Friday OT: all-time Premier League XI

[Mensa07]

apologies for the OT, just thought I'd kick something off for a bit of friday banter, assume a few of you will be footy fans?

Just wondered who your Premier League XI would be, don't have to try and balance the team, or anything fancy, just the best player in each position (say 4-4-2 for simplicity) since the start of the PL (93-94? can't remember).

ok, I'd go with:

GK - Schmeichel
LB - A Cole
CB - Adams
CB - Stam
RB - G Neville
RM - Ronaldo
CM - Scholes
CM - Gerrard (just got the nod over Keane)
LM - Giggs
CF - Shearer
CF - Henry

anyone else?

[youngrell]

For me:

GK - Schmeichel
LB - Irwin
CB - Vidic
CB - Stam
RB - G Neville
RM - Ronaldo
CM - Scholes
CM - Keane
LM - Giggs
CF - Van Nistelrooy
CF - Henry

Yes I'm a United fan haha

[stujones]

As Mensa's side but Keane for Scholes and Campbell for Stam.

[freddydoesdallas]

For all those out there who don't follow the top few clubs:

Jussi Jaaskilinen

Roland Nilsson Stubbs Radebe Pearce

Kincladze Batty Gary McAllister Froggat

Le Tissier Dion Dublin

[doctorboxing]

apologies for the OT, just thought I'd kick something off for a bit of friday banter, assume a few of you will be footy fans?

Just wondered who your Premier League XI would be, don't have to try and balance the team, or anything fancy, just the best player in each position (say 4-4-2 for simplicity) since the start of the PL (93-94? can't remember).

ok, I'd go with:

GK - Schmeichel
LB - A Cole
CB - Adams
CB - Stam
RB - G Neville
RM - Ronaldo
CM - Scholes
CM - Gerrard (just got the nod over Keane)
LM - Giggs
CF - Shearer
CF - Henry

anyone else?

Bergkamp, Zola and Viera would be first picks for me.

[larry cake]

for me it would be;

1. schmichiel
2. cole
3. terry
4. adams
5. neville
6. ginola
7. keane
8. viera
9. ronaldo
10. shearer
11. henry

[CB]

For all those out there who don't follow the top few clubs:

Jussi Jaaskilinen

Roland Nilsson Stubbs Radebe Pearce

Kincladze Batty Gary McAllister Froggat

Le Tissier Dion Dublin

5 ex-Cov in there I like it!

[Dioufy]

I f*cking hate Jussi - both personally and as a goalkeeper. Our best goalie plays for Wigan, IMO.

[LeedsLad]

Radebe was easily better than Terry or Ferdinand.... and at least on a par with Stam.

For those few years between 1998 and 2002 he was probably among the top 3 centrebacks in Europe.

[Old bones Ian]

1. Tiabi
2. Elena Marcelino
3. William Prunier
4. Alphonse Groendijk
5. Winston Bogarde
6. Juan Sebastian Veron
7. Bruno Cheyrou
8. Eric Djemba-Djemba
9. Christopher Wreh
10. Tomas Brolin
11. Ali Dia

[CEO_Hoodlem]

David Seaman
Stuart pearce
Tony adams
Jaap stam
Gary Neville
Marc overmars
Patrick vieira
Gazza
Ronaldo
Ian wright
Dennis bergkamp

[CEO_Hoodlem]

You can't have Paul Gascoigne. He only played for Middlesbrough and Everton in the PL and didn't set the league on fire.

I dont care he played in the prem and he is a legend. So hes in my team

[Dan Dares]

1. Tiabi
2. Elena Marcelino
3. William Prunier
4. Alphonse Groendijk
5. Winston Bogarde
6. Juan Sebastian Veron
7. Bruno Cheyrou
8. Eric Djemba-Djemba
9. Christopher Wreh
10. Tomas Brolin
11. Ali Dia

Although I'd probably swap Wreh for Marco Boogers

[Yes We Can]

Seamen
Dixon
Winterburn
Adams
Bould
Beckham
Giggs
Keane
Scholes
Hasselbaink
Gudjohnsen

[Old bones Ian]

Even though i can't stand Leeds Utd, Tony Yeboah was great

[Wax On]

Schmeichel
Neville
Hendry
Ferdinand
Cole
Ronaldo
Viera
Keane
Giggs
Shearer
Henry

Pretty much the same as most, can't believe no right backs stand out more than G Neville? Had to put Colin Hendry in, the guy was class, he'd tackle with his face if it meant saving a goal. Agree with the Leeds fan earlier too, I'm a bolton fan, but for a couple of years I think Radebe was the best defender in England!! I was tempted to put Hierro in........watched him play for Bolton for a year and he never misplaced a pass once :)

[Craig14]

You can't have Paul Gascoigne. He only played for Middlesbrough and Everton in the PL and didn't set the league on fire.

Whats the premier league? Gazza's a legend. Not many of these pussies in the 'premier league' can tie his shoe laces. You do know there was football before the premier league.

[banjo]

Schmeichel

Petrescu
Desailly
Leboef
Irwin

Ronaldo
Keane
Poyet
Overmars

Shearer
Fowler

[Deadendgeneration]

You can't have Paul Gascoigne. He only played for Middlesbrough and Everton in the PL and didn't set the league on fire.

Whats the premier league? Gazza's a legend. Not many of these pussies in the 'premier league' can tie his shoe laces. You do know there was football before the premier league.

I'm not denying he was a great player. But this thread is for an all time 'premier league XI', it's in the thread title. The PL started in 1992, and he left you for Lazio that year. I just don't think his spells at Middlesbrough and Everton were good enough to put him anywhere near the likes of Scholes, Vieira, Keane etc

Hierro Desailly

Laudrup Gullit Deschamps Djorkaeff

Weah Klinsman

Anyone want to add to my team of great players who didn't play their best football in the premier league but did play in it.

[Deadendgeneration]

I'd put Larsson in instead of Klinsman.

Vialli in with a shout?

[banjo]

I never rated Weah as highly as people seem to, he was a top class player but I never felt he was ever the best player in the world.

[Deadendgeneration]

Very possibly a political pick but he was clearly a very good player. There were better forwards about at the time he won it though (Romario, Batistuta, Stoichkov, Baggio)

[freddydoesdallas]

I'd have loved to have seen Batigol plying his trade in England. He was the reason i watched Gazzetta Italia on C4

[hurlock]

cant believe knowbody put in cantona :!:

[Pat Butcher]

You can't have Paul Gascoigne. He only played for Middlesbrough and Everton in the PL and didn't set the league on fire.

Whats the premier league? Gazza's a legend. Not many of these pussies in the 'premier league' can tie his shoe laces. You do know there was football before the premier league.

Don't be daft, Sky invented football in 1992, don't you know anything!

Oh and Gary Neville is no way be the best right back in the last 20 years