RobsonsWonderland Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 12 minutes ago, Fak said: Genuine question. Was Marcelino actually shit or just always injured? (Or shit and always injured) 12 minutes ago, Fak said: Genuine question. Was Marcelino actually shit or just always injured? (Or shit and always injured) 17 games so it was really hard to tell. I mean he was out with a broken finger and I saw him getting a new washing machine at the silverlink... Might be a bit harsh but he was pressing the buttons alright 😂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza ladra Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 2 hours ago, RobsonsWonderland said: How about your most hated players (not worst) You can guess who will be playing up top lol Hooper Boumsong Capaca Marcelino Oberton Faye Smith Luque Isak Owen Always hated Lee Bowyer. Retroactively despise Joey Barton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahoneys Tache Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 20 hours ago, macphisto said: GK: Given (don't think we've ever had a truly great keeper) RB: Trippier CB: Burn (in the team for his character) CB: Woodgate LB: Beresford (don't think we've ever had a truly great Left Back. Confident Hall will be) LW: Robert CM: Lee CM: Tonali RW: Dyer (don't think we've ever had a truly great Right Winger) FW: Beardsley FW: Shearer Chris Waddle played on the right side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza ladra Posted September 4, 2025 Share Posted September 4, 2025 1 hour ago, gazza ladra said: Always hated Lee Bowyer. Retroactively despise Joey Barton. Oh, just remembered Damien Duff. Hated him too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teohgk Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 On 04/09/2025 at 09:58, macphisto said: GK: Given (don't think we've ever had a truly great keeper) RB: Trippier CB: Burn (in the team for his character) CB: Woodgate LB: Beresford (don't think we've ever had a truly great Left Back. Confident Hall will be) LW: Robert CM: Lee CM: Tonali RW: Dyer (don't think we've ever had a truly great Right Winger) FW: Beardsley FW: Shearer Surely Solano should be ahead of Dyer? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 (edited) Changes to standard formations over time have made this a bit tricky, so I'll just put my top five for each position for the PL era (with double number for CBs, CMs, CFs) - includes some hate figures: GK: Given, Pope, Krul, Dubravka, Harper RB: Trippier, Livramento, Watson, Hughes, Venison LB: Elliott, Hall, Jose Enrique, Bernard, Beresford CB: Woodgate, Botman, Schar, Burn, Albert, Coloccini, Howey, Peacock, Lejeune, Dabizas RW: Solano, Gillespie, Murphy, Milner, Fox CM: Bruno, Lee, Tonali, Cabaye, Batty, Dyer, Clark, Jenas, Joelinton, Wijnaldum LW: Robert, Ginola, HBA, Gordon, Gutierrez CF: Beardsley, Shearer, Isak, Wilson, Ferdinand, Cole, Ba, Bellamy, Cisse, Owen Edited September 5, 2025 by TheBrownBottle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 2 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: Changes to standard formations over time have made this a bit tricky, so I'll just put my top five for each position for the PL era (with double number for CBs, CMs, CFs) - includes some hate figures: GK RB LB RW LW 1. Given 1. Trippier 1. Elliott 1. Solano 1. Robert 2. Pope 2. Livramento 2. Hall 2. Gillespie 2. Ginola 3. Krul 3. Watson 3. Jose Enrique 3. Murphy 3. HBA 4. Dubravka 4. Hughes 4. Bernard 4. Milner 4. Gordon 5. Harper 5. Venison 5. Domi 5. Fox 5. Gutierrez CB CM CF 1. Woodgate 1. Bruno 1. Beardsley 2. Botman 2. Lee 2. Shearer 3. Schar 3. Tonali 3. Isak 4. Burn 4. Cabaye 4. Wilson 5. Albert 5. Batty 5. Ferdinand 6. Coloccini 6. Dyer 6. Cole 7. Howey 7. Clark 7. Ba 8. Peacock 8. Jenas 8. Bellamy 9. Lejeune 9. Joelinton 9. Cisse 10. Dabizas 10. Wijnaldum 10. Owen Thanks for making it so easy to read. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Foxy Ruel said: Thanks for making it so easy to read. I’ll fix it - looks fine on the PC, looks like a mess on the mobile Edited September 5, 2025 by TheBrownBottle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 3 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said: Changes to standard formations over time have made this a bit tricky, so I'll just put my top five for each position for the PL era (with double number for CBs, CMs, CFs) - includes some hate figures: GK: Given, Pope, Krul, Dubravka, Harper RB: Trippier, Livramento, Watson, Hughes, Venison LB: Elliott, Hall, Jose Enrique, Bernard, Beresford CB: Woodgate, Botman, Schar, Burn, Albert, Coloccini, Howey, Peacock, Lejeune, Dabizas RW: Solano, Gillespie, Murphy, Milner, Fox CM: Bruno, Lee, Tonali, Cabaye, Batty, Dyer, Clark, Jenas, Joelinton, Wijnaldum LW: Robert, Ginola, HBA, Gordon, Gutierrez CF: Beardsley, Shearer, Isak, Wilson, Ferdinand, Cole, Ba, Bellamy, Cisse, Owen Would make a canny squad! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingxlnc Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 (edited) 3 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said: Changes to standard formations over time have made this a bit tricky, so I'll just put my top five for each position for the PL era (with double number for CBs, CMs, CFs) - includes some hate figures: GK: Given, Pope, Krul, Dubravka, Harper RB: Trippier, Livramento, Watson, Hughes, Venison LB: Elliott, Hall, Jose Enrique, Bernard, Beresford CB: Woodgate, Botman, Schar, Burn, Albert, Coloccini, Howey, Peacock, Lejeune, Dabizas RW: Solano, Gillespie, Murphy, Milner, Fox CM: Bruno, Lee, Tonali, Cabaye, Batty, Dyer, Clark, Jenas, Joelinton, Wijnaldum LW: Robert, Ginola, HBA, Gordon, Gutierrez CF: Beardsley, Shearer, Isak, Wilson, Ferdinand, Cole, Ba, Bellamy, Cisse, Owen Goes to show RW has never been an overly strong suit for us - Solano is miles above the others - although personally I would have put HBA in on the right as that's where he played. LW instead could be ASM or N'Zogbia I would also put Speed ahead of Clark or Jenas. Debuchy or Beye were fairly decent RB's so honourable mentions, as was Santon and Domi at LB. Goes to show how strong the striker pool for us has been in the PL. Quite a few who didn't make the cut but still did well, e.g Carroll, Remy, Asprilla, Martins Edited September 5, 2025 by kingxlnc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 1 hour ago, kingxlnc said: Goes to show RW has never been an overly strong suit for us - Solano is miles above the others - although personally I would have put HBA in on the right as that's where he played. LW instead could be ASM or N'Zogbia I would also put Speed ahead of Clark or Jenas. Debuchy or Beye were fairly decent RB's so honourable mentions, as was Santon and Domi at LB. Goes to show how strong the striker pool for us has been in the PL. Quite a few who didn't make the cut but still did well, e.g Carroll, Remy, Asprilla, Martins I had Domi in my LB list for a bit, and Debuchy was a good RB. I actually forgot Speed somehow, though I’d have wedged him between Clark and Jenas. I always thought his leadership qualities were above his footballing ones for us - not that he wasn’t a really good PL midfielder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 Trying to an xi based on individual moments that stand out GK Hooper (Klinsmann penalty save) RB Trippier (Everton Free Kick) LB Bernard (Getting poleaxed by Robert) (should be Bez for the 2 champions league goals but Bernard is funnier) CB Albert (5th goal in Howay 5-0) CB Burn (Cup Final goal but also the 'I'm getting my suit' interview) CM Bruno (Cup winning captain) CM Tiote (Arsenal Goal) RW HBA (Bolton goal) LW Robert (See Bernard but also grey underpants) ST Cisse (Chelsea Goal) ST Bellamy (Champions League goal) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teohgk Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 10 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said: Changes to standard formations over time have made this a bit tricky, so I'll just put my top five for each position for the PL era (with double number for CBs, CMs, CFs) - includes some hate figures: GK: Given, Pope, Krul, Dubravka, Harper RB: Trippier, Livramento, Watson, Hughes, Venison LB: Elliott, Hall, Jose Enrique, Bernard, Beresford CB: Woodgate, Botman, Schar, Burn, Albert, Coloccini, Howey, Peacock, Lejeune, Dabizas RW: Solano, Gillespie, Murphy, Milner, Fox CM: Bruno, Lee, Tonali, Cabaye, Batty, Dyer, Clark, Jenas, Joelinton, Wijnaldum LW: Robert, Ginola, HBA, Gordon, Gutierrez CF: Beardsley, Shearer, Isak, Wilson, Ferdinand, Cole, Ba, Bellamy, Cisse, Owen Remove Owen and put in Asprilla Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted September 5, 2025 Share Posted September 5, 2025 (edited) 8 hours ago, Colos Short and Curlies said: Trying to an xi based on individual moments that stand out GK Hooper (Klinsmann penalty save) RB Trippier (Everton Free Kick) LB Bernard (Getting poleaxed by Robert) (should be Bez for the 2 champions league goals but Bernard is funnier) CB Albert (5th goal in Howay 5-0) CB Burn (Cup Final goal but also the 'I'm getting my suit' interview) CM Bruno (Cup winning captain) CM Tiote (Arsenal Goal) RW HBA (Bolton goal) LW Robert (See Bernard but also grey underpants) ST Cisse (Chelsea Goal) ST Bellamy (Champions League goal) Great stuff - Hooper’s pelanty save was great. My individual moments XI: Gk: Given doesn’t know where Dublin is vs Coventry RB: Hottiger’s bullet vs Blackburn in the FA Cup CB: Albert laughs at Juninho when the little man tries to pick a fight CB: Woodgate takes the ball off a through on goal Hasselbaink without breaking a sweat on his debut vs Chelsea LB: Beresford gets subbed vs Villa for shouting naughty words at KK RW: Ketsbaia gans radge with an advertising hoarding CM: Cabaye’s reverse ‘nee looking’ through ball for Cisse vs Stoke CM: Batty lets Nicky Butt know he isn’t to be trifled with, Man Utd 5-0 LW: Ginola’s juggle and volley vs Ferencvaros CF: Shola nearly takes the net off vs the Mackems, 5-1 CF: Asprilla picks up the corner flag (and a booking) vs Metz, UEFA Cup Edited September 5, 2025 by TheBrownBottle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingxlnc Posted September 6, 2025 Share Posted September 6, 2025 12 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said: Great stuff - Hooper’s pelanty save was great. My individual moments XI: Gk: Given doesn’t know where Dublin is vs Coventry RB: Hottiger’s bullet vs Blackburn in the FA Cup CB: Albert laughs at Juninho when the little man tries to pick a fight CB: Woodgate takes the ball off a through on goal Hasselbaink without breaking a sweat on his debut vs Chelsea LB: Beresford gets subbed vs Villa for shouting naughty words at KK RW: Ketsbaia gans radge with an advertising hoarding CM: Cabaye’s reverse ‘nee looking’ through ball for Cisse vs Stoke CM: Batty lets Nicky Butt know he isn’t to be trifled with, Man Utd 5-0 LW: Ginola’s juggle and volley vs Ferencvaros CF: Shola nearly takes the net off vs the Mackems, 5-1 CF: Asprilla picks up the corner flag (and a booking) vs Metz, UEFA Cup Schar Vs PSG Tiote 4-4 goal Jonas West Ham goal Luque debut Martins rocket Vs spurs away Lee goal vs Chelsea at wembley Ameobi in Barcelona Shearer volley Vs Everton or hat trick Vs Leicester Bruno last min winner Vs Leicester Sissoko debut vs Chelsea skinning Ashley Cole Some honourable mentions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted September 6, 2025 Share Posted September 6, 2025 9 minutes ago, kingxlnc said: Schar Vs PSG Tiote 4-4 goal Jonas West Ham goal Luque debut Martins rocket Vs spurs away Lee goal vs Chelsea at wembley Ameobi in Barcelona Shearer volley Vs Everton or hat trick Vs Leicester Bruno last min winner Vs Leicester Sissoko debut vs Chelsea skinning Ashley Cole Some honourable mentions Luque's debut? Against Man Utd? Did he do anything apart from flick the ball over Rios head and then scuff the shot wide? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hithere Posted September 6, 2025 Share Posted September 6, 2025 To give an outsider perspective. Given Trippier Woodgate Albert Burn Solano Cabaye Tonali Ginola Shearer Beardsley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted September 6, 2025 Share Posted September 6, 2025 2 hours ago, hithere said: To give an outsider perspective. Given Trippier Woodgate Albert Burn Solano Cabaye Tonali Ginola Shearer Beardsley I'd do Enrique for Burn and Bruno for Cabaye, the rest wouldn't be far off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyUtd Posted September 6, 2025 Share Posted September 6, 2025 Kenny's NUFC Shite 11 Beasant Lazaar Gamez Good Cacapa Ireland Geremi Cabella Riviere Xisco Ranger Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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