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The Biggest Flops of This Season?

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Like most men my age, I have an uncanny attraction to lists. Whenever I notice a copy of Q displaying the ‘100 Greatest Albums of All Time’ or a copy of Nuts with ’25 Best Big-Chested Girls’ emblazoned across the front page, I instinctively feel the need to go and have a gander at what they’ve picked (and to gawp at some pleasantly ample bosoms).

Being that there’s no midweek games left, and transfer talk is at a mere whisper at this point unless you’re associated with Manchester City Football Club, I’ve decided it’s only fair to compile a list of my own concerning the Premiership’s biggest flops this season. I’m physically bracing myself for the amount of abuse I may receive when I come to check my comments to be moderated, but hey ho; it’s my little bit of internet space and you’re all reading it, so here goes…

• Joe Cole – I’ll be honest, at the beginning of the season, this was what I considered to be the shrewdest move of the summer. Taking into consideration the way I watched Cole terrorize the wings when I could still afford to go to games, and his tendency to pop up with a vital goal, often of the very spectacular variety just when you needed him to, he seemed to be the perfect addition to a Liverpool squad who had slumped the previous season under the stewardship of seemingly now renowned balls-up merchant Rafa Benitez. Oh how it all tumbled so quickly though, a straight red on his debut and he just hasn’t looked the same since. I think the Reds are now beginning to see why Chelsea allowed their man to go for nothing; he simply isn’t the same player he was when he first arrived at Chelsea and could hold a place in their starting line-up, certainly not “better than Messi” as Lord Gerrard proclaimed at the beginning of the year. A special mention here also needs to go to Paul Konchesky; the left back who couldn’t defend. Probably not the wisest £4m Liverpool have ever spent; contributed nothing and was so bad even his mum complained. I would do a bit about Steven Gerrard too, however I’ve picked on Liverpool for long enough now, so moving swiftly on…

• The Entire Attacking Playing Staff at Tottenham Hotspur FC – Simply, where have they gone this season? This is essentially the exact same strike force that was thumping nine goals past Wigan last season, yet this time round they’ve been a shadow of the attacking force they used to be. Champions League group stage performances aside, this has been a major stumbling point for Auld ‘Arry this year. Whilst the four teams above Spurs are sitting on a tidy goal difference of +39, +37, +25, and +29 respectively, Redknapp’s boys are languishing on a paltry +8. Too many draws and a lack of being able to finish teams off has been their Achilles heel for 2010/11, and for Spurs sake in the summer, I hope they add a decent striker to their numbers.

• Wayne Bridge – After seemingly sensing the embarrassment that was to come at the World Cup, and standing up to schoolyard bully type John Terry in the process, the City full back looked like he was going to have a belter of a season challenging with his Blues team mates. However, the heavily implied opinion of him as a ‘Hughes Player’ and the frankly overpriced move for Kolarov proved that he was being phased out at City. Lo and behold his saving grace; a move to West Ham for some first team football! However, the move has proved to be an absolute disaster for Bridge and he’s in turn merely provided a terrific exhibition in how not to defend in the Premiership. His displays for the Hammers have been second only to Roque Junior in his hilariously short stint at Leeds a few years ago on a scale of how bad he’s been considering he’s an established international defender. Moving forward, he may have a better season next year, but as far as this season goes I think it’s one to forget.

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  • jack says:

    Can we just enjoy what happened last night and worry about our flops tomorrow?

    Barca gave United a lesson in Football. It was so embarrassing and oh so enjoyable. I just can’t stop grinning.

    5 European cups and still sitting pretty on that perch

    • baz says:

      And nobody “knocked us off” the other perch, we fell off by ourselves several seasons before united got it together and started winning things.

      But you’re right let’s enjoy the recent events…..I certainly did surrounded by about 250 manure fans (ie people who have never set foot in a footy ground) in a pub in Auckland, New Zealand while wearing my Barca shirt. I felt so sorry for them by the end of the game I took it off……. to reveal my 5 times champions of Europe shirt underneath but no one took the bait the miserable phuquers

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