1988-89 has FA Cup winning goalkeeper Beasant (terrible for us), as well as Liam O'Brien, John Hendrie, and Mirandinha (who turned to s*** after a good decent enough 1987-88). They played horribly at a club which had an unfinished stand and a boardroom needing to be forced out. Some similarities, in terms of the boardroom, but I would argue 1988-89 actually had more options than Benitez has.
1990-91 was a horrible squad - but, in terms of the top flight, the only recent one which gets close imo is 2006-07 (Ramage, Huntingdon etc.), and even that was only shown up by being injury-ravaged.
Anyway, 0-4 today, lads
Joselu with all 4.