Our best first XI?

[El Rojo]

A good problem for Jurgen from now on, with just about everybody who will be back except Tsimikas there or thereabouts. 

 

What's our best XI?

 

I think most of it picks itself, but I'm stuck on Trent/Bradley and Endo/Mac Allister. Horses for courses, maybe. 

 

I wouldn't be in favour of moving Trent into midfield as that means someone else good has to drop out. 

 

Also, Joe Gomez has been magnificent over the last few months. 

 

Alisson, Trent, Konate, VVD, Robertson, Mac Allister, Szlobo, Jones, Salah, Nunez, Jota

 

Bradley, Gomez, Endo and Diaz on after 60 mins. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Alisson

 

Trent

Virg

Joël

Robbo

 

Macca

Curtis

Dom

 

Mo

Diogo

Lucho

 

That leaves us with a fucking strong bench: Elliott, Gravenberch, Gakpo and Nuñez if we need to open things up; Endo, Gomez and Bradley if we need to shut things down.

[Elite]

Alisson

 

 

Bradley

VVD

Konate

Robbo

 

 

Macca

Curtis

Dom

 

 

 

Mo

Nunez

Jota

[AngryOfTuebrook]

@Code's XI.

[Lee909]

Alisson

 

Bradley

Bradley 

Bradley

Bradley

 

Bradley

Bradley

Bradley

 

Bradley

Mo

Bradley

[Colonel Bumcunt]

Becker

 

Gomez

Van Dijk

Konate

Robbo

 

Macca

Endo

Szoboszlai

 

Salah

Nunez

Jota

 

Still think Jones isn't quite physically assertive enough to start ahead of those 3. 

 

[stringvest]

12 minutes ago, Colonel Bumcunt said:

Becker

 

Gomez

Van Dijk

Konate

Robbo

 

Macca

Endo

Szoboszlai

 

Salah

Nunez

Jota

 

Still think Jones isn't quite physically assertive enough to start ahead of those 3. 

 

Bradley for Robertson there and I would agree with you

[KevieG]

1 hour ago, Elite said:

Alisson

 

 

Bradley

VVD

Konate

Robbo

 

 

Macca

Curtis

Dom

 

 

 

Mo

Nunez

Jota

 

Would go with this. Gomez close to both full back positions

[Bjornebye]

Ali

 

Trent

Konate

VVD

Robbo

 

Endo

Szob

Jones

 

Mo

Jota

Darwin 

[Code]

Jones is not in our best 11.

[Megadrive Man]

18 minutes ago, Code said:

Jones is not in our best 11.

He is based on the last 12 months.

[Megadrive Man]

1 hour ago, El Rojo said:

Alisson, Trent, Konate, VVD, Robertson, Mac Allister, Szlobo, Jones, Salah, Nunez, Jota

 

 

I'd swap Gomez for Robertson currently.

 

Its still way too early to say Connor Bradley would be in our best eleven. He's played two league games!

[Code]

10 minutes ago, Megadrive Man said:

He is based on the last 12 months.

No he is not

[TheHowieLama]

1 hour ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Joël

 

 

 

[stringvest]

Gomez brings more to the LB role than Robertson.  Same as Bradley on the other side

[an tha]

Right now...

 

Alisson

 

Bradley

Konate

VVD

Gomez

 

Mac Allister

Jones

Szoboslzai

 

Salah

Nunez

Jota

[Smell The Glove]

If everybody is 100%.

 

Ali

 

Trent

Konate

Virgil

Robbo

 

Thiago

Macca

Dom

 

Mo

Nunez

Jota

[Fowlers God]

You have to pick on CURRENT form. (or from the last time they were available etc)

 

Therefore it is 

 

Ali

 

Bradley

Konate

VVD

Gomez

 

Endo

Mac

Dom

 

Mo

Nunez

Jota

 

 

[Smell The Glove]

18 minutes ago, Fowlers God said:

You have to pick on CURRENT form. (or from the last time they were available etc)

 

Therefore it is 

 

Ali

 

Bradley

Konate

VVD

Gomez

 

Endo

Mac

Dom

 

Mo

Nunez

Jota

 

 

Not sure if Mo or Dom are available for Burnley but if they are that's my lineup, with Gomez for Konate as he's suspended. Got to take the risk with Thiago with City looming and Burnley at home is probably the best game you could have to start.

[Carra_is_legend]

Its funny that Nunez gets criticised so much but is in most of the teams above....

[TheHowieLama]

12 minutes ago, Carra_is_legend said:

Its funny that Nunez gets criticised so much but is in most of the teams above....

 

That's only because Gakpo is shit and Diaz should be bombed out at the first opportunity.

 

Allegedly.

[Carvalho Diablo]

My belief is that we are a far stronger team with a solid and settled back 4, minimising this inverted fullback nonsense and playing more traditionally where the fullbacks boss their respective wings and bomb forward whenever possible.

 

For that reason I'd start Bradley - Konate - Virg - Robbo whenever possible.

 

Ally picks himself, but up front I'd personally go with Mo, Jota and Darwin. Goals, guile and pace.

 

Midfield is the most contentious (and rotated), again personally I'd go with Szobo, Macca plus one...and that one would probably be Trent.

 

Alisson

 

Bradley

Konate

Virg

Robbo

 

Macca

Trent

Szobo

 

Jota

Darwin

Mo

[Captain Turdseye]

Jones is most definitely in the best XI

[AngryOfTuebrook]

22 minutes ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

My belief is that we are a far stronger team with a solid and settled back 4, minimising this inverted fullback nonsense and playing more traditionally where the fullbacks boss their respective wings and bomb forward whenever possible.

 

For that reason I'd start Bradley - Konate - Virg - Robbo whenever possible.

 

Ally picks himself, but up front I'd personally go with Mo, Jota and Darwin. Goals, guile and pace.

 

Midfield is the most contentious (and rotated), again personally I'd go with Szobo, Macca plus one...and that one would probably be Trent.

 

Alisson

 

Bradley

Konate

Virg

Robbo

 

Macca

Trent

Szobo

 

Jota

Darwin

Mo

Our "best XI" has one of our most gifted players in a position he never plays for us, instead of the position in which he's played when we've gone from mid-table dogshit to serious contenders on four fronts?

 

I'm just heading over to the "Jürgen's Replacement"thread...

[El Rojo]

Might be seeing more of Trent in midfield if Szoboszlai is out for a while.

 

Assuming Bradley’s back soon, of course. Losing a parent is awful at any age but he’s only a kid.