...take one player from every other team in the Premiership, who would it be? Just for a bit of fun on a wet and boring Monday afternoon I decided to try to put a squad of 25 together including 6 current Liverpool players and one from each of the other 19 teams in the Premiership...
The skill is to find players for every position that could blend together, i.e. three keepers, two left and right backs, four or five central defenders, defensive and attacking central midfielders, some wingers and four or five strikers. It's not as easy as it sounds and you have to use some players you wouldn't normally pick like maybe Sol Campbell or Gareth Barry. Also you have to decide between players like Ronaldo, Scholes and Rooney at the Mancs, Terry, Lampard and Drogba at Chav$ki, Henry, Fabregas and Gallas at Arsenal, etc. You can also include players on loan like Ben Foster at Watford or Scott Carson and players who are currently injured like Rooney, Terry and Owen.
Anyway, here's my list:
LIVERPOOL
STEVEN GERRARD (CENTRAL MIDFIELDER)
JAMIE CARRAGHER (CENTRAL DEFENDER)
PEPE REINA (GOALKEEPER)
XABI ALONSO (DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER)
DIRK KUYT (STRIKER)
STEVE FINNAN (RIGHT BACK)
MANCHESTER UNITED
CHRISTIANO RONALDO (RIGHT/LEFT WINGER)
CHELSEA
JOHN TERRY (CENTRAL DEFENDER)
ARSENAL
THIERRY HENRY (STRIKER)
BOLTON WANDERERS
KEVIN NOLAN (ATTACKING MIDFIELDER)
BLACKBURN ROVERS
BRAD FRIEDEL (GOALKEEPER)
WIGAN ATHLETIC
LEIGHTON BAINES (LEFT BACK)
MANCHESTER CITY
MICAH RICHARDS (RIGHT BACK/MIDFIELDER)
EVERTON
MIKEL ARTETA (LEFT MIDFIELDER)
SHEFFIELD UNITED
PHIL JAGIELKA (CENTRAL DEFENDER/MIDFIELDER/GOALKEEPER)
MIDDLESBOROUGH
YAKUBU (STRIKER)
NEWCASTLE UNITED
MICHAEL OWEN (STRIKER)
ASTON VILLA
GARETH BARRY (LEFT BACK/LEFT MIDFIELDER)
PORTSMOUTH
SOL CAMPBELL (CENTRAL DEFENDER)
READING
STEVE SIDWELL (ATTACKING MIDFIELDER)
WATFORD
BEN FOSTER (GOALKEEPER)
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
AARON LENNON (RIGHT WINGER)
WEST HAM UNITED
MATTHEW UPSON (CENTRAL DEFENDER)
CHARLTON ATHLETIC
DARREN BENT (STRIKER)
FULHAM
PAPA BOUBA DIOP (DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER)
My team would be:
Friedel, Richards, Baines, Carragher, Terry, Ronaldo, Gerrard, Alonso, Lennon, Henry and Yakubu
Subs:
Reina, Jagielka, Sidwell, Kuyt and Owen
Have fun!!
The skill is to find players for every position that could blend together, i.e. three keepers, two left and right backs, four or five central defenders, defensive and attacking central midfielders, some wingers and four or five strikers. It's not as easy as it sounds and you have to use some players you wouldn't normally pick like maybe Sol Campbell or Gareth Barry. Also you have to decide between players like Ronaldo, Scholes and Rooney at the Mancs, Terry, Lampard and Drogba at Chav$ki, Henry, Fabregas and Gallas at Arsenal, etc. You can also include players on loan like Ben Foster at Watford or Scott Carson and players who are currently injured like Rooney, Terry and Owen.
Anyway, here's my list:
LIVERPOOL
STEVEN GERRARD (CENTRAL MIDFIELDER)
JAMIE CARRAGHER (CENTRAL DEFENDER)
PEPE REINA (GOALKEEPER)
XABI ALONSO (DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER)
DIRK KUYT (STRIKER)
STEVE FINNAN (RIGHT BACK)
MANCHESTER UNITED
CHRISTIANO RONALDO (RIGHT/LEFT WINGER)
CHELSEA
JOHN TERRY (CENTRAL DEFENDER)
ARSENAL
THIERRY HENRY (STRIKER)
BOLTON WANDERERS
KEVIN NOLAN (ATTACKING MIDFIELDER)
BLACKBURN ROVERS
BRAD FRIEDEL (GOALKEEPER)
WIGAN ATHLETIC
LEIGHTON BAINES (LEFT BACK)
MANCHESTER CITY
MICAH RICHARDS (RIGHT BACK/MIDFIELDER)
EVERTON
MIKEL ARTETA (LEFT MIDFIELDER)
SHEFFIELD UNITED
PHIL JAGIELKA (CENTRAL DEFENDER/MIDFIELDER/GOALKEEPER)
MIDDLESBOROUGH
YAKUBU (STRIKER)
NEWCASTLE UNITED
MICHAEL OWEN (STRIKER)
ASTON VILLA
GARETH BARRY (LEFT BACK/LEFT MIDFIELDER)
PORTSMOUTH
SOL CAMPBELL (CENTRAL DEFENDER)
READING
STEVE SIDWELL (ATTACKING MIDFIELDER)
WATFORD
BEN FOSTER (GOALKEEPER)
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
AARON LENNON (RIGHT WINGER)
WEST HAM UNITED
MATTHEW UPSON (CENTRAL DEFENDER)
CHARLTON ATHLETIC
DARREN BENT (STRIKER)
FULHAM
PAPA BOUBA DIOP (DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER)
My team would be:
Friedel, Richards, Baines, Carragher, Terry, Ronaldo, Gerrard, Alonso, Lennon, Henry and Yakubu
Subs:
Reina, Jagielka, Sidwell, Kuyt and Owen
Have fun!!
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