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What a boost having real football back, and its a tasty weekend with a belter to start with. I cant see Man City not winning due to their attack plus how average the Liverpool defence is, along with no proper holding midfielder. The game at Newcastle could go either way, you dont know what Chelsea team turns up. It could be a 3-0 or a 0-3. I see Sheff Utd grinding out another home win like they did against Wolves. Spurs have big injury problems and no squad depth, both Romero and Van den Ven are out plus Maddison a doubt so Villa should go there and scoop the points. Then all eyes will be on at Goodison after Everton 10 point deduction, they couldnt have asked for a better fixture - Super Sunday live at home against a poor Man Utd who are somehow 6th in the league. They will be fired up and surely will win. Man City 2-1 Liverpool Burnley 0-1 West Ham Luton 0-1 Crystal Palace Newcastle 2-2 Chelsea Nottm Forest 1-1 Brighton Sheff Utd 1-0 Bournemouth Brentford 0-2 Arsenal Tottenham 0-2 Aston Villa Everton 2-1 Man Utd Fulham 0-0 Wolves

It just shows how brilliant Richard Gough was. When you think after Butcher left he practically got a new centre half partner every season and had to adapt. My count is Kuznetzov, John Brown, Big Slim McPherson, Alan McLaren, Gordon Petric and Jocky Bjorkland. Have I left any out? Even Amoruso was signed in 97 for Gough' last season but didnt kick a ball.

Agreed, the damage MB did in the summer shouldnt go unnoticed, and the board have to take a large part of the responsibility for allowing him a free reign with no DoF and sanctioning his wishes. I dont mind these sort of posts about looking ahead at upcoming games but the only thing is in the SPL we play them all so regularly the next 10 matches will barely ever change - its having the League Cup final late Dec which is a puzzling one, it would have been good to have had that out of the way already. But also 12 games in 37 days means we are doing well still having 4 competitions to play for, Celtic will have 11 in that time but it looks like meaningless CL matches for them which is a boost. Aberdeen are in the same boat as us with conference games plus a cup final.

Yeah absolutely, but there is not a chance they will change. The proof is in the pudding - three tournaments running Southgate and his tactics have cost England. In 2018 they go 1-0 up against Croatia in the Semi and they sat back and allowed Modric to run the show then go out. 2021 after going again 1-0 up early v Italy they sat off and allowed Italy back into it. Then last year against France Saka was destroying the French and he subbed him - plus the French just knew they were there for the taking mentally. The only question is who would they replace him with should he actually get sacked, I doubt Eddie Howe is leaving Newcastle at the moment and Potter is waiting for the right club job. Where Southgate does deserve credit is building a club mentality within this squad as the so called golden generation is well known for having cliques.

Ive made two changes from my votes, I went with Weir at the back instead of Cuellar (Also remembered I liked Craig Moore at centre half but only really had 1 top season). Brought Barry Ferguson into midfield rather than Stuart McCall (With hindsight it could easily have been Ian Ferguson). Goram Hutton Gough Weir Robertson Laudrup Gascoigne B Ferguson Albertz Hateley McCoist Bench: McGregor, Cuellar, I Ferguson, De Boer, Mols (Pre-injury). Manager: I'd loved to have seen this team under Advocaat but it has to be Walter who's my greatest.

Nice finish to the team sticking the 92-93 kit on them. EDIT - Just noticed you have 2 x number 4s and 6s or was this their numbers? @Rousseau Perhaps this lot need a manager vote though? An enjoyable thing to do though during the international break, well done for your efforts on that. I voted 7 of the 11 in the final team but Im thinking of tweaking my final team due to formation. Having a wee think now.

I mentioned the other week that Clement just feels different to previous and I like what he is doing, I mentioned there seems to be a bit more professionalism about him and around the place. I think he is much stronger than Gio plus he doesnt have Beale's ego. The international break could prove huge as he will have finally had some time to work with the players who werent away so whether it be fitness or tactically, we may start seeing some more improvements. Sunday is a banana skin though, Id easily take a smash and grab 3 points AKA Arfield.

Its definitely Hateley and McCoist for me also. I watched clips of Hateley the other day and he was just excellent, his pace went unnoticed at times. Mols was class and a pure joy when he joined and could have gotten into the team bar that injury, he was never the same. And Negri was a phenomenon for 6 months - those two together would have ended up with about 100 goals in a season if fully fit. Jardel - the one that never was!

You have to get Dado Prso on your list 👍 And Gordon Durie who I would have as an unsung hero. Did lots of hard work and always good for goals.

Just noticed nobody mentioned Souness for this position. Whilst remember watching games he played in, Im a year or so a bit young to really remember how he played and if he would have been considered for this position / role? Ray Wilkins is another. (Albeit only had a short stint at Ibrox) Is it a case they came too late in their career and had already peaked? A Question for those 46ish and over......

Two more right sided players: I was well excited when we signed Andrei Kanchelskis but its a pity he was past his best. He did provide the odd flash but nothing to be considered near legendary status for the Club. He was actually out done by Claudio Reyna for a year or so who had a terrific season on the right for Advocaat in "that" midfield which boasted immense talent.

They are severely boring to watch but should be one of the best teams to watch considering their squad. I cant believe against Malta he played Maguire and Henderson. They are joint favourites 4/1 with France for the Euros but they dont have that winning mentality that France, Germany and Italy have - these 3 are "tournament teams" that just need to get into tournaments and will always have a chance.

Laudrup. (Now Lock the thread). It would be a tragedy if Laudrup didnt get in the team. Best ever player to play in the blue shirt for me. A good mention though to Trevor Steven, Alex Mikhailichenko and Peter Huistra but Laudrup was from another planet.

I used to be very much Tam Buffel Loyal 😄He was easily better than Windass 👍

In the 4-1-3-2 I would have put De Boer in the middle of the 3 as I thought the two upfront will be real out and out strikers. De Boer could certainly play as a second striker but I always saw him more as that creative one behind the front two, but agree - siblime player. But just doesnt out do Gascoigne for sheer ability and the goals he scored.

This is a shame on Ronald De Boer but it can only be Gascoigne.

Missed Mark Walters - proper winger.

Does it have to be a winger? If not then in a 4-1-3-2 I'd be putting a left sided midfielder in this slot rather than a winger because he just simply has to be in my all time team: The Hammer Jorg Albertz. And the obvious "Best winger" will be on the right side for me as he played both sides.

Didnt Big Eck like to play Konterman there for a good while which was horrendous excluding that thunderbolt at Hampden. When we signed Jonas Thern I thought we had gotten a right steal who could sit and be a proper playmaker but it never really worked out although he did show the odd bit of class.

Having 5 being geographically in Asia makes more games. Having the break up of the Soviet and Yugoslavia opened things up which is fair enough and moving from 8 teams in Euro 92 to 16 in Euro 96 was a good call but now the set up is giving teams byes to the tournament with such games in the Nations League. Because teams have a back door way in through the Nations league it makes even more meaningless games in the actual qualifiers. Qualification is getting easier, if Albania has qualified then that says it all. Plus I noticed Slovenia play Kazakhstan in the final group game with winner takes all - if Kazak go through then the Saudis will instantly want to join the Euro set up.

Thank god that was the last international break of the year, what a total disruption it is. I mean, well done to Scotland for a good campaign and reaching Germany and I'll watch the tournament itself, but qualifiers are dire. They really should be pinned altogether in 1 or 2 breaks.

I just read this therefore options open up so I might switch to Tugay or even Barry Ferguson. This is getting more difficult than my Higher Accounts exam. Tugay was great and probably a better player but surely cant make an all-time team ahead of McCall or Ferguson again due to longevity and service plus success. Im sticking with McCall, he did all the dirty work to let Gascoigne and Laudrup do their magic.

Because its a defensive holding midfield Im leaning towards Stuart McCall. Tugay was immense but wasnt just a holding midfielder but I suppose could count in this position. This is tough but I'll stick with Stuart McCall.

I think this was raised but the Premier League cover their tracks on these issues as all members sign and agree to the conditions. Football behind the scenes seems to be in its worst ever state and I see Man City avoiding a major punishment, they could end up with a fine. I can even see this leading to eventual breakaway for the super league with Europes top clubs joining a Saudi organised league - especially if Man City and Chelsea were hit with a point deduction that would relegate them - at TBH if this is what Everton get for a 19m one time break of rule, what would City get for 115 breaches. The good thing for Everton is they will stay up as they will get out of the bottom 3 easily. Leicester are the team who feel hard done by stating this 10 points should have been done last year so they are after a heavy financial compensation package.

The position where we have had class in abundance with keepers who could walk into most teams. Goram wins it. He was one of the best in the world at one point in 90s. No votes for Snelders? 😃