The Ultimate City Squad

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If you could pick any player who has worn the famous sky blue shirt from across all eras since MCFC was formed in 1894 whose name would be first on your team sheet?

When City fans received their Cityzen's membership pack's for the 2016/17 season one of the items included was a booklet detailing just such a squad. Developed by a panel of City fans familiar with all eras of the Club the forward from City legend Mike Summerbee stated:-

"They've taken into account the period, the league standard and the success of each team they played in as well as the trophies they won"

The results are outlined below: -
(appearance and goal stats correct as at 15 June 2016)

Goalkeepers

Joe Hart - 2006-present. Appearances 347
Bert Trautman - 1949-1964. Appearances 545
Joe Corrigan - 1967-1983. Appearances 592

Fullbacks

Tony Book - 1966-1974. Appearances 309. Goals 5
Gael Clichy - 2011-present. Appearances 164. Goals 1
Pablo Zabaleta - 2008-present. Appearances 301. Goals 9
Glyn Pardoe - 1962-1976. Appearances 380. Goals 22

Centre Backs

Vincent Kompany - 2008-present. Appearances 289. Goals 14
Dave Watson - 1975-1979. Appearances 185. Goals 6
Mike Doyle - 1962-1978. Appearances 558. Goals 40
Roy Paul - 1950-1957. Appearances 293. Goals 9
Richard Dunne - 2000-2009. Appearances 352. Goals 7

Midfielders

David Silva - 2010-present. Appearances 261. Goals 41
Colin Bell - 1966-1979. Appearances 492. Goals 152
Yaya Toure - 2010-present. Appearances 267. Goals 72
Alan Oakes - 1958-1976. Appearances 669. Goals 34
Nigel De Jong - 2009-2012. Appearances 137. Goals 2
Kevin De Bruyne - 2015-present. Appearances 41. Goals 16
Gio Kinkladze - 1995-1998. Appearances 119. Goals 22
Paul Lake - 1986-1996. Appearances 129. Goals 10
Samir Nasri - 2011-present. Appearances 170. Goals 26

Wingers

Mike Sumerbee - 1965-1975. Appearances 443. Goals 67
Shaun Wright-Phillips - 1998-2005 & 2008-2011. Appearances 275. Goals 47
Billy Meredith - 1894-1905 & 1921-1924. Appearances 394. Goals 135

Forwards

Neil Young - 1961-1972. Appearances 407. Goals 106
Carlos Tevez - 2009-2013. Appearances 148. Goals 73
Francis Lee - 1967-1974. Appearances 330. Goals 148
Sergio Aguero - 2011-present. Appearances 208. Goals 136
Dennis Tueart - 1974-1978 & 1980-1983. Appearances 269. Goals 107
Shaun Goater - 1996-2003. Appearances 212. Goals 103

What do you think of their selection? Who do you think they have overlooked?

Who would YOU pick to be part of your ultimate Manchester City FC squad of 30 players?

Give us your views on VMC.
 
Good call. Who would you drop for Eric Brook? Dennis Tueart perhaps?

One thought of mine was maybe Peter Barnes would be a decent shout as one of the wingers?
 
I can only go off what I've read and clips of highlights I've seen anytime before the late 80s so I'm finding it difficult to answer that Skoorb.

But the obvious one for me, and I realise this may be seen as blasphemous, is The Goat.
 
Bert Trautman

Tony Book Vinnie Kompany Dave Watson Glynn Pardoe

Colin Bell, David Silva, Yaya Toure, Billy Meredith

Sergio Aguero Francis Lee

Berti:- Corrigan, Zabaleta, Doyle, Lake , Kinkadze, Tevez, De Bruyne.


4132 - but I have left out some really great players, I agree on the Eric Brook, but I wish the stats would have included assists.
 
Like your team Buzz, but I would change Lee for Neil Young, Kun and One pen are the same players from different times.
 
Buzz Lightyear - 9/11/2016 10:03

Bert Trautman

Tony Book Vinnie Kompany Dave Watson Glynn Pardoe

Colin Bell, David Silva, Yaya Toure, Billy Meredith

Sergio Aguero Francis Lee

Berti:- Corrigan, Zabaleta, Doyle, Lake , Kinkadze, Tevez, De Bruyne.


4132 - but I have left out some really great players, I agree on the Eric Brook, but I wish the stats would have included assists.
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I knew you were old Buzz :008: but didn't think you were old enough to remember Billy Meredith
 
Purely from hearing about them, but surprised no mention made of Swift, Cowan, and Doherty from the 1930s side that won the Cup and League.
 
Peter Doherty good call

In his autobiography, Len Shackleton wrote of Doherty:

"Peter Doherty was surely the genius among geniuses. Possessor of the most baffling body swerve in football, able to perform all the tricks with the ball, owning a shot like the kick of a mule, and, with all this, having such tremendous enthusiasm for the game that he would work like a horse for ninety minutes. That was pipe-smoking Peter Doherty, the Irish redhead who, I am convinced, had enough football skill to stroll through a game smoking that pipe-and still make the other twenty-one players appear second-raters. But of course Peter never strolled through anything. His energy had to be seen to be appreciated."
 
Bluedub - 9/11/2016 09:48

I can only go off what I've read and clips of highlights I've seen anytime before the late 80s so I'm finding it difficult to answer that Skoorb.

But the obvious one for me, and I realise this may be seen as blasphemous, is The Goat.
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Get thee behind me Satan :103:

Seriously, that's fair enough but he will always remain one of my favourite City forwards. I always loved the way he gambled and chased down lost causes. One of my favourite moments had it's anniversary only this week - his first goal during the final derby at Maine Road when he hunted down Gary Neville as a wayward pass ball drifted towards the byline, dispossessed him and slotted the ball past Barthez. One of those moments when I will always remember where I was (given how long it been since we had won a derby)
 
I think that was the goats 100 past Bartez for his second another great day when we shoved it up em!

I still, think Weikens was fouled when Stretford scored their only goal

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On derby day the scores were level,
then The Goat was fed by neville,
silly boy should know for sure,
feed the goat and he will score!
 
Four players pre 1960 - and people have the **cking nerve to say we have no history.

What about the Don, and no I don't mean Trump I mean Revie, a revolutionary on the pitch and a twat off it.

And in over a hundred years is Gael Clichy really the second best player to ever to pull on a sky/lazer blue number 3 jersey?

 
Not we had better, Bobby MacDonald and Willie Donachie, Arthur Mann, Dave Bacuzzi, Vic Gomersall, the majority popped in more goals than GC
 
Perhaps more of a tipping of a hat towards the current generation - couldn't fill too many slots with 'Defenders of the Past' or it might just underline how weak our current defence currently is.

I'd probably have gone for either Donachie or Pardoe - both were regulars in my subbuteo team. Pardoe would have played more but for me kneeling on him and causing a horrible leg injury.

Subbuteo players were never the same after they got injured. All the extra glue holding them together sort of unbalanced them.
 
My top striker in subutteo was just a base, the figure broke off and went missing so just played with the base up front, he had a habit of ghosting past defenders unseen. Lethal he was.
 
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