What players have been (almost) 100% popular?

[Cappers]

Jimmy Case
Michael Robinson

 

[SeagullSongs]

Will Buckley?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

How about Danny Wilson?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

John Keeley?

 

[Guy Fawkes]

KURT NOGAN.... (2 unlimited...No ...no...no)

Didn't he have a run of about 20 games without scoring before we sold him, can't imagine him being that popular during that run if players like CMS go 1 game without scoring and people start to question if they are good enough

 

[Munkfish]

Bruno
bridge
bennett
bobby z

 

[Bold Seagull]

Of course many of the players mentioned are before the birth of internet forums!!!

Perhaps the list would be a lot shorter if NSC was around from the '50's onwards...

 

[Pbseagull]

Neil Smiley

 

[Doc Lynam]

KURT NOGAN.... (2 unlimited...No ...no...no)

Just checked his age.........42, where did the time go!?

 

[The Large One]

Sure, by the end his level of ability had dropped off the cliff and clearly he wasn't up to playing league 1 football but I don't think that made him unlikable. I thought someone would mention the end of his career here, but I still think he's a worthy mention in this thread.

Indeed.

His last true game for us was the last game at Withdean. Matt Sparrow got the last ever goal for us there, but whose name was sung? Yup - OGH, for dummying the ball in the first place.

Fast forward two months, and he still manages to don the (away) stripes, score the first goal and lift a trophy.

Gotta love the guy.

 

[glasfryn]

(H)
Harry Wilson

Frank Worthington

 

[El Sid]

Dave Turner

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

in his prime OGH was definitely a very useful player and his work rate naturally made him very popular....was probably given 1 contract too many but that's not really his fault

as for kuipers, well I always loved him, but I'm not sure he was as universally popular as some like to make out

Chippy was always pretty popular until his last season and a bit where he'd simply lost his legs

Oatway and Cullip certainly had their critics

Can't remember anyone disliking Zamora

 

[Doc Lynam]

Colin Hawkins?

 

[Munkfish]

in his prime OGH was definitely a very useful player and his work rate naturally made him very popular....was probably given 1 contract too many but that's not really his fault

as for kuipers, well I always loved him, but I'm not sure he was as universally popular as some like to make out

Chippy was always pretty popular until his last season and a bit where he'd simply lost his legs

Oatway and Cullip certainly had their critics

Can't remember anyone disliking Zamora

What about Paul Watson, not loved but not hated?

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

What about Paul Watson, not loved but not hated?

well he was never a particularly great defender, but his assists made up for it...when we got to this division the assists dried up and the defending got worse

so popular up until a point before he was punching way above his weight (again, not really his fault)...always seemed like a decent chap though

 

[supaseagull]

Horton (as player)
Oatway
Cullip

Oatway wasn't - he got singled out for a load of stick when he played in League 1 & the Championship.

 

[Neecha]

Didn't he have a run of about 20 games without scoring before we sold him, can't imagine him being that popular during that run if players like CMS go 1 game without scoring and people start to question if they are good enough

Check the stats and come back to me sold to Burnely for a huge profit as well

 

[Philzo-93]

Reading the 'Players who divide opinions like Ashley Barnes' thread, how many players have really been 100% accepted by the crowd? There are some names appearing on that thread that I wouldn't have thought divided opinion at all, but then I remembered that even Peter Ward had his knockers, especially towards the end of his time with us ("too light, one-trick pony, been sussed out, goes to ground too easily").

Sir Bobby Zamora springs to mind. Surely no one can say he divided opinion?

My Dad always said "He was the laziest player I have ever watched. But when you give him the ball he wants; whether it be from Watson, Oatway, Steele or anyother player, he can find the net gracefully. Bloody lazy, but my god, can that boy finish!!!"

 

[Cullip4]

Never heard a bad word said about Emeke Ifijiagwa!