greatest premiership team of all time

Iused2likebusts

In line with another thread that's just been started what about the greatest team to have played in the Pl era. The team I've picked would be based on their best season as opposed to picking somebody based on consistency and trophies won over a number of years.

Schmeichel
zabelata adams terry cole
Keane Viera
scholes
Ronaldo henry suarez

IrishIrish

Schmeichel

Cole
Ferdinand
Adams
G Neville

Keane
Vieira
Scholes

Henry
Shearer
Ronaldo

IncognitoMan

___________________Gk - Schmeichel_____________________

Rb - G. Neville____Cb - Vidic _____Cb -Terry ____Lb - Ashley Cole

______________Cm - Keane_____ Cm - Vieira_________________

____________________Cm - Scholes_________________________

Fw - C.Ronaldo________Fw - Van Nistelrooy__________Fw - Henry

LostBoy101

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Schmeichel

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G. Neville

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Vidic

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Adams

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Cole

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Keane----Vieira----Scholes

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---Ronaldo

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Shearer

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Henry

Bounty Hunter

LostBoy101 wrote: »

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Schmeichel

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G. Neville---VidicMcGrath

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Adams

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Cole

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Keane----Vieira----Scholes

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---Ronaldo

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Shearer

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Henry

Actually think its hard to argue against this team, sure some would say Suarez, Zola or Bergkamp could deserve a place upfront or Gerrard/Lampard for example in midfield and Terry or someone similar in Def but the only change I would make is McGrath instead of Vidic as Paul played in the Premiership (albeit briefly) and he's probably still my favourite ever player.

LostBoy101

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

Actually think its hard to argue against this team, sure some would say Suarez, Zola or Bergkamp could deserve a place upfront or Gerrard/Lampard for example in midfield and Terry or someone similar in Def but the only change I would make is McGrath instead of Vidic as Paul played in the Premiership (albeit briefly) and he's probably still my favourite ever player.

I choose Vidic as I never seen McGrath play during my generation. I was thinking of adding in Suarez or Bergkamp but Shearer's goal scoring record places himself in my team of PL greats.

gosplan

It's very hard to judge tbh. The quality of player in the premiership has gone way way up.

What I mean is that the goalscoring record of Shearer compares to Ronaldo or Suarez but I don't think he compares tbh.

Even as an Arsenal fan, I'd question Adams. If this was a team of the players playing in their prime, would he get in? I mean how would he hold up against people like Ferdinand, Kompany etc. Also don't forget players like Hierro and Pique too.

I mean if you were a world class forward now, not someone playing back then but playing these days - would you rather be up against Adams or someone else?

Edited: don't get me wrong I love Adams. I just feel there's an argument that if you transported someone like say Yaya back 15 years, he'd have an absolute field day.

Alfred Borden

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Schmeichel

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Zabaleta

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Vidic

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Terry

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Cole

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Lampard----Vieira----Scholes

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---Ronaldo

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Bergkamp

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Henry

Andersonisgod

Schmeichel
G. Neville, Carvalho, Terry, Cole
Yaya Toure, Makelele, Scholes
Ronaldo, Drogba, Henry

thebaz

Schmeichel

Bale
Desailly
Terry
Irwin

Keane
Gullit
Giggs

Henry
Shearer
Cantona

Skylinehead

Don't really get the Drogba inclusions, he was poor more seasons than not in the league. Certainly doesn't deserve to be there ahead of the likes of van Nistelrooy/Shearer.

GT_TDI_150

P. Schmeichel

G. Neville - J. Stam - V. Kompany - D. Irwin

P. Viera - P. Scholes

C. Ronaldo - T. Henry - R.Giggs

Shearer

Subs:
S. Given
T. Adams
S. Campbell
Ashley Cole
J.Carrigher
Roy keane
G.Speed
D. Ginola
G. Zola
R.vNistelrooy
D.Bergkamp

GavRedKing

Cech
Neville JT Stam Cole
Ronaldo Keane Vieira Giggs
Henry Bergkamp

Larry Wildman

......................Schmiechel.........................


G Neville.......Stam........Kompany.....Cole


............................Keane...........................


.................Scholes........Toure...................


.......Ronaldo.......Shearer...........Henry.....

oldyouth

Bloomin' Man U love-in thread

Iused2likebusts

oldyouth wrote: »

Bloomin' Man U love-in thread

They have been pretty decent in the PL era so no surprise . G Neville is the only one Id think is out of place. Good consistent player won lots of titles but I think neville at his best and zabaleta at his best is no contest.

Larry Wildman

oldyouth wrote: »

Bloomin' Man U love-in thread

Weird that...you'd almost think that they've dominated the Premiership era

Lostman1990

Schmeichel

Lauren Vidic Adams Cole


Keane Vieria Lampard

Ronaldo Henry

Shearer

People will probably disagree with Lauren's inclusion. I loved watching him play in that Arsenal team. Fantastic going forward....Was hard to leave out John Terry, Bergkamp, Van Nistlerooy too. And Yaya Toure....

ArtyM

Would Veira and Keane not be two very similar players to have in the same team?

My Team

Cech

G-Neville-Terry-Stam-Cole

Cantona-Viera-Scholes-Bale

Suarez- Van Nistelroy

Brussels Sprout

IncognitoMan wrote: »

___________________Gk - Schmeichel_____________________

Rb - G. Neville____Cb - Vidic _____Cb -Terry ____Lb - Ashley Cole

______________Cm - Keane_____ Cm - Vieira_________________

____________________Cm - Scholes_________________________

Fw - C.Ronaldo________Fw - Van Nistelrooy__________Fw - Henry

You wouldn't happen to be a Man Utd fan by any chance?

RickyBobby1

Schemical

Irwin
Terry
Kompany
Cole

Beckham
Keane
Gerrard

Shearer
Henry
Bergkamp

eagle eye

Thats the best team I can think of.

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Schmeichel
Irwin

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Adams

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Terry

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Cole

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Keane

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Viera

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Gerrard
Ronaldo

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Shearer

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Henry

Subs: Seaman, Dixon, Stam, Lampard, Zola, Rooney, Bergkamp

Skylinehead

Brussels Sprout wrote: »

You wouldn't happen to be a Man Utd fan by any chance?

Man Utd wouldn't happen to have dominated the Premier League era by any chance?

I'm not a fan and they have most of the players in my team too.

GT_TDI_150 wrote: »

V. Kompany

Larry Wildman wrote: »

Kompany

EuropeanSon

Players I've seen (so since about 2000)

Cech
Zabaleta Campbell Ferdinand Cole
Viera Scholes
Gerrard
Ronaldo Drogba Henry


Campbell versus Terry versus Vidic was a tough call.

RFOLEY1990

Van der Sar

Neville Vidic Terry Cole

. . . . . . . Keane

. . . . . Vieira Gerrard

Ronaldo. . Bergkamp. . . Henry

bUILDERtHEbOB

Only picking players I'm old enough to remember properly:

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Cech

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Zabaleta--Carvalho----Vidic--Cole

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Mascherano----Toure

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Ronaldo

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Gerrard

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Pires

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Henry

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1) Right backs are pretty weak, I wouldn't say Zabaleta is anything special but he edges the likes of Sagna and Ivanovic, would have only caught the tail end of Neville's career, who by all accounts, wasn't anything special either.
2) Mascherano is arguably a biased pick, but IMO he was very under rated by a lot of people when he played at Liverpool. Also, for the sake of a balanced tea, he gets in.

Lukker-

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Schmeichel

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Neville-Carvalho-Terry-Cole

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Keane

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Scholes-Lampard

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Henry

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Ronaldo

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Shearer

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I think Lampard has to be in the line-up for his stats alone, 2nd on the all time assists chart, 5th in the goal scorers. The next closest midfielder is Gerrard in 17th. Hard to leave out Giggs, he probably deserves it over Ronaldo for longevity but Ronaldo was one of those once in a generation type players.

stiffler123

Schmeichel
Zabaleta Stam Terry Cole
Ronaldo Keane Viera Pires
Suarez Henry

Super-Rush

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Schmeichel

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Neville-Adams-Bruce-Irwin
--Keane-Viera--
Ronaldo-Bergkamp-Henry

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Shearer

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SeanJ09

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Schmeichel

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Nevillle-Campbell-Stam-Cole
Ronaldo-Viera- Keane- Pires

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Suarez--- Henry

Subs: Van Nistelrooy, Vidic,Bergkamp, Gerrard, Van Der Sar, Torres, Gallas, Terry.

SeanJ09

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

They have been pretty decent in the PL era so no surprise . G Neville is the only one Id think is out of place. Good consistent player won lots of titles but I think neville at his best and zabaleta at his best is no contest.

Oranage2

Shmeikel

Irwin
Campbell
Stam
Cole

Vieira
Scholes
Keane

Ronaldo
Shearer
Henry


I think Keane has made every team but if English fans made a best Prem eleven I wonder if he'd make it I'm not so sure.

gosplan

Oranage2 wrote: »

Shmeikel

Irwin
Campbell
Stam
Cole

Vieira
Scholes
Keane

Ronaldo
Shearer
Henry


I think Keane has made every team but if English fans made a best Prem eleven I wonder if he'd make it I'm not so sure.

Yup. People have also included McGrath and Irwin. There's no way that nearly a third of this team are Irish.

One of the Keane/Vieira positions HAS to go to Makelele. He was the best DMF in the world over the last 2 decades.

Larry Wildman

McGrath's inclusion is laughable.

An unprofessional alcoholic who was injured for every second game and failed when he was given a shot at a big club.

Yes he produced some fantastic displays (e.g. Giants Stadium) but in the context of a greatest Premiership XI of all time?

No chance.

thebaz

Larry Wildman wrote: »

McGrath's inclusion is laughable.

An unprofessional lush who was injured for every second game.

wow - such respect for a real Irish legend - ask anyone who played with or against him , and they'll tell you how good he was - yes, he had personal problems , but hardly deserving of such insensitive jibes

Larry Wildman

thebaz wrote: »

wow - such respect for a real Irish legend - ask anyone who played with or against him , and they'll tell you how good he was - yes, he had personal problems , but hardly deserving of such insensitive jibes

That sort of stuff is floated in every sport..."he was an incredible ball striker" in golf is a great one. It's the hallmark of someone who had potential and threw it away.

McGrath on occasion produced superb performances but the bottom line is that he was an unprofessional player and a failure at Manchester United.

To be honest, it's an affront to truly great players like Ronaldo, Henry, Schmiechel, etc to have someone like Paul McGrath even mentioned in the context of something like this. If he wasn't Irish, he wouldn't get a mention. If I was picking a team like this, I wouldn't let him into the stadium.

The Floyd p

Schmeichel

Zabaleta
Adams
Terry
Cole

Keane
Scholes

Ronaldo
Bergkamp
Henry

Shearer

Voila!

thebaz

Larry Wildman wrote: »

If I was picking a team like this, I wouldn't let him into the stadium.

thats your opinion , which to me is uneducated - but to deride an Irish legend , who gave so much , much more than any of todays generation, with cheap insensitive comments is what made me so ****ing angry

Larry Wildman

thebaz wrote: »

thats your opinion , which to me is uneducated - but to deride an Irish legend , who gave so much , much more than any of todays generation, with cheap insensitive comments is what made me so ****ing angry

You're entitled to your opinion.

But to claim that an alcoholic who would routinely miss training and who couldn't train "gave much more than any of today's generation" is real misty eyed stuff.

I'm all for romanticism but Paul McGrath isn't fit to lace the boots of someone like Vincent Kompany, Jaap Stam or Nemanja Vidic.

Skylinehead

Larry Wildman wrote: »

Paul McGrath isn't fit to lace the boots of someone like Vincent Kompany

Vincent Kompany is the most overrated defender of the last 10 years. Seriously, he's not that good.

thebaz

Larry Wildman wrote: »

But to claim that an alcoholic who would routinely miss training and who couldn't train "gave much more than any of today's generation" is real misty eyed stuff.

he missed training because his knee was ****ed- he had a drink problem , so had Maradonna , that didn't stop him being the best player in the world - it was your original snide insenitive comment about McGrath that i took issue with (which you changed) - anyway eneogh

adox

Larry Wildman wrote: »

You're entitled to your opinion.

But to claim that an alcoholic who would routinely miss training and who couldn't train "gave much more than any of today's generation" is real misty eyed stuff.

I'm all for romanticism but Paul McGrath isn't fit to lace the boots of someone like Vincent Kompany, Jaap Stam or Nemanja Vidic.

Ah would ya stop.

Zico

Larry Wildman wrote: »

You're entitled to your opinion.

But to claim that an alcoholic who would routinely miss training and who couldn't train "gave much more than any of today's generation" is real misty eyed stuff.

I'm all for romanticism but Paul McGrath isn't fit to lace the boots of someone like Vincent Kompany, Jaap Stam or Nemanja Vidic.

This thread is about one season wonders and McGrath was unbelievable in the '92-'93 season.

Ian Harte is another one who had one mega season, but wouldn't be on any greatest players list.

erkifino

Larry Wildman wrote: »

You're entitled to your opinion.

But to claim that an alcoholic who would routinely miss training and who couldn't train "gave much more than any of today's generation" is real misty eyed stuff.

I'm all for romanticism but Paul McGrath isn't fit to lace the boots of someone like Vincent Kompany, Jaap Stam or Nemanja Vidic.

Wasn't he done for performance enhancing drugs? Alcoholism is an illness not a choice.


As for right back, I've always thought Carr and Finnan were class but the whole bias thing could play it's part with those thoughts.

Richard Hillman

GK Van Der Saar

RB Zabaleta CB Ferdinand CB Terry LB Cole
CM Lampard CM Keane CM Viera
FW Ronaldo CF Shearer FW Henry



I feel dirty for leaving Denis Bergkamp out

GT_TDI_150

erkifino wrote: »

Wasn't he done for performance enhancing drugs? Alcoholism is an illness not a choice.

Not while in the premier league