Big Dawg 2:00 Tue Feb 28
Your best 11 in the Sullivan/Gold ownership
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Pick your best starting 11 using players that played during the SuGo era.
Adrian - the Adrian of a few years ago
Demel - Very underrated RB imo.
Manuel Da Costa
Reid
Cressers
Song - The song from the first season where he was bossing the midfield in games
Kouyate/Obiang
Antonio
Lanzini
Snake
Demba Ba
Special mentions to players who miss out from my list:
Hitzelberger, Behrami, Stanislav.
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goose
1:03 Wed Mar 1
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kylay 10:35 Tue Feb 28
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Ilunga was x2 the player that Wayne Bridge was....... and bear in mind Ilunga was well into his 40s when he played for us.
remember Bridges debut v Arsenal?? you wont see many worse.
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Alex V
12:42 Wed Mar 1
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White Pony 10:53 Tue Feb 28
That's already such a great contribution, no need to tire yourself out with the rest.
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geoffpikey
9:37 Wed Mar 1
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(nt)
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White Pony
10:53 Tue Feb 28
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Can't be arsed to name a full team but I'd definitely stick Parker and Lanzini in the middle.
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kylay
10:35 Tue Feb 28
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goose 4:29 Tue Feb 28
how could you leave Ilunga out of that defence?
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Ron Eff
10:09 Tue Feb 28
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Green
Jenkinson
Cresswell
Reid
Ogbonna
Parker
Noble
Antonio
Lanzini
Payet
Ba
Jenkinson, if you write off the start to his second season, was very good for us, and about as good as it got for us at right back. Only Tomkins serious competition. Ba just ahead of Sakho. Other than that, pretty straightforward.
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Robson
7:56 Tue Feb 28
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There seem to be a lot of people confusing "best 11" with "obscure players I think were under-rated", and a lot of effort to impress by naming "forgotten gems".
You don't need to look much beyond our first 11 of last season to find the best of the Gold/Sullivan era.
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1964
7:34 Tue Feb 28
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Can't believe how Obiang is not mentioned more here.
Most underated and probably in our top 3 best current players list.
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Son of Anarchy
6:13 Tue Feb 28
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Tnb..
Cudda sworn chris powell played for us more recently, i stand corrected
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Alex V
6:04 Tue Feb 28
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It's often said that Joe Cole's career was limited by being developed to play on the wing. I think the same is true of Noble's as a DM.
To his credit, Bilic changed that when he came in and moved him further forward and it resulted in one of Noble's better seasons.
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tnb
5:35 Tue Feb 28
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Alex,
I agree. He played there for the u21s very successfully aroun the same period too, and of course under Curbs in the great escape linking up well with Tevez towards the end. Now, whether he didn't continue in that position because of the whims of subsequent managers or because he turned out to not be quite up to it, is another question. But they were without doubt his finest days.
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Alex V
5:21 Tue Feb 28
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tnb 5:01 Tue Feb 28
It was also a key period for Noble imo - he played at the tip of the diamond in the more attacking role, and might have developed into more of a Lallana-type player over time. Instead he played years as a DM under Allardyce and that potential was limited.
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Hammers1993
5:19 Tue Feb 28
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JustAFatKevinDavies 3:44 Tue Feb 28
Song in that first 6 months for us was outstanding you melt.
Payet is the first name on the teamsheet. Regardless of what has gone on when naming your team in the Sullivan/Gold era Payet would be the first name on 95% of peoples teamsheets, the other 5% would leave him out in spite of what's happened recently.
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tnb
5:11 Tue Feb 28
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Anarchy,
Powell? The only ones I can remember were the two (brothers I think but google suggests I am wrong) who were well outside of the Gold and Sullivan era.
Kouyate over Lanzini? As the cool kids apparently say - are you ok hun?
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Lee Trundle
5:03 Tue Feb 28
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Alex V - I didn't want you to think your choice as Franco being our best striker we've had over the past decade had gone unnoticed. Excellent work there.
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Son of Anarchy
5:02 Tue Feb 28
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Green
Powell Ried Collins Cresswell
Parker Kouyote Nolan Obiang
Carroll Vaz Te
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tnb
5:01 Tue Feb 28
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Alex,
He was fucking incredible away against Chelsea with Noble, Parker, and Collison one year, 1-1 draw I think. As you say, all effort and not much discipline, but back then very few teams could cope with the energy of that midfield.
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tnb
4:57 Tue Feb 28
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Also includes every HOTY in the relevant era, except for some French wanker who I barely remember...
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Alex V
4:55 Tue Feb 28
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Behrami was a bit like a clockwork thing that you'd wind up and set off to run around for 90 minutes. He certainly wasn't capable of playing a defensive midfield role back then, as he does now. But I don't think I've seen a more aggressive and athletic winner of the ball for us, certainly before the injuries took their toll.
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tnb
4:52 Tue Feb 28
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Bit of a funny formation in midfield, but for me..
Green
Behrami
Reid
Collins
Cresswell
Parker
Noble
Lanzini
Obiang
Vaz Te
Ba
Behrami is a bit of a cheat as although he could play right back he wasn't really very good there. I well remember his (pre Gold and Sullivan) debut for us, playing there against Wigan with Faubert in front of him, and he was awful. Ashton scored two and then went off injured again after trying to take a free kick, they may have even been his last goals for us. It was certainly the beginning of the end.
Really shows how long it has been since we've had a decent right back. I can't get onboard the retrospective appreciation for Demel, he was fairly reliable but nothing more.
In fact, while midfield places are fairly competitive, and the defence looks solid except for right back, at both ends of the pitch this discussion points up where a lot of our recent struggles have come from.
If Carroll could stay fit, he'd be a shoe-in up front. But so be it.
Some will say Tomkins ought to be in for Collins but let's face it there's a reason one of them is still at the club while the other is getting turned inside out in a dire Palace side, albeit Collins is now a long way off first choice. But he has been a great servant to the club and I actually think he's been a better player second (Gold and Sullivan era) time around.
I'm not having Upson. Not for a moment. Gutless cunt.
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goose
4:32 Tue Feb 28
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Sniper 4:30 Tue Feb 28
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Lansbury in goal!! hahahaha good shout.
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