Most disappointing LFC player

[Dominus Maximus]

Inspired by the apparent hunger for ripping into our own players I thought we could map out our respective views and feelings on players who truly disappointed us.

I think most people would agree that Naby lad is a front runner for this but I’ll start elsewhere. No, it’s not Thiago or Christian Poulsen but Alberto Aquilani.

Arriving to replace Xabi and picking up Hyypia’s number everyone was ready for Alberto to make his mark. Unfortunately that never happened. 

I must have defended him, or at least the prospect of him, for hours upon hours hoping for it all to click for him but as history showed he was not even a flash in a pan. Complete waste of time and money. 

So that’s my vote. Aquilani. Who else should we consider? Maybe some of the older posters here have some good stories? 

Edited June 18, 2024 by Dominus Maximus

[Maldini]

Has to be Naby for me, looked like he had everything in Germany but never managed to get a consistent run of games together. Special mention for Ziege and Diouf though

[Benzo-13]

Harry Kewell.

Was a world beater but got broken up and lost confidence in his ability. Had moments of brilliance. Rafa loved him.

[Cobs]

Michael Thomas

[Dominus Maximus]

3 minutes ago, Maldini said:

Has to be Naby for me, looked like he had everything in Germany but never managed to get a consistent run of games together. Special mention for Ziege and Diouf though

Completely forgot about Ziege. Really thought we had pulled a blinder there

[Gethin]

Robbie Keane is up there 

[Jarg Armani]

Every player except Suarez has been a disappointment to me. Even he was disappointingly racist and bitey.

 

Edit, and Virgil obvs.

Edited June 18, 2024 by Jarg Armani

[Barnesy_10]

Joe Cole, Cisse, Kewell and Keane were signings I expected to come in and really lift us.. I didn't have any pre excitement for Diouf as he was an unknown... But his goals on his home debut gave me hope... But yeah he was more of a c*** than a disappointment 

Thiago was a disappointment in other ways 

Edited June 18, 2024 by Barnesy_10

[honourablegeorge]

Andy Carroll, Robbie Keane, Aquilani, Keita, Thiago, Cisse, Kewell, Diouf

So many disasters when our margin for error was zero.

 

46 minutes ago, Gethin said:

Robbie Keane is up there 

I still can't believe how s*** he was. I didn't think he was all that good, but all he had to do was maintain his level and he'd have been decent. Instead he arrived and fell off a cliff.

[downunder]

Diouf has to be up there. Litmanen wasn’t the superstar I had hoped for along with Riedle as  well.

[honourablegeorge]

5 minutes ago, downunder said:

Diouf has to be up there. Litmanen wasn’t the superstar I had hoped for along with Riedle as  well.

Those two were cheap/free though. What really set us back was when we finally managed to scrape cash together and then completely pissed it away while the competition just bought another

[Cobs]

13 minutes ago, honourablegeorge said:

I still can't believe how s*** he was. I didn't think he was all that good, but all he had to do was maintain his level and he'd have been decent. Instead he arrived and fell off a cliff.

was treated like a dog by Rafa

 

[jimbolala]

Moriantes was world class then we bought him and he didn't do that much.

[honourablegeorge]

Just now, jimbolala said:

Moriantes was world class then we bought him and he didn't do that much.

Forgot him, he was an exciting signing. I think Real knew it was time to let him go, same as Thiago/Bayern

[honourablegeorge]

20 minutes ago, Cobs said:

was treated like a dog by Rafa

 

Rafa didn't want him IIRC? Everything had gone bad by then, tbh

[Benzo-13]

Think with Morientes he wasn’t played at all by Real (As usual they were a*******s to deal with) when we wanted him in the previous summer so was trying to regain match sharpness and fitness the whole second half of the season in 04/05. 

[smithdown]

Morientes was incredibly unlucky I thought and it wrecked his head in the end.  Goalies seemed to save everything with the tips of their fingers.

 

example - there was a derby when he chested it down, turned and volleyed it from 25 yards at the Kop end, tiniest touch from the keeper made it crash against the underside of the bar and bounce down and Garcia legged it in there and nodded it over the line.  Would have been a great derby goal.  Might have made him.  There were others too, running flashing headers that you’d see after they were clawed away he couldn’t believe they hadn’t gone in.

 

Riedle was pretty much semi retired really looking back wasn’t he?  Maybe helped Owen out a bit having him round I dunno.  

Ziege seemed to f*** around injured for ages then made himself available for all the cup finals all of a sudden.  Seemed fishy.  Like he thought he had made a mistake coming here then jogged in when things were going well.  Probably wrong but that was how it felt.
 

Would have been Paul Stewart but never rated him much before he came and now we know he was having a shocking time himself dealing with the move.  Disappointing for everyone.

Mark Kennedy.  Not being funny but he looked cross-eyed in photos to me.  Saw him rip Arsenal to pieces at Highbury for Millwall in the cup, I mean absolutely destroyed them second half.  Think they won 4-2 and he either scored or laid them all on.  Just ran dead fast off the end of the pitch with the ball at his feet for us.  
 

Ronnie Rosenthal deserves a mention.  Won the league with us when on loan.  Hat trick on his debut?  WTF happened after that.  Running not as fast as it looked with the ball bouncing off every limb on the way and then bobbling off his knee and running loose to the keeper.  
 

Dean Saunders.  Just wasn’t all that good as a footballer playing in a team.  Run to where the ball is and kick it at the goal.  He thought that meant he was Kevin Keegan.  Daft.

Nigel Clough.  Again had problems we didn’t know much about with his da but he got the number 7 shirt.  We saw what he could do in the 3-3 against the mancs when he played up and down through the park, sweeper, midfielder and goalscorer.  Was him who got us out of the mess at 3-0 after 25 minutes.  Barely got a kick for us apart from that.  Shoved out the way mostly.
 

But yeah it must be Aquilani.  He should have been one of ‘those’ Italian midfielders.  They’ve produced loads of them.  Our one had no knees or feet at all or whatever it was that was wrong with him.  One of those Italians who scores in World Cup Finals.  Playing for us.  It’s got to be him.  Or Thiago.  

Edited June 18, 2024 by smithdown

[Rusty Shackleford]

Collymore. That partnership with Fowler before he went to pieces. 

[D.Boon]

1 hour ago, honourablegeorge said:

Andy Carroll, Robbie Keane, Aquilani, Keita, Thiago, Cisse, Kewell, Diouf

So many disasters when our margin for error was zero.

 

I still can't believe how s*** he was. I didn't think he was all that good, but all he had to do was maintain his level and he'd have been decent. Instead he arrived and fell off a cliff.

I watched a few minutes of the Football Aid or whatever it's called and Keane was playing. He was still doing the pointing thing to newsreaders and a comedian with one leg.

[melia]

Paul Ince. All mouth and reputation but not a lot behind it. Was meant to “sort out the Spice Boys attitude” if I remember right.

[Walrus]

Dalglish maybe. In the modern times it’s probably between Suarez and Salah.

[downunder]

for Everton it would have to be Neal Pointon, he was so bad, his nickname was disa

[pipnasty]

2 hours ago, Gethin said:

Robbie Keane is up there 

I was more disappointed that we actually signed him

[smithdown]

2 minutes ago, pipnasty said:

I was more disappointed that we actually signed him

Same with Ince.

[Flasher]

Kewell and Cisse stand out for me. We never got what we were hoping for. Clough also never really contributed , but maybe expectations were lower anyway. 

Marc Gonzalez another failure. He was rapid..