Your ideal prem

[Qos]

There is no common agreement on what is a big club. If you could choose an ideal pl club roster, which teams would be In it?

Sorry if something like this has been done before.

 

[Qos]

1. Arsenal
2. Man U
3. Liverpool
4. Tottenham
5. Everton
6. Aston Villa
7. Chelsea
8. Newcastle U
9. Leeds U
10. Southampton
11. Sheffield Wednesday
12. Nottingham Forest
13. Derby County
14. Norwich City
15. West Ham
16. Leicester City
17. Wolves
18. Sheffield U
19. Stoke City
20. Sunderland

 

[Sandy Camel]

In my ideal Prem, Sunderland would be in first place every year from now till the end of football. I'd also have us beating the Mags into second place by goal difference three years on the trot just for giggles.

 

[The Norton Cat]

There is no common agreement on what is a big club. If you could choose an ideal pl club roster, which teams would be In it?

Sorry if something like this has been done before.

Yes, it's very subjective. So based on their historic significance here's my suggestion.

Corinthian-Casuals
Clapham Rovers
Dulwich Hamlet
Cambridge University
Royal Engineers
The Wanderers
Swifts
Old Carthusians
Blackburn Olympic
Manningham
Old Etonians
Oxford University
Queens Park
Sheffield FC
Darwen
Accrington
Morpeth Harriers
West Auckland
Royal Artillery
Cray Wanderers

 

[Kittenmittons]

Weirdly I had this conversation the other day. I think people get a bit arsey about certain teams being in the Premier League because they're not teams they grew up watching, or they're 'unfashionable' so they tend to say they play bad football. Obviously what usually happens is they resent having to watch Watford vs Hull or something, because they never had their PL stickers as a kid.

In no order:

Man Utd
Arsenal
Chelsea
Man City
Spurs
Liverpool
Everton
Leeds
Leicester
Sunderland
Newcastle
Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest
Blackburn
Burnley
Southampton
Wolves
Sheffield Wednesday
West Ham
One from Derby, Boro, Palace, Charlton. Norwich, West Brom, Stoke, Sheff Utd or Watford. Right now I'd just give the edge to Palace.

I think they're probably the teams people associate with the PL, however unfairly it reflects on the likes of WBA or Stoke to not make it into the top 20 despite being there for the last decade.

I also think your ideal PL has a novelty few teams that come in with zero expectations - Blackpool, Wigan, Bradford, Oldham, Swindon, Barnsley, Huddersfield, Swansea, Brighton, Bournemouth (any team beginning with B), Hull, Wimbledon etc. They're always fun.

 

[Milton Nunez's Thong]

Us, with 19 other teams chosen at random from the national leagues north and south.

 

[Kittenmittons]

Us, with 19 other teams chosen at random from the national leagues north and south.

That's basically where we are now mate, and we still can't beat them all

 

[The Norton Cat]

The beauty of the English League pyramid system is that technically any senior-level side can make their way to the top table (as long as their ground is up to scratch- see Concord Rangers, Stevenage Borough etc). Therefore, the ideal prem should always consist of the 20 best teams in the country, no matter who that was at any given time.

 

[MrRAWhite]

I always had a feeling that decisions went against us when we were in the premier league in the latter years as we didn't fit their criteria. There was always big gaps of empty seats visible behind the goals despite the official attendances being over 40,000 and they didn't want this being shown on the global stage.

 

[Jack Ford]

TBH , strange though it may seem Im not all that keen on Premiership. VAR/Fixtures altered for TV coverage, plastic fans, losing too many games.....

Actually said to my mate the other week, I would probably forego my season ticket if we ever got back there (this is a long way off btw, 10 years minimum I reckon). Probably have snuffed it by then anyhow.