I would have Best in front of Barnes, and probably Keegan too.
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No mention of the greatest Arsenal player ever Cliff Bastin?
The only case you can have for Gerrard even making the bench is that he'd be the fix it guy that you can throw at right back or any part of midfield or even right midfield or behind the strikers
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I think he is every bit as good as players who have come before him. It's just all the other players have retired years ago and we all know that legends grow once they have retired.
Of course you think that, coz you're jod
If I want a hard nose midfield general I'd have Souness and Keane ahead of Gerrard, if I want someone who can dictate the game and pull the strings while scoring 1 in 3, I'd have Scholes, if I want someone to play between the lines, I'd have Best and Dalglish
Gerrard would become the utility player in this team
If I want a hard nose midfield general I'd have Souness and Keane ahead of Gerrard, if I want someone who can dictate the game and pull the strings while scoring 1 in 3, I'd have Scholes, if I want someone to play between the lines, I'd have Best and Dalglish
Gerrard would become the utility player in this team
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Cool opinion. Id have Gerrard before Scholes anyday of the week. Simply a better and more complete midfielder than Scholes. Souness was boss though.
Gerrard's name just like that of Scholes, Lampard etc and other modern day players arent out of the conversation as some seem to think. I was merely saying that once players retire and you look back to the 70's and 80's their legends grow when in reality im sure Stevie and Lamps etc are just as good as those players back then.
You made a case for those players to be included, so would you have them in your team or not? Or are you a hypocrite slating me for not having them?
Matthews was knighted while still playing. It was a jibe at your vast overrating of Barnes.
Matthews is considered the best, if not, second only behind Tom Finney English right Winger of all time.
FTIW my team
------------------Banks
G. Nevillle-- B.Moore ---J. Charlton--- S. Pearce
-------B. Charlton---B.Robson
S. Matthews--------K.Keegan-----------G. Best
-------------Jimmy Greaves
Bench - Shilton, Finney, Lineker, Bastin, Dalglish, Wright, Armfield
Edit - sorry Gazza. Forgot Best.
Scholes was an incredible incredible player, if I'm picking a British midfielder of the past 25 years I'd be picking Scholes, but why let reason get in the way?
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You also forgot about Law.
Jod I think if you posted from inside someone else's skin and read your own posts you would realise how biased you really are.
Law was a gun but its hard to find a place for him.
That lone forward role is a bitch to choose.
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Would Bill Foulkes get into the squad, he was the Centre back for the Busby babes and the 60's united team
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It's just strange how you manage to squeeze Dalglish on the bench and have Keegan in the side. But outside of that no other Liverpool players. How were we so successful? It wasnt with foreigners like in todays game.
Is that Wright as in Ian Wright on the bench? In front of Rush or Dean? Gary ******* Neville? Lol, talk about picking the off man out.
Have you selected anyone from the great Herbert Chapman sides?
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Meh you can be bias or you can be real about it. John Barnes was legit one of the best footballers you will ever see. Whether he played for Liverpool or not.
Then you have guys putting Lineker and Wright on the bench in front of a bloke like Rush. Rush almost scored more goals than the two of them put together!
Im not saying the entire team should be made up of Liverpool players but I think Dalglish, Rush, Barnes, Hansen, Keegan and Souness all have strong claims.
That is nothing out of the ordinary for a team as dominant as Liverpool over the years to have several candidates just Man United would have several candidates.
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Bastin would be in and about but he has probably too much competition up front to squeeze him into the side.
Barnes wasn't better than George Best though.
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Best was outstanding. Hence his name. Barnes makes my team though.
George Best was probably the best British player.
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Hard to say, so many great players.
Best is the best
He's one of the best ever, it isn't hard to say.
Wouldn't look out of place in an all time top 20.
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No he wouldnt but neither would some other English players.
He would make my all time English team though for sure.
Best is a level above any other British player IMO.
