Scapegoat XI

[BigBanker]

ML Mark Gavin

GK Andy Woodman
DR Steve Tully
DC Will Aimson
DC Danny Coles
DL Graeme Power
MR ?
CM Lloyd James
CM Bertie Cozic
ML Mark Gavin
CF Clinton Morrison
CF James Scott

Subs: Paul Jones, Ryan Harley, Marcus Stewart

 

[iscalad]

GK Andy Woodman
DR Steve Tully
DC Will Aimson
DC Danny Coles
DL Graeme Power
MR ?
CM Lloyd James
CM Bertie Cozic
ML Mark Gavin
CF Clinton Morrison
CF James Scott

Subs: Paul Jones, Ryan Harley, Marcus Stewart

I was going to add Don Goodman but what is a scapegoat 11. Is it players who some thought were crap but were in reality good servants to the club, or those who were genuinely crap.

 

[BigBanker]

I was going to add Don Goodman but what is a scapegoat 11. Is it players who some thought were crap but were in reality good servants to the club, or those who were genuinely crap.

Good question.

Scapegoat
noun
a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency.


I think to qualify for the first XI ideally the scapegoat should have been blamed more than was fair.

 

[Sexton Blake]

I was going to add Don Goodman but what is a scapegoat 11. Is it players who some thought were crap but were in reality good servants to the club, or those who were genuinely crap.

DG contributed nothing while with us.

 

[BigBanker]

DG contributed nothing while with us.

I can't remember him being called out specifically at the time though? Granted I have tried to erase that season from my memory.

 

[Snoop Fog]

David Noble was regularly criticised for passing sideways and backwards despite being technically very gifted.

 

[Super Ronnie Jepson]

David Noble was regularly criticised for passing sideways and backwards despite being technically very gifted.

I was just about to add his name. The season we were relegated he got so much unwarranted stick.

 

[Leads]

I think scapegoat is a term that is often thrown about but not always correctly. In fact pretty much everyone on that list I would say wasn't a scapegoat and Tully was probably the opposite if there's such a thing- he was a local lad that everybody loved (a role Sweeney is doing his best to take on).

I would say that Aimson fits the bill- he was part of a losing team and getting probably more than his fair share of the blame.

 

[STURTZ]

Paul Buckle was often unfairly singled out as a liability. In effect I thought he was a solid defensive midfielder, he signed for us on three occasions IIRC.

 

[Steve Moran3]

How about Steve Williams? Used to get all kinds of stick when hitting a pass none of our forwards had anticipated as he was about 5 seconds quicker in seeing it than they were!