[Archived] Best Rovers Xi

[joeh8]

Shearer/Bellamy up front eh.....JHC! what a strikeforce that would have been.

didnt newcastle have this partnership when they finished 3rd or 4th that year

before bellers sen them text to shearer they worked brillianly as a partnership

:brfc:

[tcj_jones]

Although Shearer was nearing the end of his career and they had a very low opinion of each other.

If both were playing together in their prime, they'd be unstoppable!

[Tim Southampton Rover]

I can't believe you have all left out Patrick Valéry.

[ihateburnley]

Fettis

Kenna Peacock Dailly Harkness

Johnson Ferguson Baggio

Grabbi

Ward Davies

Manager: B Kidd

But we can dream.....

[Saltysellars]

To be honest I don't think that is too tough a call. Friedel every time. Not that I'm knocking Flowers, I just think that there's a difference between a good keeper and a great keeper.

Correct IMO. Don't forget that Flowers for the vast majority of his time at Ewood was playing behind one of the best defences we've ever seen. I'm not knocking him ( Newcastle at home 14/05/1995), but Brad has played behind some weaker defences and has still been brilliant.

Brad wins for me

[McClarky]

Friedle

Berg

LeSaux

Hendry

Nelson

Bentley

Tugay

Sherwood

Duff

Shearer

Bellamy

[sharptommy]

Shearer Cole

Duff Tugay Sherwood Ripley

Le Saux Hendry Samba Berg

Friedel

Dalglish Manager

and the worst...

Grabbi Ward

De Pedro Marcolin Baggio Donis

Harkness Johansson Taylor Valery

Fettis

Kidd "Manager"

[LeftWinger]

Mine would be:

Friedel

Berg Hendry Samba LeSaux

Ripley Tugay Dunn Duff

Shearer Bellamy

SUBS:

Flowers

Nelsen

Sherwood

Sutton

Bohinen

[thenodrog]

Too many people are picking their best 11 players and not the best team. Which one is the objective?

[elwaxo]

Too many people are picking their best 11 players and not the best team. Which one is the objective?

best team? im not so sure, but i actually think that this side was one of the most entertaining......

freidel

neill

berg

short/taylor

bjornebye/johansson

dunn/gillespie

flitcroft/dunn

tugay

duff

jansen

cole

[ihateburnley]

best team? im not so sure, but i actually think that this side was one of the most entertaining......

freidel

neill

berg

short/taylor

bjornebye/johansson

dunn/gillespie

flitcroft/dunn

tugay

duff

jansen

cole

Agreed. A couple of seasons before that aswell we had the likes of Berkovic who could be a joy to watch.

[ABBEY]

id just pick the champ squad........easy champions of england cant beat that team.

[Roar of the Rover]

Friedel

Niell

Hendry

Nelsen

Le Saux

Ripley/Bentley

Tugay

Sherwood

Duff/Wilcox

Shearer

Gallagher

[S15]

Anyone putting people like Samba in are living a dream.

You can only be truely considered a great by playing at a high level over a sustained period of time or by being just truely world class (ala Duff)

On that basis the only players who could be considered from the current squad would be Friedel and Tugay.

If Nelsen, Samba or MGP (Who to even consider is an insult to true legends Duff and Wilcox) what would they be remembered for, really??

Nelsen had been injured for at least a third of his time here, and Samba has been here 9 months and played in a team that finished 10th. Not disputing (On Nelsens part anyway) that these are good players, but in Rovers best ever Premier League team, a competition WE HAVE WON, is just crazy.