If there was a Premier League best 11...

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  1. jedstar

    jedstar Well-Known Member

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    ...how many English players would be in it?

    Maybe Cole at left back if that!
     
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    Rooney Gerrard hart maybe ?
     
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    Hart, Cole, Terry, Gerrard, Lampard & Rooney
     
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    Rooney ahead of Van Persie, Suarez, Tevez, Aguero?
     
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    Hart should get better but don't think he's the best keeper at the moment - Terry, Gerrard, Lampard maybe when they were at their best. Rooney is barely in the top five strikers.

    Don't particularly like Ashley Cole but can't think of anyone else who is good at defending but also provides a good attacking threat - maybe Scott Golbourne but he isn't a Premier League player ;)
     
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    Prob left back is only one I'd be able to pick an English player without much thought.
     
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    **** Ashley Cole, I'd rather have Dennis Irwin at left back.
     
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    Yeah , but it would not be Cole !!

    Baines is better at the moment.
     
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    Dunno, but it is the reason why we are not very good internationally. There are too many English players languishing in reserve teams and the Championship who will never reach their potential.
     
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    It's a double-edge sword I suppose, if it wasn't for the foreign influx then there wouldn't be so much global interest in our league and there would be less money for the clubs to be competitive in Europe. Plus there's the argument that if squads were predominantly English then the players wouldn't be as good as they wouldn't be learning from the best players in the world - not that I particularly agree with that view but they always say it on Talk Sport.
     
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    Spain... Majority in their league qualify for Spain.
    Germany ... Likewise.
    England... Majority qualify for other countries
     
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    That when they allow all Polish players to play for them and i'm sure most of Scotland league players can play for them, also Welsh irish.....
     
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    You're sure most Scottish footballers can play for Germany?
     
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    Two from 22 were of polish decent in their squad for 2012...
     
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    Logically the left back would be...

    Phil Neville.... Look at how many medals he has won..
     
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    Re: Logically the left back would be...

    Good question..

    Hart, Ferdinand, Gerrard, Wilshire and Lampard would be in with a shout I think. Could easily do without them though in that make believe squad.
     
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    Mrs C played netball for Poland when she was a teenager. She could have also played for Germany through family history and being from Gdansk/Danzig former disputed territories which at one time were part of Germany.
     
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    Pity she didn't do Curling...you could have lent her your brush!:biggrin:
     
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    Hart
    Zabaleta Vertonghen Kompany Cole
    Mata Cazorla Yaya Toure Bale
    RVP Suarez

    Subs:
    De Gea
    Johnson
    Baines
    Wilshere
    Gerrard
    Silva
    Aguero

    Don't think I've forgotten anyone
     
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    With it's new head!! She can be a bit of an ice maiden, brrrrr.... :D
     
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