Best Premiership XI

[IAceI]

So me and my friends were debating this in the pub yesterday, and on a whim and without too much time to spare a thought we all grabbed a pen and paper and jotted down our best Premiership XI.

What are yours (using a basic 4-4-2 please)? There aren't really any parameters which made it quite interesting and also gave way to some arguments based on logevity (eg. Ronaldo vs. Giggs). Anyways, here's what I came with.

GK: Schmeichel

DR: Neville

DL: Cole

DC: Adams

DC: Stam

MR: Beckham

ML: Overmars

MC: Vieira

MC: Gerrard

ST: Bergkamp

ST: Zola

I'll say this; please just put one player to position and no substitutes. I realise no one will probably listen to this and we'll all take the piss and put Wes Brown in defence but at least I said it. ¬_¬

No other rules, so you're free to put Scholes, Giggs, Beckham, Irwin, Rooney etc. all in the same team if you like. Whatever, up to you to sort your agenda out if you support a particularly good team. Not like there's a right or wrong team (unless of course you put Wes Brown in).

Off you go.

Edited May 9, 2010 by IAceI

[Sir Alan LCSugar]

GK: Peter Schmeichel

DR: Gary Neville

DL: Ashley Cole

DC: Tony Adams

DC: Rio Ferdinand

ML: Ryan Giggs

MR: Christiano Ronaldo

MC: Roy Keane

MC: Patrick Vieira

FW: Thierry Henry

FW: Eric Cantona

As I wrote this I noticed that these are only from two teams, but oh well.

[NobBe Nobbs]

Fuck your 4-4-2. I want a front line of Henry/Shearer/Cantona and I'm going to have it!

GK: Schmeichel

DR: Irwin

DL: Carragher

DC: Adams

DC: Terry

MR: Ronaldo

ML: Gascoigne

MC: Lampard

ST: Cantona

ST: Shearer

ST: Henry

Edited May 9, 2010 by KayBe Frye

[crazybrain]

Here it goes

GK: Schmeichel

DR: Neville

DL: Cole

DC: Terry

DC: Adams

MR: Ronaldo

ML: Giggs

MC: Gerrard

MC: Lampard

ST: Shearer

ST: Henry

I'm a little bit biased towards Man Utd, but I resisted the temptation to put in Ferdinand, Scholes, Keane, Rooney and Cantona

[9 to 5]

GK: Flowers

DR: Kenna

DL: Le Saux

DC: Berg

DC: Hendry

MR: Ripley

ML: Wilcox

MC: Sherwood

MC: Atkins

FC: Sutton

FC: Shearer

[Blue Rosler]

Stuart Ripley

[TCO]

Schmeichel

Neville - Adams - Ferdinand - Cole

Ronaldo - Gerrard - Keane - Giggs

Shearer - Henry

[Blue Rosler]

GK - Peter Schmeichel

DL - Denis Irwin

DR - Lee Dixon

DC - Sami Hyppia

DC - Tony Adams

ML - Ryan Giggs

MR - David Beckham

MC - Roy Keane

AMC - Matthew Le Tissier

ST - Paolo Di Canio

ST - Gianfranco Zola

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

GK: Peter Schmeichel

RB: Gary Neville

CB: Jaap Stam

CB: Nemanja Vidic

LB: Ashley Cole

RM: David Beckham

CM: Steven Gerrard

CM: Paul Scholes

LM: Ryan Giggs

ST: Alan Shearer

ST: Wayne Rooney

Considered editing some as the majority of it is United. The thing is, with all biased opinions aside, that's genuinely the top team I'd pick (bar possibly Campbell in for Vidic).

[DavidMarrio]

Mines based off what i've seen and can remember as i was only born in 91 so heres mine

GK: Peter Schmeichel

DR: Gary Neville

DL: Ashley Cole

DC: Sami Hyypia

DC: Tony Adams

MR: Christiano Ronaldo

ML: Ryan Giggs

MC: Steven Gerrard

MC: Claude Makelele

ST: Thierry Henry

ST: Dennis Bergkamp

Few tough players to pick as players like Patrick Vieria, Eric Cantona, Wayne Rooney etc i could have easily put in on an other day

[Gazz]

The 1995/96 Newcastle first team, obviously.

Srnicek, Hottiger, Beresford, Albert, Howey, Gillespie, Lee, Beardsley, Ginola, Ferdinand, Asprilla.

Right up there with Brazil 1970. (Y)

[Rich]

GK P. Schmichael / D. Seaman (Honestly couldn't choose)

DF G. Neville

DF G. Le Saux

DF S. Campbell

DF T. Adams

MF D. Beckham

MF R. Giggs

MF R. Keane

MF F. Lampard

ST A. Shearer

ST E. Cantona

Honorable metions to Bruce, Henry, Bergkamp, Zola, Ginola, Owen, Wright, Campbell and Anelka

[Farmer Reil]

GK: Peter Schmeichel

DR: Lee Dixon

DL: Nigel Winterburn

DC: Tony Adams

DC: Martin Keown

MR: Cristiano Ronaldo

ML: Robert Pires

MC: Steven Gerrard

MC: Patrick Vieira

SC: Didier Drogba

SC: Alan Shearer

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

ML: Ryan Giggs.

That was easy....the rest are more difficult.

GK: Peter Schmeichel

ST: Eric Cantona

MC: Frank Lampard

Those are also not too tricky.

Ginola was also amazing but Giggs has to get the left wing spot over him.

[NobBe Nobbs]

The 1995/96 Newcastle first team, obviously.

Srnicek, Hottiger, Beresford, Albert, Howey, Gillespie, Lee, Beardsley, Ginola, Ferdinand, Asprilla.

Right up there with Brazil 1970. (Y)

Oh man. Pavel Srnicek, what a man. What a NAME.

[JSV]

GK: Peter Schmeichel

DR: Gary Neville

DL: Denis Irwin

DC: Jaap Stam

DC: Tony Adams

MR: Steven Gerrard

ML: Ryan Giggs

MC: Roy Keane ©

MC: Paul Scholes

FC: Eric Cantona

FC: Wayne Rooney

[Adam]

I've only watched football for 11 years (first year was 99/00, I was only 6/7 years old) so that's why the likes of Schmeichel, Cantona and Gascoigne aren't there, but here goes:

GK: David Seaman

RB: Lee Dixon

CB: Tony Adams

CB: Sami Hyypia

LB: Patrice Evra

RM: Cristiano Ronaldo

CM: Steven Gerrard

CM: Frank Lampard

LM: Ryan Giggs

CF: Thierry Henry

CF: Alan Shearer

[jrhodes]

GK: Peter Schmeichel

DR: Henning Berg

DL: David Unsworth

DC: Sami Hyypia

DC: Tony Adams

MR: Cristiano Ronaldo

ML: Ryan Giggs

MC: Steven Gerrard

MC: Eric Cantona

FC: Alan Shearer

FC: Thierry Henry

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Ok, stick Matt Le Tissier in the midfield too as my team sloooooowly takes shape.

[badotori]

GK: Brad Friedel (This honestly took me ages. )

DR: Gary Neville

DL: Patrice Evra

DC: John Terry (as much as it pains me to say it)

DC: Sami Hyppia

MR: Cristiano Ronaldo

ML: Ryan Giggs (it was between Giggsy and Laurent Robert...seriously )

MC: Frank Lampard

MC: Matt LeTissier

FC: Dennis Bergkamp

FC: Alan Shearer

Besides from GK (which changes with the tides, apparently) and that I've had to suppress my urge to include Ruud Van Nistelrooy , these are the players I rate the most...I think.

Edited May 10, 2010 by badotori