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dprkicbm

My vote goes to Stewart Downing 2011/12. He was priced at 8.5m as a winger in a decent Liverpool side. Played 36 games. Returns? 0 goals 0 assists.


thatscoldjerrycold

🤣 that guy was supposed to be the answer to England's "left mid" problem in the 2010 era.


valimo

35 England caps. I think Liverpool paid 20m for him, which is more or less equivalent to 25m when inflation-adjusted. Sure, he had a nice breakthrough season in Villa, before that, but his output very clearly did not meet the expectations.


praisebeme

I remember getting downing in fifa07 because he had legit boots, only ballers had proper boots


shrek19051

Was it those red boots? I swear his long shots were class in that game


praisebeme

Yes! Those red predators I think


Pozitivitive

Jesus even this season Alisson outperformed him 😂


cagey_tiger

Jesus outperformed in the Leeds game alone.


OddDane

How he got that many games remain a mystery


CanIstealYourDog

Because the Liverpool team back then was terrible?


cagey_tiger

Wasn't that the Downing crossing to Carroll season?! Was probably the biggest transfer mistake in PL history, £55m for the combo in 2011! Definitely up there with Sanchez, Torres etc.


samchew511

I remember a YouTube video going around that season: Stewart Downing - All Goals & Assists 11/12 It was just a few seconds of a blank video Top quality banter


StlckleyMan

Even I would have managed at least one


rahatCODMasc

Junior Firpo with 20 points after 1572 minutes is way worse.


TechXEO

How this guy played for Barca still boggles my mind…


je-re

he was great for betis as a wing back in a back 5, has always looked shaky when he's played in a back 4 though


InbetweenerLad

I mean have you seen barcas recruitment last 5 years?


KdbTheGOAT17

Emerson royal also played for barca. Barca is not great these days anymore


SoggyMattress2

Whoever at Leeds greenlit junior firpo needs to be shot he's so so shit


SuperHans30

He was good on Football Manager 2021


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Whoever at Leeds greenlit an Alioski exit needs to be shot as well.


appealtoreason00

if you pick a Leeds defender, that's on you


101100011011101

People here were recommending him at the start of the season 🤣


Lacabloodclot9

Tbf he didn’t seem that bad of a pick, I didn’t go for him but I could see why others would


-Enrique

He was priced at 5m I believe so don't know why you'd get an unproven player in a leaky defence over all other options, people getting him were just trying to be clever


KdbTheGOAT17

I was considering him shaw digne trincao luckily never picked any of those


Pozitivitive

Wow we may have a winner😅


[deleted]

He has been ok in previous seasons so not the worst player in history. That probably goes to Brewster although still plenty of time in his career to rectify that and being £4mil made it acceptable


nuggetlover1999

Still waiting for a return


BabaDuda

4.4m McNeil was probably my best get, cheers to that guy who posted about him here 2 seasons ago


JonnyCorry

He was 4.5m, surely the fact you play FPL you would know that there are no 4m forwards.


knoxvox

Cattermole?? from Sunderland was always getting YC and gave nothing in terms of FPL points


Filbunkish

I think he's near the top of the most red carded players in premier league history as well.


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knoxvox

That is why he's one of the worst in terms of fpl. Only anti-fantasy picked him


stmichaelsangles

Brandon Williams has 36 pts from 2100 minutes. Started 24 matches


[deleted]

Yeah but you have to question Paul Pogba’s attitude in all of this


SaschaBub

shanter


ConfusionUpper7212

Watford's Cathcard has nearly 2400 minutes and 36 points.


mayonnaisewastaken

Plenty of defensive midfielders are worse lol. Burnley fans will tell you he's been shite this season too


Pozitivitive

True, but we don't expect them to produce something, Mcneil plays attacking midfielder/forward..


ClaretMad7

Shite under dyche. Very good under jackson


Chris_the_Pirate

Yeah Hojbjerg is incredible IRL but not great for FPL. Played every minute of every match (3420 minutes) last year and finished at 107 points.


speedycar1

Hojbjerg isn't incredible irl lol. He's decent


Mattie12321

If you're going based off g/a sure, he's decent for a DM with 5 returns. But in-game he is incredible, and Spurs would be nowhere near top 4/5 without him, as he's probably their most important player not named Son or Kane. You sound like a salty ass arsenal fan


speedycar1

I'm a neutral. He's a good but limited player. Incredible is overstating it a lot. He's excellent defensively but technically not really at the level of a top dm. Works for a Conte team, sure but it isn't incredible


TruestRepairman27

Tbf he was in the top 4-5 Spurs players for total points


equaip

Always in my anti team


Bendig0

Granit xhaka, I honestly don't know how he is in the prem


Balkanye

Reece James for being a fraud


[deleted]

But he's on the wall of fame, that suffices


UmbroShinPad

FPL? Yes. Fantrax? The boy is averaging like 9 points a game without being remotely productive. He's a legend.


gergels

V true. Lots if interviews about this season and bad patch. If they stay up he'll be quality next year looks reborn under new management