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Had some fun with this earlier



You have to pick a squad of 20 Premiership players

Rules

You are only allowed one player from each Premiership team

Your squad of twenty should be expressed as

a) A starting Eleven

b) Nine subs

c) Two goalkeepers must be in the squad.

d) Your squad must therefore be balanced in terms of formation and substitute possibilities.


We'll choose the best five a few days and poll for the winner

Hmmm. Has soviet given you permission to use this title?

Soviet's threads are successful because of my decree and patronage.

He'll be cool with it

Starters

Reina

Bardsley
Vidic
G Cahill
Baines

Essien
Nasri
Bale
Adam

Tevez
Carroll


Subs

Schwarzer
Shawcross
Samba
Brunt
Parker
A Young
Jarvis
Rodallega
Jerome

exactly what i was thinking.  he's gonna be fuming imo

Got to admit Tighty I'm pretty disappointed.  You could really have called this thread anything you liked but I think most people on blonde realise a thread is only truely super good fun when I am involved.

Its almost like you are taking a great thread and mocking it with this half cocked thread about fantasy football.

Now you are involved though, so get picking.....

If you had registered "Super fun" as a trademark, well I would have steered clear, but its fair game I reckon. After all X-Factor comes but once a year, so you won't be using the thread moniker for a while

I do want to get involved as it seems like a good game, whats the prize $20?

$5. Clear blue water between your prize and mine

            Gordon

Sagna Vidic Cahill Enrique


A.Young  Essien Arteta Bale


         Tevez   Torres

Subs

Robinson
Shawcross
Parker
Brunt
Adam
Dempsey
Hleb
Rodallega
Doyle

Reina - Liverpool

Enrique - Newcastle
Johnson - Birmingham
Cahill - Bolton
Coleman - Everton

Bale - Tottenham
Parker - West Ham
Nasri - Arsenal
Nani - Man United

Tevez - Man City
Drogba - Chelsea

Subs:

Robinson - Blackburn
Rodallega - Wigan
Jones - Stoke
Jarvis - Wolves
Adam - Blackpool
Morrison - WBA
Henderson - Sunderland
Hangeland - Fulham
Walker - Aston Villa

Reina (Lpool)

Hangeland ( Ful)
Cahill(Bol)
Terry (Che)
Bale (Spurs)

Young(Villa)
Cahill (Eve)
Fabregas (Ars)

Rooney (Man U)

Tevez (Man City)
Carroll (Newc)

Subs

Carson ( W Brom)
Nelsen (Blackburn)
Huth(Stoke)
Jarvis(Wolves)
Bentley(Birm)
Adam (Blackpool)
Nzogbia(Wigan)
Bent(Sun)
Cole(W Ham)

Just done quickly

Starting XI

Foster

Gary Cahill
Vidic
Samba

Gerrard
Bale
Parker
Fabregas
Tim Cahill

Tevez
Drogba


Subs:

Gordon
Hangeland
Huth
Jarvis
N'Zogbia
Downing
Adam
Carroll
Odemwingie

Interesting defence you've gone for there Monda. Not the most mobile of centre back trios, especially when asking one to play right back. And taking all of Gareth Bales game away from him by asking to go back to left back.

Bale is fit enough and good enough to bomb on down the left so still totally effective.Cahill would be my rb and I think he is good enough to fill in well there and is easily Bolton's best player.Look forward to seeing your far superior team though.

look no further, winning team is above^^

also u seem to have no defensive midfielder, very unbalanced team. Rephrase: the most unbalanced team so far on the thread

lol Ty, me and BH just been ripping it outa how diabolical your effort is.

Right back is really difficult.

Huge shortage of good right backs in th prem, even at the big clubs.. and you could hardly pick Hutton, Rafael, Sagna etc and leave out the better players at their teams.

I come from the era of the entertainers,sure want a DM,we might not win nowt but it would be a fun team to watch.

player plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz


camel your right, really struggled for a right back

Right back very tricky. Essien is the complete central midfielder imo, has everything. People will say he lacks creativity compared to say a Fabreags figure but i think if you watch him carefully you'll be surprised. I think Tevez and Bale have to be certs for any side. I hate picking Ashley Young as i think he is severely overrated but needed a RM and as much as i wanted to put N'Zogbia in there i had to go with Young for balance and his right foot to get to the byline and cross it in.

I just had to put Torres in there. Obviously hes not on top form atm but with the service this team can provide (rather than the clowns at Liverpool) he will find it very very fast and score hatfuls.

                     Foster

Onuoha     Cahill     Vidic(c)    Baines


              Essien
Young                  Nasri     Bale

              Tevez
                           Torres      

Subs:
Begovic
Hangeland
Givet
Parker
Adam
Jarvis
Carroll
Dorrans
N'Zogbia

So many good left sided players in the prem. I wanted a bench with Brunt, Jarvis and Etherington on at one point.

Friedel - Villa

Baines - Everton
Samba - Blackburn
Cahill - Bolton
Carr - Birmingham


Bale - Spurs
Fabregas - Arsenal
Essien - Chelsea
Nani - ManU

Tevez - Man City
Torres - Liverpool

Subs

Green - West Ham
Hangeland - Fulham
Shawcross - Stoke
Foley - Wolves
N'zobia - Wigan
Adam - Blackpool
Brunt - West Brom
Carroll - Newcastle
Bent - Sunderland

:O:O:O

What does that mean mate?

I didn't like ti at all at first and because I actually thought you knew alot about football I was surprised, perhaps disappointed. I have looked again and it isn't as bad as first thought.

Explain? Its great. You can't seriously be so biased to your side that you want Andy Carroll in front of Fernando Torres, one of the best strikers in the world. And Essien and Nasri are a dream!

fk right backs, 3 at the back ftw.

BH, can you offer any reasoning for including 0 goal Graham Dorrans, who's been in and out of the side, more in recently albeit, and the exclusion of 8 goal Odemwingie who must be there with the top midfield scorers in the Prem?

Yeah, i thought long and hard about that one. My reasoning is that he scored 23 goals? last season and was banded around for sums in the region of 5-6m and has been out injured for a while this season but is now starting to show that hes a special talent even in the premiership.

Wheras, although impressed by Odemwingie and he was my 2nd choice for WBA, i feel he misses too many easier chances/one on ones while he is putting away trickier ones, which potentially isn't sustainable over a longer period.

Well resasoned.

Odemwingies a striker also.

 This sounds really interesting.

              Gordon   
G. Cahill  Vidic    Nelsen    Baines
A. Young    Fabregas    Parker    Bale
           Tevez    Drogba

Subs
Hennessey
Hangeland
Huth
Adam
Ferguson
N'Zogbia
Odemwingie
Torres
Carroll

Struggled to find a Birmingham player - can't find it in me to include Carr in anything. Close call with Odemwingie/Dorrans/Morrison and Febregas/Nasri

Noone wants to bet £1,000 that your team is better than theirs.

If I changed formation and played the following I reckon we can just crown my team the best now tbf.

                   Reina
 
         Cahill     Terry       Hangeland

                   
                 Fabregas
Young             Cahill                   Bale

                 Rooney
         
        Carroll            Tevez

Is this a retro 08/09 selection?

Keep trying Monda!

I don't think Cahill is good enough to play CM in an all star team. Especially with Fabregas.

I see your point since Rooney's clear finished.LOL at Cahill not being good enough when some have players like Forster and Onuaha in there teams.

Is that Tim or Gary you have in CM  monda?

Yeah Onuaha is a joke.

I have Tim at CB and Gary in CM,inspired.

Are you gona reply to me then Pleno or are you busy spending all day on blonde enjoying the view of the sea from your beach side bachelor pad with European babes everywhere you look?

I thought it was Euro babes to the right, Afro babes to the left?

lol at least Tim can go up for corners.

I would prefer to have a go at my own team first. Shall be with you by tomorrow morning. I work for a poker company guys, I can post on your forum. Also I'm trying something new out..

What am I supposed to be replying to by the way?

I just said please can you explain why you didn't like my team.

Just because i put a fair bit of work into it and you were fairly harsh towards it, intimating that "i don't know much about football".

I'd be disappointed if its just because you're upset Onuoha is in just because he plays for Sunderland or upset that Carroll isn't in just because he plays for Newcastle.

Sigh, blonde just deleted my post.

Basically saying that ofc I dont think you know nothing about football, and I find it offensive you think I'm the kind of guy to kick up a fuss because Carroll wasnt in your starting team. He isn't even in my top 6/7 premier league strikers. Onuhaha is obviously very dubious, but most of your subs disappointed me and I odn't think you spent much time putting them together. Without a good squad there is no team. I shall do a team later and look forward to you pulling it apart.

Fair enough. Right Back was very hard but i do rate him a bit. Admittedly i didn't spend enough time on my subs (although am very happy with N'Zogbia) but am overjoyed with my starting eleven and don't think i'll be making many changes during the matches as they are all very fit lads.

All about opinions i guess, will look forward to your team.

BH,Essien is a good pick but why Nasri over Fabregas ? Nasri is very good but he's not as good as Fabregas yet or do you not rate Cesc ? Do you think as a manager it's a terrible decision to not pick one of the undoubted best players in the world in Wayne Rooney just because he's currently out of form ?

You aint asking me but I agree with Fab ahead of Nasri (check my team for proof) but disagree with your appraisal of Rooney, imo its very doubtful that hes one of the best players in the world.

You don't think he is at least top 10 ? If not could you name 10 ?

I really couldn't decide between the 2, i'm a big Fabregas fan, i just thought its possible that Nasri will enjoy the space that Essien provides him a little bit more than Fabregas would and will get forward to join the attack with more speed. I don't know, very close.

I wasn't really taking form into account regarding Rooney, i took into account more the 1 player from each team rule and was keen to have Vidic as my CB and captain, hes super solid and reads the game excellently. Also, i think Tevez and Torres are just as good as Rooney if not better (same bracket of top top striker).

I doubt it, I dont think he has scored in open play since March or something? Any idea how many games that is? I really have no clue.

So are you in the camp of Terry's past it/shit ? Imo Rooney >>>>>>> Tevez,Vidic>Terry.

It's quite obv that he's going through a bad run but there's no doubt that he will get back to where he was when it looked like he'd score everytime he played.

Lol no way, Tev is an animal, brilliant player

Tevez >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Rooney

No Terry is still all class but i'd rather have Essien or Drogba in my team from Chelsea

He is Brilliant but there is a level above that,imo Rooney is at that level and Tevez isn't.

You really think Rooney is better then Tevez considering that Tevez has been playing up front by himself an awful lot? I think Tevez is showing just how immense a player he really is. We all know that Rooney can be brilliant but I reckon the excuses are starting to wear a bit thin for him now. A full season out of form is just not good enough.

I think Terry/Rooney >>>>>> Vidic/Essien or Drogba but it's obv close.I was possibly a bit overzealous with my inclusion of Carroll as although I think he has the potential to reach the top,potential is all it is at the minute plus I think a partnership of Rooney/Tevez and Carroll would be incred now.Also Enrique is absolutely quality and would be good enough to play for a top 4 side so I may had a little jig about with my team.

Credit must go to Dewi for starting a great thread IMO

Rooney did the exact same thing only better for Man U.Every player has gone through a long bad spell.

FWIW Tevez played 29 league games for Man U 08/09 and got 5 goals.Man U won the league that season and he got 5 goals ? In his defense the 29 games is appearances so some may be subs but that's still pretty poor.

I definitely think 3 cbs is the way to go since as said there is literally no good Rbs that can be picked.

True but he wasn't being used properly, was he? It's almost the same as saying that Rooney didn't live up to his potential when Ronaldo was playing. I understand that Fergie had to accomodate several ridic talented players in his side but that meant that one or two could not play in their best position.

Stats can always be argued one way or the other,I'd definitely take Rooney over Tevez everytime without hesitation.I'm guessing Alex Ferguson would too or he wouldn't have let him go and he seems to know a thing or two about the game.

As an aside,Ferguson or Mourinho ?

Someone please start a poll Rooney v Tevez.

IMO its not even close so I'm curious to see what others think.

It would be like 98% Tevez if someone did so no point.

In the last couple of years hes really turned into the player he always promised to be on early versions of champ man. Gotta be in that 2nd band of best players in the world. The 1st band just has Messi, Snodgrass and Ronaldo in. He joins the likes of Iniesta, Xavi and others.

It feels good that BH agrees with me, get in there.

lol. Edited my post, made a shocking omission first time round.

I think I have a good right back, but scared to get berated off BH.

Stop poncing about and get it posted

norrrr. Tbh im liking Raymonds idea of playing a CB RB if you can have someone like Cahill playing there. I didn't even consider that we could ask players to move positions.

                     Reina

     S Distin R Huth N Vidic  A Cole

         L Nani C Fabregas G Bale

     J Elmander A Carroll C Tevez


Subs


GK
B Friedel

DF
C Samba
B Hangeland
L Ridgewell


MF
S Parker
M Jarvis
C Nzogbia

F
K Jones
P Odemwingie

The nut teams already been posted, i told you. I'll show you it again if you like.



Much rather have Tevez and Vidic in my team than Rooney and Terry, but its all about opinions. Id prefer to have a striker whos always on the boil like Tevez, not someone like Rooney who can play shite for months then turn good for a few months.

Cheers Lawro

get outa here Dowie.

Stoke fan?

No "nut" team can have Foster as Keeper or the ridic overrated Scott Parker in it.I think he possibly just abs took the piss when he was up here and is decent at West Ham but I haven't seen many worse box to box midfielders play for us in all the time I've watched us.

Lol nah, Newc fan

My pick was Phil Jagielka.

Thats pretty good, better than mine i have to admit.

I didn't consider him but on football manager hes always got the option.

this. he was fucking terrible. He just went sideways or backwards. Mark Noble > Scott Parker imo.

I actually really rate Coleman from Everton too.

Parkers brilliant, hes the heart and soul of my team. Always 110% in training and matches. Hes really impressed me since joining my team. You need a holding/box to box midfielder and i cant think of anyone better whilst having to use the 1 from each club rule. The rest of WHU's squad is fkin gash so Parker is the only option.


Hes rly improved since then, and didnt Roy Keane do this for years and was regarded by many as 1 of the worlds best at that position.

Just trust me that he was unbelieveably bad for us.I accept though that he might've improved a lot since he left but he's pretty old now so not sure what he was playing at when he was here.I wouldn't want him to be a key part or in fact any part of my starting 11.

I think you were jsut unbelieveably bad overall tbh.

And West Ham now are... ??

Unbelieveably bad! But stil Parker stands out

Oh God, you cannot be serious.

I was just starting to afford you maximum respect for the Jagielka pick too.

This thread is great btw.

So no worse than we would've been when he played for us and was literrly putting in a 4/10 performance at best every single game.

I'm going to critique all teams posted just so everybody gets some feedback.....and hopefully start some arguements.

Camel - I understand RB is a tough position but I think you've leaving yourself exposed with Bardsley. I assume Nasri is playing on the right and that's wasting him a little I feel just to make room for Charlie Adam. Subs look good but feel you might be lacking somebody to change the game in centre midfield.

Maldini - First team looks good but I can't help thinking you've picked Arteta on past reputation rather than this seasons performances. The bench looks a mess. I'm praying the first XI stay fit all season.

ChipRich - 3 CB's at the back who are all used to playing as part of a back 4 seems mad. Don't like the balance of midfield. Think it could get cluttered.

Horneris - You know you're weak points, you pointed them out yourself. The right hand side. I like what you've done with the subs in terms of balance. Clearly come to win games rather than defend leads. An injury/suspension to Young could cause problems.

Sweet Pot - Gone a different way with the right back. Don't hate it don't love it. Attacking wise the team looks good. Bench seems very left side dominated. Can you afford to leave a CB out and take a RM?

That's pages 1&2. Will do more later.

hahahahhahahaa excellent

lol yeah Noble>>Parker has got to be a joke. Next it wil be Benni McCarthy>>>Piquinonne.

lol gd work Dinhooooooooooo

Did you feel my team had took enough stick or just that it's perfect  ;whistle;

I've read the thread and saw you submitted another team it was a combination of had enough stick and will critique your 2nd attempt.

Meh,decided I cba to do another one,my first is good enough to smash all the others so far.

                               Pepe Reina

Gary Cahill         Nemanda Vidic          Richard Dunne                Felipe Calcido

                                  
                                 Cheik Tiote
            
                   Cesc Fabregas     Rafael Van der Vart                                                                  


  Mikael Arteta                                                           Florent Malouda

                                   Carlos Tevez
                            


Charlie Adam (Blackpool)
Craig Gordon (Scum)
Paul Scharner (Wigan)
Gary Cahill (Bolton)
Rory Delap (Stoke)
Craig Gardner (Birmingham)
Mark Noble (West Ham)
Matthew Jarvis (Wolves)
Santa Cruz (Blackburn)

To play 4-3-2-1 you NEED to have a stirker with experience of it, someone who will work hard and most importantly someone who will lead the line by example and score goals. For that role, Carlos Tevez is second to none. He cant do it all by himself though he needs idfielders who will get into the box and help out. Malouda and Arteta provide the natural ability on the wings, both are goal threats and I expect them both to get 15+ goals a season in this team.

Behind them I have the driving force of my team, Rafael Van der Vart and Cesc Fabregas, both are leaders. Both are winners. With them in the middle of the park I expect them to provide drive to the team and whilst giving 100% always provide optimum creativity to provide our "flair" players with the required service.

The holding role was one I really had some difficulty with, I didn't know who to put here. I eventually decided for Cheik Tiote, the main reason is the DM CANNOT afford to give the ball away. If he does then 7 of our players are infront of the ball and we will be in great danger. Cheik has fantastic distribution, in his debut he recorded 41/41 successful passes and he is a man mountain, you really struggle to get past him. I have seen it with my own eyes how effective is and if there is anyone in the premiership who can pass 5 yards to his teamates (which is crucial in this team then it is him)

I decided with my abundance of attacking flair that I needed some defenders who would defend. I'm not being desperate and putting Gareth Bale left back, or attacking defenders, I have enough attacking prowess in this team to last a lifetime. First of all I chose Gary Cahill to be my right back, the guy has a long throw, is fast, good in the air and AFAIK good at distribution. Left back I went for the very underrated Felipe Salcido, the guy was fantastic in the world cup, he is absolute rapid and all I can say is "good lak" if you fancy taking him on.

Inbetween the two full backs I put Mr Consistent (Vidic) with Mr not so consistent (Dunne) Dunne ahs all the attributes of being a fantastic defender, best in the premier league on his day and I think that alongside Vidic (who will be my captain) that he will cut the errors out and help keep as many clean sheets as possible. Behind them I put Pepe Reina, Pepe has fantastic distributional skills and this will be perfect for my fast, athletic team on counter attacks, he talks well which will be perfect (keeping Gary Cahill in position and making sure Dunne is switched on) overall I think I have a fantastic team and would fancy these to do the quadruple.

Only one to have Rory Delap on the bench too I believe.

Thoughts?

lol, sorry to spoil you're fun but i don't think anyone on here is stupid enough to bite

I'm not sure Gary Cahill is good enough to warrant trying to get him through twice,

Uve had an absolute mare there, level?

and who the fuck is Felipe Calcido

A combination of Carlos Salcido (LB) and Felipe Caicedo (ST)???

Hes attrocious! can only do 1 thing and cant even run. If you want your team to play that sort of football, you've gone even further down in my estimations.

Actually sucidle i just noticed im in for 2x united players and no Bpool players, will rejig later

LOL didn't actually notice the 2 man yoo players but you've got 2 Stoke players,nice effort.

Yea was thinking that aswell that I would have like to get another right sided player in there, with the teams I had available to me to pick from there wasnt much on offer. Albeit Foley from Wolves has played a fair bit on the right if I'm not mistaken

Lol FMLLLL

Very tough. My weakness is obviously Elokobi at left back, but i was struggling and have you seen the size of him?? I wouldnt like to tell him hes not in any team.

                                     Reina


Jagielka                Vidic               Hangeland           Elokobi


                                     /
                                   /
A. Young             Essien            Fabregas               N' Zogbia
      !                                         /                               !
      !                                                                         !
                                                                                !
                                                                               
                                    Van Der Vaart
                                                    \
                              Tevez               \

Gordon

Samba
Ridgewell

Parker
Adam
Etherington

Odemwingie
Carroll
Elmander


As you can see by the makeshift arrows, i have N'Zogbia bombing down the wing and VDV's been given an attacking free role to link up play and find space behind Tevez's workhorse like style. Essien understands his role to break up there attacks.

I've set my team to hard tackling and pressing the other team on the ball, we will counter attack at pace too.

I've got some big strikers on the bench to come on and capitalise on Nzgobias crosses if at any time we look lost for ideas. I am a bit worried about only having two defenders on the bench, but theyre all pretty hard so expect little to no injuries anyway.

?

Apologies about Salcido. It is indeed Carlos.

Also apologies over Gary Cahill, I wrote it out in 10 minutes before football.

Also I know this might sound biased but I really struggled with Newcastle, at different times I had Tiote, Barton, Enrique, Collocini and Hatem Ben Arfa.

Also the beauty with my team is that I can let Arteta move central and I believe Salcido can bomb on down the left with three big centre halfs sitting back and Tiote mopping up behind.

Right CBA doing subs but this is the WINNNNNNAR

I expect some of my players to play out of position but feel it necessary for the greater good.

Robinson (Blackburn)

Andy O'Brien (Bolton)
Stephen Crainey (Blackpool)
Micah Richards (Man City)
Rio Ferdinand (Man Utd)

Lee Bowyer (Birmingham)
Alan Smith (Newcastle)
Fabian Delph (Aston Villa)
Arron Lennon (Spurs)
Jermaine Pennant (Stoke)

Jermaine Beckford (Everton)

Christopher, is this a level?


Excuse me for a minute but WTF?

Right sorted it as best i can do


                     Reina

     S Distin R Huth N Vidic  A Cole

       W Barton C Fabregas G Bale
              
               C Dempsey

         J Elmander  C Tevez


Subs


GK
B Friedel

DF
C Samba
P Bardsley
L Ridgewell


MF
S Parker
M Jarvis
C Nzogbia

F
D J Campbell
P Odemwingie

This is the first 11 I would pick.

by the way I cant pick any subs as I have ran out of eligible players.

winnnnnnnnnnnnnar

Cracking thread Dewi, containing some quality posts.

My attempt, the Rb issue, Reina vs Torres and Cesc vs Nasri were the hardest decisions for me.
I feel the gap between Torres and Tevez is less then that between Reina and the rest, and the chance to see Cesc and Essien in the same team sees Nasri miss out.
4/3/1/2

Reina - GK

Bardsley - RB
Cahill - CB
Vidic - CB
Baines - LB

Cesc - M
Adam - M
Essien - M

Van de Vaart - A
Bent - A
Tevez - A

Subs

Begovic - GK
Carroll - A
Samba - CB
Dorrans - M
Hangeland - CB
McFadden - M/A (BCFC have a shit squad)
N'Zogbia - M/A
Doyle - A
Parker - M

Did nobody like my Craig Gardner shout?

Mondatoo - Your team is going up against other Prem Dream teams. I'm not sure you can afford to play a CB out of position at RB. The likes of Malouda and Bale that are getting picked in these teams will rip you apart. I think Carroll and Tevez could work well together but the team seems too attacking. Bale is going to be wasted if not coming forward but with a dodgy RB and no defensive midfielder I think you could run into some problems. The bench looks horrible too. The first XI looks like it isn't playing with much width but there are a few wide players on the bench. Are these here for when Plan A inevitably goes wrong? Carson and Cole picks really mystify me.....ah just found the new formation on page 3. I'm glad you had a rethink. On the surface things look a lot better. However I think you could have issues on the right hand side (as many have) Young will not track back and I think if Cahill is dragged wide your slower CBs could be exposed. Still no holding midfielder? Fellaini or Rodwell to play behind Fabregas would add more balance than the current Cahill selection. I'd hire Big Sam as gaffer as your best bet looks like set pieces.

Somerled - Interesting GK choices. When in form there i think Gordon can be very good. Often injured though and your reserve doesn't inspire confidence. Wrap Gordon up in cotton wool if i were you. Again I think you may have forgotten you are in a contest against other Prem Dream teams. It's just my opinion but I think CB's playing out of position won't cut it. The front 6 look good. I like the attacking weight to the subs bench despite a couple of dubious choices.

Pleno - The is it or isn't it a level team. First off I don't like repeating myself but CBs at RB. Fine if you've got West Ham at home but you're up against the best of the best here. Richard DunneOG at CB is mad. A player on the decline, likely to chip in with a few OGs. Salcido had a good world cup but hasn't been anything to write home about since moving to the prem. Could be a gamble throwing him into what looks like a weak defence. Middle 3 look good and good reasoning to it. As mentioned previously Arteta hasn't been as good this season as previous seasons but the right hand side is proving to be difficult so I don't mind that you've gone with him over somebody like Young. Bench is a mess. Not sure where Delap, Gardner or Noble would fit into your system. Delap picked just because he can take a throw in and Noble picked just because you had to pick a West Ham player? These are just average (at best) prem players. You've picked one striker. You picked Roque Santa Cruz as that striker. I think life on the rock is getting to you. I believe he's only ever scored more than 5 goals in a season once. He's been injured on and off for about 2 years. Looks like you are banking on your first XI being good enough and I fear it won't. There is scope for improvement as Cahill was picked twice and Scharner registered as Wigan player rather than West Brom you still have a Wigan player to add to your squad.

Will start on page 8 in a bit striblings team is giving me a headache...

My plan is my team will score more goals then the other team and win the league,ldo.

Freidel

Sagna
Jagielka
Cahill
Figeuroa

Essien
Tiote

Van Der Vaart
Nani
Silva

Torres

Subs:
Hennessey
Parker
Hleb
Salcedo
Odemwinge
Santa Cruz
Adam
Shawcross
Gyan

no

why? I think he's been very, very good this season.

stopped reading.

Shout out for Joesdinho's analysis of everyones squad, very detailed , lot of work, fair play.

Rooks has asked me to post his team up for analysis.

                        GK Pepe Reina (LIV)


            CB Huth (STO)              CB Vidic (MU)         CB Cahill (BOL)



RWB Coleman (EVE)                                                                LWB A.Cole (CHE)



                               DM Parker (WH)


               CM Fabregas (ARS)           CM VDVaart (TOT)


                     
               ST Tevez (MC)    

                           ST Bent (AV)




Subs

GK Schwarzer (FUL)
RWB Carr (BIR)
LWB Elokobi (WOL)
CB Nelsen (BLA)
CB Collocini (NEW)
M Adam (BPOOL)
M Brunt (WBA)
M Nzogbia (WIG)
ST Gyan (SUN)

He also told me to post a message.

"Mods and Scottish Dave are idiots"

He asked me to remind everyone that I'm his favourite blonde member and that this thread isn't nearly as super good fun as the xfactor thread. Finally he added that my team didn't get nearly enough love from the Leeds lads suggesting they are total ****s

surprised no ones put zabaleta in at rb, def one of the better ones in the league

Birmingham have better defenders than Stephen Carr.

Would rather have Wayne Bridge left wing back and Essien DM than Parker and Cole too. But pretty nice team, 6/10.

Constructive criticsim where possible, Rooks knows his stuff, but is this bench a wind-up?

Those 4 defs are pretty poor imo.

Attacking players change games from the bench, defs are there purely for injuries, why have 4 defs and 1 stk?

At least 3 stk's on the bench needed, plus 2 attacking midfield players.

Sorry Rooks, expected better.  :)

Absolutely baffles me why people think Delap is a bad suggestion.

i think you now have the reputation on football that JoeStrummer has for poker..

You have 10 subs, you never going to use them all, Delap is perfect for changing the game, putting pressure on opponents and when winning 1-0 keeping ball in opponents half.

GK Reina

RB Coleman
CB Cahill G
CB Hangerland
LB Evra

DM Parker
AM Fabregas
Wide Bale
Wide Albrighton

In the Hole Tevez
CF Drogba


Subs

gk Foster

def Enrique
      Samba

mf/wide Adam
             Brunt
             Cleverley

striker  Doyle
           Gyan
           K Jones

Mr Prew, how would you respond to the critics calling your midfield too "leighweight" to win the Premier League? And that your centre half partnership would be destroyed by many strikeforces, especially those containing small, quick players? Perhaps you have made the number 1 blooper when it comes to fantasy football and concentrated on the goalscorers, do you see yourself as being the nex Newcastle United (1995-1998) where you will please the crowd but win fuck all?

Mr Pleno, after the last 48 hours your credibility is completely shot. Merieles.Collocinni. I rest my case.

Nonetheless I feel Hangeland and Cahill are both fine defenders in unfashionable teams and will hold up well

The midfield is certainly creative, and I would accept would be stronger with an Essien in to protect my back four but I wouldn't underestimate Scott Parker's ability to put a foot in. Just because he was never asked to do so on Tyneside, doesn't mean he doesn't have that in his game He does.

Capital H? I'm very, very disappointed and more importantly.... I'm let down.

some friends teams..


....................................Friedel............................................

Coleman..............Hangeland............. Cahill...................Enrique


.........................Essien ..............................................................

..................................................Fabregas..................................

....Van der Vaart.........................................................................


.............................Tevez.............Rooney....................................
.........................................Torres.............................................

Subs:
GK - Foster
D - Shawcross, Nelsen, Bardsley
M - Parker, Adam, Brunt
F - Doyle, Rodallega

.................................Gordon............................................

Sagna..............Hangeland............. Cahill...................Enrique

.........................Essien ..............Yaya Toure.........................

....Luis Nani............................................................ Bale........
.............................Cahill.......................................................

.........................................Torres...........................................

Sub GK - Foster
Sub D - Shawcross, Samba, Bridge
Sub M - Adam, Brunt, N'Zogbia
Sub F - Doyle, Bent

Imagine link up play and the amount of naughty headers nando and cahill would score. Ridic

meh no one has mentioned Dirk Kuyt or Park Ji Sung

retards the lot of you