Weststander
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Graeme Smith or Locadia.
I think pound for pound Locadia is the biggest waste of money and disappointment we have witnessed at the Albion. In my lifetime anyway
Loan wise, Billy Paynter springs to mind...
Obika.
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[Albion] Worst player, in context, to debase the stripes
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Obika.
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HellBilly
1: Transfer - Locadia value and talent absolutely did not add up.
2: Loan - Darren Bent fained injury during a game at home, and did not want to be here at all (he seems like a really nice guy though, probably a move he did not want)
2: Loan - Darren Bent fained injury during a game at home, and did not want to be here at all (he seems like a really nice guy though, probably a move he did not want)
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HellBilly
1: Transfer - Locadia value and talent absolutely did not add up.
2: Loan - Darren Bent fained injury during a game at home, and did not want to be here at all (he seems like a really nice guy though, probably a move he did not want)
2: Loan - Darren Bent fained injury during a game at home, and did not want to be here at all (he seems like a really nice guy though, probably a move he did not want)
um bongo molongo
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Had to be Locadia. Something like £15m up front and £2.5m for 4 years. So £25m for one goal at Millwall in the FA Cup.
Super Steve Earle
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Graeme Smith
Closely followed by Colin Hawkins
Closely followed by Colin Hawkins
AstroSloth
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- Dec 29, 2020
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This is the first Brighton game I can remember going to, I'd been before but my memory escaped them.
What a great first memory of the Withdean to have.
AstroSloth
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Also a goal against Arsenal to get a draw, Everton to get a win and Derby in the cup to secure a win.
He scored some important goals despite not scoring many.
He scored some important goals despite not scoring many.
- Apr 13, 2015
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It would probably be traditional to go back in time and dig our some tawdry journeyman who flew in flew out somewhere in our tumultuous history ... a Robbie Savage or similar...... BUT... by a country mile, the very presence of Jurgen Locadia in our squad, getting paid by the Albion for being a waster, back bedroom DJ was the biggest affront to decency I gave witnessed since I regularly started watching footy in 1978..
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- Apr 13, 2015
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But he should be forgiven shouldn't he?... for scoring the winner against the mighty Barnet in an FA Cup replay.
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Gabbafella
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Another vote for Robbie Savage, the Lawrence Lewellyn Bowen of the footballing world. Flouncy ponce.
Icy Gull
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Winner for me because he was the closest I’ve come to booing an Albion player. Piss taker extraordinaire, zero effort every time I saw him on the pitch, which fortunately was not that often.
Actually one in a string of Arsenal loanees that was rubbish. Flatts, Sidwell and Dickov being the exceptions
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Nobby Cybergoat
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That's what you call a side in transition. The last knockings of a brilliant team we had put together, with a smattering of random loanees and short term purchases, a short time before the "Wilkins young players from Sussex" season
Another vote for Graeme the ghost.
brighton terra
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Another vote for Mark Farrington. He couldn’t run, he just stumbled from foot to foot!
stewart12
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- Jan 16, 2019
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think Noel-Williams had arthritis or something which ruined his career. I actually remember him being vaguely alright that season and it being a bit of a shame that we signed him so late in the campaign when we were massively lacking in fire power
Nicolas was a decent player but I think he wasn't massively passionate about it, and I think quit football altogether shortly after leaving us to pursue a career in the city
all in all that was a drab season though- the dying embers of the early great early Withdean sides and a team that just couldn't financially compete
stewart12
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I do think Locadia is our worst ever signing when taking context into account.
We've had many shit players, and in particular, strikers. But a lot of those were in a time where we were forced to take punts on random players due to our financial constraints. Then you have some of the crap early amex signings in the Championship, and yes some of them were awful....Obika, Best, Agustein, Gardner, Dobbie to mention a few...but most of them were fairly low cost signings or loans. Bent probably didn't want to be here but despite only playing 4 games he did manage to be one of our top scorers that season and he did at least have some quality. Akpom deserves a mention due to being shit and lazy in a brilliant side who were scoring goals for fun- surely you'd bust a gut to make a name for yourself in that situation?
And then we move on to the Premier League era and Locadia- who cost a LOT of money and did clearly have some quality but there was just clearly something missing there. This is an era where we could be attracting high calibre players in the highest profile league on earth and yet we managed to spaff a load on some social media dickhead who stunk the place out for years and didn't even look any good in MLS
We've had many shit players, and in particular, strikers. But a lot of those were in a time where we were forced to take punts on random players due to our financial constraints. Then you have some of the crap early amex signings in the Championship, and yes some of them were awful....Obika, Best, Agustein, Gardner, Dobbie to mention a few...but most of them were fairly low cost signings or loans. Bent probably didn't want to be here but despite only playing 4 games he did manage to be one of our top scorers that season and he did at least have some quality. Akpom deserves a mention due to being shit and lazy in a brilliant side who were scoring goals for fun- surely you'd bust a gut to make a name for yourself in that situation?
And then we move on to the Premier League era and Locadia- who cost a LOT of money and did clearly have some quality but there was just clearly something missing there. This is an era where we could be attracting high calibre players in the highest profile league on earth and yet we managed to spaff a load on some social media dickhead who stunk the place out for years and didn't even look any good in MLS
TWOCHOICEStom
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Anyone remember David Gonzalez the goalkeeper. He was absolutely AWFUL.
Thunder Bolt
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Jason Dodd was worse. He arrived, played a couple of games, and then had a bad back for the rest of the season. What a waste of money. I include Kitson in that category too.
We've had a few duff keepers including Blayney, Flinders, and Graeme Smith.
CKR and that one who was dating Holly Willoughby
Justice
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When you factor in money, it’s hard to look past Locadia. But Akpom was a different level of shite.