Barclays best ever premier league XI

efb

Its only been the Barclays Premier League since 2007, does that affect selection?

1993–2001: Carling (FA Carling Premiership)
2004–2007: Barclaycard (Barclaycard Premiership)
2007–present: Barclays (Barclays Premier League)

Quazzie

efb wrote: »

Its only been the Barclays Premier League since 2007, does that affect selection?

1993–2001: Carling (FA Carling Premiership)
2004–2007: Barclaycard (Barclaycard Premiership)
2007–present: Barclays (Barclays Premier League)

If it does it makes Cantona's inclusion even more bizarre.

Warper

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

They didn't win anything with him last season though. He struggled without Alonso there and was panned by lots of supporters, including those of Liverpool. Scholes in contrast was keeping United's title charge going and even with his old legs, Fergie still had to keep playing him in the big games. You can't praise Gerrard for the good times and ignore the bad times. Gerrard has been an outstanding player but has he shown consistent brilliance? Not for me.

Gerrard has shown consistent brilliance, year in, year out imo. Has Scholes shown consistent brilliance throughout his career. From what I can remember there were a lot of people saying he was finished a few years ago. Over the past 4 seasons in the PL, Scholes has scored 12 goals and 11 assists. Hardly something to write home about.

flahavaj

Warper wrote: »

Gerrard has shown consistent brilliance, year in, year out imo. Has Scholes shown consistent brilliance throughout his career. From what I can remember there were a lot of people saying he was finished a few years ago. Over the past 4 seasons in the PL, Scholes has scored 12 goals and 11 assists. Hardly something to write home about.

Football isn't just about goals and assists. Look at Xabi Alonso's record of those stats pulling one such example out of the air. great players can influence the game from different areas of the pitch, not just in and around the box.

Warper

flahavaj wrote: »

Football isn't just about goals and assists. Look at Xabi Alonso's record of those stats pulling one such example out of the air. great players can influence the game from different areas of the pitch, not just in and around the box.

Fair enough, lets just agree to disagree here. We could go on all night. Everyones fav team is going to be different and we are just going around in circles now. There is no correct answer - its a matter of opinion.

adox

Warper wrote: »

Fair enough, lets just agree to disagree here. We could go on all night. Everyones fav team is going to be different and we are just going around in circles now. There is no correct answer - its a matter of opinion.

To be fair I only named half a team.

You are right that it's all about opinions but I think you know deep down Scholes is by far the better footballer.

Warper

adox wrote: »

To be fair I only named half a team.

You are right that it's all about opinions but I think you know deep down Scholes is by far the better footballer.

And Im an Everton fan, wtf am I doing bigging up Gerrard?

8-10

Iago wrote: »

I reckon you lose every match you play with that team. To say that one selection is a joke and then not even find a place on the bench for either Keane or Viera is ironic imo

To say that Vieira does enough to be included in a Premier League's best list, but doesn't do enough for you (and literally about 10 others in this thread - search for it) to be able to spell his name correctly, is ironic imo.

Seriously, it's only 6 letters. How can he be one of the leagues best players if nobody remembers his name? Thank Christ we're not looking to include Quincy Owusu-Abeyie or Diniyar Rinatovich Bilyaletdinov.

ROCKMAN

Warper wrote: »

Gerrard has shown consistent brilliance, year in, year out imo.

Bull last season for example he went missing at key times

Has Scholes shown consistent brilliance throughout his career
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In a word yes , the odd bad game but who doesn't

From what I can remember there were a lot of people saying he was finished a few years ago.

Do you mean when he nearly when blind and miss the whole season :rolleyes:

Over the past 4 seasons in the PL, Scholes has scored 12 goals and 11 assists.
Hardly something to write home about.

You mean went he was winning 3 League titles , a Champions League , 2 League Cups and a WORLD Club Cup ,:D
You're right nothing to be proud of :rolleyes:

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SlickRic

i don't mean to make this worse , but Scholes has had as many bad seasons as Gerrard.

i'd have Scholes in my team, mainly because of the synergy he has with Keane who i also had in my midfield.

but there's not a huge amount between them in terms of talent.

they're also different players. Gerrard is a 'moment of inspiration' player, whose literally a force of nature who takes teams by the scruff of the neck and drags them through the mud at his best.

Scholes keeps the team ticking over, goes unnoticed, barely wastes a pass at his best, has unrivalled vision and pops up with goals.

it depends on your taste and what you want from your CM of choice.