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The Scapegoats XI

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  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    killerandflash said:

    Mervyn Day as coach, as he never seemed to get the respect Curbs and Peacock got?

    Yep with Alex Dyer as Assistant Manager.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,126
    thai malaysia addick said:

    I'm trying to put together a team of scapegoats from players who have played since 2000 and have left the club. To be a scapegoat, a player needs to have played a decent number of games. It's tricky. Any improvements (or the opposite, perhaps)?

    Thuram

    Francis
    Doherty
    McCarthy
    Evina

    Green
    Ambrose
    Faye

    McLeod
    Abbott
    Gray

    Thuram wasn't a scapegoat, he was just sh!t, as were Evina McLeod and arguably Francis in their time with us.

    Wilson and Lisbie should be in there.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    Harry Greggory
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    ShootersHillGuru said:

    Harry Greggory

    Has he played since 2000?!
  • Granpa
    Granpa Posts: 2,995
    Don't forget Kish ....... only Curbs, Len Glover and me could see what he brought to the team.

    Do me a favour, he was at times the first name on the sheet for me.
  • Bryan_Kynsie
    Bryan_Kynsie Posts: 2,179
    Who was the little fella the "Fox in the Box" who was quite expensive?
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    Bryan_Kynsie said:

    Who was the little fella the "Fox in the Box" who was quite expensive?

    Francis Jeffers
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    thai malaysia addick said:

    LenGlover said:

    Hamer

    Francis
    Llera
    Fortune
    Youga

    Sam
    Kishishev
    McCormack
    Ambrose

    Lisbie
    Mooney

    Good call, but I would have thought Fortune was considered pretty reliable by most. Varney and Wagstaff must be on the subs bench, I would have thought.
    I would too but plenty seemed to regard him as lazy and unambitious although THAT GOAL redressed the balance a bit I guess.
  • CAFC_Norfolk
    CAFC_Norfolk Posts: 359
    Danny Murphy
    Sam Sodje
    Herman Hreidarsson (because he was perpetually relegated)
  • Bryan_Kynsie
    Bryan_Kynsie Posts: 2,179
    Jimmy Floyd Hasselhoff must be in with a shout when it comes to scapegoats. Or was he just too useless by the time he came to us?
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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    thai malaysia addick said:

    I'm trying to put together a team of scapegoats from players who have played since 2000 and have left the club. To be a scapegoat, a player needs to have played a decent number of games. It's tricky. Any improvements (or the opposite, perhaps)?

    Thuram

    Francis
    Doherty
    McCarthy
    Evina

    Green
    Ambrose
    Faye

    McLeod
    Abbott
    Gray

    class selection mon ami .. never has so much vitriol and hatred been aimed at so few by so many

  • mid_life_crisis
    mid_life_crisis Posts: 3,263
    Charlton_Stu said:

    Lloyd Sam would have to be there surely.

    Agreed, there is no way on earth you could keep Sam out of this team.
    Kishishev an excellent shout too.

  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,735
    CAFC_Norfolk said:

    Danny Murphy
    Sam Sodje
    Herman Hreidarsson (because he was perpetually relegated)

    None of those came close to being Scapegoats.
  • Kenny Achampong
    Kenny Achampong Posts: 540
    Going back to the 80's, Mark Stuart was the classic scapegoat! Always did well for us, but a section of the fans were always on his back for some reason!
  • Stone
    Stone Posts: 3,026
    Kenny Achampong said:

    Going back to the 80's, Mark Stuart was the classic scapegoat! Always did well for us, but a section of the fans were always on his back for some reason!

    Amos is great shout and I'm guilty as charged above. He just always seemed to be mincing around and bottling tackles to me, apart, of course, from him moment of glory at Old Trafford :smiley:
  • Kenny Achampong
    Kenny Achampong Posts: 540
    Scored some very important goals for us in the Old Div 1 in 86/87 - personally I think it was his outrageous 'big hair' and generally pasty demeanour that put so many fans off-side!!
  • AidenTheAddick
    AidenTheAddick Posts: 1,061
    Chizz said:

    Is it safe to assume that Alan Pardew gets the nod as Manager?

    Not a scapegoat, just rubbish.
  • Halix
    Halix Posts: 2,237
    edited March 2015
    Kim Grant
    Phil Chapple
    Ralph Milne
    Jamie Stuart
    Andy (the rocket) Peake
    Talal El Khalej
    Neil Redfern.
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,651
    I think Mark Hudson got scapegoated. He went on to do well at Cardiff and bobbed around the top of the Championship for a few years. In retrospect that team had far bigger problems than Hudson but he took a lot of the flak.
  • cafckev
    cafckev Posts: 2,914
    I am shocked that no one has said Keith Jones. He was always slagged off for his "crab" like style of football, but kept the team together in midfield.
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  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,783
    Garrymanilow said:

    Bryan Hughes is a great shout. Scored some handy goals for us and generally did well but is mostly remembered as being rubbish.

    Does Matt Holland qualify? Gets called Captain Cleanshorts despite the fact he was one of the most committed players around

    I actually liked Hughes..........
  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    Tony Watt
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,034
    Thuram definitely wasn't a scapegoat, he was just dire
  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,234
    McClown was another who was just guff. Not a scapegoat.
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    thai malaysia addick said:

    I'm trying to put together a team of scapegoats from players who have played since 2000 and have left the club. To be a scapegoat, a player needs to have played a decent number of games. It's tricky. Any improvements (or the opposite, perhaps)?

    Thuram

    Francis
    Doherty
    McCarthy
    Evina

    Green
    Ambrose
    Faye

    McLeod
    Abbott
    Gray

    Here is the definition of a scapegoat
    Just so you know.

    A person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency.
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,500
    Mark Aizlewood.

    Steve Dixon was one of his few supporters through the bad times but his faith was rewarded. Aizlewood was excellent after his goal and accompanying V sign v Oldham.

  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,735
    Sillybilly said:

    McClown was another who was just guff. Not a scapegoat.

    I presume you mean Alan McCormack?
    In my opinion was never given much of a chance . He went on went on to do well at other clubs so therefore should be regarded as a scapegoat.
  • Mortimerician
    Mortimerician Posts: 5,222
    cafckev said:

    I am shocked that no one has said Keith Jones. He was always slagged off for his "crab" like style of football, but kept the team together in midfield.

    Perfect shout. A lot of people have confused scapegoat for goatshit
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,954
    A few people on here giving the impression they can't see the difference between an essential 'water carrier' for the team,
    and a player who struggles to make the grade.

  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,365
    edited March 2015
    Emmanuel Frimpong. Often given scathing reviews after not so bad games with the cliche "Premier League prima donna" tag, which was just a bit of a lazy excuse to have a moan simply because he wasn't a world beater.

    Same can be leveled at any players who enjoyed using Twitter (Ben Hamer, Danny Green). Bit of jealousy I think with the Hamer one.

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