Best Spurs sixteen
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Pompey Yid
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Haha Timbo, bored eh! you really have started something here.
Now let me have a think, layout/setting up of the side is very important so has to be taken into context.
I will get back to you.
Pompey Yid
Vital Champions League
Here's one for you, though mine even had me arguing with myself, what about lol!
4-3-3
Jennings
Beal...England...Perryman...Essou-Ekotto
Blanchflower...Mackay...Hoddle
Jones...Kane...Greaves
Subs...Clemence, Klinsmann, Modric, Ardilles, Gascoigne
4-3-3
Jennings
Beal...England...Perryman...Essou-Ekotto
Blanchflower...Mackay...Hoddle
Jones...Kane...Greaves
Subs...Clemence, Klinsmann, Modric, Ardilles, Gascoigne
I can't argue with that, Pompey. I loved Beal as a left half. For modern day I wasn't sure about his pace but he was Bobby Moore esque in his positional play and distribution. Not very tall though. I never saw Blanchflower and Mackay was transferred to Derby around the time I started going. I know Greavsie says he was the pick of the bunch.
Glad you put King in there , mate . ! Not so sure about Judas though ! I wouldn’t ever put him back into one of our teams , no matter how good he was .
Even Jennings came back to the right side . ! Ha ha .
There is a lot of thinking to be done here , Chivers , Gilzean , White , Knowles , VDV , Berba , Gascoine , Jones , Venables , Conn , Hazard , Ossie , Lineaker , Thorsvedt ...with all the above posts , not an easy job .
Pompey Yid
Vital Champions League
RD you just proved how difficult it is to name a team/squad out of all the brilliant players a lot of us oldies have seen/witnessed play.
I must admit I would swap my Perryman for King, how the eff did I forget him, doh!
As for Judas, never in a million years would I name him.
SmithAndJones
Vital 1st Team Regular
How about the double side of 60/61, or don't they count because they won the league, plus Greaves, Hoddle, vintage Bale, Gascoigne and Ardilles. We've had plenty of world class midfielders and attackers over the years, not so many defenders.
muttley
Alert Team
How could Harry play 4-4-2 with that lot? :-)
Pompey Yid
Vital Champions League
Hahaha! trust you muttley.
Real Deal
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I did debate that scum bag. Must admit the more I think about it I can't have him in the team.
Thanks for the wake up call.
Real Deal
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Before my time mate. I'm a 80s kid.
Real Deal
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He would just say " run around a bit".
muttley
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In our lifetimes, we've seen so few great centre-halves at Spurs. For me, Mabbsy was the first I remember. Then Gough came and went and Razor organised us for a short while as well. After that it was Judas leading up to King taking over, with cameos from Naybet and Woodgate. We've now seen Vertonghen leave and Toby hanging on. The cupboard is bare again.
Gary Onedaysoon
*Prediction Champion 20/21 & 21/22*
I'm old enough to remember Mike England in the late 60s and early 70s. It's difficult to compare across eras but he was up there with the best in my mind.
muttley
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There was me thinking you were young enough to be named after Gary Mabbutt :-)
Greavswasthegreatest
Vital Football Legend
This is mission impossible ....
SmithAndJones
Vital 1st Team Regular
Agree, it really is a virtually impossible task to select a best Spurs eleven across five or six decades, but I think that Mike England would be pretty close to being in my team. More recently (only 40 years or so ago) Graham Roberts was a real leader who hasn't had much of a mention.
