The Football Addick

Teams in the bottom half lack the quality that the biggest clubs in England possess and thus all have had a long and hard season. However, a host of players have shone despite playing for teams in the bottom half (11th - 20th). The Football Addick will identify the best of those players and select his Premier League bottom half XI. Who takes the goalkeeper spot out of Tom Heaton, Jordan Pickford and Kasper Schmeichel? Which West Ham player makes the squad? And how many players from the relegated teams make the XI? Find out the answer to all these questions in the following pages. *For purposes of fitting in all the best performing players, The Football Addick has chosen an unconventional 3-4-3 formation. Jordan Pickford looks set to have a bright future after a superb season for Sunderland GK: Jordan Pickford Heaton and Schmeichel have both had remarkable seasons, but Jordan Pickford ousted the others with his heroic performances for the league's bottom clu...

It has been a tough season for those languishing at the bottom of the table, with many teams battling against relegation for a large portion of the season. Although they battled for much of the season, Hull's mini resurgence under new manager Marco Silva was not enough to keep them up, with a humbling 4-0 defeat to Crystal Palace condemning them to relegation. They joined Sunderland and Middlesbrough in relegation to the Championship; both of which had quite miserable seasons. But amidst the ranks of the three relegated teams, there was talent that shone throughout the Premier League season. This article will examine and list the Top five players from the three relegated teams that deserve a transfer to a Premier League side in the summer. 5) Alvaro Negredo 5) Alvaro Negredo has done enough to earn himself a move back to the Premier League Middlesbrough may have been impotent in attack throughout the season, but this was not due to the efforts of the man dubbed...