Of the past 3 years

[valdeingruo]

Pick two, please explain your picks.


As brought up, these players would be in their "prime years"

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[Ordar]

I went for the very obvious Dembele and Dempsey. Although I did consider Smalling

[ElissonSnygg]

Dempsey and Gera! (Dembele third)

[grandad]

Smalling by a mile followed by Dembele. The rest are either too old, past it, not good enough or injury prone. There are two who are obvious from the way they threw their toys out of the pram I would never have back.

[keith]

Yep, go with Grandad.

[Lighthouse]

Long time since we had a good left back. Shorey seemed ok but has faded a bit. But I would go for a left back like Shorey and then would have Dempsey back. Didn't go for Dembele because he is one of those players who should be brilliant but fails in the final pass or shot.

[LBNo11]

...I've based my poll selections on the players returning at their peak, not as they are now, if age is the criteria then Smalling and Dembele are the obvious choices...

[EJL]

I went for Dembele and Konchesky.

[JBH]

Dembele and Nevland for me, Dembele is pretty obvios but Eric was an impact striker that we now sadly lack

[Apprentice to the Maestro]

Smalling by a mile followed by Dembele. The rest are either too old, past it, not good enough or injury prone. There are two who are obvious from the way they threw their toys out of the pram I would never have back.

Agree, but Dembele as my first choice.

[elgreenio]

cant believe I missed Smalling, picked the two Dems but would easily swap Dempsey for Smalling. Could have built a really good spine with those two.

[gezkc]

I went with Dempsey and Dembele. Gera was a close third.

[Andy S]

As with LB11 I've gone for Gera at his peak and Smalling. Gera was special in that he always gave his all and I remember Goals out of nothing from him. Smalling was only young when he left us and I never saw much of him I saw an acomplished performance from him at centre back alongside chris Baird. I thought that he was one for the future not realising that it was not with us. but he has done well since he left and we got a good price for him and had two decent Centre halves at the time

[Burt]

Smalling and Dembele for me.

Closely followed by Dempsey and Murphy.

[Frankie-Peter Taylor]

I went for Mousa Dembele and Danny Murphy.

Dembele for obvious reasons. I think we underestimated Danny's leadership qualities within the squad. Even if he couldn't offer anything on the pitch, his off the pitch skills, I feel, are vital within the squad and much like Garry Monk at Swansea, he could be that captain in the dressing room once his playing minutes had dropped. Players like that aren't easy to find.

[EJL]

I'll explain

Dembele: one of the most well-rounded midfielders in the division; links the defence to attack with his amazing runs. Him and Enoh would be one hell of a midfield (or a fit Diarra).

Konchesky: consistent, injury-free, quick, and productive. He also supported Hangeland a lot better than Riise does.

[Stefano Okaka Chuka]

LOL someone else voted for Okaka...

[Bedford White]

Gera and Dembele, Smalling third choice. Zoltan was my favourite player for us, he was brilliant, if he were a few years younger. Dembele is a no brainer really.

[nose]

dembeleis a true class act and BZ was a really excellent center forward until mr jol alienated him. we need such a player desperately. Of course the BZ I want back is 5 years younger than the current one.

I don't understand how smalling gets so many votes, he was ordinary at best and I don't think he has really come on.

[rusty shackleford]

Clearly Dembele and Dempsey