Premier League XI

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Telegram Sam
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11 Jan 2013 22:32:04
There's been a lot of talk about the recently revealed FIFA World XI containing no Premier League players - so, to flip that on it's head, if you could pick a team of eleven with seven subs made up only of players who play in the Premier League, who would you choose? What formation would you play? It doesn't necessarily have to based on form or this season's best team.

Petr Čech (Chelsea)

Branislav Ivanović (Chelsea) - Vincent Kompany (Man City) - Thomas Vermaelen (Arsenal) - Leighton Baines (Everton)

Yaya Touré (Manchester City) - Marouane Fellaini (Everton)

Juan Mata (Chelsea) - Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) - Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur)

Robin van Persie (Manchester United)


Joe Hart (Manchester City)
Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United)
Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur)
Jack Wilshere (Arsenal)
Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
Luis Suarez (Liverpool)
Jamieandhisego
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11 Jan 2013 22:47:10
Why the fuck would you have Vermaelen?
Telegram Sam
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11 Jan 2013 23:02:04
By Jaygull | Permalink | On 11 January 2013 - 22:47 PM
Why the fuck would you have Vermaelen?

Yeah, bit of bias there. I was thinking of someone like Shawcross or Jagielka, but my Arsenal brain got the best of me and I went for Vermaelen. Vidic would be right in alongside Kompany if he hadn't been injured for so long.
.verse
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11 Jan 2013 23:10:12
I don't really understand the concept of the selection. If you're not basing it on this season or form then it's effectively is a best Premier League XI, is it not? Which if so, majority of those players wouldn't get a look in.
Telegram Sam
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11 Jan 2013 23:16:37
By Verse | Permalink | On 11 January 2013 - 23:10 PM
I don't really understand the concept of the selection. If you're not basing it on this season or form then it's effectively is a best Premier League XI, is it not? Which if so, majority of those players wouldn't get a look in.

If you're given an unlimited amount of money to build your own fantasy side, who would you buy? It's up to you if you wanted to base your team around recent form, in which case you might, for example, want to bring in Bassong over Vidic, but it's down to personal preference.
.verse
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11 Jan 2013 23:21:36
By Telegram Sam | Permalink | On 12 January 2013 - 10:16 AM
If you're given an unlimited amount of money to build your own fantasy side, who would you buy? It's up to you if you wanted to base your team around recent form, in which case you might, for example, want to bring in Bassong over Vidic, but it's down to personal preference.

That makes things a little clearer. OP is a little misleading as to the basis of selection.
Shola
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11 Jan 2013 23:29:34
I think he means best current XI, but not based on form, based on how good players are.

GK - Joe Hart

RB? - Mathieu Debuchy
LB - Ashley Cole
CB - Vincent Kompany
CB - Fabricio Coloccini

CM - Marouane Fellaini
CM - Yaya Toure

AMR - Luis Suarez
AMC - Juan Mata
AML - Gareth Bale

FC - Robin van Persie

Still think Joe Hart is one of the best in the world, needs to start acting like it though. I don't think there is an exceptional RB in the league, Glen Johnson, Rafael and Kyle Walker are all good, but I couldn't really decide between them. Kompany and Coloccini should be the best partnership, but Colo has been nowhere near the quality this season. The rest of the team picks itself, imo, maybe someone in ahead of Fellaini considering he doesn't really play CM anymore, maybe Cabaye. And I think Silva should be in there somewhere, but I prefer Mata.

Krul
Johnson
Vermaelen
Silva
Cabaye
Tevez
Aguero
Wes Brown
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11 Jan 2013 23:41:44
Hart

Ivanovic
Kompany
Vidic
A.Cole

Lucas
Yaya Toure

Mata
Rooney
Bale

RVP


Subs;
Reina
Zabaleta
Jagielka
Fellaini
Cazorla
Suarez
Ba
Telegram Sam
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11 Jan 2013 23:46:27
By Shola | Permalink | On 11 January 2013 - 23:29 PM
The rest of the team picks itself, imo, maybe someone in ahead of Fellaini considering he doesn't really play CM anymore, maybe Cabaye.

Yeah, I nearly went for Cabaye but the thought of a Fellaini-Toure partnership gave me wood.
Poe
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12 Jan 2013 03:48:02
GK - Hart/De Gea

DR - Ivanovic
DL - Cole
DC - Coloccini
DC - Kompany

MC - Fellaini
MC - Yaya Toure

AMC - Suarez
AMC - Mata
AMC - Rooney

ST - RVP

s1 - De Gea/Hart
s2 - Baines
s3 - Vidic
s4 - Lampard
s5 - Silva
s6 - Ba
s7 - Bale
Deano
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12 Jan 2013 10:44:56
I don't get why everyone wanks over Cole so much.
VP.
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12 Jan 2013 10:54:33
By Deano | Permalink | On 12 January 2013 - 10:44 AM
I don't get why everyone wanks over Cole so much.


Or why they're playing Fellaini as a defensive midfielder when he is so clearly much much better at playing just behind a striker.

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