All-time Blades XI

[Mad Mick]

Jones and Birchenall were class . Two brilliant players who were sold too soon . Did we used to nickname Birchenall - Sherman

UTB

Yes his nickname was Sherman.
After the tank.

 

[Silent Blade]

Jones and Birchenall were class . Two brilliant players who were sold too soon . Did we used to nickname Birchenall - Sherman

UTB

His autobiography is still the best I have read for someone who has a Blades connection

 

[Deleted member 875]

Tracey
Borbokis Jagielka Holdsworth Nilsen
Ndlovu Brown McCall Whitehouse
Evans Deane

 

[Bladesway]

Alan Kelly

Kyle Naughton
Phil Jagielka
Chris Morgan
Kyle Walker

Michael Brown
Mark Patterson
Dane Whitehouse
David White

Brian Deane
Tony Agana

Subs-
Tracey,Edwards,Kenworthy,Cowans,Carr,Fjortoft,Beattie.

David White? Are you serious?

 

[brownie4583]

David White? Are you serious?

Yeah liked him although he was past his best when coming to us

 

[Bladesway]

Kelly

Vas
Jags
McGrath
Nilson

Hodges
Cockerill
Brown
Colin Morris

Deane
Edwards

J Beattie
Agana
Whitehouse
Holdsworth
Tracey

 

[Bladesway]

Yeah liked him although he was past his best when coming to us

Fair play and goes to show how different opinions can be. I thought he was utterly woeful.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Richardson
Moore Faukner Mcfail. Hill
Mcgeady Gannon Calvert. Flood
Verde. Brown

Disappointing in midfield. Paul Richardson for Gannon surely?

 

[brownie4583]

Fair play and goes to show how different opinions can be. I thought he was utterly woeful.

I would have Ndlovu and Carr on the bench in case he was woeful

 

[super_pig]

kelly
kyleN mcgrath eddieC nilsen
woody lordBrown TC Dane
deano edwards

 

[Rufus Smalls]

Disappointing in midfield. Paul Richardson for Gannon surely?

And Dennis Longhorn to come on as a fresh pair of legs !

 

[Cyprus Blade]

My all time faves - not even room for Keith Kettleborough sadly

 

[mattbianco1]

I realise this has probably been done a thousand times before but.

Who is your all-time blades XI?

RULE (only 1) - you must have seen them play in a blades shirt. Therefore TC can't be in mine as i'm only lickle (31)

Mine would be (hope the formatting works):

In Goal: ALAN KELLY

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Thread bump..

Billy Sharp is nearering a place and Mark Duffy is threatening Ndlovu's place.

 

[BanbridgeBlade]

Thread bump..

Billy Sharp is nearering a place and Mark Duffy is threatening Ndlovu's place.

Fleck over McCall??

 

[Blade_In_Sydney]

Having watched United since the early 1960s, I'd hazard a guess, if Brooks is still playing for the boys in five years time, he would be in the all-time XI.

Just an opinion.

 

[Groucho Blade]

—————————Kelly
———- Jagielka—-Colquhoun—O’Connell
Walker——————————————-Armstrong
—————Coutts————Fleck
—————————Currie
—————-Deane————Edwards

Subs
Rees
Morgan
Hockey
Brown
Woodward
Agana
Sharp

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Moore
Carter-Vickers
Wright
O'Connell
Stevens
Basham
Coutts
Fleck
Duffy
Sharp
Clarke

 

[1danewhitehouse]

--------------------------Kelly

Borbokis------McGrath---Jagielka-----Nilsen

Devlin----------Brown------Hodges-----Whitehouse

-------------------Agana*-----Deane

* No more than a gnats bollock between Agana, Fjortoft, Blake, Beattie (first time), Bent (first time), Evans (2011-12) but I'm giving Agana the nod because of the chemistry with the other striker named who is obviously a shoe in.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Just Re-reading this thread and a bit disappointed to see nobody opting for McAllister as keeper. Pre-Marsh (twat) he was looking like becoming one of the best. Also a shout for Geoff Salmons, would figure in my best ever in a Blades shirt.

 

[bonobo]

Kelly
Gage Morgan (although the heart says Stancliffe) Jagielka Whitehouse
Bryson Brown Gannon Beagrie
Deane Hodges

 

[mattbianco1]

Fleck over McCall??

I did think that to be honest

 

[coaxingstar71]

1. Alan Kelly

2. Phil Jagielka
3. David Unsworth
4. Tony Kenworthy
5. Jack O'Connell

6. Glenn Cockerill
7. Carl Bradshaw
8. Michael Brown
11. Dane Whitehouse

9. Keith Edwards
10. Brian Deane

Some might be surprised at my inclusion of Unsworth, but I saw him a number of times and thought he was very good and very influential in that promotion season. Kenworthy was my favourite player. Picked Bradders just for the joy of watching him play against Psycho Pearce. Cockerill was the most energetic midfielder I've ever seen. Edwards was best finisher and I reckon him and Deane would be ideally suited.

So many others though; Colin Morris, Borbokis, Agana, Holdsworth, Bryson, Fleck, Coutts, Duffy, Sharp

 

[mattbianco1]

Moore
Carter-Vickers
Wright
O'Connell
Stevens
Basham
Coutts
Fleck
Duffy
Sharp
Clarke

Nah, I don't think Clarke has goals in him mate.

 

[snootyfenooty]

Said this before but you bolt Harris' 60s 2-6 together with his 70's 7-11. The goalie covers both eras. Thus:

Hodgy, Coldwell, Shaw G, Richardson, Shaw J, Summers, Woody, Salmons, Dearden, TC, Reece.

There's been better players in individual positions but you'd ruin the integrity of the team. That combination would give anyone a game.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

1. McAllister
2. Badger
3. Hemsley
4. Jagielka
5. Colquhoun
6. Hockey
7. Woodward
8. Edwards
9. Deane
10. Currie
11. Salmons

Easier than I thought. Only issue I had was leaving out Dane Whitehouse, didn’t seem right but I couldn't leave out Salmons.

 

[Classof85]

Kelly

Borbokis
Holdworth
McGrath
Morgan
Quinn

Fleck
Coutts
Whitehouse

Beattie
Deane

 

[ucandomagic]

Team picked to fit 3-5-2 so powerful athletic wide CB’s, comfortable on the ball

McAllister
Maguire Colquhoun O’Connell
Walker McCall Fleck. Salmons
Currie
Deane Edwards

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

As I'm old enough and fortunate enough to have seen Jimmy Hagan and Joe Shaw, here is my offering;

Alan Hodgkinson

Len Badger Phil Jagielka Joe Shaw Graham Shaw

Alan Woodward Tony Currie Jimmy Hagan Dane Whitehouse

Keith Edwards Brian Deane​

Very close to mine, but which includes probably the Blades most forgotten hero Colin Grainger, a brilliant, strong goal scoring winger who is the only English player to have ever scored two goals against Brazil in a game which I was fortunate enough to watch.

I'm lining up 4 -1-2-3 , a format that brought great success to Chelsea a few years ago and the players are

Alan Kelly

Len Badger. Joe Shaw. John Flynn Graham Shaw

Trevor Hockey

Jimmy Hagan. Tony Currie

Alan Woodward. Brian Deane. Colin Grainger

Assuming all were at the peak of their careers, that team would wipe the floor with most , if not all of today's Premiership teams and their so called superstars

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Very close to mine, but which includes probably the Blades most forgotten hero Colin Grainger, a brilliant, strong goal scoring winger who is the only English player to have ever scored two goals against Brazil in a game which I was fortunate enough to watch.

I'm lining up 4 -1-2-3 , a format that brought great success to Chelsea a few years ago and the players are

Alan Kelly

Len Badger. Joe Shaw. John Flynn Graham Shaw

Trevor Hockey

Jimmy Hagan. Tony Currie

Alan Woodward. Brian Deane. Colin Grainger

Assuming all were at the peak of their careers, that team would wipe the floor with most , if not all of today's Premiership teams and their so called superstars

I'm related to Colin Grainger.

 

[ReeceofBDTBL]

I realise this has probably been done a thousand times before but.

Who is your all-time blades XI?

RULE (only 1) - you must have seen them play in a blades shirt. Therefore TC can't be in mine as i'm only lickle (31)

Mine would be (hope the formatting works):

In Goal: ALAN KELLY

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Kelly

Walker. Jagielka Maguire. O'Connell. Stevens

Coutts. Fleck. Brown
Brooks
Evans (2012)