to Wednesday and to play with Barry Bannan. What’s more, we had pinched him from under the noses of Rotherham (sound familiar?). What a coup! But perhaps that was the problem. When Bannan is in the team, he is the conductor of the orchestra, and he didn’t particularly need a second conductor. Wing was asked to do a deeper role alongside Bannan, to do his tackling and fill the gaps in the side and keep things moving and chip in with the odd goal. Something Luongo or Byers are happy to do. But Wing couldn't seem to do that. Whenever Bannan played well, Wing didn’t. On the odd occasions Wing played well (Ipswich and Wigan away), Bannan wither didn’t play well or didn’t play at all. And Bannan plays nearly every game. Wing’s best game for Wednesday was against Newcastle Under 23s, he ran the show that day. While Bannan put his feet up. His only goal came against Mansfield (again with Bannan rested). The only game where Bannan and Wing both came close to both performing well together was the 3-0 win against Sunderland. Otherwise Wing never threatened the same impact in the big boys league. More and more he started to snatch at shots and give the ball away. Given a last-minute chance to win the FA Cup tie against Plymouth, he blazed over. Moore said he was "trying too hard". Makes a change, I guess, to most on this list. His last two games for Wednesday were the abject losses at Sunderland and Shrewsbury. The week after the Shrewsbury game, Massimo Luongo returned from suspension – and Wednesday fielded a midfield three of Luongo, Dele-Bashiru and Bannan at home against Plymouth – and spanked them 4-2. We had found our ideal midfield balance (with Dele-Bashiru interchangeable with Byers). Either way, Wing wasn’t in it. The lack of chemistry meant it was best for all concerned for Wing to fly away elsewhere. So welcome to the hall of shame, Lewis Wing. At another time you could have been just what we needed. Rather than our sixth worst player in the last 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerson Thome Posted June 30, 2022 Author Share Posted June 30, 2022 I'll post number 5 in the list of shame next week. He's an absolutely classic of the genre - combining the holy trinity of being a) expensive, b) injury prone and c) useless. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlossyOwl Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Based on the fact that we paid for them: top 3 3. Abdi - had personal problems, I get that, but poo the bed, he took us to the cleaners. 2. Van Aken - I’m rubbish at football, but I’m better than him. 1. Rhodes - not his fault that we signed him for so much but in terms of the impact it ended up having on the club - FFP issues, squad cohesion as we already had 6 strikers at the club and he didn’t help himself in not taking a pen and being terrible in large parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage owl Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 17 minutes ago, GlossyOwl said: Based on the fact that we paid for them: top 3 3. Abdi - had personal problems, I get that, but poo the bed, he took us to the cleaners. 2. Van Aken - I’m rubbish at football, but I’m better than him. 1. Rhodes - not his fault that we signed him for so much but in terms of the impact it ended up having on the club - FFP issues, squad cohesion as we already had 6 strikers at the club and he didn’t help himself in not taking a pen and being terrible in large parts What personal problems did Abdi have?. Serious question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmigo Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Lewis wing was such a strange one. Looked great for toytown but was a different player with us. Looked nervy and dare I say it a bit weak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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