Six of the worst Liverpool teams – how does Dalglish’s 2012 team compare?
Liverpool's woeful 2-1 defeat to bottom of the table Wigan at Anfield followed an embarrasing capitulation against another set of relegation strugglers, QPR, that saw King Kenny's men concede three goals in the final 13 minutes.
Dalglish's 2011/12 Reds have managed only five victories in 15 home games in the Premier League this season; one less than promoted sides Norwich and Swansea, who both came away from Anfield with a point.
On the plus side, this Liverpool vintage have lifted the League Cup and are in the FA Cup last four, but serious questions are being asked as to why the Reds have fallen away so badly in the Premier League and could potentially finish in their lowest position in the top flight since being relegated in 1954.
Dalglish has also been criticised for claiming Liverpool's league position "will be overlooked" in years to come thanks to February's Carling Cup victory over Championship play-off hopefuls Cardiff.
Wigan, Blackburn and Bolton have all picked up more Premier League points than the Reds so far in 2012, leading to suggestions this Liverpool team are about as good - or should that be bad - as this awful lot...
1992/93
Manager: Graeme Souness
Key signings: David James £1m, Paul Stewart £2.3m, Stig-Inge Bjornebye £600k, Torben Piechnik £650k
Biggest flop: Paul Stewart
FA Cup: Third round (an embarrassing 2-0 exit to Second Division Bolton at Anfield)
League Cup: Fourth round (2-1 defeat at Crystal Palace)
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: Second round (6-2 on aggregate versus Sparkak Moscow)
Worst result: Coventry 5-1 Liverpool, Premier League
Premier League position: 6th
Typical team: David James, David Burrows, Rob Jones, Mark Wright, Steve Nicol, Jamie Redknapp, Mike Marsh, Steve McManaman, John Barnes, Paul Stewart, Ian Rush
Liverpool lose to Second Division Bolton at Anfield in the 1993 FA Cup
1993/94
Manager: Graeme Souness (sacked on 28 January, replaced by Roy Evans)
Key signings: Nigel Clough £2.275m, Neil Ruddock £2.5m, Julian Dicks £1.6m
Biggest flop: Nigel Clough
FA Cup: Third round (another humiliating exit, this time 1-0 at home to Second Division Bristol City)
League Cup: Fourth round (lost on penalties to Wimbledon)
Worst result: Liverpool 0-1 Bristol City, FA Cup third round replay (cost Souness his job)
Premier League position: 8th (worst since 1963)
Typical starting XI: Bruce Grobbelaar, Julian Dicks, Rob Jones, Neil Ruddock, Mark Wright, Jamie Redknapp, Nigel Clough, Steve McManaman, John Barnes, Robbie Fowler, Ian Rush
Liverpool crash out of the 1993/94 Coca-Cola Cup to Wimbledon
1998/99
Joint managers: Gerard Houllier and Roy Evans (Evans resigned on 12 November, leaving Houllier in sole charge)
Key signings: Sean Dundee £1.8m, Steve Staunton free, Veggard Heggem £3.5m, Jean-Michel Ferri £1.7m, Rigobert Song £2.8m
Biggest flop: Sean Dundee
FA Cup: Fourth round (conceded two late goals to lose 2-1 to Man United)
League Cup: Fourth round (lost 3-1 at home to Spurs)
UEFA Cup: Third round (lost 4-1 on aggregate to Celta Vigo)
Worst result: Liverpool 0-1 Leicester City, Premier League (the Reds lost a drab match to a last minute Ian Marshall winner in front of the Kop, leaving them 10th in the league, on the same night that Man United came back from 2-0 down in Turin to beat Juventus 3-2 and reach the Champions League final, en route to winning the treble - does it get much worse than that for Kopites?)
Premier League position: 7th
Typical starting XI: David James, Steve Staunton, Vegard Heggem, Jamie Carragher, Phil Babb, Jamie Redknapp, Paul Ince, Patrik Berger, Steve McManaman, Karl-Heinz Riedle, Michael Owen
Liverpool lose 3-1 to Celta Vigo in the UEFA Cup last 16
2002/03
Manager: Gerard Houllier
Key signings: Alou Diarra free, Bruno Cheyrou £3.7m, El Hadji Diouf £9.7m, Salif Diao £4.2m
Biggest flop: El Hadji Diouf
FA Cup: Fourth round (2-0 at home to second tier Crystal Palace)
League Cup: Winners (beat Man United 2-0 in the final)
Champions League: Knocked out in the group stage by Valencia and Basel
UEFA Cup: Quarter-finals (lost 3-1 on aggregate to Celtic)
Worst result: Liverpool 0-2 Crystal Palace, FA Cup fourth round replay
Premier League position: 5th
Typical starting XI: Jerzy Dudek, John Arne Riise, Jamie Carragher, Sami Hyypia, Djimi Traore, Steven Gerrard, Dietmar Hamann, Danny Murphy, El Hadji Diouf, Emile Heskey, Michael Owen
Liverpool are soundly beaten by Celtic at Anfield in the UEFA Cup quarter-final
2009/10
Manager: Rafael Benitez
Key signings: Glen Johnson £18m, Alberto Aquilani £20m, Sotirios Kyrgiakos £2m
Biggest flop: Alberto Aquilani
FA Cup: Third round (lost 2-1 at home to Championship side Reading)
League Cup: Fourth round (lost 2-1 to Arsenal)
Champions League: Knocked out in the group stage by Fiorentina and Lyon
Europa League: Lost the semi-final on away goals to Atletico Madrid
Worst result: Liverpool 1-2 Reading, FA Cup third round replay
Premier League position: 7th
Starting XI: Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, Emiliano Insua, Jamie Carragher, Daniel Agger, Javier Mascherano, Lucas Leiva, Dirk Kuyt, Yossi Benayoun, Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres
Liverpool get a Royal pasting in the Cup
2010/11
Manager: Roy Hodgson (sacked on 8 January, replaced by Kenny Dalglish)
Key signings: Jonjo Shelvey £1.7m, Milan Jovanic free, Joe Cole free, Christian Poulsen £4.5m, Raul Meireles £11.5m, Paul Konchesky £5m
Biggest flop: Christian Poulsen
FA Cup: Third round (lost 1-0 at Man United)
League Cup: Third round (lost on penalties at home to League Two Northampton Town)
UEFA Europa League: Last 16 (lost 1-0 on aggregate to Braga)
Worst result: Liverpool 2-2 Northampton (2-4 on penalties, League Cup third round)
Premier League position: 6th
Typical starting XI: Pepe Reina, Paul Konchesky, Glen Johnson, Jamie Carragher, Martin Skrtel, Raul Meireles, Lucas Leiva, Dirk Kuyt, Maxi Rodriguez, Steven Gerrard, Luis Suarez/Fernando Torres
Liverpool are humiliated by Northampton in the League Cup
2011/12
Manager: Kenny Dalglish
Key signings: Stewart Downing £20m, Jordan Henderson £16m, Charlie Adam £9m, Jose Enrique £6m, Craig Bellamy free
Biggest flop: Jordan Henderson
FA Cup: Currently in semi-final
League Cup: Winners
Worst result: Liverpool 1-2 Wigan, Premier League
Premier League position: Currently 7th (as of 27 March 2012)
Typical starting XI: Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, Martin Skrtel, Daniel Agger, Jose Enrique, Charlie Adam, Steven Gerrard, Jordan Henderson, Stewart Downing, Luis Suarez, Andy Carroll
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