Alan Shearer

[RevidgeBlue]

23 hours ago, roverandout said:

In my lifetime the Rovers greatest 11 would be

 

Friedel 

Le saux

Hendry 

Henchoz 

Neil 

Tugay

Dunn

Sherwood

Duff

Shearer 

Jansen

Wouldn't have Henchoz or Neill anywhere near an all time X1 personally.

Edit: Peacock and Henchoz was one of the worst pairings I've ever seen.

Edited 20 hours ago by RevidgeBlue

[MarkBRFC]

5 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

100%. 

Unbelievable in 93-94.

Won the fans player of the year that season too over Shearer who scored 30 odd goals which is some feat in itself, and showed what the fans thought of him.

Think it's easy to forget how good he was with him not being involved much in the title winning season.

[RevidgeBlue]

Shaking it up a tiny bit from one or two of the more obvious names

                 Sir Roger Jones

Hird   Hendry   Samba   Le Saux

            Batty     Tugay

Brotherston Shearer Bellamy Duff 

[oneandycrawford]

49 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

100%. 

Unbelievable in 93-94.

I think Batty was one of those players who you only really appreciate by watching live.

So much of his good work was done off the ball - when Le Saux was rampaging forward and we lost the ball the opposition would naturally look to utilise the space left. Batty just naturally knew to cover those spaces.

Similar to Tronstadt in many ways 😉

Edited 19 hours ago by oneandycrawford
Addition

[RevidgeBlue]

13 minutes ago, oneandycrawford said:

Similar to Tronstadt in many ways 😉

Wash your mouth out! 🙂

On a serious note I think the likes of Batty and Ince are a dying if not extinct breed. Complete all round players and you didn't need two of them to fulfill the defensive midfield role!

[Upside Down]

Sorry but if Tugay is not in your best all time Rovers 11 then you've got it wrong. 

There's a few players that should always be in there regardless:

Shearer - No explanation necessary 

Tugay - World class. Made mugs out of so many highly rated players with absolutely zero effort. Doesn't get anywhere near the amount of credit and respect he deserves. 

Friedel - The best Keeper in the world at one point, and that was whilst he was playing for us. 

Duff - Again, absolutely world class. Would get into any team around when he was at his peak, which again was whilst he was at Rovers.

Another that gets talked about and is mentioned by many folk:

Douglas - Much harder for those of us who didn't see him to comment as there's not the video evidence available as there is with the others, but he's always so highly rated by those who did see him that's hard to ignore. Also played in a totally different era so that's hard to compare.

Bob Crompton could also be in this category, even harder as there's nobody alive who saw him play. Again, a completely different era.

Edited 8 hours ago by Upside Down

[Mike E]

3 hours ago, Upside Down said:

Sorry but if Tugay is not in your best all time Rovers 11 then you've got it wrong. 

There's a few players that should always be in there regardless:

Shearer - No explanation necessary 

Tugay - World class. Made mugs out of so many highly rated players with absolutely zero effort. Doesn't get anywhere near the amount of credit and respect he deserves. 

Friedel - The best Keeper in the world at one point, and that was whilst he was playing for us. 

Duff - Again, absolutely world class. Would get into any team around when he was at his peak, which again was whilst he was at Rovers.

Another that gets talked about and is mentioned by many folk:

Douglas - Much harder for those of us who didn't see him to comment as there's not the video evidence available for the others, but he's always so highly rated by those who did see him that's hard to ignore. Also played in a totally different era so that's hard to compare.

Bob Crompton could also be in this category, even harder as there's nobody alive who saw him play. Again, a completely different era.

Perhaps we could compromise on Crompton and make him the manager?

[Upside Down]

6 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Perhaps we could compromise on Crompton and make him the manager?

His last act on this earth was to manage a 2-0 win over the unwashed.

He can be club President at the very least.

[Bohinen1983]

Flowers 

Le Saux

Berg

Hendry

Nelsen

Duff

Ripley

Tugay

Sherwood

Shearer

Bellamy

 

 

 

[wilsdenrover]

Would anyone’s all time best 11 change if it had to fit our current system/style of play?

[oldjamfan1]

I started going to the Rovers in the very early 70s so missed the likes of Duggie and Ronnie.

I'm gonna be greedy and pick two teams, the first one a lower league Rovers best-ever and the second one from the Premier League era.

 

Lower league:

                                                  Sir Roger Jones

Chris Price                   Kevin Moran      Derek Fazackerley       Kevin Hird

Noel  Brotherston       Simon Barker      Gordon Cowans         Dave Wagstaffe

                                   Simon Garner       David Speedie

 

Premier League:

                                                   Brad Friedel

Henning Berg             Colin Hendry    Ryan Nelsen      Graeme Le Saux

David Bentley             Tugay               David Batty        Damian Duff

                                  Alan Shearer     Craig Bellamy