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What is the current list?
The 50 Greatest Premier League players EVER
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Was looking for it too, but couldn’t find the full list. Was hoping the original post on page 1 was edited. I recall Giggs being number one, which caused a stir.
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TBH maybe its too soon to revist this, could you do sonething different like the top 20 of the last 10 years or something like that?
Not sure too much has changed in 2 years.
Not sure too much has changed in 2 years.
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Not yet hes not, if he hangs around for around 5 or so years and performs than I'd agree.
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I'd have Hazard well down the list. Couple of really poor years amongstsome brilliant ones.
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The only obvious change would be Giggs being far lower. Gets points for longevity but, in terms of individual achievements, he pales in comparison to others.
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One bad season imo. But Mou happened.
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Still would have had Shearer at 1.
Worth a re-read just for Jod's melts
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Controversial opinion here (although it shouldn’t be considered controversial): David Silva is seriously overrated. Bloke gets sympathy votes because he’s “likeable”. Guys like Kante and Silva will always escape criticism because they’re the nice guys of football. Once they hit form everyone wants to celebrate it because fans generally want these type of players to do well. If they’re down, they rarely get called out. Silva especially has been riding the underrated tag for so long now that he has become overrated. People have such a warped perception of him. He has made the PFA team of the year twice and has been City’s player of the season once. His individual accolades are extremely thin. He has recently been capitalising on a disgustingly dominant City team that is making Raheem Sterling look world class and now everyone has a distorted opinion of him.
If you still can’t quite gauge how overrated this bloke is by the football world, Jamie Redknapp claimed throughout the week that he’s now on Xavi and Iniesta’s level. Don’t get me wrong, Silva is a tidy little player, but that is seriously disrespecting Xavi and Iniesta. Silva’s career is more similar to Juan Mata’s than it is Xavi and Iniesta’s. It’s time to judge him based on what he is and not what Noel Gallagher leads people to believe.
If you still can’t quite gauge how overrated this bloke is by the football world, Jamie Redknapp claimed throughout the week that he’s now on Xavi and Iniesta’s level. Don’t get me wrong, Silva is a tidy little player, but that is seriously disrespecting Xavi and Iniesta. Silva’s career is more similar to Juan Mata’s than it is Xavi and Iniesta’s. It’s time to judge him based on what he is and not what Noel Gallagher leads people to believe.
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Still would have had Shearer at 1.
Worth a re-read just for Jod's melts
Thanks for that, Gerrard outside the top 10 and Fowler in the 40s....can see why Jod wouldn’t be happy!
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Ha I think Slippy G was dropped a place or two to number 11 just because Jodly was melting all over the thread if I recall. Believe it was Cruyffy who wanted Lampard ahead on the basis that he won premier league titles and Gerrard obviously didn’t.
I don’t think there’d be many changes to this considering there’s only been two full seasons since we did it. Seeing it was done after Hazard’s dreadful 2015/16 and that he has had two exceptional seasons since then I’d have him quiet a bit higher now. Kane has had four consecutive seasons as one of the top two leading scorers so he’d make an appearance. Silva has probably gone up a level under pep so I’d move him up also. Most of the players who have excelled under Pep, Klopp and Poch are probably still a couple of seasons short of making this list imo though.
Could be an idea to do a list of the players during the 2010’s seeing as this is the last season of the decade. That would obviously make it a lot more current
I don’t think there’d be many changes to this considering there’s only been two full seasons since we did it. Seeing it was done after Hazard’s dreadful 2015/16 and that he has had two exceptional seasons since then I’d have him quiet a bit higher now. Kane has had four consecutive seasons as one of the top two leading scorers so he’d make an appearance. Silva has probably gone up a level under pep so I’d move him up also. Most of the players who have excelled under Pep, Klopp and Poch are probably still a couple of seasons short of making this list imo though.
Could be an idea to do a list of the players during the 2010’s seeing as this is the last season of the decade. That would obviously make it a lot more current
I really like this idea and am happy to run with it if people are keen.
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Looking at the full list Kane would probably take the spot before Le Tissier, Aguero would get into the top 10. Silva would be around the 20-mark
So let's say we start around season 2008/09?
Will be tricky, but I think enjoyable.
Will be tricky, but I think enjoyable.
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Still makes me laugh.Thanks for that, Gerrard outside the top 10 and Fowler in the 40s....can see why Jod wouldn’t be happy!
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Maybe you could do a 'best 11' at the end too
Sounds good.
Though I guess what's going to be hard to determine is player's who had their prime in this period, then left, or one's who had a few good seasons and then fallen off a cliff, or retired etc.
Hm. Some thinking to do I guess!
Bump.
If I can be bothered, might do a best of the last 10 years if anybody is interested?
If I can be bothered, might do a best of the last 10 years if anybody is interested?
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Some candidates.
Van Dyke, De Bruyne, Hazard, Aguero, Kane, Salah, Haaland, Rodri, Dias, Suarez, Kompany, Terry, Kante, Mane.
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Should re-do the original 50 list cos it was really bad
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Your view is hardly reliable though. Was amusingly laughed at at the time by me at least.Should re-do the original 50 list cos it was really bad
Scouse bias cranked up to max.
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1 De Bruyne
2 Kane
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