Team of the season so far

soupie

For me:


James

Sagna, Gallas, Dunne, Evra

Ronaldo, Cesc, Hleb, Petrov

Keane, Torres

I dont think any keeper has really stood out and strangely enough I dont see any Chelsea players, Drogba only for he was out too much.

As for Keane playing for an attacking team, that certainly doesnt explain his goal tally, Rooney, Torres play for more attacking teams he is simply on fire this year, infact for most of 2007. Some of his goals this season and last season have been top draw. Shame he couldnt bring it to international level

Smegball

dc69 wrote: »

GK. Reina

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

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

ST. Torres
ST. Anelka/Santa Cruz

Can't see what Carragher has done to merit his place tbh.

PHB

GK - Can't really decide. James I guess. Don't see what Reina has done compared to VDS really.

LB - Evra or Clichy. I'd go with Evra personally
CB - Gallas without a doubt has been amazing
CB - Ferdinand without a doubt has been amazing
RB - Sagna

I honestly can't see how people wouldn't pick Ferdinand and Gallas, I really can't understand it

RW - Ronaldo
LW - Petrov

obviously

CM - Fabregas
CM - Gerrard

Special note must go out to Anderson who has been immense, would certainly be my 3rd choice

ST - Abedyour
ST - Keane

Can't say I think Torres deserves a spot ahead of these two. Maybe if it was in all comps, but in terms of the league, these two have been immense.

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PHB wrote: »

Special note must go out to Anderson who has been immense, would certainly be my 3rd choice

Told yiz.

And no-one can argue with the mod

Mr Alan

i want to argue. But not sure its worth the hassel ...... or the ban tbh!

redzerdrog

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reina

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arbeloa----gallas----dunne---evra

ronaldo--gerrard--fabragas--petrov

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torres---keane

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cson

Arbeloa?

PHB

In all fairness, Arbeloa was immense at the start of the season for Liverpool.

Mr Alan

He has been excellent. But most of the season he has been at LB i think.

Think i'd give the nod to Sagna

redzerdrog

no right backs have really stood out to me and he has been brilliant when he has played there

Xavi6

All these people picking Petrov clearly don't watch City often enough. Yes he is a smashing player and has so much ability but he is not consistent enough. Hasn't been all year. He drifts in and out of games and sometimes goes missing completely. To have him in the team of the season is a bit OTT. Same for Elano. He hasn't done anything in the last few months, mainly down to injury.

For me Dunne and Hamann should make the XI from City. I've seen pretty much every City game and no one plays consistently better. The other shout would be Corluka for right back. He's a class act.

Unearthly

GK: Almunia(tough one, no keeper has amazed me that much but he has improved a lot so I'll give to him)

DR: Sagna - Class player
DC: Ferdinand
DC: Gallas
DL: Evra

RM: Ronaldo
CM: Gerrard
CM: Fabregas
LM: Petrov(incosistent but still ahead of every other left winger)

ST: Torres(impressed and surprised me a lot)
ST: Adebayor

LeixlipRed

What about Milner for left wing? Think he's been very impressive in an abysmal Newcastle side this season. Bit more consistent than Petrov too. Haven't seen much of Young a Villa yet though

Pepe LeFrits

PHB wrote: »

GK - Can't really decide. James I guess. Don't see what Reina has done compared to VDS really.

LB - Evra or Clichy. I'd go with Evra personally
CB - Gallas without a doubt has been amazing
CB - Ferdinand without a doubt has been amazing
RB - Sagna

I honestly can't see how people wouldn't pick Ferdinand and Gallas, I really can't understand it

RW - Ronaldo
LW - Petrov

obviously

CM - Fabregas
CM - Gerrard

Special note must go out to Anderson who has been immense, would certainly be my 3rd choice

ST - Abedyour
ST - Keane

Can't say I think Torres deserves a spot ahead of these two. Maybe if it was in all comps, but in terms of the league, these two have been immense.

Not sure about the strikers, but I agree with the rest of that.

homerjay2005

james

sagna
rio
gallas
evra

ronaldo
fabregas
flamini
hleb

tevez
adebayor

Unearthly

LeixlipRed wrote: »

What about Milner for left wing? Think he's been very impressive in an abysmal Newcastle side this season. Bit more consistent than Petrov too. Haven't seen much of Young a Villa yet though

Whenever I've watched Newcastle this season, they looked a complete mess so put me off completely even contemplating picking one of their players.

I don't really think the premiership has that many great left wingers(although Ronaldo plays there a few times)

This was summed up last season when Giggs made team of the year.

LeixlipRed

Newcastle are a joke alright but Milner's been great. Might move back to Villa in the transfer window. Though with Young playing so well I'm not sure he'd get a look in. Young has 10 assists this season. Amazing for a player who's playing out of postion. Though he takes a lot of set pieces

event

James

johnson - he's been quality this year and a big shout for the new RB for england
Gallas - a true captain
Rio - been excellent so far
evra - been class so far

ronaldo - no one else really comes close
fabregas - again, has to be in here
gerrard - hasne been at his best imo, but still worthy of in here
cahill - not a winger, but had to be included. goal record is immense

adebayor
keane

redspider

I dont know about the best-11 players, but the club situation is as follows:

Now that we have reached the 20-game stage for all clubs, it is possible to compare performances. The ladder table after the first 10 games played this season was as follows:

26 Arsenal
25
24
23 Man U
22 Man C
21 Blackburn
20 Liverpool
19
18 Chelsea Portsmouth
17 Newcastle
16
15 Aston Villa
14 West Ham
13 Everton
12
11
10 Reading
9
8 Birm Fulh Sund Wigan M'Boro
7 Tottenham
6 Derby
5 Bolton

The points tally for the clubs in the games 11-20 are as follows:

Chelsea 23
Man Utd 22
Arsenal 21
Everton 20
Liverpool 18
Aston Villa 18
Tottenham 17
West Ham 15
Man City 14
Portsmouth 13
Reading 12
Middlesbrough 12
Bolton 12
Birmingham 11
Blackburn 9
Newcastle 9
Sunderland 9
Wigan 8
Fulham 7
Derby 1

Notable improvements from Spurs, Chelsea and Everton but also Bolton. Clubs showing a notable disimprovement include Portsmouth and Derby, Newcastle and Blackburn, but also Arsenal and Man City.

Differences in points tally between Games 11-20 and Games 1-10.

Tottenham 10
Bolton 7
Everton 7
Chelsea 5
Middlesbrough 4
Aston Villa 3
Birmingham 3
Reading 2
Sunderland 1
West Ham 1
Wigan 0
Fulham -1
Man U -1
Liverpool -2
Arsenal -5
Derby -5
Portsmouth -5
Man C -8
Newcastle -8
Blackburn -12

The Played-20 Ladder Table view is as follows:

47 Arsenal
46
45 Man U
44
43
42
41 Chelsea
40
39
38 Liverpool
37
36 Man C
35
34
33 Everton Aston Villa
32
31 Portsmouth
30 Blackburn
29 West Ham
28
27
26 Newcastle
25
24 Tottenham
23
22 Reading
21
20 Middlesboro
19 Birmingham
18
17 Bolton Sunderland
16 Wigan
15 Fulham
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7 Derby

No prizes for seeing who are the likely candidates to win the league and get the CL places. Note that Sheffield Wednesday had 20 pts at the same stage last season and were relegated so Boro, Brum, Bolton and Sunderland fans be warned. Paul Jewell is already preparing for next season in the 2nd flight.

The change in points between this season and last is as follows:

Man C 13
Arsenal 11
West Ham 11
Aston Villa 8
Blackburn 5
Everton 5
Liverpool 4
Newcastle 1
Middlesboro -1
Portsmouth -4
Chelsea -5
Man U -5
Reading -5
Wigan -6
Tottenham -7
Fulham -10
Bolton -19

Notable improvement from Man City and Arsenal and West Ham. Bolton are way out in terms of a negative change. Man Utd are negative by 5, so indicating a closer title race. Chelsea are also off by 5. Liverpool are up 4, but that's hardly stellar, and no need to re-iterate my position on Liverpool's title chances.

Redspider

Bounty Hunter

GK: James

DR: Sagna
DC: Laursen
DC: Gallas
DL: Evra/Clichy

RM: Ronaldo
CM: Gerrard
CM: Fabregas
LM: Petrov

ST: Torres
ST: Adebayor

Subs: Almunia, R.Ferdinand, Hleb, A.Young, Keane