chaddyrovers Posted March 22, 2020 Posted March 22, 2020 Who would be in your starting 11 from players who played for Rovers during the Premier League days? Gk - Friedel RB - Neill CB - Samba CB - Hendry LB - Le Saux RW - Ripley CM - Tugay CM - Sherwood LW - Duff ST - Sutton ST - Shearer Quote
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Oldgregg86 Posted March 22, 2020 Posted March 22, 2020 Gk. friedel LB. Le saux Cb. Hendry Cb. Henchoz Rb . Neill LW. Duff Cm. Tugay Cm. Dunn Rw. Bentley St. Bellamy St. Shearer 1 Quote
Amo Posted March 22, 2020 Posted March 22, 2020 Not objectively the best or most balanced but: Friedel Seb Perez - Amoruso - Henchoz- Unsal Thompson - Dunn - Tugay - Duff Jansen - Santa Cruz Quote
Oldgregg86 Posted March 22, 2020 Posted March 22, 2020 Just now, Amo said: Not objectively the best or most balanced but: Friedel Seb Perez - Amoruso - Henchoz- Unsal Thompson - Dunn - Tugay - Duff Jansen - Santa Cruz You might be the only rovers fan to ever leave Shearer and Hendry out of that 11. unusual choices ? Are these your favourite 11 for reasons other than ability ? 2 Quote
Amo Posted March 22, 2020 Posted March 22, 2020 7 minutes ago, Oldgregg86 said: You might be the only rovers fan to ever leave Shearer and Hendry out of that 11. unusual choices ? Are these your favourite 11 for reasons other than ability ? Gets boring seeing the same old names. And Shearer & co. were before my time. Jansen and Roque would complement each other beautifully imo. Perez was quality, just didn't settle here. I'd argue Henchoz was a better centre-back than Hendry, Samba etc. His medals would back that up. He just had the misfortune of playing in Hodgson's relegation side. Don't think we've been blessed with many great left-backs in recent history. Everyone else is going to pick Le Saux. Amoruso is a legend. Simple as. Quote
chaddyrovers Posted March 22, 2020 Author Posted March 22, 2020 20 minutes ago, Amo said: Not objectively the best or most balanced but: Friedel Seb Perez - Amoruso - Henchoz- Unsal Thompson - Dunn - Tugay - Duff Jansen - Santa Cruz No Hendry, Sherwood or Shearer. Jansen is one of my favourite players but Shearer and Sutton was a deadly partnership in terms of goals. I like Mike Newell or Kevin Gallagher with Shearer. Quote
Inglorious basturk Posted March 22, 2020 Posted March 22, 2020 flowers salgado samba todd neill dioufy tugay duff jansen shearer mccarthy Quote
Moderation Lead K-Hod Posted March 22, 2020 Moderation Lead Posted March 22, 2020 Friedel Neill Samba Hendry Le Saux Bentley Tugay Dunn Duff Bellamy Shearer 2 Quote
Backroom Mike E Posted March 22, 2020 Backroom Posted March 22, 2020 (edited) -------------------Friedel Berg---Hendry---Nelsen---Warnock --Bentley---Tugay---Savage---Duff ----‐------Shearer---Bellamy Edited March 22, 2020 by Mike E 3 Quote
Colt Seavers Posted March 22, 2020 Posted March 22, 2020 1 hour ago, K-Hod said: Friedel Neill Samba Hendry Le Saux Bentley Tugay Dunn Duff Bellamy Shearer Very hard to argue with this. Quote
simongarnerisgod Posted March 22, 2020 Posted March 22, 2020 friedel neill hendry samba mikey gray ripley tugay dunn duff shearer jansen i cannot believe someone has put amaruso in?he was ok apart from the fact that my grandad was probably quicker and he lost a leg in the war 6 Quote
chaddyrovers Posted March 22, 2020 Author Posted March 22, 2020 Amaruso was an awful signing. One of Souness's worst signings Quote
matt83 Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 Friedel berg nelsen hendry le saux ripley tugay dunn duff shearer bellamy Subs: flowers samba salgado sherwood Pedersen jansen mccarthy Quote
JacknOry Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 (edited) Friedel Hendry Nelsen Tugay Jansen Roque Shearer Sutton McCarthy Bellamy Edited March 23, 2020 by JacknOry 1 Quote
joey_big_nose Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 (edited) 16 hours ago, K-Hod said: Friedel Neill Samba Hendry Le Saux Bentley Tugay Dunn Duff Bellamy Shearer Agree with this with two minor quibbles 1) I don't think realistically Dunn and Tugay could play together in the middle. They were exact contempories at Rovers and virtually never did as there's not a tackle between them. So I would argue you would have to pick an enforcer alongside Tugay - probably I would go for Savage. 2) Hard to drop Nelsen who was absolutely superb. But then both Samba and Hendry were great. It's interesting that most people pick more players from the 2000s rather than the 90s. But I agree that the Hughes team was largely better than the Dalgliesh team, Shearer apart who was absolutely phenomenal. Edited March 23, 2020 by joey_big_nose 1 Quote
Amo Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 13 hours ago, Oldgregg86 said: He wasn’t the best tbf Blasphemy. Quote
Bigdoggsteel Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 Straight 4-4-2, no messing Friedel Neill Samba Hendry Le Saux Bentley Tugay Sherwood Duff Bellamy Shearer 1 Quote
MarkBRFC Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 I think obviously the 94-95 will make up the core of the side, I have tried to add a few players in that I think would have been upgrades to what we had at the time. Friedel Berg Hendry Nelson Le Saux Ripley Tugay Sherwood Duff Shearer Santa Cruz 1 Quote
Tyrone Shoelaces Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 5 hours ago, JacknOry said: Friedel Hendry Nelsen Tugay Jansen Roque Shearer Sutton McCarthy Bellamy I know they were all good players but they'd be better still with one more player ! 2 Quote
speeeeeeedie Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 6 hours ago, joey_big_nose said: Agree with this with two minor quibbles 1) I don't think realistically Dunn and Tugay could play together in the middle. They were exact contempories at Rovers and virtually never did as there's not a tackle between them. So I would argue you would have to pick an enforcer alongside Tugay - probably I would go for Savage. 2) Hard to drop Nelsen who was absolutely superb. But then both Samba and Hendry were great. It's interesting that most people pick more players from the 2000s rather than the 90s. But I agree that the Hughes team was largely better than the Dalgliesh team, Shearer apart who was absolutely phenomenal. To point 1 - hypothetically this works but in practice it would not for the reasons you stated. I'd have David Batty in there, probably for Tugay as Dunn has more goals in him. Batty is overlooked by many Rovers fans. He won player of the year ahead of 30 goal Shearer in his first season. He was class. He got injured and hardly played in 94-95 then left for Newcastle shortly thereafter. Another nostalgic what if pick is Paul Warhust. Without 2 broken legs he'd have been in the starting 11 either at central defence or central midfield. To point 2 - Rovers were never blessed with world class centre halves, but had plenty that were strong and organised. Hendry was no footballer, but he had guts galore. Samba was a physical presence. Nelsen was cool and collected. Henchoz was good too. My off the wall pick - Patrik Andersson. Signed at the same time as Henning Berg (the first time). He couldn't get a game at Ewood but won a Champs League with Bayern Munich a few years later. Quote
oldjamfan1 Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 This team would take some beating! Friedel Berg Samba Hendry Le Saux Bentley Tugay Batty Duff Bellamy Shearer 2 Quote
AJW Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 Friedel Berg Hendry Nelsen Le Saux Bentley Sherwood Tugay Duff Shearer Santa Cruz with subs Flowers Salgado Samba MGP Bellamy Jansen Dunn Quote
Tyrone Shoelaces Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 3 hours ago, speeeeeeedie said: To point 1 - hypothetically this works but in practice it would not for the reasons you stated. I'd have David Batty in there, probably for Tugay as Dunn has more goals in him. Batty is overlooked by many Rovers fans. He won player of the year ahead of 30 goal Shearer in his first season. He was class. He got injured and hardly played in 94-95 then left for Newcastle shortly thereafter. Another nostalgic what if pick is Paul Warhust. Without 2 broken legs he'd have been in the starting 11 either at central defence or central midfield. To point 2 - Rovers were never blessed with world class centre halves, but had plenty that were strong and organised. Hendry was no footballer, but he had guts galore. Samba was a physical presence. Nelsen was cool and collected. Henchoz was good too. My off the wall pick - Patrik Andersson. Signed at the same time as Henning Berg (the first time). He couldn't get a game at Ewood but won a Champs League with Bayern Munich a few years later. I agree with you about David Batty. A very under rated player. Quote
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