The Aston Villa-Liverpool-Man City-Tottenham Best XI
By Ollie Irish
Last week we published our Best XI comprised of the top three Premier League sides (check it out here). Today we focus on the quartet of clubs that are the main contenders for fourth place: Villa, Liverpool, Man City and Spurs.
This was tough. Here’s our starting XI (again, based on form this season alone), in a 4-3-3 formation:
There you go. Five Villa players, four Spurs players and just one player each from Liverpool and Man City.
Agree/disagree? Let’s have it…
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Reina
Cuellar Dunne Bale
Lennon Milner Petrov Kranjcar Downing
Defoe Torres
Subs: Friedel, Dawson, Corluka, De Jong, A.Johnson, Tevez, Kuyt
Tbh as much as I hate him, I’d put Bellamy in there him & Tevez work a treat
WHERE THE HELL IS GERRARD??
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Gomes
King Dawson Bale
Lennon Palacios Gerard Milner
Modric
Torres Tevez
Subs: Defoe, Kranjcar, Dunne, A Young, Huddlestone
You kidding me, no Reina? Best keeper in the Prem.
This team is a complete joke.
Friedel
Cuellar Dunne Collins Bale
Lennon Milner Kranjcar
Defoe Torres Tevez
What sort of a formation is this? There are six attacking players.
If so many villa players get in this team then why are Villa below all these in the league?
Also the inclusion of Kranjcar and Bale is a complete joke.
My team:
Reina
Corluka Dunne Agger Warnock
Mascherano Barry
Lennon Gerrard Modric
Torres
Subs: Friedel, Milner, G.Johnson, Palacios, Crouch, Benayoun, King.
nob
Wow Bremner, you have a hard-on for Liverpool don’t you? While I don’t always agree with Ollie’s picks, he’s pretty spot-on here. Your line-up is just bizarre. Milner is far more consistent and less injury prone than Lennon (who is out injured right now). Gerrard is having his worst season ever, Modric missed half the season, and Agger? Are you serious?
Dumb fuck.
Gerrard is really having a crappy season @punterino i actually havent seem him this bad since..never..
agreed punterino. I think theres a case for the inclusion for modric and bellamy in my opinion. plus Given runs Freidal very close. Steven ‘elbow’ Gerrard wouldnt even make the bench based on this season..
I’d say there are a few glaring snubs in this team: Given, Mascherano, Barry. Other than that it’s good (a front three of Defoe, Tevez, and Torres would overrun most teams).
I’d have to go with:
Given
Cuellar King Collins Bale
Lennon Modric Gerrard Milner
Defoe Torres
Subs: Tevez, Friedel, Mascherano, Dunne, Barry, Benayoun
This is hard to figure out! There’s a lot of quality. I’ve snubbed Carlton Cole, Kuyt, Modric, Krancjar, Dawson, Huddlestone… to name a few.
I can’t believe Bellamy hasn’t been mentioned more, also.
Given
Johnson Dunne Agger Bale
Lennon Barry Modric Milner
Torres Tevez
Milner is the most overrated player in the league. But I guess you morons always get carried away with the hype…
i’m a reds fan but i think only reina and torres deserve to make it in.
i’d start given, then make an unconventional half-time keeper substitution to let reina bring it home.
“Milner over-rated” – says the man who picked Agger! Priceless. Pretty spot-on team. Be nice to find space for Bellamy too. Only one Liverpool player any where near good enough this season. Fact.
Reina
Johnson Dunne Collins Insua
Milner Gerrard De Jong
Tevez Young
Torres
Bale has been awful nearly all season, starting to come good now he’s playing left midfield, can’t defend. I’d prefer Bridge or Warnock, otherwise can’t really complain with that team.
Morgan
I wouldn’t say awful, just not great. He’s really come on in the last 2 months though. He’s turned into a great attack threat in Lennon’s absence.
shay given
cuellar, dunne, carra, bale
milner, barry, kuyt
defoe, tevez, torres
reina defo better than any keeper in prem
johnson best right back
dunne gr8 season
dawson
bale best left back of the season
lennon b4 injury he was amaising
milner every time
gerrard not a gr8 season but still better than allot
young
tevez
torres
im a liverpool fan,but i honestly gotta say that only reina, johnson and torres deserve to be in this team,
gerrard has his worst season since….ever!
my team would be
Reina
Johnson Dunne Bassong Bale
Barry
Lennon Ashley Young
Modric
Torres Defoe
shocked how many would leave out tevez… also keepers is a three way draw for me with gomes being a step behind
GK – Shay Given
RB – Glen Johnson
CB – Jamie Carragher
CB – Richard Dunne
LB – Carlos Cuellar
CM – Gareth Barry
RM – Ashley Young
LM – Dirk Kuyt
LF – Jermain Defoe
CF – Carlos Tevez
RF – Fernando Torres
gomes
johnson dawson dunne bale
lennon gerrard barry modric
defoe tevez
subs
given
cuellar carragher
young palacious
torres agbolahor
Gomes
Corluka Dunne Dawson Bale
Mascherano
Milner Modric Johnson
Torres Tevez
Not many going to beat that 11
this Ollie whatever is a complete moron..