LFC 'Cult Hero' XI

Anyone like to make their LFC 'Cult Hero' XI? Always cheers me up seeing some of these names on paper. 

Players who weren't always the greatest (some were great) but on their day made us smile.

Will be some good players on the list and some not so good but all left a positive impression on me regardless.

Some great players like Hyypia and Barnes have missed out just because I think they are full on heroes.

This is mine but happy to bow to others. Especially any older lads who have names previous to my memory of around 97 onwards.

Gone for Rafa as manager just over Houllier for the CL victory and therefore will use Rafas beloved 4-2-3-1.

                                     Dudek
 
     M Babbel  S Henchoz   R Song     Staunton

                            G Mac         L. Leiva

                     P Berger  L Garcia   D Kuyt

                                      D Origi


My bench is Titi Camera, Matip, Heggem, Rob Jones, Crouch, David James and Litmanem.

Line up and bench isn't down to quality just how these players make me feel seeing their names.

And by the way there's a few players in this current squad that in years to come are well in the mix.

Kells, Nunez, Endo, and perhaps Kostas.

Kelleher
Finnan Kolo Klavan Enrique
Kuyt Endo Smicer Yossi
Titi Origi

Tough choice between Titi and Crouchy.

Benayoun I think deserves to be on there, probably Shaqiri as well.

Raul Merieles probably wasn't around long enough but he always had something about him?

Craig Bellamy?

A cult hero to me is somebody who never should've had a football career but their heart got them through it so I've gone for;

Warner

Flanagan Kyrgiakos Klavan Tsimikas

Biscan Endo Lucas

Kuyt Crouch Heksey

A cult hero to me is somebody who never should've had a football career but their heart got them through it so I've gone for;

Warner

Flanagan Kyrgiakos Klavan Tsimikas

Biscan Endo Lucas

Kuyt Crouch Heksey

Plenty of speed in there

Nice thread. Cheer-up time after a grim night…

                      Bruce Grobbelaar

Rob Jones.  Dan Agger.  Nat Philips.  Fabio Aurelio.
   
                Sammy Lee.  Jan Molby.

                    Gary McAllister.

Ronnie Rosenthal.    Neil Mellor.   Luis Garcia.

Subs:
David Fairclough, Darwin Nunez,  Wataru Endo,  Divock Origi,  Jason McAteer
Titi Camara, Howard Gayle

I went back to the late 70s / 80s from memory for players I particularly followed, if only briefly in some cases. I’d like to spend more time on this because I think there’s loads of candidates I’ve forgotten.

There’s a few wonderful players, the walking wounded, a few unsung heroes, a few one- or two-game wonders, honest tryers, the odd serial underachiever, and a comedy character or two (there’s been others - Djimi gets an honourable mention).

I was tempted to throw in Glen Hysen, if only for his interview in Shoot! magazine when I was a lad. When asked about his favourite hobbies he gave a simple answer: “my missus says it’s sex sex and more sex.”

The readership was aged about 9 to 13!

Grobs

Nicol
Carragher
Traore
Jones ( Rob )

Biscan
Gary Mac
Molby

Kuyt
Meijer
Camara

Pegguy Arphexad
Rigobert Song
Neil Ruddock
Ragnar Klavan
Joey Jones
Lucas
Endo
El Hadj Diouf (Granted it was for about the first two months when he signed.
Darwin Nunez
Erik Meijer
Nicolas Anelka

Grobs

Nicol
Carragher
Traore
Jones ( Rob )

Biscan
Gary Mac
Molby

Kuyt
Meijer
Camara

Far too talented to be cult heroes, as was Heskey as someone mentioned earlier. A cult hero to me is someone who can play from the bench and be inspired beyond their natural level.

Pegguy Arphexad
Rigobert Song
Neil Ruddock
Ragnar Klavan
Joey Jones
Lucas
Endo
El Hadj Diouf (Granted it was for about the first two months when he signed.
Darwin Nunez
Erik Meijer
Nicolas Anelka

Rigobert Song is a great shout.

Pegguy Arphexad
Rigobert Song
Neil Ruddock
Ragnar Klavan
Joey Jones
Lucas
Endo
El Hadj Diouf (Granted it was for about the first two months when he signed.
Darwin Nunez
Erik Meijer
Nicolas Anelka

Joey Jones! Yeah.
Can’t remember seeing much of Song or Meijer.  A couple of the others (Diouf and Pegguy) really ended up as hate figures didnt they?

Joey Jones! Yeah.
Can’t remember seeing much of Song or Meijer.  A couple of the others (Diouf and Pegguy) really ended up as hate figures didnt they?

Was Pegguy hated? Can't remember. I know dancing Charles Itandje F***ing was by the end.

Was Pegguy hated? Can't remember. I know dancing Charles Itandje F***ing was by the end.

Aha, maybe its him I’m thinking of.

Joey Jones! Yeah.
Can’t remember seeing much of Song or Meijer.  A couple of the others (Diouf and Pegguy) really ended up as hate figures didnt they?

Nah that was the other African keeper.

Yeah Diouf just made a c**t of himself spitting at the Celtic fan. That soft c**t was cheered like Nunez when he first turned up - Diouf, Diouf, Diouf is on fireeeee........"

Meijer was a big yard dog who was there as cheap back up to Fowler, Owen and Heskey. And turned up in Dortmund for the Uefa Cup final getting bladdered with the fans.

Nah that was the other African keeper.

Yeah Diouf just made a c**t of himself spitting at the Celtic fan. That soft c**t was cheered like Nunez when he first turned up - Diouf, Diouf, Diouf is on fireeeee........"

Meijer was a big yard dog who was there as cheap back up to Fowler, Owen and Heskey. And turned up in Dortmund for the Uefa Cup final getting bladdered with the fans.

Meijer is literally the definition of a cult hero for me.

Was Pegguy hated? Can't remember. I know dancing Charles Itandje F***ing was by the end.

Yeah it was Itandje

Meijer is literally the definition of a cult hero for me.

Turning up bladdered in Dortmund sealed the 2000's (the whole decade) edition for me

Yeah it was Itandje

Laughing during the Hillsborough memorial wasn't it.

Absolute c**t.

Laughing during the Hillsborough memorial wasn't it.

Absolute c**t.

Yeah then claimed the reaction was overboard

Yeah then claimed the reaction was overboard

What Rafa sacking him

What Rafa sacking him

Didn’t he get suspended for a month first ?

Was already on the way out

Another part of the "cult hero" status is commitment/passion/aggression. It's why people liked Sakho when he was obviously no good, Robbo's name gets chanted so much and almost always ater a fierce tackle rather than a strong run, accurate cross.

Titi Camara anyone?