premiership worst XI nominations

when nominating please specify their position on brackets.

e.g. Lehmann (GK)

Massimo Taibi (GK)

Shall we get the really obvious ones out of the way first?

Alia Dia (FC)

*Ali

Istvan Kozma, William Prunier (CB)

Sean Dundee (F)

ANDREA SILENZI (FC)

Djimi Traore (CB)

current or all time?

paul robinson(gk)

Marco Boogers, Eric Djemba Djemba (FC)

i was thinking current would be easier as the resulting poll wouldn't be so large but folks seem to have gone with ALL TIME so we might as well do all time now!

nomination ends next monday, btw

God, Silenzi the fucking sack of shit. Didn't he score 30 goals in a Serie A season before he joined Forest or something?

In Serie B. He was talked up as a potential great at one point, but then again so was Alvaro Recoba. Very hard to judge a player before they get found out.

Was he worse than Romario though?

Darren Ferguson (MC)

Slavisa Jokanovic (CM)

franny benali (LB)

Lee Hughes (HMP)

Carlton "18 caps for England" Palmer (LW)

Come on, who's afraid to nominate Geoff Thomas just because he's got cancer?

Djimi Traore (CB)

You mean "Champions League Winner Djimi Traore (CB)"

Jean-Alain Boumsong (LOL CB)
Franny Jeffers (LOLOL FOXINABOX)

ROQUE JUNIOR

REBROV

Geoff Thomas was pretty good for a while

Gordon Strachan on Claus Lundekvam: "He was carried off at Leicester and someone asked me if he was unconscious. I didn’t have a clue. That’s what he’s always like."

Rosario I meant further upthread obviously, not the Brazillian legend.

I was about to mention Boumsong and Fanny Jeffers!

Better get Bosko Balaban in there as well.

Robert Rosario and Marco Gabbiadini are the only two gypsies to ever play in the Premiership, right?

(insert obligatory "He doesn't get transferred, the council just move him on" gag)

Freddy Eastwood is next in line.

World Cup Winner Stephane Guivarc'h (striker, allegedly)

Reyes xxpost.

Guivarc'h is the worst player I can remember turning out for a major international nation in recent memory.

Worst Chelsea prem XI

Neil Sullivan
Christian Pannucci
Andy Myers
Fucking Bouhlarouz
Andy Dow
David Hopkin
Enrique De Lucas
Slavisa Jakanovic
Gabriel Ambrosetti
Andri Shevchenko
Mark Nicholls

In Italy they use the term "bidone" to describe expensive, hyped players who turn out to be absolute dreck. Famously, a popular DVD called "I Bidone" just features a picture of Paul Gascoigne on the cover.

Of those Ambrosetti (MF), De Lucas (MF) and Nicholls (F) are all candidates for a worst XI.

David Hopkin

He used to do bar work in my Dad's local when he was a part timer at Morton. I remember Chelsea launching a new kit or something and he was the only one in long sleeves in the promo shots as they wanted to hide his tattoos. He's managing Port Glasgow Juniors now.

Scored for Scotland against Malta iirc.

He was very ginger.

Did great at Palace.

Taibi and Recoba were both immense when on loan at Venezia, so I can't vote for them, and Sullivan was immense when at Wimbledon. So please don't vote for any of them.

Haha a GIS for him brings up a hit from the BBC with the alt text "Look away now it's David Hopkin!"

traore never played at centre back

traore never played at centre back

Fixed

he played well in the CL final as far as I recall! I think he cleared off the line at one point.

definitely not bad enough for this thread, not least when Houllier bought about 10 players who were far worse.

haha bruno cheyrou

First half of the CL final basically involved Traore playing everyone onside as his team mates stepped out, or stepping out as everyone else followed a ball in and leaving a huge gap. He is the main reason Milan should have been 132-0 up at H/T.

Comedy own goal vs Burnley = Djimi Traore ftw, also blocking one shot doesn't excuse his performance the rest of the game re Champs League final.

Worst Chelsea prem XI

Neil Sullivan
Christian Pannucci
Andy Myers
Fucking Bouhlarouz
Andy Dow
David Hopkin
Enrique De Lucas
Slavisa Jakanovic
Gabriel Ambrosetti
Andri Shevchenko
Mark Nicholls

Aw come on Pete, De Lucas wasn't as bad as fucking Mario Stanic.

I'd like to see Geremi in there - totally pointless player.

Also, shite as Shevchenko is, what about Mateja Offside Kezman? Totally useless.

Was Robert Fleck pre-premiership?

Traore was ok when Liverpool came back into it - mainly because Milan went into Italian Defensive Mode after Liverpool scored and he was left alone for the most part.

Christian Gross could give Les Reed a run for his money I think.

Avram Grant worst manager ever.

x-post Pete : That Norwich game when Beasant chucked in 3 goals was on my 30th birthday :(

Anyone remember William Prunier. He played a game for Man U on loan from some French Club - he was a centre-back. I think they got humped 4-0 or something and he was never seen again.

http://www.qprnet.com/images/managers/Stewart%20Houston.jpg

Jan Aage Fjortoft and Ade Akinbiyi upfront, maybe?

Naylor was always shit, ails. He looks good going forwards sometimes but he can't defend to save his life.

Anyone remember William Prunier. He played a game for Man U on loan from some French Club - he was a centre-back. I think they got humped 4-0 or something and he was never seen again.

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Istvan Kozma, William Prunier (CB)

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Fjortoft was GREAT. Top 10 premiership fatteys ever, easily.

Man: Mick McCarthy

which manager had the biggest fall from grace after moving from one 'over-achieving' side to a snoozing giant?

Mike Walker?

I suspect Kenny Miller is going to have the same sort of season this year as he had with Wolves too, i.e. not scoring anywhere near enough goals.

xpost Oh good work on Prunier.

Chairman: Robert Chase

Actually, as a side note, are there any members of Leeds United's relegation year side that don't qualify here?

Why you all make Steadinho cry?

Dom that's a bit harsh on Alan Smith. Although Ian Harte, never did such a shit player get through so many games on being sweet with a dead ball.

Woodgate was there for part of that season yes?

http://football.guardian.co.uk/Match_Report/0,1527,1208416,00.html

It's not actually THAT bad a team.

James Milner: remember when this guy and Wayne Rooney were spoken about in the same breath? Crazy times.

You know, we really need Vinnie Jones and John Fashanu in here for comedy value alone.

Alessandro Pistone (CB, LB)

I saw Vinny's Chelsea debut. Booked within about 10 seconds for a chest high two-footed lunge. Love the man!

Dean Holdsworth (CF).

x-post Vinny was never that bad, or at least as bad as I expected.

Actually, as a side note, are there any members of Leeds United's relegation year side that don't qualify here?

Mark Viduka. Unless you're still talking about premiership fatteys.

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No Vinny was OK.

Did Jason Dozell make Matt's Spurs worst XI? Can't be bothered to look upthread.

Mikkel Beck (reputedly Striker) Middlesborough

You know those really cheap crap birthday cards that no-one ever buys that are "happy birthday to a football fan" and always have ancient pictures of ugly men with bad perms and too-tight shorts jumping for a ball? I've got one of them somewhere with Terry Hurlock on it.

Marcelo (CB) Newcastle.

Didn't he used to post here?

I've got one of them somewhere with Terry Hurlock on it.

I want this item! It's like those pictures from 20 seasons ago you still see on the windows outside bookies.

x-post ooh Hurlock was great! There's a bloke who drinks in my local who looks just like him.

http://www.sporting-heroes.net/files_football/HURLOCK_Terry_19901013_SF_R.jpg

Pete - Gareth Hall for right-back in the Chels worst of?

I'm tempted to nominate Dave Beasant, if not for the all-time prem XI, the certainly between the sticks in the Chelsea team. Sullivan was bad, but only for a few games, Beasant was appalling for his whole Chelsea career.

Sullivan Beasant was immense when at Wimbledon

x-post to self : I meant MARCELINO.

Also what about J-A BOUMSONG!! Terrible!

x-post it didn't help Beasant when he had to play behind such defensive colossi as Jason Cundy and Graham Roberts.

Oh, he's had a mention, don't worry.

xpost re Boumsong

I seem to recall Hurlock breaking the net with a shot once

Holy fuck, Cundy was dreadful

Silvi Maric, then. 'Striker', Newcastle

Yeah, I was thinking Gareth Hall but I did once see him score the winner against United.

This from a Sunderland site. 'However the signing of Gareth Hall must rank as one of the biggest mistakes of Peter Reid’s managerial career. His decision to stick with the man who was voted Chelsea’s worst ever player shortly after he arrived at Roker park was surely the biggest error of his life.'

x-post I was distraught when we sold Cundy. I wrote to the fanzines about it!

Of the players mentioned so far, both Dozell and Jason Lee looked massively out of their depth playing for the Cobblers, let alone a Premiership team

The biggest error of Peter Reid's managerial career. Just think about that for one minute.

Can we do a fat Premiership footballers XI? Andy Reid, Neville Southall, Jan Molby, Razor Ruddock, Jan Aage Fjortoft, Frank Lampard, it'd be a cracking team.

Frank Sinclair (CB) - I kinda like him despite a decade of unparalleled shitness, starting at Chelsea. Always knocks in a few classy own goals too.

Mickey Quinn!

Laurent Charvet (FB, CB) Man City and Newcastle

All this talk is making me want to play footie again!

Put Shaun Wright-Phillips' mum in the Fatteys XI as well.

Per Kroldrup (it was after he was seen at Bellefield "practising his heading" - in a fairly basic "this part of your head, Per lad" kinda way - that we knew Moyes had signed someone purely for the five-a-sides). Oh, and Andy van der Meyde. Though I s'pose you'd need some actual evidence of him playing a few Premiership games to warrant consideration. Did get sent off in a derby which is always great.

There were plenty of Everton players from the mid-'90s who were worse but I've sort of erased that era from my memory.

Jean Michel Ferri. In Fowler's book he says he reckons Ferri was bought solely as a spy for Houllier.

x-post let me jog it for you Michael, Hottiger, Bakayoko, Pistone, Brett Angell!

I don't think you can have Prunier, there's not enough to go on. He only played in two games in two days: he played well in one game (which United won) and badly the other (which they lost). Before he turned up United had only won one in six games, so it's not like he had any significant impact.

I was going to nominate Brolin, but someone's got in there before me.

It kind of depends if we're talking about genuine lack of ability (in which case I'm sure there plenty of rubbish Barnsley, Swindon, Bradford, Wolves, etc. players that we've forgotten about) or expensive signings arriving with big reputations and completely failing to deliver (I'm thinking Jeffers, Veron and Shevchenko).

For Man Utd I'd say Darren Ferguson, Jordi Cruyff, David May (until he was allowed to play in the middle), Massimo Taibi, Eric Djemba-Djemba, Liam Miller, Kleberson, and David Bellion.

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