Derby's Least Popular Player

[Andy_Faber]

Prompted by The Forest Weeble mouthing off as ever from the depressing hovel that is Forest's corporate hospitality suite, where he wheels out the same unfunny jokes week after week:

Who do you reckon is the Least popular player ever to pull on a Derby shirt?

Not the most useless, we already had that one (Mick Coop anyone?), but the most reviled, for failure to put the required effort in, earn their corn, whatever.

I recall John Robertson being pretty unpopular, but notice he played over 70 games for us so someone must have thought he was half decent

Bobby Campbell arrived from Bradford City as the new Messiah, and seemed to have a hate/hate relationship with the Pop side for the 11 games he lasted, despite an OK strike rate of a goal every three games. I recall in his last game he was constantly swearing at the pop side, he may have even spat in its direction

Derek Hales never lived up to his fanfare arrival, and took too long to get going

I even recall Bruce Rioch being unanimously being booed off in one game, just before someone lit the blue touchpaper and turned him into a midfield maestro

Patrick Bamford appears to have become less popular since he left

Thats just a selection

Anyone? And remember, Tommy Docherty wasn't a player

[ManxRam]

Claude

[Ramspudnik]

Claude

Definitely Claude...

[lewyman633]

I couldn’t stand Teale
He’s got to be a close second to ten bob head Claude

[ramAnag]

I couldn’t stand Teale
He’s got to be a close second to ten bob head Claude

Two good choices...to which I’d add Paul Kitson and Jacob B.

[Andy_Faber]

Two good choices...to which I’d add Paul Kitson and Jacob B.

What WAS it that made Kitson unpopular? Gotta say, I never warmed to him, but he delivered goals aplenty from midfield and we made a decent profit out of him when we flogged him. My own dislike may stem from the austintacious way he wore his hair, but that's just slaphead bitterness. Things haven't gone well for him since - https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footb...itson-12403302

[Ramspudnik]

Dean Leacock

[Ramspudnik]

Connor Sammon

[ramAnag]

Connor Sammon

Much preferred Connor Sammon to Conor Doyle, but I suppose he was only young.

Thought Danny Graham was always unlucky MA...really put in a shift...another who seemed to do okay anywhere but Derby. Why does that happen so often?

[Andy_Faber]

Not least popular, but one of the most frustrating: NIGEL CALLAGHAN.

I quote from a Watford fan site, but the message could easily come from Derby

'...But he never completely won over the fans. Their loudly-voiced frustration with his apparently lazy play was surely a contributory factor in his ultimately disappointing career. With a bit more understanding from the supporters and with a bit more dedication from the player himself, he could have become an England legend. Instead he turns up on a Channel 4's late night "Sun, Sea and ***" programme trying to impress by putting a condom on his head.

You were better than that Nigel, a lot better.'