Team of the season so far

keano_afc

So half the season is gone. Who are your best 11 in their positions? Mine below:

1. James
2. Sagna
3. Clichy
4. Vidic
5. Ferdinand
6. Elano
7. Ronaldo
8. Fabregas
9. Torres
10. Adebayor
11. Santa Cruz

Debate away!

Mikeyt086

1. Almunia
2. Sanga
3. Clichy
4. Ferdinand
5. Vidic
7. Ronaldo
8. Fabregas
6. Elano
11. Martin Petrov
9. Torres
10. Adebayor

Martin Petrov is a sensation in my opinion and him and Ronaldo on the flanks would be devastating. Gerrard and Elano was the only debate i had, i went for Elano because of his sheer Brazilian brilliance but it was really 50/50.

Esse85

Good selection.

But Elano is too inconsistent IMO

Helix

gk: james
df: laursen
df: sagna
df: ferdinand
df: vidic
mf: petrov
mf: fabregas
mf: hleb
mf: young
fw: santa cruz
fw: keane

wanabe

Id have to put in Bently instead of Young!

Mr Alan

1. James
2. Sagna
3. Clichy
4. Vidic
5. Ferdinand
6. Gerrard
7. Ronaldo
8. Fabregas
9. Torres
10. Adebayor
11. Santa Cruz


Definately have Gerrard in for Elano.
Possibly Reina for James.
Maybe Evra for Clichy.

Tusky

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

Martin Petrov is a sensation in my opinion and him and Ronaldo on the flanks would be devastating. Gerrard and Elano was the only debate i had, i went for Elano because of his sheer Brazilian brilliance but it was really 50/50.

Elano - 17 games - 5 goals - 5 assists
Gerrard - 23 games - 12 goals - 11 assists

gk:James
rb:Sagna
cb:Vidic
cb:Ferdinand
lb:Evra
cm:Gerrard
cm:Fabregas
rm:Ronaldo
lm:Petrov
cf:Keane
cf:Torres

wardie

1. James

2. Sagna
3. Clichy
4. Dunne
5. Ferdinand

6. Young
7. Ronaldo
8. Fabregas
9. Gerrard

10. Torres
11. Adebayour

Mr Alan

Yea.....i agree with Tuskys team.

Helix

wanabe wrote: »

Id have to put in Bently instead of Young!

youngs 9 assists says otherwise for me

applehunter

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Friedel

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N/A

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Ferdinand

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Hyypia

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Warnock


ronaldo(Man. utd)--Essien---Fabrigas---Petrov

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Adebyiour

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Torres

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Ronaldo has been the star of the season so far with Fabregas just behind.

Mr Alan

Essien?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?

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GK. Almunia.

RB. Sagna
LB. Evra
CH. Ferdinand
CH. Gallas

RW. Ronaldo
LW. Stephen Hunt
CM. Fabregas
CM. Anderson

ST. Torres
ST. Doyle

Mr Alan

ha ha ha Doyle & Hunt!

Anderson ahead of Gerrard? Really Des?

I know you aint fond of Liverpool, but come on . . .

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Mr Alan wrote: »

ha ha ha Doyle & Hunt! .

Mr Alan wrote: »

Anderson ahead of Gerrard? Really Des?

I had to include him. He has been my standout player in the EPL this season, I just love the guy and his attitude, work ethic, skill and potential.

Mr Alan wrote: »

I know you aint fond of Liverpool, but come on . . .

eh?

Rollo Tamasi

Carson
    Sagna - Vidic - Dunne - Glichy
Bentley - Fabergas - Muntari - Ronaldo 
            Torres - Adebayor

Esse85

On the games ive seen:

Green

Belletti
Laursen
Vidic
Evra

Ronaldo
Fabregas
Gerrard
Young

Torres
Santa Cruz

Mr Alan

DesF wrote: »

I had to include him. He has been my standout player in the EPL this season, I just love the guy and his attitude, work ethic, skill and potential.


eh?

didnt think potential would be a factor for team of the season.

Gerrard has to be in any team imo

applehunter

Potential is a factor in every Liverpool signing for the last 15 years.

Cheap scousers

Mr Alan

applehunter wrote: »

Potential is a factor in every Liverpool signing for the last 15 years.

Cheap scousers

seriously-wat are you talking about?

Mikeyt086

Mr.Alan please stop forcing Gerrard on people's teams lol, this is people's opinions. and Tusky honestly i didnt know Gerrard's stats were so good, infact for some reason he seems quiter than usual but his stats say different, plus Elano was injured during the peak of his form and was out for some time. Im giving him the nod for his flair.

Is there a statistical team of the season from opta-index or something could it would be interesting to see.

Nunu

VDS

Ferdinand---Laursen---Dunne

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Flamini
Ronaldo---Fabregas---Petrov

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Gerrard

Keane---Anelka


Haven't been overly impressed with any right-back and couldn't leave out any of the 3 defenders I have, so I went with the dreaded 3-5-2!...if I was including a left back Evra would just pip Clichy.
By the end of the season I'd envisage I'd replace Flamini with Anderson because I think he's better but hasn't played enough to merit a place - Flamini has been great in all Arsenals games to be fair to him.

Hunt and Arteta just miss out in midfield and Torres up front.

Mikeyt086

Van Der Sar? Hes been very shakey and injury prone this season. Great Midfield though.

Mr Alan

I'll force Gerrard on all the teams i want!

if only i had the power to edit other peoples posts!

Mikeyt086

then something tells me my team of the season would look like:

1. Reina
2. Carragher
3. Carragher
4. Carragher
5. Carragher
6. Gerrard
7. Gerrard
8. Gerrard
9. Gerrard
10. Torres
11. Torres

Mr Alan

that would be the best team ever

Mikeyt086

Actually it would be pretty good.

Lets see Rafa rotate that!

Mr Alan

have ya not heard?

ferguson is the new rotation master!

Attractive Nun

Mr Alan wrote: »

that would be the best team ever

A bit weak on the left wing IMO. Replace Gerrard #4 with Stephen Hunt and you're golden!

Mr Alan

Des ..... is that you?!

Nunu

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

Van Der Sar? Hes been very shakey and injury prone this season. Great Midfield though.

Ye, suffered a blip of late but for me he was the best keeper from August through to November. Honestly though there has been no outstanding keeper this season. All of them have made errors and what not.

applehunter

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

then something tells me my team of the season would look like:

1. Reina
2. Carragher
3. Carragher
4. Carragher
5. Carragher
6. Gerrard
7. Gerrard
8. Gerrard
9. Gerrard
10. Torres
11. Torres

Youve got a team thats slow at the back and cant pass.

And its finishing ability is debatable.

Mr Alan

applehunter wrote: »

Youve got a team thats slow at the back and cant pass.

And its finishing ability is debatable.

Liverpool fan yes?

applehunter

former Liverpool fan.

Now just objective observer.

Necronomicon

Too many tough calls, so I made two teams:

James

Laursen
Ferdinand
Gallas
Clichy

Ronaldo
Fabregas
Gerrard
Petrov

Torres
Santa Cruz

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Green

Sagna
Vidic
Distin
Evra

Bentley
Elano
Flamini
Young

Adebayor
Keane

Mr Alan

So Carragher is slow? Gerrard cant pass and Torres cant finish?

Not sure wats objective about that tbh mate

applehunter wrote: »

Potential is a factor in every Liverpool signing for the last 15 years.

Cheap scousers

failing to see the objectivity there too

Attractive Nun

My team of the season:

James

Sagna
Ferdinand
Gallas
Evra

Ronaldo
Fabregas
Gerrard
Hleb

Torres
Keane

DSB

James

Sagna
Evra
Laursen
Ferdinand

Ronaldo
Young
Fabregas
Gerrard
Petrov

Santa Cruz

Mr Alan

how would that midfield lineup DSB?

DSB

It probably wouldn't work tactically really. I just didn't think any striker bar Santa Cruz really deserved a place. If I was to make a more tactically considered team the midfield would probably be

Young Flamini Fabregas Ronaldo

Gerrard

Santa Cruz

Mr Alan

Torres?Keane?Adebayour?Anelka?

I'd have all them on level pegging if not higher than Santa Cruz tbh!

DSB

Still undecided about Torres, Keane is the product of a team who attack so much to try cover up the fact that they can't defend (don't actually think he is any good at all), Adebayor maybe actually, Anelka has been pretty good and scored alot of goals but again undecided. All pretty good players (except Keane) but not sure if any of them have been Team Of The Year quality except for maybe Adebayor.

I like Santa Cruz because he has scored alot of goals in a team that aren't particularly attacking and on plenty of occasions he has been up front on his own. Like his attitude too.

Mr Alan

fair enough.

maybe being a little harsh on Keane, but havent been overly "keen" on him myself over the years (see wat i did there?!:)), have to admit though, my opinion of him is changing by the week. just wont stop scoring.

DSB

Has to be put into perspective with the sort of football the team are playing though. 6-4 isn't a result a manager should be pleased with in my opinion. 3 points yeah but perform like that against a team that can defend and you'll be ripped apart. Put anyone half decent up front in that team and they'll be scoring for fun. Keane is shown up as the player he is when he has to play with less impressive service.

Mr Alan

fair enough.

and Torres is the real deal by the way.

DSB

We'll see. Has shown plenty of potential to be top class but only in patches.

Mr Alan

well if he plays "in patches" like he has thus far, he'll be on about 30 goals for the season in his first year

That'll do me.

Going to bed to listen to Pneumonia by Whiskeytown. Goodnight!

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Mr.Nice Guy

Dunne had Torres in his pocket. He's yet to prove himself in my opinion. My team would be thus...

(G) James
(D) Evra
(D) Dunne
(D) Ferdinand
(D) Sagna

(M) Ronaldo
(M) Fabregas
(M) Gerrard
(M) Petrov

(F) Keane
(F) Santa Cruz

kryogen

ill throw my hat into the ring here i suppose, insomnia makes me do stupid things

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cech

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sagna

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ferdinand

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vidic

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evra

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gerrard

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fabregas

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ronaldo

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keane

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tevez

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torres

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subs
1.green
2.laursen
3.mascherano
4.anderson
5.adebayor

applaud/critiscise/ignore

Smegball

Green
Evra
Ferdinand
Gallas
Sagna
Ronaldo
Petrov
Fabregas
Elano
Santa Cruz
Torres

dc69

GK. Reina

RB. Sagna
LB. Evra
CH. Dunne
CH. Carragher

RW. Ronaldo
LW. Bentley
CM. Fabregas
CM. Gerrard

ST. Torres
ST. Anelka/Santa Cruz