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All-time greatest England 23 man Squad

Discussion in 'The Premier League' started by yossarian, May 20, 2018.

  1. Quesadaad

    Quesadaad Well-Known Member

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    Lampard??

    Dude!!
     
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  2. The Ginger Marks

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    200+ goals not good enough then?
     
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    Never did enough for England for me. Same with Steeeeeevie G
     
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    76 caps and 20 goals for a midfielder?
     
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    Quesadaad Well-Known Member

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    Pretty good stats. But from what I saw, he never took control of games like he did for Chelsea. In my opinion, it was pretty obvious from early doors that lampard and gerrard couldnt play together. One should have been on the bench unless the other was injured. That way we may have seen either of them near to there best
     
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  6. The Ginger Marks

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    It’s all subjective in the end.
     
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    Quesadaad Well-Known Member

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    Absolutely!

    Seaman
    Neville
    Moore
    Butcher
    Cole
    Beckham
    Gazza
    Charlton
    Waddle
    Lineker
    Shearer

    Tried to keep it to players in my era apart from a couple of obvious exceptions
     
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    I actually toyed with putting in Johnny Haynes.
     
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    Full disclosure: I had to google him!
    Personal opinion, but I think these sort of things should be on evidence you’ve witnessed, not from what you’ve heard
     
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    I saw him play, he was probably the best passer of a football in Europe.
     
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    Fair enough
    P.S you’re old!
     
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    Ps. Feck off <laugh>
     
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    I would’ve thought it a safe assumption that Moses saw all the greats play. Lightning struck those stones a long, long time ago.
     
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