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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Sept 3, 2024 21:22:06 GMT
Top Flight XI: Begovic Wilkinson Huth Shawcross Pieters Bracewell N’Zonzi Bojan Chamberlain Fuller Arnautovic Second Tier XI: Crossley Lee Dixon Bould Cranson Griffin Whelan Kelly Beagrie Lawrence Sheron Sturridge Third Tier XI: Fox Butler Overson Sandford Clarke Beeston Gleghorn Hoekstra O’ Connor Biggins Stein Chamberlain. The first game I really remember anything about was when my old man took me against West Ham in 1982/83 and we won 5-2. It was the first time I had seen aggro in the ground (the paddock area) and the performance of Chamberlain was sensational. The electric wizard. One of my first games we actually had 2 disallowed as well. Chamberlain took on their entire back line and scored and the ref flagged someone not involved offside. Paul Goddard did a dive over Fox that put the Suarez one to shame. |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Sept 3, 2024 21:28:02 GMT
Bego Wilko Shawcross Huth Pieters Delap Nzonzi Shaq Bojan Arnie Fuller Simmo Wilko Shawcross Taggart Higgi Lawrence Delap Whelan D.Phillips* Fuller Gallgher *really don’t want to put Cresswell there 🤣 Fully expect Johansson, Manhoef and Junho to take relevant spots in that one though. Could have gone for Hendrie? I forgot about him and just wanted to get Demar in there 🤣 But yeah he’d be a better shout. |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Sept 3, 2024 21:30:59 GMT
I forgot about him and just wanted to get Demar in there 🤣 But yeah he’d be a better shout. He was a breath of fresh air in a turgid side for the 20 odd games he played |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Sept 3, 2024 21:38:07 GMT
I forgot about him and just wanted to get Demar in there 🤣 But yeah he’d be a better shout. He was a breath of fresh air in a turgid side for the 20 odd games he played He was good yeah. I think he slowed down after the initial impact though. |
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Post by maninasuitcase on Sept 3, 2024 21:54:27 GMT
Bego over Sorenson. 🤔🤔🤔
Soro was superb between the sticks.
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Post by Eggybread on Sept 3, 2024 21:56:37 GMT
Not Bojan for me
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Post by mtrstudent on Sept 4, 2024 4:02:31 GMT
Got to have Abdoulaye Faye in there. He was sensational in that first season. Though I can't drop Huth or Shawcross so I gave up. It's easy under tactics. Huth at right back. Or fuck it, centre forward like Ryan Shotton. |
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Post by st3mark on Sept 4, 2024 7:31:36 GMT
Bego over Sorenson. 🤔🤔🤔 Soro was superb between the sticks. Bego was far superior in my opinion. Probably why he replaced Soro. |
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Post by diego on Sept 4, 2024 8:34:51 GMT
Can I have Michael Owen and Eidur Gudjohnsen up front on the team sheet but not actually on the pitch?
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Post by Tom_stokiepmre89 on Sept 4, 2024 8:35:34 GMT
Third Tier team: Cutler Thomas Cranson Shtaniuk Clarke Bjarni Kavanagh Gunnarsson Hoekstra Thorne Stein That would be a tasty championship team. |
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Post by stokefanone on Sept 4, 2024 8:53:29 GMT
Banks
Marsh
Pejic
Smith
Watson
Hudson
Whelan
Mclroy
Arnie
Ritchie
Greenhoff
Thinking on the rest
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Post by J-Roar on Sept 4, 2024 9:26:01 GMT
Where is Beagrie, Chamberlain or Hudson Not everyone will have seen them Beagrie was 35 years ago 😑 Jesus wept! |
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Sept 4, 2024 9:41:07 GMT
Banks
Marsh
Smith
Dodd
Pejic
Chamberlain
Hudson
Bojan
McIlroy
Ritchie
Arnie
Begovic
Dixon
Overson
Cranson
Griffin
Beagrie
Kendall
Gleghorn
Walters (Mark)
Sheron
Stein
The Macari team for the third tier!
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Post by skip on Sept 4, 2024 10:09:40 GMT
Does Lee Hendry get a sniff? Not anymore. |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Sept 4, 2024 10:14:47 GMT
Does Lee Hendry get a sniff? Not anymore. Back of the net |
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Post by Veritas on Sept 4, 2024 10:30:15 GMT
Surely Gordon Banks as goalie in 1st tier ? Or have I misread the rules ? Sorry, most of us oldies are too busy dribbling into our Ovaltine to have replied to such an involved topic Here's part 1 of my answer Banks Marsh Smith ShawX Pejic Shaq Hudson Dobing Arnie Greenhoff Ritchie Almost identical for me, I would have TC in preference to Arnie. |
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Post by J-Roar on Sept 4, 2024 11:08:59 GMT
Begovic
Griffin
Smith
Faye
Higginbottom
NZonzi
Bojan
Hudson
Chamberlain
Crookes
Arnautovic
Struggled for full backs and strikers!
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Post by mickstupp on Sept 4, 2024 11:12:46 GMT
Begovic Griffin Smith Faye Higginbottom NZonzi Bojan Hudson Chamberlain Crookes Arnautovic Struggled for full backs and strikers! Same. A paucity of quality top flight full backs and strikers, but spoilt for choice when it comes to keepers, central defenders and wingers. |
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Post by LGH87 on Sept 4, 2024 11:25:00 GMT
Bego Wilko Shawcross Huth Pieters Delap Nzonzi Shaq Bojan Arnie Fuller Simmo Wilko Shawcross Taggart Higgi Lawrence Delap Whelan D.Phillips* Fuller Gallgher *really don’t want to put Cresswell there 🤣 Fully expect Johansson, Manhoef and Junho to take relevant spots in that one though. Hoesktra? |
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Post by LGH87 on Sept 4, 2024 11:30:38 GMT
Third Tier
Cutler
Hansson
Handyside
Shtaniuk
Clarke
Bjarni
Brynjar
Kav
Hoekstra
Thorne
Gunnlaugsson
Second Tier
Simmo
Halls
Shawcross
Higgy
Griffin
Lawrence
Whelan
Brynjar
Hoekstra
Fuller
Sheron
First Tier
Bego
Johnson
Faye
Shawcross
Pieters
Whelan
NZonzi
Shaq
Bojan
Arnie
Fuller
(Etherington and Huth so so unlucky to miss out)
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Post by lordb on Sept 4, 2024 11:48:19 GMT
Bego Wilko Shawcross Huth Pieters Delap Nzonzi Shaq Bojan Arnie Fuller Simmo Wilko Shawcross Taggart Higgi Lawrence Delap Whelan D.Phillips* Fuller Gallgher *really don’t want to put Cresswell there 🤣 Fully expect Johansson, Manhoef and Junho to take relevant spots in that one though. Hoesktra? don't think Bayern is old enough to have seen him play? |
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Post by swandog73 on Sept 4, 2024 11:58:31 GMT
No juergan van duerzan anywhere! 🫣
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Post by LGH87 on Sept 4, 2024 12:02:47 GMT
don't think Bayern is old enough to have seen him play? Pretty certain he's a year older than me. |
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Post by LGH87 on Sept 4, 2024 12:03:19 GMT
No juergan van duerzan anywhere! 🫣 Van Duerzen walked, so Danny Pugh could run. |
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Sept 4, 2024 12:12:52 GMT
Not a popular opinion at a guess but Wilko as a player wasn't very good. Had everything, attitude, aggression etc but was like a poor Julian Dicks.
Why so many many clapped him off that day v Man U still baffles me. One of the stupidest things have seen a player do at our place and there's been many.
Can see why folk loved him though and that moment v Fulham think it was where he was upended and just got up and a no problem to whoever did it. Imagine if that was say an Arse player.
If other players had a fraction of his attitude would be nice and he made use of what he had ...passing wasn't his strong point
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Post by J-Roar on Sept 4, 2024 12:24:18 GMT
Not a popular opinion at a guess but Wilko as a player wasn't very good. Had everything, attitude, aggression etc but was like a poor Julian Dicks. Why so many many clapped him off that day v Man U still baffles me. One of the stupidest things have seen a player do at our place and there's been many. Can see why folk loved him though and that moment v Fulham think it was where he was upended and just got up and a no problem to whoever did it. Imagine if that was say an Arse player. If other players had a fraction of his attitude would be nice and he made use of what he had ...passing wasn't his strong point He made the most of a pretty limited skill set. He would die for the cause and that gets you a very long way. Also feel desperately sorry for him for his problems after football. Give me 1 Andy Wilkinson over a million Imbula's. Imbula was his diametric opposite - all the talent in the world and the work ethic of a sloth. You can't complain about winning 5-0 at Wembley, but if he'd have scored I would genuinely have wept. |
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Post by J-Roar on Sept 4, 2024 12:39:42 GMT
No juergan van duerzan anywhere! 🫣 Van Duerzen walked, so Danny Pugh could run. You don't see anyone writing dissertations about JVD though. |
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Sept 4, 2024 12:54:20 GMT
Not a popular opinion at a guess but Wilko as a player wasn't very good. Had everything, attitude, aggression etc but was like a poor Julian Dicks. Why so many many clapped him off that day v Man U still baffles me. One of the stupidest things have seen a player do at our place and there's been many. Can see why folk loved him though and that moment v Fulham think it was where he was upended and just got up and a no problem to whoever did it. Imagine if that was say an Arse player. If other players had a fraction of his attitude would be nice and he made use of what he had ...passing wasn't his strong point He made the most of a pretty limited skill set. He would die for the cause and that gets you a very long way. Also feel desperately sorry for him for his problems after football. Give me 1 Andy Wilkinson over a million Imbula's. Imbula was his diametric opposite - all the talent in the world and the work ethic of a sloth. You can't complain about winning 5-0 at Wembley, but if he'd have scored I would genuinely have wept. Agree with all of that apart from the weeping bit 😉 |
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Post by linfitstokie on Sept 4, 2024 12:58:28 GMT
teams like that in the 3rd tier outstanding
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Post by Olgrligm on Sept 4, 2024 13:14:36 GMT
I don't have much to add that others haven't already included, so I'll be controversial and say that I've seen a lot of people pick Shaqiri, but no mentions of Moses, who I thought was a much better player and was a key part of Chelsea's title winning team under Conte a couple of years later. I don't think people took to him at the time because he maybe gave the impression of not being very committed, especially when he went back to Chelsea for injury treatment, but he was so good. I loved that Hughes side with extreme pace on the breakaway.
I wonder how many players we've had since relegation who would have got into the 2008 promotion winning side?
Nash
Wilkinson
Shawcross
Cort
Dickinson
Lawrence
Delap
Whelan
Cresswell
Sidibe
Fuller
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