Worst XI Post Premiership Era

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Forecast
Kenton Lancashire Bennet Molenyeux
Gasmi Pulis Idiakez Smith
Euell Paterson
Subs: Miller Pekhart Hajto Thomson Wotton

Never heard of Sarimiento!!

Sarmiento was on loan from some South American club I think. Not sure if he ever actually played. I thought Idiakez was quite good. He played a major role in the team that got into the playoffs.
 
Sarmiento was on loan from some South American club I think. Not sure if he ever actually played. I thought Idiakez was quite good. He played a major role in the team that got into the playoffs.

I remember having high expectations of Idiakez when he came having been a stand out player in the Championship for a while before he joined, but I don't think he lived up to expectations. Not bad enough to get into the worst XI but not a player to stick in the memory for the right reasons either. The one time I met him he was a miserable sod as well, so maybe that clouds my memory of him.
 
I still cannot forget Folly and Jakobsson although I cannot remember if they left once we exited the Premiership. Obviously they are not in the same League as Bennett although I feel people criticising McGoldrick are being a bit harsh.
 
Goalkeepers (7)
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Bartosz Białkowski
Kelvin Davis
Kevin Miller
Antti Niemi
Michael Poke
Paul Smith
Richard Wright

Defenders (42)
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Chris Baird
Gareth Bale
Alan Bennett
Jim Brennan*
Danny Butterfield
Martin Cranie
Christian Dailly
Andrew Davies
Ryan Dickson
Jose Fonte
Danny Fox
Tomasz Hajto
Dan Harding
Danny Higginbotham
Jos Hooiveld
Phil Ifil*
Rahdi Jaidi
Darren Kenton
Zoltan Liptak
Chris Lucketti
Claus Lundekvam
Chris Makin
Aaron Martin
Joseph Mills
Oliver Lancashire
Lee Molyneux
Graeme Murty
Stephen O’Halloran
Jon Ostembor
Alexander Ostlund
Alex Pearce*
Ian Pearce*
Pele
Chris Perry
Darren Powell
Frazer Richardson
Ben Reeves
Jon-Paul Saeijs
Dan Seaborne
Michael Svensson
Wayne Thomas
Gregory Vignal

Midfielders (47)
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Michail Antonio
Djamel Belmadi
Nicholas Bignall*
Richard Chaplow
Jack Cork
Rory Delap
Nathan Dyer
Jason Euell
Iago Falque
Yoann Folly
Romain Gasmi
Simon Gillett
Oscar Gobern
Guly do Prado
Danny Guthrie
Adam Hammill
Dean Hammond
Lee Holmes
Inigo Idiakez
Lloyd James
Kamil Kosowski
Adam Lallana
Mario Licka
Neil McCann
Callum McNish
Jacob Mellis
Dany N’Guessan
Matt Oakley
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
David Prutton
Jason Puncheon
Nigel Quashie
Steve de Ridder
Youssef Safri
Morgan Schneiderlin
Rudi Skacel
Ryan Smith
Dale Stephens
Andrew Surman
Marcelo Tejera
Jake Thomson
Jhon Viafara
Papa Waigo
Theo Walcott
Dennis Wise
Paul Wotton
Jermaine Wright

Forwards (24)
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Lee Barnard
Cedric Baseya
Leon Best
Dexter Blackstock
David Connolly
Jonathan Forte
Ricordo Fuller
Stern John
Kenwyne Jones
Rickie Lambert
Tadanari Lee
Peter Madsen*
David McGoldrick
Kayne McLaggon*
Marian Pahars
Matt Paterson
Tomas Pekhart*
Vincent Pericard
Grzegorz Rasiak
Jordan Robertson
Marek Saganowski
Billy Sharp
Jamie White*
Bradley Wright-Phillips

Complete list, my god what a load of ****e in there (This only includes those who have played, so no Pulis's or Fourpasts's)
 
Goalkeepers (7)
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Bartosz Białkowski
Kelvin Davis
Kevin Miller
Antti Niemi
Michael Poke
Paul Smith
Richard Wright

Defenders (42)
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Chris Baird
Gareth Bale
Alan Bennett
Jim Brennan*
Danny Butterfield
Martin Cranie
Christian Dailly
Andrew Davies
Ryan Dickson
Jose Fonte
Danny Fox
Tomasz Hajto
Dan Harding
Danny Higginbotham
Jos Hooiveld
Phil Ifil*
Rahdi Jaidi
Darren Kenton
Zoltan Liptak
Chris Lucketti
Claus Lundekvam
Chris Makin
Aaron Martin
Joseph Mills
Oliver Lancashire
Lee Molyneux
Graeme Murty
Stephen O’Halloran
Jon Ostembor
Alexander Ostlund
Alex Pearce*
Ian Pearce*
Pele
Chris Perry
Darren Powell
Frazer Richardson
Ben Reeves
Jon-Paul Saeijs
Dan Seaborne
Michael Svensson
Wayne Thomas
Gregory Vignal

Midfielders (47)
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Michail Antonio
Djamel Belmadi
Nicholas Bignall*
Richard Chaplow
Jack Cork
Rory Delap
Nathan Dyer
Jason Euell
Iago Falque
Yoann Folly
Romain Gasmi
Simon Gillett
Oscar Gobern
Guly do Prado
Danny Guthrie
Adam Hammill
Dean Hammond
Lee Holmes
Inigo Idiakez
Lloyd James
Kamil Kosowski
Adam Lallana
Mario Licka
Neil McCann
Callum McNish
Jacob Mellis
Dany N’Guessan
Matt Oakley
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
David Prutton
Jason Puncheon
Nigel Quashie
Steve de Ridder
Youssef Safri
Morgan Schneiderlin
Rudi Skacel
Ryan Smith
Dale Stephens
Andrew Surman
Marcelo Tejera
Jake Thomson
Jhon Viafara
Papa Waigo
Theo Walcott
Dennis Wise
Paul Wotton
Jermaine Wright

Forwards (24)
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Lee Barnard
Cedric Baseya
Leon Best
Dexter Blackstock
David Connolly
Jonathan Forte
Ricordo Fuller
Stern John
Kenwyne Jones
Rickie Lambert
Tadanari Lee
Peter Madsen*
David McGoldrick
Kayne McLaggon*
Marian Pahars
Matt Paterson
Tomas Pekhart*
Vincent Pericard
Grzegorz Rasiak
Jordan Robertson
Marek Saganowski
Billy Sharp
Jamie White*
Bradley Wright-Phillips

Complete list, my god what a load of ****e in there (This only includes those who have played, so no Pulis's or Fourpasts's)

110 players in seven years, what a turnover. And as you say, many of them were ****e. Almost all the stand out players were ones we had on relegation or have right now, with the occasional 'diamond' amongst dross!
 
I have seen Forecast play. Under 21's against Eastleigh. He was truly bad, completely lacking in confidence. They took him off and brought on Jack Dovey for the second half. What a contrast, he is an exceptional young goalkeeper. So good that Eastleigh took him on loan for the season and on a fans' forum he is considered to be the best goalkeeper they have ever had.

I hope we keep him as I think he would be perfect to take over from Kelv in a couple of years time.
 
I have seen Forecast play. Under 21's against Eastleigh. He was truly bad, completely lacking in confidence. They took him off and brought on Jack Dovey for the second half. What a contrast, he is an exceptional young goalkeeper. So good that Eastleigh took him on loan for the season and on a fans' forum he is considered to be the best goalkeeper they have ever had.

I hope we keep him as I think he would be perfect to take over from Kelv in a couple of years time.

Shame he's just been released
 
This is always going to be a problem. Assuming that a young player will eventually be good enough, how do we give them the experience to enable them to break through into the 1st team? Unless they are a Chamberlain or a Bale then it is tricky especially in the Premier League.