Your Club's Best Premier League XI

Seaneh

Rossi
Costacurta Nesta Baresi Maldini
Pirlo
Gattauso Boban
Kaka
Shevchenko Van Bastan

Subs:
Dida
Cafu
Tasstotti
Ambrosini
Albertini
Savićević
Weah

[edit]Costacurta on for Cafu seeing as 679 games 20 years in the first team squad deserve to be honoured

Also, OMG, I forgot about Serginho in the honourable mentions, stupid me![/edit]

Am I doing it right?



Van Bastan probably shouldn't be in there, was at Milan for two seasons of the premierhsip era but he didn't play all that much.

Honorable mentions to, Abbiati, Inzaghi, Serginho, Rui Costa, Simone, Desailly, Donadoni, Stam, Seedorf, Panucci, Bierhoff and a few others.

event

tommyhaas wrote: »

Nit picking here, but Cantona never played for Leeds in the Prem

i think he did, he played the start of the 92-93 season. didnt leave until Nov 92 afair

but he wasnt that good for us at all tbh, it was at united that he excelled

davyjose

keane2097 wrote: »

Lads, WTF is with people picking Steve Bruce ahead of Gary Pallistair for United?

Srsly like, did ye ever actually see the two of them play

I think that legendary defensive partnership deserves at least one of those players on the best XI. I could have gone for Pallister, but his strike rate, leadership, those Sheffield Wednesday goals, and the iconic head bandage forced my hand in Bruce's favour.

Het-Field

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David James

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Glen Johnson

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Rio Ferdinand

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Matty Upson

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Julian Dicks

Eyal Berko

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Frank Lampard

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Javier Mascherano----Joe Cole

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Carols Tevez

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Paolo Di Canio

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Robert Green
Tomas Repka/Lucas Neill
Paul Konchesky
Scott Parker
Michael Carrick/Trevor Sinclair
Jermain Defoe
Craig Bellamy/Dean Ashton

2nd Team
R.Green
L.Neill
P.Konchesky
T.Repka
D.Unsworth
T.Sinclair
S.Parker
M.Carrick
M.Ethrington
P.Di Canio
C.Bellamy

Honourable mentions
J Hartson & Paul Kitson
F.Kanoute
C.Dailly (For sheer Heart and persistance)
Chris Powell
Nolberto Solano
Steve Potts
John Moncur
Michael Hughes
Samassi Abou

Most Disappointing 11

Richard Wright
John Pantsil
Ian Pearce
Calum Davenport
Jonathan Spector
Freddy Ljungberg
Kieron Dyer
Luis Boa Morte
Davor Suker
Florin Radiciou
Paolo Futre

Worst ii

Sasa Ilic
Gary Charles
Wayne Quinn
Gary Breen
Rigobert Song
Christian Bassila
Nigel Quashie
Raginvald Soma
Mike Newell
Lee Chapman
Titi Camara.

event

surely Di Canio would have be a starter?

Het-Field

event wrote: »

surely Di Canio would have be a starter?

Fair Point well made !

tommyhaas

event wrote: »

i think he did, he played the start of the 92-93 season. didnt leave until Nov 92 afair

apologies, yea your dead right, just looked it up there

yahoo_moe

OPENROAD wrote: »

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Seaman

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Dixon----Campbell----Keown----Cole

Ljungberg--Vieira----Petit--Pires

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Bergkamp

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Henry

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I know it mightn't have the balance of Vieira/Petit... but no Fabregas? :eek:

I'd go with An Capaill Mor's team above - defo think Overmars is a better pick than Freddie. And I'd have Adams in there with Campbell, if only for the goal against Everton in '98.

OPENROAD

yahoo_moe wrote: »

I know it mightn't have the balance of Vieira/Petit... but no Fabregas? :eek:

I'd go with An Capaill Mor's team above - defo think Overmars is a better pick than Freddie. And I'd have Adams in there with Campbell, if only for the goal against Everton in '98.

I was a bit harsh leaving out Adams, but knew most people would pick him and felt Keown deserved a mention, as for no Fabregas, I have been disappointed with him this summer, that said Vieira and Petit were a great together,Overmars I took as a left winger, so he was in competition with Pires.

Freddie was a super player for us before he became injury prone and had a great song also :P

kakee

Robinson
Carr

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Campbell----Mabbutt----Ziege
Rosenthal---Ginola---Nayim
Sheringham----Ferdinand----Klinsmann

yahoo_moe

OPENROAD wrote: »

felt Keown deserved a mention

For sure - he wouldn't make my final cut but probably the forgotten man in a way because of the two separate spells and the fact that he was never the 'main' CB at any stage.

Overmars I took as a left winger, so he was in competition with Pires.

Yeah I was thinking they could switch sides fairly freely, Pires roamed a bit anyway. Although we'd obviously want that Cole-Pires-Henry left side going on as much as possible.

I just think the quality of Fabregas' play is beyond doubt - and sure Petit buggered off to Barca too!

starviewadams

--Reina--
---Finnan---Carragher----Hyppia----Riise---

---McManaman---Gerrard---Alonso---Berger---

- --Fowler---Torres---

Subs:
Owen
McAllister
Hamann
Henchoz
Dudek
Garcia
Barnes
Murphy

OPENROAD

yahoo_moe wrote: »

F

I just think the quality of Fabregas' play is beyond doubt - and sure Petit buggered off to Barca too!

True, stick in Edu instead :P always thought we let him go too easily, actually forgot about Gilberto also.

davyjose

Het-Field wrote: »

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David James

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Glen Johnson

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Rio Ferdinand

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Matty Upson

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Julian Dicks

Eyal Berko

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Frank Lampard

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Javier Mascherano----Joe Cole

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Carols Tevez

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Paolo Di Canio

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That's actually an incredible team.

lordgoat

That west ham team would certainly be up there. Kudos

RichTea

Not Premier League but I couldn't resist.

Roma XI since 1992.



.......................Antonioli............................

Cafu.........Samuel......Aldair.......Candela...

........De Rossi.....Tommasi........Emerson

.........................Totti.........................

....Batistuta.....................Montella.........

dfx-

Westerveld

Hyypia
Henchoz
Wright

Bjornebye
Redknapp
Hamann
Gerrard
McManaman

Fowler
Owen

Subs:

Carragher
Berger
Torres
Finnan
Dudek
Riise
Garcia
Ince

M5

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Given

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Taylor-Woodgate-Albert-Enrique

--Solano-Beardsley-Lee-Ginola--

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Shearer-Cole

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Amazing how easy it was to pick attackers and even recalling a reasonable full back was next nigh impossible

410 PL goals in that team :eek:

RichTea

Seaneh wrote: »

Rossi
Cafu Nesta Baresi Maldini
Pirlo
Gattauso Boban
Kaka
Shevchenko Van Bastan

Subs:
Costacurta

Leaving out Costacurta?! Hands off Cafu, he's ours mate! :P

SlickRic

by the way, AC Milan wins this thread hands down.

RichTea

SlickRic wrote: »

by the way, AC Milan wins this thread hands down.

Undoubtedly, despite their not being in the Premier League. :P

parker kent

davyjose wrote: »

I think that legendary defensive partnership deserves at least one of those players on the best XI. I could have gone for Pallister, but his strike rate, leadership, those Sheffield Wednesday goals, and the iconic head bandage forced my hand in Bruce's favour.

Neither of them should be in there. Stam/Johnsen and Rio/Vidic are better. Bruce and Pallister worked well in England but were all at sea in Europe. The two pairings above have been excellent at all levels.

tdv123

RichTea wrote: »

Leaving out Costacurta?! Hands off Cafu, he's ours mate! :P

Yeah Costacurta should be right back for Milan. He was there his whole career & was one of the best defenders of his generation plus Cafu was past his best by the time he came to Milan.

Pepe LeFrits

davyjose wrote: »

That's actually an incredible team.

... not while playing for West Ham, though.

RichTea

tdv123 wrote: »

Yeah Costacurta should be right back for Milan. He was there his whole career & was one of the best defenders of his generation plus Cafu was past his best by the time he came to Milan.

Amen to that. If only Serie A was that good again.

Smegball

Anyone care to make a Madrid one

RichTea

Smegball wrote: »

Anyone care to make a Madrid one

It'd be a pleasure


...........Casillas..........

Salgado......Hierro.....Helguera....Roberto Carlos.....

..................Makelele....................


Figo.........................................Seedorf.......

.....................Zidane.................

...........Raul..................Ronaldo



Prefer Barcelona's

....................Zubizarreta

Puyol.....De Boer.....Koeman.......Nadal....


....................Guardiola......................

....Xavi.............................Iniesta......


...Messi......Romario..........Rivaldo

tdv123

RichTea wrote: »

It'd be a pleasure


...........Casillas..........

Salgado......Hierro.....Helguera....Roberto Carlos.....

..................Makelele....................


Figo.........................................Seedorf.......

.....................Zidane.................

...........Raul..................Ronaldo



Prefer Barcelona's

....................Zubizarreta

Puyol.....De Boer.....Koeman.......Nadal....


....................Guardiola......................

....Xavi.............................Iniesta......


...Messi......Romario..........Rivaldo

Redondo. Then its perfect.

RichTea

tdv123 wrote: »

Redondo. Then its perfect.

Ahhh Redondo! Very worthy of a place in that team, but then again I do like Claude.

Seaneh

RichTea wrote: »

Leaving out Costacurta?! Hands off Cafu, he's ours mate! :P

Well, he was a centreback, he played right and left full a few times but it wasn't his position and there is no way he is better then Nesta or Baresi, as much as I love him.


As for cafu, he won more with us in 5 years then he did with you lot in 6, so :P

RichTea

Seaneh wrote: »

Well, he was a centreback, he played right and left full a few times but it wasn't his position and there is no way he is better then Nesta or Baresi, as much as I love him.

Need to find a place for him. Even if it's up front, the man deserves it!

As for cafu, he won more with us in 5 years then he did with you lot in 6, so :P

Hurts.

Seaneh

RichTea wrote: »

Need to find a place for him. Even if it's up front, the man deserves it!



Hurts.

billy in the team, cafu on the bench. But what a player to have on the bench!

tdv123

RichTea wrote: »

Ahhh Redondo! Very worthy of a place in that team, but then again I do like Claude.

As amazing Claude was I think Redondo was cut above. He was in the Matthaus class of central midfielders.

And he's also a great excuse to bring this goal up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9I6rOtCYR0

You could just watch that all day over & over again & never get bored.