I was gutted when Carl McHugh left - especially the manner

Irrational Likes:

Martin Phillips, Carlo Corazzin, Chris Billy, Nadjim Abdou

Irrational Dislikes:

Nick Chadwick, Rory Fallon, Simon Walton, Karl Duguid.

I was gutted when Carl McHugh left - especially the manner

Could have easily become a cult legend here and he could have easily took on the armband. I was spitting feathers when he left.

Interesting to read the comments about Wylde. I always felt that he would have made a much better central striker than winger. He had good pace, an ability to run beyond the defence, a rocket shot and a surprisingly good leap which made him more dangerous in the air than he should have been - all good attributes for a central striker playing off a target man. But he couldn’t cross the ball to save his life - an essential attribute for a winger...

Interesting to read the comments about Wylde. I always felt that he would have made a much better central striker than winger. He had good pace, an ability to run beyond the defence, a rocket shot and a surprisingly good leap which made him more dangerous in the air than he should have been - all good attributes for a central striker playing off a target man. But he couldn’t cross the ball to save his life - an essential attribute for a winger...

I always liked the thought of him playing alongside Ryan Taylor for the very reasons you've highlighted.

Let’s go for positive instead of negative.

Mat Doumbe. Thought he was an exceptional player for us, always liked his style, yet he never really gets talked about in terms of ex-players.

Great shout. I was a big fan of Mat. I had forgotten about him.

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I too was a big fan of Mat Doumbe, surely the quickest Argyle CB of the last 20 years. I remember a phenomenal goal-saving tackle on Kenny Miller of Wolves, that only someone of his pace could have achieved.

Doumbe is also significant to me for another reason. He made his first start, and scored in a 1-1 draw, at Preston in September 2004. I was there on a first date with my current partner, a die-hard Man City fan who now attends far more Argyle games than City ones.

Chris Clarke (especially) and Jim Patterson ... the two most boring players i’ve ever seen in a green shirt ... my heart sunk whenever I saw their names on the team sheet.

Patterson, for some reason had ‘step-over’ as a nickname, but had absolutely no flair. It was a bit like the character Little John, from Robin Hood, who was called Little because he was huge ... Patterson never had a trick, and I can’t ever remember him doing a step-over in the two or three seasons he was with us.

Clarke singlehandedly killed my love of the game; every promising move broke down when he got the ball, with his robotic instinct to pass the ball back (usually to Patterson, who would lob the ball straight to their ‘keeper) whenever we went on the attack.

Really liked Craig Noone though, and thought he was massively under used while he was here.

I could never understand the huge dislike of Jim Beglin when he arrived at HP. Whilst he produced very average performances, there seemed no obvious reason for the vindictive all around me.

Surprised the name Miller hasn`t appeared on this thread although I suppose the tag irrational negates that.

Nathan Thomas, remember seeing him playing in a wing back position. Was like he had been pulled out of the crowd to make up numbers...

Totally diagree with that, I was very disappointed when he left. I thought Shez treated him quite badly and then let him go on a free before sodding off himself! Some games Thomas could be absolutely electric. He went to another League Two club and made them a fair bit of money which didn't really support Sheridan's conclusion that he wasn't up to it.

Nathan Thomas, remember seeing him playing in a wing back position. Was like he had been pulled out of the crowd to make up numbers...

Totally diagree with that, I was very disappointed when he left. I thought Shez treated him quite badly and then let him go on a free before sodding off himself! Some games Thomas could be absolutely electric. He went to another League Two club and made them a fair bit of money which didn't really support Sheridan's conclusion that he wasn't up to it.

Always surprises me when fans criticise a manager''s attitude to a particular player, but have no expectation in terms of the player's attitude. Thomas has talent but has largely wasted it. There were a lot of rumours about his general attitude as well as his nocturnal activities when he was at Argyle, and at least some of them were true. He did have a decent season with Hartlepool which won him his transfer to Sheff Utd, but apart from that has meandered from club to club, never really settling, dazzling occasionally but more often proving an unfulfilled talent.

Nathan Thomas, remember seeing him playing in a wing back position. Was like he had been pulled out of the crowd to make up numbers...

Totally diagree with that, I was very disappointed when he left. I thought Shez treated him quite badly and then let him go on a free before sodding off himself! Some games Thomas could be absolutely electric. He went to another League Two club and made them a fair bit of money which didn't really support Sheridan's conclusion that he wasn't up to it.

Sometimes it's what happens off the pitch rather than on it that decides the player's fate.

Negative vibes: Ryan Taylor for me. When I saw he was about to be subbed on I felt instant disappointment and he never changed my opinion. Couldn't see what he provided us. Second, would be Matt Macey. The fact I couldn't stand Arsenal never helped.

Positive vibes: Graham Carey. Loved watching him and his "heart on the sleeve" style. I also was a huge fan of Paul Gallagher in his one season spell with us, i recall him linking up well with Alan Judge who was on loan from Blackburn too at the time.

edited to add... Fox and Nalis were players I admired greatly too. For their calming ease and classy passing.