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Would anyone from this PL Lineup get into our current team?


Khazri,
Koné in rotation with our two first choice centre-backs,
Defoe alongside Brobbey in a 442 would be brutal,
Cattermole off the bench for Xhaka,
Brindisi off the bench.
 
Good servant or did he have far too much say. For me he's an example of everything that was bad about the club at the time.

He was passed it and should have been replaced several times by then, but talk of being a bad egg is absolutely nonsense. Players like him speaking up when Di Canio was here is what should happen when a lunatic who hasn't worked since is given the job. Just listen to how people speak of each of them.
 
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Well he probably would considering O’Nien has started the last two. That puts him at least ‘near’.


I think Roefs is better now than Pickford was with us. Pickford maybe the more eye catching shot stopper but the distribution ability and composure from Roefs defies his years like.

Roefs is the best I’ve seen for us. He’s genuinely elite
The thing is I wouldn't have Sunderland O'Shea over 09. Not even sure I'd have prime O'Shea over him tbh.
For what it's worth, I think O'Shea was massively overrated for us. A model pro and 'servant' but I don't think he was particularly good (especially compared to Brown, when fit...)
I agree. He was poor for us and made a lot of mistakes. It's no coincidence him (and Cattermole) were part of our double relegation team for me.
 
The thing is I wouldn't have Sunderland O'Shea over 09. Not even sure I'd have prime O'Shea over him tbh.

I agree. He was poor for us and made a lot of mistakes. It's no coincidence him (and Cattermole) were part of our double relegation team for me.

Prime O’Shea was a significantly superior footballer to Luke O’Nien. Haway man.

Cattermole barely played in the first relegation (no coincidence we went down?) and was finished as a player at a decent level thereafter.
 
Prime O’Shea was a significantly superior footballer to Luke O’Nien. Haway man.

Cattermole barely played in the first relegation (no coincidence we went down?) and was finished as a player at a decent level thereafter.
Was he though? Was he? If we'd signed him from Carlisle, or let's say Wycombe, no-one would give a shit about O'Shea.

Also, if you think Cattermole would save us from PL relegation, you're as deluded as a Mag. This guy couldn't get us out of League One either.
 
Was he though? Was he? If we'd signed him from Carlisle, or let's say Wycombe, no-one would give a shit about O'Shea.

Also, if you think Cattermole would save us from PL relegation, you're as deluded as a Mag. This guy couldn't get us out of League One either.

Yes he was. And no, we didn’t sign him from Carlisle. We signed him from a club where he made 400 appearances and won every major trophy on offer domestically and internationally. He then made 200 appearances for us in the top flight and captained us in a cup final.

It’s borderline insanity to suggest he wasn’t a better player than O’Nien man!
 
You’ve picked one of our worst lineups there but I’m interested in comparing it to one of our best

Gordon
Bardsley
Onuoha
Bramble
Turner
Henderson
Cattermole
Zenden
Richardson
Gyan
Welbeck

That side beat Chelsea 3-0 and recorded our highest ever finish in the last spell in the prem.

We’re only 1 point away from beating their points tally with 6 games to go. You’d expect it to be close, but bar Gordon, Henderson, Gyan and welbeck mos wouldn’t get near this side and even then I imagine some will argue against one or more of the four I listed.

One of our best ever sides in the post war era no doubts.

I think we'll defo beat that points total. And yeah you can see why.

Our best XI this season is superior in every position, imo/

The only team to really compare to this seasons in my lifetime is the Reid team. I think our current team is better than any team in our last prem spell and we'll prove that by both points total and position.
 
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