Premiership Managers 'Team of the Decade'

Charisteas

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/9495163.stm

This seasons 20 Premiership managers team of the decade-

MANAGERS' TEAM OF DECADE
GK: Edwin van der Sar
RB: Gary Neville
CB: Nemanja Vidic
CB: John Terry
LB: Ashley Cole
RM: Cristiano Ronaldo
CM: Steven Gerrard
CM: Paul Scholes
LM: Ryan Giggs
S: Didier Drogba
S: Alan Shearer

I would have had Thierry Henry ahead of Shearer, and Lampard ahead of Scholes, but have to agree with the majority of those names.

They also chose United's 2007/08 team as the best of the decade...... hmmm better than Arsenal's invincibles?

everdead.ie

Charisteas wrote: »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/9495163.stm

This seasons 20 Premiership managers team of the decade-

MANAGERS' TEAM OF DECADE
GK: Edwin van der Sar
RB: Gary Neville
CB: Nemanja Vidic
CB: John Terry
LB: Ashley Cole
RM: Cristiano Ronaldo
CM: Steven Gerrard
CM: Paul Scholes
LM: Ryan Giggs
S: Didier Drogba
S: Alan Shearer

I would have had Thierry Henry ahead of Shearer, and Lampard ahead of Scholes, but have to agree with the majority of those names.

They also chose United's 2007/08 team as the best of the decade...... hmmm better than Arsenal's invincibles?

I suppose they dealt with multiple competitions better

flahavaj

Rio ahead of Terry surely to God?

Henri definitely ahead of Shearer, sure Shearer was retired by 2006 and arguably had his peak between 1996 and 2000.

almighty1

Nah I cant see Rio ahead of JT.

Keane or Vieira ahead of Scholes surely.

Petr Cech?

GavRedKing

GK: Edwin van der Sar
RB: Gary Neville
CB: Nemanja Vidic
CB: John Terry Carvalho :pac:
LB: Ashley Cole
RM: Cristiano Ronaldo
CM: Steven Gerrard Lampard
CM: Paul Scholes
LM: Ryan Giggs
S: Didier Drogba
S: Alan Shearer Henry


^ My choice.

Nalz

almighty1 wrote: »

Keane or Vieira ahead of Scholes surely.

and Gerrard

flahavaj

almighty1 wrote: »

Nah I cant see Rio ahead of JT.

Keane or Vieira ahead of Scholes surely.

I would have Rio ahead of Terry every single day of the week. One of the best defenders I've ever seen and criminally underrated. One of those guys who's naturally brilliant at being in the right place at the right time. His tour de force at Stamford Bridge in the CL earlier in the season having not kicked a ball in over 2 months was one of the didsplays of the season. When you're looking to play him beside Vidic in a team, him over Terry is simply no contest. United condeded three times as many goals away from hme wit him ansent as when he plays. He's magnificent.

GavRedKing

I'd also make a case for Carvalho over Terry and Rio as Vidic's partner at the back. Hhhmmmm??

aidan24326

Lampard and Henry are glaring omissions.

Lampard has been the most consistently excellent central midfielder over the last 8 or 9 years, has to be in there. (allowing for the fact that this probably wasn't his best season)

And Henry was arguably the striker of the decade, for a few seasons at Arsenal he was unstoppable. If we're talking overall prem league era then Shearer is in of course, but for a team of the noughties no.

PHB

Carvalho and Rio are the best defenders of the decade for me. As a partnership though, you'd want Vidic or Terry with them. Rio and Carvalho wouldn't work perfectly.

For the PL, I'd put Lampard ahead of Gerrard myself. If it was all comps, I'd put Gerrard.

Henry ahead of Shearer.

_blank_

the thing is, Terry & Vidic wouldn't work as a partnership

Defenders like them need a Rio or a Carvalho beside them, Vidic or Terry to do the swashbuckling, last ditch, hardman stuff, head-in-a-place-most-men-wouldn't-put-their-feet stuff, Rio and Carvalho do the Libero, stride forward with the ball, start passing movements, read the game to stop attacks before they happen kind of stuff.

Also, my granny would do them both for pace.

Hail 2 Da Thief

LMAO @ Gary Neville!

Where the fu€k is Henry, he should be the first striker down on that list!

Bodhisopha

gavredking wrote: »

GK: Edwin van der Sar
RB: Gary Neville
CB: Nemanja Vidic
CB: John Terry Carvalho :pac:
LB: Ashley Cole
RM: Cristiano Ronaldo
CM: Steven Gerrard Lampard
CM: Paul Scholes
LM: Ryan Giggs
S: Didier Drogba
S: Alan Shearer Henry


^ My choice.

And Pires ahead of Giggs and it's just about right.

Blatter

Henry should be in there comfortably ahead of Drogba and without question he should be ahead of Shearer.

It's criminal to leave him out.

GavRedKing

Des wrote: »

Also, my granny would do them both for pace.

Terry & Vidic or Rio & Carvalho?

At their prime Rio and Carvalho we're quick, Vidic isnt that quick but he gets by for a defender, JT was never quick, ever.

Mitch Connor

Hail 2 Da Thief wrote: »

LMAO @ Gary Neville!

Where the fu€k is Henry, he should be the first striker down on that list!

who'd you have as RB of the decade? Considering consistency has to come in to it.

yabadabado

Hail 2 Da Thief wrote: »

LMAO @ Gary Neville!

No other RB comes close to him in the past decade.

kippy

What about Van Nistelrooy - no space for him?
He'd get in ahead of shearer in my opinion anyway and perhaps drogba as well.
Van Nistelrooy and Henry up front for me.

Not entirely sure what the managers base the selection on.

Charisteas

Charisteas wrote: »

They also chose United's 2007/08 team as the best of the decade...... hmmm better than Arsenal's invincibles?

Too right IMO. They scored more, conceded less and dominated Europe as well as England, going unbeaten in the CL that season. And they played some amazing football that year. Better yet, they managed to defend it the following year, rather than fall to pieces when their unbeaten run came to an end and a little hardship came their way.........

SlickRic

Rio for Terry and Henry for Drogba are the only ones that are really an issue for me.

picking Lamps or Gerrard is six of one and half a dozen of another.

Neville walks the RB slot.

VDS is only challenged by Reina potentially IMO - Reina would've got into most teams of the season year-on-year until these last couple of years when VDS has come on particularly strong.

i'd probably pick him.

they're about the only points to make - the rest was a simple choice really.

aidan24326

Hail 2 Da Thief wrote: »

LMAO @ Gary Neville!

Why would you be laughing at that?? Neville was the most consistent right back of the deacde, and in all honesty it's a position that hasn't that many outstanding candidates. Neville wasn't brilliant but he was better than anything else that was around.

kippy wrote: »

What about Van Nistelrooy - no space for him?
He'd get in ahead of shearer in my opinion anyway and perhaps drogba as well.
Van Nistelrooy and Henry up front for me.

Not entirely sure what the managers base the selection on.

Agreed. I'd go with Henry and Van Nistelrooy aswell. Really can't understand how they could leave Henry out though.

To be fair to Neville, he only became a pub player after the last decade ended, and he sat out the last bit of it with injury. Before then he was a brilliant RB, consistent and solid and willing to get up to help in attack. What more do you want. Football fan in short memory shocker.

Morzadec

Drop Drogba and Shearer and replace them with Henry and Lampard imo. Completely laughable that Henry doesn't get in to be honest.

I wonder when these imaginary dream teams will cease to be 4-4-2 and will change to the 4-5-1/4-3-3 which has been used more frequently by the top teams in recent years

EDIT: Forgot about RVN. If playing a 442 then him and Henry up top.

KeithAFC

No Vieira, No Bergkamp, No Henry, No Pires. Does not count.

Panthro

Its not the team of this decade, thats all I know.

Morzadec

KeithAFC wrote: »

No Vieira, No Bergkamp, No Henry, No Pires. Does not count.

Viera - great player, but who do you drop? A lot of competition there, and Gerrard and Scholes were influential for the whole decade which probably nudges them in.

Bergkamp - Again only so much space in the team and I'd have Henry, RVN, Drogba and perhaps even Torres ahead of him.

Henry - Agreed

Pires - Who are you going to drop? Ronaldo and Giggs more or less undroppable imo

KeithAFC

You surely have to have Vieira in that midfield. Next to Gerrard possibly. Bergkamp was just a genius. Has to be in it. One of the greatest footballers iv ever seen. Henry is a no brainer and Pires for me was a great shout too.

busyliving

I think they are some strange players there,

How is Gerrard in there at all, you'd have to have Lampard, Keane or Vieria well ahead of him.

John Terry...are you serious his useless and that has been shown up since Carvalho left...kinda the same with Rio useless unless with Vidic

And Henry not there, now that is as criminal as his handball against last year

Morzadec

busyliving wrote: »

I think they are some strange players there,

How is Gerrard in there at all, you'd have to have Lampard, Keane or Vieria well ahead of him.

John Terry...are you serious his useless and that has been shown up since Carvalho left...kinda the same with Rio useless unless with Vidic

And Henry not there, now that is as criminal as his handball against last year

Carried Liverpool for many a season, scored shed loads of goals from midfield through the whole decade, was voted the best player in the League in 2006, made it into 7 out of 10 PFA Teams of the Year.

There were a lot of quality midfielders in the decade and it's hard to narrow it down to just 2. Everyone has their own opinion but to suggest Gerrard shouldn't be in consideration is ludicrous

Paully D

Cech

Neville Campbell Ferdinand Cole

Ronaldo Keane Vieira Giggs

Henry Van Nistelrooy

Subs: Van Der Sar, Terry, Scholes, Lampard, Gerrard, Bergkamp and Shearer

Spazdarn

KeithAFC wrote: »

You surely have to have Vieira in that midfield. Next to Gerrard possibly. Bergkamp was just a genius. Has to be in it. One of the greatest footballers iv ever seen. Henry is a no brainer and Pires for me was a great shout too.

Roy Keane could easily have rivaled Vieira for that type of midfield player. Agreed on Bergkamp he was unreal, but Henry and Drogba would have to be the top two for me.

Pires was deadly also but again I'd probably give it to Giggs for his ability to stay on top of his game consistently.

CharlesHaughey

Cech (GK)
Neville (RB)
Terry (CB)
Vidic (CB)
Cole (LB)
Beckham (RM)
Roy Keane (CM)
Gerrard (CM)
Giggs (LM)
Cristiano Ronaldo (RWF)
Henry (ST)

IMO.

SlickRic

the whole past decade?

Keane doesn't get in sorry.

Scholes, Gerrard and Lampard have done more this whole decade than Keane did in the 4 years between 01 and 05.

in fact, i'd suggest take the best 4 seasons of Gerrard, Lamps and Scholes, and put each of them against Keane's 4 seasons in the EPL this decade, and suspect Keane wouldn't get in.

RVN is a good shout too BTW - him and Titi would probably be the strikeforce of the decade alright.

#15

flahavaj wrote: »

I would have Rio ahead of Terry every single day of the week. One of the best defenders I've ever seen and criminally underrated. One of those guys who's naturally brilliant at being in the right place at the right time. His tour de force at Stamford Bridge in the CL earlier in the season having not kicked a ball in over 2 months was one of the didsplays of the season. When you're looking to play him beside Vidic in a team, him over Terry is simply no contest. United condeded three times as many goals away from hme wit him ansent as when he plays. He's magnificent.

Wasting your time tbh, there's a cohort of posters here who base their opinions on Rio on his younger days. It's like they've missed every game he has played since 2007, except for late 2009 when he was playing injured.
Subtle players like Rio and Busquets are massively underrated on the SF imo.

Also, how can anyone say Gerrard isn't in the running? He has been world class for a good portion of the decade. Not a typical midfielder, but a devastingly effective attacker.

JohnnyRyan99

No Shuan Goater?

Fúck this list

Chucky the tree

Can't believe Hyypia hasn't been mentioned. He was class defender and played for a good portion of the decade. Started most games from 2000 until 2008 and was excellent. I'd easily have him ahead of Vidic.

JohnnyRyan99

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Can't believe Hyypia hasn't been mentioned. He was class defender and played for a good portion of the decade. Started most games from 2000 until 2008 and was excellent. I'd easily have him ahead of Vidic.

Have you ever watched Vidic?!?! One of the best defenders to ever grace the Prem IMO. A monster! Hyypia was good and solid... but Vidic is a class act!

Chucky the tree

JohnnyRyan99 wrote: »

Have you ever watched Vidic?!?! One of the best defenders to ever grace the Prem IMO. A monster! Hyypia was good and solid... but Vidic is a class act!

Hyypia good and solid? Have you ever watched him play? He's a hell of a lot better then good and solid. Vidic is a good player, but like a lot of players who like a last ditch hollywood tackle they get over-rated a lot. I'd have Hyypia, Carvaliho and Rio ahead of Vidic. Based of the decade I'd also take Terry over im.

Lukker-

Lampard in for Gerrard, Ferdinand in for Vidic, Henry in for Shearer

tdv123

almighty1 wrote: »

Nah I cant see Rio ahead of JT.

Keane or Vieira ahead of Scholes surely.

Petr Cech?

Keane was past his best by 2003. Scholes still had another 3 or 4 world class seasons in him ahead of those 2.

tdv123

CharlesHaughey wrote: »

Cech (GK)
Neville (RB)
Terry (CB)
Vidic (CB)
Cole (LB)
Beckham (RM)
Roy Keane (CM)
Gerrard (CM)
Giggs (LM)
Cristiano Ronaldo (RWF)
Henry (ST)

IMO.

Seriously? He played 3 full seasons in the Premiership in the last decade.

parker kent

Des wrote: »

the thing is, Terry & Vidic wouldn't work as a partnership

Defenders like them need a Rio or a Carvalho beside them, Vidic or Terry to do the swashbuckling, last ditch, hardman stuff, head-in-a-place-most-men-wouldn't-put-their-feet stuff, Rio and Carvalho do the Libero, stride forward with the ball, start passing movements, read the game to stop attacks before they happen kind of stuff.

Also, my granny would do them both for pace.

This isn't a real team. No need for it to be exact. A team with 11 stars probably wouldn't work, even if the styles of play suited each other. So there is no need to get caught up in partnerships.

They are just picking the best 11 players in their positions. Which is obviously impossible given the multitude of formations used.

steelcityblues

Pires ahead of Giggs IMHO, but I know some will hate me for suggesting that!

tdv123

steelcityblues wrote: »

Pires ahead of Giggs IMHO, but I know some will hate me for suggesting that!

Yep, you'll be getting a few death threats any moment now.

eagle eye

It it has to be 4-4-2 then its the following

---

Given
Finnan

---

Campbell

---

Vidic

---

Cole
C. Ronaldo----Keane----Lampard----Giggs

---

Rooney----Drogba
Subs: Van der Sar, Carvahlo, Evra, Hyypia, Gerrard, Viera, Henry.

If its a team of your own choice then its this for me

---

Given
Finnan

---

Campbell

---

Vidic

---

Cole

---

Gerrard

---

Keane

---

Lampard
Ronaldo

---

Drogba

---

Rooney

Its awful, you could change your mind about a hundred times. Hard to leave Henry out but I think Rooney>>>>>>>>>>>>>Henry and Drogba is the big powerful forward.

#15

Can't see how you can justify Given over Cech, VDS or Reina Eagle Eye.

The Floyd p

Rooney over Henry

Hail 2 Da Thief

Mitch Connor wrote: »

who'd you have as RB of the decade? Considering consistency has to come in to it.

aidan24326 wrote: »

Why would you be laughing at that?? Neville was the most consistent right back of the deacde

yabadabado wrote: »

No other RB comes close to him in the past decade.

I agree that there isn't a candidate that screams out for inclusion when you look at the right back position.

However, there are at least two players I would have at right back before G Neville.
1) Steve Finnan - Fantastic for both Fulham & Liverpool. Integral part of both teams for 8 seasons during the decade.
2) Lauren - Fantastic for Arsenal for 6 seasons of the decade. Made the Arsenal right back spot his own in some great Arsenal teams.

Neville was useless once he crossed the halfway line. That's unacceptable as a full back imo! Both of these players were both good defenders & great at supporting attacks! Proper fullbacks!
Neville has a huge medal collection & fair play to him for that. But he wasn't a very talented player imo!

Fromvert

Very difficult, a lot of players left out could easily play.

---

VDS
Neville--Ferdinand--Carvalho--Cole
---Viera---Keane---Lampard

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Bergkamp

---

---Ronaldo

---

Henry---

Subs: Reina, Finnan, Vidic, Giggs, Gerrard, Drogba, Rooney.

#15

Hail 2 Da Thief wrote: »

Neville was useless once he crossed the halfway line. That's unacceptable as a full back imo! Both of these players were both good defenders & great at supporting attacks! Proper fullbacks!

Eh, the Neville-Beckham combo on the right was very successful for Utd. Neville's willingness to join in attacks was key to overloading opposition fullbacks.

Paully D

Very surprised that me and Eagle Eye seem to be the only one's who have selected Sol Campbell.