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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
1:15 Goalkeeper
8:23 Left Back
12:22 Right Back
17:42 Centre Backs
23:28 Centre Midfielders
30:28 Number 10
35:59 Left Forward
41:14 Right Forward
45:54 Striker
55:05 Our TOTS so far
55:37 Manager

Hello everybody happy New Year welcome to the football filling there are no Premier League games for us to talk about so instead we’ve decided to do a halfway Premier League team of the season now we have got some Basic Ground rules for this we are going to be playing a

4231 formation not the 433 that I played last year where I had Harry K Kane on on the wing and Erland Highland up front so we’re going to go a sensible team formation a team that we believe could win a game of football like not only

Just win a game of football but dominate right Lads team of the team of the league team of the League this is a Team so we’ve all had our homework over the last few days we’ve all been looking at the stats the facts the figures Super Tom has put together a wicked stat pack for us and we’ve all come up with with our own teams yeah that we think have impressed enough this season and now

We’re going to battle it out and try and decide an ultimate team okay so uh one other ground rule for you is that the players have to have played over 70% of games so Lads without further Ado we’re going to start with the goalkeeping position are you good to go yep excited

Excited right goalkeeping intrigued start me off Dave Watson super goalkeeper coach you can start us off with your goalkeeping nomination and who you think should be I um looked through uh Tom’s super stat pack um which I was very impressed with but like I had my

Own feel on where I going this season with it you just sense so so my three that I were going to make me Choice from was um Martinez at Villa yeah who I’ve seen quite a bit of obviously live as well um Allison at Liverpool yeah and

Vicario from Spurs heavy Trio a heavy Trio um I think for sure we know Allison we think he’s I I believe he’s the best one-onone goalie in the league um best goalie in the world yeah yeah he probably he probably is he probably is but he’s not my goalie

Of the of of the so far of so far no I like this I like so I re I obviously they’re it’s a heavy three they’re fantastic Martinez obviously World Cup winner I think Villa have been incredible this year and he’s a big part of that but my my choice is Ario from

Spurs I think um him to come in into that Spurs team never played at this level 17 a half million and have the stats that he’s got but actually watching him play and do the things he done for him to come in the Premier League and hit the ground running I

Think he deserves to be in the team of the halfway stage and he is my pick for okay love that who you think um I wanted to get your your opinions on this because I know we’re sponsored by Tom statpack but I’m very impressed by it as

Well you know and um just looking at this stat here so you’ve got Jose SAR who I never would have put in there but then you’ve got high claims per game 1.5 which is way better than Allison on 0.6 27 High claims this season the next

Closest is Emmy Martinez on 20 yeah why is a wolves goalkeeper getting so many high claims because that’s not a sty of play from wolves that you you’re dependent on the opposition putting crosses in there aren’t you why is that happening with him so that’s that’s the

Style of play of the goalkeeper so he’s obviously a goalie who likes to come for crosses but again with stats right especially when it comes to goalkeeping Stats you need to have seen this with your own eyes I need to see what those 27 High claims are because I’ve seen

Emmy martinz so Emmy Martinez is next in the list with 20 High claims right but I’ve seen Emmy Martinez come out for high claims in amongst bodies like I’m talking really difficult balls to come out he wants to dominate he wants to dominate and he’s coming for crosses at

Really important moments like last minutes of games and he’s taking balls off players heads I need to see what these 27 claims are for Jose S because I’d never have him down as one of those S no me neither and playing behind the back three especially with Dawson and

The like in there normally when you’re behind the back three a goalie feels a little bit safer and and he doesn’t necessarily need to be a front foot goalie because you’ve got that extra Center half you’re normally quite strong across that middle and actually most goalies who play behind the back three

Would be more reactive type goal is because you feel comfortable with the ones in front of you but that’s again looking at the stats like Martinez does come for it Vicario then he’s third on the list he does come for it but when you’re a coach or playing you always

Look at the moments so in a nil nil game or you’re one in one nil if your goalie comes to take a set piece or there’s a cross and there’s loads of bodies in there that’s where you’re looking for that dominance because the whole crowd the your teammates the manager they love

It and as a coach that that’s what I want to see it’s having the big pair of balls in the big moments to come and dominate your area so I were a little bit surprised by them stats because I thought the two goalies who I would have

Had dominating most would have been a Martinez and Vicario type because I don’t think Becka at Liverpool dominates too much because he’s got two big even though they’re not a back three he doesn’t need to he don’t need to I mean them two Lads in front of him van dijk especially when

We get on to the other positions you know they’re dominant in the air but that’s also skill in itself is knowing when to and when not to come and get involved so for Allison the he’s got 11 High claims so far in the Premier League

This season he knows he don’t need to do that but if he does try and get involved you’ll cause problems not only for yourself but for your defenders in front of you as well so if you’ve got some unbelievable headers of the ball like Virgil vand you just let them do it stay

Back and let them do it and he will make the reactive save if you need to do it I’m not putting Jose S down here by the way because 27 High claims one and a half High claims per game is an incredible stat so he’s obviously doing

A very very good job that’s what jumped out to me I mean my goalkeeper I just needed to add something else to to meet it out a little bit because my goalkeeper is Allison Head and Shoulders um I look at goalkeeping and I just think he last season was magnificent for

Liverpool and he’s continued it and I think that there’s one moment that sort of jumps out to me for goalkeeping this year and that was St james’ part when they one nil down and he clawed that shot out and if that goes in that game’s over and then three

Points he’s a leader keeper I think vicario’s been brilliant this year but just go Allison okay um I love this lad this is this is everything I wanted to hear from you it’s a great start to the show honestly because if You’ to come come with me some Rogue shouts here I’d

Have been a little bit disappointed in de’s retired now so I can’t put him in you can’t put de GE in there not an Anna you’re definitely not going to go for an Anor in this now it was it was a tough decision um it took me all of .11 second

To rule him out hey come on he’s not even made it in Tom stat we couldn’t go there we couldn’t go there we wer an option okay so I I again same what came with a top three for goalkeepers it’s exactly the same as yours what o um Emmy Martinez Allison

And Vicario the goalkeeper that I actually chose to go for um considering you’ve chose Allison and youve chosen Vicario is Vicario I’ve gone for Vicario same as you well done mate well done well done um 17 million quid they bought him for from EMP and I totally agree

With everything you’ve said I do I do believe that Allison is the best goalkeeper in the world I do it’s as simple as that I believe he’s the best goalkeeper in the world but I think for this seon season um for the goalie that I’ve saw make some unbelievable saves

But the impact the impact Alison like nobody’s denying it season upon season and Liverpool are what they are but for a young lad to come in like that I think he he’s had more of an an impact on me as a football fan or an ex goalie coach

A CO all the things we’ve been with it he is is really in the Forefront of my brain for what he’s delivered for them if you were a goalie coach at Tottenham and you were responsible for bringing that goalkeeper in honestly you could you could do what you want for years

Because you could live off that guy seriously like the fact you can bring somebody in for 17 million quid a big Club a top six club like Spurs for as little money as that and him hit the ground running is phenomenal so are we locked in on this one yeah yeah I think

We’ve got to go with it okay um so the next positions that we’re going to go for is a left back left back so we’re going to play like I said we’re playing 42 31 left back is the position that we’re going for um Mark you can get us

Started on this one if you want there’s a few there’s a few contenders for it the stat pack has got players like zenchenko oogi Anthony Robinson Leo coell Lucas daa Gard at man city um give me your um give me your player or nominations that you think could should

Be the left back yeah I think there was again there was probably three that sort of jumped out to me um I think zenchenko um because he plays for Arsenal his stats are pretty decent goals conceded per game I think ad DOI uh not as impactive as Vicario but as a new

Signing coming into the the league um I think he’s a new signing he’s on loan last year I had noticed him really until this season um but very easy for me um with the absence of Robertson and Luke Shaw who obviously haven’t played enough

Games um I think Lucas D I had I had to go I think Villa have been so good this season um he’s got a couple of assists um he’s um playing in a very very good defense is a big part of the attack I think he’s this the most complete left

Back on the list really in relation to defensive side of the game but getting forward so I like the balance of D and uh I think it’s probably one of the weakest areas yeah in a Premier League team of the season um and there’s a lot

Of debate to be had there but um yeah I’d go D okay what yeah um I I like the list but like you said normally it would be stronger because you’d have a chill well and like you said the Sha and Rober would be in there and actually then it

Would be like probably every other position it would be really uh strong um on the on the list that we’ve we we’ve got I mean for me um I I’ve gone for ad DOI from Spurs I just think again I think the way they play and what they do

He’s been again a standout performer for me I didn’t think anybody on on the list that that Tom gave us got anywhere near in terms of the excitement level that he gives me in terms of what he does obviously a lot of them are very

Athletic but he he seems to be able to get up and down there and and do his bits um have you seen his cross accuracy percentage though go on what is it zero% cross the ball that that can’t be right that’s that’s I tell you what

Dracula’s loveing is if it is zero if it’s zero then that’s understandable he kind of plays as a bit of an inverted left back is what he does he does come inside a lot with with it as well so he’s not going to be running down the

Wing getting balls into the box let me can I just jump on this quickly I I had a bit of a top two really of this um it was it was Anthony Robinson at Fulham who I think’s done a fantastic job I actually went to watch the full of

Arsenal game last week and he was he was brilliant honestly he was absolutely brilliant I also went to watch the Arsenal Liverpool match a few uh weeks back up anfield and zinchenko had a Tor time he had an absolutely Tor time he got he got they almost Mo Salah just

Picked on him all game they got the ball over to him as quickly as he could zenchenko was twisting himself up in knots he didn’t really know where he was and that for me kind of ruls zenko out as well um but the guy that I’m going to

CH choose is the same as you what it’s Destiny ad dogy okay so 15 million quid um and like you say I understand his his cross percentage zero but he doesn’t really play that position for Tottenham and comes inside an awful lot more but he’s big he’s strong I think he’s just

Signed a new five-year deal as well um and unfortunately for you uh Mark it’s again two versus one no no you’ll get somebody in the team soon mate come on you’ll get somebody I don’t live off YouTube I live off the comments you know sometimes it’s as as last year

With Harry Kane when I got voted out for him on the right wing I won in the comments but this this team this season it’s a sensible team okay this team is going to go and win football matches it’s as simple as that and if you’re a

Tottenham fan right now you are rubbing your hands because it is Tottenham heavy Spurs heavy Spurs goalkeeper Vicario and uh Destiny oogi at left back next position then Lads right back and this is where it starts to get a little bit more competitive this is where there

Could be a few different opinions I’m pretty sure there won’t be because there’ll be one standout guy but let me have a know think of what you’re thinking Mark goldbridge you can start with right back on um for me I was always going to go with one particular

Person um I I did toy with the idea of Kyle Walker I never never wanted tripier in there um I do feel that he had a good start to the season but the last month tails off a little bit he really dropped he’s cost him a lot of goals so it was

Between Kyle Walker and Trent for me and then you know shout out to the stat pack again because I would always go Trent for the goals I think that’s really important and as as with di I like a fullback that can go forward and can actually put a cross in yeah unlike ad

DOI but the point I’m going to make is that the really impressive thing for Trent and it might be distorted a little bit by the fact that he’s has been in the Midfield a bit is that he absolutely dominates for successful 50/50s he’s had 22 compared to the next best which is

Pedro porro on 16 tackle success is very very high although Pedro parro is slightly higher with 72% to 69% and um recoveries 131 recoveries is phenomenal by the way that’s a massive stat by the way I think that puts Trent I would put Trent into the attacking

Side but the fact that he’s got such a good defensive side makes Trent my choice can we just sort of clarify what ball recovery means by the way and and why it’s so important as well is for for me a ball recovery is basically where

The ball is there to be won it could be won by the opposition it could be won by your player but Trent is is so far ahead of everybody else 131 ball recovery the next best is actually caring trippy of 114 but 131 ball recoveries is phenomenal it’s it’s what what five or

Six a game yeah well it’s something that Kyle Walker’s probably quite good at as well because think he’s over a 100 but Pace pace is a massive thing so the reason why these players are at the top so Kieran tripier Trent Alexander and and Kyle Walker are the top ball

Recoverers tenacity it’s tenacity it’s reading the game it’s Pace it’s acceleration it’s getting there before the opposition basically he really good this year and and and Trent has been fantastic with that so it’s you’re locked in right yeah yeah I’m locked in with Trent I had um trippier Walker and

Trent as as my um three standout performers um and I know we’ve we’ve spoke a lot about Trent defending but the stats here actually show a different picture to him than sometimes you see because you remember the couple of mistakes he’s made that lead to goals

Against and things like that but I think he he has done uh phenomenally well um but he’s not my pick I thought trippier until the last month of the season well Head and Shoulders really because I thought he’d got the lot because Newcastle had that kind of five 10

Second Fury and he were after the ball and his recoveries were really high but I think the amount of games he’s played over the season has just caught up with him a little bit with the European stuff he looks fatigued physically and mentally that’s led to a couple of

Mistakes so um I couldn’t pick him the one I’ve gone for is Kyle Walker and I know that the stats are not there to maybe back up the e is the number one in the top half of the season if you like but we’re not basing this all on stats

It’s a little bit of feel for me as well I think he’s been the best right back the Premier League’s ever ever had and I think he’s obviously played in some good teams in it he’s now a great team I think he’s evolved the position to get into that Midfield position which Trent

And Liverpool are copying a little bit if you like uh and I just think if I were going into a big game in the Premier League or a a European game for England I would always pick Kyle Walker of a trend because I think he’s got the

Whole package in terms of attacking and defending yeah and he’s been there and seen more of it and I just think the whole whole package for me is Kyle Walker Co this is an interesting one do you know what I can see got the set pieace delivery we’re I can see where

You’re both coming from from here and do you know what right this is this is actually this is kind of this is a tough decision to make because I agree with what you’re saying here W I think Kyle Walker still even at this moment in time

Is probably the best right back in the world maybe he’s in top three in the world yeah he has to be all right and again the best right back probably the premier league has ever seen I think for this season I agree with Mark though I

Do I agree with Mark I think Trent has just been that little bit more of a game changer he offers just a little bit more going forward and bear in mind the team that I want to play I want some attacking win backs I do I want them

Getting forward I want them getting inside I want all of that I want the assists I want the goals from them and I think for me Trent in the last couple months specifically has really stepped his game up massively stepped his game up in fact and so that’s the reason why

I’m going to go for Trent at right back I’m not going to hold it against you no me neither Walker too I’ve got kalker down as as my second he’s second in that we talking about the best of the best totally age you’re talking tiny percentages yeah and look Trent on the

The forward play this year for sure has been better than this is a fantastic team so far get down in the comments down below if you disagree with this which some of you will it’s that’s the beauty of football you know that is everybody has allowed their opinion

We’re going to go into the center backs all right we’re going to pick two center backs now okay to complement this back for um easier I think this yeah okay well I want to see what you think then because we we all we’ve all done our

Homework last night we’re all on a group chat by the way and I’m putting in last night I can’t wait to see your teams you know live because I’m a little bit excited about this just to see where you go cuz sometimes you get these Rogue

People think no he’s been incred he has to be him it has to be him so give me your two then Mark I just think that there’s two real standout on the eye test as well you know not just on the stats test but I think they they

Probably come out quite good on the stats um I mean Van Dyke this season um is incredible in relation to I mean you can look at the stats there the the aerial wins 82 to 14 um Jules won as well um but he’s just he’s he’s almost

Like the van D pre the knee injury yeah I think he’s been soas yeah really dominant at the back I think he’s the reason why Liverpool are doing what they’re doing as well when you’ve got an Al like I think for me everybody says Mo Sal is the most important player for

Liverpool and I kind of disagree with that because I think for me you miss a van djk or you miss an Allison and I think either of them two are out of the team then Liverpool aren’t the same Liverpool I think the drop off is huge massively so I totally agree with what

You’re saying I think it’s van dijk of two three years ago yeah interceptions 24 no one comes close in fact the closest is Carlos at Villa 21 and Anderson at Palace uh Ariel Jules as I said 821 to 14 lost and uh it’s just it’s just dominant but the ey test would

Have van dijk in for me anyway and then the second one would be celba at Arsenal Young Center back probably the air to the van djk Throne um I think that would be a perfect balance of center backs and I think they’d be completely dominant uh the only other player I’d probably shout

Out even though I think he’s a bit of a house is um is Romero a loose cannon what a loose can he’s only just in and he’s not been injured he’s he’s only he’s played 15 games um so he’s only just in the 70% I wonder why that

Is because he’s always on he’s just filth isn’t he but but him and him and Van Deen do deserve a shout out without doubt yeah I think where Spurs are in the league and they’ve already got a couple of players in obviously um I think it would be wrong not to mention

Their center backs but there’s a lot there’s a good there’s a good collection of people like kza Dawson’s having a good se da shout out CRA Daw but they’re just not able to compete for me with celra and Van Dy yeah I like that one no look I I can’t

Disagree um when I first started putting my uh my work together before Tom sent us his uh aa+ St pack I I went CRA and Van dijk straight away I think as a pair they would be phenomenal but what they’ve done for both of their teams individually is put some uh good

Groundwork they’ve made the team solid and it gives then the attacking players a chance to go and win games both of them uh obviously dangerous in the other box because they want to attack the ball but I don’t think there’s anybody come close to them I agree with you I mean if

Spurs would have kept the two Center halfs fit or not lost them through suspensions with romerio obviously as well I think you know we would have been talking different conversation maybe it would have been a little bit tighter for sure but that’s had a big down turn in

Spurs’ um results really when they lost the two of them because I thought as a pair they were looking like probably the best pair in the league because we’re obviously talking here about who we believe is the best but we’ve got CRA at Arsenal van dijk at um Liverpool but I

Think as a pair the Spurs guys were were really really on top of the game but I don’t think there’s anybody else really come too close to challenging these guys if I’m honest with you I had the pleasure of working with Van like for a long time at Southampton and you could

Just see that if he went again to another level nothing will going to phase him he’s an absolute machine and I’m just really pleased to come back from that crucia and has now showed this season that you can have troubles as you well know and you can come back bigger

Better and stronger and actually the player that he’s now becoming is what we all expected him I’m just glad he’s got back to that after a bad injury but I don’t think to be fair you know there’s some really good players on that list but I don’t think we can we can argue

That them to a head and shoulders for me yeah I I I think um the word that Springs to mine about these two is rolls-royces they are both absolute rolls-royces they are so calm so composed leaders on the ball challenging aerially winning it reading the game

They are that there every every team in the land in the country in the world would want a celba or a van DJ it’s as simple as that they are like you say they just settle everything down they read it so well again I’ve been to watch Arsenal a couple times lately and

William CBA honestly he’s just again it’s the same as van djk they’re both in the same class as each other they both they can see the game two or three steps ahead of where it already is so they’re already in that position ready and waiting good to go um and I think the

This position was actually probably the easiest position of the entire 11 positions available these two the center backs they almost picked themselves didn’t they bearing in mind William cost 27 million quid for Arsenal in 2019 so he’s been there for a while it’s taken him a little bit of time to find his

Feet been out on loan for a few years um but if you look at the amount of money that the players that have got into our team have cost so far apart from Van djk who did cost 75 million quid you’re not talking Earth shattering amounts of

Money here 17 million pound for Vicario 15 million quid for adog Trent came up through the you system CBA 27 million quid and that’s a heavy heavy back five so far isn’t it yeah so we locked in on that okay def okay we’re going to move into the Midfield and specifically the

Center midfielders the two sort of what holders dirty workers Grinders grafters uh W start me off well I think in the modern game we’ve got two really strong Center halfs aren’t we and we’ve said that we want as fullbacks to be Progressive and attacking so with a

Formation that we’ve decided to go with you need two strong Sitters in there but they’ve got to be Obviously good footballers as well CU they’re going to protect you too Center halfs as well your fullbacks are going to be high one of them is going to come in to try and

Give you an overload but the two Sitters in the modern game I think are pivotal to a team being successful and allowing you to fullbacks to come higher and give you the extra numbers in the attacking areas um I add um quite quite a few obviously because we’ve got a few to

Pick from I think I I went a little bit off key I looked at Louise from Villa because i’ seen him live and I think with Villa doing as well as they’ve done he he’s been a top to he’s had a great season he’s had a fantastic season I

Obviously have got an affinity with prous who’s now at West Ham he’s had his move and he’s had a phenomenal season and I I know how he operates we know the the threat from set plays that he can obviously deliver but as a central Midfield player he’s actually a lot

Better than people give him credit for and I think he’s at the ground running at Spurs this year I think you two that we’d always talk about is rice and rodri um and then I I looked a little bit at garez from Newcastle cuz I thought he’d done really well obviously

They’ve dropped off a little bit but I think he’s been in the engine in there for them and I thought a little bit about odard but I don’t think as a sitter I’d put him in my team yeah um ultimately after all that fluff if you

Like um the the the best midfielder I think in terms of being on the ball and doing his stuff as rodri Man City yeah he would always be in there for me the stats tell you that City drop off unbelievable when he’s not in their team

I think he he reads the game so well and he’s just past completion is a joke in there so you know if you find him in that Midfield area he’s going to retain the ball for you and I just went with with de and rice obviously over 100

Million pounds so he wouldn’t be a cheap fix in terms of what we’re talking about the team but but what he’s done for Arsenal is really just gel them together and make them um solid I think he’s interceptions when you look at the stats here again he’s started to really become

Accomplished Midfield player at the top level now and he reads the game well he makes the most interceptions that’s because he can read the game and do it you would like him to try and get his pass completion up anywhere near rodri and then you’ve got the complete player

But them two for me ultimately looking through all the bits and pieces with Head and Shoulders yeah love that oh you’ve got a rogue one I do agree with it but and wat I was sort of playing around with it and then when wat said about you know you’ve got two really

Competent center backs that you can leave and two fullbacks that can go forward I was like do I want rodri and rice to sit do I need rodri and rice to sit and I thought right rice is out because rodri you’ve got to go for he’ll

Sit there on his own he doesn’t need rice to do it with him he’ll sit there take the ball off the bat four and run the the game and that means rice has got to go forward a bit which is not really his thing so I do agree with Rod and

Rice and I think a lot of people will but I just moved at the last minute away from rodri and rice and got rid of rice for gz because I want someone next to rodri who’s going to leave him yeah and I was looking at gz his past completion

Rate is slightly better than Dean rice but his jewels W uh to Lost are 135 206 so he does lose a lot yeah but he’s doing a lot more and his tackle success is is better than rodri and rice so I was like if you put rodri there and you

Put Bruno gz next to him a bit of a house goes and gets the ball he’s a bit more creative for me it’s a system thing I think in my team I don’t want rodri and rice because they’re a little bit defensive and I can have someone a

Little bit more forward thinking you could even go even more left field and go I could put a ward prous there you know you I think you can put someone a little bit more creative so I’ve just gone gz and rodri no you know what all

Of this I love it I think this is the again the beauty of football opinions and I totally agree and I think that would work phenomenally well there’s like can I just I just want to name some of the players in this list by the way that could could fill in this position

Conor Gallagher Dean rice rodri garez John mcin at Aston Villa been fantastic dor at Everton pry Douglas Louise pinho at Fulham he’s been phenomenal he’s been absolutely phenomenal susek at West Ham and Martin odard um but I I agree with W I’m going to I I’ll

Agree with W I think it has to be rice and rodri the two ours um I just think that I think rice would be the predominant sitter in these two I get it I understand what you say about garez and I think he would get forward a lot

More and I think you could allow that with the center backs the defensive strength that you’ve got behind them um but I just think rice would concentrate on just doing what he did for West Ham basically he’s doing it a bit more at Arsenal where he’s trying to get a bit

More forward and he’s trying to get involved in stuff but you can just see that it’s not fully there yet it’s not quite as game game whereas rodri does get forward he does get you goals and he does get assists and I think he would be

That player that goes in them more but also offers that sort of defensive stability um but I think if you get them two together in that sitting Midfield that is that’s the dream it is the absolute dream if we had a Roder for England who could start alongside Dean

Rice absolutely oh my gosh World Cup forget about it it’s won already it is that is the missing key for England isn’t it having that R talk about with the team isn’t it because you’re going to have six offens play you got two center backs and two guys here and when

You’re dominating the game the better footballer out of the two sitters can step in as well and and do his bit and I think then that’s where you want the overloads in when you’re dominating a game the front six have got to be the dream ticket and if one of your two

Sitters can join in to make you a seventh up there you know teams are going to find it difficult against you for sure so Dean rise was 100 million quid 105 actually Rod re J how much they paid for him 24 I would to say 30 odd 60 60

Million quid so it blows our budget out the water we’ve gone expensive but it doesn’t matter CU it’s not about that what it is about is the first half of this Premier League season and I agree with what you’re saying garz I think he’d be fantastic but we’re locking in

Declan rice and rodri okay I think they’re two good players that’s a that’s a ridiculous that’s a ridiculous back six seven sorry that’s a ridiculous back seven isn’t it that’s ridiculous back so but now it starts to get a little bit more this is the one for me this starts

To get a little bit more fruity okay so we we’re going to go for that number 10 position now okay yeah and this is where I think we could have three different players here I really do think we could have three different players here um W

Come on you can start I think the list is um probably not as big as everybody would say you know Tom stat backs give us Cole Palmer Phil folden Julian Alvarez Bruno Fernandez and James Madison okay quickly so the number 10 position by the way if you’re not

Familiar with what like you know it’s kind of that guy that’s behind the striker it’s it’s the one in the middle behind the striker we’re playing a 4231 so he’s kind of he’s up the pitch and then you’ve got you two Wingers either side of him and then you’ll have your

Main strike in front of him so that’s it’s that guy in that sort of Midfield engine that sits in front of the two sitters and tries to sort of open it all up yeah he’s not he’s not a free position but he’s a floaty position trying to find the space

And he’s normally one of your cleverest or the cleverest player he finds the spacers he’s very good at scanning getting on the half turn and he can produce the little passes that open up the tight defenses especially when they’re sat on the back edge of the box

I think for me at the start of the season um Madison would have won this he would have been toally agree I totally agree ultimately when we’re talking about the amount of games and what we’re talking about that’s worked against only 11 games he got played and then

Obviously a really bad injury but I think if he would have been fit he would have been this would have been nailed on for him yeah for sure so obviously if Kevin De bruyer had been fit he might have had something to say about that he’s only again played I

Think yeah he might as well be Calvin Phillips probably played more than Calvin Phillips who hasn’t been injured when he come on for 50 minutes at the weekend he’s done a few yeah so for me um Madison I went Madison folden or Palmer for the number 10 obviously

Madison didn’t meet the criteria so we were out of it um I don’t think um Phil foden is as good in there as what I’ve seen Cole Palmer and I’ve gone a little bit on what I spoke about Vicario and AD doi to some regard Palmer yes a lot of

Money so he’s breaking a budget again 50 million but 42.5 actually well probably with the addons he’ll be 50 OD million and he’s he’s gone to a new team having to prove himself we know he’s a good player for sure um and to be fair he could probably play Anywhere behind the

Center forward but I think as a young player he’s played 17 games he’s got eight goals he’s got four assists he’s created big chances in a Chelsea team that aren’t ripping trees at the um I think for me he’s just edged above foden because I like him in that Central Area

Because I think he can do things either way and I think 50 million quid has actually been a snip and he’s been Chelsea’s best player and I picked him as my number 10 o I think it’s depressing actually because I think it’s such a I can’t argue with anything what

Said by the way but I think it’s such a depressing selection yeah because there’s there’s nobody there I mean I think Cole Palmer’s had a really good season but when I watch him I don’t go God I think he’s amazing I think he’s having a great young season breakthrough

But bit like gacho at man united I just think that they’re on he’s on a pathway to something and I don’t know what that pathway is yet Madden’s not played enough games I mean you look at stats of Bruno Fernandez he shouldn’t be there I watch man united every week he shouldn’t

Be there but you look at the amount decent yeah the the are accurate long balls 81 yeah but that says a lot about United crosses crosses into the box Bruno FZ 128 by far by far ahead of everybody else and and also the biggest one big chances created nine that’s more than

Anyone else but I watch man united and I’m like I don’t think he’s had a very good season so this but I can’t put him in there so for me I would go with the eye test and out of all those players the player that I think is technically

The most gifted and the player I would want to watch even though he wears light blue is Phil foden yeah um I just and and I think I I think I’d have to go Phil foden I completely agree with what on Palmer but for Palmer he’s still work

In progress whereas I think I would have gone Madison yeah but I’ll go foden yeah I love it I love this um again this is for me it’s between the two Cole Palmer and Phil foden I agree with what you’re saying Mark I think pH Phil foden is

Probably a better player I think he is a more rounded player and would offer you more and I think if you’re talking about so for England in the summer if you had to pick one of these players you’re picking Phil foden but I think for this season for performances for hitting the

Ground running for making the transfer the step up the age all of the pressure that surrounded it I think Cole Palmer is the guy that I would pick at number 10 17 Premier League appearances eight goals eight goals is fantastic by the way some big penalties calmness on the

Ball just looks like he looks like a young Phil foden really doesn’t he looks like he doesn’t really care not phased by it all just no he’s enjoying his football he looks like yeah very conf just enjoys himself uh four assists as well um I just think yeah for me I’m

Gonna I’m gon to pick a Phil sorry a Cole Palmer in that number 10 position okay um but again it’s get in the comments everybody you could say Phil fod and you got Julian Alvarez that could be in there as well I feel for James Madison that getting his season

Cut short with’ only 11 games so far um we’re going to go for the left forward the left Winger if you like um and this this is an interesting little list as well we’ve got hunman son in there we’ve got Anthony Gordon Jared Bowen and Dwight mcneel uh so there’s four to pick

From you could pick anybody out if you really wanted to um Mark you can start us off on the left forward I do I I often have put Anthony Gordon in when I’ve been doing you know teams of the month and stuff like that I do think

He’s had a really good season cuz this is a player that last year when they bought him I was like what did they spend 50 million 60 million 40 million uh he was 45 million and I was like what’s that all about ridiculous i’ not i’ not seen anything I agree with I

Thought it was an awful lot of money but yet again it’s another signing that Eddie how has made where you go like trippier and other people and Dan bur and people like that where he’s just took a player where you sort of go what’s he doing there and then he’s took

Him to a Next Level and I you know even in the Sunderland game at the weekend he’s just got that maturity passion but a bit ability um I don’t know what he looks like stats wise I mean big Chan has created 10 so he’s better than Dwight McNeil and Jared boen uh crossers

More than anybody apart from Dwight mcneel who’s you know I think Dwight mcneel does deserve to be in there as well he’s had a really good season and really suits um obviously Everton the way Everton play yeah yeah so I think Anthony Gordon’s a really good consideration but it’s got and I know

He’s played down the middle a lot this season but he ain’t gonna play down the middle in my team of the season but I’ve got to get him in there so son I think I think he’s been empowered by the absence of Kane you know captaincy really leader in that team

Technical player always looking for the pass if it’s not on but if the shots on he will take it and again it’s another Spurs player who is um absolutely rocketing under big an so it would be son hands down off like what yeah um I

Think for me I went the same as Mark I went for son I think I think the captaincy is is elev ated him I think he’s he’s he’s enjoyed the responsibility of being a leader for that team and for sure he’s really one of the key components in that Tottenham

Team but he’s got everything when he plays out on that Wing you know what I mean he can come inside and be that second Center forward and play as a second Center forward for him and create chances that way but he so quick when they have the transitions um and

Obviously the stats here showing he’s created 11 big Chan out of 20 games he scored 12 goals if you’re playing on the side and can have them kind of figures there’s nobody really going to live with you I I agree in terms of the Gordon chat I think he’s

Probably the one who got closest to it I think Bowen now’s probably play more like a center forward at West Ham if I’m honest with you I don’t think Martinelli’s done enough at Arsenal this season um to to go get spoken about I toyed a little bit with Nao on the left

In terms of thinking about him because I think he’s the only player in man united that could say of that’s done anything really this season on a consistent basis but I didn’t think he he were anywhere near son and in the end again I thought this will probably one of the easier

Choices I thought he would have sh in and I’d be very surprised if you work against us on that one I actually did work against you on this one I actually did work against you on this one I had two again same as you um hunman song I

Thought think he’s been incredible I do think he’s actually thrived in the absence of Harry kanane I think he stepped it up a little bit being the captain um but I actually went for Anthony Gordon I just think that hunson hasn’t really been an out andout sort of

Left forward left wing of this he has played through the middle a lot more um whereas Anthony Gordon he is religiously out on that wing and he is beating players and he is ratting and we did a podcast his work rate is that’s for me what I want I want somebody who’s going

To be that doggy just keeps at it keeps at dog with a bone and we did a podcast I think was it James taros the other week and the best way we could describe Anthony Gordon was a rat he was a rat and he’s just Relentless and he keeps

Snitch in the dressing room is he can’t be trusted no no not like that not like that that’s what Eddie’s created there without doubt about all their players in the work right Joe Linton yeah um Almer onz everybody Gordon all these players the work they do against the ball and uh

It does step you up to another level because when you’ve got ability theast at James when you’re all in like that and Gordon looks like he’s a different player to the player at Everton and we could argue about the 45 million but actually now that looks a

Very very good deal at 45 million yeah I totally agree I think um yeah but listen for me it’s it’s is we’re talking tiny percentages here we’re talking about hunman son and Anthony Gordon you know it’s it’s there’s not to too much in it and but but I’m happy to bow down for

This one and go with Herman son so we’re going to have to lock him in I I would have gone for Gordon I think he’s had a fantastic season I’m really really fantastic somebody that I want on my team do you know what I mean that

Doggedness and even the way that he sort of gets up and gets the crowd going now and then I love that I love seeing that right then Lads uh right forward time um a few of the nominations for you we’ve got hang he Chan at wolves who has had

An unbelievable season by the way um 10 goals out of 20 Premier League es we got Bernardo Silva gacho at Man United mosal and boo saaka W I’m going to start with you on this one um who do you see has had the best most impressive uh first

Half of the Premier League season so far I think this list is quite tough to pick from if I’m honest with you because I don’t think that one of the play the player that I’ve picked has not been as good as he’s been in previous Seasons

Yeah but um I for for me my last pick were between Salah and Saka but I have to say Wang he Chan yeah for wolves deserves the mention you gave him because I think again coming into the league and probably the most underrated team in the league actually they’ve been

Phenomenal wolves and he’s had a real big impact on it but my two to really pick from were between Salah and sacka and I don’t think either of them have probably hit the heights that the managers the fans or even themselves would have wanted to hit this year but

For me I just think um Salah stats are always going to be up there 20 games 14 goals eight assists created 17 big chances when you’re in a team like Liverpool they’re going to lead to goals inevitably at some stage and I think the weight of

Stats tells me that this is the right choice that I made I went with Salah I went with Salah on my gut before I saw uh Tom’s stat pack and this has really just backed it up for for me but strangely enough I didn’t think it

Probably been as good as the stats are telling sure that’s what I felt from him this year and obviously look Liverpool are going to miss him now he’s going away for a period of time and it’d be interesting to see even though I don’t think he’s done as well as what he would

Have hoped whether they have that little drop off in depending on how many games he’s away for but salary is my pick I think on that side I think it really came down to him and sacka and I just think he delivers the whole round performance more so than sacka yeah love

That yeah it’s a bit like trippier and Trent for me I think I had sacka and Salah and I think sacka maybe six weeks ago like trippo would have been a really good Contender I look at some of the goals I mean that that equalizing goal I

Think it was Chelsea with a cross to the back post and and and and on crosses 113 crosses to 24 for Salah so Saka is way more creative having said that um assist wise salah’s got more so different types of Wingers but no there’s no doub in

That sacka over recent weeks has just fell off probably similar I think there’s too much pressure on him uh too if he doesn’t have a good game Arsenal don’t score um so he’s got a lot of pressure on him whereas Salah thrives on that pressure I agree with wat that I

Think Salah this season to the untrained eye probably looks like he’s had not as many goals and assists as he has but year in year out I I I mean as a United fan I hate to say it but I don’t understand why he’s not in the bendor

Every year because his his numbers in the hardest league in the world are incredible he competes goals season on season goals he competes like a striker assists he he outd does the best creators um unbelievable player and I said it a couple of weeks ago I watched

Man United play in Liverpool it was nil nil and there were Liverpool fans criticizing Salah and I’m like I hate Liverpool as a United fan and he is easily one of the best players in the world and in this league um so yeah Salah comfortable for me yeah I totally

Agree I’m with you all the way my my two choices actually between moel and hang hang I think I just think some of the games I’ve watched of him playing for balls just I don’t it’s like he’s found another three or four levels because last season he scored a few goals when

He first started but this year for some it’s like he’s really really really gone I wouldn’t be surprised if he actually got a move again maybe not very creative though is he no it’s true but go if you if you look at the way that he played

Honestly he could go again you know in January maybe the end of the season it wouldn’t surpris if there’ll be team sniffing around him but it has to be moell it does it has to be moell I got to like I said I got to see him live a

Few weeks ago when I went up to anfield to watch him against Arsenal and he terrorized in chenko he terrorized him the amount of times Liverpool would just get the ball and just hit that big diagonal over to the top of him and he’s already on his run he’s already knows

What he’s going to do with it um he he cuts inside like an absolute joke he is he’s phenomenal 20 games 14 goals eight assists has to be Moeller out on that right wing simples simple simple as that right we’re going to go to are Central attacker the center forward the

Showpiece the big boy um and we’ve got a few nominees for this because it’s been it’s not been as straightforward obviously with you know Al Alfie ER Harland getting an injury um what about a month ago six weeks ago there’s been a few other players other Strikers that

Have been shining so OE Watkins uh nine goals Dominic salanki 12 Isaac for Newcastle nine Jared Bowen 11 goals 11 Premier League goals for Jared Bowen bran brenford and Darwin Nunes who we have to put in there as well five goals for Liverpool um what I’ll start with

You then for the center forward um I think it’s really easy oh um only on we going on he’s the greatest Center forward that the Premier League’s had in my opinion going to go sank in um and and sank is so close but I my three were

Watkins Harland and Bowen I think Bowen to to change his role coming from a side and playing Center forward for West Ham and his his stats are incredible 11 goals in the 19 games um to be fair I was a little bit dismissive of sank

Until Tom St pack but I didn’t put him in there because I I just thought that Watkins and and boen just com into a new position what were I thought he were deserving of that bit Watkins has done phenomenal for Villa um nine goals eight assists eight assists is massive massive massive um

He’s he’s probably not as clinical as what you’d want him to be because they’re not going to create as many chances Villa as what a city do so I think when he miss misses 13 big chances that’s going to hurt Villa a little bit more um but I can’t look away even

Though he has been injured towards the end of it harland’s the the best center forward the Premier League’s scen he’s just got the lot um and there’s no way I could pick a team without him put immin okay simple yeah I I think it’s between

Watkins and Harland for me okay um and I struggled a little bit because I agree that harand is quite simply the best and he’s only played 15 games so he’s only just in there so he’s he’s a goal game basically goals per match not Point N

But then I went I sort of compared them and I went okay well 14 goals to nine for Watkins um eight assists to Watkins to Highlands four um shots OE Watkins got the second most assists this season by the way for a center forward that’s

Incredible and a lot of this is down to playing in a man city Side you’re going to get more shots yeah um because you know harland’s played five games less but he’s add three more shots so he’s getting more service shots per game 3.8 to Harland 2.7 um harand missed more big chances

And uh hop Watkins has obviously created more so I think if you were going on the stats you should give it to Watkins you should give it to Watkins because he’s a more complete Striker on less service but I also think Harland I’d have to put him in my team I

He’s a goal of game yeah and guar everything that’s around him am I just going to put Watkins in there because he deserves it or am I going to put Harland in there because he’s the world’s best Striker but this is this is the this is the difficult way

Of this position okay is it’s based on this season it’s it’s this season’s team of the season I agree with what you’re saying here erling Highland is the best Central striker in the world probably probably top three anyway certainly in the premier League okay he is certainly

The best center forward but has he been the best center forward in the Premier League so far this season right I’m gonna go Watkins and I’m going to tell you why because I’ve got son and Salah either side who can score me loads of goals and harand can’t create for them

So I think if you had Harry Kane in this team I’d go Harry Kane because of the goals and the assists and I think harand needs service and I’m looking at that team and I’m thinking Salah and son are going to work better with Watkins like

Get like oh this do you know what I’m going to blow this all out the water then okay he going to go n I’m going to blow this out I’m gonna go salanki I’ve I’ve got I’ve got Dominic salanki here okay 19 million quid they spent for in

Bournemouth in a team that don’t actually score an awful lot of goals Dominic salanki for 12 goals in 19 Premier League appearances so far this season is a phenomenal return a phenomenal return he’s scoring goals with every part his body headers volleys Left Foot Right Foot I just think for

Somebody that’s impressed me the most this season and Ole Watkins was actually my second choice I I I think Erin Harland for this season has not been quite at the level of last year I just don’t think he’s been at the level of last year I think his players that

Have played better in that Center forward position so I went for Dominic salanki but do you not and I I would agree with that but you know with the a big shout out to Stats pack Tom again because when you look at it it there’s a

Big hole which I’ve only just noticed he creates nothing yeah and actually he’s had he’s got the worst shot accuracy on 36% and he has more shots per game than anybody apart from Harland so he misses a lot of chances yeah he misses a lot of

CH but he doesn’t miss a lot of big chances but I I would say that’s a big difference he could be shooting from 30 yards but the big chances he miss look sorry he’s missed only seven big chances this season compare that to earling hland 17 big chances and Ollie Watkins 13 big

Chances misses there when when a big a big Chance by the way is a chance that could or should be a goal could or should be a goal I think sank is a little bit too like Harland if if a wish he’s a wish Harland he’s a Foundland if

You’ve been brutal in terms of what your description of creating and where you want your players to be they’re very much of a likeness and I even though sank has been phenomenal I couldn’t pick uh salanki over Harland in what we’re doing yeah I think the argument that you

Make in terms of the the two wide players and Watkins then working up front is the only way I could go against my choice of Harland I couldn’t go Salan over Harland in the way the team’s playing I couldn’t I’d rather go Darwin Nunes thanan now this is controversial

Because Darwin Nunes has missed 18 big chances which is basically double at most other people but D nun has played 19 games and he’s missed 18 big Chan so you are guaranteeing one one per game that he could have scored and he’s had the biggest misses of this season yeah

They are big misses um he’s got his own category for misses actually they’re not even big misses but um he has created seven big chances and he has got six assists I I still think with Darwin Nunes there’s there’s something I totally agree I think there a well beat

That scoring no yeah but this is the first time on all 11 that we’ve all gone different and we can’t get that two but we have to we’re going to have to pick a manager in is the best of both worlds I reckon what we got Watkin sank harand

Yeah wow I I think it’s really tough this I I I think everybody will be putting in the comments that we are insane if you don’t put har well right if you’ve got to pick a team tomorrow and you’ve got to pick a center forward a center Striker out of them three who

Are you picking to start for you tomorrow based on don’t lie don’t lie based on this season yeah I’m still going to go Watkins for balance who I’d still take Ireland okay I’ll pick Ireland can’t wait I can’t wait to see the chat’s gonna be good but it makes sense because

Sank is closer to Harland than he is to Watkins so I can live for that yeah that that’s the only reason I couldn’t put ever Salan above half but the way you were going to play the game and how you talked about the wi players I saw it for

Sure but like I just can’t I I get it I I I’m it’s this season going best players we know that is the best center forward know that yeah exactly you know that but it’s not what we’re doing today we’re doing team of the season so far of

The Premier League season so far I think Dominic salanki has impressed me so much this season how he’s progressed and again he’s another player who could get a move he could get a move at the end of the season without doubt but I think if I’m picking a team to start tomorrow I

Would want erling Highland up front just for what he would do to the opposition he would strike fear into that opposition they would look at all the other players around him and go oh my gosh it’s going to be a hard day with the with the team with that we’ve picked

They’d all be wanting to Mark Arland the others would have a fre a free run they have free run it’s like if you trying to Man Mark players it’ be like well we need to put two on him to it’s it’s just an absolute nightmare for any team

Coming up against good very very good so are we going to do it that’s a difficult this is a difficult one and I don’t I think there’s going to be a lot of people in the comments down below but I think it’s the obvious choice probably

The sensible choice we have to go for Highland right well I’ve gone Watkins I’m happy to go with irand okay I think think sorry and I agree and I with you your football Theory will probably better than ours but I just couldn’t never not pick no problem okay cool so we we we

Finished off the uh the final the final 11 what a team manager it’s a proper team isn’t it all right right let me quickly run it through then in goal we got Vicario right back Trent left back oogi Center back Rolls-Royce perin of Virgil Van dijk and William CBA in the

Holding Midfield r we got the two ours rodri and Dean rice on the right wing we’ve got mosalah left wing we got hun Min son through the middle we’ve got Cole Palmer and then finishing it up at top is erling Harland it’s time to pick

A manager lads who do you think is going to get the best out of this lot well I think for me because we’re doing team of the season so far there has to be three candidates y um one of them probably won’t get the credit he deserves which

Is Yogen klopp uh he’s revolutionized the Midfield which is the hardest thing to do and took them from nowhere to top of the league they’ve they’ve not lost any game really the Spurs game was obviously robbed so I think Jurgen Club has to be there and then you’ve got an

And Emory yeah um incredible jobs but I mean for Emory he’s done it over two seasons um and then what an’s done at Spurs losing Harry Kane and turning them into a team that statistically player for player they’re almost in every position and the injuries he’s got to

Deal with and the fact that he never blames anything on injuries he never blames anything on anything other than no this is my team and we do what we do so suck it up and get on with it yeah so and the sty of football they play as

Well um and same with same with Emory I think what he’s done very very similar to an in relation to not style of play but clubs they’ve gone into not had loads of money to spend um and revolutionized the fan base the structure um so for me I’d like to I

Think the boring choice is to give it to klopp because he’s done so well but I I want to be a bit revolutionary like an and Emory and I’m going to go with so close it really is close I’m not I’m I’m it’s a hair breath here I’m GNA

Go for the home record Emory love that Emory I think it’s a a very compelling argument you’ve put together I think it’s hard not to mention Guardiola even though he’s got the the Ultimate Tools at his disposal um because ultimately you still have to be a man manager you

Have to be a tactician you have to be be able to you know get him through a training week um and and when you’ve got probably 25 Superstars to keep them all happy he is a phenomenal manager but we’d all like to manage his team because

He’s got the best um tools at his disposal uh the one name I mentioned I think it was last week or the week before well Gary O’Neal I think what he did um at bourma were very underrated but actually coming in a week before the season and we’re talking about a half

Seon performance here I mean what what that Wolf’s team I mean it’s been phenomenal and um probably he’s not going to win the award because he’s not seen as uh the bright light the big name but I think over a year and certainly even half a year now for wolves I think

He’s been exceptional and people who I speak to in the game uh of very appreciative of his work on and off the field um my choice really were always going to be probably be between emry and uh big an I think the one thing I would

Say about big an is I think if you’re a football fan and Tottenham have always been brought up on playing a certain style I think he’s been really exciting some would say um a little bit naive in some ways but he believes in what he’s doing and I think think he’s been a

Breath of fresh air for the league um and I would probably always want to watch that style of football if you like but I think for me emry is my choice because I think what he’s done at Villa um it’s not as exciting a brand of

Football but I think they all know what they’re doing and they play a certain way and they’ve all bought into him um a couple of players who I know who have worked under him who who i’ worked with at Southampton said tactically he is pH nomenal the players love the work they

Love the insight and how he goes about his business and I think the home record speaks for itself and I think not from nowhere because that would be very disrespectful to Villa but I think that they’re the one who have come out of the pack and I I think he’s he’s been a

Breath of fresh air also I just remembered one more thing as well in relation to Villa I wish had got it in in the first take I’ve never seen a team in years do what Villa did to Man City in that home game at absolutely did they one shot all game or something

Absolutely absolutely destroy that week to beat Aral and home and and that’s what the players had said to me tactically he knows the game and he knows how to beat every team you know you’re not all you haven’t got the tools of Man City so you’re not guaranteed to

Win every game but when you’ve got a manager who is as astute as what he is and really wants to make an imprint on the league with Villa I think you can’t look outside of him to be honest I love it I absolutely love it lad um I was

Going to go for an but I don’t care honestly I don’t care because they’re both yeah but um first F we honestly I I either of them either of them that you’ve mentioned it doesn’t bother me one little bit because I think they’re both do an absolutely fantastic job I

Think this team that we picked today has been considered it’s been it we’ve done it properly today exactly properly today all right um so I’m proud of you well done I’m happy with well we’ll go for em as a manager I’m not I’ve got no no bones about that whatsoever he has he’s

I’m very excited to read the comments think the one video of the year that the comments are well they’re always good but the comments see how you’re going to get amored this year I can’t see how we’re going to get am if you get down in

The comments and Amor us this year you lot then you your miles off it you really really are a few good debates actually because I think I don’t agree with some of your selections but I’m sure well you don’t agree with some mine Beauty I don’t think there’s any

Random things there I don’t think there’s a random the manager and this 11 I think they we got Mason Mount at number 10 or anything like that no no no no man united players no man united no man united we mentioned two all morning gacho and Fernando Anana we talked about

Anana United players you need to get yourself on the podast if you want to be in there that’s the only way that’s the only way this year um there you go everybody I hope you enjoyed it like I said get in the comments down below let

Us know what you think uh and any other notable mentions please stick them down there too we will see you next week hopefully for a bit of a premier league review and uh talking about what’s going on Happy New Year everybody happy New Year Happy New Year

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  1. Saying Vicario being incredible considering his price tag but then saying Alisson is the best keeper on the planet yet its Vicario in the team is interesting logicšŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļøšŸ¤£

  2. I'm confused! Are they making a TEAM of the season or picking PLAYERS of the season? If it's TEAM of the Season, Mark's choices make much more sense than Dave and Ben's.
    For Mark's midfielders, he wanted one holding and one going forward, and the latter was based on Rodri being the holding midfielder; his rationale for Watkins was influenced by Sonny and Mo being the wingers. If you're building a team, you should be considering how the players would work with one another. In that case, Allison in goal with van Dijk and Saliba as CBs makes more sense than Vicario in goal.šŸ¤”

  3. Douglas Luiz > Rice
    Foden > Palmer
    Leon Bailey > Salah
    Martinelli > Son

    Make these changes to your line-up and this is the true TOTS so far in my opinion.

  4. Canā€™t argue with any of the picks. Bit of a contradiction when you pick Vicario over Alisson in goal but then take Haaland over Watkins just because you canā€™t not pick him due to being the best ST in the world. Agree with Marks choices on every position especially the Watkins shout playing up top with Salah and Son šŸ”„

  5. Haaland hasn't been the best cf this season. Plus they said at the start it would be a team to win games. Haaland out watkins in

  6. Kyle Walker doesn't invert mate. Not now, not anytime. May end up with more trophies than Trent, but he isn't better this season. If Trent made 10% of Trippiers errors this season, social media won't hear the end of it.

  7. Just can't do can they..can't pick a Villa player!Just too much to stomach picking anyone from a side sitting second in the PL and second in results over a calendar year!Even when the metric we use to show us without question when a team is doing everything right it's just to much to pick one…zero credibility from me ffs!

  8. Trent is the most disrespected player in the league, there was no logical reasoning to not pick him. But somehow people make it seem close and wonā€™t pick him. Love how excuses are made for trippier with ā€œohh heā€™s tiredā€. Newcastle havenā€™t been good, tripper has been very very poor for a month or two now, Trent would be persecuted for it but with trippier itā€™s just because heā€™s ā€œtiredā€. Iā€™ve never ever in my life heard someone say Trent made a mistake because he was tired. Even the thing that people apparently donā€™t pick him for in defending just doesnā€™t matter now for some reason. He can put up better numbers defensively than everyone but still not be picked. Even though defending is usually the excuse u make. When people donā€™t have that excuse, still doesnā€™t get any credit. It proves Trent just has an agenda against him. Walker hasnā€™t even been that good this season. How can you say u pick him because of walkers defensive ability even though Trent outperforms a stat u praised walker for.

  9. blinded by big team bias, watkins is clear of haaland this season and the fact leon bailey didnt even get a mention is crazy.

  10. No mention of konsa??? Highest % of duals won in the league. Unreal for villa sitting second, and easily passes the eye test too. Bias against us is a joke šŸ˜‚

  11. Great show as always. Think Watto and Ben picked the better team on paper but Markā€™s team more exciting to watch šŸ¤·šŸ¼ā€ā™€ļø

  12. Mark is the only one with brain ! Other two guys ā€¦ well letā€™s say theyā€™re doing ok !

  13. Is there some kind of Villa bias? Iā€™m not even a Villa fan but youā€™ve got to have at least 2-3 Villa players in there.

    Also they contradict themselves (not mark really). Watto picks Vicario over Allison but says Allison is the best in the world, but then picks Walker because he thinks heā€™s the best RB in the world haha

  14. What is Watto talking about ? He said about the right back that it has to be the best of the best but then you choose the spurs goalie over Allison ?

    Ben goes we want wing backs attacking crossing the ball but get a left back who will be Dracula best friend ???

  15. Noooooo it has to be Phil Foden, Ben you said urself he is a younger Phil Foden, why take a younger version when the actual version is performing

  16. Shocking that Ross barkley don't get a mention I know u boys only loom at the bigger clubs but what he has done at Luton is amazing turned his career around the best player I've seen in a Luton shirt ever

  17. Glad Antonee Robinson got a shout, but honestly statistically he's been one of the best defenders in the league this season. Personally would've taken him at left back, but maybe that's just because I'm American!

  18. Not gonna batter you for this team, but I agree most with Marks way of thinking here. I feel this team in some positions is a bit too much "these players should be the best" and not only based on who have performed the best. Haaland have been great, but it almost felt as if he took the spot because you felt not giving it to him would be seen as weird. Also "I would choose him tomorrow" is technically a different questions from "have he performed well the last six months?".

  19. Why was odegard in the sitting midfield sectionā€¦. He wouldā€™ve got in the centre attacking mid section

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