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 yesterday at 13:07 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 yesterday at 13:52 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 19 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

 

[oneandycrawford]

1 hour ago, oldjamfan1 said:

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

 

Love the lower league team - mine would be very close to that. Possibly John Bailey in for Chris Price and Kevin Hird switch to RB?

[oldjamfan1]

8 minutes ago, oneandycrawford said:

Love the lower league team - mine would be very close to that. Possibly John Bailey in for Chris Price and Kevin Hird switch to RB?

I struggled to leave out Steve Archibald tbh but in truth he was never a true lower league player. Moran, Cowans and Speedie did at least sign permanent Rovers contracts, even though they belonged in the top flight too.

 

Edit: I also completely forgot about Scottie Sellars! He would probably edge out Waggy tbf.

Edited 9 hours ago by oldjamfan1

[RevidgeBlue]

44 minutes ago, oneandycrawford said:

Love the lower league team - mine would be very close to that. Possibly John Bailey in for Chris Price and Kevin Hird switch to RB?

Yeah, hard to leave Bailey out of a Lower League X1. I'd have to fit Tony Field in there as well. The only ex Rover to play with Pele.

Lol.

[roverandout]

Lower league 

 

Friedel (in his time in division 1)

Stig byornebye 

Moran 

Short

Curtis

Flitcroft

Berkovic (he had a massive influence)

Dunn

Jansen

Garner

Duff 

 

[RevidgeBlue]

2 hours ago, oldjamfan1 said:

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

 

I love that lower league team as well. You could watch those players all day and all night!

As mentioned above might err in favour of Bailey over Price at FB but also Killer Keeley with Faz at CB. Great pairing

[oldjamfan1]

22 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Yeah, hard to leave Bailey out of a Lower League X1. I'd have to fit Tony Field in there as well. The only ex Rover to play with Pele.

Lol.

I loved Tony Field but hard to leave Garner out and Field only played for us in the third tier. I swithered over Terry Gennoe instead of Sir Roger for the same reason.

[RevidgeBlue]

16 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

I loved Tony Field but hard to leave Garner out and Field only played for us in the third tier. I swithered over Terry Gennoe instead of Sir Roger for the same reason.

Im not sure if there's a case to be made that Jim Arnold was even better than Gennoe, great keeper that he was.

Makes you weep seeing the likes of Walton/Wahlsted/Pears and Toth in goal when we've had keepers like Jones, Bradshaw, Arnold and Gennoe in the past

[oneandycrawford]

7 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Im not sure if there's a case to be made that Jim Arnold was even better than Gennoe, great keeper that he was.

Makes you weep seeing the likes of Walton/Wahlsted/Pears and Toth in goal when we've had keepers like Jones, Bradshaw, Arnold and Gennoe in the past

We really were blessed with some great keepers in the 70's /80's weren't we.

[oneandycrawford]

42 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

I love that lower league team as well. You could watch those players all day and all night!

As mentioned above might err in favour of Bailey over Price at FB but also Killer Keeley with Faz at CB. Great pairing

In some ways you could just pick the whole 1980 back line as one - Arnold, Branagan, Faz, Keeley, Rathbone. Once they'd fully gelled under Kendal they were the football equivalent of a castle!

[oldjamfan1]

14 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Im not sure if there's a case to be made that Jim Arnold was even better than Gennoe, great keeper that he was.

Makes you weep seeing the likes of Walton/Wahlsted/Pears and Toth in goal when we've had keepers like Jones, Bradshaw, Arnold and Gennoe in the past

Indeed. We used to think Vince O'Keefe was a bit of a liability but he's a better keeper than those four put together. As evidenced at Wembley in 1987.

[speeeeeeedie]

On 28/07/2025 at 09:03, RevidgeBlue said:

100%. 

Unbelievable in 93-94.

He won player of the year too in 93-94 above Shearer, who was banging them in weekly.

Batty was an exceptional player. I'd have him in before Sherwood any day. 

I'll go with a formation fit for 2025;

                      Friedel

Salgado  Nelsen Henchoz  Le Saux

                  Batty Tugay

                    Warhurst   

   Bellamy       Shearer      Duff

I have Warhurst in there as he'd have been an England regular without injuries. He had it all. Proof of that was him being signed by Sheff Wednesday from Oldham as a central defender, they stuck him up front in a pinch and he scored goal after goal. Rovers signed him and he played central midfield like he'd always played there.

[K-Hod]

41 years old and this is my lifetime team.....

                                   Friedel

Berg                Hendry           Nelsen         Le Saux

                 

Bentley            Tugay             Dunn            Duff

 

                     Bellamy             Shearer 

[...]

17 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 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.

In my squad Pederson gets a look in for sure

[MarkBRFC]

Anyone who is around 40 years old would have a very similar team as there best 11.

Pedersen is an interesting one, for me though there's probably 3 I would have in front of him on the left.