Reflecting on the team - the best and the worst - eviltoast

I’ve been thinking about this a fair bit recently, and hopefully it sparks some good discussion. We’re a club with a long history, and a diverse fan base, and it’s always interesting to see how people respond to questions like this:

Who are your favourite, and least favourite players? More specifically I’m interested in:

  1. Your favourite player in the current squad?

  2. Your favourite player ever?

  3. Your “what could have been” player - someone you were hopeful about when we signed them, but never quite lived up to the hype?

  4. Your least favourite? Maybe someone who seemed to make it in the lineup no matter what when you could see what everyone couldn’t - they were shit.

  • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    1. Odegaard, but there are so many others who are right up there. Sasha for example is a very close second. Right now we are spoiled for talented great guys in our squad.

    2. Bergkamp. But special mentions on this go out to King Henry and to Kenny Sansom.

    3. Eduardo da Silva, but through no fault of his own. He had so much talent and potential, and was really staying to show his abilities. But it was all wiped out by that horrible injury. He seems like such a great guy and worked so hard too.

    4. The are several, for different reasons. But probably Silvestre is the top of my list. He was consistently shite for us and it was perplexing why we even signed him, let alone why he kept starting. And a special mention that will be an incredibly unpopular opinion here: Robin van Persie. I found him really really frustrating because he’d show flashes of pure brilliance and then get injured and be out for months on end. Not really his fault I know. But his attitude always seemed a bit off to me. I can’t explain why. But I wasn’t totally surprised when he decided to be a total shit-heel and fuck off to Yanaited after he had managed to put in his first season with us where he was injury-free. Other special mentions are Nasri, Adebayor, Mustafi, and Eddie McGoldrick.