Got me thinking

[Bailey Vickerage]

Seen this posted on Twitter and got me thinking for half hour or so, only used players that I have seen.

Name your clubs:

Best ever player:
Worst ever player:
Best value for money signing:
Biggest ever flop:
Player who never reached his potential:

Mine is:

Best ever player: James Coppinger/Brian Stock/Richie Wellens
Worst ever player: Thiago Cukur/Jordy Hiwula
Best value for money signing: James Coppinger
Biggest ever flop: Jordy Hiwula
Player who never reached his potential: Federico Macheda/Liam Mandeville

[donnievic]

Best ever player:  can’t split redfearn and wellens
Worst ever player: wow loads comes to mind but pick Guy Ipoua
Best value for money signing: James coppinger
Biggest ever flop: justin Jackson/Carl Alford
Player who never reached his potential: keiron brady due to injury

Of course some subject to change

[scawsby steve]

Best player-King Alick; world class

Worst player-Thiago Cukur

Best value for money-Copps

Biggest flop-Carl Alford

Player who didn't reach his potential-King Alick; had he not broke his leg, he would probably have captained Man Utd, and possibly England too.

[Filo]

Best ever player: Ian Snodin
Worst ever Player: Denis Souza, Mirsad Bubolovich
Best Value for money Signing: James Coppinger
Biggest ever flop: Carl Alford, Justin Jackson, Tommy Tynan (we were a strikers graveyard)
Player who never reached his potential : Steve Brooker due to injury

[DearneValleyRover]

Best Player - Peter Kitchen
Worst Player - Harry Worley
Best Value for money - Copps
Biggest flop - Carl Alford
Player who didn’t reach his potential - Ian Snodin

[Ldr]

Best ever player: Ian Snodin
Worst ever player: David Smith
Best value for money signing: Copps
Biggest ever flop: Alford
Player who never reached his potential: Andy Watson

[tyke1962]

Best ever player: Ian Snodin
Worst ever Player: Denis Souza, Mirsad Bubolovich
Best Value for money Signing: James Coppinger
Biggest ever flop: Carl Alford, Justin Jackson, Tommy Tynan (we were a strikers graveyard)
Player who never reached his potential : Steve Brooker due to injury

Denis Souza , you know for a season he was immense at the heart of our defence , played magnificently in the FA cup wins in 2008 against Liverpool and Chelsea .

Funny old game .

[Filo]

Best ever player: Ian Snodin
Worst ever Player: Denis Souza, Mirsad Bubolovich
Best Value for money Signing: James Coppinger
Biggest ever flop: Carl Alford, Justin Jackson, Tommy Tynan (we were a strikers graveyard)
Player who never reached his potential : Steve Brooker due to injury

Denis Souza , you know for a season he was immense at the heart of our defence , played magnificently in the FA cup wins in 2008 against Liverpool and Chelsea .

Funny old game .

The only Brazilian that couldn’t play football, he was awful for us

[Campsall rover]

Carl Alford scored 139 goals in 219 games before joining us
His club Stevenage who we paid £50.000 to he scored 42 goals in 39 games.

He has to be the biggest flop we have had.   1 goal in 17 games

Best ever player Ian Snodin ( never saw King Alick )
Best value signing has to be Copps at £30.000
Player who never reached potential Liam Mandeville but he is one of many.

[Draytonian III]

Best Player - Peter Kitchen
Worst Player - Harry Worley
Best Value for money - Copps
Biggest flop - Carl Alford
Player who didn’t reach his potential - Ian Snodin

If Ian Snodin had not had so many bad injuries he would have been an England international, he could have even captained the side

[Chris Black come back]

The only goal Alford scored for us was a penalty, against Hayes. Away as well. Never scored for us at Belle Vue. Amazing really.

[NigelJ]

Best ever player: Billy Sharp
Worst ever Player: Curtis Main
Best Value for money Signing: James Coppinger
Biggest ever flop: John Sheridan
Player who never reached his potential : Kieran Brady

[BobG]

Alford's successes everywhere else does make you wonder just what our manager of the time was playing at doesn't it?

BobG

[Move DRFC]

Best ever player: Wellens
Worst ever player: Hiwula
Best value for money signing: Copps
Biggest ever flop: Darren Byfield
Player who never reached his potential: Brooker

[roversdude]

Best ever player: Ian Snodin
Worst ever player: The Pointer Man
Best value for money signing: Colin Douglas
Biggest ever flop: Alford
Player who never reached his potential: Andy Watson

[DearneValleyRover]

Best Player - Peter Kitchen
Worst Player - Harry Worley
Best Value for money - Copps
Biggest flop - Carl Alford
Player who didn’t reach his potential - Ian Snodin

If Ian Snodin had not had so many bad injuries he would have been an England international, he could have even captained the side

That’s the reason I put him in the never reached his potential

[Herbert Anchovy]

Best ever player: Ian Snodin
Worst ever Player: Billy Stubbs
Best Value for money Signing: Tommy Gaynor
Biggest ever flop: Terry Austin
Player who never reached his potential : Alan Brown. Was absolutely outstanding for us during the half season he was with DRFC until injury finished him off

[turnbull for england]

Best ever Billy Sharp / Chris Nicol
Worst ever Weavers goalkeeping neighbour
Vfm can only be copps
Flop. Mike Newell
Potential Chris Brown

[Campsall rover]

Best ever Billy Sharp / Chris Nicol
Worst ever Weavers goalkeeping neighbour
Vfm can only be copps
Flop. Mike Newell
Potential Chris Brown

Not sure you can say Chris Brown didn’t fulfil his potential. I would have said quite the opposite.

I said Mandeville but someone said Andy Watson. Would agree about him. Plucked from Garforth Town by Ian Snodin. On his day he was a match winner but he so rarely produced it. Loads of ability. Such a shame he wasted it. Same with Mandeville. He should have gone on to play at Championship level 100% imo.

It’s all about attitude and desire.  So many players don’t fulfil their potential. We have had our fair share.

Mile Newell as a flop. 100%. He was hopeless.

[turnbull for england]

Best ever Billy Sharp / Chris Nicol
Worst ever Weavers goalkeeping neighbour
Vfm can only be copps
Flop. Mike Newell
Potential Chris Brown

Not sure you can say Chris Brown didn’t fulfil his potential. I would have said quite the opposite.

I said Mandeville but someone said Andy Watson. Would agree about him. Plucked from Garforth Town by Ian Snodin. On his day he was a match winner but he so rarely produced it. Loads of ability. Such a shame he wasted it. Same with Mandeville. He should have gone on to play at Championship level 100% imo.

It’s all about attitude and desire.  So many players don’t fulfil their potential. We have had our fair share.

Mile Newell as a flop. 100%. He was hopeless.

Noted I think I've made an error there , but for life of me can't think who I mean !

[Spilsby Red]

Steve Nicol. What a player.

[Dutch Uncle]

Best: Alick Jeffrey

Worst: Either Dave Smith or Mirsad Bubalovic

Flop: Alford

Did not reach potential: Controversially Alick, without injury he would have been world class

Value: Although obviously Copps, another way of looking at things might suggest Marquis (Free), Wellens (Free), Whiteman (150K) and Mills (300K) all produced huge profits on resale. However my left field choice - Dennis Leigh. He and Watson were transferred for Wilcockson, Rabjohn and Clish +8K. A year later Watson was bought for 8K meaning effectively Leigh was sold for those three great players all on his own 

[Upton Rover]

Best : John Ryan
Worst : Louis Thomlinson
BFM : Legend
FLOP :  Steve Brooker
POTENTIAL : Steve Brooker

[Campsall rover]

Steve Nicol. What a player.

Conference was a doddle for him. He had so much time when on the ball and was Bobby Moore esq with his tackles and interceptions. 

[Spilsby Red]

He certainly was Campsall. Very intelligent player. Was blessed to watch him play for the Rovers

[mugnapper]

Best ever Billy Sharp / Chris Nicol
Worst ever Weavers goalkeeping neighbour
Vfm can only be copps
Flop. Mike Newell
Potential Chris Brown

Not sure you can say Chris Brown didn’t fulfil his potential. I would have said quite the opposite.

I said Mandeville but someone said Andy Watson. Would agree about him. Plucked from Garforth Town by Ian Snodin. On his day he was a match winner but he so rarely produced it. Loads of ability. Such a shame he wasted it. Same with Mandeville. He should have gone on to play at Championship level 100% imo.

It’s all about attitude and desire.  So many players don’t fulfil their potential. We have had our fair share.

Mile Newell as a flop. 100%. He was hopeless.

Noted I think I've made an error there , but for life of me can't think who I mean !

Did you mean his dad Alan? If he'd have stayed fit we'd have been close to promotion that season.

[Armthorpe mickler]

Best player I've seen Ian Snodin.Got me thinking about Mike Newell.Had an open goal at Dover in the Trophy and put it against the cross bar.Got beat 1-0 . Got the Donny Star on the Monday he'd been transferred to Blackpool.Remember Andy Watson Best roofer in Garforth.Best value Duggie. Biggest flop Justin Jackson was one of the biggest.Potenial Tommy Gaynor if he'd kept off the drink.

[Filo]

Best player I've seen Ian Snodin.Got me thinking about Mike Newell.Had an open goal at Dover in the Trophy and put it against the cross bar.Got beat 1-0 . Got the Donny Star on the Monday he'd been transferred to Blackpool.Remember Andy Watson Best roofer in Garforth.Best value Duggie. Biggest flop Justin Jackson was one of the biggest.Potenial Tommy Gaynor if he'd kept off the drink.

Drink never did Douggie any harm lol!

[Campsall rover]

Best player I've seen Ian Snodin.Got me thinking about Mike Newell.Had an open goal at Dover in the Trophy and put it against the cross bar.Got beat 1-0 . Got the Donny Star on the Monday he'd been transferred to Blackpool.Remember Andy Watson Best roofer in Garforth.Best value Duggie. Biggest flop Justin Jackson was one of the biggest.Potenial Tommy Gaynor if he'd kept off the drink.

Drink never did Douggie any harm lol!

How good would Duggie have been if he didn’t drink?  That’s the question. 
Possibly the drink actually made him play better, but i don’t think that would apply to 99% of footballers.

[richtherover]

OK. I go back a long way!
Best player - King Alick, no question.
Worst - any one of the 97/98 team apart from Lee Warren.
VFM - has to be Copps.
Flop - Long list but I'd go for either Aiden Butterworth or Justin Jackson.
Potential - Alick, (still head and shoulders above the rest even after injuries), John Nicholson, (tragically), and Tony Coleman - fantastic player but his own worst enemy.
Hard to pick out individuals after following Rovers for 60 odd years, different eras and all that. I've seen some brilliant players in our colours and some that were poor beyond belief. All part of being a Rovers fan I guess.
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