We all have a list of our favourite players over the years, but who would make the list for the most inept. I know it's not productive, but it would be interesting to see who comes out on top. My nomination.............. RIchard Smith.

Jarrod Hickey; the absolute definition of 'all the gear, no idea.'

You don't remember Brent Todd then.

No it's not productive and symptomatic of the malaise which sit around fans of the club at the moment....all of the players on this list are (probably) honest and hard working people who worked bloody hard to get a chance at a professional contract.

I find it better to allow some members of the forum to follow their passion of having a go at Wakefield players but past rather than present. It keeps them happy and out of trouble and yes I still think Brent Todd wasted his talent because he had none at Wakefield.

Quote ="bren2k"Jarrod Hickey; the absolute definition of 'all the gear, no idea.''" www.illawarramercury.com.au/stor ... r/#slide=2 https://mobile.twitter.com/jlhickey/photo Think he has gone back to enjoying the beer and eating all the pies. What a complete waste of size and talent to have got to NRL level and then lose it because you can't keep in shape.

Quote ="bren2k"Jarrod Hickey; the absolute definition of 'all the gear, no idea.''" www.illawarramercury.com.au/stor ... r/#slide=2 https://mobile.twitter.com/jlhickey/photo Think he has gone back to enjoying the beer and eating all the pies. What a complete waste of size and talent to have got to NRL level and then lose it because you can't keep in shape.

Hickey - Todd,and the winner is............................................................................................................................................................ Heads its Hickey

I will throw another name in there, how about Matt Sideshow Bob Peterson?

Clinton o Brian I think his name was. Prop forward.

Had a shocker in the CC semi at Donny.

Cost us 3 trys in the first half if i remember rightly, think it was only his 2nd or 3rd game and it didn't get any better for him although I do seem to remember him having a good game against Leeds at Belle Vue in 2009 when we lost to a last minute try.

Who remembers that fine goalkicking centre so kindly sold to us by Leeds back in the late 60's none other than Frank Brown, (a possible contender l would say!

Who remembers that fine goalkicking centre so kindly sold to us by Leeds back in the late 60's none other than Frank Brown, (a possible contender l would say!

Who remembers that fine goalkicking centre so kindly sold to us by Leeds back in the late 60's none other than Frank Brown, (a possible contender l would say!

Who remembers that fine goalkicking centre so kindly sold to us by Leeds back in the late 60's none other than Frank Brown, (a possible contender l would say!

Not me, did he have 3 brothers?

No but I have and they agree with me.

my thoughts also
we were trying to sign him for ages
when he eventually turned up he was beyond average

funny to see him playing in the world cup and strangely still being garbage

he went home after a couple of games because his back was shot
in fairness he was quite good when he did play lol

Seeing how I like a moan this is right up my street!

Looking back too far seems to make players better than they really were at the time i've restricted myself to our superleague era only. None of the current squad are eligible yet, although there are a few candidates emerging! As these are my opinions only, i'm sure some won't agree and will be more than willing to tell me so!

1 PAUL REILLY - Way past his best by the time he came to us and his body was shot as a fulltime player. Managed about 8 games for us i think, in which his biggest achievem,ent was the number of penalties he gave away.
2 AUSTIN BUCHANAN - He was useless at superleague level, end of. A gamble that spectacularly failed.
3 PHIL HASSAN - Signed midway through 2002 and spent 10 games doing pretty much nothing.
4 ANDY KIRK - A 2005 panic buy after Gaz Eliis left late in pre-season. Played both centre & wing to equal amounts of ineffectiveness.
5 MATT PETERSEN - Really looked forward to his arrival when he was announced. Watched him play. Really looked forward to his departure.
6 JULES O'NEILL - Gareth Ellis' replacement. Was back at Widnes within 3 months with everyones blessing.
7 GLEN TOMLINSON - A Batley legend he proved at Bradford that he wasn't really a superleague standard halfback, something he confirmed in a year long 5-game spell at Hull in 1998. So on our admission to superleague we signed him where he regularly hammered the point home.
8 JARROD HICKEY - Mis-read the terms of his contract, he thought it said he had to adhere to the strength & fatness regime. The size of a large house, he was out of breath by the time he has fastened his boots up.
9 ANDY SPEAK - To be fair to him we haven't done bad for hookers in the sl era. Not a bad player but in our first sl season everything just seemed to happen a little too quick for him.
10 CHARLIE LEANO - Possible superleagues finest example of a kolpack stiff. A big lumbering waste of money with hands like feet.
11 DALLAS HOOD - Came with a big reputation and the pay packet to match. Switched between prop and second row and proved himself to be over-rated at both. Best remembered for the terrible acting in the end of season video, he did prove himself to be an accomplished raffle ticket seller.
12 STEVE SOUTHERN - My team captain, also a role Richard Agar gave him. To be fair i've picked him at second row and if we had played him there then he he might have worked out for us. We played him at prop and he or his body wasn't up to it.
13 TOMMY LEE - An adequate SL hooker, which was about the only pivot position that Kear didn't play him. He wasn't good in the halves but even worse at loose forward where his defence was as much use as a chocolate fireguard.

14 CLINTON O'BRIEN - Played 4 or 5 games then was gone. Glass backed, the ultimate past it aussie
15 DANNY LIMA - Much like O'Brien managed less than half a dozen games and then disappeared off into the sunset with a couple of decent pay cheques in his back pocket.
16 VINCE MELLORS - Was, by all accounts, being payed a small fortune during his time here. He wasn't worth it. By a long chalk.
17 - KIERAN HYDE - Nightmare debut against Saints at fullback, it didn't get a great deal better in the halves. He tried his best and there was the odd average moment but superleague just wasn't his thing. Carving a career out at Dewsbury which has proved to be his level and good luck to him.

Squad members -
Matt Seers - Here for a good time, not a long time. The pubs of westgate miss him though.
Matty Wray - A trier but just too small. Made Sam Obst look like a beanpole.
Tony Tatupu - Decent player but getting him on the field was a major issue.
Waine Pryce - Why?
Kyle Bibb - Built like tarzan, played like Jane.
Jeremy Smith - Just not very good.
Paul Cooke - Not the most sober period of his life apparently.
Mark Field - Decent start but too slightly built, the physicality of the game got him in the end.
Alfred Songoro - Quick but didn't really understand what was going on. Big smile though.
Jason Critchley - Signed him about 5 years too late.
Vince Fawcett - As above.
Jon Wells - 1 try in 20 odd games as a winger means he deserves a mention.
Steve McNamara - Just don't like him.

Jon Whittle, the next Paul Newlove?

I still think this thread is not about playing ability or effectiveness...

It's about "who can I pick out that I can make fun of and laugh at?"

You have cheered me up reading this. How many of these players did James Elston preside over?

My three.

Simon Longstaff.
Jules ONeil. When I saw him smoking after an away game at hull my mind was made up.
Jarrod Hickey. When he ran on to make his debut away at Salford I was quite frankly embarrassed.

You maybe right but a bit of light hearted recollection breaks up the day!
We had some good Aussies in the mid late 80's.
Bob Cowie, Russell Klein, Glen Stanton and Rowan Brennan.
To be fair, Stanton and Brennan were not bad and in Brennan's case pretty good.
Then I think in the 90's Mitch Brennan had signed a halfback called Jason Twist but never saw or heard owt else about him.

Russ Klein was a quality winger... And Queensland rep... Unfortunately we played him in every position but winger until the last few games of the season... When he moved to the wing and scored something like 5 tries in 3 games... Including a blockbusting effort at Bradford when he ran right through his opposite number.

Perhaps the most ineffective player ever to pull on the shirt was Paul Taylor... Who destroyed his cruciate ligament in one if his first touches of the ball in his first and last game.

Let's laugh at him!