I was talking with an Arsenal fan today and he thinks Arsenal have the best starting XI in the EPL if they stay healthy. I had to laugh.

But made me wonder who do you guys feel are the best starting 11 in the EPL?

Mine:

GK: Cech - Yeah, he's looked a bit shakey of late, but there's still no one I'd rather have back there.

RB: Bosingwa - I've really been impressed with this guy during the Euro.

CD: Terry - Captain Britain

CD: Ferdinand - It's a tough choice, of course Carvalho is super, Vidic was good too.

LB: Ashley Cole - Best left back in the EPL

MF:C. Ronaldo - Best player in the world

MF: Gerrard

MF: Essien

MF: Lampard - No clear favorite. Why not the most solid performer in the EPL over the last 5 years?

FW: Torres

FW:??? Rooney???

Edited August 14, 200817 yr by ChelseaYankee

Gerrard who?

GK: Van der Saar/Cech (Not sure)

RB: Carragher

CB: Terry

CB: Vidic

LB: Evra

LM/W: Deco

CM: Lampard

CM: Essien

RM/W: C. Ronaldo

F: Drogba

F: Keane

4-4-2:

Cech

Sagna

Terry

Ferdinand

Evra

Gerrard

Lamps

Ronaldo

Pedersen

Drogba

Torres

Cech

Bosingwa

Carvalho

Terry

Cole

Essien

Ballack

Lampard

Deco

Di Santo

Drogba

Van Der Sar

Sagna

Terry

Ferdinand

A.Cole

Gerrard

Lamps

Ronaldo

Essien

Rooney

Torres

Got to be honest, but for me the CB pairing on CURRENT form would be Ferdinand (and I can't stand him as a person) and Riccy. JT will be back to his best this season, of that I am confident, but at the moment, Rio is playing better than him, as is Vidic probably.

Ditto with Petr. Best in the world when on form, for sure, but based on recent form, Van Der Sar and possibly even Reina (who I f**King hate) might be considered the 'better' choice at the moment.

Gerrard, however, would get nowhere near my team. Twat.

Got to be honest, but for me the CB pairing on CURRENT form would be Ferdinand (and I can't stand him as a person) and Riccy. JT will be back to his best this season, of that I am confident, but at the moment, Rio is playing better than him, as is Vidic probably.

Ditto with Petr. Best in the world when on form, for sure, but based on recent form, Van Der Sar and possibly even Reina (who I f**King hate) might be considered the 'better' choice at the moment.

Gerrard, however, would get nowhere near my team. Twat.

spot on both, err, all three points

My team on last seasons form:

Van der Saar

RB: Carjacker

CB: Riccy

CB: Ferdinand

LB: Evra

CM: Fabregas

CM: Essien

RM: Ronaldo

LM: Joe Cole

FW: Adebayor

FW: Torres

of the "big four" I would say Arsenal actually have the weakest side overall.

Not seen enough of Bosingwa to put him into the team, so:

Van Der Saar (sorry, but Cech's cross handling, and Penalties leave a lot to be desired lately)

Carjacker

Riccy

Vidic

Cole

Ronaldo

Ballack

Essien

Fabgregas

Torres

Drogba

Drogba solely on there for when he is on form. Otherwise, it'd probably be Adebayor

Scott

...........................Cech...............................

Ferreria..........JT............Vidic...............Evra

Ronaldo.......Essien.......Fabregas........Gerrard

..................Torres.......Drogba....................

Bench - Van der Saar, A Cole, Carvalho, Lampard, J Cole, Rooney, Adebayor

:D

How can you people put Gerrard in your lists? Even with forgetting that I simply hate Liver*ool and all that comes with it I couldn't find a place for that Id*ot.

VanDerSar

Bosingwa-Carvalho-Ferdinand-A.Cole

Essien-Lampard

Fabregas-Ronaldo

Drogba-Torres

Cech

Johnson

Carvalho

JT

Clichy

Essien

Lampard

Fabregas

Ronaldo

Torres

Drogba

Cech

Johnson

Carvalho

JT

Clichy

Essien

Lampard

Fabregas

Ronaldo

Torres

Drogba

I hope that's Andy Johnson playing in your defence...

Van Der Saar

Sagna

Riccy C

Rio 'you got merked!' Ferdinand

Evra

Fabregas

Essien

Ballack

Ronaldo

Torres

Drogba

GK : Cech

RB : Sagna

CB : Carvalho

CB : Terry

LB : Clichy

RM : Ronaldo

CM : Essien

CM : Fabregas

LM : J Cole

ST : Adebayor

ST : Drogba

going on form, so no space for lamps or jt and essien wouldn't make the bench.

.........................................james

sagna................ferdinand.............carvalho................clichy

..........................ballack...............fabregas

..............ronaldo......................................young

...........................adebayor............torres

Edited August 15, 200817 yr by gullit4

No Gallas

going on form, so no space for lamps or jt and essien wouldn't make the bench.

.........................................james

sagna................ferdinand.............carvalho................clichy

..........................ballack...............fabregas

..............ronaldo......................................young

...........................adebayor............torres

You know what they say about form.

it's an anagram of "from"?

and an anagram of morf

this man knows his stuff.

He's not from Romford by any chance?