Best and worst foreigner to play for the golden boys.

[Teide1]

Meola only played once for us conceding 4 goals in a full members cup game, never to be seen again although played a few games for Brighton later

[cleehorn]

Worst - Patrick Blondeau by a mile

Best Kenny Jacket or John McClelland

[hornetboy1]

Best:-Jan Lohman, Super Al, Mighty Mo, Nordin Wooter, Phiilipo Galli, Pat Jennings.

Worst:- Bunion Ben, Alon Hazan, David Connolly, Patrick Blondeau, Xavier Gravelaine

[wfcloyal]

Best-Marlon King
Worst-Chris Iwelumo (Joke!) I would say, Alexandrs Cauna

[Smithy]

Best-Marlon King
Worst-Chris Iwelumo (Joke!) I would say, Alexandrs Cauna

Why?

[leighton buzzard horn]

Worst:- Bunion Ben, Alon Hazan, David Connolly, Patrick Blondeau, Xavier Gravelaine

Really? Blondeau was a bit crap and Hazan a bit insignificant, but Connolly and Gravelaine were both very gifted players.

[Bubble]

Best = Alan Nielson

Worst = Charlie Miller

[leighton buzzard horn]

The reason I asked is that a fella from 442 magazine e-mailed me earlier asking me to write a few lines about the best and worst foreigners so thought I owuld put it out to get the opinion of everyone. The best looks like a tie between super Al and H at the moment. I was surprised Galli didn't get a few more mentions but his tenure was largely tainted by the manager at the time.

Meola and Issa are looking favourites for the worst at the moment. I have told him I will get something back to him in the early part of next week so I will see how this thread goes over the course of the weekend.

[LLST]

I didn't think Issa was that bad, *waits to be pelted with rotten tomatoes, I think Jan Lohman hasn't got enough praise either.

[hornetboy1]

Really? Blondeau was a bit crap and Hazan a bit insignificant, but Connolly and Gravelaine were both very gifted players.

It depends on your definition of "worst". I wasn't taking about how gifted they were. Gravelaine was a mercenary and Connolly was just a ****.

[leighton buzzard horn]

It depends on your definition of "worst". I wasn't taking about how gifted they were. Gravelaine was a mercenary and Connolly was just a ****.

Ah, ok. As per the first post, I'm asking about ability only - not how popular/unpopular they were.

[luke_golden]

Best - Super Al or HH. Galli was pure class and a great professional. You could tell he just loved to play the game. But it's between Al and HH both for their ability and commitment to the cause.

Worst - Issa. He was just plain crap.

[Birdydoug]

Sietes best signing, never played but he has his own song.

Worst, too many so difficult to single them out.

[frontrowrook]

Best-Marlon King
Worst-Chris Iwelumo (Joke!) I would say, Alexandrs Cauna

Must be quite young and not remember many like me. I thought Alexandrs Cauna was a really decent player and would've loved to have him back.

My best are: Super Al, Nordin Wooter, HH
Worst: Not including Sietes because I never actually saw him play. I can't remember many bad foreign players in my lifetime. I'm going to go with Mart Poom.

I checked to see where Steve Kabba/Ellington were from because I could've sworn one of them was eligable to play for Jamaica. I found this under Steve Kabba on Wikipedia and it made me chuckle:

"is an English professional footballer who can run 100m in 9.34 seconds and is the current world record holder."

[nascot]

I didn't think Issa was that bad, *waits to be pelted with rotten tomatoes, I think Jan Lohman hasn't got enough praise either.

True. I didn't think of him until after my post.

Do Scotch/Welsh/Oirish really count as foreign?

[snowylad]

Best:- Allan Neilsen, oozed class and could easily have got a game at most Premiership clubs when he came to us.

Worst:- Tony Meola, Absolutly cracking bloke to talk to but unfortunatly our poorest import ever

[Mr Fabulous]

Best

All round footballer - Alan Nielson/John McClelland
Most talented - Xavier Gravelaine

Worst

Ramon Vega

[Lord Snooty]

Best: Jan Lohman and Alan Nielson

Worst: That Norwegian keeper ex Spurs, can't think of his name began with Th something like Thorsted. Vega was also a huge disappointment. Issa was not as bad as these.

[snowylad]

Best: Jan Lohman and Alan Nielson

Worst: That Norwegian keeper ex Spurs, can't think of his name began with Th something like Thorsted. Vega was also a huge disappointment. Issa was not as bad as these.

Espen Baardsen?

[J.B]

Vega was much worse than Issa.