28 Sep 2016 14:41:12
Just looking back at some of the strikers who came and went at Liverpool over the years, who was people's biggest let down? Remember such high hopes for morientes after some great seasons at real madrid, eds any ideas why things didn't work out for him after his move to us?

{Ed001's Note - he wasn't good enough to be honest, plus he never really settled into the UK.}

1.) 28 Sep 2016
28 Sep 2016 15:17:39
The one that I was really realy excited about was Jari Litmanen. I remember thinking, wow he's signed! I thought he was an amazing player and would have really complimented us.

Unfornuately it didn't work out, was it Houlliers fault? I think Litmanen maybe stated he couldn't understand why Houllier didn't play him much.

2.) 28 Sep 2016
28 Sep 2016 15:25:24
Litmanen had a tough time with injuries if I remember correct, but I agree he's another who never lived up to it! Not only with us tho even with Barcelona before! We have had quite a few when u think back at it, some who came with big reputations and some who came fairly unknown, the likes of cisse baros vorinin borini and dare I say it balotelli just in recent history. Thankfully we've had a few brilliant coups in that time too!

3.) 28 Sep 2016
28 Sep 2016 15:32:25
Litmanen was a great player but we got him late in his career. He was probably the best 3rd choice forward we've had in my lifetime - it's a shame he didn't get more chance but was quality when he did.

My biggest dissapointment was Babel. He looked quality as a kid but suffered from the same issue as Wilshere - never really built on the potential.

4.) 28 Sep 2016
28 Sep 2016 15:43:57
Andy Carroll, still our record signing to this day as far as I know, came in with big expectations after being Newcastle's shining light for a couple of seasons, even physically dominating us whenever we played castle. However due to a combination of drunkardness, being overweight and one dimensional it just didn't click. Carroll still is unplayable on his day.

5.) 28 Sep 2016
28 Sep 2016 15:44:34
Carrol.

6.) 28 Sep 2016
28 Sep 2016 16:15:04
I was excited about Robbie Keane! Always spurs best preformer then came to LFC and didn't apply himself correctly. Such a shame as him playing off torres could have been deadly! Massive let down to himself and Liverpool football club.

7.) 28 Sep 2016
28 Sep 2016 16:41:35
Keane and kewell. Keane was a victim of Rafa's poor deployment. A striker played as a winger.

8.) 28 Sep 2016
28 Sep 2016 17:07:19
What exactly happened with Keane?

9.) 28 Sep 2016
28 Sep 2016 17:15:36
Dean Saunders for me. Just never took to him as a Liverpool player. Replacing Beardsley was always going to be a tough ask though.

10.) 28 Sep 2016
28 Sep 2016 17:44:02
Diouf. Before he signed he'd come of the back of a good world cup and then bagged a brace on his debut - and then proceeded to be copmplete poo. Was also a very unsavoury character which only enhanced the overwhelming feeling of dissapointment.

11.) 28 Sep 2016
28 Sep 2016 17:22:57
Has to be Carroll for me he was in fire when he came and I was close to wet dreams of him knocking balls to allow Suarez to do wreck only game where that happens in memory was the cup game vs Chelsea if memory serves me right.

12.) 28 Sep 2016
28 Sep 2016 17:27:29
i think it has to be stan collymore for me, waste of ability with a stinking attitude to go with it.

13.) 28 Sep 2016
28 Sep 2016 17:52:53
Nicholas Anelka comes to mind as well. At the time, he Fowler and Owen would have been a great force but again, Ged reportedly messed that up too as Anelka was keen on staying after his loan.

14.) 28 Sep 2016
28 Sep 2016 18:12:42
As a striker I'd say Cisse.

15.) 28 Sep 2016
28 Sep 2016 19:18:32
Disappointed that we didn't secure anelka. And I also felt cisse's resting b*itch face had a negative impact on how he was perceived lol
But I was most looking forward to Morientes coming. And then I watched him play for us and he was so scrawny and slow! Still rated him but just not built for the prem.

16.) 28 Sep 2016
28 Sep 2016 19:42:50
Balotelli. I think I hoped he would turn a corner with us so much that I let it blind me as to how ill advised it was to sign him.

He should be up there with Drogba as a powerhouse striker, but he just has no desire to improve his game, and even less application on the pitch.

17.) 28 Sep 2016
28 Sep 2016 23:22:12
Bandy Carroll for me. Let down.

18.) 29 Sep 2016
28 Sep 2016 23:51:09
Got to disagree with above posts on Litmanen. Someone closer to the administration at the time can confirm, but my take on his was that he was a great player who just wasn't used enough by Ged.

Litmanen was a great second striker and could have dovetailed much better with Owen than Heskey, certainly by scoring a truck load more goals. However, he just wasnt given the chance. No idea why not.

19.) 29 Sep 2016
29 Sep 2016 05:37:43
I Would Say Charlie Adam. I was delighted we signed him I remember watching him play for Blackpool and thinking he was an excellent player who could pass like Alonso and dictate games. couldn't have been more Wrong Haha.

20.) 29 Sep 2016
29 Sep 2016 10:25:56
Dani Pachecco, really thought we'd got pulled off a master stroke in getting him and that he would be the next big thing from Spain but like every young foreign player we've signed, failed to make the grade!

Is it that our scouts have been crap at finding young foreign talent over the last 20 years, or are we just rubbish at nurturing and developing them?

21.) 29 Sep 2016
29 Sep 2016 12:55:49
Harry Kewell for me. , / 'e in with huge expectations.

22.) 29 Sep 2016
29 Sep 2016 14:00:16
The biggest disappointment for me was Torres leaving, a real blow to the gut. Having been so good for us, to then turn his back on us for a rival was gutting. Fortunately it turned out alright and he was poor from the off for them.

23.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 00:49:49
If we are looking beyond just strikers, my biggest disappointment was Joe Cole. I thought Hodgson had pulled off a huge coup there and people were saying at the time our front three of Gerrard, Torres and Cole was the best in the league.

Obviously nobody played well that season but he never reached the heights he had shown he can at Chelsea.