NUFC All-time PL XI

[gjohnson]

Given

 

Enrique

Woodgate

Albert

Trippier

 

Solano

Lee

Bruno

Robert

 

Shearer

Isak

 

Subs

Ben Arfa

Ginola

Pope

Speed

Cabaye 

Ba

Schar

[AJ9]

My second XI - 442

 

Pope

 

Debuchy, Albert, Colo, Hall

Ben Arfa, Speed, Cabaye, Ginola

Ferdinand, Cole

 

433

 

Pope

Debuchy, Albert, Colo, Hall

Speed, Tiote, Cabaye

Ben Arfa, Cole, Ginola

[Leazes1986]

I'm absolutely amazed that anyone would put Albert above Schar mind. On what basis? Schar is better at just about everything and he's done it over a longer period of time. 

[Holloway]

1 hour ago, Leazes1986 said:

I'm absolutely amazed that anyone would put Albert above Schar mind. On what basis? Schar is better at just about everything and he's done it over a longer period of time. 

Albert was something of a luxury imo, nowhere near Schar's level

[Andy]

1 hour ago, Leazes1986 said:

I'm absolutely amazed that anyone would put Albert above Schar mind. On what basis? Schar is better at just about everything and he's done it over a longer period of time. 

 

Albert was decent enough, but I agree. I always feel like that lob does a lot of heavy lifting for him in terms of nostalgia. 

[Ronaldo]

2 hours ago, Leazes1986 said:

I'm absolutely amazed that anyone would put Albert above Schar mind. On what basis? Schar is better at just about everything and he's done it over a longer period of time. 

Coloccini too. Schar is literally like a much better version and with goal threat. 

[Yorkie]

Think the Tiote shouts are a bit wild tbh. Was very fond of him but I'm not sure he pulled up any trees for us after his first season.

[Fak]

54 minutes ago, Ronaldo said:

Coloccini too. Schar is literally like a much better version and with goal threat. 

I thought Coloccini was pretty much dogshit for the majority of his time here. Championship season he found his feet, season back up he was a lot more solid. Top class the year we finished 5th. Honking after that. 

[Fak]

1 minute ago, Yorkie said:

Think the Tiote shouts are a bit wild tbh. Was very fond of him but I'm not sure he pulled up any trees for us after his first season.

Same. He was canny in his first season and was great alongside Cabaye the year we got 5th. After that he was a bit of a shambles. Some awful long range shooting. 

[Infinitely Content]

                        Given.
Trippier.   Schar.   Coloccini.   Hall.

              Bruno G.   Cabaye.

Ben Arfa.           Isak.            Robert.

                       Shearer.

Hall was the only tentative decision for me, but I don't think we've had many good left backs.

[Collage]

1 hour ago, Ronaldo said:

Coloccini too. Schar is literally like a much better version and with goal threat. 

Not better than the 2011-12 Coloccini IMO. He was brilliant that season, was in the Team of the Year as well.

[Collage]

6 hours ago, Andy said:

I loved Ben Arfa but would struggle to put him in a Best XI ahead of the likes of Nobby. He had more talent than any other player I've seen for us, maybe Beardsley aside, but through a combination of shite management and his own personal battles, he wasn't able to deliver on it quite often enough to include him IMO.  

 

While he was excellent for us at times, I've always felt he was a cult hero more for what he should have been allowed to become, rather than what he actually was. Maybe also for what he represented during the Pardew era in general, too. 

I agree with this. This is about picking the best team, not the most talented. If we were to pick the most talented team Gazza should be in there, for example, but he was obviously young when he left the club and had his best years elsewhere.

[Checko]

Well I couldn't decide who to pick so I've just chosen a bunch of handsome fuckers.

 

                       Karius

 

Beye       Schar     Botman     Distin

 

             Cabaye        Bruno

 

Marveaux       Viana           Ginola

 

                      Wilson

 

 

[Fak]

3 minutes ago, Checko said:

Well I couldn't decide who to pick so I've just chosen a bunch of handsome fuckers.

 

                       Karius

 

Beye       Schar     Botman     Distin

 

             Cabaye        Bruno

 

Marveaux       Viana           Ginola

 

                      Wilson

 

 

Simpson > Beye. 

[Vedder]

1 hour ago, Collage said:

Not better than the 2011-12 Coloccini IMO. He was brilliant that season, was in the Team of the Year as well.

Agree, people forget how good he was in that season. No defender has reached such heights in the premier league era for us IMO. 
 

Depends on what you’re looking for. Some players were absolutely amazing for us but only for maybe a season or two. Others, have perhaps not been as good but get chosen for their longevity. 

[Ronaldo]

2 hours ago, Fak said:

I thought Coloccini was pretty much dogshit for the majority of his time here. Championship season he found his feet, season back up he was a lot more solid. Top class the year we finished 5th. Honking after that. 

100%. He was useless in his last 3 seasons here and clearly didn’t give much of a fuck.

[Ronaldo]

2 hours ago, Yorkie said:

Think the Tiote shouts are a bit wild tbh. Was very fond of him but I'm not sure he pulled up any trees for us after his first season.

They’re not wild, they’re absolutely insane. If he was that good he’d have last 1-2 seasons here at most instead of staying till Rafa said no mas.