Most liked posts in thread: Team of The Decade

Doyle
McMahon Burke Davies Meredith
Marshall Jones Cullen Thompson
Wells Hanson

Probably something along these lines. G.Thompson very underrated. McMahon gets nod over Darby for his set-pieces and WUM ability! No question about the front two.

I'd have Peter Thorne in there, but can't remember years top of my head.

 

Finished early 2010. Great player.

 

Someone's forgetting Christoper Routis already aren't they Roger....?

 

James 'the carthorse' Hanson with the thruppney bit head features in practically everyones team. Funny that.

 

Jonny Mac
Darby Davies Mccardle Meredith
Marshall Cullen Jones Law
Hanson Wells

Only tricky positions were out wide and in net for me. Harsh to not include Reid, Thompson or Steady up front but Hanson’s goal at Villa Park seals it for him.

 

And that's understandable. And probably right. But it tells you more about how many shite strikers we've had during the last decade than anything else.

 

Yet John Terry pointed out Hanson's contribution on the day and said he d have loved to have played against him that afternoon.
I think it would be diffucult to give any City player less than a 7 that afternoon, and I agree Stead possibly a 9.

 

Ah yeah. The hardest game John Terry never had....

I get why some have Hanson in there and I dont have a problem with it Dave. Not for me though.

When I think of the 'decade teams' we could have pieced together in the 90s and 00s, even the 80s, it's a stark reminder of how soul destroying the last decade has generally been. Well, I say decade, I really mean about 18 years. The youth of today have been served up a mountain of sh*t.

 

Bet Swindon have at least 1.

 

I think its this one.

For me the only debates are Burke/McArdle and Wyke/Hanson. Both of the alternatives are technically better players but the ones actually in the first 11 better represent the iconic City team of this decade IMO.

 

11 it is.

 

Can we start another Hanson thread please....sounds familiar doesn't it....

 

T Mac has to be in there as well...if we had anybody as 'professional' at game management these days we would be doing better....

 

Surely barring maybe the first two years of the 00s, this decade has been much more successful and much better to watch?

 

A team of the 00's would have the likes of Carbone in it. He could play the 10's team on his own.

I'm not saying the 00's were great. Far from it. We spent most of it dropping like a stone and nearly going out of business. But being average in the championship was better than being average in League 2. And being shit in the championship was better than being worse than shit in League 1.

What I wouldn't give for someone with the money and vision to revolutionise this club and give it a prolonged period of growth and enjoyment like so many other clubs from smaller provincial towns have had.

 

Carbone should never have been near a club like ours, it was only because BFG went batshit crazy with the wages. Worth it though to see that sort of class at VP. I'm thinking the same as you though, i'd love to see a BFG come riding up to the VP gates in his/hers Bentley with an unlimited credit card. But then i'm pretty sure, like the Bulls, times like the late nineties will be a distant memory and the path of both clubs since those halcyon days has a very familiar feel to it. Not that i'd change either. What both had in common was a visionary at the forefront of the project.
My own view is a generation from now football will have generated to big city football, our neighbours to the east will be playing top flight football with a stadium to match while our structure will lead us to league 1 but with reduced crowds due to the demographic and the growth of top flight football.

 

Bloody hell Broncs, we've got just the man on this forum!!

 

Not a bad team that to be fair.

He also named his subs bench
Subs: Doyle, Thompson, Burke, Clarke, Morais, Yeates, Duke.