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Ricky1985

That's exactly who I was saying he reminded me of tonight! He doesn't have Hleb's close control (who does?), but he has more strength and fight. He also is unexceptional in front of goal like our former Belarussian. But the kid doesn't stop running, has a good eye for a pass and can really carry the ball over distances.

Certainly think he is a bit underrated because of where he's come from and who he plays for. As you say, Klaus, as is also the case with Mings. Have heard lots kf good things about Leeds' Kalvin Phillips. Looks technically gifted and impressive athletically from the little I've seen of him.

Qwiss

KingslandBarge wrote:
and apparently its Arteta they want to bring in as replacement. Think that would be a good project for him. The pressure at Arsenal would be too huge and Emery's reign has disrupted support sentiment to an extent where we'll afford less patience to the next manager.

Could be good. If he does well we could nab him in 2 years when whoever replaces Emery fails.

Mirth

Bet it followed it up with: "2 times, peasants."

Clrnc

Can't argue with most of it but Bale and Kane seriously?

VVD kind of overrated now that Carragher says he is way better than Terry.

Klaus

Zabaleta 😆

Ricky1985

The question is do you go for contribution over the whole of the decade or highest peak during the decade?

But, I agree, Zabalata should not be in the team by either measure. Sagna went there and imediately took his place for starters, despite being 2 years older.

MistaT

I'd argue somewhere between, as in 3 years of top quality should be valued over 7 years of decent play.

With that in mind, there's no way you can leave off Luis Suarez. I'd probably go 4-4-2 with

De Gea

Monreal
Kompany
Terry
Azpilicueta

Hazard
Kante
Silva
Bale

Suarez
Aguero

KingslandBarge

4-4-3
Cech; Azpilicueta, Kompany, Koscielny, Cole; Lampard, Y.Toure, D. Silva; Sterling, Aguero, Hazard

Kante, Suarez, De Bruyne, Sagna, Mané, Rooney, Van Persie, and Fabregas narrowly miss out. Hazard is a coin-flip.

Edit: Taken Kante out and I am going with Lampard.

Clrnc

Ricky1985 wrote:
The question is do you go for contribution over the whole of the decade or highest peak during the decade?

But, I agree, Zabalata should not be in the team by either measure. Sagna went there and imediately took his place for starters, despite being 2 years older.

Sagna barely started whenever Zabaleta is fit, and when he did he was terrible. City fans hated his terrible performance and he was over past peak.

Only in 15/16 season he started a good number of match when Zabaleta had a serious injury.

Mista's team look good, but I will go for Sterling over Bale.

MistaT

Sterling is a good shout, he's had seasons nearly matching Bale's pinnacle but ultimately more impactful seasons.

Klaus

Koscielny is 100 percent in this team, and that's all I'm going to say about it.

jones

Neville's team 😆 I thought it was just a TV persona but this guy is really this fucking dumb. Christ

Qwiss

Klaus wrote:
Koscielny is 100 percent in this team, and that's all I'm going to say about it.

No change. Same goes for Monreal. Only Arsenal player who maybe gets in Fabregas.

QuincyAbeyie

Koscielny obviously not, but not Fabregas either. He was good for Chelsea for a while, but for us his best seasons were the three last of the decade before.

Mirth

Yeah, Koscielny was one of my favourites but he's no where near that team. I'd argue van Persie has a greater shout to be included than Fabregas.

Qwiss

Quincy Abeyie wrote:
Koscielny obviously not, but not Fabregas either. He was good for Chelsea for a while, but for us his best seasons were the three last of the decade before.

Fair point. No one from Arsenal so. Shocking considering from the decade before I'd have at last half the team as Arsenal players.

KingslandBarge

Koscielny played his part in three FA cups and spent 2-3 seasons where he was dominating Suarez, Rooney, Costa, D.Villa, Aguero. At his peak he was Rolls Royce. He's done much more than VVD. High peak, steep rise as well from Lorient, and tougher foes.

Qwiss

Mirth wrote:
Yeah, Koscielny was one of my favourites but he's no where near that team. I'd argue van Persie has a greater shout to be included than Fabregas.

There are a lot more top strikers than midfielders is why I don't put van Persie in there.

Mirth

De Gea
Ivanovic-Kompany-Vertonghen-Azpilicueta
Kante-Toure-Silva
Suarez-Aguero-Hazard

There are only a handful of United or Arsenal players even worth considering - who would have seen that coming a decade ago.

Choosing between Suarez, Bale, Sterling and Salah is probably the hardest since they all had relatively the same number of seasons at the top. But Suarez reached the highest peaks of the four.

KingslandBarge

Vertonghen is an interesting choice. He has some of the top stats from the decade. Its only if you watch him you'd know he's shite, won nothing, and belongs nowhere near in this XI.

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