Source: Daily_Mail
THE LIST: The worst strikers to have played in the Premier League, No 20-11
HAVE YOUR SAY... Who is the worst striker in Premier League history? Sportsmail's latest edition of The List celebrates the players that didn't really have much to celebrate themselves. The misfiring, shot-shy strikers who flopped on the big stage. And, as always, we want to know what you think. TELL US WHAT YOU THINK Premier League players have been scoring for fun this season with Liverpool's Fernando Torres leading the way on eight in eight games.[LNB]Chelsea striker Didier Drogba and Manchester United's Wayne Rooney have been on fire while Darren Bent has found his touch at Sunderland, leaving Jermain Defoe to bang them in for Tottenham.[LNB]Thegeeks - sorry the scientists - have blamed new floatier balls while thecynics have put the goal fest down to poor defending.[LNB]But, sincethe start of the Premier League, for every magic marksman, there hasbeen players who couldn't hit water if they fell out of a boat.[LNB]AndriyShevchenko's spell at Chelsea was a major disappointment but he has achance to prove his doubters wrong when Ukraine take on England intheir World Cup qualifier this weekend. [LNB]So,in tribute to Sheva and his kind, stand up and take a bow our 50shot-shy strikers. We will publish 10 every day this week. [LNB]And, as always, we want to know who you think should be included in our hall of shame.[LNB]Read Nos 50-41 Read Nos 40-31 Read Nos 30-21 ........................................................................................... 20 Lilian LaslandesRemarkably, Laslandes has a fan club but I can confirm that Peter Reid is not a member.[LNB]His time at Sunderland was terrible and this was magnified by the fact that the Wearsiders had broken the bank to get the Frenchman to the club.[LNB]Fourteen appearances and one goal (in the League Cup) in two years means that Laslandes will never be welcome back at Sunderland. [LNB] Two bad: Laslandes (left) and Bakayoko are strikers best forgotten about[LNB]19 Ibrahima BakayokoEverton fans added fuel to the 'Merseysiders have a great sense of humour' fire by labelling Bakayoko 'Baka-joke-o.'[LNB]The Ivorian arrived with a decent reputation after a profitable spell at Montpellier but his seven goals in 28 appearances for the Toffees was certainly not worth the £4.5m they paid.[LNB]18 Florin RaducioiuNot worth much: Raducioiu[LNB]Harry Redknapp said that Florin was aptly-named because his performances for West Ham were 'worth about two bob.'[LNB]He scored against Manchester United in the league but then missed a game to go shopping with his wife. He was that kind of player.[LNB]The Romanian departed the Upton Park after six months, having scored three goals in 12 appearances. [LNB]17 Viorel Moldovan Coventry paid Swiss Club Grasshoppers £3.25m in January of 1998 for Moldovan but after making 14 appearances for the Sky Blues, during which time he found the back of the net just twice, he left under dark cloud.[LNB]Comments about Gordon Strachan's management style and quality of the football the team were playing were never proven to have come from the Romanian, but he left just six months after arriving.[LNB]How the club made £750,000 on his sale to Fenerbahce is anybody's guess.[LNB] Misfit: Moldovan[LNB]Dud: Dundee[LNB] 16 Sean DundeeSigned by Roy Evans from German side Karlsruhe for £2m in the summer of 1998, Dundee arrived at Liverpool claiming to be faster than Michael Owen. He wasn't.[LNB]Even the Reds' official website describe him as being 'possibly the worst player to don the red shirt' and the evidence stands this up. [LNB]Five first-team appearances without a goal, every second he spent on the pitch added further evidence that the German was well out of his depth. [LNB]15 Brett Angell The mere mention of his name still makes Evertonians squirm. The defender-turned-striker had loan spells at Goodison but after the deal became permanent his lack of top-flight experience showed.[LNB]His 19 appearances yielded a solitary goal but the Toffees still managed to make a £100,000 profit form his sale to Sunderland. [LNB] The bootiful game: Shot-shy forwards Forlan (right) and Angell[LNB]14 Diego Forlan Forlan became something of a cult figure with the Manchester United faithful, not because he was ever any good but because he was so bad - it took him 27 appearances to score his first goal.[LNB]He was shown the door by Sir Alex after a classic case of the straw that broke the camel's back. The Uruguayan was told to wear boots with longer studs in wet conditions but didn't and was caught by Fergie. He never played for the Reds again.[LNB]13 Andrea Silenzi Famously the first Italian to play in the Premier League but also the worst. A lofty poacher who netted just twice for Nottingham Forest, Silenzi had a disinterested look about him whenever he took to the pitch.[LNB]With fees and wages he cost the club around £3m and was dropped for Jason Lee. Can it get any worse?[LNB] Not so much a stallion: Italian Silenzi[LNB]Not Brazilliant: Alves[LNB] 12 Afonso Alves How do you solve a problem like Afonso? Try your damned hardest, just like Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate did.[LNB]You will also need a stroke of luck, like the transfer window in Qatar remaining open until September 15 so you can off-load the goal-shy Brazilian to Al-Sadd. [LNB]Alves was given £50,000-a-week after his £12m move from Heerenveen in January 2008 but only scored four Premier League goals in the 2008-09 season as Boro were relegated. [LNB]Great weight of expectation: Jardel[LNB]11 Mario Jardel Twice a European Golden Boot winner (with Porto and Sporting Lisbon), Jardel was a prolific hitman. What happened next is anyone's guess.[LNB]Something changed before his arrival at Bolton in 2003 and our only guess is that he developed a real penchant for pies, or anything encased in flaky pastry.[LNB]The fee that brought him to the Reebok was £1.5m but he managed just one season, 12 appearances and four goals before he was rolled out of the club like Violet Beauregarde from Willy Wonka's Chocolate factory to Ancona. 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