Topic: Your very own Liverpool best 11

[gatcliffe]

Amazed to see Steve Finnan's name not cropping up anywhere such a steady player.

[Binomial]

We've really had some shit fullbacks haven't we

When you see most picking Aurelio then I think it's fair to say so.

[Medellin]

Smith was quite a limited player. Not great in the air and not great with the ball at his feet. However he overcame his limitations with huge determination. He'd win balls in the air that he shouldn't have. If he tackled you then you felt it. He was a winner and played his heart out every game. He wouldn't let anyone around him off with 2nd best. He'd fit well into today's team as he'd be organising and making sure everybody knew where they should be.

The only person with more heart than Smith, for me, was Hughes. He was everywhere and never gave anything but his very best. Again not the best technically but you'd hardly know it.

Put both of them in today's team and dear help anyone who wasn't giving their all every game. These two wanted to win and hated losing. Their enthusiasm would drive the rest of the team on. Put them together with Souness, Gerrard and Suarez and you'd have a core of Duracell bunnies who wouldn't give up.

Smith & Hughes were far more talented than that sounds.

[phil236849]

Amazed to see Steve Finnan's name not cropping up anywhere such a steady player.

yes, but "steady" does not get you high up the ranks in the best ever of a club of Liverpool's standing.

Mine is

Clemence

Neal Hansen Lawrenson Nicol

Gerrard Souness

Suarez Dalglish Barnes

Rush

[phil236849]

Reckon Beglin could have been a great left back if Stevens hadn't have shattered his leg into a million pieces.

Echoed - a proper player.

[paulrazor]

Amazed to see Steve Finnan's name not cropping up anywhere such a steady player.

about 4 teams had him on the previous page. I also had him

such an under rated player. he was rock solid

When you see most picking Aurelio then I think it's fair to say so.

i think like some are saying about Beglin, he would have been a great left full for us

Beglin had one injury that completely fucked him over

Aurelio had more injuries than games. His left foot was sweet, i doubt he ever played 3 games in a row for us though

[gatcliffe]

yes, but "steady" does not get you high up the ranks in the best ever of a club of Liverpool's standing.

Mine is

Clemence

Neal Hansen Lawrenson Nicol

Gerrard Souness

Suarez Dalglish Barnes

Rush

I stand corrected thanks for that.

[gazzam1963]

Smith was quite a limited player. Not great in the air and not great with the ball at his feet. However he overcame his limitations with huge determination. He'd win balls in the air that he shouldn't have. If he tackled you then you felt it. He was a winner and played his heart out every game. He wouldn't let anyone around him off with 2nd best. He'd fit well into today's team as he'd be organising and making sure everybody knew where they should be.

The only person with more heart than Smith, for me, was Hughes. He was everywhere and never gave anything but his very best. Again not the best technically but you'd hardly know it.

Put both of them in today's team and dear help anyone who wasn't giving their all every game. These two wanted to win and hated losing. Their enthusiasm would drive the rest of the team on. Put them together with Souness, Gerrard and Suarez and you'd have a core of Duracell bunnies who wouldn't give up.

Think you could put Jimmy Case on the right  into the midfield with Souness and Gerrard with Johnny Barnes on the left

[Rysoph76]

I'm 40 so my team would be based on my own personal experience of watching Liverpool mostly (3-4-1-2)

Bruce

Carragher     Hansen    Hyypia

Barnes   Gerrard     Souness   Macmanaman

Dalglish

Suarez   Fowler

[Billy Elliot]

Smith & Hughes were far more talented than that sounds.

Yes, I'd definitely agree (although I've only seen them in old video's and that).

I think Smith was so good at being the 'hard man' that people didn't see just how good a player he was.  As I said before, pressing high up the pitch (gegebpressing before any smart arse gave it a name), his vision was excellent and as soon as he'd won the ball we'd be back on the attack.

Similar for Hughes, although he could do it further up the pitch.

In fact two of the best examples ever of gegenpressing was the 65 and 74 cup finals.  In 74 we gegenpressed Newcastle to death.

[DivisiveNewSigning]

I'm a relative young'en so only got players from the last 15 years or so to choose from:

                Reina
Finnan Hyypia Carragher Riise
        Alonso Mascherano
              Gerrard
 Suarez    Torres     Owen

Front 3 is a bit square pegs in round holes but screw it 

[redan]

Started supporting in 1993 so missed most of the glory years but had some good memories and great players

Reina
Jones
Hyypia
Carragher
Finnan
Alonso
Gerrard
Barnes
McManaman
Fowler
Suarez

[LanceLink!!!!!]

Since 77

Grobbelaar

Neal Hansen Hyypia Nicol

Gerrard Souness

Suarez Dalglish Barnes

Rush

[Keith Lard]

Not at the level he was when he played for us, surely? Tidy player for us, for sure, but never struck me as ever showing the sort of quality to make a best XI from players over the last 30 years.

Litmanen was my favourite signing ever in my 36 yrs on planet Earth - he also gets in my 11. Oozed class.

[TheMissionary]

Dalglish

and 10 others

[gray19lfc]

Born in 88, earliest memories of football are around 1996.

Fowler
McManaman  Suarez
Alonso Gerrard
Mascherano
Riise Hyypia Carragher Arbeloa
Reina

[phil236849]

Since 77

Grobbelaar

Neal Hansen Hyypia Nicol

Gerrard Souness

Suarez Dalglish Barnes

Rush

I cover the same period and we have Ray/ Bruce and Lawro/ Sami between us!

[stockdam]

Smith & Hughes were far more talented than that sounds.

Maybe I didn't word it well. What I meant was that they were good players but their energy and determination made them much better. Smith was a good tackler and passer but I wouldn't say that he was as gifted as Hansen but he was a fighter.

I don't think he liked Hughes.

[Wingman]

yes, but "steady" does not get you high up the ranks in the best ever of a club of Liverpool's standing.

Mine is

Clemence

Neal Hansen Lawrenson Nicol

Gerrard Souness

Suarez Dalglish Barnes

Rush

Snap. Up until Suarez's arrival I'd have had Molby in there instead

[GIPPO77]

              Clemence
Neal Hansen Lawrenson A Kennedy
       
Gerrard             Souness      Barnes

           
              Dalglish

   Fowler    Rush

[Giono]

When you see most picking Aurelio then I think it's fair to say so.

He was very good when he played.

[TheBestSideDrew]

yes, but "steady" does not get you high up the ranks in the best ever of a club of Liverpool's standing.

Mine is

Clemence

Neal Hansen Lawrenson Nicol

Gerrard Souness

Suarez Dalglish Barnes

Rush

Shame, my very own Liverpool best 11 has already been taken by Phil here. Good looking team that