20 Years Of The Premier League

[Cripps_orig]

http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/20-seasons.html

I (http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/20-seasons.html)ve voted

Best team i picked was

Seaman

Dixon Adams Campbell Winterburn

Ljungberg Petit Vieira Pires

Bergkamp Wright

Was tough choice between Overmars and Pires but Pires got it cos he didnt go to the ****s. Likewise Henry and Wright.

[Master Splinter]

It's not really a tough choice. Pires was much better than Overmars. Pires was fucking glorious.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

There's no Sami :lol: That voids the whole thing.

And yet Young does make it. :rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Games with lots of goals in them = best games apparently.

[Cripps_orig]

It's not really a tough choice. Pires was much better than Overmars. Pires was fucking glorious.True but Overmars was one of my all time favourite players back then.

Then he did what he did and i hope he dies in a fire

[Dennis Bendtner]

I see some of those saves on MOTD most weeks. Where the fuck is Lehmann-Solskjaer tbf.

[Marc Overmars]

There's no Sami :lol: That voids the whole thing.

And yet Young does make it. :rolleyes:

David Silva is also on the shortlist. :doh:

[Cripps_orig]

I guess i should have taken notice of the players.

I just looked for Arsenal players/matches/goals/saves

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I see some of those saves on MOTD most weeks. Where the fuck is Lehmann-Solskjaer tbf.

Or the save with his face to deny Ronaldo in the same game. :bow:

[Gubby Allen]

**** knows how Cantona tops the list of nominations. Man Utd have such warped views of their players compared to football fans in general - that's positive and negative. He was terrific & a cult hero but no world beater. I know the votes are purely Premier League but as a general point, how many European games - away ones especially did he ever have a half decent match in?

Best striker is laughable - in what way is Cantona a better striker than Van Nistelrooy who probably trebled his goal ratio? I'd have said Andy Cole was a better PL striker for them too and Solksjaer and Rooney.

Good Player - Absolutely
Good Striker - Not particualrly
Top 10 PL players - I wouldn't have thought so.

and are defenders inelligble for any of these awards?

[Cripps_orig]

**** knows how Cantona tops the list of nominations. Man Utd have such warped views of their players compared to football fans in general - that's positive and negative. He was terrific & a cult hero but no world beater. I know the votes are purely Premier League but as a general point, how many European games - away ones especially did he ever have a half decent match in?

Best striker is laughable - in what way is Cantona a better striker than Van Nistelrooy who probably trebled his goal ratio? I'd have said Andy Cole was a better PL striker for them too and Solksjaer and Rooney.

Good Player - Absolutely
Good Striker - Not particualrly
Top 10 PL players - I wouldn't have thought so.

and are defenders inelligble for any of these awards?Best defender award maybe?

Also agree on Cantona.

[Gubby Allen]

How the ****ing hell can Steve Stone & Ashley Young be on the list of wingers, but no Kinkladze? I know who I'd rather have parted with £20 to watch.

I loved Peacey & Barnes, pheonmenal players but can't even remember them playing in the P.L. I suppose Pearce was in Euro 96 so he must have done.

I can think of better suggestions for an award than 'celebration' -

Beckham's hit & hope lob sticks out a mile amongst the other 9 goals for shiteness. Le Tiss got 10 better PL goals than that on his own, so did Bergkamp & Henry. Limpar's lob (season before PL) was twice the goal of Beckham but no c**t ever shows that.

Put Irwin, Mc Grath & Le Tiss in my team, pity Zola had to miss out as I like all of them. The rest were Arsenal and deservedly so.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/20-seasons.html

I (http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/20-seasons.html)ve voted

Best team i picked was

Seaman

Dixon Adams Campbell Winterburn

Ljungberg Petit Vieira Pires

Bergkamp Wright

Was tough choice between Overmars and Pires but Pires got it cos he didnt go to the ****s. Likewise Henry and Wright.

So much talent back them compared to today tbh is so hard to choose.

[Young Guns 11]

My team:

Seaman

Neville - Adams - Terry - Cole

Ronaldo - Vieira - Keane - Giggs

Henry - Bergkamp

[Niall_Quinn]

Vieria and Keane would be too similar. Vieria and Scholes, that would be immense.

[Coney]

Vieria and Keane would be too similar. Vieria and Scholes, that would be immense.

Vieira and Gerrard. :good:

[Cripps_orig]

Alan Shearers best XI

Schmeichel

Neville, Vidic, Adams, Irwin

Ronaldo, Vieira, Scholes, Giggs

Cantona, Henry

He didnt pick himself on purpose although he'd be in most peoples team seeing as he was the best striker around

[Cripps_orig]

Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown reveals his all-time Premier League XI on BBC Radio 5 live: Schmeichel, G Neville, Stam, Adams, Ashley Cole, Vieira, Keane, Giggs, Bergkamp, Henry, Gerrard

No RVN?

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Rooney's overhead kick wins best goal :rolleyes:

Bergkamp vs Newcastle and Henry vs United came 2nd and 3rd.

[Master Splinter]

RVP's flying volley versus Charlton woz robbed. As usual.

Disgusting that Neil Mellor wasn't represented on that shortlist.

[cricketsi]

My team:

Seaman

Neville - Adams - Terry - Cole

Ronaldo - Vieira - Keane - Giggs

Henry - Bergkamp

Terry? :sick: The fuck is wrong with you? I'd say the same about Neville as well, but lots of "experts" seem to rate the rat faced ****.

[Cripps_orig]

Whos voting for these btw?

[dazthegooner]

Best goal always going to be rooney good yes but the best no

[Marc Overmars]

Terry? :sick: The fuck is wrong with you? I'd say the same about Neville as well, but lots of "experts" seem to rate the rat faced ****.

As ****ish as he may be, Neville was extremely consistent for United, consistency that spanned at least a decade and then some. Successful sides don't carry passengers for too long, he did very well to stand the test of time and deserves to be in an all time Prem 11 IMO.

Big Man though, yeah, fuck that shit.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Bollox is Rooneys goal the best goal. Shame Cisse's was just outside of the date tbh that was miles better and so were many more.

[Cripps_orig]

Rooneys goal was brilliant. A proper overhead kick from a cross without controlling.

Can see why it won.

When are others announced?

[Ernesto]

Should've been Bergkamp's goal. Both Rooney's and Henry's goals had an element of "hit n hope" about them (reinforced by the fact that, as any Liverpool fan will tell you, Rooney's overhead kick effort came off his shin)

But, meh. An Englishman was always going to win it in a European championship year.

[Ernesto]

Team of the last 20 years;

----------------Seaman---------------

Dixon------Adams------Terry------Cole

Ronaldo-----Vieira-----Gerrard-----Giggs

--------Bergkamp-----Zola-------------

[GP]

Zola over Henry :lol:

And Terry?

smh

[Ernesto]

Zola over Henry :lol:

And Terry?

smh

I know, heart over head with Zola. Thought he was great. Ahh, f*** it, we need a goalscorer, don't we? Put Henry in in place of Zola.

As for Terry, c*nt of an individual, but he had a couple of colossal seasons. As an individual, stand-alone defender, he's better than Ferdinand, Campbell, Pallister, Bruce, Bould and Stam, in my opinion.

[Young Guns 11]

Terry? :sick: The fuck is wrong with you? I'd say the same about Neville as well, but lots of "experts" seem to rate the rat faced ****.

Ha. Terry is insanely good whether you hate him or not. One of the best prem defenders, so utterly consistent. Same with Neville.

If I had to change it I'd put Scholes with Vieira as "footballistically" that would work better, but Vieira and Keane together would just be jokes

[Syn]

All bias aside (and, well, I don't even like him really) Sol was the very best in an era (this era) when protection that the back four was getting was weakening. Technically an outstanding defender - didn't have a weakness.

[Marc Overmars]

All bias aside (and, well, I don't even like him really) Sol was the very best in an era (this era) when protection that the back four was getting was weakening. Technically an outstanding defender - didn't have a weakness.

His only weakness was that he was gay.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Big Man is all about last ditch defending/throwing his body around (so to speak), I've always thought he was a weaker defender than Carvalho. And anyway, if he was in my team, I wouldn't be the one picking the best Prem team: it would quickl have Dids, Lampsy and Ash in.

[Niall_Quinn]

Rooneys goal was brilliant. A proper overhead kick from a cross without controlling.

Can see why it won.

When are others announced?

So the competition was really about the most spectacular goal. The best goals are team goals. We scored a few in the last 20 years, goals that were so much more than hit and hope for the best. Surprised that Newcastle goal didn't win it. Memories are that short and so focused on the next dollar.

[Niall_Quinn]

All bias aside (and, well, I don't even like him really) Sol was the very best in an era (this era) when protection that the back four was getting was weakening. Technically an outstanding defender - didn't have a weakness.

Had a major glaring weakness, he played for the spuds.

[Marc Overmars]

So the competition was really about the most spectacular goal. The best goals are team goals. We scored a few in the last 20 years, goals that were so much more than hit and hope for the best. Surprised that Newcastle goal didn't win it. Memories are that short and so focused on the next dollar.

I think Cole's goal vs Villa in 04/05 is horribly underrated. Insanely good team work and the finish to match.

We scored some brilliant goals in the 7-0 win over Everton that season as well, Bergkamp was picking ridiculous passes out.

[Ernesto]

Bloody 'ell, yeah, Cole v Villa was a good'un.

As was Vieira v Liverpool in the same season. Vieira to Henry, to Pires, back to Vieira, GOAL (in a game that is more often remembered for Xabi Alonso and Neil Mellor)

There was a game against Reading in 05/06, at the Madjeski, where I think we got through a ridiculous number of passes before RvP coollly scored the opening goal of the match. We went on to maul them 0-4.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

RVP's goal made it 0-3, Henry scored the opener, cutback from Cesc barely a minute in to the game. :geek: And it was 06/07. :good:

Very good goal though, in spite of the pedantry.

[Syn]

No hit-and-hope's deserve a place. Cisse's goal the other day was a pub effort. Rooney's overhead was pretty good - requires tekkers. I'm a fan of most volleys actually.

Piledrivers from 94 yards out, fuck off. You can catch them in the village leagues every week.

The best type of goals are indeed team efforts like clockwork. The ones that finish with a cutback are particularly good.

The prettiest football played in England recently was in the 04/05 season. The invincible season was too machine-like for my tastes. There was no human element to it.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Berkamps goal should have won that was class and easily the best. But i guess they will say he only done it against the barcodes where as Rooney done it against their biggest rivals etc.

[cricketsi]

Ha. Terry is insanely good whether you hate him or not. One of the best prem defenders, so utterly consistent. Same with Neville.

If I had to change it I'd put Scholes with Vieira as "footballistically" that would work better, but Vieira and Keane together would just be jokes

The thing is though, Terry's just not that good. Footballistically as well as meriting a place on the Earth in general.

[Cripps_orig]

Keegans "I love it" wins the best quote

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17981540

[Niall_Quinn]

Best manager shortlist: Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, Jose Mourinho, Harry Redknapp, David Moyes.

Ravaged drug addicts shouldn't be allowed to nominate or else crazy choices like Redknapp and Moyes would end up making the whole process a joke.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The remaining awards are given out today.

It's on Sky Sports News from 12:25 pm.

In the VT of various people talking about the Best Player: only one of them said Henry (that was Zola :bow:).

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

It'll be Giggs.

And obviously Ferguson for manager.

[Cripps_orig]

The Invincibles win best team of PL era :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on Wenget, work your last day corruption magic and nab best manager.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Programme starts now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shearer wins Most Goals in the Premier League. :faint:

[Cripps_orig]

Super Al :bow:

Didnt expect him to win that tbh

And now as good a pundit as he was player

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bit harsh on his playing career.

[Flavs]

Shearer wins Most Goals in the Premier League. :faint:

Andy Cole wont be happy

[McNamara That Ghost...]

David James won Most Clean Sheets.

:blink:

[Cripps_orig]

Thats more down to how long hes played more than how good he is tbh

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Andy Cole wont be happy

That's because he likes to be known as Andrew Cole.

The berk.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Best Player revealed after the break.

Come on Julian Dicks.

[Cripps_orig]

Has to be Marco Boogers

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ali Dia. :bow:

[Flavs]

Bogarde :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I think Fergie has indeed won Best Manager. I demand a recount. He couldn't even be arsed to turn up.

[Cripps_orig]

Cant think of anyone worse than that.

You win this round, Maccy

[Flavs]

I think Fergie has indeed won Best Manager. I demand a recount. He couldn't even be arsed to turn up.

He's also fat

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Best Player: Giggs.

Fuck off.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cant think of anyone worse than that.

You win this round, Maccy

http://i49.tinypic.com/c5b7n.gif

[Flavs]

Best Player: Giggs.

Fuck off.

Fucking sheep tamperer

[McNamara That Ghost...]

A true inspiration that man. Just ask his brother.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

It'll be Giggs.

And obviously Ferguson for manager.
:rolleyes:

[Cripps_orig]

Player of 20 Seasons
Ryan Giggs

Manager of 20 Seasons
Sir Alex Ferguson

Season of 20 Seasons
2011-12

Team of 20 Seasons
Arsenal's 'Invincibles' in 2003-04

Most Memorable Quote of 20 Seasons
Kevin Keegan's 'Love It' interview in 1996

Goal of 20 Seasons
Wayne Rooney's overhead kick against Manchester City in 2011-12

Match of 20 Seasons
Manchester United 4-3 Manchester City in 2009-10

Goal Celebration of 20 Seasons
Eric Cantona for pirouette and pose following chipped goal against Sunderland in 1996

Save of 20 Seasons
Craig Gordon (Sunderland) for his reflex stop from Bolton defender Zat Knight in December 2010

Most Premier League Goals
Alan Shearer 260

Most Premier League Clean Sheets
David James 173

Public vote Fantasy Team of 20 Seasons:
Peter Schmeichel; Gary Neville, Tony Adams, Nemanja Vidic, Ashley Cole; Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Scholes, Steven Gerrard, Ryan Giggs; Thierry Henry, Alan Shearer

[Niall_Quinn]

Vidic? Gerrard? WTF?

[Injury Time]

Best Playa ##: Giggs.
:yikes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

One player from the best Premier League side ever gets in. :lol: