Rudy Gestede - GONE

[RichardBatchelor]

I wish him well but he is, without doubt, the worst player I have ever seen playing for us. It's staggering what we paid for him.

Really? Remember Jordan Bowery played for us in recent years and he is easily the worst footballer I've ever seen play a first team game for us. I actually felt sorry for him he was that bad.
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Carlton Cole was the worst for me. Staggeringly bad. Though Bowery is a good shout (one good game against Hull). As is Djester-Djester.

[Diablo]

I wish him well but he is, without doubt, the worst player I have ever seen playing for us. It's staggering what we paid for him.

Really? Remember Jordan Bowery played for us in recent years and he is easily the worst footballer I've ever seen play a first team game for us. I actually felt sorry for him he was that bad.

I'd managed to forget (block out) Jordan Bowery. Just had a quick peak to see how he was doing. He's now at Orient played 9 (+7 sub appearances I presume) and has scored 1. He went to Orient on a free from Oxford where he played 9 (+8 subs) and got 7 goals. He has been at 8 different clubs (7 if you discount him being a trainee) and the only fee ever paid was (yup you guessed it) the £500,000 we shelled out for him.

[mr underhill]

we go again's most egregious moment?

[Dave P]

I wish him well but he is, without doubt, the worst player I have ever seen playing for us. It's staggering what we paid for him.

Really? Remember Jordan Bowery played for us in recent years and he is easily the worst footballer I've ever seen play a first team game for us. I actually felt sorry for him he was that bad.

Carlton Cole was the worst for me. Staggeringly bad. Though Bowery is a good shout (one good game against Hull). As is Djester-Djester.

Didn't Carlton Cole go from August to April without scoring in the 04/05 season which, as a centre forward who played most weeks, is laughable.

[Richard]

Much as I thought Rudy was very limited he is nowhere near even the top 20 of worst Villa players I have seen - mind you I go back to 1972 so have a lot to choose from !

Wish him luck at Boro and thank him for the great header v Blues

[peter w]

I wish him well but he is, without doubt, the worst player I have ever seen playing for us. It's staggering what we paid for him.

Really? Remember Jordan Bowery played for us in recent years and he is easily the worst footballer I've ever seen play a first team game for us. I actually felt sorry for him he was that bad.
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Carlton Cole was the worst for me. Staggeringly bad. Though Bowery is a good shout (one good game against Hull). As is Djester-Djester.

To be fair Bowery played well at Stoke when we won 3-1. Nearly scored too.

[PeterWithesShin]

Jordan Bowery must be the only striker to ever leave a club having scored -1.

[Pete]

I wish him well but he is, without doubt, the worst player I have ever seen playing for us. It's staggering what we paid for him.

Really? Remember Jordan Bowery played for us in recent years and he is easily the worst footballer I've ever seen play a first team game for us. I actually felt sorry for him he was that bad.

Carlton Cole was the worst for me. Staggeringly bad. Though Bowery is a good shout (one good game against Hull). As is Djester-Djester.

Didn't Carlton Cole go from August to April without scoring in the 04/05 season which, as a centre forward who played most weeks, is laughable.

He scored 3 in 30. Sub-Heskeyesque.

[FrankyH]

He scored 3 in 30. Sub-Heskeyesque.
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Great name for an Indie band that.

[Allan C]

Much as I thought Rudy was very limited he is nowhere near even the top 20 of worst Villa players I have seen - mind you I go back to 1972 so have a lot to choose from !

Wish him luck at Boro and thank him for the great header v Blues

I'd be interested to hear your 20 players worse than Gestede Richard.  I go back to 69/70 and I know it's just opinion, but given his fee, I can't think of a worse player. I have to admit that Nigel Callaghan came close though.

[kippaxvilla2]

David Hunt
Nigel Callaghan
Bosko Balaban
Najwan Grayib
Ivo Stas
Neale Cooper
Bernie Gallagher
Didier Agathe
Moustapha Salifou
Idaiah Osborne

There's ten without much thought.

[PeterWithesShin]

Beye
Ireland
Tonev
Zog
Djemba-Djemba
Cleverley

[ciggiesnbeer]

Beye
Ireland
Tonev
Zog
Djemba-Djemba
Cleverley

I nodded in agreement at all of them till I reached the bottom.

Tom Cleverley? Surely he does not belong to this rogues gallery.

[PeterWithesShin]

Half a dozen good games under Sherwood doesn't hide that he was so shite before that his name was booed pre-match more than once.

[ciggiesnbeer]

No argument he was awful for much of the time he was here. But at least he had 5 or 6 good games for us which ended up being key in keeping us up.

Crap player perhaps but surely not in the same waste of money category as Zog or Ireland? You are too harsh sir, too harsh I say!