Welcome back to another Worst XI where we now have a full defence and begin to move forward into the midfield.<\/p>\n
This week, we\u2019re focusing on wingers, those scoundrels that are supposed to light up our lives with skill, ingenuity and end product. Unfortunately, for Liverpool, we\u2019ve had our fair share of utter tripe.<\/p>\n
Shall we meet the sizable list of nominees? Let\u2019s do it\u2026<\/p>\n
One of many members of the 2005 squad that you seriously have to question how they managed to leave the club with a Champions League medal, Nunez was part of the deal that sent Michael Owen to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n
So, having lost our star striker, we were left with Nunez who Rafa said was going to be brilliant. He was wrong. He was crocked, slow and clearly not cut out for the Premier League at all. He did play well in the League Cup final against Chelsea though so he wasn\u2019t totally awful all the time.<\/p>\n
The new Zidane.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s a direct quote from Gerard Houllier by the way. Poor Bruno had no hope once he said that.<\/p>\n
Cheyrou had some bright spots \u2013 a winner at Stamford Bridge, a brace against Newcastle \u2013 but very often he was played wide and there was never any chance that he was a wide man nor was there any chance of him playing through the middle for the club either. The embodiment of Houllier\u2019s last years at Anfield.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a blast from the past. Carter was signed for \u00a3800,000 back in 1991 in the final throes of King Kenny\u2019s first reign at the club and had helped Millwall establish themselves in the top tier.<\/p>\n
Big things were expected from Carter but by his second game, the jig was already up. The Guardian said he was \u201ca Millwall player masquerading in a Liverpool shirt\u201d and by the time Dalglish had left six weeks later, Carter was out of the team already.<\/p>\n
Not the first Rafa signing to be nominated for this team and definitely not the last. Poor Seb was a highly-rated Argentine who we\u2019d got fairly cheap.<\/p>\n
He played four times fairly early on in his debut season but only saw the game out once having contributed absolutely nothing. The club couldn\u2019t get him a work permit the following season and bunged him out to Greece where he clearly found a level suited to him.<\/p>\n
Actually signed in 2005 by the club but work permit issues delayed his arrival at the club by a year. By that time, he\u2019d already impressed on loan at Real Sociedad so hopes were high for the rapid Chilean.<\/p>\n
He scored the winner on his debut against Maccabi Haifa too but that was as good as it got for little Mark. He was not a Premier League player and looked horribly out of his depth at Liverpool. Another one that was sold after just a season.<\/p>\n
According to Neighbours (the obvious judge of footballing potential), he was one of the best players in the world. According to people who have seen him play, he\u2019s really not.<\/p>\n
Rafa\u2019s parting \u201cgift\u201d to Liverpool was this pile of trash. His \u201chighlight\u201d came in his League debut against Arsenal where he fell flat on his face trying to head the ball clear. An apt representation of just how bad his Liverpool career was.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s just get this out of the way.<\/p>\n
Diouf is the prime example of never signing a player based on tournament performances. He looked a star at the World Cup in 2002 for Senegal but his time at Anfield saw him leave so universally hated that even Charles Itandje has to stop and take a minute.<\/p>\n
From spitting on Celtic fans to being just a general gobs***e and crap at football, Diouf was awful.<\/p>\n
Signed from Millwall (alarm bells ringing), Kennedy was made the country\u2019s most expensive teenager by the club so it only stands to reason he barely played.<\/p>\n
As it turned out, his early promise at Millwall was only that \u2013 promise. When it came time to step up a level, Kennedy struggled very, very badly. That \u00a31.5 million always loomed large.<\/p>\n
A star for Auxerre in the 90s and World Cup winner with France, there was some real excitement around the signing of Diomede in 2000. Naturally, he played just five times for the club.<\/p>\n
\u00a33 million well spent I think you\u2019ll find but, to be fair, he might have avoided the list if his incredible overhead kick at Sunderland hadn\u2019t been incorrectly ruled out.<\/p>\n
So, those are the nominees and I think you\u2019ll agree that it is a whopper list. Vote for your worst down below. Next week we look at central midfielders featuring Alonso\u2019s replacement, a Bundesliga winner and a Premier League winner.<\/p>\n