Wow, what a piece of shit article. I'd hardly expect it from The Sun, much less the Beeb.
In its defence, Kirkland, Owen and to a lesser extent Dunn, all had very promising careers hobbled by injuries.
I always criticised Owen for being a bit of a one trick pony, but what a trick - not just one of the fastest players I've ever seen, he knew exactly how to use it, and his finishing was excellent. Injuries have robbed him of his speed (he spent what, three years hardly playing football) and he's no longer anywhere near the player he was.
Kirkland looked very good, but he was made of glass. I've never seen such an injury-prone goalkeeper.
Dunn had the makings of a really good playmaker, but never matured into the player he promised to be. Again, long term injuries did him in.
Gerrard as a holding midfielder? Total BS, right? But at the time, he played there. I don't know how much of it was Liverpool's necessity and how much of it was his own god complex, but he pushed further and further up the pitch as he got older, and never developed the defensive skills which might have made him that kind of player.
Taylor showed a lot of promise - he's a big guy who was very good on the ball for a defender, but he kept getting stuck behind solid older players - Berg and Short at Blackburn (and various others under Souness, who didn't rate him) and a very successful Cunningham and Upson partnership at Birmingham. He never really got the playing time to mature, and is probably a bit of a wasted talent.
On the other hand, Wright-Phillips as a wing back? Anton Ferdinand? What the hell were they smoking?
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