All-time Blades XI

[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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[HeCanDoMagic]

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

- - - - - - - Jagielka - McGrath - Cahill - - - - - - - -

Walker - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - Quinn

- - - - - -Brown - - Cowans - - Whitehouse - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - Deane - - - - - Agana - - - - - - - - - -

Subs: Tracey, Borbokis, Beattie, McCall, Booker, Hutchinson, Naughton.

 

[Grecian2000]

Hodgkinson

Badger
Hemsley
Shaw (J)
Colquhoun

Woodward
Currie
Sabella
Brown

Edwards
Dearden

Kelly, Walker, Jagielka, Arnott, Morris, Deane, Agana

We'd not win much of the ball but we'd be fucking amazing once we'd got it!

 

[boo radley]

I like the Tommy Cooper impersonator. Tell me did he do much magic.

 

[metty]

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Same as Grecian2000 but swap Sabella for Hockey then we wouldn't have to worry about winning the ball.

 

[jockdodds]

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​

 

[Mustela Putorius Furo]

As i can't separate some players in my memories and using the excuse that the game was different 40 years ago when i started watching, I decided to conduct a genetic experiment in my laboratories here at Villa Musteloid.... here's the result:

I hope this isn't cheating... one or two out of position(s)... and if I lose the formula, there'll be a challenge to separate them... though I'm sure Silent will know the ingredients.

Hodgkinselly

Bobordger
EddyColquhoun
McGralka
Powemsley

Whiteward
Hockowans
Curribella
Reecalmons

Deanarden
Agadwards

 

[Aston max]

Hodgkinson

Badger
Hemsley
Shaw (J)
Colquhoun

Woodward
Currie
Sabella
Brown

Edwards
Dearden

Kelly, Walker, Jagielka, Arnott, Morris, Deane, Agana

We'd not win much of the ball but we'd be fucking amazing once we'd got it!

just put Trevor hockey in then

 

[Karaoke Blade]

Kelly
Badger - Hemsley
Cowans - Colquhoun - Hockey
Woodward - Salmons - Currie - Whitehouse
Deane

 

[Mad Mick]

Hodgey
Badger, Colquhoun, J shaw, Hemsley
Currie, Hockey
Jones, Woody, Dean, Sabella

 

[itsinyerblood]

Strange how Alan Birchenall seems to have gone unnoticed. He and Jones were excellent together.

 

[travellingblade]

Hodgkinson
Badger Shaw (J) Colquhoun Hemsley

Woodward Currie Brown Reece

Edwards Jones (M)

 

[travellingblade]

Strange how Alan Birchenall seems to have gone unnoticed. He and Jones were excellent together.

I almost put in the Tank, but he didn't score enough goals, so I went for Edwards

 

[FTPE]

I'm embarrassed to put mine having only seen the blades from the 90s onwards.
When people stopped putting borbokis in their team I knew I'd missed 100% of our best players playing

 

[borbokis]

Kelly in goal no doubt
left wing back quinn
right wing back borbokis
centre backs jags, holdsworth, murphy
centre mid brown, mcall, Devlin
up front Deane, agana

not sure about Devlin as he was more of a winger but couldn't think of anyone else

EDIT just been reading the heroes thread, can't believe I forgot about Dane Whitehouse Devlin can fuck right off, Dane for me, also Fjortoft in for agana

 

[Silent Blade]

Strange how Alan Birchenall seems to have gone unnoticed. He and Jones were excellent together.

My dad said he was upset we sold Jones for 100K but was pleased with the 100K we got for Birchenall

 

[Silent Blade]

1970 to present (has to play 100 league matches for Blades


Tracey

Jagielka
Colquhoun
Stancliffe

Brown
TC
Salmons
Whitehouse

Woodward
Edwards
Deane

 

[itsinyerblood]

My dad said he was upset we sold Jones for 100K but was pleased with the 100K we got for Birchenall

I saw them play many times together, and like many such partnerships it was a case of opposites attract. Although different, Keegan and Toshack also formed a formidable pairing. Sometimes things just work, there's no obvious explanation for it's success, but there's a chemistry between certain players that just clicks, and when that happens the benefactor is the club and it's supporters.

 

[Lord Bos of Eckington.]

Hodgkinson

Badger
Hemsley
Shaw (J)
Colquhoun

Woodward
Currie
Sabella
Brown

Edwards
Dearden

Kelly, Walker, Jagielka, Arnott, Morris, Deane, Agana

We'd not win much of the ball but we'd be fucking amazing once we'd got it!

Grecian , good shout . Kevin Arnott - wonder what he is doing now.

Always Dave Powell , Willie Carlin and Trevor Hockey to fit in.

UTB

 

[Lord Bos of Eckington.]

I saw them play many times together, and like many such partnerships it was a case of opposites attract. Although different, Keegan and Toshack also formed a formidable pairing. Sometimes things just work, there's no obvious explanation for it's success, but there's a chemistry between certain players that just clicks, and when that happens the benefactor is the club and it's supporters.

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

UTB

 

[DanOundogg]

Tracy

Borbokis
Morgan
Jagielka
Naughton

Whitehouse
Brown
Ndluvd

Kachura

Beattie
Deane

 

[Lane Ender]

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

 

[Mustela Putorius Furo]

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

What about Peter Dornan?.... the next George Best , you know....

 

[brownie4583]

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.

 

[Blade82]

From what I've seen in my lifetime

Kelly
borbokis - jags - McGrath - Morgan - Quinn

- brown - whitehouse - speed

Deane - hodges

 

[Lane Ender]

What about Peter Dornan?.... the next George Best , you know....

Yep he qualifies played a game

 

[AnonymousBlade1995]

Kenny
Naughton
Jagielka
Morgan
Geary (can't remember if he primarily played LB or RB)

Gillespie
Speed
Brown
Quinn

Beattie
Hulse

 

[Russ]

1 Alan K
2 Vas
3 Roger
4 Bob
5 Chris
6 Phil
7 Colin
8 Glynn
9 Keith
10 Brian
11 Dane

12 Beattie
13 Tracey
14 Walker
15 Speed
16 Agana

 

[DI36O]

Can we have Naughton at left back? He played a fair few games there didn't he?

'93 onwards
--------------------------------Kelly
---------------Jagielka---McGrath---Holdsworth------------
Borbokis-------------------------------------------------Naughton
-------------------Brown---McCall---Whitehouse------------
---------------------------Deane---Beattie------------------------

Spine of the team is easy:
Kelly, Deane and Jags are no contest
McGrath and McCall were the best I've seen and most experienced in their positions
Beattie doesn't feel like a top 10 outfield player but no one better up front beyond Deano really
Brown seems worth the position for central midfield

But then while Whitehouse seems nailed on with his default position as wide left, it causes a problem when for me the standout right sided defender is Borbokis, himself far better as a wing back. There's no great left back anyway, so I'm sticking Naughton in there who was quite forward thinking. Tucking Whitehouse into a middle three and using wingbacks means no right winger, but the flip side is I get to throw Holdsworth, who I really liked, into central defence.

 

[Punk Blade]

Kelly
Jagielka Morgan Holdsworth
Walker---------------------------Whitehouse
Brown Speed Hodges
Ndlovu
Deane​