Lee On Solent Saint Posted June 22 Posted June 22 (edited) Not sure if this has been done before, but have you ever had an irrational hatred of one of our players? Doesn't have to be necessarily due to being shit, just something that you didn't like about them. I had a dislike of Neil Heaney back in the day. My girlfriend at the time thought he was the digs bollocks looking wise and it wound the fuck out of me! Edited June 22 by Lee On Solent Saint
StrangelyBrown Posted June 22 Posted June 22 Paul Telfer - the most bang average footballer of all time
Costa del Solent Posted June 22 Posted June 22 Hate is a strong word. I’d never hate a person, especially not over something so trivial as football… however. Jermaine Wright tested me 1
stevegrant Posted June 22 Posted June 22 Never warmed to Nigel Quashie at any stage during his relatively and mercifully brief time with us. 8
RedWillie Posted June 22 Posted June 22 David Speedie. He never wanted to be here and let everyone know it. 15
Yorkshire Saint Posted June 22 Posted June 22 Saints: David Speedie. (Dislike rather than hate) Non Saints: Paul Davis.
Oldandtired Posted June 22 Posted June 22 (edited) Not hated per se but an active dislike of most of them last season. Edited June 22 by Oldandtired 2
ally_uk Posted June 22 Posted June 22 Yeah majority of the squad last season bunch of overpaid bottle jobs. 5
Lighthouse Posted June 22 Posted June 22 How have we gone this far into the thread without mentioning the most gigantic w*nker to ever play for us, Mario Lemina. 13
SouSaint Posted June 22 Posted June 22 46 minutes ago, Katalinic said: Wesley Hoedt - incredibly arrogant but bang average You are being kind. 2
Appy Posted June 22 Posted June 22 (edited) Bednarek, just constantly blames others when he’s basically been useless since he joined, bar the one season he moved down a level. Edited June 22 by Appy 9 1 1
Kenilworthy59 Posted June 22 Posted June 22 Mark Hughes. Totally arrogant. Too lazy to play as a striker and dropped into midfield where it was above him to track back. Wasted chance after chance trying to score worldies when an easy goal was on if he passed. 5
die Mannyschaft Posted June 22 Posted June 22 4 minutes ago, skintsaint said: Ali Dia I was in the upper East Stand and got a perfect view of the player, we all thought there was a competition for any Sunday leaque player to play for 5 mins on the Dell.
revolution saint Posted June 22 Posted June 22 I had an irrational dislike for Craig Maskell when he came back. Not really sure why and if there was a reason then I’ve forgotten it but really didn’t like him. Sorry Craig.
for_heaven's_Saint Posted June 22 Posted June 22 Dejan Lovren. Refused to return for preseason and declared he already felt like a Liverpool player whilst still under contract at Saints. IIRC he got subbed off early on in our 3-2 comeback win against them after crumbling under the abuse he was getting from the Northam. Chuck VVD in there for the same reasons. But at least he was actually good. 10
Morse Posted June 22 Posted June 22 Peter Reid. Only played a dozen games or so but i couldn't understand why he played any.
gsweet87 Posted June 22 Posted June 22 Jack Stephens. Seems like a nice bloke but every time I see his name on the team sheet I die a little inside. 8 1
SaintsLoyal Posted June 22 Posted June 22 Adam Lallana will sit at the top for being a dirty cortese poison pusher Mark Wright got up his arse before leaving and rightly got shite when playing here back in the day Jack Stephens Wesley Hoedt Danny Fox clearly loved himself
IFHP Posted June 22 Posted June 22 Most recently Sulemana only looked interested against the friendly against Liverpool in our last relegation. Bella Kotchap always looked like he wanted to come off with an injury in our last relegation season . Both players then went on strike in the championship before Sulemana had to accept nobody wanted him and Kotchap got a loan move. I Can’t believe the Hero’s welcome Bella Kotchap got when he came on as a sub. Embarrassing. Van Dijk when he sulked around the pitch against Leicester at home just before his move to Liverpool. 8
Football Special Posted June 22 Posted June 22 (edited) 35 minutes ago, IFHP said: Most recently Sulemana only looked interested against the friendly against Liverpool in our last relegation. Bella Kotchap always looked like he wanted to come off with an injury in our last relegation season . Both players then went on strike in the championship before Sulemana had to accept nobody wanted him and Kotchap got a loan move. I Can’t believe the Hero’s welcome Bella Kotchap got when he came on as a sub. Embarrassing. Van Dijk when he sulked around the pitch against Leicester at home just before his move to Liverpool. I'd forgotten about that fucking stupid standing ovation ABK received , in his absence for some reason alot of plonkers amongst us decided he was the saviour and Martin's refusal to play him was holding us back, despite the fact he'd hardly played a game of football for two years. Unbelievable, hope we can finally say auf weidersehen to young Armel this summer Edited June 22 by Football Special 2
Gloucester Saint Posted June 22 Posted June 22 (edited) David Speedie and Stuart Ripley - two Blackburn players who clearly did not want to be at SFC. David Lee - Branfoot’s first signing which foretold the horrors to come Wesley Hoedt - how clueless/on the sauce does a DoF and Head of Recruitment have to be to believe a Lazio squad player is worth £17m, £30m in today’s money? Very is the answer, ponderous, reluctant to attack the ball, poor distribution. Fulham away was one of the worst top flight displays by a Saints footballer. Mario Lemina - if Hoedt was a £1.7m player where the Chuckle Bros put the wrong decimal on the cheque, Mario ability-wise was the real deal. Could have played for any club in the world. Attitude-wise, as bad as we’ve had - more 3 points for passing red lights than he ever won on the pitch. Let Wolves down abysmally too after they supported him through bereavement - captain crap for them. Nigel Quashie - the one player supporters at both ends of the M27 can agree on. Lovren and VVD - striking muppets, although the latter is a class player, Dejan so so as Toby showed the next season by comparison. Kenwyne Jones - another striking shit, and we got a better player in exchange in Stern John. Good athlete but couldn’t trap a bag of cement and controlled it as far as he kicked it. Allegedly caused loads of trouble at Stoke. Carlton Palmer - another with zero first touch. Very effective first season but fell out with people not least MLT and ended up training alone. ABK - a small budget Wesley Hoedt mixed with some Kenwyne Jones. Gavin Bazunu - nothing against him personally, I just felt anything aimed at his goal went in. His wretched spell at Standard underscored this in capital bold. Edited June 22 by Gloucester Saint 1
Bob60 Posted June 22 Posted June 22 Paul Bennett, used to see her was in the team and fell like going home.
Roo1976 Posted June 22 Posted June 22 6 hours ago, StrangelyBrown said: Paul Telfer - the most bang average footballer of all time we've got plenty still here that fit that description.................
Badger Posted June 22 Posted June 22 1 hour ago, Bob60 said: Paul Bennett, used to see her was in the team and fell like going home. There are plenty who fit that bill over the years.
Badger Posted June 22 Posted June 22 (edited) For me there are many who I haven’t wanted to see near the first team. Two mentioned on here are David Lee, and Bazunu. But not rating them hasn’t lead to an irrational hatred that the OP mentioned ( it might do for others of course). There are also players whose performances or conduct have lead to a real dislike, Hoedt prime example, and also VVD. But the stand out irrational hatred is largely players I never expected or wanted to see playing for us, and when they did the feeling didn’t improve. Notably, David Speedie, Mark Hughes, Carlton Palmer and possibly Dennis Wise. Lemina is on the fringes of that group. Edited June 22 by Badger 1
Give it to Ron Posted June 22 Posted June 22 Melia and Chatterley disliked but didn’t hate. If it’s a manager it’s that twat Redknapp who I hate completely! 1
Colinjb Posted June 22 Posted June 22 How did we get this far without mentioning Elyonoussi? (Probably spelt it wrong.) My heart would sink every time he was in the side. 1
Bakovnetski Posted June 23 Posted June 23 Andy Townsend after he left. Erased us from his football CV. 5
tttdcs Posted June 23 Posted June 23 (edited) Dislike..... Mark Wright (get him a coat) Hassan Kachoul Dejan Lovren and forgot about ... Andy Townsend Edited June 23 by tttdcs 1
Charlie Wayman Posted June 23 Posted June 23 8 hours ago, Colinjb said: How did we get this far without mentioning Elyonoussi? (Probably spelt it wrong.) My heart would sink every time he was in the side. Nah! I loved him, had a bit of class about him.
leesaint88 Posted June 23 Posted June 23 (edited) Andreas Jakobsson & Alan Bennett. Edited June 23 by leesaint88 1
Miltonaggro Posted June 23 Posted June 23 Seeing David 'one trick' Lee and Lee Todd in a Saints side used to wind me up. 2
chuz Posted June 25 Posted June 25 Alan McLoughlin - record signing, absolutely crap, went to the Skates - suddenly turned into a footballer.
kitch Posted Wednesday at 08:52 Posted Wednesday at 08:52 I've got a hatred of a lot of the current squad at the moment 😒 1
kitch Posted Wednesday at 08:54 Posted Wednesday at 08:54 On 22/06/2025 at 18:49, for_heaven's_Saint said: Dejan Lovren. Refused to return for preseason and declared he already felt like a Liverpool player whilst still under contract at Saints. IIRC he got subbed off early on in our 3-2 comeback win against them after crumbling under the abuse he was getting from the Northam. Chuck VVD in there for the same reasons. But at least he was actually good. That's not an irrational dislike, to be fair. Lovren was a cunt. 2 3
Sheaf Saint Posted Wednesday at 09:05 Posted Wednesday at 09:05 How have we got this far without anyone mentioning Osvaldo? 1
Gloucester Saint Posted Wednesday at 10:55 Posted Wednesday at 10:55 1 hour ago, Sheaf Saint said: How have we got this far without anyone mentioning Osvaldo? Good question - is a player more dislikable for not being able to do what the club signed them to do for good money and wages - Wesley Hoedt, David Lee, Lee Todd, Gavin Bazunu, Guido Carrillo - when they are clearly ability-wise League One players (Hoedt probably Championship tbf but never PL in a million years) or is that the manager, DoF and club scouts who should take the flak and it isn’t the players’ fault? Or are the players who are plenty good enough and have a dreadful attitude - Osvaldo, Lemina - the ones we should really dislike?
Badger Posted Wednesday at 13:42 Posted Wednesday at 13:42 5 hours ago, chuz said: Alan McLoughlin - record signing, absolutely crap, went to the Skates - suddenly turned into a footballer. He was a frustrating player whilst with us, but there seemed an inevitability that our first £1m player would turn out that way. Not sure why it didn’t work out, but the player we bought had a fairly free role at Swindon, he was their ‘main man’ and attacks were channelled through him (some would now describe him as a ‘No 10’ role). When he joined us he was curbed a bit, and as I recall played wide right. Didn’t work. No great surprise that in a lower division team and perhaps more freedom to play his way,he recovered some of his previous form.
suewhistle Posted Wednesday at 14:25 Posted Wednesday at 14:25 3 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said: Or are the players who are plenty good enough and have a dreadful attitude - Osvaldo, Lemina - the ones we should really dislike? This I think, and the OP did mention 'irrational dislike'. I can't get upset with players who end up out of their depth and just aren't very good. Paul Moody from Waterlooville, for example, who the club took a losing punt on. But players who don't put the effort in are towards the top on my list. Has David Speedie been mentioned yet?
jasonbenali Posted Wednesday at 14:33 Posted Wednesday at 14:33 *Trigger warning alert* I wouldn't necessarilly describe it as irrational but for the low talent/effort ratio Ainsley Maitland‑Niles takes some beating for me 3
Badger Posted Wednesday at 14:51 Posted Wednesday at 14:51 (edited) 19 minutes ago, jasonbenali said: *Trigger warning alert* I wouldn't necessarilly describe it as irrational but for the low talent/effort ratio Ainsley Maitland‑Niles takes some beating for me Holgate ?? Although perhaps that was just a fail based on talent alone, rather than effort. Edited Wednesday at 14:53 by Badger
Holmes_and_Watson Posted Wednesday at 14:57 Posted Wednesday at 14:57 3 minutes ago, Badger said: Holgate ?? Although perhaps that was just a fail based on talent alone, rather than effort. I can still hear the crackle of his brain melting on his debut. "Manager insists on short pass...career training says no....manager insists on short pass...malfunction...ball given away...malfunction..." 5
SoberSaint Posted Thursday at 08:43 Posted Thursday at 08:43 (edited) Will Smallbone is the modern day incarnation of Lew Chatterley! Edited Thursday at 08:43 by SoberSaint 1
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