Just for a bit of fun while there's no football or transfers to discuss, who do you think are the best 10 players in the Premier League?
For context, I follow NFL and each year all the pro players come up with a list of the 100 best players in the NFL, usually concluding with Tom Brady ranked number 1.
Seeing this year's list, I started thinking about the Premier League's best players. To clarify, I'm NOT talking about form last season, but just who has the best overall ability. While it's quite hard to compare across positions, I came up with the following list of the most talented footballers in the league, in order:
1. De Bruyne
2. David Silva
3. Kante
4. Hazard
5. De Gea
6. Kane
7. Salah
8. Aguero
9. Eriksen
10. Alexis Sanchez
With hard luck to Sane, Vertonghen, Firmino, Mahrez, Van Dijk and Alderweireld.
As I said, all a bit of fun, but who do you think are the league's best 10 players?
Top 10
posted on 29/5/18
comment by ||The Great AFL©||™ (U11952)
posted 12 minutes ago
I wouldn’t class Kante as ‘talented’, and also wouldn’t have Sanchez in the top 10 for talent. He’s a bit like Suarez, in that the numbers look good, but when you see them on the pitch, it’s more effort than skill.
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Kante's criminally underrated technically.
posted on 29/5/18
comment by Phenom (U20037)
posted 46 minutes ago
DDG
Walker Toby Verts Azpi
Kante
Silva KdB
Salah Kane Hazard
dont see how you can argue with this XI at all in terms of quality. agree with your bench too. Mane and Firminho unlucky to miss out but hard to fit them in
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This team is bang on.
posted on 29/5/18
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 2 hours, 7 minutes ago
I only watch Spurs so here goes, my best 10 players
Lloris
Verts
Sanchez
Toby
Rose
Dembele
Eriksen
Ali
Son
Kane
Not bad for a side that has finished 3rd, 2nd 3rd in the Prem last three years.
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Odd how you never see the opposition at matches , either when Spurs have better players, or when they are beaten and you can see better players in action.
posted on 29/5/18
comment by If anyone can, Emre Can (U3979)
posted 3 hours, 8 minutes ago
comment by Phenom (U20037)
posted 18 minutes ago
DDG
Walker Toby Verts Azpi
Kante
Silva KdB
Salah Kane Hazard
dont see how you can argue with this XI at all in terms of quality. agree with your bench too. Mane and Firminho unlucky to miss out but hard to fit them in
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You've put Toby and verthongen in there yet you conceded 2 less goals than Liverpool and we are consistently told we have a shoddy defence.
Doesn't seem right to me...
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To be fair Liverpool's full backs have been immense but only for one season so can't get in just yet. Vvd is a very good CB but Toby and Jan are simply superb, Sanchez had been playing instead of the former because of injury last season though.
posted on 30/5/18
Also our defensive team had missing our best CB for half the season, our best LB for most the season and we were unable to replace our other best RB most this season.
I don't think any Spurs fan would say we have an immense defence based on this season and we still conceded less.
posted on 30/5/18
comment by ||The Great AFL©||™ (U11952)
posted 16 hours, 59 minutes ago
I wouldn’t class Kante as ‘talented’, and also wouldn’t have Sanchez in the top 10 for talent. He’s a bit like Suarez, in that the numbers look good, but when you see them on the pitch, it’s more effort than skill.
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what?You wouldn't class kante as talented? wtf kind of comment is that
posted on 30/5/18
comment by Bake 'em away toys (U7303)
posted 16 hours, 41 minutes ago
comment by Phenom (U20037)
posted 46 minutes ago
DDG
Walker Toby Verts Azpi
Kante
Silva KdB
Salah Kane Hazard
dont see how you can argue with this XI at all in terms of quality. agree with your bench too. Mane and Firminho unlucky to miss out but hard to fit them in
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This team is bang on.
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azplicueta for walker and it is for me.
Could have aguero over kane but tomato tomatoe
posted on 30/5/18
just seen you put azpi at lb, i'll see myself out.
posted on 30/5/18
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posted on 30/5/18
We had bakayoko playing all season. That's gotta be worth atleast 20 points if he didn't