Top ten underperformers/flops of the year?

gosplan

As it says. Straight away I can think of Djibril Cisse, Nani (injured in fairness but nothing compared to last season) and Arsenal's Park (so bad he doesn't even make the bench).

Obviously there's a few current and ex liverpool players to be mentioned too.

Washington Irving

Liverpool.

shano_88

Suarez

HazDanz

Andrey Arshavin and Andy Carroll top it for me.

MD1990

Cisse has scored 2 goals & only joined in january so he is nowhere near the list
Nani was superb until January so he would also be nowhere near the list

1 Torres
2 Carroll
3 Chamakh
4 Arshavin
5 N'Zogbia
6 Downing
7 Adam
8 Drogba
9 Park (Man Utd)
10 Joey Barton

monkey9

Andy Carroll scores last minute winner. Minutes later, this thread is made!! Poor bloke just can't get a break!!!

steelcityblues

1. Carroll (no brainer)
2. Downing
3. Torres
4. Adam
5. N'Zogbia
6. Bosingwa
7. R Johnson
8. Ramsey
9. Gervinho
10. The entire Wolves squad, bar Jarvis.

ScummyMan

gosplan wrote: »

As it says. Straight away I can think of Djibril Cisse, Nani (injured in fairness but nothing compared to last season) and Arsenal's Park (so bad he doesn't even make the bench).

Obviously there's a few current and ex liverpool players to be mentioned too.

Nani?! Are you taking the p!ss or something? He was outstanding before Christmas, only coming back from injury now. To call him a flop is beyond ridiculous.

Owen_S

gosplan wrote: »

As it says. Straight away I can think of Djibril Cisse, Nani (injured in fairness but nothing compared to last season) and Arsenal's Park (so bad he doesn't even make the bench).

Obviously there's a few current and ex liverpool players to be mentioned too.

Nani has 10 assists and 6 goals in the league, which averages at around 1 goal every 3 games, and an assist every second game, hardly a flop by any standards, not to mention injuries.

As a comparison(and my choice as a flop), Stewart Downing has contributed 0 goals and 2 assists this season. He has featured in all but 2 of Liverpool's league games this season.

Oranage2

De Gea

G.K.

Aston Villa, Rodger Johnson, Evra, Taraabt, Adam, SWP, Drogba, Bolton, Savic, Park Ji Sung

Owen_S

Oranage2 wrote: »

De Gea

The trolls are out tonight, first Nani, now De Gea? :rolleyes:

Josey Wales

MD1990 wrote: »

Cisse has scored 2 goals & only joined in january so he is nowhere near the list

Two goals is not a lot. I'm sure Mark Hughes thought his goal return would be better in the three months or so he has been there.

You could say he hasn't played a lot in his defence but that is only because he keeps getting himself sent off. So I think he well deserves his place on this list.

joe123

Josey Wales wrote: »

Two goals is not a lot. I'm sure Mark Hughes thought his goal return would be better in the three months or so he has been there.

You could say he hasn't played a lot in his defence but that is only because he keeps getting himself sent off. So I think he well deserves his place on this list.

Sure hes been sent of twice missing 6 games isnt it?

Nalz

Torres
Arshavin
Carroll
Henderson
Wright Phillips
Downing
NZogbia
Park
Savic
Evra

Galvasean

The Arsenal Park. If Chamakh is keeping you out of the squad you now you aren't up to much...

Raskolnikov

Robin Van Persie
Vincent Kompany
David Silva
Wayne Rooney
Antonio Valencia
Luke Modric

darced

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mike65

steelcityblues wrote: »

1. Carroll (no brainer)
2. Downing
3. Torres
4. Adam
5. N'Zogbia
6. Bosingwa
7. R Johnson
8. Ramsey
9. Gervinho
10. The entire Wolves squad, bar Jarvis.

Ya know Fletcher has scored 10 league goals?

steelcityblues

mike65 wrote: »

Ya know Fletcher has scored 10 league goals?

Last one came about two months ago, he has done a disappearing act since.

Nalz

steelcityblues wrote: »

Last one came about two months ago, he has done a disappearing act since.

so why isn't Silva in your list?

G.K.

He's been injured for quite a bit of that.

steelcityblues

Trilla wrote: »

so why isn't Silva in your list?

Because he performed far better than Fletcher ever did.

paddy kerins

Raskolnikov wrote: »

Robin Van Persie
Vincent Kompany
David Silva
Wayne Rooney
Antonio Valencia
Luke Modric

I agree. They're all shíte this season

eugeneious

Nasri
Carroll
Torres
Drogba
Park-Ji-Sung
Barton
SWP
Downing
Adam
N'zogbia
Rodellaga
Robinson
Roger Johnson

steelcityblues

How can people include Park Ji Sung?

He has been a non starter for so long, and when he comes on he does a solid job.

G.K.

steelcityblues wrote: »

How can people include Park Ji Sung?

He has been a non starter for so long, and when he comes on he does a solid job.

There's a stat going round, I think it's that that every game Park started in CM, United lost.

steelcityblues

G.K. wrote: »

There's a stat going round, I think it's that that every game Park started in CM, United lost.

Coincidence - nothing else.

Jimmy Iovine

Ha Nani even being mentioned is brilliant. He is 4 goals and 1 assist shy of what Gareth Bale has managed all season so far, and Bale has played 899 minutes more than him. Now we all know that Bale will get nominated for POTY and all that. There is no way that Nani should even be considered as underperforming.

I also feel that if he was able to get a few months injury free behind him then he'd be playing as well as if not better than Valencia is at the moment.

Here's what I posted about Nani a few months ago. The stats have changed but my point still stands.

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Have you watched no United matches at all this season? Time and time he comes up with the goods. Sure he had a bad spell a few weeks ago but he's over that now and he's back firing on all cylinders, and it's no coincidence that United are back on form as well.

He gets a hard time from the people that are unashamedly blinkered in their views but I firmly believe that he is one of the top wingers in England this season and doesn't look out of place on the European stage.

He got 9 goals and 18 assists last season. After 17 games of this season he has 6 goals and 8 assists. Statistically he is well on the way to replicating last season if not surpassing it. Also, with Vidic gone I don't think it'd be wrong for me to say that he is our most important player, along with Rooney.

keano_afc

Right lads, trend emerging here. Every United player has had an incredible season, so stop mentioning them.

Owen_S

On the topic of assists:

Steven Gerrard: 1 assist
Paddy Kenny: 1 assist

:pac:

Adolf Hipster

keano_afc wrote: »

Right lads, trend emerging here. Every United player has had an incredible season, so stop mentioning them.

Retarded post.

gosplan

Owen_S wrote: »

The trolls are out tonight, first Nani, now De Gea? :rolleyes:

My bad re Nani: prob just that he hasn't done anythign in months. Still Nani last year was unplayable.

Re: De Gea. I wouldn't include him myself but he's only been decent since march so it should be up for debate. Was he dropped for all of Jan?

gosplan

keano_afc wrote: »

Right lads, trend emerging here. Every United player has had an incredible season, so stop mentioning them.

Hernandez!!!!

darced

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Owen_S

gosplan wrote: »

Hernandez!!!!

Averaged a goal every 130 minutes so far(10 league goals), was injured a few times, his statement still stands

MoscowFlyer

Theo Walcott

Pepe LeFrits

MoscowFlyer wrote: »

Theo Walcott

Rumoured to be signing for Man United in the summer, so that rules him out.

Nalz

steelcityblues wrote: »

How can people include Park Ji Sung?

He has been a non starter for so long, and when he comes on he does a solid job.

I meant arsenals park

MoscowFlyer

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Rumoured to be signing for Man United in the summer, so that rules him out.

Please tell me you are joking. Tell me now, now god dammit!

noodler

Henderson
Carroll
Downing
N'Zogbia
Torres
Roger Johnson
Merelies

G.K.

steelcityblues wrote: »

Coincidence - nothing else.

Then you watch his performances, and you see why.

Raskolnikov

Trilla wrote: »

I meant arsenals park

What's wrong with the Emirates?

3hn2givr7mx1sc

keano_afc wrote: »

Right lads, trend emerging here. Every United player has had an incredible season, so stop mentioning them.

Make a retarded comment and you're going to be called up on it. Just so happens that a few retarded comments have been made about United players in this thread. Get over yourself.

Dempsey

Downing
Carroll
Torres
Henderson
Park Chu-Young
N'Zogbia
Arshavin
Doyle
Chamakh
R. Johnson

EDIT

Honourable mention

Charlie Adam, Kevin Davies, Elmohamady, Wilson Palacios, Hugo Rodallega

ambid

My entire fantasy football team

eugeneious

Park (UTD's) has been awful when he's played this season. He used to be mr. reliable but tbh he's been the opposite this season. Hasn't been helped by playing cm but has certainly been Utd's worst player.

dfx-

Ledley King
Reina
Benayoun
Hernandez
Crusat

PhlegmyMoses

steelcityblues wrote: »

1. Carroll (no brainer)

Literally.

SirDelboy18

Hugo Rodallega.
Joey Barton.
Wolves ( Namely Roger Johnson and Kevin Doyle ).
All of Kenny Dalglish's signings bar Jose Enrique and Craig Bellamy.
Ji-Sung Park.
Wilson Palacios.
Sandro.
Aaron Ramsey.
Charles N'Zogbia.
David N'Gog.
Fernando Torres.

seanwhite20

1.Torres
2.Torres
3.Torres
4.Torres
5.Torres
6.Torres
7.Torres
8.Torres
9.Torres
10.Torres