Daily Mail's 50 Worst Premiership Strikers

iregk

kenon wrote: »

£30.8 million for Andrei Shevchenko.

2006–2009 Chelsea 48 appearances 9 goals.

I cant find how much he went back to Dynamo Kiev for.

I think this makes him the worst. Although Chris Sutton to Chelsea used to win this competition all the time a few years ago.

I think there is a bit of a difference though in a transfer flop that just a shockingly bad player.

Ok Sheva cost 30m and a return of 1 goal every 5 games isn't great but its still no where near Bosko Balaban return of 9 games no goals or Ali Dia's 15mins of fame.

I think transfer fee's should be left out of it and also prior to his Chelsea stint Chris Sutton was lethal in the prem.

premierstone

kenon wrote: »

I think this makes him the worst. Although Chris Sutton to Chelsea used to win this competition all the time a few years ago.

Only formed part of one of best strike partnerships in hte history of the premiership :rolleyes:

The title of this is ''50 worst Premiership Strikers'' not worst transfers, biggest disapointments or anything else just the worst strikers how you could include Chris Sutton anywhere near that is astounding tbh.

kenon

premierstone wrote: »

Only formed part of one of best strike partnerships in hte history of the premiership :rolleyes:

The title of this is ''50 worst Premiership Strikers'' not worst transfers, biggest disapointments or anything else just the worst strikers how you could include Chris Sutton anywhere near that is astounding tbh.

Ahh get over it. :rolleyes: I didn't really think it through. I am well aware of the SAS partnership, its just that Sutton is always thrown up because of his dismal performance for Chelsea.

~Rebel~

To be fair to Chelsea with Kezmen, they hardly "threw money at a striker", he was a bargain at the time considering his goals record (cost about 5mill i think), they made a profit selling him on after he flopped as i recall.

Eire-Dearg

A bit harsh on Voronin, no? He's far from the best striker, but didn't cost a dime compared to to the cash splashed on others. Plus he spent a year of his time at Liverpool out on loan..

Xavi6

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

A bit harsh on Voronin, no? He's far from the best striker, but didn't cost a dime compared to to the cash splashed on others. Plus he spent a year of his time at Liverpool out on loan..

Exactly, that's how shit he is.

Eire-Dearg

Xavi6 wrote: »

Exactly, that's how shit he is.

Yeah, in the Bundesliga. Go make a shiittest Bundesliga strikers list :pac:

SlickRic

man, forgot about Postiga. the only thing he ever did was score against Liverpool in a 2-1 win at White Hart Lane; which i was at :mad:

Martin Dahlin's another one i couldn't believe i'd forgotten. i remember i had him in my FF when he arrived. not a good plan.

kezman. i can't believe he hadn't been mentioned.

and delgado, i only have vague memories of him.

gucci

Speaking of Shevshenko and his lack of impact on the Premiership....his buddy Rebrov didnt exactly terrorise defences when he moved to Spurs from what I recall either? (I'm sure therecklessone would have the facts!)

Handsome Bob

SlickRic wrote: »

but look at him...

Jesus christ it's Dirk Kuyt's twin brother.

kenon

I could see David Bellion getting a shout in this list.

Dancor

Kluivert mentioned yet?

Had a terrible time at Newcastle IIRC

premierstone

Dancor wrote: »

Kluivert mentioned yet?

Had a terrible time at Newcastle IIRC

Only played one season and got to double figures afaik, more would have expected because of he's reputation but still respectable hardly worst 50 ever material

Mr.Nice Guy

How about Sergei Rebrov? Major Spurs flop.

Also Albert Luque. Signed for Newcastle for £9.5m.

Bubs101

gucci wrote: »

Speaking of Shevshenko and his lack of impact on the Premiership....his buddy Rebrov didnt exactly terrorise defences when he moved to Spurs from what I recall either? (I'm sure therecklessone would have the facts!)

Yeah but isn't Sheva the most expensive striker brought to the Premiership

Rekop dog

Charlton had about 5 or 6 strikers around 2000 and they where all terrible!

Can't wait to see the top 10

Jako8

Ali Dia anyone?

Bob the Seducer

Keeping on a Newcastle theme, how about Xisco?

While I'm at it Derby County's fake passport carying Argie Esteban Fuertes might be worth a shout (even though they turned a profit selling him after he got kicked out of the UK)

Then there was Andrea Silenzi... who wasn't very good at all when he turned up at Forest (or anywhere else after that, for that matter!)

Gillington

I think I remember your man Augustin Delgado threw a wobbler cos his team-mates didnt remember his birthday!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/2780531.stm

mudokon

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Jesus christ it's Dirk Kuyt's twin brother.

That is exactly what I thought when I saw it, made a pic to show the similarity, then I saw your post.

I'm posting it anyway. :P

Dancor

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1218559/THE-LIST-The-worst-strikers-played-Premier-League-Nos-30-21.html

premierstone wrote: »

Only played one season and got to double figures afaik, more would have expected because of he's reputation but still respectable hardly worst 50 ever material

Hmmmm

premierstone

Dancor wrote: »

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1218559/THE-LIST-The-worst-strikers-played-Premier-League-Nos-30-21.html



Hmmmm

In work cant access the link but I'm assuming young Patrick is in there still personally I dont agree that someone who scored 13 goals in 35 appearances is worthy of been rated in the 30 worst strikers to have played in the premiership.

Xavi6

No way should Maccarone be that high, or even in there.

30. Dong-Gook Lee
29. Massimo Maccarone
28. Michele Padovano
27. Daniel Cordone
26. Francis Jeffers
25. Titi Camara
24. Milton Nunez
23. Corrado Grabbi
22. Patrick Kluivert
21. David Bellion

Grabbi should be higher

Dancor

premierstone wrote: »

In work cant access the link but I'm assuming young Patrick is in there still personally I dont agree that someone who scored 13 goals in 35 appearances is worthy of been rated in the 30 worst strikers to have played in the premiership.

Sorry should have listed the names, Thanks Xavi.

I actually agree with you. Didnt know he he scores that many. Thought it was about 5 or so. According to Wikipedia it was 6 in 25 league gmaes. Maybe they are only counting league games and goals.

gucci

I must say once again, the Titi Camara thing, the year he was at Liverpool, he was ok.

Done what was expected of him, I dont think he was ever brought in as a 20 goal a year striker.
I'm not trying to make out he was a genius, but i dont think he deserves to be as high as he is.
He was limited talented wise, but worked hard, and probably the injuries to Fowler and Owen meant he played more than he should have, but also meant he was a lone striker alot of the time.

I cant comment on his West Ham career but it sounds like it was poor.

noodler

Xavi6 wrote: »

No way should Maccarone be that high, or even in there.

30. Dong-Gook Lee
29. Massimo Maccarone
28. Michele Padovano
27. Daniel Cordone
26. Francis Jeffers
25. Titi Camara
24. Milton Nunez
23. Corrado Grabbi
22. Patrick Kluivert
21. David Bellion

Grabbi should be higher

Yes he should.

Kluivert shouldn't though.

EDIT:

Though I will never forget the pain of SSN's headline in the Rovers-Pool game a few years back of "Blackburn Grabbi a point" when he scored a late equaliser.

SlickRic

kluivert in there is ridiculous.

no way are there only 20 worse strikers than him in the history of the Premiership.

lazy pick to be honest.

Dancor

Thought Reyes would have been mentioned already. I have a feeling he will be in here somewhere.

SlickRic

Dancor wrote: »

Thought Reyes would have been mentioned already. I have a feeling he will be in here somewhere.

never.

he was merely expensive.

if he's top 20, it'll be appalling.

dubmick

Johan Elmander? Cost £8.2 million

noodler

SlickRic wrote: »

never.

he was merely expensive.

if he's top 20, it'll be appalling.

By that logic Schevchenko should be excluded too?

(he scored 14 in his first season)

Warper

Just because Kluivert and Shevchenko were so prolific before they moved to the Premiership does not mean they shouldnt be included in the list. They were just horrible in the PL and very expensive ones at that. For this reason alone Shevchenko has to be the worst ever PL signing of a striker.

You could add Crespo and Asprilla to that list as well.

noodler

Warper wrote: »

Just because Kluivert and Shevchenko were so prolific before they moved to the Premiership does not mean they shouldnt be included in the list. They were just horrible in the PL and very expensive ones at that. For this reason alone Shevchenko has to be the worst ever PL signing of a striker.

You could add Crespo and Asprilla to that list as well.

You're not listening.

Both got double figures in their first seasons.

SlickRic

noodler wrote: »

By that logic Schevchenko should be excluded too?

(he scored 14 in his first season)

fair enough so.

i would say in addition though, that Reyes played more games, and tended to be more impressive.

i don't think he was a flop quite on the level of Shevchenko.

Mr Alan

Sheva (around 30m) also cost about 3 times more than Reyes.

None of which was re-couped.

Whereas with Reyes, 8.5m of so of the 10.5m was got back.

Warper

noodler wrote: »

You're not listening.

Both got double figures in their first seasons.

£31m for Shevchenko. He only scored 9 PL goals in his first season, the rest were in the Charity Shield, Carling Cup and Europe. Did you see the PL goals he scored - 2 yard tap-ins when they were already 3-0 up and Lampard or whoever feeling sorry for him and squaring it rather than scoring himself. He has to be the worst striker in PL history (which is a shame for the one of the best strikers i have ever seen).

OK we can talk about Joe Bloggs who was bought for €3m and scored 3 goals in 50 appearances, half of them from the bench but then just look at Hull's sub bench or Bobby Zamora.

dubmick

dubmick wrote: »

Johan Elmander? Cost £8.2 million

This guy has been bloody awful.

event

Warper wrote: »

Just because Kluivert and Shevchenko were so prolific before they moved to the Premiership does not mean they shouldnt be included in the list. They were just horrible in the PL and very expensive ones at that. For this reason alone Shevchenko has to be the worst ever PL signing of a striker.

You could add Crespo and Asprilla to that list as well.

you're joking, right?

First year: 19 appearances, 10 goals
Second Year: 30 appearances, 10 goals

a lot of those were as sub appearances as well

Dancor

Crespo never got a chance at Chelsea. Always liked him. Done the job before and after he was at Chelsea.

Fratton Fred

No mention of Collins "Fat Boy" Mbesuma?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collins_Mbesuma

.....It was noted that he appeared overweight early in the season when playing for the reserve team. Collins never started a match for Portsmouth; he only came on for a total of 4 brief substitute appearances, all in the first half of the 2005/06 season. In July 2006 he began a season long loan with CS Marítimo where he appeared to be regaining his form - netting in vital goals early in the season and receiving the 'Swan d'Or', an auspicious monthly Portuguese football award. However his form soon dipped and his goal tally climaxed at a total of just seven goals. He returned to Portsmouth in June 2007 after playing 23 games for the Portuguese team.

artanevilla

Bosko Balaban has to be in the top ten.

The Volt

artanevilla wrote: »

Bosko Balaban has to be in the top ten.

+1

Morientes, Voronin and Dundee for Liverpool perhaps, Mido, John Spencer when he signed for Everton, Bakayoko but Stuart Barlow takes the biscuit

noodler

Warper wrote: »

£31m for Shevchenko. He only scored 9 PL goals in his first season, the rest were in the Charity Shield, Carling Cup and Europe. Did you see the PL goals he scored - 2 yard tap-ins when they were already 3-0 up and Lampard or whoever feeling sorry for him and squaring it rather than scoring himself. He has to be the worst striker in PL history (which is a shame for the one of the best strikers i have ever seen).

OK we can talk about Joe Bloggs who was bought for €3m and scored 3 goals in 50 appearances, half of them from the bench but then just look at Hull's sub bench or Bobby Zamora.

So he scored 14 goals. Thats what I said. If we are going to get into the types of goals and the competitions scored in then this is going to get beyond messy.

Mr Alan wrote: »

Sheva (around 30m) also cost about 3 times more than Reyes.

None of which was re-couped.

Whereas with Reyes, 8.5m of so of the 10.5m was got back.

Again, I didn't think this mattered? If Keane had been bought from a foreign club he would be on that list despite the fee recouped (and despite the fact 7 goals in 5 monthes isn't all that bad!).

razorblunt

Florin Radiciou has to be there as well.

inforfun

Lists like these are a bit silly.
Have the Italians create a list of worst strikers in the Serie A and Dennis Bergkamp would be on it.....

gucci

inforfun wrote: »

Lists like these are a bit silly.
Have the Italians create a list of worst strikers in the Serie A and Dennis Bergkamp would be on it.....

Same rules apply for Shevshenko and Crespo etc being flops in the EPL.....

event

again, if you look at crespo's record, he was far from a flop

iregk

Dancor wrote: »

Crespo never got a chance at Chelsea. Always liked him. Done the job before and after he was at Chelsea.

Crespo's first season he had the highest goals to minutes on the pitch ratio in the prem. A lot better than Henry that year.

What the stats don't tell you is pretty much all of his goals that he got at chelsea were with only getting on in the last 5 or 10 mins of the game.

Dancor

Voltwad wrote: »

+1

Morientes, Voronin and Dundee for Liverpool perhaps

Dont forget Dribble Cisse