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Caligula's Who's the Best in their Position Thread?

Mirth

I'm not sure about the inclusion of Evra either, even United fans think he's been below par in 2011!

Striker: van Persie, Demba Ba, Aguero

AM/Wing: Silva, Young, Mata

CM: Modric, Yaya, van der vaart

DM: Song, Cabaye, Parker

FB: Enrique, Baines, Richards

CD: Koscielny, Kompany, Coloccini

GK: Hart, Szczesny, Vorm

Claudius

General Mirth wrote:
I'm not sure about the inclusion of Evra either, even United fans think he's been below par in 2011!

Striker: van Persie, Demba Ba, Aguero

AM/Wing: Silva, Young, Mata

CM: Modric, Yaya, van der vaart

DM: Song, Cabaye, Parker

FB: Enrique, Baines, Richards

CD: Koscielny, Kompany, Coloccini

GK: Hart, Szczesny, Vorm

I like your list, GM. if anything, I'd replace Ba with Suarez and Cabaye with Lucas. Cabaye has been superb, but Lucas has held that Liverpool midfield together. The other day against Cty he had 100% tackle rate and passed well (about 90%). Finally, Suarez is a lot like Tevez - runs a lot, links attack and defense and is a general menace. He should've scored more as he's created a ton of chances for himself. If you were to ask me which Premier League player I'd take for our team, it would be Aguero and then Suarez.

That said, credit to Ba, Cabaye and Pardew. They've all been terrific this year. The loss of Joey Barton was uplifting.

Clrnc

Only EPL?

Striker: van Persie, Demba Ba, Aguero

AM/Wing: Silva, Suarez, Mata

CM: Modric, Cabaye, van der vaart

DM: Song, Tiote, Parker

FB: Santos, Richards, Walker

CD: Koscielny, Kompany, Jones

GK: Hart, Szczesny, Vorm

Claudius

Yeah, only EPL. It's easier to compare players from one league. You can do lists for Spain, Italy if you want though.
Clrnc, who is the Jones you have at CD?

Rex

Phil Jones I imagine.

Clrnc

Yep. There is another Jones?

Rex

There´s January Jones. She doesn´t play football of course. But she is quite lovely...

Klaus

I think there's a strong case for Arteta to be included among the central mids. Him and Cabaye have impressed me the most this season.

Claudius

Well, I just haven't been that impressed by Jones, to be honest. I think he's better going forward than he is as a defender - a bit of a Luiz for now really. I wouldn't take him over anyone we have at center back, right back or DM

Clrnc

Actually I would change Hart to Krul. Been so impressive this season

Klaus

Krul, Vorm and Szczesny have been the best keepers in my opinion, but thirteen games is not a lot to go on. We should do this thread after 19 games instead, and then again at the end of the season.

Ricky1985

Striker: van Persie, Demba Ba, Dzeko

AM/Wing: Silva, Bale, Sturridge

CM: Modric, Arteta, Yaya Toure

DM: Cabaye, Tiote, Parker

FB: Richards, Santos

CD: Koscielny, Kompany

GK: Szczesny, Hart, Freidel

Claudius

Ricky1985 wrote:
Striker: van Persie, Demba Ba, Dzeko

AM/Wing: Silva, Bale, Sturridge

CM: Modric, Arteta, Yaya Toure

DM: Cabaye, Tiote, Parker

FB: Richards, Santos

CD: Koscielny, Kompany

GK: Szczesny, Hart, Freidel

Good list, Ricky. Any reason you prefer Dzeko over his Argentine teammate?

Ricky1985

I just think he's more consistent and more important to City in the rough and tumble of the Premier League.

Aguero has more ability, but I really do think he's a little overrated in these parts. I got a real good look at him the other night at the Emirates and he certainly didn't blow me away.

y va marquer

Surprised you don't rate him Ricky.
Granted he's not performing consistently brilliantly, he's just showing flashes so far.
Dzeko was fairly anonymous for City in his first season, takes time to get used to the extremely physical demands of the PL.

Captain

Balotelli is the man.

y va marquer

I definitely rate Balotelli higher than Dzeko.

Klaus

Dzeko is a terrible footballer. Belongs in the same tier as Mario Gomez.

Ricky1985

Aguero has a lot of quality, but he's nowhere near the top of the list for any of the best players right now.

Btw - I don't rate Dzeko as anything special. I just think of those to choose from in the League, he's been among the most consistent and impressive. I wouldn't have him at Arsenal.

Klaus

Only player I can think of that has been better this season is a van Persie in the form of his life. Agüero is the most naturally gifted player in the league though. Outstanding in pretty much every aspect of his game.

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