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Like everyone else, FootballCynic sat for hours picking his dream team for the season's FootballCynic Fantasy League. There are tough decisions - do you splash out on a goal machine like Wayne Rooney and suffer with Wigan Athletic's reserve defender? Or, do you pick good all-rounders?
FootballCynic started with a steady if uninspiring midfield - Nicky Butt is solid and experienced, Ashley Young is exciting and creative and Mark Noble may not be the best, but with a limited budget fits in well.
FootballCynic believes Alan Hansen when he tells us that the spine is important. So, a solid keeper like Robert Green is needed (yes, he’s forgiven – it was the dodgy ball, remember?) and then two solid players at the back. Rio Ferdinand comes to mind, but he never plays, so let’s travel across the city of Manchester and have Vincent Kompany and the experienced Richard Dunne, an ex-City player. Up front, FootballCynic wanted a combination of quality, youthful exuberance and solid old professionals. Who better then than David Silva, young James Spray of Wolves and the experienced Chris Wood of West Bromwich Albion. Quality and value thinks FootballCynic stroking his chin feeling ever more confident.
So it’s just the full backs. Stephen Carr of Birmingham City just about fits the diminishing budget, leaving left back as a choice between Marek Cech of West Bromwich Albion and a Wigan Athletic reserve. Cech gets the nod.
And so the dream team is built and it makes interesting reading.......Green Carr Kompany Dunne Cech Butt Young Noble Wood Spray Silva.
FootballCynic started with a steady if uninspiring midfield - Nicky Butt is solid and experienced, Ashley Young is exciting and creative and Mark Noble may not be the best, but with a limited budget fits in well.
FootballCynic believes Alan Hansen when he tells us that the spine is important. So, a solid keeper like Robert Green is needed (yes, he’s forgiven – it was the dodgy ball, remember?) and then two solid players at the back. Rio Ferdinand comes to mind, but he never plays, so let’s travel across the city of Manchester and have Vincent Kompany and the experienced Richard Dunne, an ex-City player. Up front, FootballCynic wanted a combination of quality, youthful exuberance and solid old professionals. Who better then than David Silva, young James Spray of Wolves and the experienced Chris Wood of West Bromwich Albion. Quality and value thinks FootballCynic stroking his chin feeling ever more confident.
So it’s just the full backs. Stephen Carr of Birmingham City just about fits the diminishing budget, leaving left back as a choice between Marek Cech of West Bromwich Albion and a Wigan Athletic reserve. Cech gets the nod.
And so the dream team is built and it makes interesting reading.......Green Carr Kompany Dunne Cech Butt Young Noble Wood Spray Silva.
Wow! All I can say is brilliant. And is that the young Spray in the picture. Love it. (FootballCynic writes: Yes, that's the young James Spray in the picture. Ready to cause havoc to defences with Silva and Woody)
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This is very nice. i always like the Chelsea
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Whilst eating muesli this morning, I read this fine team out to Lady Knobhead. Her reply was "Has the paperboy delivered the News of the World by mistake". She went on to say that she thought I was reading out a banal headline about a nude vicar who had his car resprayed silver. I am not sure where the nude vicar bit came from, presumably some darker part of her imagination. Anyhow suffice to say, Mr Cynic, that this is a wonderful achievement. When I explained the relevance of the team, which I have already emailed to friends, Lady Knobhead suggested that Sven (she's a bit out of date) should field this team for England - it couldn't do much worse, she opined. I did try explain that Messrs Kompany, Cech adn Silva probably wouldn't be eligible, but she dismissed this and ran to rescue the tomatoes that were burning on the grill (not George Foremans). Shortly afterwards, over bacon, eggs and slightly burnt tomatoes, Lady Knobhead enquired further about this team and asked me whether there was a footballer called Nude and a footballer called Vicar. I told her that they both played for Wigan Athletic and she seemed satisfied with the answer as she left the table. I fancy that she was just humouring me. (FootballCynic writes: FootballCynic is sorry to hear that the team might have caused the tomatoes to be burnt. There was a St Johnstone player called Don McVicar but googling nude footballer just brings up too many hits to work through. FootballCynic will get one of the junior staff to work on this)
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Talk abt spray silver - this made me spray coffee i laughted so much (FootballCynic writes: Were you Bent Crouch, perhaps?)
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Hi Jimmy!
I've gone for a 4-5-1
Howard
Kelly Samba Toure Morris
Song Anderson Downing Castillo Holden
Cox
(FootballCynic writes: Jimmy? Who's Jimmy? A good effort, McMuffin, Cox looks a bit limp up front. If only, Palacios could be included in the side somehow)
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