BobbyBiscuit Posted April 3, 2015 Report Posted April 3, 2015 ...with no Dons players in it. Who would you go for? Can be the best players or the ones you didn't mind as much as certain others. It can be from any era of the "Premier Division" i.e. 70s up to present day. Quote
scotfree Posted April 4, 2015 Report Posted April 4, 2015 Oooft! That's a hard one. Will need to have a good think. Quote
Madbadteacher Posted April 4, 2015 Report Posted April 4, 2015 Narey and Hegarty as CD, assuming we're allowing for their relative abilities in the 70's/80's as opposed to today's CDs? Quote
manc_don Posted April 4, 2015 Report Posted April 4, 2015 Blimey, that's hard so I'm going to stick with ones since I've supported the Dons. Ive got most of them down but a couple more to think of. feel incredibly dirty. Quote
manc_don Posted April 5, 2015 Report Posted April 5, 2015 Right, here goes: Klos van Bronckhorst Pressley Hendry Mcnmaarararara Van Hooijdonk Hartley Laudrup Larsson Viduka Gascoigne Not a very balanced team and I know there are a few i've missed. Not necessarily players that were great in the league but had great careers and I liked elsewhere. Quote
Jute Posted April 5, 2015 Report Posted April 5, 2015 Goram Van Bronckhurst Narey Heggarty Malpas Laudrup Bannon Brown DiCannio Larrson Caniggia Quote
tlg1903 Posted April 6, 2015 Report Posted April 6, 2015 I refuse to do this on principle, the thought is giving me the boke Quote
BobbyBiscuit Posted April 7, 2015 Author Report Posted April 7, 2015 Klos McGrain Narey Heggarty Robertson Laudrup McStay Gascoigne Collins Larsson Johnston Quote
manc_don Posted September 2, 2016 Report Posted September 2, 2016 So the SPFL ran a similar one on their site recently, this is what was agreed: Quote
RicoS321 Posted September 2, 2016 Report Posted September 2, 2016 Pressley Hendry Mcnmaarararara What the fuck happened here? Quote
manc_don Posted September 2, 2016 Report Posted September 2, 2016 What the fuck happened here? Was an honest opinion... Although I refuse to ever spell his name correctly. Quote
BobbyBiscuit Posted September 2, 2016 Author Report Posted September 2, 2016 So the SPFL ran a similar one on their site recently, this is what was agreed: McCoist wasn't even the best striker at the huns in his time never mind in the league over 40 years. Souness as well is a ridiculous shout, was well past his best by then. Would be as well sticking George Best in too on that basis... That is a cracking back 5 though. Quote
tlg1903 Posted September 2, 2016 Report Posted September 2, 2016 McCoist wasn't even the best striker at the huns in his time never mind in the league over 40 years. Souness as well is a ridiculous shout, was well past his best by then. Would be as well sticking George Best in too on that basis... That is a cracking back 5 though. Word. Rooney would have been a better option play with Larsson in terms of a compatable player. Lennon would be a far better option than Souness Quote
Kowalski Posted September 2, 2016 Report Posted September 2, 2016 Is that Jimmy Johnstone? Does this cover all eras? If so I'm not sure Gascoigne, McMoist and Souness should be there. Quote
rocket_scientist Posted September 3, 2016 Report Posted September 3, 2016 Laudrup, Larsson & Gascoigne are the first three names in the team. I think that's an awesome 10*. It's fantasy stuff obviously because when we cross decades and eras, the game changed. Today at the elite level - the SPFL is not "elite" level football despite it being the best we have in this country - footballers are faster and fitter so the likes of JJ and DMcG might not have been as effective but given their stand-out careers, probably have been the most dominantly-superior in those positions. Very clever inclusion of L, M & McL. They were one unit and connected almost telepathically. Goram - who spellchecker insists on calling Gotham, presumably the joker because of his personality - might feel hard done by but Leighton deserves his place because of the brilliant effectiveness of the unit. * McCoist in there is unfathomable. It's too silly to waste words on. Quote
BobbyBiscuit Posted September 3, 2016 Author Report Posted September 3, 2016 Word. Rooney would have been a better option play with Larsson in terms of a compatable player. Lennon would be a far better option than Souness Lennon would be a good foil for Gascoigne, but Lambert could do that job and was a better player, but really, you're picking the best XI I would say Paul McStay has to be in there - know it's probably not a popular call but on his day he was a majestic player. Carried a below average tim team for a long time, and was a stand out in a couple of very good Celtic teams too. Laudrup, Larsson & Gascoigne are the first three names in the team. I think that's an awesome 10*. It's fantasy stuff obviously because when we cross decades and eras, the game changed. Today at the elite level - the SPFL is not "elite" level football despite it being the best we have in this country - footballers are faster and fitter so the likes of JJ and DMcG might not have been as effective but given their stand-out careers, probably have been the most dominantly-superior in those positions. Very clever inclusion of L, M & McL. They were one unit and connected almost telepathically. Goram - who spellchecker insists on calling Gotham, presumably the joker because of his personality - might feel hard done by but Leighton deserves his place because of the brilliant effectiveness of the unit. * McCoist in there is unfathomable. It's too silly to waste words on. Goram was obviously a very good keeper in his own right, but always felt he received praise for making seemingly amazing saves which other keepers would take more comfortably because they had better physiques for goalkeepers. He still pulled of some incredible saves, don't get me wrong, but the range of saves guys like Leighton and Snelders could make was much wider. The save Snelders made in the 89 Cup Final from McCoist's (?) header is probably the best save I've seen in my life - the ball was above and beyond him before he knew it but his reactions and technique to get that over the bar was truly world class. It looks great on tv, but at the match it looked as though he was completely beaten. Goram would have got nowhere near that, for example. Quote
rocket_scientist Posted September 3, 2016 Report Posted September 3, 2016 I wasn't intending a Leighton v. Goram debate. The 1-1 draw at Pittodrie (when Gatuso came on for the 2nd half) was all the proof we needed that both were huge talents. Snelders was never in the same league however. A great keeper for sure. Just never in the same ballpark. Quote
BobbyBiscuit Posted September 3, 2016 Author Report Posted September 3, 2016 I wasn't intending a Leighton v. Goram debate. The 1-1 draw at Pittodrie (when Gatuso came on for the 2nd half) was all the proof we needed that both were huge talents. Snelders was never in the same league however. A great keeper for sure. Just never in the same ballpark. I know, I was merely making conversation. Quote
rocket_scientist Posted September 3, 2016 Report Posted September 3, 2016 I know, I was merely making conversation. That, I kinda figured. What I was intending in that last post however was to flush out a potential Theo love-in. Which never came. Which is fine. Quote
BobbyBiscuit Posted September 3, 2016 Author Report Posted September 3, 2016 That, I kinda figured. What I was intending in that last post however was to flush out a potential Theo love-in. Which never came. Which is fine. Great, if you let us know in advance what we can and can not talk about, that'd be ace. Quote
rocket_scientist Posted September 3, 2016 Report Posted September 3, 2016 Great, if you let us know in advance what we can and can not talk about, that'd be ace. You (and me, and anyone) can say whatever the fuck you like. I thought that was a given? What's the problem here? Quote
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