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    GK Schmeichel
    DR Cesar Az
    DC Campbell
    DC Radebe
    DL Pearce
    MC Petit
    MC Alonso
    MC Ramsey
    FR Suarez
    FC Hasselbank
    FL Sterling

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    Beebs told me to pick him Jens Lehmann as he's busy atm.

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    Patrick Vieira
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    David Seaman
    Claude Makelele
    Gary Neville
    Robin Van Persie
    Marc Overmars
    Michael Owen
    Alexis Sanchez
    Kolo Toure

    Gael Clichy

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    Ronny Johnsen

    GK - David de Gea
    RB - Lauren
    CB - Jaap Stam
    CB - Ronny Johnsen
    LB - Graeme Le Saux
    DM - Michael Carrick
    CM - Yaya Toure
    CM - Michael Ballack
    RW - Joe Cole
    LW
    CF - Sergio Aguero

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    GK - Edwin Van der Saar
    RB Lee Dixon
    CB Steve Bruce
    CB Gary Pallister
    LB Ian Harte
    RM Harry Kewell
    Cm Gilberto Silva
    Cm JayJay Okacha
    LM Ryan Giggs
    CF Teddy Sheringham
    CF Dwight Yorke

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    Is it defo my go?

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    Leroy Sane

    GK - David de Gea
    RB - Lauren
    CB - Jaap Stam
    CB - Ronny Johnsen
    LB - Graeme Le Saux
    DM - Michael Carrick
    CM - Yaya Toure
    CM - Michael Ballack
    RW - Joe Cole
    LW - Leroy Sane
    CF - Sergio Aguero

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    Nigel Martyn

    Gk- Nigel Martyn
    LB- Ashley Cole
    CB- Jonathan Woodgate
    CB- Jamie Carragher
    RB- Bacary Sagna
    LM- Robert Pires
    CM- Steven Gerrard
    CM- Javier Mascherano
    RM- Wilfried Zaha
    FW- Nicolas Anelka
    FW-Dennis Bergkamp

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    Just @Simon to wrap things up.

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    Once Simon has gone, @Alex will be ripping apart our XIs. We'll have a chance to respond before we vote for the best side.

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    I'm in for ripping sides to shreds too

    Griffin I'm looking at you

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    Sorted. Torn and Alex will give their unique views of each time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Torn View Post
    I'm in for ripping sides to shreds too

    Griffin I'm looking at you

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    The best pure striker in PL history up top - 260 goals in PL says it all.

    The best player in the PL over the last two years plays his natural position, Le God freed up in his preferred attacking role (and he's on penalties 48/49).

    Steve McManaman and David Beckham cover the flanks, smacking crosses in to Shearer's T-zone. I foresee a lot of interplay between Stevie Mac and Le Tiss in these positons.

    The absolute machine and heart of 2 PL winning teams Michael Essien breaks down the opposition in the middle, allowing the deep-lying playmaker skill merchant Tugay to spread play at ease.

    Jan Vertonghen has played comfortably on the left central side of defence, William Gallas has on the right central side, both allowing God, a PFA Player of the Year in Paul McGrath, to stop everything. "“He was an exceptionally skillful and stylish defender, with marvelous innate athleticism, a man whose abilities stood comparison with any central defender in the game.” - Alex Ferguson

    Pepe Reina with one of the best clean sheet ratios in PL history takes the gloves.

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    As I've got two Gods in my team, I call the team "Polytheism FC"

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Rosk View Post


    The best pure striker in PL history up top - 260 goals in PL says it all.

    The best player in the PL over the last two years plays his natural position, Le God freed up in his preferred attacking role (and he's on penalties 48/49).

    Steve McManaman and David Beckham cover the flanks, smacking crosses in to Shearer's T-zone. I foresee a lot of interplay between Stevie Mac and Le Tiss in these positons.

    The absolute machine and heart of 2 PL winning teams Michael Essien breaks down the opposition in the middle, allowing the deep-lying playmaker skill merchant Tugay to spread play at ease.

    Jan Vertonghen has played comfortably on the left central side of defence, William Gallas has on the right central side, both allowing God, a PFA Player of the Year in Paul McGrath, to stop everything. "“He was an exceptionally skillful and stylish defender, with marvelous innate athleticism, a man whose abilities stood comparison with any central defender in the game.” - Alex Ferguson

    Pepe Reina with one of the best clean sheet ratios in PL history takes the gloves.
    Way too attacking for me Clive. Essien would need to do the work of four men in that defensive mid position. Shearer would score hatfuls though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon View Post
    Way too attacking for me Clive. Essien would need to do the work of four men in that defensive mid position. Shearer would score hatfuls though.
    You're absolutely right Simon, I should have signed Stephen Carr.

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    Kante covers for the full backs so they can get forward to their hearts' content. It's all been thought through to the last detail.

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    "There was no other defensive midfielder in the Premier League that could play like Tugay could." Peter Schmeichel

    "I think Stephen Carr played at right back?"
    Peter Schmeichel

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Rosk View Post
    "There was no other defensive midfielder in the Premier League that could play like Tugay could." Peter Schmeichel
    I would broadly agree with that, there was no other defensive midfielder that was as slow as Tugay, as unfit as Tugay or looked as much like that bloke out of Curb Your Enthusiasm as Tugay.

    Steve Carr was bloody good for years you bag of old shite.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon View Post
    I would broadly agree with that, there was no other defensive midfielder that was as slow as Tugay, as unfit as Tugay or looked as much like that bloke out of Curb Your Enthusiasm as Tugay.

    Steve Carr was bloody good for years you bag of old shite.
    Your knowledge of how defensive midfield positions work in reality is clear when you play Pro Clubs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Griffin View Post
    Let's have a Rosk style breakdown of your team tell me why I'm wrong (which I'm NOT). Everyone else do the same thanks.

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    Its only a bit of fun ffs we are not picking the pfa team of the century here.

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    Just put this together to make it a bit easier to see each team:

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

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    I've also set up a Eurovision style voting poll that I'll link to when we've heard from Torn and Alex and debated a little.

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    Haha I was working on something similar but thats pretty much it.

    Hugely surprised the likes of Cole, Keane and Defoe didn't get picked up. Same for Schwarzer and Phil Neville.

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    Number of appearances isn't everything. Hence why Gary Speed wasn't picked until Round 500 or whatever it was.

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    Just some quick notes from looking through, breaking it down by positions...

    Best goalkeeper:
    1. Romford Pele (Schmeichel)
    2. wardy (De Gea)
    3. Ringo (Cech)
    4. connorboy (van der Sar)
    5. Reech (Seaman)

    Best defence:
    1. Ringo (Irwin/Kompany/Alderweireld/Ivanovic)
    2. Matt E (Evra/Southgate/Hyypia/Zabaleta)
    3. wardy (Le Saux/Stam/Johnsen/Lauren)
    4. Jimikey (Baines/Adams/Vidic/Walker)
    5. connorboy (Harte/Pallister/Bruce/Dixon)

    Best midfield:
    1. wardy (Carrick/Toure/Ballack)
    2. Simon (Kante/Modric/Speed)
    3. Jimikey (Milner/De Bruyne/Scholes)
    4. Romford Pele (Alonso/Petit/Ramsey)
    5. Peter Griffin (Taylor/Lampard/Ince)

    Best attack:
    1. Matt E (Hazard/Cantona/Ronaldo/Torres)
    2. Reech (Overmars/Sanchez/Van Persie/Owen)
    3. The Beer Monster (Pires/Bergkamp/Zaha/Anelka)
    4. The Rosk (Le Tissier/Salah/Shearer)
    5. Simon (Robben/Tevez/Kane)

    BBF the only person not to get a top 5 rating in any of them
    Last edited by Simon; June 4th, 2019 at 6:35 AM.

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    Don't worry The Rosk, along with BBF your issue is that your team works better as a unit rather than broken down into individual elements.

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    Your team would coast the league in Upside Down Land.

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    Opposite World*

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    Premier League positions:

    12th:



    11th



    10th


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    Quote Originally Posted by BBF View Post

    CM - Gareth Barry. Barry is the model professional.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex View Post
    Premier League positions:

    12th:



    11th



    10th

    Fuming about your deliberate misinterpretation of my tactical setup, but I'll let you off because of "Ledley King will cheerlead from the sidelines during training to keep the intensity up."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex View Post


    He was Lem in that scenario. A lovely bloke led astray by the greed and stupidity of his teammates.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex View Post
    Premier League positions:

    12th:



    11th



    10th

    Nice trolling

    Totally disagree. Alonso dictates play from deep alongside Petit, with Ramsey breaking off to support the attack.

    Suarez and Sterling are both so good and hard working that they can drop in when we don't have the ball and press up the pitch.

    Hasselbank is a top drawer finisher, Suarez is world class so nearly men is also wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Romford Pele View Post
    Suarez is world class so nearly men is also wrong.
    You're playing him right midfield.

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    You missed a trick by not picking Sturridge instead of Hasselbaink, posting a youtube video of the Liverpool attack in 2014 and finishing top 3.

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    Nope right forward in a 4 3 3. Was he right mid as Barca with Messi and Neymar?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BBF View Post
    You missed a trick by not picking Sturridge instead of Hasselbaink, posting a youtube video of the Liverpool attack in 2014 and finishing top 3.
    I did think about that but I just don't think he is that good

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    No he was centre forward. You've literally just said he will "drop in".

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    He was in a front 3 there as he is here

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    This isn't a La Liga XI, and you're playing him right midfield. That takes Suarez from a 9 to a 5. You can't just shoehorn players in.

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    Aaron Ramsey is also a liability in this company. You can't just rate players based on Cardiff at home here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex View Post
    Aaron Ramsey is also a liability in this company. You can't just rate players based on Cardiff at home here.
    He was also excellent against Fulham.

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    Ramsey scored the winning goal in two cup finals, one of which was V Chelsea. He's an excellent player.

    Suarez is right forward not right midfield

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    Quote Originally Posted by Romford Pele View Post
    Ramsey scored the winning goal in two cup finals, one of which was V Chelsea. He's an excellent player.
    Doesn't matter. Premier League only.

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    Every single one of my players has won the league at least once. Combined, they have won it 28 times. Try and argue against that in a court of law.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BBF View Post
    Doesn't matter. Premier League only.
    Just trying to bury a goal against Hull in there

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    Quote Originally Posted by Romford Pele View Post

    Suarez is right forward not right midfield
    That drops-in?


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    If only you had some kind of reminder of another multiple Premier League winning winger that is adored by his club's fans. That would free Suarez to play in his natural position.

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    I nearly picked Merson, I assume this would have altered my position yeah?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wardy View Post
    Every single one of my players has won the league at least once. Combined, they have won it 28 times. Try and argue against that in a court of law.
    The prosecution presents exhibit A: QPR's first team squad, 2012-15

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    Quote Originally Posted by BBF View Post
    Doesn't matter. Premier League only.
    You are right he must be shit for the Italian champions to sign him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex View Post
    That drops-in?

    Still a forward

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    I didn't say he was shit. I was just pointing out the parameters of the competition. It doesn't matter who did what in any competition except the Premier League.

    Stop lashing out. Its just lost you two points.

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    Not lashing out at all, just pointing it out is all.

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    Three points.

    Once again it doesn't matter who he's just signed for or who he played for before he played in the Premier League. The parameters for judging this are premier league only.

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    Deduct them all.

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    My team explained:

    Gk- Nigel Martyn: Would of easily been Englands's number 1 if it wasn't for Seaman, helped Leeds to almost win stuff, which is nice.

    LB- Ashley Cole - Utter cunt

    CB- Jonathan Woodgate - Real Madrid wanted him for a reason, later injuries don't count in this right?

    CB- Jamie Carragher - Played a lot of times

    RB- Bacary Sagna - Just has a really nice face.

    LM- Robert Pires - Look at that little beard, look at it, it was good.

    CM- Steven Gerrard - If you didn't want him in your team your an idiot

    CM- Javier Mascherano - I was drunk when I picked this guy

    RM- Wilfried Zaha - Good at running whilst also in possession of a football, what more do you want?

    FW- Nicolas Anelka - Sulky cunt, GOAL!

    FW-Dennis Bergkamp - Sex magic.

    I win.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Romford Pele View Post
    Deduct them all.
    Fanny.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Romford Pele View Post
    Deduct them all.
    There aren't even points mate. Just relax. Maybe critique someone elses team?

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    I can see why you weasled your way into being a mod for all of 5 minutes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Beer Monster View Post
    My team explained:

    Gk- Nigel Martyn: Would of easily been Englands's number 1 if it wasn't for Seaman, helped Leeds to almost win stuff, which is nice.

    LB- Ashley Cole - Utter cunt

    CB- Jonathan Woodgate - Real Madrid wanted him for a reason, later injuries don't count in this right?

    CB- Jamie Carragher - Played a lot of times

    RB- Bacary Sagna - Just has a really nice face.

    LM- Robert Pires - Look at that little beard, look at it, it was good.

    CM- Steven Gerrard - If you didn't want him in your team your an idiot

    CM- Javier Mascherano - I was drunk when I picked this guy

    RM- Wilfried Zaha - Good at running whilst also in possession of a football, what more do you want?

    FW- Nicolas Anelka - Sulky cunt, GOAL!

    FW-Dennis Bergkamp - Sex magic.

    I win.
    Pretty attacking side. Pires wasn't known for tracking back, Zaha isn't either?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Romford Pele View Post
    Pretty attacking side. Pires wasn't known for tracking back, Zaha isn't either?

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    Send GBF a message about it.
    Dont need to, see my Full Backs.

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    My team explained: Just picked players I liked really, Apart from Keown fuck knows what that was about.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon View Post
    The prosecution presents exhibit A: QPR's first team squad, 2012-15
    Ronny Johnsen was shit hot for them.

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    What relevance does this have? I’ve tried to work it out for the last ten minutes and can’t see a connection?

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    Romford none of this matters mate. There are no wrong or right answers, all the teams are at least roughly comparable and they're never going to play each other. Don't worry about it.

    That said, if Alex continues to claim I've stationed Tevez on the right wing when I've CLEARLY picked him as a left-sided striker who defends from the left, I will gut him like a fish, or at the very least make snide comments about him over mics on FIFA Clubs.
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    It's quite fun making teams out of the scraps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Rosk View Post
    What relevance does this have? I’ve tried to work it out for the last ten minutes and can’t see a connection?
    He was trying to throw his weight around.

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    He was explaining parameters for how the teams are judged, How are you not getting this?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Romford Pele View Post
    He was trying to throw his weight around.
    Blahahahaha

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    Quote Originally Posted by BBF View Post
    Blahahahaha
    Zzzzzzzz

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    I've gone for a diamond midfield. Silva and Poyet ahead of Arteta with Mata in the number 10 role. A lack of width perhaps but there's bundles of creativity in my front 6 and they should be able to pass their way around most teams. The defence is incredibly solid. Kompany has made three PFA teams of the year, Irwin, Ivanovic and Cech two and Alderweireld one. As for goals, there's plenty. 445 goals between the front six (Henry 175, Zola 59, Mata 51, Silva 54, Poyet 54 and Arteta 52). 24 Premier League titles in total.

    Cech

    Ivanovic - Kompany - Alderweireld - Irwin

    Arteta

    Poyet - Silva

    Mata

    Zola - Henry
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    I like your team Ringo, but I just think it's missing a solid DM - Silva and Poyet love to bomb forward and as disciplined as Arteta is, he's not a hard nut like Fernandinho or a real workhorse like Kante.

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    https://www.buildlineup.com/shared/5...8c092e24ad85f2

    Torres

    Hazard - Cantona - Ronaldo

    Fabregas - Fernandinho

    Evra - Southgate - Hyypia - Zabaleta

    Courtois


    Roughly what it'd look like. Galacticos didn't have a Fernandinho after they sold Makelele so I won't succumb to their fate. None of Fabregas, Cantona or Torres were lazy players either so workrate isn't that much of an issue. Absurd width, creativity and goals plus a solid backline, with pace to burn on the counter. Main weakness is the fullbacks being exposed but Evra was often a one man wing and Zabaleta should be solid enough given the relative lack of amazing wide left players. At the very least I look forward to bumming whichever team has Vidic at the back after Torres results in them being down to 10 men early on.

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    Cantona was hardly a hard worker and Cesc is great but not the most mobile player.

    Simon is right, Fernandinho will have his work cut out.

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    Every United player of that era mentions Cantona's work ethic and the influence he had on young players because of it. For Cesc, I don't need him to be super mobile, just not to bomb forward at every moment. He'd be my playmaker, pinging the ball around to the front four and letting them off the leash. It's not as though City have particularly mobile midfielders alongside Fernandinho at the moment either tbf and they do well enough.

    Torres is the focal point with his pace and ability to lead the line with the other 3 pretty much interchanging as they see fit.

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    Cantona was hard working in terms of perfecting his skills off the pitch, but he wasn't a player who would close down or run his arse off.

    With Hazard and Ronaldo not trackiy back either you need two holding players there and Cesc isn't that

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    @BBF just a thought...after this one, maybe an all-time shit eleven?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon View Post
    @BBF just a thought...after this one, maybe an all-time shit eleven?
    Derby county 07/08

    Next.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon View Post
    @BBF just a thought...after this one, maybe an all-time shit eleven?
    I was going to go for All Time XI in a while. We'll have a vote or summat once we're done here

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    All Time as in not just Prem?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BBF View Post
    There aren't even points mate. Just relax. Maybe critique someone elses team?
    Quote Originally Posted by Romford Pele View Post
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    5 points.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon View Post
    they're never going to play each other.
    That's what you think.

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    Presenting how I think the Pick a Premier League XI season 2019 would go. Neutral ground everyone plays each other just once.

    Matt E Wardy Ringo connorboy Romford Pele Simon TBM BBF JiMikey Peter Griffin Reech The Rosk
    Matt E X X X X X X X X X X X X
    Wardy 3-2 X X X X X X X X X X X
    Ringo 4-3 2-1 X X X X X X X X X X
    connorboy 1-4 0-4 0-3 X X X X X X X X X
    Romford Pele 1-1 0-0 1-1 2-0 X X X X X X X X
    Simon 2-1 1-0 2-1 3-0 1-0 X X X X X X X
    TBM 3-3 2-1 2-2 3-0 2-1 0-1 X X X X X X
    BBF 4-1 2-0 2-1 5-0 3-0 2-0 2-1 X X X X X
    JiMikey 4-2 3-1 2-2 5-0 2-0 2-1 3-1 2-2 X X X X
    Peter Griffin 1-4 0-2 0-3 0-0 0-3 0-2 0-4 0-4 0-4 X X X
    Reech 3-2 2-0 3-1 3-0 3-1 1-1 2-2 1-2 2-3 3-0 X X
    The Rosk 4-4 2-3 2-4 5-0 3-2 1-3 3-3 0-4 0-3 4-1 1-3 X

    W D L Pts
    BBF 10 1 0 31
    JiMikey 9 2 0 29
    Simon 8 1 2 25
    Reech 7 2 2 23
    Ringo 5 3 4 18
    TBM 4 4 3 16
    Wardy 4 1 6 13
    The Rosk 3 2 6 11
    Matt E 2 3 6 9
    Romford Pele 2 3 6 9
    connorboy 0 1 10 1
    Peter Griffin 0 1 10 1

    Argue a result if you want this might not make any sense, I got really bored half way through. My comments might not actually match with the results but who cares. I am clearly biased towards "balanced" teams. It's not like I actually wanted BBF to come out on top ok. Someone please tell me which team would beat his so I can change it.

    SEASON REVIEWS

    Matt E
    A great attack on paper in a very top heavy team. Fernandinho can't do it all by himself and Fabregas didn't provide the defensive and positional support he needs. Zabaleta and Evra were consistently exposed on the flanks without the cover they needed. A good defense on paper to go along with the good attack all let down by the way the rest of the team was set up. They won some games by brute force alone but sides with stronger midfields were able to dictate the game and create chance after chance as the front 4 all looked on.

    Wardy
    Despite having one of the great strikers in Premier League history in Aguero the supporting cast in the attack of Joe Cole and Leroy Sane let him down - the creativity often nullified by some of the top players in Premier League history, however against teams with weaker defenses they were able to do well. The industrious midfield trio did a good job defensively and retained possession without aiding the struggles in attack. A strong defensive display overall, the right side of the defense was a weak point however received good protection infront and De Gea behind to help spare their blushes.

    Ringo
    An interesting set up with Henry being provided with plenty of service led to a good season for Ringo. The midfield defensively could have been stronger with Arteta carrying a large load defensively however the numbers in the middle and the quality of passing helped both contol the game in the possession and create many chances. But the lack of width and defensive was the major issue enabling teams strong in central areas to clog the middle and frustrate Ringo's side whilst also struggling against teams with a lot of width in attack and powerful midfields.

    connorboy
    An odd central midfield pairing of Gilberto Silva and Okocha led to a dismal campaign for connorboy's side. A run of the mill attack and Ian Harte in defense added to the midfield woes and they were run over far too often without the firepower in attack to answer back.

    Romford Pele
    Suarez on the right. A heated topic of conversation pre-season led to results as expected - stunting the attack and letting down a side with a strong foundation overall. The midfield three and a solid defense kept them in games however the disjointness in attack and the lack of true attacking support from midfield let them down.

    Simon
    Tevez on the right. A not as heated topic of conversation pre-season led to a very good finish by Simon. Modric and Kante in midfield helped control the game against many teams who didn't have close to that strength in the middle of the park. A lack of excitement in attack combined with an excellent defensively minded midfield and very good defense led to low scoring games, but overall this formula worked very well.

    The Beer Monster
    Strong midfield base of Gerrard and Mascherano helped this team do better than I would have thought pre-season, however the selections of Anelka and Zaha meant to be strong in attack the formation needed to be very attacking, and these two were both too wasteful and allowed Woodgate to be exposed too often.

    BBF
    It appears BBF focused on making his team well balanced and it paid off - a strong all round side led to an excellent campaign. Having Wayne Rooney falling to him in the third round enabled him to have a strong attack to go with the spine of Terry and Keane in midfield and fit players around them and this team controlled games, able to score goals without sacrificing defensive solidarity.

    JiMikey
    Another side like BBF focusing on balance rode this strategy to huge success. Drogba, Scholes and the CB pairing formed a formiddable spine, and supporting cast of Gareth Bale and De Bruyne are truly elite proven players from recent times who provided plenty of creativity and goals. James Milner whilst a solid player, him and the single top level season of the lazy Mahrez were the weak links, sometimes allowing Mikey to be overrun in the centre and with the front five all very attacking, without enough midfield cover to protect the defense.

    Peter Griffin
    As predicted by many a poor season by Griffin's collection of players he liked (and Martin Keown) led to relegation to Pick a Championship XI. Perhaps going with players that were good would have been better but alas. Lampard did his best with what was around him and Van Nistelrooy a top goalscorer but isolated up top and combined with the ball never sticking to him, the midfield were consistently unable to get the ball forward or retain any kind of possession. The very average defense shipped goal after goal.

    Reech
    A good team just pipped to the top spots, the strong defensive midfield pairing of Vieira and Makelele combined with the striking prowess of RVP and Owen led to some great wins. However their lack of creativity in midfield allowed the better teams to stop service to the strikers and even overrun the two great DMs due to lack of support from the wingers and front two.

    The Rosk
    Rosk was very happy to discuss the individual accomplishments of his team in pre-season but the formation and way the players were used was the most mental out of everyone - luckily he had enough quality to bash a few crap teams because the attack is so strong but Beckham and McManaman at wing back with Essien having to somehow do all the dirty work was never going to challenge for the title.
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    You got it spot on, mate. Excellent work.

    Well played, everyone!

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    I think Woodgate was a lot better than people are remembering. That Leeds defense wasn’t all Ferdinand.

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    I think the injuries after that taint people's memories of him though.

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