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ShoulderChip · 16-08-2009 8:48pm #1

Its quite simple you have a choice of these players,
who would you pick in a starting 11 for this years Premiership, given their current injury status/form etc.

Goalkeepers
Van Der Saar, Kuscak, Ben Foster, Shay Given

Defenders
Gary Neville, Wes Brown, Vidic, Ferdinand, Da Silvas, Jonny Evans, JOS, Micah, Zabaleta, Onuha, Dunne, Toure, Ben Haim, Bridge

Midfielders

Gareth Barry, Stephen Ireland, Shaun Wright Philips, Petrov, Johnson, De Jong, Kompany, Scholes, Giggs, Fletcher, Anderson, Carrick, Nani, Gibson, Hargreaves, Valencia, Park, Tosic

Attackers
Teves, Bellamy, Adebayor, Rooney, Berbatov, Robinho, Benjani, Santa cruz, Macheda, Wellbeck, Owen

Also please indicate if you are a man united fan or a city fan Xavi6

My Team
.............................Given........................
Zabaleta.........Ferdinand......Vidic........Evra.
..................Kompany.......Gareth Barry.......
.............................Ireland.................
Adebayor................Rooney...........Robinho

5 Subs: Teves, Berbatov, Carrick, Toure, Santa Cruz

Edit: I am very unsure of right back.

ITT-Pat · 16-08-2009 8:57pm

United fan:

.............................Given........................
Zabaleta.........Ferdinand......Vidic........Evra.
..................Carrick.......Gareth Barry...........
SWP...............................................Robinho
...............Berbatov........Rooney..................

Right wing and in particular right back are very hard to make a decision

flahavaj · 16-08-2009 8:57pm

Given

Brown

Vidic

Ferdinand

Evra

SWP

Ireland

Barry

Robinho

Rooney

Adebayor

I think thats a really well balanced team. I'd question the inclusion of Adebayor on the right of the OP's front three and I see Kompany as more of a centre half then a midfielder. Brown gets in as a right back ahead of O' Shea purely because that back 4 was awesome as a unit in wining the CL in 2008.

Eire-Dearg · 16-08-2009 9:01pm

Shay Given, Manchester Utd's defense, City's midfield plus Adebayor and Rooney up front.

ITT-Pat · 16-08-2009 9:02pm

flahavaj wrote: »

Given

Brown
Vidic
Ferdinand
Evra

SWP
Ireland
Barry
Robinho
Rooney
Adebayor

I think thats a really well balanced team. I'd question the inclusion of Adebayor on the right of the OP's front three and I see Kompany as more of a centre half then a midfielder. Brown gets in as a right back ahead of O' Shea purely because that back 4 was awesome as a unit in wining the CL in 2008.

Yeah I would have Brown in ahead of Zabaleta but because he's been out of action for most of the past 10 months I thought he had to be left out

CR 7 · 16-08-2009 9:02pm

United Fan:

Given

Brown - Ferdinand - Vidic - Evra

Kompany - Carrick

Rooney - Ireland - Robinho

Adebayor

Subs - VDS, Toure, Fabio, Barry, Hargreaves, Nani, Berbatov.

Fromvert · 16-08-2009 9:03pm

Given

Rio

Vidic

Ireland

---SWP----Tevez----Rooney---Robinho----

----Santa Cruz---Adebayor----Berbatov----

ITT-Pat · 17-08-2009 12:46am

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

Shay Given, Manchester Utd's defense, City's midfield plus Adebayor and Rooney up front.

You dont think any United midfielder would get into the City team?

3hn2givr7mx1sc · 17-08-2009 12:58am

United:

Given

Brown--Rio--Vidic--Evra
Valencia--Ireland--Carrick--Robinho

Rooney--Berba

Such a biased team.:P

rossie1977 · 17-08-2009 1:01am

ShoulderChip wrote: »

My Team
.............................Given........................
Zabaleta.........Ferdinand......Vidic........Evra.
..................Kompany.......Gareth Barry.......
.............................Ireland.................
Adebayor................Rooney...........Robinho

5 Subs: Teves, Berbatov, Carrick, Toure, Santa Cruz

Edit: I am very unsure of right back.

don't support either team but 4 utd guys and 7 city guys lol, 6 utd guys on a squad of 16, city should walk the league so........

Mr Maroon · 17-08-2009 1:06am

Not a fan of either.

Given

O'Shea-Ferdinand-Vidic-Evra

Ireland-Scholes-Barry

Robinho-Rooney

Adebayor

Bubs101 · 17-08-2009 1:14am

Chelsea fan

VDS

De Jong-- Vidic-- Ferdinand---Evra

Carrick

Barry

Robinho

---Rooney

Ade

Berba

curry-muff · 17-08-2009 1:50am

Van Der Sar

Brown

Vidic

Ferdinand

Evra

Valencia

Carrick

Anderson

Nani

Rooney

Berbatov

:D:D

Xavi6 · 17-08-2009 10:34am

It's obviously -

Given

Zabaleta

Toure

Onouha

Bridge

De Jong

Ireland

Barry

Tevez

Robinho

Adebayor

Perfect

nicklauski · 17-08-2009 11:01am

Van Der Sar

Brown

Vidic

Ferdinand

Evra

Valencia

Ireland

Anderson

Nani

Rooney

Berbatov

There you go. From a United fan. Feel sorry for Carrick. :P

gustavo · 17-08-2009 12:40pm

Given

O'Shea Vidic Ferdinand Evra

Ireland Barry Hargreaves Robinho

Rooney Berbatov

Y2J_MUFC · 17-08-2009 2:01pm

Given

Richards

Vidic

Ferdinand

Evra

Valencia

Ireland

Hargreaves

Robinho

Rooney

Adebayor

50/50 calls between Wes and Micah Richards, Antonio Valencia and SWP, Hargreaves and Barry, Berbatov and Adebayor.

Its a bit depressing when you can make a case for so many Citeh players.

redzerdrog · 17-08-2009 2:21pm

given

zabaleta

ferdinand

vidic

evra

fletcher

barry

ireland

rooney

robinho----

adebayor

bench:foster, kompany, tevez, swp, berba

dont like either team btw

parker kent · 17-08-2009 2:46pm

United fan

Shay Given

O’shea—Vidic—Ferdinand--Evra

Ireland--Carrick--Anderson

Rooney—Adebayor--Robinho

If I'd gone 4-4-2 would have dropped Carrick and Robinho for Valencia and Park

Peyton Manning · 17-08-2009 2:49pm

I assume we're talking about fully fit. If so, then...

..............Given

Brown....Vidic....Rio....Evra

............Hargreaves

...............Carrick
......Ireland..........Robinho

......Rooney........Berbatov

Subs: VDS, Toure, Barry, Anderson, SWP, Tevez, Adebayor

ShoulderChip · 27-12-2009 5:12pm

is this worth a revisit at this point in the season?

interesting that perhaps (perhaps) the best defender was not picked above and moved to Villa

3hn2givr7mx1sc · 27-12-2009 5:19pm

It's interesting(for want of a better word:p) that only one person picked Fletcher.

Spiritoftheseventies · 27-12-2009 5:50pm

baz2009 wrote: »

It's interesting(for want of a better word:p) that only one person picked Fletcher.

Was wondering why this thread was only two pages long. And it had so much potential

flahavaj · 27-12-2009 7:08pm

Certainly any hope of a City defender getting in has disappeared fast.

Stephen Ireland's stock seems to have slipped quite a bit since the way he was hyped in the Summer.

While Fletcher's has undoubtedly risen even more.

You couldn't leave Rooney out after the season hes having.

Adebayor is a strange one, looked sensational up until his antics in teh Arsenal game and has been all at sea ever since..

Bellamy's another lad who most thought in the Summer wouldn't even make the City bench, but now would probably make it into an all Manchester team.

Robinho is looking more and more like an overpriced luxury as the weeks pass.

d22ontour · 27-12-2009 7:14pm

.............................Given........................
..O'Shea.........Ferdinand......Vidic.......Evra..
........Fletcher.....De Jong......Anderson........
..........................Ireland.........................
...............Rooney........Tevez...................

curry-muff · 27-12-2009 7:19pm

curry-muff wrote: »

Van Der Sar

Brown
Vidic
Ferdinand
Evra

Valencia
Carrick
Anderson
Nani
Rooney
Berbatov

:D:D

Due to recent events i've had to change this:

Van Der Sar

O Shea

Vidic

Ferdinand

Evra

Valencia

Carrick

Fletcher

Giggs

Rooney

Berbatov

Honestly don't know why I had Nani in there in the first place. Musta been drunk when I posted it :pac:

flahavaj · 27-12-2009 7:23pm

flahavaj wrote: »

Given

Brown
Vidic
Ferdinand
Evra

SWP
Ireland
Barry
Robinho
Rooney
Adebayor

I think thats a really well balanced team. I'd question the inclusion of Adebayor on the right of the OP's front three and I see Kompany as more of a centre half then a midfielder. Brown gets in as a right back ahead of O' Shea purely because that back 4 was awesome as a unit in wining the CL in 2008.

How the hell did I leave out Giggs:

Given

O Shea

Vidic

Kompany

Evra

SWP

Fletch

Barry

Giggs

Rooney

Bellamy

based on this season alone.

mayordenis · 27-12-2009 7:26pm

Given

Brown-Vidic-Ferdinand-Evra

De Jong

Tevez----Barry

Robinho
----Rooney----Adebayor---

Unearthly · 27-12-2009 7:33pm

Given

JOS
Rio
Vidic
Evra

Valencia
Fletcher
Carrick
Robinho

Adebayor
Rooney

flahavaj · 27-12-2009 7:35pm

How can people be picking Robinho over Bellamy considering their respective contributions to City's season so far. If I was a City fan I know which one I'd want in my team.

Peyton Manning · 27-12-2009 7:36pm

To revise my team going solely by performances this season...

.......................Given

O'Shea......Vidic........Lescott.......Evra

..........De Jong.........Fletcher

..Valencia.......Giggs...........Bellamy

...................Rooney

Headshot · 27-12-2009 7:37pm

Archimedes wrote: »

To revise my team going solely by performances this season...

.......................Given

O'Shea......Vidic........Lescott.......Evra

..........De Jong.........Fletcher

..Valencia.......Giggs...........Bellamy

...................Rooney

:eek:

Peyton Manning · 27-12-2009 7:38pm

Didnt know who else to put there. Nobody else has been playing enough games to warrant selection.

flahavaj · 27-12-2009 7:39pm

Headshot wrote: »

:eek:

I'd probably pick Brown over either Rion or Lescott based on this season's form.

Headshot · 27-12-2009 7:40pm

Archimedes wrote: »

Didnt know who else to put there. Nobody else has been playing enough games to warrant selection.

Richards ?

flahavaj · 27-12-2009 7:43pm

Headshot wrote: »

Richards ?

I think he's useless. No positional sense whatsoever.

Brown, Kompany or Evans are all better shouts.

Frisbee · 27-12-2009 7:48pm

Given

Brown

Kompany

Vidic

Evra

De Jong

Giggs

Barry

Tevez

Bellamy

Rooney

flahavaj · 27-12-2009 7:52pm

Tevea has only really played well the last 6 games for City.

DSB · 27-12-2009 7:54pm

Given

Brown

Vidic

Ferdinand

Evra

Valencia

Ireland

Fletcher

Robinho

Rooney

Adebayor

nkay1985 · 28-12-2009 5:43am

This is what I'd go for:

.......................Given

O'Shea......Vidic........Evans.......Evra

..........De Jong.........Fletcher

..Tevez.......Giggs...........Bellamy

...................Rooney

Four of the back five picks itself for me with the second centre half slot up for grabs. But I think people forget how well Evans was playing before he got injured so he gets in there for me.

I think Fletcher and De Jong have been two of the most consistently impressive players in the premiership this season so, even if it is a bit defensive, they both deserve their shot.

Bellamy has been a revelation so he's almost the first name on the team shot tbh - finally playing how we all know he can on a consistent basis. Giggs is having another stormer and if he was allowed to sit in behind Rooney with two holding midfielders behind him, I think he could cause all sorts of trouble!

For the right attacking mid I honestly couldn't pick between Tevez and Valencia right now. Over the course of the season so far, it's be Valencia but, seeing as it's quite an attacking role with a solid right back behind him, I'll go with Tevez for now.

Rooney also gets on the team without question.

Give me that 11 fully fit and I'd be happy to take on anyone.

larchielads · 28-12-2009 6:07am

united fan

1Given

2o'Shea

6Vidic

5Ferdinand

3Evra

4Hargreaves

8Fletcher

7Ireland

11Bellamy

9Adebayor

10Rooney---

Subs:
12Van Der sar
13Evans
14Giggs
15Robinho
16De Jong
17Tevez
18Berbatov

Giggs just misses out on the starting 11 i have bellamy in there as for me i think he's city's best (outfield) player this year

PHB · 28-12-2009 10:48am

I don't know why people are ignoring Evans. IMO he's probably been United's best CB so far this year due to all the injuries.

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