Selecting a Premier League Team of the Year is common. And to be honest, barring a few differences, the teams chosen by pundits all look the same.

So, rather than celebrating the best, let’s look at who makes our worst players of the season team.

As a note, the player selected must have made at least ten appearances this season.

Maybe at this point, you can try and think of your team of the unforgettables.

GK: Illan Meslier (Leeds)

Meslier has had a similarly poor season between the sticks again this year.

In the 34 games he has played in the league, Meslier has conceded 67 goals, keeping just five clean sheets.

The Frenchman hasn’t instilled confidence in his defenders all season, which may be why Sam Allardyce benched him after he took over at Elland Road.

In truth, Meslier has the odd outstanding game, but he isn’t commanding enough.

RB: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)

This may seem like a strange pick at first, as there have been worse right-backs in the league, but TAA has been so far below standard, he had to go in.

Although he has been much better in the last month or two, that’s not been at full-back.

The Liverpool defender was criticised for his poor performances, and lack of positioning during a tumultuous spell.

Since the change in position, TAA has become the first person to assist a goal in five consecutive Premier League matches twice.

CB: Wout Faes (Leicester City)

Looks like David Luiz, plays like Mr. Bean, Faes has been one of the most error-prone defenders in the league.

His brightest moments this season were the two own goals he scored to help Liverpool overturn a one-goal deficit to win 2-1.

Although the first own goal was slightly unlucky, the second was embarrassing. Luckily, he is going to play at a lower level next year after contributing to Leicester’s relegation.

CB: Kalidou koulibaly (Chelsea)

I have gone back and forth about who the second centre-back should be, and Koulibaly just pipped Eric Dier.

Koulibaly came to Chelsea from newly crowned Serie A Champions Napoli for around £33m.

Although he started the season decently, Koulibaly is one of the catalysts in the club’s demise.

He will need to be drastically better than he was this season if he is to: 

1. keep his place in the team

2. help the team finish higher up the table.

LB: Kieran Tierney (Arsenal)

This pick may be a little bit of a surprise after Arsenal had such an exceptional season, but Tierney’s contribution hasn’t been that telling.

Tierney has provided only one assist and has 13% crossing accuracy from the 24 crosses he has made this season. In contrast, Liverpool’s Andy Robertson is at 28% (195 crosses), and Man Utd’s Luke Shaw at 29% (89 crosses).

CM: Youri Tielemans (Leicester City)

Absolutely abysmal!

Never seen a player more ready to leave a club than Tielemans this year.

He was on the final year of his £35,000-a-week deal, and he played like it.

CM/RM: Adama Traore (Wolves)

I know, I know, he’s not a central midfielder, but he has to make the 11!

The Adama Traore of yesteryear is no longer.

An underwhelming two goals and four assists from one of their key players may go some way to explaining the poor season Wolves have had.

CM/LM: Anthony Gordon (Newcastle)

Gordon forced a move to Newcastle from Everton for £45m.

Celebrated the 4-1 victory against his old club in a way that was over the top.

Has sulked for not getting game time (but can you blame Newcastle manager Eddie Howe?) 

Gordon has scored one goal in 16 appearances.

RW/RM: Antony (Man UTD)

Antony followed Erik Ten Haag to Manchester Utd from Ajax for an eye-watering £85m roughly. The transfer fee was the third largest fee paid by the Manchester club and the highest amount received for a player from the Dutch Eredivisie.

A player seen as a massive talent when running rings around defenders – and himself at times – in the Netherlands has not been anything near as effective in the Premier League.

The Brazilian has notched up a meagre four goals and two assists in the 25 games he has played, which works out to an outrageous £21.25m per goal!

I get that Antony works hard defensively, but so do the likes of James Milner, Dejan Kulusevski, and Micheal Olise, none of which came with such a price tag.

Paying such astronomical amounts for a player who can’t run past the opposition full-back is another example of poor business done by the Red Devils. Then again, we must remind ourselves that this club also let Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku leave for free, only to re-buy them at club record prices.

LW/LM: Richarlison (Tottenham)

Richarlison has been a laughingstock this season, just like his club.

He has been booked twice for taking off his shirt after scoring. One of those goals got disallowed.

That means more bookings than goals for the repeat stripper.

Funnily enough, the other goal – his only Premier League goal of the season – was against Liverpool to make it 3-3 in the dying parts of the game before Diogo Jota scored a winner.

At least he kept his shirt on when publicly criticising his then-manager, Antonio Conte, as the two had a public bitching match. 

No surprise that neither one of them won the argument, as the Spurs curse prevents victories. 

CF: Pierre-Emerick Aubamyang (Chelsea)

Ever since the striker signed “the ting” at Arsenal, it has been his only contribution to any club he has “played” for.

Aubamyang has been so poor this year that in his 15 appearances in the league, he has as many yellow cards as he has goals…one.

In fact, he has been so poor that the 75 managers Chelsea have had this year have opted to play midfielder Kai Havertz up front instead.

Imagine being the only striker at a club that’s finding it difficult to score goals, and still, you aren’t selected to play.

Manager: Frank Lampard (Everton & Chelsea)

Frank Lampard started the season in charge of Everton after keeping them in the league last season. However, that little piece of “success” didn’t help the start of this season.

Everton, one of only six teams to never be relegated from the Premier League, looked set for another relegation battle – which was the case – with all the blame going to the owner Farhad Moshiri.

Even ex-players, such as Alan Stubbs, urged Moshiri to sell up, as he was to blame for run the club was on, not Lampard.

Lampard got sacked but kept his dignity somewhat. 

Luckily for Moshiri, Frank Lampard returned to Chelsea as interim boss to prove his inability as a manager no matter who the owner or chairman is.

Lampard’s 2022/23 Season: 

Everton: Played 20; won 3, drawn 6, lost 11. Win %: 15%

Chelsea: Played 9; Won 1, drawn 2, lost 6. Win %: 11%

In his latest press conference, he even jokingly said that “Chelsea was the new manager’s problem” which didn’t go down well with their fans.

It seems like Lampard had the most success as a manager this season from January 23rd to April 6th, when he was out of work.

There you have it, the Premier League’s worst 11!

Who would you change from this squad?

Does the likes of Harry Maguire, Raheem Sterling, or someone else deserve a place instead?

Plenty of choices for us this year