oneboro 160 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 As we're approaching 2020, I thought it'd be interesting to do a set of "of the decade" discussions. The oneBoro Team of the Decade - who makes your starting 11 based on players who have made an appearance for us during the last 10 years? Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,347 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Denzel just PM'd me and asked me to nominate Leeds United on his behalf for his team of the decade. I don't think he understands the question though 🙃 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Johnmfc81 902 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Randolph Nsue, Ayala, Gibson, friend Adomah, Leadbitter, howson, Gaston Negredo, stuani. All fairly recent players, having a brain block and forgot most of them. Link to post Share on other sites
smogsterking the Inspirati 2,490 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 (edited) Randolph Nsue Gibson Ayala Friend Adomah Leadbitter Gaston Traore Bamford Negredo Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,283 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Valdes Ayala Gibson Friend Traore Leadbitter Clayton Adomah Ramirez Bamford Negredo Off the top of my head. Link to post Share on other sites
SmogDane 4,055 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Given Chambers, Ayala, Gibson, Friend Traore, De Roon, Obi Mikel, Ramirez Stuani, Negredo, Bamford Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 GK: Randolph RB: Nsue RCB: Ayala LCB: Gibson LB: Friend RW: Bamford CM: Leadbitter CM: Clayton LW: Adomah AM: Ramirez ST: Negredo Honourable mentions; Given, Dimi, Varga (at right-back), Fabio, Chambers, Robson, Tomlin, Traore, Stuani, Kike. Link to post Share on other sites
BoroJoey 33 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Manager: Aitor Karanka Assistant: Tony Mowbray GK: Darren Randolph Dimi Victor Valdes DR: Emilio Nsue Cyrus Christie DL: George Friend Fabio CB: Ben Gibson Rhys Williams Daniel Ayala Calum Chambers MC: Marten de Roon Grant Leadbitter Barry Robson Adam Clayton AMR: Stuani Traore AML: Stewart Downing Adomah AMC: Gaston Ramirez Lee Tomlin ST: Britt Assombalonga Patrick Bamford Alvaro Negredo Starting XI: Randolph - Best keeper since Schwarzer. Nsue - Fantastic in promotion season. Friend - No one has come close in terms of longevity at the club. Best LB in 15/16 season. Ayala Gibson - Fantastic partnership in the Championship. Leadbitter - Leader during the Karanka years. Robson - Bright spark in the dark days under Strachan and Mowbray. Traore - Grew under Pulis and sold for a record fee. Adomah - Divided opinion but was an important player during promotion and play-off season. Ramirez - The difference between play-offs and promotion. Bamford - Superb in his first spell at the club. Super Sub: Cristian Stuani - Played on the RW when his talent was probably more suited to a centre forward role, scored vital goals and none more so than the memorable one against Brighton. Link to post Share on other sites
Johnmfc81 902 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 1 hour ago, SmogDane said: Given Chambers, Ayala, Gibson, Friend Traore, De Roon, Obi Mikel, Ramirez Stuani, Negredo, Bamford That team has an extra advantage.. 😬😂 Link to post Share on other sites
DurhamRed 2,047 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 (edited) Manager: Aitor Karanka Randolph Nsue Gibson Chambers Friend De Roon Robson Adomar. Gaston. Traore Negredo Subs Valdes Ayala Leadbitter Bamford Stuani Kike Link to post Share on other sites
ManBearPig 1,853 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Guzan Barragan McManus Haas Husband De Pena Dyer Thomson Yeates Kamara Gestede 1 Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 36 minutes ago, ManBearPig said: Guzan Barragan McManus Haas Husband De Pena Dyer Thomson Yeates Kamara Gestede Worst team of the decade haha Don't forget Marlon King or Mikel Tavares! Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,283 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 King was during the Prem so not this decade! Link to post Share on other sites
BearSmog 1,382 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Manager - Aitor Karanka Randolph Nsue Ayala Gibson Friend Clayton Leadbitter Traore Gaston Bamford Assombalonga Subs. Dimi, Fabio, Robson, Tomlin, Adomah, Stuani, Negredo Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,347 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 To be awkward, because, well, I am awkward, I decided not to include the Premier League season. Being honest about it, Negredo is easily the best forward from this decade in terms of quality. Even players like Chambers, Fischer, Espinosa, would probably walk into many of the teams we fielded over the decade. Given that many of those players did bugger all really, I don't want to pick them so it's Championship players only. Randolph Fabio Ayala Gibson Friend Clayton Leadbitter Robson Adomah Ramirez Bamford It was tougher than I thought really. GK was easy enough for me as it was really between Randolph and Given and Randolph has been pretty much our best, most consistent player since he signed for us. Right back was a toughy. I don't think any of them were especially good for any length of time. I almost snuck Rhys Williams in there to get him into the side but he wasn't that good as a right back so I didn't. Hoyte, McMahon, Varga, Fredericks, Kalas, Nsue, Christie, Fabio, Shotton, Howson. In the end I cheated slightly and selected Fabio as I think he was probably the better player out of that lot. Nsue probably should have been chosen though as he played more games. Central defenders speak for themselves. Maybe could have looked at Williams here because when he was fit, healthy and on top of his game, he was a good player or Wheater before he left but they are not in the same class as that partnership was for us. Friend is obvious at left back, great value signing and played for a lot of the decade. In midfield, I was a big fan of Robson and would have liked to see him playing in better sides. I think he'd have done ok for Karanka for example. But you also have to respect the job that Leadbitter and Clayton did as well so I ended up selecting all three. I didn't think that the likes of Arca, Butterfield, Whitehead, Bailey, McEachran or the more recent lot had done enough to get into the side. The attacking players were a bit tricky as well. Adomah I would say is the easiest choice as he did well for us over 3 seasons. Bamford is the best striker I've seen playing for us in the Championship so would have to select him ahead of Lita, McDonald, Emnes, Juke, Nugent, Assombalonga etc. I didn't like selecting Ramirez as he only had a 6 month spell with us in the Championship and I think he's a *** but he did have a big impact in that time and he was a good player. I suppose Tomlin, Traore, and one or two others might have cause to grumble about not being selected but I feel Ramirez had a bigger impact than them. I reckon that team gets promoted fairly comfortably. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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