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Premier League Best XIs by Club
Which team would come out on top if they all had every one of their players post-1992 to pick from?
All decisions are final, but feel free to disagree as vehemently as you wish.
Premier League Best XIs by Club
Which team would come out on top if they all had every one of their players post-1992 to pick from?
All decisions are final, but feel free to disagree as vehemently as you wish.
As always with these things, teams are selected taking into account performance in the league for the relevant club.
Peak performance, longevity and balance are all taken into account.
No silly formations, and players can play for more than one club. Because it’s not real.
Peak performance, longevity and balance are all taken into account.
No silly formations, and players can play for more than one club. Because it’s not real.
Sunderland
Sørensen
Bardsley
O’Shea Craddock Gray
Malbranque Cattermole Colback
Larsson Quinn PhillipsHaving qualified for the top 20, that’s as far as Sunderland go. Bent & Defoe mean good forward options, but less depth elsewhere.
Portsmouth James Johnson Campbell Distin
Hreidarsson
Kranjcar O’Neil
Mendes
Lua Lua
Kanu YakubuOk, they’re all pretty old. But it’s a more fun team than Stoke or West Brom so Portsmouth get a place. Until they’re relegated.
Fulham
van der Sar
Volz
Hughes
Hangeland
Bocanegra Malbranque Legwinski Murphy Duff Dempsey McBrideThe majority of this team got to a Europa final. But a lack of depth means they suffer over the course of the (made up) season.
Crystal Palace
Speroni Ward Dann Southgate van Aanholt Cabaye
Milivojević
McArthur
Zaha Johnson PuncheonIt’s a decent team for Palace, lacking star quality. Cabaye gets in despite playing less as they were desperate for creativity.
Middlesbrough
Schwarzer
Pogatetz Southgate Ehiogu Queudrue Zenden Ince Boateng Downing
Juninho
RavanelliZenden RW? I don’t know, they can figure it out. Juninho obviously the star man, while 1-season Ravanelli’s lucky to get in.
Bolton
Jääskeläinen Hunt
Hierro Cahill
Gardner
Speed Campo Okocha Nolan Djorkaeff DaviesJust look at that. Foreign flair aligned with good old-fashioned English grit. Allardyce in his element.
West Ham
Miklosko Potts Collins Ferdinand Dicks Noble Carrick Parker Payet Di Canio J. ColeNot sure about that defence, while Lampard might be aggrieved to miss out to Noble’s longevity. But that front three would do pretty well.
Everton Southall Coleman Jagielka Lescott Baines
Kanchelskis Arteta Cahill
Pienaar
Lukaku FergusonEverton, in 13th? It doesn’t feel right, but they’re really lacking stars against other teams who’ve had more fleeting success.
Southampton Niemi Dodd Fonte van Dijk Bertrand
Wanyama Schneiderlin Lallana Le Tissier
Mané BeattieEven if several of these players improved after leaving, a team of this quality around Le Tiss would do well.
Aston Villa Bosnich Delaney Laursen McGrath Wright Milner Barry Taylor Young Benteke
YorkeThat midfield might look a bit iffy, but they were all genuinely excellent for Villa. Benteke just gets the nod over Agbonlahor & Carew.
Blackburn Friedel Emerson Hendry
Nelsen Le Saux Ripley Sherwood
Tugay Duff Shearer SuttonThe title-winning side with a few additions. And plenty of depth on the bench with the lines of Dunn, Bentley, Wilcox & Santa Cruz.
Leicester City Schmeichel Pereira Morgan Huth Chilwell
Mahrez Kanté Izzet Guppy Vardy HeskeyAgain, mostly made up of the title-winners plus a few personal favourites. Don’t laugh at Heskey, he was so good when he came through.
Leeds Martyn Kelly Radebe Ferdinand Harte McAllister Bowyer Batty Kewell Hasselbaink VidukaLovely balance to this team, quality all over the park. Not quite enough to break into the non-existent European qualification places though.
Newcastle Given Carr Coloccini Albert Beresford
Solano Speed Cabaye Ginola Beardsley ShearerTough call to leave out Ferdinand, but probably better balanced with Beardsley in. Starting to see some really good teams now.
Tottenham Lloris Walker King Vertonghen Rose Carrick Modric Eriksen
Son Kane BalePlenty of options in defence and up-front, with Sheringham, Keane and Klinsmann all missing out. Not bad, this.
Liverpool Alisson Alexander-Arnold Carragher van Dijk Robertson Henderson Alonso Gerrard
Salah Torres
SuárezThe balance doesn’t quite work, it wouldn’t matter. Recency bias in defence for a reason. So many options off the bench too.
Arsenal Seaman Dixon Adams Campbell Cole Ljungberg Vieira Fàbregas Pires Bergkamp HenryThis team mostly picked itself. Tempting to put Overmars in but not above Pires and he didn’t play enough at RW.
Man City Ederson Zabaleta Kompany Laporte Clichy Fernandinho De Bruyne Silva Touré Sterling AgüeroThis team is class. The full-backs a bit of a weak link compared to their peers, but so much quality elsewhere. Tevez & Džeko on the bench.
Chelsea Cech Ivanovic Terry Carvalho A. Cole
Essien Kanté Lampard Robben Drogba HazardOk, this is really good. Robben v J. Cole, Ivanovic v Azpi both a bit of a coin toss, while Makelele & Ballack are decent midfield options too.
Man Utd 
Schmeichel G. Neville Ferdinand Vidic Irwin Ronaldo Scholes Keane Giggs Cantona RooneyGreat team, deserving winners. Beckham & RVN probably the most aggrieved to miss out, someone best tell them it’s not real.
No-one seems to disagree with Man Utd as champions, but I’m interested to see who you think should have come 2nd based on the teams selected.
Hoping for not too much club bias on this, maybe wishful thinking. What do you reckon?
Hoping for not too much club bias on this, maybe wishful thinking. What do you reckon?
If you don’t support any of the above teams, please reply with which you voted for and why!
That might be more reflective than the poll.
That might be more reflective than the poll.
