Current Squad vs Past Players

[Les Beeavinu]

A question dear readers. What players in their prime let's say from after 1970 ( sorry I've got no knowledge beyond that) would get in our current side or 25 man squad)?

 

[BEEcool]

Loan players allowed?

 

[Les Beeavinu]

Loan players allowed?

Anyone you like.

 

[BEEcool]

Szczęsny

 

[kaebess]

Andy Sinton

 

[Les Beeavinu]

Szczęsny

Ahead of Raya?

 

[SC]

I'm sorry Les but this must be one of the most mental thread ideas ever. Which of our players from the team that finished in the bottom half of Division 4 in 1970 would get in our European chasing PL team now ? What really are you smoking ? Can we choose 1937 instead in which case i'll get first dibs on Dave McCulloch.

Edit: I now realise you meant since 1970 which makes it a bit more interesting but really, we can only talk about loan players even then
Edit 2: So we can recall someone we've just sold ?

 

[BEEcool]

Ahead of Raya?

He's left?

 

[fencer/bee]

Gasping

 

[Les Beeavinu]

I'm sorry Les but this must be one of the most mental thread ideas ever. Which of our players from the team that finished in the bottom half of Division 4 in 1970 would get in our European chasing PL team now ? What really are you smoking ? Can we choose 1937 instead in which case i'll get first dibs on Dave McCulloch

We have been in the Premier League since 2021, which is after 1970. We've already had some non EPL suggestions.

 

[North London Bee]

Raya
Pontus
Toney
Mbeumo
Erikson

 

[fencer/bee]

I'm sorry Les but this must be one of the most mental thread ideas ever. Which of our players from the team that finished in the bottom half of Division 4 in 1970 would get in our European chasing PL team now ? What really are you smoking ? Can we choose 1937 instead in which case i'll get first dibs on Dave McCulloch.

Ill go for his son Andy McCulloch

 

[Andrelux]

Mbeumo.

 

[BEEcool]

Toney, Watkins, , Konsa, Raya

 

[LostBee]

Bryan is the obvious one, I feel he would still start from us on the right hand side.

If you could take away all the baggage then there's not much between Ivan and Igor.

Apart from that I'm struggling to name any.

 

[Ken_Hom's_Wok]

Paul Stephenson and Ijah Anderson…

Discounting my favourite players, then Toney, Bryan, Pinnock, Jansson, Raya and Sczeszney at their peak.

Otherwise, you could make a case for Turner and Sonko, but it’d be a weak one.

 

[Les Beeavinu]

I'm sorry Les but this must be one of the most mental thread ideas ever. Which of our players from the team that finished in the bottom half of Division 4 in 1970 would get in our European chasing PL team now ? What really are you smoking ? Can we choose 1937 instead in which case i'll get first dibs on Dave McCulloch.

Edit: I now realise you meant since 1970 which makes it a bit more interesting but really, we can only talk about loan players even then
Edit 2: So we can recall someone we've just sold ?

Anyone who has played for us.

 

[fencer/bee]

I always thought the midfield three of Hurlock Bowles and Kamara would take some beating, but i think the 2026 lads are better

 

[Hippobee]

Dean Holdsworth off the bench.

 

[SC]

OK, I'll play. Paul Merson

 

[fencer/bee]

OK, I'll play. Paul Merson

Haha which of his half a dozen games did he stand out

 

[LostBee]

OK, I'll play. Paul Merson

Good shout, mercurial play on his day.

Sad reality though is we probably wouldn't even sign him given his off the field issues.

 

[Les Beeavinu]

Haha which of his half a dozen games did he stand out

In their prime, which doesn't have to have been with us.

 

[Banana]

Ahead of Raya?

Or the current incumbent.

 

[fencer/bee]

In their prime, which doesn't have to have been with us.

Are you making up the rules as we go along ?

 

[Banana]

MAYBE Ivan Toney. Konsa, Mbeumo.

 

[maddogging]

Clinton Morrison

 

[Les Beeavinu]

Are you making up the rules as we go along ?

Yes, although I did say in their prime.

 

[SC]

I always thought the midfield three of Hurlock Bowles and Kamara would take some beating, but i think the 2026 lads are better

But just imagine them at their prime. Not just when they were at Brentford :dreaming:

 

[Les Beeavinu]

MAYBE Ivan Toney. Konsa, Mbeumo.

Mbeumo definitely. The best Eriksen without a doubt.

 

[hairman]

Well, if we're playing silly games, then Paul Davis.

 

[JANORAK]

Bryan is the obvious one, I feel he would still start from us on the right hand side.

If you could take away all the baggage then there's not much between Ivan and Igor.

Apart from that I'm struggling to name any.

Even with the negatives I’d suggest Ivan. His goals got us out of the Championship.
Prime Pinnock and Norgaard
Stanley Bowles.
On their subsequent careers- Merson and Ferdinand!

 

[Twickbee]

Les Ferdinand - awful for us, but in his prime he was some player.

 

[SC]

Has no one yet mentioned the guy who has played 91 times for his country and also been captain ?

 

[BEEcool]

Or the current incumbent.

Thought it meant 25 man squad rather than all time no.1

 

[Les Beeavinu]

Les Ferdinand - awful for us, but in his prime he was some player.

Nice one.

 

[Untouchable]

Does prime Tarkowski () make the cut?

 

[BEEcool]

Marcus Gayle?

 

[Banana]

Does prime Tarkowski () make the cut?

Good point.

 

[Les Beeavinu]

Does prime Tarkowski () make the cut?

I reckon so.

 

[JANORAK]

Does prime Tarkowski () make the cut?

Up until he had to get made-to-measure shorts…

 

[Hippobee]

If we are going for at their peak, Kenny Sansom has to be there.

No good for us in 1993, mind.

 

[JANORAK]

Marcus Gayle?

Marcus Bent?

 

[Mikey Bee]

Playing by today's rules or the ones they played under?

If the latter, a Big Tel & Big Eth CB partnership is a solid base.

 

[BEEcool]

Marcus Bent?

Marcus Bean?

 

[Les Beeavinu]

Playing by today's rules or the ones they played under?

If the latter, a Big Tel & Big Eth CB partnership is a solid base.

They're all magically fit to play this weekend.

 

[JANORAK]

Has no one yet mentioned the guy who has played 91 times for his country and also been captain ?

John Egan?

 

[Untouchable]

Watkins

Who would you take out of the current team for Watkins?

 

[CTBee]

Who would you take out of the current team for Watkins?

Les said squad, Ollie definitely gets in the squad.

 

[D_Fives]

Yes, although I did say in their prime.

in that case you'd have to say Jordan Henderson lol

surprised no one has mentioned Prime Ben Mee though