PaulC Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 3 hours ago, villa4europe said: based on the number of polls that are doing the rounds on social media at the moment im under the impression that a fair few city fans consider Toure as the best they've had, in the conversation with scholes, gerrard and lampard I really don't see it personally, good player but I never found him that special or magical like silva (I put aguero in that pigeon hole too...great player but I get no real joy from watching him play) Toure was the main man under Mancini in particular. Konpany too. Aguero has to be right up there. Probably rate Henry as a better player but who has scored the most goals. Interesting debate without any Liverpool players involved, although Suarez and salah had the two best individual seasons ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 29 minutes ago, PaulC said: Toure was the main man under Mancini in particular. Konpany too. Aguero has to be right up there. Probably rate Henry as a better player but who has scored the most goals. aguero to me is the same shearer, cole, defoe, fowler wont ever deny he's not a great goalscorer but at the same time im not going out of my way to watch him, I can obviously picture that goal vs QPR but beyond that I cant picture a single aguero goal or any particular highlight, certainly not in the same way that I can bergkamp or henry, he's just a goalscorer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Probably a toss up between Tonev or Sylla for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Probably a toss up between Tonev or Sylla for me. Djemba Djemba was better than Sylla in fairness He gets mentioned a bit but I think Sylla gets a raw deal. His 1st 6 months he added steel though maybe lacked techmique Edited April 15, 2020 by Zatman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Dwight Yorke 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Arsenal had some great players in the early Premier League years didn’t they - Bergkamp, Henry, Petit, Vieira, Pires etc. Fantastic players and can’t argue with anyone suggesting Bergkamp or Henry as the best. For me though, loving the Premier League in the early years, it was great watching the arrogance of Cantona and the beast that was Peter Schmeichel. Followed by Ronaldo. Finally, by no means a great or best, but it was very enjoyable watching David Ginola produce some moments of magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 If I am being serious it is either Vidic or Aguero. Both a bit underated imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Henry unrivalled for me. Only Ronaldo could have matched him if he’d stick around longer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Eden Hazard in with a shout? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, Xela said: Eden Hazard in with a shout? I think that season he had when he decided to completely down tools rules him out IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 On 14/04/2020 at 15:41, Zatman said: If its non Villa players then its definitely David Silva, an absolute genius and changed how midfielders are signed in England. Teams are no longer looking for just powerhouse centre midfielders Probably Man City greatest ever player as well Totally agree. If you look at longevity and sheer class it has to be Silva. Obviously Henry, Bergkamp up there too but Silva is a magician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Has to be Henry. As much as I loved Bergkamp, Henry was unreal. Must have scored about 100 worldies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 From a purest point of view it would be Bergkamp for me. He had a touch from heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 5 hours ago, PaulC said: From a purest point of view it would be Bergkamp for me. He had a touch from heaven. And a cracking elbow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 My best foreign PL 11: Van Der Sar - didn't even see the best of him, but he was brilliant. RB - ivanovic - solid and reliable CB - Vidic - power, height, aggression CB - Carvaleho - pace, great touch and chilled LB - evra - great modern fullback RW - Overmars - rapid, technique CM - Yaya Toure - a man among boys LW - Pires - quick, good passes, tall for a winger ST - Bergkamp - grace, unselfish, touch, class ST - Torres - pace, finish, touch, heading ST - Drogba (once he got his mojo after a hard 2 years initially) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisvilla4 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Henry for me. Loved him until his goal against Ireland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 If we were doing a best XI and yes I do include Irish as foreign Van Der Sar Irwin McGrath Vidic Evra Keane Alonso Vieira Silva Henry Aguero Denis Irwin was one of the original modern style full backs and rarely ever makes best XI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 (edited) Many possibilities, but I think it's hard to argue against Henry, he wasnt just a goal scorer, he was almost a complete forward, some of the things he did were mind boggling. Ronaldo is probably in the top 3, limited by the fact he didn't spend more years in the prem. Edited April 18, 2020 by MaVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Schmeichel K.Toure Vidic Kompany Viera Pires D.Silva Henry Bergkamp Aguero. Cantona Couldn’t just limit it to one, so I’ve done an eleven (probably wouldn’t work as an actual team). Haven’t included Irish. Honourable mentions to: Ronaldo (obviously a great but got even better when he left). Gilberto Silva Yaya Toure Ivanovic Juninho Zola Van der Sar Van Nisteelrooy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 (edited) Henry, he played his best football here unlike Ronaldo. Paul McGrath was born in the famous Irish city of London. He clearly considers himself Irish, speaks with an Irish accent and retired to Ireland once he stopped playing but his birth certificate does say he was born in England. Cantona is overrated. Important to the league in it's early years but I don't think he even gets on the bench of a Man Utd side from the Premier League era, he certainly doesn't make one when choosing from all clubs. Edited April 18, 2020 by The_Rev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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