Worst ever Blues performance by 1 player in a single game?

[Strike Force]

John White against Burton last season in the second leg of the play-offs

 

[South Bank Hank]

Every game Gordon Connelly played bar one against Brighton at home

Surely Connolly wins this contest by a country mile? Didn't he have such a shocker in his first game for David Webb, that Webby ended his Southend United career just half way through the match? Subbed off at half time and never seen again. Now THAT's a shocker!

 

[Blue_Wes]

Neville Southall, v Carlisle away. All that way for a 5-0 drubbing. He was utter gash.

Same game, different player. Andy Harris. He was gang raped by the Carlisle attacking line; Matt Janson must of thought he had a second Christmas. Caught out of position, kicking the floor, falling over in the box, you name a defensive atrocity, you can gurantee Harris committed it that game.

Best thing about that trip was the £1.20 pints and 20p pool table in the Rugby club house.

 

[Lord Football]

T2H has this as the best ever performance by a Southend player in the other thread!
http://www.shrimperzone.com/vb/show...lues-performance-by-1-player-in-a-single-game

He must be confused........ He'd rolled up from Liverpool on the morning of the match, hadn't trained and then picked the ball out of the net five times. I think, and I do stand to be corrected, his contract was cancelled after the match.

....though reading the name Steve Hatter has unlocked some sub-concious memories of dreadful park defending.....

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Same game, different player. Andy Harris. He was gang raped by the Carlisle attacking line; Matt Janson must of thought he had a second Christmas. Caught out of position, kicking the floor, falling over in the box, you name a defensive atrocity, you can gurantee Harris committed it that game.

Best thing about that trip was the £1.20 pints and 20p pool table in the Rugby club house.

I was just trying to think of a suitable Andy Harris, Ben Lewis or Keith Dublin match to nominate, but gave up as too many to choose from.

What's scary about that match is that Dubbers was suspended. Just think how many we'd have conceded if he'd have been available:omg:

 

[enfieldblue]

Did we finish with 9 men that game? I seem to think we either had 2 sent off or scored 2 own goals, with Bressington amongst the culprits.

Can't believe people are nominating Mohsni. Playing a new role he was ineffective but that's not even the worse performance in a final by a long shot, which belongs to Nosliw Ehc's horror show.

My two shouts (Che at Sheff Wed and Joe Allon being subbed as sub) have already been mentioned, so I'll instead mention Dr*we Br****ton. I think it was Bristol Rovers (but it could be any one of many). We won a penalty in front of the South Bank and up stepped Dr*we to take it. He'd been his usual self that day, demonstrating a touch heavier than Michael Ricketts, and a mobility more associated with those queuing in the post office on pension day, whilst conceding a free-kicks every couple of minutes and when he stepped up there wasn't a single person in the ground who believed Dr*we would score.

He promptly placed it about five yards wide, the ball barely going out for a goal kick so poorly was it struck.

Didn't we get a penalty down the north bank end and missed that as well - we could have still been playing today and not have scored

 

[Blue_Wes]

I was just trying to think of a suitable Andy Harris, Ben Lewis or Keith Dublin match to nominate, but gave up as too many to choose from.

What's scary about that match is that Dubbers was suspended. Just think how many we'd have conceded if he'd have been available:omg:

He'd of played up front and we'd have drawn 5-5.

 

[ozzie]

I'll stick with Frank Lampard...but does anyone remember a striker way back in the early 70's - Steve Lamb??

yes,,knew him ,big lad...went to chelmsford-sufc (essex pro cup),about 74-5 ,he was-should have played,,bunked the train & jumped into the same carriage as his then girlfriend. she ended up getting married in 78, to someone we both knew kev..wild,happy days

 

[SouthLondonShrimper]

Che Wilson against Blackpool.

You knew after 30 seconds into the game it was going to be one of those days where you'd have been better off staying in bed.

Absolutely roasted by Taylor-Fletcher who looked about 45 stone overweight from where i was sitting.

 

[Big Bad Barry Corr]

Tommy Black's performance v Donny Rovers in the play off semi at Roots Hall a few years ago was poor beyond belief. Even Tilly, not known for his tactical nous regarding substitutions, realised how utterly abysmal he was that day and took him off very early in the second half, never played him again and cancelled his contract not long after that.

Looking back to that period of time, even putting "that miss" to one side for a moment, to me every time James Walker stepped onto the field for Blues back then his performances were almost the blueprint for a master class in total uselessness in every way. How anybody ever thought this bloke was worth two bob, let alone the 150 grand we reputedly paid for him is one of life's great mysteries to me. For me, Walker has to be the one Blues player I truly couldn't stand and the way he disappeared into non league obscurity once he left Roots Hall, says it all really. Unlike Kights, Hooper, Harrold etc. there was never any chance of his release ever coming back to bite Southend in the arse, lol... :winking:

 

[Kevin Hogg]

I saw him the other day he looks like Buster Bloodvesel out of Bad Manners .

Oh really?

Well....to be fair to the lad. I don't think he ever got the extended run in the side that he needed! :'(

 

[SouthUpperShrimper]

Any match in which Blair Sturrock played

 

[Chaucer]

I was just trying to think of a suitable Andy Harris, Ben Lewis or Keith Dublin match to nominate, but gave up as too many to choose from.

What's scary about that match is that Dubbers was suspended. Just think how many we'd have conceded if he'd have been available:omg:

Was this the same season that Dublin got player of the season? Shows you how bad it was back then!

 

[Chaucer]

Che Wilson against Blackpool.

You knew after 30 seconds into the game it was going to be one of those days where you'd have been better off staying in bed.

Absolutely roasted by Taylor-Fletcher who looked about 45 stone overweight from where i was sitting.

this totally. I thought that Che would never be seen again in an Sufc shirt it was that bad. Luckily that wasn't the case and went on to have that good season when we went up. Should have been released after that though as Championship unfortunately was a level to high for him.

 

[Shrimper in India]

Paul Moran on loan from Spurs v Bournemouth away in 1991 promotion season. Did nowt, and that was his only game for us.

 

[Jam_Man]

Not SUFC related but remember Tony Adams being substituted for Arsenal and replaced by Martin Keown. Then shortly after Keown was taken off and Adams put back on.

Thats a kick in the teeth for you!

 

[davewebbsbrain]

Not SUFC related but remember Tony Adams being substituted for Arsenal and replaced by Martin Keown. Then shortly after Keown was taken off and Adams put back on.

Thats a kick in the teeth for you!

Was this a friendly?

 

[Strike Force]

Tommy Black's performance v Donny Rovers in the play off semi at Roots Hall a few years ago was poor beyond belief. Even Tilly, not known for his tactical nous regarding substitutions, realised how utterly abysmal he was that day and took him off very early in the second half, never played him again and cancelled his contract not long after that.

Looking back to that period of time, even putting "that miss" to one side for a moment, to me every time James Walker stepped onto the field for Blues back then his performances were almost the blueprint for a master class in total uselessness in every way. How anybody ever thought this bloke was worth two bob, let alone the 150 grand we reputedly paid for him is one of life's great mysteries to me. For me, Walker has to be the one Blues player I truly couldn't stand and the way he disappeared into non league obscurity once he left Roots Hall, says it all really. Unlike Kights, Hooper, Harrold etc. there was never any chance of his release ever coming back to bite Southend in the arse, lol... :winking:

Harsh on the great Tommy Black. Most underrated Southend player of all time

 

[Jam_Man]

Was this a friendly?

League game from memory. Not something you can do anymore.

 

[Beefy]

Che Wilson against Blackpool.

You knew after 30 seconds into the game it was going to be one of those days where you'd have been better off staying in bed.

Absolutely roasted by Taylor-Fletcher who looked about 45 stone overweight from where i was sitting.

If he was that overweight then he must have been at the pie stand, as he certainly wasn't playing that game. He was still playing for Lincoln when we played Blackpool.

In Che Wilson's defence to me the players who should be nominated for these are decent players who just put in a shocker of a performance one afternoon. Che just wasn't a very good player. At his best he was solid. At Cardiff Blackpool rightly identified Che as the weak link in the side and had Martin Bullock run at him all game.

When Che got back into the side in the Championship season Peter Taylor stuck two players on Che from the first minute and had everything go down the Palace right for the same reason.

Prudhoe was the one which came to my mind. Once he had been a half decent keeper (not for us obviously) but that game at Barnet was as poor a goalkeeping performance as I can remember.

Anyone remember that game when Mel Capleton conceeded a free kick in the box in front of the South stand. Picked the ball up, dropped it, kicked it forward two yards and picked it up again. Never seen a professional not understand the basic laws of the game before.