norwaysaint Posted 30 September, 2019 Share Posted 30 September, 2019 By that, I mean at their peak while playing in the PL for Saints, regardless of any slump after moving away or form they never reproduced after promotion. For example, Lovren/Schneiderlin/Clyne was outstanding at Saints, less so after. Lambert possibly did his best work on the way up, rather than actually in the PL (but he probably still deserves the nod). Would anyone still at the club get in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwaysaint Posted 30 September, 2019 Author Share Posted 30 September, 2019 Going with Boruc Clyne Toby van Dijk Bertrand Schneiderlin Wanyama Davis Lallana Lambert Mane Tadic, Lovren, Shaw, JRod, Cork just missing out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 30 September, 2019 Share Posted 30 September, 2019 Boruc Clyne Tony VvD Bertrand Morgan Vic Rodrigues Lallana Mane Lambert McCarthy, Fonte, Shaw, Davis, Tadic, Pelle, Redmond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvSFC Posted 30 September, 2019 Share Posted 30 September, 2019 Forster Clyne - Alderweireld - Van Dijk - Bertrand Wanyama - Schneiderlin Tadic - Lallana - Mane Lambert (I think Lambert's 15 league goals in 12-13 is still our highest by a single player since our PL return and his only other season 13-14 saw him score 13 league goals, which is again higher than Pelle and Mane got in a single season. We'd kill for a Lambert these days, the man was a king.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 30 September, 2019 Share Posted 30 September, 2019 McCarthey Clyne Toby VVD Bertrand Big Vic Morgan Lallana Mane Lambert Tadic How anybody is putting Boruc in there is beyond me. Awful, awful keeper and a complete bellend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordic Saint Posted 30 September, 2019 Share Posted 30 September, 2019 Forster/ McCarthy? (Any goalkeeper before Dave Watson's coaching took effect) Clyne van Dijk Fonte Shaw Wanyama Romeu Tadić Redmond Lambert Mané Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordic Saint Posted 30 September, 2019 Share Posted 30 September, 2019 Whoops, I forgot Lallana, who was our best player when we first got promoted so he should be there ahead of Redmond so: McCarthy Clyne van Dijk Fonte Shaw Wanyama Romeu Tadić Lallana Lambert Mané Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 30 September, 2019 Share Posted 30 September, 2019 If everyone's at their peak.... Forster Clyne Alderweireld van Dijk Bertrand Wanyama Schneiderlin Mane Davis Tadic Pelle If we're looking at consistency over a season I'd probably have Lallana for Tadic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 30 September, 2019 Share Posted 30 September, 2019 Boruc Clyne - Toby - Virgil - Bertrand Morgan - Wanyama Mané - Tadič - J Rod Pellè Subs: McC, Lovren, Shaw, Redmond, Davis, Lallana, Lambert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Useful Idiot Posted 30 September, 2019 Share Posted 30 September, 2019 Boruc Clyne - Toby - Virgil - Bertrand Morgan - Wanyama Mané - Tadič - J Rod Pellè Subs: McC, Lovren, Shaw, Redmond, Davis, Lallana, Lambert This but swap Romeu in for Davis and Fonte in for Lovren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 30 September, 2019 Share Posted 30 September, 2019 Anyone who's leaving Davis out is forgetting how we played when he was injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordic Saint Posted 30 September, 2019 Share Posted 30 September, 2019 Anyone who's leaving Davis out is forgetting how we played when he was injured. Duncan, goalkeeper and midfield are two areas where there are several candidates who it's almost impossible to choose between. You are right, Davis at his peak was like Marsden used to be: an unsung hero who made the rest of the team tick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 30 September, 2019 Share Posted 30 September, 2019 For me... -----------Forster Clyne Alderweireld VVD Shaw ------Morgan Wanyama Mane-----Lallana------Tadic -------------Pelle Very tough on Lovren, Bertrand, Davis, J-Rod and Lambert. The team above would have a great chance of finishing top 6 IMO. Probably wouldn't be far off top 4, but as we know they would have never played together, so kind of irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 30 September, 2019 Share Posted 30 September, 2019 Duncan, goalkeeper and midfield are two areas where there are several candidates who it's almost impossible to choose between. You are right, Davis at his peak was like Marsden used to be: an unsung hero who made the rest of the team tick. An unsung hero that everyone raves about. Doesn't make much sense does it? Davis was okay. Nothing more, nothing less. For every great game he had, he had two awful ones. I've always found his "underrated" tag to be ****ing tedious, especially since nearly everyone comes out with it, implying that people do indeed rate him. If anything, I found him to be overrated. A bit like PEH, can't question his attitude and probably worth a place in the squad just for that but can't rely on him because he's not that great. (Steven, not Kelvin). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 30 September, 2019 Share Posted 30 September, 2019 Very tough on Lovren, Bertrand, Davis, J-Rod and Lambert. The team above would have a great chance of finishing top 6 IMO. Probably wouldn't be far off top 4, but as we know they would have never played together, so kind of irrelevant. Top six? I think most of the variations on this thread would win the League. Perhaps not the last two years with Liverpool and City being almost untouchable but that team is easily as good as the one Poch got to third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 30 September, 2019 Share Posted 30 September, 2019 An unsung hero that everyone raves about. Doesn't make much sense does it? Davis was okay. Nothing more, nothing less. For every great game he had, he had two awful ones. I've always found his "underrated" tag to be ****ing tedious, especially since nearly everyone comes out with it, implying that people do indeed rate him. If anything, I found him to be overrated. A bit like PEH, can't question his attitude and probably worth a place in the squad just for that but can't rely on him because he's not that great. (Steven, not Kelvin). The 'underrated' label annoyed me as well, but you are, er, underrating him. The Pochettino and Koeman teams (which all these dream XIs are based on) really couldn't transition or link attack and defence without him. You might be able to build a better system where he's not required, but in a 4-2-3-1 with the defensive mids we had, he's essential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cartman Posted 30 September, 2019 Share Posted 30 September, 2019 Gunn Clyne Alderweireld Van Dijk Bertrand Lallana Wanyama Schneiderlin Tadic Redmond Mané Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 30 September, 2019 Share Posted 30 September, 2019 By that, I mean at their peak while playing in the PL for Saints, regardless of any slump after moving away or form they never reproduced after promotion. For example, Lovren/Schneiderlin/Clyne was outstanding at Saints, less so after. Lambert possibly did his best work on the way up, rather than actually in the PL (but he probably still deserves the nod). Would anyone still at the club get in? Still our top scorer in any given season, with 15 goals, since we got back to the PL. No one else has even got close to that (though arguably all of Pelle's 11 were from open play) Jrod might well have beaten that in our second season up if hadn't been for that ACL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 30 September, 2019 Share Posted 30 September, 2019 McCarthy Clyne Fonte VVD Shaw Morgan Victor Mane Tadic Djenepo Lambert I'm sticking Fonte in there because he was always the leadership at the back even if not as good as Toby you have to have a leader in the defense. Lambert because he is still our highest scorer, in our second stint in the PL, plus best peno taker we've ever had (along side MLT). And Djenepo is a bit of a wild card but I think we might have actually signed a gem he might not be at the top of his game yet but 2 cracking goals in 1.5 games is pretty good. Djenepo and Mane rotating with Tadic I reckon would be pretty epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 2 October, 2019 Share Posted 2 October, 2019 This wasn't a composite team. The actual line-up in 14-15. Wouldn't mind them back. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 2 October, 2019 Share Posted 2 October, 2019 I'm guessing that's just a theoretical line up, I'm pretty sure J Rod missed that whole season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 2 October, 2019 Share Posted 2 October, 2019 I'm guessing that's just a theoretical line up, I'm pretty sure J Rod missed that whole season.You could be right, but they were all on our books that season Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 2 October, 2019 Share Posted 2 October, 2019 It's very telling that McCarthy and Bertrand are the only players from from our current squad that anyone has included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwaysaint Posted 2 October, 2019 Author Share Posted 2 October, 2019 It's very telling that McCarthy and Bertrand are the only players from from our current squad that anyone has included. I don't think many are picking the Bertrand of today either. I actually think Schneiderlin and Cork was a better pairing than Schneiderlin and Wanyama, but Wanyama was a better individual player and made us defensively very strong. Cork was the real under-rated player, rather than Davis, who people never shut up about. He was unlucky to lose his place while performing at PL level and really never doing much wrong, but there was no space to start all three. It feels wrong to miss out Fonte as well, seeing as he was the ever present member of a superb few years in our defence. I think Tadic was ineffective far to often, compared to Lallana who was pretty consistent and exciting to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 2 October, 2019 Share Posted 2 October, 2019 (edited) It's very telling that McCarthy and Bertrand are the only players from from our current squad that anyone has included. Actually I included Djenepo probably jumping the gun a bit but I really like the look of the guy Sent from my moto g(6) using Tapatalk Edited 2 October, 2019 by doddisalegend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 2 October, 2019 Share Posted 2 October, 2019 **** Sent from my moto g(6) using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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