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BringBack_leGin said:
Lloris
Woodgate Dawson Vertonghen
Lucas _____ King Dembele _____ Ekotto
Bale _____ Kane _____ Ginola
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  • Lloris has been the longest serving keeper in my Spurs supporting lifetime and by far the best, and has easily been good enough for far more successful clubs.​
  • Woodgate gave me the best memory I have of Spurs.​
  • Dawson loved us and put his body totally on the line for us with no shortage of characters usually making up for perhaps lesser ability.​
  • Vertonghen was a pleasure to watch, made defending beautiful, but also showed no end of passion and commitment to the club. The best Belgian centre back of the two in my opinion.​
  • Lucas ends up at RWB to avoid sticking Bale there or putting a slow centre back at RB in a bank 4, but he gets in by virtue of pulling off the most seemingly impossible feat I’ve witnessed and getting me to by far the biggest match of my lifetime. All been downhill since the 95th in Amsterdam for this club.​
  • King is probably the player I both identify with most here and also by far the best. Aside from his first few matches and last season at the club, even though he was broken, a truly world class footballer who was way too good for us for the entire time he was here. Only gets in midfield because I prefer him and all the centre backs to any central midfielder we’ve had.​
  • Dembele as he was a one man midfield for so long, and when he did have a competent partner it felt like we had 12 men. Also really took pride in representing us and our decline can almost be intrinsically linked to his body finally giving up.​
  • Ekotto because fuck me he was fun to watch, and though there was the odd brain fart I never actually felt uncomfortable with him on the ball. Really clever player too and, despite his ambivalence towards what modern professional football has become, he was still a huge personality,​
  • Ginola because but for him the entirety of the Graham era would’ve had me giving up on this club before I really got started. Magical footballers who played for the fans and deserved better than he was given.​
  • Bale because fuck me nobody can match him for getting you out of your seat with his outrageous feats of skill, pace, power and unpredictability, often all in one go.​
  • Kane because, even with last summers tomfoolery, is the player who fought the hardest to become top class, was proving the most people wrong and has given us the most consistent top class service of any player since Hoddle. Eriksen the one player who has a hat in that last ring, but I was telling people about Kane from long before he left our kids sides and I was preaching his future greatness to all who would listen after he’d made those initial appearances under Sherwood while others were overly fixated with his body, not his brain,​
Honourable mentions; Lennon, Anderton, Mabbutt, Klinsmann, Keane and Defoe.

Sheringham had talked his way out of my affections over the years.
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Bit of a centre back fan I see.
 
BringBack_leGin said:
Lloris
Woodgate Dawson Vertonghen
Lucas _____ King Dembele _____ Ekotto
Bale _____ Kane _____ Ginola
​
  • Lloris has been the longest serving keeper in my Spurs supporting lifetime and by far the best, and has easily been good enough for far more successful clubs.​
  • Woodgate gave me the best memory I have of Spurs.​
  • Dawson loved us and put his body totally on the line for us with no shortage of characters usually making up for perhaps lesser ability.​
  • Vertonghen was a pleasure to watch, made defending beautiful, but also showed no end of passion and commitment to the club. The best Belgian centre back of the two in my opinion.​
  • Lucas ends up at RWB to avoid sticking Bale there or putting a slow centre back at RB in a bank 4, but he gets in by virtue of pulling off the most seemingly impossible feat I’ve witnessed and getting me to by far the biggest match of my lifetime. All been downhill since the 95th in Amsterdam for this club.​
  • King is probably the player I both identify with most here and also by far the best. Aside from his first few matches and last season at the club, even though he was broken, a truly world class footballer who was way too good for us for the entire time he was here. Only gets in midfield because I prefer him and all the centre backs to any central midfielder we’ve had.​
  • Dembele as he was a one man midfield for so long, and when he did have a competent partner it felt like we had 12 men. Also really took pride in representing us and our decline can almost be intrinsically linked to his body finally giving up.​
  • Ekotto because fuck me he was fun to watch, and though there was the odd brain fart I never actually felt uncomfortable with him on the ball. Really clever player too and, despite his ambivalence towards what modern professional football has become, he was still a huge personality,​
  • Ginola because but for him the entirety of the Graham era would’ve had me giving up on this club before I really got started. Magical footballers who played for the fans and deserved better than he was given.​
  • Bale because fuck me nobody can match him for getting you out of your seat with his outrageous feats of skill, pace, power and unpredictability, often all in one go.​
  • Kane because, even with last summers tomfoolery, is the player who fought the hardest to become top class, was proving the most people wrong and has given us the most consistent top class service of any player since Hoddle. Eriksen the one player who has a hat in that last ring, but I was telling people about Kane from long before he left our kids sides and I was preaching his future greatness to all who would listen after he’d made those initial appearances under Sherwood while others were overly fixated with his body, not his brain,​
Honourable mentions; Lennon, Anderton, Mabbutt, Klinsmann, Son, Keane and Defoe.

Sheringham had talked his way out of my affections over the years.
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Yeah ditto on the Sheringham stuff man's a nasty tool
 
CSWY said:
11 players I’ve loved watching…

Lloris
Jan
Dawson
Toby
Mabbutt
Bale
Gazza
Modric
Dembele
Sonny
Kane

Can’t figure out a system but maybe a 3-1-4-2 that will no doubt confuse everyone - including the players.

:contehandshead:
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Good idea!
11 I've liked from the last few years... not best ever, but some good picks!

LLoris

Walker Toby Jan Benoit

Dembele

Lennon Van Der Vaart Eriksen Bale

Defoe
 
deadleyledley said:
Most fun 11 to watch, cult heroes

Mixture of oozing class, and total randomness and electrifying energy

Gomes
King Verts Atouba
Lennon Sandro Freund Davids Ginola
Kanoute Bale

Wish we had those 3 CMs in our squad now. Show some of them what having a spine really means.

Never forget Davids confronting Parlour a couple of games after signing for us. I was pinching myself that the pitbull was playing for us. Him and his orange goggles.
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How did I not put King and Gomes in there??!!! Gomes is my all time favourite Spurs keeper!
 
Jimmy D said:
I know the feeling. I've been picking my best 11 for years and the longer it goes the harder it gets.
So as I've been following Spurs for 55 years I'm picking two teams.
Here is my Spurs A team v my Spurs B team. I've only picked players I've seen play. And I don't pick current players, only ex-players

Spurs A

Jennings

Walker
England
King
Hughton

Ardiles
Hoddle
Mckay
Bale

Greaves
Klinsmann

Spurs B

Clemence

Perryman
Vertonghen
Mabbutt
Knowles

Dembele
Gascoigne
Roberts
Peters
Waddle

Lineker
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Correction. I should have picked Chivers instead of Peters.
Peters is in my Spurs C team.
 
TylerB said:
My actual favourite team of recent years (Premier League) would consist of -

Lloris

Walker
Alderweireld
King
Vertonghen

Skipp
Dembele
Eriksen

Son
Bale
Kane

Put Skipp in there more for what he will bring to the team over the coming years.

Really wanted to find a place for Aaron Lennon. He was electric on his day.
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Can't believe I forgot Modric!

Sorry, Skippy, but you're out.

Tempted to put in Berbatov over Son but feel him and Kane are a bit one paced to have both in the side.
 
deadleyledley said:
Most fun 11 to watch, cult heroes

Mixture of oozing class, and total randomness and electrifying energy

Gomes
King Verts Atouba
Lennon Sandro Freund Davids Ginola
Kanoute Bale

Wish we had those 3 CMs in our squad now. Show some of them what having a spine really means.

Never forget Davids confronting Parlour a couple of games after signing for us. I was pinching myself that the pitbull was playing for us. Him and his orange goggles.
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Timotay was a fun watch.
 
trouble is i can't stop think should he go in as a favourite or should i be also looking at is he one of best in position
 
Pathfinder said:
Too hard to choose one particular XI but here are the players I would choose from:

Jennings, Lloris, Thorstvedt,

Knowles, Houghton
Vertonghen
King, Perryman, Roberts
Carr, Gough, Walker, Lee Young-pyo,

MacKay, Blanchflower, Dembele, Mullery, Mabbutt, Villa, Sandro, Carrick, Pratt
Ardiles, Modric, van der Vaart, Burgess,
Hoddle, Gascoigne, Peters, John White

Son, Ginola, Coates,
Kane, Klinsmann, Greaves, Lineker, Gilzean, Berbatov, Chivers, Archibald, Clive Allen, Keane,
Bale, Waddle, Cliff Jones, Lamela,
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Great choices
Vintage Applause GIF
 
If any team doesnt have lloris, dembele and vertonghen in it, your opinion is wrong! Watched spurs for 30 years and havent seen a team be as good as when these 3 were playing together.
 
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