Bramble was regularly shown up and proved somewhat unreliable. Nonetheless, after nearly five seasons at Newcastle, a move to Wigan occurred under Steve Bruce, where he finally looked to have settled and playing at a decent level. Another big-money move occurred when he returned to Sunderland alongside Steve Bruce to become the bedrock of the backline. Bramble, as he had done throughout his career, became a success before mistakes, own goals, and red cards came to the forefront of his game.
The Englishman had the ability to shine, but his lapses in concentration ultimately proved his downfall. When you look back on the career of Frank Sinclair, there's undoubtedly an element of "what if? The defender first became a Premier League player following his emergence at Chelsea in Sinclair will go down as one of the worst defenders in Premier League history despite being given opportunities to redeem himself.
During the FA Cup Final, he was at fault for Chelsea losing the final to Manchester United, and his career pretty much continued similarly. His stint at Stamford Bridge saw incredible highs with moments of brilliance. However, much like Titus Bramble, he continued to make headlines as a specialist in mistakes rather than a reliable Premier League defender. Leicester manager Martin O'Neil decided to take a gamble on Sinclair in , and he became a stalwart in the Leicester City side for six years.
However, two relegations during that time somewhat dampened his reputation, as he was regularly bullied despite his massive frame. Sinclair continued to play professionally until , but the mistakes in his game make him the worst ever Premier League defender. New User posted their first comment. Log in. Football EPL Listicle. Titus Bramble was ridiculed extensively in his time in the Premier League.
Modified 04 Apr Listicle. Here are the five worst defenders to ever play in the Premier League. Marcelino "played" for Newcastle United for four years, having been signed for 5. The previous season he had been one of Mallorca's star players and his arrival was greeted with excitement on Tyneside.
He managed a total of 20 appearances in those four years and is best remembered by Newcastle fans for spending two months out injured with what was rumoured to be a "hurty finger"!
Frank Sinclair was probably a better player than a lot of the defenders on this list but when you type his name into a Search Engine the suggestion at the top is usually "Frank Sinclair Own Goals". While at Leicester he developed a terrible tendency for scoring in his own net, managing to do so in the last minute of two consecutive games in and also scoring a stunning 40 yard own-goal during a relegation six-pointer with Middlesbrough in His poor form for Leicester and his 5.
He managed just 11 goals in 58 matches for the Foxes and his 2 year stint ended with Leicester's relegation from the Premier League. Ade went on to have a successful career in the lower leagues but has never been a good enough player to perform at the highest level.
Tomas Brolin was one of the hottest talents in Europe before he joined Leeds United in After starting well, his relationship with Howard Wilkinson became strained. Wilkinson felt that Brolin wasn't pulling his weight defensively. Something was clearly lost in translation as Brolin set about increasing his waist-line rather than his work rate and drew criticism from fans and media for his "chubby" appearance.
In reality the injury Brolin sustained while on international duty in seemed to have robbed Brolin of his fitness, pace and desire. He only managed 20 games for Leeds and having never re-found his form he retired from football at the age of just 28—somewhat fittingly he then opened a restaurant!
All of which is bizarre as he was a terrible, terrible footballer. He is an abiding memory of Graham Taylor's disastrous England tenure-ship and is almost certainly the worst player ever to feature for England at an international tournament. My lasting memory of Carlton is that he would run in pointlessly huge circles around the edge of the box to try and lose his marker when a corner was being taken. He would then arrive late and exhausted in the penalty area—usually after the ball had gone!
Becoming a countrywide joke and suffering taunts from opposition fans made him an even worse player and he rapidly slid down to the lower leagues. John Gregory spent 5.
Unfortunately when he turned up it became apparent that he was lazy, didn't like to train and wasn't really that good a finisher. He never started a Premier League game for Villa, made only 9 appearances in total and never scored a goal for them. To be fair to Balaban and Gregory he was excellent at scoring goals everywhere he went—except Villa!
Boumsong signed for Glasgow Rangers in the summer of on a free transfer, by January Graeme Souness decided to buy him for 8 million pounds! Not surprisingly Rangers jumped at the chance to make a vast profit and Boumsong was soon signing a five year contract on Tyneside.
Boumsong's main contribution on Tyneside was to prove that Titus Bramble wasn't the worst Central Defender in the world! Liverpool fans: Europe's most dangerous marauders since Attila the Hun and chums, or victims of those pesky penpushers at Uefa HQ? Have your say in our blogging free-for-all. Just when you thought the out-and-out goalscorer was dead, professional Rob Brydon impersonator Jonathan Wilson brings joyous news of Eduardo da Silva's striking triumphs for Croatia.
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