Froggy Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 -----------------------schmeichel-------------------------- cole---------kompany----------van dyke------robertson --------------kante--------Keane------------------- --Henry----------Cantona--------------giggs ----------------SHEARER--------------- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 -----------------------schmeichel-------------------------- cole---------kompany----------van dyke------robertson --------------kante--------Keane------------------- --Henry----------Cantona--------------giggs ----------------SHEARER--------------- Robertson? Robertson? Really? ROBERTSON? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 -----------------------schmeichel-------------------------- cole---------kompany----------van dyke------robertson --------------kante--------Keane------------------- --Henry----------Cantona--------------giggs ----------------SHEARER--------------- Robertson? Robertson? Really? ROBERTSON? Not such a bad call. The only problem is it shifts Cole out to the right. I found right back the most difficult position to fill. There wasn't an outstanding candidate. I was even tempted to pick Alexander-Arnold, but there are still too many questions about his defending. If Robertson was a right back, I think I'd have picked him there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 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. I’m not sure, like (agree on Yorke by the way, he was quality). The likes of Ferdinand & Ginola for example are rightly NUFC legends and they were here 2 years. I think if someone’s quality particularly as good as Stam was, he should be in these discussions all day long. Did Stam ever have a top class partner? He had some very good/decent ones (Johnsen, Berg, May, Silvestre...) but unless I’m forgetting someone blindingly obvious he was the one who took the back four to a higher level? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 -----------------------schmeichel-------------------------- cole---------kompany----------van dyke------robertson --------------kante--------Keane------------------- --Henry----------Cantona--------------giggs ----------------SHEARER--------------- Robertson? Robertson? Really? ROBERTSON? Not such a bad call. The only problem is it shifts Cole out to the right. I found right back the most difficult position to fill. There wasn't an outstanding candidate. I was even tempted to pick Alexander-Arnold, but there are still too many questions about his defending. If Robertson was a right back, I think I'd have picked him there. Along the lines of above tbh... cant think of any other outstanding full backs. Really think he is a great modern full back, great engine, pace and attacks and defends at a very high level. Better than alexander arnold tbh, although his free kicks/flair stuff get him more air time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Forgot a bout Jaap Stam, good shout, reckon van dykes/companys skills at bringng ball out does it for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Ashley Cole was MILES better than Robertson. Evra was better than him too. Robertson's at Baines/Bridge levels for me. Impressive stats but can look absolutely bang average. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Robertson gets done far too easily. He's a lot weaker defensively than people seem to think. Wan Bissaka mugged him off multiple times when we played them and he gets cold sweats going into the oppositions half. Robertson isn't even close to being considered. He's not a patch on Cole, Evra or Irwin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Yeah I think Cole is the best left back I've seen with Evra 2nd. Don't really remember Irwin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Agree there. He’s perfect for the way Liverpool play but he’s nowhere near Cole for example. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 If it wasn't for injuries then we'd be adding Rob Jones, Woodgate and King into the conversation at the back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 No love for Drog? The ultimate big game player One of my favourite ever non-Newcastle players, despite the fact that he always destroyed us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 If it wasn't for injuries then we'd be adding Rob Jones, Woodgate and King into the conversation at the back King certainly. Quality defender. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Didn’t get the King hype. He was very good but I think there was a 20% ‘London club’ upgrade to his reputation. Might be partly due to the fact he always seemed to play shit against us. Rated Woodgate at Leeds higher even before the move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Yeah I think Cole is the best left back I've seen with Evra 2nd. Don't really remember Irwin. Irwin was the ultimate Mr Consistent. Never had a bad game, never had an exceptional game, hardly ever injured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abra Dubravka Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Cech Vidic — Van Dijk — Terry Keane Ronaldo — Lampard — Scholes — Cole Shearer — Henry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 KDB? Not yet IMO Been in the Premier League a bit longer than Ronaldo, although played marginally fewer games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abra Dubravka Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Didn’t get the King hype. He was very good but I think there was a 20% ‘London club’ upgrade to his reputation. Might be partly due to the fact he always seemed to play s*** against us. Rated Woodgate at Leeds higher even before the move. Quality and quantity of England centrebacks in early 2000s up to 2004 probably was incredible looking back. Ferdinand, Campbell, Terry, Keown, Woodgate, King, Brown, Carragher, Southgate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Didn’t get the King hype. He was very good but I think there was a 20% ‘London club’ upgrade to his reputation. Might be partly due to the fact he always seemed to play shit against us. Rated Woodgate at Leeds higher even before the move. Without the knee issues I genuinely think he might have been one of the best centre-backs we have ever seen. I still rate him above Sol Campbell. I agree that there is a tendency to rate Ledley higher than his performances merited because people make allowances for his injuries, but he was still routinely brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 KDB? Not yet IMO Been in the Premier League a bit longer than Ronaldo, although played marginally fewer games. It's more the competition for places. There wasn't many great right wingers in the league, but there have been some incredible central midfielders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Ronaldo also benefits from being the second best player in the world for the x years after him leaving the league which no doubt unconsciously clouds the mind, I know it does for me. It's probably easier to make an argument for Beckham or just having it 4-3-3/4-3-1-2. Wildcard shout could be Milner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 No love for Drog? The ultimate big game player There's a strong case for Drogba, but if there's going to be a centre forward type, we're going to pick Shearer. Hard to choose between the two though. I picked Suarez to spearhead the attack. A toe-rag he may have been, but I found it impossible to leave him out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Drogba was superb but I was surprised to read not long ago that he only really had 2 really good goalscoring seasons in the Prem Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellars Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Schmeichel Neville Terry Ferdinand Cole Vieira Lampard Gerrard Henry Shearer Ronaldo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Who's the NUFC player closest to the team if you discount Shearer? Hatem Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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