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Blimey...

 

Given, Ginola, Speed or Lee, I reckon

 

Would give Beardsley a mention too, even if the premier league era came a little late for him.

 

I’d like to fit Cantona in the team somehow, but not sure where.

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Who's the NUFC player closest to the team if you discount Shearer?

 

Ginola I’d say.

 

Or Andy Cole.

 

Cole is probably the answer - he has the stand out achievement for goals in a season even if the bulk of his career was post NUFC

 

We won’t like it, but Owen? 97-02 he was elite level.

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Most disappointing by reputation XI?

 

Veron in the middle, Schevchenko and Rebrov upfront

 

Keeper's are tricky, Barthez was erratic but not horrible, Kepa suffers from hype rather than reputation

 

fill in the gaps

 

Robinho? Boateng? Di Maria?

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Most disappointing by reputation XI?

 

Veron in the middle, Schevchenko and Rebrov upfront

 

Keeper's are tricky, Barthez was erratic but not horrible, Kepa suffers from hype rather than reputation

 

fill in the gaps

 

Heurelho Gomes (Spurs version: huge fee at the time, big reputation after PSV, to the point where he literally cried on the pitch)

 

Claudio Bravo too.

 

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Who's the NUFC player closest to the team if you discount Shearer?

 

Ginola I’d say.

 

Or Andy Cole.

 

Cole is probably the answer - he has the stand out achievement for goals in a season even if the bulk of his career was post NUFC

 

We won’t like it, but Owen? 97-02 he was elite level.

 

Or Campbell

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Who's the NUFC player closest to the team if you discount Shearer?

 

Ginola I’d say.

 

Or Andy Cole.

 

Cole is probably the answer - he has the stand out achievement for goals in a season even if the bulk of his career was post NUFC

 

We won’t like it, but Owen? 97-02 he was elite level.

 

Always forget he played for us in these type of discussions. Goals record pretty similar but Cole's record 1994 to 2001 was 1 in 2 and his 34 goals wipes the floor with Owen's best return. Cole for me

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Who's the NUFC player closest to the team if you discount Shearer?

 

On peak form, Bellamy. He nearly won us the league.

 

At their best, I'd go -

 

Schmeichel

Sagna Van Dijk Terry Cole

De Bruyne Keane Gerrard

Suarez Rooney Hazard

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I haven’t really tried to pick a system that would work with these players or anything, don’t see the point since it’s an imaginary team.  I’ve just picked 3 defenders, 4 midfielders, and 3 forwards.

 

Schmeichel

 

Ivanovic

Kompany

Cole

 

Silva

Gerrard

Viera

Giggs

 

Shearer

Henry

Rooney

 

 

 

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I haven’t really tried to pick a system that would work with these players or anything, don’t see the point since it’s an imaginary team.  I’ve just picked 3 defenders, 4 midfielders, and 3 forwards.

 

Schmeichel

 

Ivanovic

Kompany

Cole

 

Silva

Gerrard

Viera

Giggs

 

Shearer

Henry

Rooney

 

Garth, is that you?

 

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Favourite PL XI could be more interesting maybe

 

Can't be assed to do a whole team, but the players that I have really loved to watch during the PL off the top of my head that weren't necessarily "elite" but I loved watching on the pitch were players like; Riise, Berbatov, Nobby, Viduka, Kranjčar, Kanu. Van Persie was a prick but dude could ball.

 

Fucking loved Tugay too. :lol:

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I haven’t really tried to pick a system that would work with these players or anything, don’t see the point since it’s an imaginary team.  I’ve just picked 3 defenders, 4 midfielders, and 3 forwards.

 

Schmeichel

 

Ivanovic

Kompany

Cole

 

Silva

Gerrard

Viera

Giggs

 

Shearer

Henry

Rooney

 

Garth, is that you?

 

Amazing team.  Just didn’t go for the standard 4-4-2 90s team that most people pick.

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Centre half is a total toss up with Bruce, Pallister, Adams,  Campbell, Ferdinand, Terry, Carvalho, Kompany all in with a decent shout. I have no doubt in a few years we'll be talking about VvD and Dias too.

 

 

Vidic too

 

I guess he should be in the conversation, I thought he was carried by Ferdinand a fair bit and really struggled against anyone with a bit of pace.

 

Stam should be on there. Helped change Man Utd from simply being the best team in England to the best in Europe.

 

:thup:

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I don't think you can put someone who played 2 and a half seasons in England in the greatest ever PL team.

 

Yorke was just as good a signing as Stam and always gets forgotten about. He got about 30 goals the year we won the treble and was our top scorer in Europe.

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Cech

 

Neville

Terry

Ferdinand

Cole

 

Ronaldo

Scholes

Vieira

Giggs

 

Henry

Shearer

 

Feels rotten leaving out Rooney and Aguero.

 

Honourable mentions to Gerrard, Keane, Lampard, De Bruyne, Toure, Adams, Campbell, Evra, Suarez, Schmeichel and Irwin.

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-----------------------schmeichel--------------------------

cole---------kompany----------van dyke------robertson

--------------kante--------Keane-------------------

--Henry----------Cantona--------------giggs

----------------SHEARER---------------

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