[Albion] Which Albion player has annoyed you the most since you started watching the Albion?

[Icy Gull]

It may be unjustified but for me it was Nicky Rust after he had an injury that kept him out for a while. Went from a really useful looking keeper to one who couldn’t stop a pig in a passage. Really wound me up

 

[Barry Izbak]

Unpopular opinion I suspect, but it's Robert Codner.

Never did anywhere near enough.
And just when he did start performing got banged up. Idiot

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

2 replies in and not one vote for Leon Best yet?! Surprised.

 

[Icy Gull]

Unpopular opinion I suspect, but it's Robert Codner.

Never did anywhere near enough.
And just when he did start performing got banged up. Idiot

It was a post I made about him that inspired the thread

I actually liked him! Awesome at Millwall in the playoffs too. He could be a couldn’t care less lazy bugger though.

 

[Icy Gull]

2 replies in and not one vote for Leon Best yet?! Surprised.

Akpom?

 

[lawros left foot]

Unpopular opinion I suspect, but it's Robert Codner.

Never did anywhere near enough.
And just when he did start performing got banged up. Idiot

He is who I first thought of.

I always felt, if he could be bothered he could have been so much better than he was most of the time.
Wasted potential.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Unpopular opinion I suspect, but it's Robert Codner.

Never did anywhere near enough.
And just when he did start performing got banged up. Idiot

I agree with all that. Very talented player but somehow his head wasn't in the right place.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Akpom?

He wasn't an Albion player and in any case hardly played.

 

[Brok]

Ah, Bong

 

[Icy Gull]

Ah, Bong

 

[Simster]

Paddy McCourt.

Reminded me of one of those irritating twàts at primary school who thought he was world class just because he could dribble a bit and then moaned "aaah FOULER" as soon as any opponent got remotely physical. Basically his game consisted of dribbling into dangerous areas and then wasting it. All the f**king time.

 

[studio150]

The Coca-Cola kid, if he had applied himself as others with less talent did, he could have been a decent player for us.

 

[Comrade Sam]

Codner!

 

[junior]

Robbie Savage.

Good player in his day who came to us when he should have been head and shoulders above most in the squad, but basically admitted that he couldn't be arsed.

 

[Swansman]

I dont have that many to choose from but the 150 minutes or so I saw from Gaetan Bong left me very frustrated. Also not a big Montoya fan.

 

[Brok]

Oh come on... he was nearly bloody great.

 

[Jeep]

Kurt Nogan. How dare he smile at the north stand just after he'd missed a sitter.

 

[A1X]

Akpom

We’ve had loads of loan players but they’ve always tried their hardest and often been stand out players. Ward, Lingard, Teixeira, Bridge, Bent. Even someone like Tomori was very young but did a job. But Akpom just seemed like he couldn’t be arsed and didn’t want to be there. A feeling he shared with me and doubtless countless others.

 

[Gwylan]

Codner was my first thought - seemingly not alone there.

But two others were Harley and Dobbie - both clearly had some talent but neither could be arsed when playing for us. And, of course, Dobbie came back to score a blinding goal.

 

[JBizzle]

Paddy McCourt.

Reminded me of one of those irritating twàts at primary school who thought he was world class just because he could dribble a bit and then moaned "aaah FOULER" as soon as any opponent got remotely physical. Basically his game consisted of dribbling into dangerous areas and then wasting it. All the f**king time.

May I add a big fat YES! I have no idea how he seemed to gain a cult following other that the fact that we were roundly awful around then and desperate for a bit of flair to brighten up the dark Hyypia days when we couldn't buy a win.

I'd also include Ryan Harley, Kemy Agustien and Leon Best into a similar camp, blatantly talented but infuriatingly lazy, clearly not fit and arrogant in their approach. I don't mind players who may not be good enough (Bong for example) it's the ones that don't even seem to try. I burned more calories watching from the WSL than those three did on the pitch most games. Infuriating.