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Now 10 Newcastle players named amongst worst ever Premier League strikers

6 years ago
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Who are the worst ever Premier League strikers?

Yesterday we brought you news that The Mail had put together their list of the worst ever PL forwards and counting down to the very worst, they had just named five one-time Newcastle strikers within the positions from 80 to 61.

With over 25 years worth to choose from, there are plenty of candidates but Newcastle United appear to be represented a little too well…

The five who featured in the positions of 61 to 80 worst ever Premier League strikers were: Nile Ranger (77), Luuk de Jong (75), Michael Chopra (71), Shefki Kuqi (67). and Andrea Andersson (61) – (read the article HERE).

The Mail have now revealed their positions 41-60 and we have also gone back and found out who they included in positions 81-100.

There are five more Newcastle ‘stars’ to add to the list and they are featured below with The Mail write-ups.

It is a little bit amazing that out of the 60 named so far, Newcastle have had 10 of them playing in the black and white, with who knows how many more to add in the ‘top’ 40 positions when they are revealed.

To have so many Newcastle players named I have three theories: one of those involved for making up this list is a Newcastle fan due to his knowledge of our past players, it is a Sunderland fan enjoying sticking the knife in, or alternatively…NUFC have had a lot of terrible strikers in the past 25 years.

In fact, the reality is that probably out of those three explanations/theory, the third one is true AND it is also a Newcastle fan or Mackem putting the list together.

One I do have to disagree with that is named and shamed below, is John Dahl Tomasson. Even at Newcastle you could see he was a good player but really suffered through playing in a poor team at the time, especially when combined with Alan Shearer picking up a serious pre-season injury.

99 – Paul Dalglish

You’re the son of one the greatest British players of all time, and you’ve already failed to make it at his two former clubs.

Don’t worry, because he’ll sign you up at his current job anyway. That was the lot of Paul Dalglish, when he arrived at St James’ Park under his father Kenny.

Dalglish Jnr was not cut out for the Premiership – even in the nineties – scoring once in 11 appearances and being shipped out on loan to both Bury and Norwich in his two seasons in the northeast.

85 – Seydou Doumbia

The Ivorian was a regular goal-getter in the European powerhouses of Russia and Switzerland.

Some were surprised, then, that he failed to deliver the same magic as a desperate January deadline-day loan signing for Newcastle.

He played just three times, scoring a grand total of no goals.

57 – Emmanuel Riviere

Just what was the point of Emmanuel Riviere? He arrived for £6m at Alan Pardew’s Newcastle and did almost nothing of note.

His solitary Premier League goal came away at an already-relegated QPR in May 2015, a game which ended in a 2-1 defeat.

That, sums it all up.

46 – Daniel Cordone

Owner of one of the worst haircuts in Premier League history, Daniel Cordone at least possessed something that made him stand out.

The Argentine endured a miserable season in the north east after joining in the summer of 2000, and spent just one season with Sir Bobby Robson’s side.

His return of two league goals in 21 games rather sums up a forgettable time in England.

44 – Jon Dahl Tomasson

You can never quite tell how well a striker from the Dutch league will do in English football, and Jon Dahl Tomasson was one of the first examples.

The Dane had excelled with Heerenveen before making the switch to Newcastle in 1997, with Kenny Dalglish wanting to pair him with Alan Shearer.

Tomasson’s struggles to adapt to English football summed up the post-Kevin Keegan era as the Magpies slipped into mid-table obscurity.

That Tomasson went on to enjoy prolific spells with Feyenoord and AC Milan after one failed season in England rubs salt in the wound for Magpies fans.

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