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'Alternative' Team of the Year

C0YS

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Jul 9, 2007
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This is a little game I like to play at this time of year. You pick a starting 11 and 7 substitutes to make up what you think represents the best team of the year. The catch is you can only chose one player from each football club. Mine is as follows:

De Gea
(Man Utd)

Clyne------Alderweireld --------Van Dijk-----Pieters
(Liverpool) (Tottenham) (Southampton) (Stoke)

Willian-------Ozil -------Kante-------Payet
(Chelsea) (Arsenal) (Leicester) (West Ham)

Lukaku---Aguero
(Everton) (Man City)​



Subs

Gomes (Watford)

Klose (Norwich)

Daniels (Bournemouth)

Sigurdsen (Swansea)

Cabaye (Crystal Palace)

Defoe (Sunderland)

Rondon (West Brom)



Very hard choice this year, normally when I do this your scrambling in trying to make a decent team after picking the first few, but this season I found it hard to leave some players out. Guess it shows the more evened out nature of the PL this year. I chose the team based on what could actually play, which is why I put Kante in, you need someone who can cover a lot of ground to act as the engine for what remains a very soft midfield. Left back was tough, but all the best left backs in the league are all in teams where better options are available. Pieters has always seemed pretty goood to me.
 

nailsy

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Jul 24, 2005
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This is harder than you'd think. Is it meant to be like a proper team, with defensive midfielders, or is pure fantasy football OK?

My team:

De Gea


Clyne------Fonte --------Dann-----Bellerin


Mahrez-------Willian -------De Bruyne-------Payet


Lukaku---Kane

Without putting too much thought into it my subs would include Gomes and Defoe, , Wijnaldum, Siggy, C.Dawson, and Arnautovic.
 

Everlasting Seconds

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Jan 9, 2014
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I can't be bothered to put together a full team yet, but going off of the two suggestions thus far, I'd probably move Gomes into the starting 11 to open up for including another ManUtd player, for instance Blind or Martial. I don't think there is any way De Gea has been a better goalie than Gomes.
 

Kushal

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Jul 28, 2004
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Butland (Stoke)

Clyne (Liverpool) - Alderweireld (Spurs) - Smalling (Man United) - Bertrand (Southampton)

Ozil (Arsenal) - Kante (Leicester) - Willian (Chelsea) - Payet (West Ham)

Aguero (Man City) - Lukaku (Everton)


Subs:
Gomes (Watford)
Klose (Norwich)
Sigurdsson (Swansea)
Wijnaldum (Newcastle)
Cabaye (Crystal Palace)
Rondon (West Brom)
Kirchhoff (Sunderland)
 

carpediem991

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May 31, 2011
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de Gea (ManUtd)
Bellerin (Arsenal)
Alderweireld (Tottenham)
Daniels (Bournemouth)
Bertrand (Southampton)
Barkley (Everton)
Coutinho (Liverpool)
Payet (West Ham)
Willian (Chelsea)
Mahrez (Leicester)
Agüero (ManCity)

Subs:
Butland (Stoke)
Dann (Crystal Palace)
Dawson (WBA)
Sigurdsson (Swansea)
Wijnaldum (Newcastle)
Defoe (Sunderland)
Ighalo (Watford)
 

The Scarecrow

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Jan 17, 2013
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Butland (Stoke)
Bellerin (Arsenal) - Alderweireld (Spurs) - Smalling (Man Utd) - Bertrand (Soton)
Mahrez (Leicester) - Cabaye (Palace) - Payet (West Ham) - Willian (Chelsea)
Agüero (Man City) - Lukaku (Everton)
Subs:
Gomes (Watford)
Daniels (Bournemouth)
Williams (Swansea)
Coutinho (Liverpool)
Wijnaldum (Newcastle)
Rondon (WBA)
Defoe (Sunderland)
 
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