Aston villa are the worst team

Jamie Carragher believes Aston Villa are the worst team in the history of the Premier League and, having witnessed their performance in Sunday's 6-0 thrashing by Liverpool, many will agree.'They are an embarrassment,' Sportsmail columnist Carragher said on Sky Sports. 'How can those players by playing in the Premier League?'I can't imagine one Premier League manager looking at that team and thinking there is one player I would like to take into my squad.+13Aston Villa players (from left) Joleon Lescott, Mark Bunn, Aly Cissokho and Idrissa Gueye react as Liverpool score one of their six goals at Villa Park on Sunday+13Carles Gil and Jores Okore look dejected as they leave the field following Sunday's thrashing+13Carragher, speaking on Sky Sports, said hebelieved Villa were the worst team ever in the Premier League+13Villa are eight points adrift of safety and rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table'I was reliably informed that Derby and Sunderland were maybe the worst, but forget about what points they had - I think they are the worst I've seen. That's as bad as it goes.'Carragher is right - Derby County in 2007-08 finished on 11 points and Sunderland in 2005-06 finished on 15.Villa have already reached 16 points with 12 matches remaining, so won't set any unwanted records. But performance-wise, there is certainly a case to be made.We take a look back at some of the other contenders for the Premier League's worst teams so you can make your mind up.