Saint Garrett Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 No idea how this was picked, sure there are a few names missing...! https://southamptonfc.com/news/2018-03-28/southampton-fans-ultimate-xi-revealed-seacity-museum GOALKEEPER • Peter Shilton DEFENDERS • Jason Dodd • Claus Lundekvam • José Fonte • Wayne Bridge MIDFIELDERS • Alan Ball • Matt Le Tissier • Adam Lallana STRIKERS • Rickie Lambert • Mick Channon • Alan Shearer SUBS: Antti Niemi, Mark Wright, Francis Benali, Ivan Golac, Morgan Schneiderlin, Terry Paine, Kevin Keegan. MANAGER: Lawrie McMenemy ASSISTANT MANAGER: Nigel Adkins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Lallana? Nope, this isn't worth taking seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericb Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 That must've been done via social media, because all it shows me is that the majority of people that did it were really young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 That side would get destroyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint peter Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Seriously Nivea boy? ... Do me a favour!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan The Flames Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 That must've been done via social media, because all it shows me is that the majority of people that did it were really young. Would young people vote for Channon and Ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Benali on the bench, I know he's a cult hero but part of our best ever team? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graffito Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 No Bale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 The fact Lallana is included but Terry Paine is only a sub says all you need to know really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordic Saint Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 As I recall, it was a multiple choice type of poll, with only 3 choices for each position, not an open one. The defensive options especially excluded some better defenders than ones that were available to vote for. This would certainly not be most fans' ultimate Saints XI if they could pick any player they wanted to. Dodd, Bridge and Lundekvam would have struggled to even get into our team in recent years, with the exception of this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Other than making it easier for the organisers, what was the point of having a short list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Bit of a joke really. Fonte, Lallana, ridiculous. Doddsy, great bloke but best LB, not even sure he would be top 10. Franny, definitely having a laugh, legend yes, but ultimate XI, hahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananaman Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 No Bale? Claus over Killer? Nivea Queen? & that back four would get smashed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 No Bale? Claus over Killer? Nivea Queen? & that back four would get smashed. Why bale? Bridge was better for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellman Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Wot no Terry? You can not be serious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Three up front and Le Tiss as a holding midfielder - that would work well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Keegan on the bench? Ron Davies? Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwaysaint Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Bridge was definitely better for us than Bale. I'm not sure Shearer was one of our best strikers for similar reasons of peaking much later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Not too bad, only missing Terry Paine, Ron Davies, Ivan Golac and Tommy Traynor! (OK, perhaps including TT is a little fanciful!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFC Forever Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Then there are two England full backs that both played for us at same time Bill Etherington and Alf Ramsey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 (edited) Dodd, Claus, Lallana, Fonte, Lambert FFS, who picked this side. Half the side should be nowhere near an ultimate 11. **** me I could name 10 centre halves better than that pairing. Adkins and Lawrie, what a ****ing joke. Ted & Lawrie head and shoulders above the rest. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Edited 28 March, 2018 by Lord Duckhunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordic Saint Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Dodd, Claus, Lallana, Fonte, Lambert FFS, who picked this side. Half the side should be nowhere near an ultimate 11. **** me I could name 10 centre halves better than that pairing. Adkins and Lawrie, what a ****ing joke. Ted & Lawrie head and shoulders above the rest. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk It's all about opinions but as a rule of thumb, the number of full international caps for ones of the world's top football nations is a useful guideline when selecting all-time XIs for a team which has spent most of its history in a top league. Dodd doesn't have any. Fonte has 28 caps for Portugal and a European Championship winner's medal, Lallana has 34 caps for England so far and will probably go on to win more than 50 and even Lambert has 11 England caps. I remember back in the 1960s when any Saints player who had ever played for England was considered to be one of our all-time great superstars. I'm really not sure why Dodd is there. Like Benali and Kelvin Davis, he played a lot of club games for us but he was never an international class player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintadjg Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Probably my strongest side since I started watching saints on a regular basis circa 95. Niemi Clyne VVD Killer Shaw Vic Spider Mane LeTis Eyal Beattie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsaint Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 As I recall, it was a multiple choice type of poll, with only 3 choices for each position, not an open one. The defensive options especially excluded some better defenders than ones that were available to vote for. This would certainly not be most fans' ultimate Saints XI if they could pick any player they wanted to. Dodd, Bridge and Lundekvam would have struggled to even get into our team in recent years, with the exception of this one. Bridge was class for us, and an England international- he’d have certainly got into our side if he was good enough for Chelsea. Not sure how Claus made it into that team over Killer, Deano, Toby and Van Dijk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint86 Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Probably my strongest side since I started watching saints on a regular basis circa 95. Niemi Clyne VVD Killer Shaw Vic Spider Mane LeTis Eyal Beattie That is a very nice team, and in truth a similar time period to mine. I would include either Ball/Wallace/Lallana for Eyal though. Stiker wise, Beattie was very good for us in the prem. I would have him or Rickie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 28 March, 2018 Author Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Pahars? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lets B Avenue Posted 28 March, 2018 Share Posted 28 March, 2018 Pahars? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Not as manager. Latvia lost to Gibralter at the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shance Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 That defence. Lallana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 who organised that vote? they should be publicly named and shamed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 Team should be: Shilton Clyne Wright vvd bridge Williams ball Paine le tiss channon Davies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladysaint Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 I think one of the criteria’s was that they had to have played 200+ games for Saints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 It's all about opinions but as a rule of thumb, the number of full international caps for ones of the world's top football nations is a useful guideline when selecting all-time XIs for a team which has spent most of its history in a top league. Dodd doesn't have any. Fonte has 28 caps for Portugal and a European Championship winner's medal, Lallana has 34 caps for England so far and will probably go on to win more than 50 and even Lambert has 11 England caps. I remember back in the 1960s when any Saints player who had ever played for England was considered to be one of our all-time great superstars. I'm really not sure why Dodd is there. Like Benali and Kelvin Davis, he played a lot of club games for us but he was never an international class player. Your criteria only works if caps are of the same value throughout the years. Nowadays they throw them round like confetti. Lambert & Lallana wouldn’t have got anywhere near a cap when I started watching the game. Allan Clarke got 19 caps, Ray Kennedy 17, Howard Kendall 0, Tony Currie 17, Jimmy Case 0, Stan Bowles 5, Rodney Marsh 9, Peter Osgood 4, John Hollins 1, Alan Hudson 2, I could go on and on. Lallana wouldn’t even get in our best side this century, let alone of all time. Fonte is nowhere near our best centre half despite winning 28 caps and the euros. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGalpin Posted 29 March, 2018 Share Posted 29 March, 2018 It's all about opinions but as a rule of thumb, the number of full international caps for ones of the world's top football nations is a useful guideline when selecting all-time XIs for a team which has spent most of its history in a top league. Dodd doesn't have any. Fonte has 28 caps for Portugal and a European Championship winner's medal, Lallana has 34 caps for England so far and will probably go on to win more than 50 and even Lambert has 11 England caps. I remember back in the 1960s when any Saints player who had ever played for England was considered to be one of our all-time great superstars. I'm really not sure why Dodd is there. Like Benali and Kelvin Davis, he played a lot of club games for us but he was never an international class player. Le Tiss had eight England caps, Carlton Palmer had 18. That's all you need to know about that particular guideline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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