My Fulham "best" XI

[HatterDon]

This is not necessarily based on how good the players were -- although all are at least serviceable -- but they were just players whose names I always looked for on the Saturday team sheet. Note: I only go back to the 2003-04 season.

Keeper: David Stockdale
RB: Moritz Volz [surprise to nobody]
CB: Aaron Hughes
CB: Brede Hangeland
LB: Carlos Salcido
CM pairing: Dickson Etuhu and Danny Murphy
Wide Mids: Simon Davies and Steed Malbranque
Withdrawn Striker: Clint Dempsey
#9: Brian McBride

Bench:

Van der Sar, Bocanegra, Jensen, Goma, Pearce, Duff, Nevland

Gaffer: Cookie Coleman

[Samsara]

I used to look for Eddie Johnson on the team sheet because he was American and I wanted him to breakthrough (not that he seemed like he would anyway). but my biased preferences don't really say much.

[Peabody]

1. Tony Macedo
2. George Cohen
3. Jim Langley
4. Lee Clark
5. Chris Coleman
6. Kit Simons
7. Graham Legget
8. Allan Clarke
9. Bobby Zamora
10. Johnny Haynes
11. Les Barrett

Subs
Edwin Van der Saar
Steve Finnan
John Collins
Alain Goma
Alan Mullery
Bedford Jezzard

[dannyboi-ffc]

I go back a bit earlier but not much... 93/94 was my first year. So ill do two teams, one is my all time team and the other is from 03/04 onwards so that you can compare it to yours.

                                Van der sar
finnan          coleman          hangeland          herrera


Davies        murphy              clark                    boa morte

     
                              Saha         mcbride

subs
Schwarzer
Morgan
Goma
Dembele
Steed
Dempsey
Nevland




from 03/04 onwards

                       Van der sar
Volz          goma           brede          bonnissel


Davies       murphy     steed           boa morte

                     Saha           mcbride

subs
Schwarzer
Hughes
Djetou
Dembele
Dempsey
Nevland
Zamora

[Nick Bateman]

1. Schwarzer

2. Cohen
3. Brevett or Langley
5. Coleman
6. Goma

7. Haynes
4. Mullery
8. Sidwell
11. Barrett

9. McBride or Macdonald
10. Clarke

Others: Best, Marsh, Conway, Morgan, Moore, Saha, Boa Morte.

[horse1031]

1.  Schwarzer
2.  Pantsil
3.  Hughes
4.  Hangeland
5.  Konchesky
6.  Steed
7.  Bullard
8.  Murphy
9.  Boa Morte
10.  McBride
11.  Nevland

[HatterDon]

I can't believe I left Boa off my game day squad.  fp.gif

[FulhamStudent]

                     Schwarz 

Volz   Hangeland   Hughes   Pantsil


Dempsey  Moussa  Diop   Boa

                 Steed

         McBride/Saha/Kuqi 

[dannyboi-ffc]

I can't believe I left Boa off my game day squad.  fp.gif

My all time favourite player..... tut tut! Loved boa, we could do with his pace right now. Never replaced that speed of saha and boa

[rogerpbackinMidEastUS]

Surely a Best X1 would be:

                Best
  Best   Best    Best    Best
       Best   Best    Best
  Best        Best            Best

[LBNo11]

1. Maik Taylor
2. Steve Finnan
3. Rooooooooofus Brevett
4. Bobby Moore
5. Roger Brown
6. Fred Callaghan
7. Jimmy Conway
8. Allan Clarke
9. Louis Saha
10. Johnny Haynes
11. Les Barrett (No11)

Subs
Jim Stannard
Alan Mullery
Kit Symons
Steve Earle
Gordon Davies
Cookie Coleman
Erik Nevland

[Woolly Mammoth]

Who won ?

[dannyboi-ffc]

1. Maik Taylor
2. Steve Finnan
3. Rooooooooofus Brevett
4. Bobby Moore
5. Roger Brown
6. Fred Callaghan
7. Jimmy Conway
8. Allan Clarke
9. Louis Saha
10. Johnny Haynes
11. Les Barrett (No11)

Subs
Jim Stannard
Alan Mullery
Kit Symons
Steve Earle
Gordon Davies
Cookie Coleman
Erik Nevland

good team LB, no room for brede, morgan, langley, leggatt. steed, boa, mcbride, murphy or clark on that bench though? And no van der sar? No cohen?

[nose]

schwarzer
cohen coleman gale rufus brevett
conway mullery haynes barrett
       Ivor Clarke

subs robbie herrera, ray houghton, dembele (senior), leggatt, stockdale, saha, bary hales,

in years to come i expect chris david, and pat roberts to feature if they aren't sold off too soon.
Best and moore do not feature as their best years were really elsewhere although Moore rated as straight out of the top draw for us!

[LBNo11]

1. Maik Taylor
2. Steve Finnan
3. Rooooooooofus Brevett
4. Bobby Moore
5. Roger Brown
6. Fred Callaghan
7. Jimmy Conway
8. Allan Clarke
9. Louis Saha
10. Johnny Haynes
11. Les Barrett (No11)

Subs
Jim Stannard
Alan Mullery
Kit Symons
Steve Earle
Gordon Davies
Cookie Coleman
Erik Nevland

good team LB, no room for brede, morgan, langley, leggatt. steed, boa, mcbride, murphy or clark on that bench though? And no van der sar? No cohen?

...there is not enough room to add all the substitutes that these names would constitute. Langley and Leggat I sadly missed out on seing, VDS was a great shot stopper but I felt he didn't organise his defence well enough, George Cohen was a great stopper as a defender, but his passing let him down. Lee Clark and Brede and Murphy I would love to have added but as mentioned not enough room, Morgs had a great heart and is a legend, but not better in my view to those I chose, the same goes for Boa, not consistent enough, Steed great with tha ball but not so great at passing and his corners were atrocious, McBride is a another with a great heart and I love him to bits - but he is not a 'great' in my view. All about opinions and mixed with skill and personal favourites. One player I realised I missed, who should, at the very least be on my subs bench, is Stan Brown, you could put him anywhere and he was quietly fantastic, the ultimate utility player...

[rogerpbackinMidEastUS]

. One player I realised I missed, who should, at the very least be on my subs bench, is Stan Brown, you could put him anywhere and he was quietly fantastic, the ultimate utility player...
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Perhaps you should have Stan Brown in your team instead of Les Barrett  ?

[RidgeRider]

GK: Mark Shwarzer
RB: John Pantsil
CB: Aaron Hughes
CB: Brede Hangeland
LB: Paul Konchesky
CM: Danny Murphy, Chris Baird
Wide Mids: Simon Davies, Clint Dempsey
Forwards: Bobby Zamora, Zolton Gera

[Canary White]

Last 20 years & going on technical ability rather than how much I actually liked them:
Van der Sar
Finnan, Coleman, Hangeland, Emanuelson (unsure about LB)
Malbranque, Dembele, Murphy, Boa Morte
Zamora, Saha

Subs: Niemi, Hughes, Diop, Dempsey, Duff, Berbatov, McBride

[ron]

1. Tony Macedo
2. George Cohen
3. Jim Langley
4. Lee Clark
5. Chris Coleman
6. Kit Simons
7. Graham Legget
8. Allan Clarke
9. Bobby Zamora
10. Johnny Haynes
11. Les Barrett


Subs
Edwin Van der Saar
Steve Finnan
John Collins
Alain Goma
Alan Mullery
Bedford Jezzard

Beddy Jezzard watching Bobby Zamora from the bench........???

[BigbadBillyMcKinley]

This is not necessarily based on how good the players were -- although all are at least serviceable -- but they were just players whose names I always looked for on the Saturday team sheet. Note: I only go back to the 2003-04 season.

Keeper: David Stockdale
RB: Moritz Volz [surprise to nobody]
CB: Aaron Hughes
CB: Brede Hangeland
LB: Carlos Salcido
CM pairing: Dickson Etuhu and Danny Murphy
Wide Mids: Simon Davies and Steed Malbranque
Withdrawn Striker: Clint Dempsey
#9: Brian McBride

Bench:

Van der Sar, Bocanegra, Jensen, Goma, Pearce, Duff, Nevland

Gaffer: Cookie Coleman

Stockdale over Van Der Sar???!! Literally no point reading this thread after that!