Only thing he did was get a pen at the Bridge last season. The prick.
Jozy Altidore - worst "striker" in the history of England?
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Benjani was pretty shit. But had a random purple patch and got a move to Man City, where he then scored twice against us and was never seen again.
At least he had one or two good seasons for Bolton.
Andrea Cornelius (Cardiff) has got to be there with the worst.
Think he went about 4 or 5 seasons without a competitive goal after he scored against Roma. I used to get jumped on by top reds for calling him out as shite.
Steve Howard probably wins it, I have decided in all my wisdom.
Probably because he starrted playing as a DM after he left United.
Di Santo deserves a mention as well
Not exclusively, and even if that was the case, it is further testimony to him being unable to effect games as a striker.
And Di Santo is nowhere near the bracket of worst PL strikers. He was very good for Wigan, got big goals for them and won a call up to the Argentine national squad based on his PL performances, so he's far from the worst.
Di Santo has an appalling record for a strker. At least Altidore scored in Holland
He was also a young player. James Wilson has an 'appalling record for a striker'. Context needs to be applied. He was a teen or 20 at Chelsea, he eventually found his feet at Wigan and proved to be a decent player under Martinez.
Balotelli is doing his best this season! 2 in 18, neither of them in the league.
You didn't see him much for Auxerre though, did you?
I think he was quite shit to be honest (he's selling swimming pools in Britanny if anyone is interested), but he appeared worse than he was due to tactics. People tend to forget that France 98 team was mainly an ultra defensive unit with all forward responsibilities handed to Zidane, and to a (much) lesser extent to Djorkaeff. Aimé Jacquet was quite clear about this in the documentary 'Les Yeux dans les Bleus', he basically assigned a role to everyone to let Zidane shine. Which wasn't actually that effective (Zidane's tournament wasn't that good, but obviously the two goals in the final skew people's perception), but this is just to say that Guivarc'h was a bit of a token player that Jacquet put on the pitch cos he had to put 11 players there. But his tactics didn't depend on an efficient #9.
He has a shit goal record pretty much everywhere he has played. Missed plenty of sitters at Wigan and towards the end of his time was replaced by Mcmanaman in the Wigan team. And they are same age btw
Well I'd hope a DP player would be better than Dike. Honestly, I don't think Gilberto is good enough either. Again, he is a DP player, he should be leading the team not on the bench as a Plan B. We've effectively traded Defoe for him and if he is anything like he has been for Sunderland and Hull then it will turn out to be an awful deal for us. Hopefully he can put up his AZ numbers for TFC but I don't see it, he will just be another shite DP that TFC have signed.
For a DP, yes, we should do better, but I'm hoping that he puts up his AZ performances for us. I'd actually like to see Gilberto play more. He's not that bad, but that's a discussion for another thread.
The defence in the MLS is shit so hopefully he does put in his AZ performances. I just want to make the play-offs.
GOAT in my opinion.
It's not like he carries the water in other ways and his goal tally sells him short. No, he's a big fellow who cannot hold the ball up or win headers. He's fairly quick but doesn't run onto anything or even make runs. He's at least as bad as he was at Hull.
Worst of all was how little he seemed to be doing to turn his former around for Sunderland. He was always so disconnected from the course of play.
To think Klinsman & Co were counting on him for the WC. The USMNT is as thin up top as its it's ever been.
At this point, he would do well to be one of the top strikers in MLS.
Worst of all was how little he seemed to be doing to turn his former around for Sunderland. He was always so disconnected from the course of play.
To think Klinsman & Co were counting on him for the WC. The USMNT is as thin up top as its it's ever been.
At this point, he would do well to be one of the top strikers in MLS.
His strike partnership with Kenny Miller at Derby has to be one of the worst in Premier League history.
Naturally, his only goal that season was against us at Old Trafford.
He only scored 4 goals in the Bundesliga last season, but this year he has 6 goals in 11 games which is an excellent return and he's also playing for a team who are in a serious relegation battle. His link up play isn't bad either.
Jozy out the door, Jermain deffo back in.
Corrado Grabbi was atrocious.
Boško Balaban.
Andriy Shevchenko
There were rumors that the Timbers were trying to sign him. I hope we've dodged that bullet - absolute waste of money.
When he had a very impressive spell at AZ Alkamaar and how well he was doing on the internatioal stage i thought he would be a success in English football. Looked like he had all the attributes to make it in this league but the step up overwhelmed him.
Jason Scotland
Cameron Jerome (scored a cracker against Lpool though)
Cameron Jerome (scored a cracker against Lpool though)
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and Ricky Van Wolfswinkel are in with a shout as they were awful. Konstantinos Mitroglou cost Fulham £12 million and only played in 3 games for Fulham so he could also be considered. He has gone back to Olympiakos and has scored 10 goals in 12 games or something like that 
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To be fair to Horsefield, he just played for teams in the Championship who got promoted to the PL. He wasn't bought by a PL club, never mind for 10m. His goal record was also better than Altidore's.
Someone mentioned Boselli, which was a good shout. That made me think of Di Santo. 13 goals in 93 games. I'm guessing though that many of those appearances came as a sub so still not as bad as Altidore.
That's a name that you surely had to dig up. I remember that player when you mention him. Checking his stats now, he's actually done well for Torino.
Yeah that record doesn't look too bad does it! I remember him being a bit of an arsehole in his short stint. They've had plenty of rubbish ones during this period.. others earlier mentioned Benjani and Corradi as well, who I forgot.
City aside, what about Connor Sammon? 1 league goal in 32 for Wigan. Followed that up with 10 in 82 (according to wiki) for Derby in the Champonshiop. Currently on loan at Rotherham
I can confirm that Connor Sammon is absolutely trash.
His greatest moment was when he received elbow from Rooney.
EDIT: Well, I was wrong. He actually got red card for elbowing Carrick.
EDIT: Well, I was wrong. He actually got red card for elbowing Carrick.
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Wasn't that McCarthy? Or did Rooney do it to Sammon as well?
Didn't he score a brace against United? Another one of those Dutch League signings.
He does so much better for the US than Sunderland. I'd also bet my house he'd have converted that chance Wondolowski wasted. But I really hope there's a decent striker on the horizon for 2018.
Oh, you're right. I was sure that was Sammon.
I've mistaken it with Sammon getting sent off in other match for elbowing Carrick.
Brace on his debut. Goal machine.
Good for him. He'll probably top 20 maybe 30 in MLS, then some club in Europe will give him a shot. Choose a club that fits your style, Jozy.