N/P: Your Club's Best XI

[Nem]

IMHO any "greatest" liverpool or arsenal team HAS to include ray kennedy.
he was the 1970/71 PFA young player of the year and his strength touch,approach play and powerful left foot made him top goal scorer in two seasons at highbury.
after signing for liverpool, bob paisley produced a masterstroke and played him in left midfield where he was a revelation.his great vision,control and passing ability,as well as his power and shooting accuracy gave a new dimension to liverpools play.
who can ever forget the kennedy pass that put Fairclough through o0n that famous night against ST Ettienne.throughout the seventies he was arguably the best player in english football.in his time at liverpool he won 15 major honours.
very rarely seen nowadays as he suffers from parkinsons,but a match to raise funds for him between arsenal and liverpool in 1991 at highbury saw 18000 turn up to show their appreciation.
ray kennedy.............a giant of a man, on and o0ff the pitch.

Well said. I'm not dropping Barnes though! So he's my left back!

You cant have a left midfielder as left back if you are playing a 442.

[The Baron]

IMHO any "greatest" liverpool or arsenal team HAS to include ray kennedy.
he was the 1970/71 PFA young player of the year and his strength touch,approach play and powerful left foot made him top goal scorer in two seasons at highbury.
after signing for liverpool, bob paisley produced a masterstroke and played him in left midfield where he was a revelation.his great vision,control and passing ability,as well as his power and shooting accuracy gave a new dimension to liverpools play.
who can ever forget the kennedy pass that put Fairclough through o0n that famous night against ST Ettienne.throughout the seventies he was arguably the best player in english football.in his time at liverpool he won 15 major honours.
very rarely seen nowadays as he suffers from parkinsons,but a match to raise funds for him between arsenal and liverpool in 1991 at highbury saw 18000 turn up to show their appreciation.
ray kennedy.............a giant of a man, on and o0ff the pitch.

Well said. I'm not dropping Barnes though! So he's my left back!

You cant have a left midfielder as left back if you are playing a 442.

Yes I can. Kennedy played leftback as well. Extremely well I might add.

10 mins ago people wanted me to drop him!

[dan]

IMHO any "greatest" liverpool or arsenal team HAS to include ray kennedy.
he was the 1970/71 PFA young player of the year and his strength touch,approach play and powerful left foot made him top goal scorer in two seasons at highbury.
after signing for liverpool, bob paisley produced a masterstroke and played him in left midfield where he was a revelation.his great vision,control and passing ability,as well as his power and shooting accuracy gave a new dimension to liverpools play.
who can ever forget the kennedy pass that put Fairclough through o0n that famous night against ST Ettienne.throughout the seventies he was arguably the best player in english football.in his time at liverpool he won 15 major honours.
very rarely seen nowadays as he suffers from parkinsons,but a match to raise funds for him between arsenal and liverpool in 1991 at highbury saw 18000 turn up to show their appreciation.
ray kennedy.............a giant of a man, on and o0ff the pitch.

booder i did think about him but i went with henry, wright and bergkamp up front in out team

[The Baron]

What about an all time international/world XI?

[Rooky9]

My recent times NUFC team... (its too hard to compare generations, particularly when you haven't seen them....)

                                                          Given
     
                                            Taylor     Woodgate    Albert

                                                   Parker    Lee
                                   Solano                                         Ginola
                                                        Beardsley
                             
                                      Shearer                        Ferdinand


Tough between getting Andy Cole in but in terms of a partnership that one is best....

We've never been able to play 3 centre backs either. I'm sure I've missed some big ones out!

[GlasgowBandit]

We've never been able to play 3 centre backs either. I'm sure I've missed some big ones out!

AYE BOUMSONG 

Nice one Souey Nice one Son!!

[GlasgowBandit]

International XI

Yashin

McGrain
Baresi
Moore
Maldini

Jinky
Zidane
Carlos Aberto
Maradonna

Pele
Van Basten

This one is too hard!!

[The Baron]

IMHO any "greatest" liverpool or arsenal team HAS to include ray kennedy.
he was the 1970/71 PFA young player of the year and his strength touch,approach play and powerful left foot made him top goal scorer in two seasons at highbury.
after signing for liverpool, bob paisley produced a masterstroke and played him in left midfield where he was a revelation.his great vision,control and passing ability,as well as his power and shooting accuracy gave a new dimension to liverpools play.
who can ever forget the kennedy pass that put Fairclough through o0n that famous night against ST Ettienne.throughout the seventies he was arguably the best player in english football.in his time at liverpool he won 15 major honours.
very rarely seen nowadays as he suffers from parkinsons,but a match to raise funds for him between arsenal and liverpool in 1991 at highbury saw 18000 turn up to show their appreciation.
ray kennedy.............a giant of a man, on and o0ff the pitch.

Well said. I'm not dropping Barnes though! So he's my left back!

You cant have a left midfielder as left back if you are playing a 442.

Yes I can. Kennedy played leftback as well. Extremely well I might add.

10 mins ago people wanted me to drop him!

Ok my left back was Alan not Ray. My bad again.

[booder]

are you really a liverpool supporter ?

 

[The Baron]

are you really a liverpool supporter ?

 

Ok so shoot me. It took 3 reads or your post to figure out where I was.

My team was knocked up in about 5 mins whilst talking to Bowmans too. I'm sure I've missed a lot of names!

[booder]

as my dear old dad says.........do one job at a time, and do it well

 

[The Baron]

as my dear old dad says.........do one job at a time, and do it well

 

If that was possible in my job....!

[Triple X]

ok heres mine - Arsenal post 1980 n(when i got my 1st season ticket)

                                        Seaman

Dixon            Adams                 Toure               Cole

Rocastle        Vieira                   Brady               Overmars

                    Henry           Bergkamp

unfortunately 3 into 2 does not go - Arsenal have always played 4-4-2 (apart from a little 3-5-2 under Graham / Rioch) so there is no point in trying to include all 3 of Bergkamp, Henry, and Wrighty.  Bergkamp is a centre forward not a playing behind the front 2 - he has never done it for arsenal, ajax or holland.. and you cannot leave out a left midfielder.

So we have to leave one of the three out and it is so tough - the only autmoatic is Henry but despite his goals i am going to have to go for bergkamp ahead of wrighty.  unbelievable my fave arsenal team and only a place on the bench for wrighty.

The other choice is adams centre back partner - O'Leary, Bould, Keown, Campbell and i plump for toure!!!  But i tell you something that lad is unbelievable and i have posted it before time and time that his centre back style is the future - the big burly centrebacks dont work in the modern game - i loved bouldy but he would just struggle against the pace of defoe, henry, ronaldo, walcott etc....

Adams and Toure for me are the perfect mix for me- but it was a tough call.......

As for my top 5 arsenal heroes - (just because a player makes it into my team does not make him my hero).

But for me this is easy

1. Rocky (i miss this guy so much, as an impressionable teenager when he was playing, he just made me love arsenal so much)
2. Adams
3. Wrighty
4. Henry
5. Bergkamp

These are my true heroes - whether for passion / flair or a combination of both.

who are your footballing heroes??

[GlasgowBandit]

Footballing hero's well that quite tough.

As a Celtic supporter growing up a stone throw from the park and comingf rom the family I have come from itw as always emphasised to me growing up that Celtic was a family club, through the years we have had some great foreign stars grace our game and our team some have been great on the park but arseholes off it some have been piss poor on the park but great geezers off it.

However, for me the thinga bout being a Celtic fan that I want to see most from any player, manager or worker at the club is committment and passion so in no particular order they are as follows:

Tommy Burns
Peter Grant
Neil Lennon
Berti Auld
Johnny Doyle

[Acidmouse]

No Harry Kewell?

I am sorry but there is no way he will get in a team of mine, judas blackmailed Leeds on his way out, utter utter scum.