Lockdown has left me with time to mull over this past season and put together an 11 of the best players/performances we've faced this year. Warning: Watching the highlights to remind/scar myself with some of the losses and defensive mishaps was mentally distressing. Please don't do it. GK - Rafael Cabral Barbosa (Reading) LB - Nathan Ferguson (West Brom) CB - Liam Cooper (Leeds) CB - Ben White (Leeds) RB - Pereira (Bristol) CM - Sam Clucas (Stoke) CM - Max Bird (Derby) CAM - Daniel Johnson (Preston) ST - Ollie Watkins (Brentford) ST - Lyle Taylor (Charlton) ST - Tyrese Campbell (Stoke) Bit of fun, ey.
Best player in the league imho. No coincidence that Leeds limped over the line* when he got injured. *They started playing well again after they were promoted.
Benrahma needs to be in there and definitely Pinnock for Cooper plus Hernandez for Leeds, and Kelvin Phillips
GK: Sam Johnstone (WBA) - Unbelievable on Boxing Day, denied us two extra points. One of his saves to stop Thomas scoring was world class. RB: Andy Yiadom (Reading) - No idea how he's still in the Championship, and at such a pointless club. CH: Sean Morrison (Cardiff) - Horrible bastârd, so dominant. Think he actually frightened our forwards at Oakwell pre-COVID. CH: Ethan Pinnock - Quite frankly the best centre half in world football who isn't called Mads Andersen. LB: Max Lowe (Derby) - Massively underrated and still young. RM: Tom Barkhuizen (PNE) - Thoroughly embarrassed us, twice. Another very underrated player. CM: Jacob Butterfield (Luton) - Ran the game at Oakwell. Biased or not. CM: Ovie Ejaria (Reading) - Some player; would love him here. LM: Said Benrahma (Brentford) - The most talented player I've seen outside the Prem since Prosinecki. Would be perfect for Leeds. ST: Ollie Watkins (Brentford) - Rinsed us at Oakwell. Still looks raw, lots of development still. If he's not in the Prem this season I'll be shocked. ST: Andre Ayew: (Swansea) - I love him. If I could sign one player from this list it'd be him. Big name, but works his sack off. Absolute class. Honorable mentions for Clucas, Swift, Eze, Pereira and Vokes.
Davies (Stoke) Bree (Luton) Lindsay (Stoke) Pinnock (Brentford) Yiadom (Reading) Butterfield (Luton) Williams (Wigan) Berry (Luton) Lee (Luton) Armstrong (Blackburn) Moore (Wigan) A full XI of ex reds playing in the championship.
I was trying to remember the keeper that had the best game of his life against us but couldn't remember.. it was Johnstone! He was like a brick wall that day. I was also going to say Pinnock just cos he tried so hard to give us a pen with that handball the last game lol
I adore the bloke. The most humble, down to earth kid you could wish to meet. Just happens to be like Bobby Moore at football.
