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By Tom Bogert

Ryan Babel of Liverpool scores a goal to make it 0-4 (Photo by AMA/Corbis via Getty Images)
Ryan Babel of Liverpool scores a goal to make it 0-4 (Photo by AMA/Corbis via Getty Images) /
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STOKE ON TRENT, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 26: Ryan Shawcross of Stoke City tangles with Stewart Downing of Liverpool during the Barclays Premier League match between Stoke City and Liverpool at the Britannia Stadium on December 26, 2012, in Stoke-on-Trent, England. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
STOKE ON TRENT, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 26: Ryan Shawcross of Stoke City tangles with Stewart Downing of Liverpool during the Barclays Premier League match between Stoke City and Liverpool at the Britannia Stadium on December 26, 2012, in Stoke-on-Trent, England. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images) /

2. Stewart Downing /// 91 appearances /// 7 goals /// 1,255 wayward crosses

Can I be honest? Somewhere in the deep depths of my closet, I own a Stewart Downing jersey. I can admit it, I was young and stupid. I jumped into the hype and discovered an illegal jersey site, so $20 was too irresistible and I already owned countless Gerrard and Suarez kits.

Downing was brought to the club from Aston Villa for £18.5million in summer of 2011 and mercifully left for West Ham two years later. Since, he’s returned to his boyhood club of Middlesbrough.

The essence of his purchase was compounding a bad mistake. He was meant to supplement Carroll and unlock the striker’s true ability with the quality he’d provide from crosses, which escaped him as soon as he put on a Liverpool shirt.

We should have known from the beginning, to be honest. He smashed the crossbar on his debut which was a neat microcosm for his Liverpool career.

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