Smiley Culture Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Boredom has struck waiting for my girlfriend to get ready so I was thinking about the best ever English Premier League XI. I think this is a tough one to be honest, I’d be interested to see people’s thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storts Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Seaman Neville Rio Terry Cole Scholes Gerrard Lampard Rooney Shearer Kane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil-Dick Willie Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 That's fucking dire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverted Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Seaman Neville Ferdinand Terry Cole Scholes Gerrard Lampard Beckham Shearer Rooney Get up the pitch, Scholes spreads it out wide, Shearer and Rooney go for the six yard box, Gerrard and Lampard drift to the edge of the box, Beckham/Cashley cross it. Goal. Good English football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 I’m not going to do the “English Premier League XI”. I’m going to do the my best English XI that I’ve experienced because I was attending and watching football pre-‘92 and I think that counts. David Seaman Lee Dixon Terry Butcher Tony Adams Ashley Cole Bryan Robson Paul Scholes Paul Gascoigne Peter Beardsley Alan Shearer Gary Lineker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 ---------------------------------Nigel Martyn Gary Neville - Sol Campbell - Rio Ferdinand - Stuart Pearce David Beckham - Paul Scholes - Steven Gerrard - Ashley Cole ------------------------------Wayne Rooney -------------------------------Alan Shearer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNORTHODOX Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Seaman Neville Terry Ferdinand Cole Beckham Gerrard Lampard Gazza Owen Shearer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverted Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 It is a bit less interesting when you limit it to the Prem and miss out on the early 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 54 minutes ago, Inverted said: limit it to the Prem and miss out on the early 90s. Miss out football altogether. That’s why mine is based on what I experienced! Obviously if we include the history of English footballers it’d be more complexed and very different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcanuck Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 7 minutes ago, SirBalon said: Miss out football altogether. That’s why mine is based on what I experienced! Obviously if we include the history of English footballers it’d be more complexed and very different. Well it is a Premier league forum. I suspect most on here didn't see much pre Premier football. If you expand it the squads would be very different, while the Premier league's ones seem remarkably similar. Under your rules, my would include players like Banks, Moore, Charlton and Greaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Just now, Redcanuck said: Well it is a Premier league forum. I suspect most on here didn't see much pre Premier football. If you expand it the squads would be very different, while the Premier league's ones seem remarkably similar. Under your rules, my would include players like Banks, Moore, Charlton and Greaves. Yeah, that’s their problem. Football didn’t begin with the Premier League and under your argument all that means is that I’m educating others then which I doubt I’m doing because they know these things or should do. Football didn’t start in the Premier League era and the forum is obviously called “The Premier League Forum” because that’s what it is now... Not so long ago it was called the Premiership, so there are players there that didn’t play in the Premier League which shows how ridiculous your attempt at being smart has been. You should use thought process before you write something like that especially with me mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverted Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Being 21 my perception is even a bit different. To me players like Beckham, Neville and Shearer are really just there on my impression of their careers rather than any real memories of watching them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 1 minute ago, Inverted said: Being 21 my perception is even a bit different. To me players like Beckham, Neville and Shearer are really just there on my impression of their careers rather than any real memories of watching them. I’m quoting this for someone else and nothing I particularly want to add to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 5 hours ago, Inverted said: Seaman Neville Ferdinand Terry Cole Scholes Gerrard Lampard Beckham Shearer Rooney Get up the pitch, Scholes spreads it out wide, Shearer and Rooney go for the six yard box, Gerrard and Lampard drift to the edge of the box, Beckham/Cashley cross it. Goal. Good English football. That's mine aswell. Kane needs a few more years to be anywhere near this list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcanuck Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 7 minutes ago, SirBalon said: Yeah, that’s their problem. Football didn’t begin with the Premier League and under your argument all that means is that I’m educating others then which I doubt I’m doing because they know these things or should do. Football didn’t start in the Premier League era and the forum is obviously called “The Premier League Forum” because that’s what it is now... Not so long ago it was called the Premiership, so there are players there that didn’t play in the Premier League which shows how ridiculous your attempt at being smart has been. You should use thought process before you write something like that especially with me mate. No reason to get nasty, wasn't taking a shot at you, just pointing out the obvious. Probably just a reaction to my thread about the Holgate Firmino incident(s) being moved to the FA Cup forum because it wasn't Premiership related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, Redcanuck said: No reason to get nasty, wasn't taking a shot at you, just pointing out the obvious. Probably just a reaction to my thread about the Holgate Firmino incident(s) being moved to the FA Cup forum because it wasn't Premiership related. I’m not getting nasty mate! Don’t missentepret me... It’s just that your post was full of semantics that weren’t necessary if you think about it. Why limit a debate to a brand name when you can just say... What’s the best English XI you can muster in your opinion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMike Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 5 hours ago, SirBalon said: I’m not going to do the “English Premier League XI”. I’m going to do the my best English XI that I’ve experienced because I was attending and watching football pre-‘92 and I think that counts. David Seaman Lee Dixon Terry Butcher Tony Adams Ashley Cole Bryan Robson Paul Scholes Paul Gascoigne Peter Beardsley Alan Shearer Gary Lineker No John Barnes? Not technically English but represented them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 5 minutes ago, LFCMike said: No John Barnes? Not technically English but represented them I did actually think about him and it was him or Beardsley... But the way Peter Beardsley used to feed strikers that were prolific just finally made my mind up. John Barnes was excellent without a doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcanuck Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 17 minutes ago, SirBalon said: I’m not getting nasty mate! Don’t missentepret me... It’s just that your post was full of semantics that weren’t necessary if you think about it. Why limit a debate to a brand name when you can just say... What’s the best English XI you can muster in your opinion? Debate is limited to the Premier because that is the question that was asked. You could start another thread if you want to talk about the best English XI. Regarding semantics, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Just now, Redcanuck said: Debate is limited to the Premier because that is the question that was asked. You could start another thread if you want to talk about the best English XI. Regarding semantics, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. But then many of the players chosen would be exempt. When did the Premier League change from the Premiership? Why would I want to start another thread that’s identical? This one is good enough mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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