[Albion] Our best eleven

[BatterSeagull]

So, everyone is fit and before any acquisitions, I would love to know what everyone's best 11 is. I had no difficulty with 9 (and admit it is biased on Argie Mac's current form). My biggest dilemma was centre back. Dunk, Webster, Veltman, BDB and Duffy. All have been immense. 2 form 5 is so difficult. Perhaps a 3.

Anyway, here goes with a back 4

Sanchez
Lamptey, Dunk, Webster, Cuccarella
Mwepu, Bissouma, Mac Allister
Trossard, Welbeck, Maupay.

With a back 5, I would bring in BDB for Argie Mac but so difficult and Veltman was my player of the season last season!!!!!!!
Who would want to be Potter?!

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

So, everyone is fit and before any acquisitions, I would love to know what everyone's best 11 is. I had no difficulty with 9 (and admit it is biased on Argie Mac's current form). My biggest dilemma was centre back. Dunk, Webster, Veltman, BDB and Duffy. All have been immense. 2 form 5 is so difficult. Perhaps a 3.

Anyway, here goes with a back 4

Sanchez
Lamptey, Dunk, Webster, Cuccarella
Mwepu, Bissouma, Mac Allister
Trossard, Welbeck, Maupay.

With a back 5, I would bring in BDB for Argie Mac but so difficult and Veltman was my player of the season last season!!!!!!!
Who would want to be Potter?!

We haven’t got one.

 

[timbha]

So, everyone is fit and before any acquisitions, I would love to know what everyone's best 11 is. I had no difficulty with 9 (and admit it is biased on Argie Mac's current form). My biggest dilemma was centre back. Dunk, Webster, Veltman, BDB and Duffy. All have been immense. 2 form 5 is so difficult. Perhaps a 3.

Anyway, here goes with a back 4

Sanchez
Lamptey, Dunk, Webster, Cuccarella
Mwepu, Bissouma, Mac Allister
Trossard, Welbeck, Maupay.

With a back 5, I would bring in BDB for Argie Mac but so difficult and Veltman was my player of the season last season!!!!!!!
Who would want to be Potter?!

How would you play Trossard, Welbeck and Maupay?

 

[Whitechapel]

Sanchez
Lamptey - Dunk - Webster - Cucurella
Bissouma - Lallana
AlexMac - Trossard
Welbeck - Maupay
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It’s hard to nail it down because our formation is so fluid but the 4-2-2-2 really worked wonders yesterday.

 

[dazzer6666]

Depends who we’re playing

 

[The Fits]

As above. Our best 11 IS Sanchez, Lamptey, Dunk, Webster, Cucurella, Biss, Lallana, Mac, Tross, Welbz, Maupay. But it’s not necessarily our best team.

 

[stss30]

Sanchez
Lamptey - Dunk - Webster - Cucurella
Bissouma - Lallana
AlexMac - Trossard
Welbeck - Maupay
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It’s hard to nail it down because our formation is so fluid but the 4-2-2-2 really worked wonders yesterday.

Agree completely with this. Lallana has to be in there, him and Welbeck so influential despite their age, can't wait for them both to be back on the pitch at the same time more frequently & hope it will last!

 

[seagull 1979]

Depends who we’re playing

Exactly this.

I was thinking about starting a similar thread yesterday but then got thinking about the opposition we would be playing, would they sit deep and play on the counterattack? Are they possession based team? Do we need to man mark their flair player?

Too many variables but IMO and based on the 7 points we have just won, it seems GP knows the answer!

UTA

 

[WATFORD zero]

We haven’t got one.

Is the right answer. I'd have a crack at our best 25 (if U23s don't count)

 

[GT49er]

Sanchez
Lamptey, Dunk, Webster, Cuccarella
Mwepu, Bissouma, Mac Allister
Trossard, Welbeck, Maupay.

Yes, except trouble is I wouldn't want to leave out Moder, BDB, Veltman, Lallana, March or Mwepu either!



.......... and I want to see the likes of Richards, Roberts, Ferguson and (when fit again) Sarmiento sooner rather than later ..................

 

[drew]

Depends who we’re playing

This. For example, when we played Villa, Veltman had Grealish in his back pocket but I'm not so sure Lamptey would have done the same. In other games Lamptey is the better option.

 

[Stat Brother]

We haven’t got one.

I love the way I can spin this both ways.

The reason why the team doesn't win is because it's full of like-minded and similar valued players.
The reason why the team is hard to pick is because it's full of like-minded and similar valued players.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

We discussed this recently. I pointed out that the concept of 'best 11' no longer applies. Can't be arsed to dig out the thread or post.

In any case, it won't be a good eleven until will have bought a proven 20-goals-a-season striker that everyone has heard of, at a reasonable price. What is wrong with our recruitment team? Ashworth OUT!!!

 

[WATFORD zero]

We discussed this recently. I pointed out that the concept of 'best 11' no longer applies. Can't be arsed to dig out the thread or post.

In any case, it won't be a good eleven until will have bought a proven 20-goals-a-season striker that everyone has heard of, at a reasonable price. What is wrong with our recruitment team? Ashworth OUT!!!

But he has to be able to hold up (like Murray) and deadly (like Lineker) and quick (like Ronaldo - not that one ) and can hit a ball (like van Basten) and .............

It's simple. we just need a 17 year old Pele. It's obvious what we need, why they can't just get on with it

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

But he has to be able to hold up (like Murray) and deadly (like Lineker) and quick (like Ronaldo - not that one ) and can hit a ball (like van Basten) and .............

It's simple. we just need a 17 year old Pele. It's obvious what we need, why they can't just get on with it

That’s plain stupid. We sign him and send him out on loan doh

 

[zefarelly]

We haven’t got one.

Exactly, it depends on many things, mostly the opposition.

I don't think many PL teams do, its a constantly evolvoing thing nowadays.

 

[Silverhatch]

Agree completely with this. Lallana has to be in there, him and Welbeck so influential despite their age, can't wait for them both to be back on the pitch at the same time more frequently & hope it will last!

But it is one of the great footballing mysteries how such a technically gifted player like Lallana can be such a poor finisher. The same can be said of Biss but he is more DM than AL.

 

[aolstudios]

This. For example, when we played Villa, Veltman had Grealish in his back pocket but I'm not so sure Lamptey would have done the same. In other games Lamptey is the better option.

If fit, I'd always play them both.
Tariq is so much better with JV behind him

 

[The Fits]

If fit, I'd always play them both.
Tariq is so much better with JV behind him

Yes, another reason this is such a complex thing.
You could argue our best centre back partnership is Dunk and Duffy but clearly Webster is a better all rounder than Duffy. Partnerships, or little groups, are so important. Something Potter seems particularly good at is creating real my strong units all over the field. You could also argue our best front two would be Tross and Welbz (on pure ability) but you simply can’t leave Maupay out because he gives so much more than simply goals and seems to utterly understand what Potter wants from his team.

 

[Lindfield by the Pond]

But it is one of the great footballing mysteries how such a technically gifted player like Lallana can be such a poor finisher. The same can be said of Biss but he is more DM than AL.

Great finish against Everton though....