03 Jun 2015 16:54:39
Hi Ed001
What is yor best ever Liverpool XI?
Any formation you like, players from any era etc
I know you normally would not do something like this but, anything to take us away from the constant Rodgers posts!!
keep up the good work!
{Ed001's Note - it is a nice change!
Clemence.
Back four of Jones (though Nicol runs him close!), Smith, Hansen, Staunton.
Midfield of Callaghan, Souness, Alonso, Barnes.
Strikers have to be Fowler and Dalglish.
That was hard leaving out so many great players.}
03 Jun 2015 17:14:56
Clemence.
Babble (although Finnan runs him close).
Hansen
Carragher.
Nicol.
Barnes.
Souness.
Gerrard.
Fowler.
Rush.
Torres or Suarez.
Still a tough shout leaving so many others out.
03 Jun 2015 17:29:04
Gerrard the best player we've ever had ,could do everything he's a must first name on team sheet
{Ed001's Note - sorry but he was not the best player ever, he was not even the best midfielder we have ever had and he could not defend nor would he play on the right because he thought he was too good to play there.}
03 Jun 2015 17:30:43
Cant believe you left out Super Stevie Nicol, he was so good any position you played him in would have looked like his natural position! Keegan instead of Fowler for me as well although that's a bit of a controversial one!
03 Jun 2015 17:51:31
I know you like Finnan a lot so I imagine it was hard leaving him out!
{Ed001's Note - and Babbel, but Jones was just that good.}
03 Jun 2015 18:02:41
Let's not argue over a Best XI too, haha.
If you'll indulge me :
Clemence
Neal Hughes Hansen Nicol
Gerrard McDermott Souness Barnes
Dalglish Keegan
I feel better already. Who's manager though, haha ?
{Ed001's Note - Paisley.}
03 Jun 2015 18:12:45
Clemence
Nicol
Hansen
Hyypia
Kennedy
McManaman
Souness
McMahon
Barnes
Dalglish
Rush
this for me would be my best as think it adds aerial prowess and proper steel in midfield.
{Ed001's Note - steel and you put in McManaman?}
03 Jun 2015 18:20:00
Shankly for me ed, with the old Boot Room behind.
Brendan could make the teas for about ten years and learn some proper football !
{Ed001's Note - Paisley learnt from Shanks to take it on a whole new level, that is why I would go for him. He was ruthless while Shanks was too loyal.}
03 Jun 2015 18:28:34
Clemence
Neal carragher hansen nichol
McDermott souness Barnes
rush Dalglish liddell
Paisley is the boss of
03 Jun 2015 18:46:19
Ray Clenence
Steve Nicol
Emlyn Hughes
Alan Hansen
Alan Kennedy
Jan Molby
Graeme Souness
Ronnie Whelan
John Barnes
Kenny Dalglish
Ian Rush
Subs
John Aldridge
Peter Beardsley
Ray Kennedy
Mark Lawrenson
Rob Jones
Steve Gerrard
Bruce Grobelaar (hard leaving out God).
03 Jun 2015 19:37:08
Im not even going to try! :-)
03 Jun 2015 19:48:23
From my years following since late 80s
Grobbelaar
Jones
Hyppia
Carragher
Bjornebye
Alonso
Hamann
Barnes
McManaman
Fowler
Rush
03 Jun 2015 19:55:54
Very interesting a lot of u leave out Gerrard.
03 Jun 2015 20:09:57
I started following football in 96 so will only pick players I've seen. I'm going for 4-2-3-1
Reina
Finnan Caragher Hyppia Riise
Alonso Mascherano
Mcmanaman Gerrard Suarez
Torres
03 Jun 2015 21:09:06
Clemence
Neal
Hansen
Carra
Emlyn
Mcmanaman
Souness
Gerrard
Barnes
Dalglish
Suarez
Ah it's way too hard, I'm still not happy, few beers and I'll be arguing with myself!
03 Jun 2015 21:29:12
Grobelaar
Nicol Hyypia Hansen Riise
Houghton Souness Molby Barnes
Fowler Dalglish
03 Jun 2015 21:48:44
Clemence
Nicol carra Hanson Staunton
Alonso
Souness. Mcdermot
Dalglish
Fowler. Rush
Subs
Barnes, reina,whelan, suarez, hyppia, smith
Manager
Paisley
03 Jun 2015 22:06:37
Clemence
Neal Hansen Hyypia Kennedy
McDermott Souness Gerrard
Dalglish Fowler Suarez
03 Jun 2015 22:35:34
I think it is universally recognised that Gerrard is either the best player to have ever put on a Liverpool shirt, or the second behind Dagleish. Yet lots of you don't even put him in your best ever team. Just proves to me that you know nothing about football
{Ed001's Note - or that we disagree with what is just an opinion by some people that don't even know who Billy Liddell is, who many would still argue was the greatest player ever to play for Liverpool. You need to remove your head from your anus and grow up. Gerrard is not universally recognised as the best, some people think he is, some don't, but then most of us aren't getting our points of view from tabloid papers, where you clearly get all your information from.}
03 Jun 2015 22:46:07
Doesn't matter what era you have watched LFC - the midfield of Case, Souness, McDermott and Ray Kennedy will never be bettered as a unit.
Chris Lawler the best right full back I have ever seen, a central defence of Hansen and Lawrenson, Clemence by far the best keeper we have had.
And as for up front - Owen has a better goals per game ratio than Fowler and Rush, but can't be included, Roger Hunt for me is the best inside right we have had, and although he wasn't here long Saurez has to be included, so where do I put the best player I have seen in a red shirt - King Kenny.
It's all subjective, but comparing like for like, my team would be:-
Clemence
Lawler ( or Neal )
Hansen
Lawrenson ( or Stevenson )
Alan Kennedy ( or Moran )
Gerrard ( in place of Case )
Souness
McDermott
Ray Kennedy
Dalglish ( possibly Hunt, Fowler, Rush or Owen )
Saurez
Subs - as above plus John Barnes.
Seen great players, and great teams - impossible job.
I've left out some of my all time favourites - Ian St John, Ian Callaghan, Sami Hyppia, Gerry Byrne, Tommy Smith, Emlyn Hughes - the list of great players I have been lucky to watch over the last 50 years.
And we now have a manager who, in my opinion, should not be called a coach or a manager - we are doomed to be a mid ( or lower ) table side as long as he stays in charge
03 Jun 2015 23:05:24
No eds, I don't get my points of view from tabloid newspapers, as my name suggests I have been a true supporter since my first visit to Anfield when Swansea Town as they were then won 2-1 in the quarter final of the FA cup in 1964. Ronnie Moran missed a penalty to force a replay and Noel Dwyer the Swansea keeper had the game of his life. Since then I have seen most of the greats play for Liverpool. I took an under 12's team to Anfield to watch us beat Oxford 6-0 and I thought that the partnership between Rush and Dagleish was nothing short of telepathic. But i stand by what I say Gerrard is the best player to put on a Liverpool shirt
{Ed001's Note - in your opinion. But that is not mine. He is not even half the player Souness was, he has no defensive awareness at all. His best position was the one he refused to play for Liverpool yet said he was happy to play there or anywhere for England. If he had stayed there, as Rafa wanted him to, he would have been in the argument to be the greatest ever, as it is, he was too prone to errors leading to goals that should never have been if he had been awake defensively. Too many lazy back passes without looking.}
04 Jun 2015 10:00:34
thoroughly agree which is why Gerrard was not in my side
and btw when I meant steel in midfield I meant central, agree about McManaman shout - saw him tackle once and went straight to Specsavers to get my eye test done!!
Mcmahon and Souness both had defensive awareness - look at how many goals we didn't concede with those in the side, this wasn't purely down to 2x centre halves and a GK it was their awareness of what was going on around them.
know of an ex-player who quite openly states hated playing with SG as he had literally no defensive awareness and simply didn't try to address it.
unfortunately for me - SG stands out recently because of a lack of quality around him, players in the late 70s and 80s for LFC don't get the same recognition and adulation but won far more.