Best Spurs 11 of the Premiership Era?

Ormus

If this has been done before, apologies.

Lloris, Carr, King, Woodgate, Ziege, Samways (c), Modric, Ginola, Sheringham, Klinsmann, Bale.

Subs: Robinson, Mabutt, Kaboul, Sandro, Anderton, Berbatov, Keane

ziedth

I couldn't have a team without Anderton,Ginola and Robbie:

Lloris

Carr Cambell King Ziege

Anderton Modric Bale Ginola

Keane Berbatov(Maybe Klinnsman)


I will concede that defensively we'd be all over the place in midfield but it's my team leave me alone.

Ormus

ziedth wrote: »

I couldn't have a team without Anderton,Ginola and Robbie:

Lloris

Carr Cambell King Ziege

Anderton Modric Bale Ginola

Keane Berbatov(Maybe Klinnsman)


I will concede that defensively we'd be all over the place in midfield but it's my team leave me alone.

Fair enough! but if you're picking on sentiment, who's that bad mutha****a at centre back?

Robbie will be thrilled to be considered better than Klinsmann.

And Bale in centre mid. Sheesh.

DildoFaggins

Lloris
Carr - King - Mabbut - Ziege/BAE
Modric
Anderton - Rafa - Bale
Berba - Klinsman

A trainwreck waiting to happen but I don't care.

Could throw in Ginola or Keane.

Dublin Spur

Thorsvedt
Carr King Judas Zeige
Ginola Modric Bale
Sheringham Klinsmann Berbatov

Hatch99

I'll go for some balance

Lloris
Carr
King
Woodgate
Ziege

Parker
Modric

Bale
Berbatov
Ginola

Klinsmann

jiltloop

Not a lot of love for Campbell so far!

Glebee

My turn, my turn.


Robinson

King. Mabbott. Campbell.

Anderton Modric. Ginola. Bale.

Van Ver Vaart.

Keane Sheringham

mickman

Glebee wrote: »

My turn, my turn.


Robinson

King. Mabbott. Campbell.

Anderton Modric. Ginola. Bale.

Van Ver Vaart.

Keane Sheringham

keane instead of klinsmann?

golfball37

Espen Baardson
Tremazzani
Kevin Scott
Stuart Nethercott
Justin Edinburgh
Moussa Saib
Stephane Dalmat
Asimovic
Andy Reid
Gary Doherty
Gregor Raziak

2nd Row Donkey

golfball37 wrote: »

Espen Baardson
Tremazzani
Kevin Scott
Stuart Nethercott
Justin Edinburgh
Moussa Saib
Stephane Dalmat
Asimovic
Andy Reid
Gary Doherty
Gregor Raziak

Glebee

mickman wrote: »

keane instead of klinsmann?

All day long..

Hatch99

Glebee wrote: »

My turn, my turn.


Robinson

King. Mabbott. Campbell.

Anderton Modric. Ginola. Bale.

Van Ver Vaart.

Keane Sheringham

poor aul robbo is gonna be a busy man

Ormus

Dublin Spur wrote: »

Thorsvedt
Carr King Judas Zeige
Ginola Modric Bale
Sheringham Klinsmann Berbatov

My team would clearly overrun yours in midfield while your 3 strikers trip over themselves up front :cool:

Ormus

golfball37 wrote: »

Espen Baardson
Tremazzani
Kevin Scott
Stuart Nethercott
Justin Edinburgh
Moussa Saib
Stephane Dalmat
Asimovic
Andy Reid
Gary Doherty
Gregor Raziak

Bentley would be gutted not to make that team.

Dublin Spur

Ormus wrote: »

My team would clearly overrun yours in midfield while your 3 strikers trip over themselves up front :cool:

no tactics, just attack and attack and attack

KingdomYid

My team:

Lloris
Carr
King
Judas
Ziege
Bale
Modric
Howells (one of my favourite Spurs players)
Ginola
Sheringham
Klinsmann

Subs: Robbo, Keane, Berba, Anderton, Lennon, Mabbutt, Defoe.

Crap forgot about VDV, can I have 8 subs? haha

Dublin Spur

Ruddock worth a shout at the back - was superb 92/93

It's amazing how weak we have been in ctr midfield.
After Modric, it's a real struggle to come up with another top quality partner for him since Gazza was at the club. The likes of Parker, Howles & Anderton were good, but it does show up a glaring weakness.

golfball37

The best holding midfielder we probably had in the EPL era was Steffan Fruend imo. Couldn't play to save his life but did break up the play well.

KingdomYid

Dublin Spur wrote: »

Ruddock worth a shout at the back - was superb 92/93

It's amazing how weak we have been in ctr midfield.
After Modric, it's a real struggle to come up with another top quality partner for him since Gazza was at the club. The likes of Parker, Howles & Anderton were good, but it does show up a glaring weakness.

Tommy Hudd had a couple of good seasons in midfield I guess, especially in 09/10.

jiltloop

Lloris

Ziege
Campbell
King
Carr

Bale
Modric
Sandro
Ginola

Sheringham
Klinsmann

Ormus

Dublin Spur wrote: »

Ruddock worth a shout at the back - was superb 92/93

It's amazing how weak we have been in ctr midfield.
After Modric, it's a real struggle to come up with another top quality partner for him since Gazza was at the club. The likes of Parker, Howles & Anderton were good, but it does show up a glaring weakness.

True, we've never really sorted that position.

I thought Sean Davis would be the answer at one stage, funny thinking back. Also thought Wilson Palacios was the second coming, that didn't last long.

Popescu was a world class midfielder, but he didn't really settle in the madness of Ardiles reign.

KingdomYid

Ormus wrote: »

True, we've never really sorted that position.

I thought Sean Davis would be the answer at one stage, funny thinking back. Also thought Wilson Palacios was the second coming, that didn't last long.

Popescu was a world class midfielder, but he didn't really settle in the madness of Ardiles reign.

Carrick would have been very good for us if he had stayed longer.

Ormus

golfball37 wrote: »

The best holding midfielder we probably had in the EPL era was Steffan Fruend imo. Couldn't play to save his life but did break up the play well.

I'd take Parker or Sandro over him, or even Capoue.

Freund was fine at tackling but his distribution was atrocious.

Left Back on the Bench

Lloris

Carr king Campbell ziege

Modric carrick

Bale Sheri ginola

Klinsmann

Subs: vdv, Sandro, samways, woodgate, Friedal, berbatov, thudd

Dublin Spur

I suppose Carrick would probabaly get the nod alongside Modric

Ormus

Left Back on the Bench wrote: »

Lloris

Carr king Campbell ziege

Modric carrick

Bale Sheri ginola

Klinsmann

Subs: vdv, Sandro, samways, woodgate, Friedal, berbatov, thudd

Awesome team. Great balance. I'd switch the wingers though, Bale on the left.

golfball37

Says a lot that our undisputed best full backs of the whole era are Ziege and Carr, neither of which were really that good. Ziege was a class player before he came to England and Carr was solid but odinary really in world terms.

Left Back on the Bench

Ormus wrote: »

Awesome team. Great balance. I'd switch the wingers though, Bale on the left.

They can switch themselves as could Sheri and Klinsmann. Freedom to express themselves!!!!!

Hatch99

Dublin Spur wrote: »

I suppose Carrick would probabaly get the nod alongside Modric

Parker, you'd need a bit more bite with all those fancy dans

Ormus

golfball37 wrote: »

Says a lot that our undisputed best full backs of the whole era are Ziege and Carr, neither of which were really that good. Ziege was a class player before he came to England and Carr was solid but odinary really in world terms.

Yeah it's a bit of a cheat seeing as Ziege was a class player but was average for Spurs (apart from that free kick) and only played a few times.

By that logic there is a case for putting Davids in midfield, even though he was past his best by the time he joined us.

Glebee

What about Nayim in midfield or was he before Premier League time????

Dublin Spur

Glebee wrote: »

What about Nayim in midfield or was he before Premier League time????

he played up to 1993 I think so he does qualify

scored a famous hatrick at man city in the 1/4 finals of the cup in 93

lovely footballer

Dublin Spur

Hatch99 wrote: »

Parker, you'd need a bit more bite with all those fancy dans

I loved Parker, but Carrick was probabaly the better player
Close call

2nd Row Donkey

Left Back on the Bench wrote: »

Lloris

Subs: vdv, Sandro, samways, woodgate, Friedal, berbatov, thudd

I'm sorry, what now?

KingdomYid

2nd Row Donkey wrote: »

I'm sorry, what now?

Surely a typo on his part, he meant Vinny Sideways

DubPerryman

golfball37 wrote: »

Says a lot that our undisputed best full backs of the whole era are Ziege and Carr, neither of which were really that good. Ziege was a class player before he came to England and Carr was solid but odinary really in world terms.

Woah.... you can say what you want about Zeige, but keep Steve Carr out of it.

He was a very good right back. Defensively very strong, as strong as G.Neville and better going forward. An absolute terrier. We were blessed to have him pull on our jersey and to be Irish.

Ormus

Samways was a class act, fine passer and tackler, was gutted when he went to Everton

DubPerryman

Lloris

Carr King Sol Ziegler

Ginola Modric Sandro Bale

Berbatov Klinsmann



I would love to see Berba and Klinsmann together.

My Ziegler shout will shock a few, but he was a kid of 18 when he came to us. He needed a little bit of work on the defensive side, but he could seriously pick a pass. He might struggle if there was a bit more competition.

Dublin Spur

DubPerryman wrote: »

Woah.... you can say what you want about Zeige, but keep Steve Carr out of it.

He was a very good right back. Defensively very strong, as strong as G.Neville and better going forward. An absolute terrier. We were blessed to have him pull on our jersey and to be Irish.

I think Carr was at Spurs from 93 to 04

Broke into the 1st team in 98/99, was a class act for a coup,e of seasons, think he got in the PFA team in 99/00.

Went downhill sadly after 2000, lost form and picked up a lot of injuries.

DubPerryman

Dublin Spur wrote: »

I think Carr was at Spurs from 93 to 04

Broke into the 1st team in 98/99, was a class act for a coup,e of seasons, think he got in the PFA team in 99/00.

Went downhill sadly after 2000, lost form and picked up a lot of injuries.

I'll have to disagree there. He had a serious knee injury in 01/02, I remember Stevie Finnan had to come in and play in the Ireland team. Sending that ball over for McAteer in Lansdowne Road vs Holland.

But.... He came back from injury the next season and played two full seasons. United (then undoubtledly the best team in the world) were constantly linked with him, because Carr was consistently better than Neville.

I remember being gutted when he left and perplexed because he chose Newcastle of all places.

I had his name and number on the back of one of my Spurs jerseys. :cool:

Ormus

DubPerryman wrote: »

I'll have to disagree there. He had a serious knee injury in 01/02, I remember Stevie Finnan had to come in and play in the Ireland team. Sending that ball over for McAteer in Lansdowne Road vs Holland.

But.... He came back from injury the next season and played two full seasons. United (then undoubtledly the best team in the world) were constantly linked with him, because Carr was consistently better than Neville.

I remember being gutted when he left and perplexed because he chose Newcastle of all places.

I had his name and number on the back of one of my Spurs jerseys. :cool:

Yeah he was always good going forward but it was only in his last two seasons with Spurs that he started to become a good defender. Spurs were a frustrating club to play for but what in the world possessed him to move to Newcastle. Ok, it was obviously money. He went way down in my estimation then. Didn't really stick with Ireland through thick n thin either. Injuries may have been a factor but that's the way it looked from the outside.

Dublin Spur

DubPerryman wrote: »

I'll have to disagree there. He had a serious knee injury in 01/02, I remember Stevie Finnan had to come in and play in the Ireland team. Sending that ball over for McAteer in Lansdowne Road vs Holland.

But.... He came back from injury the next season and played two full seasons. United (then undoubtledly the best team in the world) were constantly linked with him, because Carr was consistently better than Neville.

I remember being gutted when he left and perplexed because he chose Newcastle of all places.

I had his name and number on the back of one of my Spurs jerseys. :cool:

I agree that injuries were has main downfall, the drop in form can probably be put down to those. He missed a lot of 01/02 and I was at the 1st game of the season at Everton in 02/03 and it happened again right in front of me - you could hear the snap of his knee, it was horrible, I don't think he played again that season.

He was sensational for around 2 seasons, shame it didn't last longer

Dublin Spur

Samways was very underrated player.
Very tidy footballer and a great servant to Spurs.

His run that took Steve Bould out of the picture and give Lineker a run on goal for our 3rd goal in THAT semi in 1991 was absolute class.

Scored a massive goal v the scum in Oct 89 which was our first win over them in a few years. Happy memories

He went onto Spain after Everton and became known as a bit of a hatchet-man. I hear he owns a pub out there somewhere (Majorca/Ibiza)

Ormus

Dublin Spur wrote: »

Samways was very underrated player.
Very tidy footballer and a great servant to Spurs.

His run that took Steve Bould out of the picture and give Lineker a run on goal for our 3rd goal in THAT semi in 1991 was absolute class.

Scored a massive goal v the scum in Oct 89 which was our first win over them in a few years. Happy memories

He went onto Spain after Everton and became known as a bit of a hatchet-man. I hear he owns a pub out there somewhere (Majorca/Ibiza)

Yeah a friend of mine drank with him in his pub and got a signed picture for me, but then lost it

2nd Row Donkey

Agree with the comment about Carr been an okay defender who then came good and had 2 excellent seasons. PFA team of the year and heavily linked with United a lot. At the time Newcastle where a top team but it was a bit of a sad day when he chose to leave us for them.

Then he went to Newcastle and became a bit of a bruiser. He was a real niggling defender on Tyne-side, maybe he got a few tips from Justin Edinburgh before he left WHL

Mr. Guappa

Lloris

Carr
Campbell
King
Vertonghen

Bale
Modric
Carrick
Ginola

Berbatov
Klinsmann

Went for Vertz at LB because Ziege was always a liability as a proper LB. Hard to leave out VDV but couldn't shoehorn him in. Only other decision was the strikers, with Sheringham the unluckiest to miss out.

ziedth

I have said it before but my first game at the lane was Carrs cracker against united. Loved him from that moment.

I also like old Tarricco when he was with us. I must see can I make a team of players who I would pick solely on sentiment and how much I loved them.I'd say it'd be shocking.

Ormus

Mr. Guappa wrote: »

Lloris

Carr
Campbell
King
Vertonghen

Bale
Modric
Carrick
Ginola

Berbatov
Klinsmann

Went for Vertz at LB because Ziege was always a liability as a proper LB. Hard to leave out VDV but couldn't shoehorn him in. Only other decision was the strikers, with Sheringham the unluckiest to miss out.

Vertonghen is actually a good call

Mr. Guappa

Ormus wrote: »

Vertonghen is actually a good call

If this thread was done a year ago he would be CB in plenty of teams.

Woodgate

Lloris

Carr
King
Sol
BAE

Anderton
Rafa
Modric
Bale

Teddy
Klinsmann