James Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Who in your opinion, is the best player at each club? Also, if a squad was created from all Premiership clubs (plus promoted/relegated), how would it fare in this league? In my opinion: Arsenal - Thierry Henry Wasn't at the peak of his powers last season, but the youngsters are yet to usurp him Aston Villa - Gareth Barry Most important player at Villa last season. Without his contribution, they'd be in serious trouble last season. Birmingham - Maik Taylor Not much proven Premiership quality at Brum as of yet, although Taylor has done pretty well in the past. Blackburn Rovers - David Bentley McCarthy gets the goals, but he is helped by the second best winger combo in the Premiership, of which Bentley is the best of the two. Bolton - Jussi Jaaskelainen A few good players at Bolton, but Jussi just pips Anelka and Diouf for me. Charlton - Darren Bent Only player that performed for Charlton last season. Chelsea - John Terry Clearly the most influential player at Chelsea as shown by Chelsea's form while he was injured. Derby - Giles Barnes Don't know too much of Derby to be honest, but Barnes has caught the eye in the past with his pace and work rate. Everton - Mikel Arteta One of the most technically gifted players in the Premiership. Pulls all the strings at Everton. A brilliant player. Fulham - Franck Queudrue The only player to turn up in many matches for Fulham last season. Liverpool - Steven Gerrard No other player has single-handedly won two cup finals. Liverpool still can't escape those one-player-club remarks Manchester City - Micah Richards One of just four players to do alright at Man City last season. Barton is now at Newcastle, Distin is at Portsmouth, and Richards should have a much better future than Dunne. Manchester United - Cristiano Ronaldo Head and shoulders above an excellent squad. Middlesborough - Jonathan Woodgate We've all seen his quality, and with Viduka gone, there is nobody to contest him. Newcastle United - Shay Given It is hard to describe a player who has played 13 games in two seasons as our best player, thus Shay must get the nod for now. Portsmouth - Sol Campbell Showed his quality at Portsmouth. Could be at a much better club if he wanted to be. Reading - Nicky Shorey Reading introduced four very good players last season, but I judge Shorey as currently the most polished of the three that remain. Sheffield United - Phil Jagielka Handy and average player, which is better than the general poorness Sheffield churned out last season Sunderland - Carlos Edwards This guy has impressed me when playing for bith Luton and Mackems. Tottenham Hotspur - Dimitar Berbatov Excellent technique for a striker, plus many well rounded attributes associated with a British centre-forward. West Ham - Carlitos Tevez Looked head and shoulders above his teammates last season. Wigan - Leighton Baines Best player left at a deteriorating Wigan side. Watford - Hameur Bouazza Did pretty well for Watford I thought, although Foster was their best player last season. That would mean a squad of: Given, Jaaskelainen, Taylor Richards, Jagielka, Terry, Woodgate, Campbell, Baines, Shorey, Queudrue Ronaldo, Edwards, Bentley, Gerrard, Barnes, Arteta, Barry Bouazza, Tevez, Berbatov, Henry, Bent And the first eleven would be: Given Richards Terry Woodgate Baines Ronaldo Gerrard Arteta Bentley Berbatov Tevez Thus the squad would be extremely capable, although undersubscribed/oversubscribed in some areas, although obviously this kind of scenario wouldn't happen in real life. Definitely a top 5 side though at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Bit bored? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Only ones id change on that list. Birmingham - McSheffery Blackburn Rovers - McCarthy Bolton - Anelka Everton - Tim Cahill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Birmingham's best player Maik Taylor? Errr.. what about Sebastian Larsson.. I'd also say Reading's best player is Kevin Doyle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nguyen Van Falk Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Blackburn Rovers - David Bentley McCarthy gets the goals, but he is helped by the second best winger combo in the Premiership , of which Bentley is the best of the two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Blackburn Rovers - David Bentley McCarthy gets the goals, but he is helped by the second best winger combo in the Premiership , of which Bentley is the best of the two. It's got a good case tbh. Unfortunately, neither of them are consistent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nguyen Van Falk Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Blackburn Rovers - David Bentley McCarthy gets the goals, but he is helped by the second best winger combo in the Premiership , of which Bentley is the best of the two. It's got a good case tbh. Unfortunately, neither of them are consistent. Second best in the Prem? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Blackburn Rovers - David Bentley McCarthy gets the goals, but he is helped by the second best winger combo in the Premiership , of which Bentley is the best of the two. Name another that is not Giggs/Ronaldo, based on last season's form, that were better than Bentley/Gamst Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nguyen Van Falk Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Blackburn Rovers - David Bentley McCarthy gets the goals, but he is helped by the second best winger combo in the Premiership , of which Bentley is the best of the two. Name another that is not Giggs/Ronaldo, based on last season's form, that were better than Bentley/Gamst Why only last season? Was that when the PL was formed or something? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Blackburn Rovers - David Bentley McCarthy gets the goals, but he is helped by the second best winger combo in the Premiership , of which Bentley is the best of the two. Name another that is not Giggs/Ronaldo, based on last season's form, that were better than Bentley/Gamst Why only last season? Was that when the PL was formed or something? Ah ok, i suppose we might aswell throw Gillespie and Ginola into the mix, then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Blackburn Rovers - David Bentley McCarthy gets the goals, but he is helped by the second best winger combo in the Premiership , of which Bentley is the best of the two. Name another that is not Giggs/Ronaldo, based on last season's form, that were better than Bentley/Gamst Why only last season? Was that when the PL was formed or something? Because the past doesn't really matter, the present does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nguyen Van Falk Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Blackburn Rovers - David Bentley McCarthy gets the goals, but he is helped by the second best winger combo in the Premiership , of which Bentley is the best of the two. Name another that is not Giggs/Ronaldo, based on last season's form, that were better than Bentley/Gamst Why only last season? Was that when the PL was formed or something? Ah ok, i suppose we might aswell throw Gillespie and Ginola into the mix, then. So him saying they are the second best combo in the Prem and then asking me to name a better pair of wingers other than Giggs/Ronaldo only going from last seasons apperances makes sense to you? Ok! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Blackburn Rovers - David Bentley McCarthy gets the goals, but he is helped by the second best winger combo in the Premiership , of which Bentley is the best of the two. Name another that is not Giggs/Ronaldo, based on last season's form, that were better than Bentley/Gamst Why only last season? Was that when the PL was formed or something? Ah ok, i suppose we might aswell throw Gillespie and Ginola into the mix, then. So him saying they are the second best combo in the Prem and then asking me to name a better pair of wingers other than Giggs/Ronaldo only going from last seasons apperances makes sense to you? Ok! Erm, well yeah! This thread isn't based on all-time Premiership stats, it's on about the present, like he says. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nguyen Van Falk Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Blackburn Rovers - David Bentley McCarthy gets the goals, but he is helped by the second best winger combo in the Premiership , of which Bentley is the best of the two. Name another that is not Giggs/Ronaldo, based on last season's form, that were better than Bentley/Gamst Why only last season? Was that when the PL was formed or something? Because the past doesn't really matter, the present does. What a stupid comment. Take Chelsea for example, 2 season ago they played Cole and Robben alot then last season they were dropped to make way for Shevchenko and Ballack. So because Cole and Robben wasn't played that much last season they can't be counted as being better than Bentley and MGP because "the past doesn't really matter the present does"? Even though if they were brought back into the team they would piss all over the Blackburn combo? If you insist.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papo Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Reading-Doyle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Reading-Doyle I can see where you and others are getting at with Doyle, but I think Shorey shaded it due to the fact that he didn't fade away in the second half of the season. However football is all opinions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Bentley and Pederson would easily get in the Liverpool and Arsenal teams and Chelsea don't play with wingers so yeah, he's spot on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Blackburn Rovers - David Bentley McCarthy gets the goals, but he is helped by the second best winger combo in the Premiership , of which Bentley is the best of the two. Name another that is not Giggs/Ronaldo, based on last season's form, that were better than Bentley/Gamst Why only last season? Was that when the PL was formed or something? Because the past doesn't really matter, the present does. What a stupid comment. Take Chelsea for example, 2 season ago they played Cole and Robben alot then last season they were dropped to make way for Shevchenko and Ballack. So because Cole and Robben wasn't played that much last season they can't be counted as being better than Bentley and MGP because "the past doesn't really matter the present does"? Even though if they were brought back into the team they would piss all over the Blackburn combo? If you insist.... Since you found the comment so laughable, can you come up with 5 clubs who have two better wingers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leazes1986 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Tim Cahill is overrated btw. When he's not scoring goals he doesn't contribute much at all and picks up silly bookings. When he's scoring goals though it covers up for his limited football ability. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin doyle Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Doyle was injured and took a while to get back to form.Shorey missed very few games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nguyen Van Falk Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Bentley and Pederson would easily get in the Liverpool and Arsenal teams and Chelsea don't play with wingers so yeah, he's spot on. Chelsea can play with wingers though, and their wingers are better than Blackburns by a long shot. Also I would take Malbranque and Lennon over Bentley and MGP also. Then you can bring in the fact of the contribution of the full backs, Solano and Duff would be better than Bentley and MGP if we had a pair of at least competent full backs supporting them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Arteta is twice the player Cahill is. Fact. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Off topic, Morten Gamst really hates being called Pedersen, and has requested this stops. Basically his father walked out on him or something, so doesn't like to use the name as it is not where he came from. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 is all I can say. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Off topic, Morten Gamst really hates being called Pedersen, and has requested this stops. Basically his father walked out on him or something, so doesn't like to use the name as it is not where he came from. Call him Pederast from now on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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