Goalkeeper : Tom Heaton

Full back either left or right : Trippier

Center back : Ben Mee

Right or left midfielder/ Winger : Glen Little

Central midfielder : Steven Defour

Striker : Robbie Blake

Pick your SIX and follow my criteria.....

Goalkeeper: Colin McDonald

Full Back: Keith Newton

Centre Back: Colin Waldron

Winger: Leighton James

Central Midfield: Brian O'Neil

Striker: Ray Pointer

Heatons the only current player who would arguably get close.

Blacklaw
Angus
Waldron
ONeil
Morgan
Lochhead.

62 cup final side was quite good.
Blacklaw
Angus
Adamson
Connelly
McIlroy
Pointer

None of the players from posts #2 #3 & #4 would get anywhere near our current first eleven.

Footballers was nowhere near as good back then.

I didn’t see the 60s side but know that is nonsense.

Saxo has upped his game recently

'Keeper - Mike Pollitt

Full back - Brian Easton

Centre back - Keith Lowe

Central midfielder - Amadou Sanokho

Winger - Dane Richards

Forward - Karl Bermingham

Blackrod wrote:I didn’t see the 60s side but know that is nonsense.

They were excellent. Although there were so many BFC players of that era who anyone might choose.
How could anyone think they were not at the top of the professional game at the time?

Changes in health + fitness, diet, training regimes mean that it is difficult but you should choose who you feel was the most outstanding in their position. I must first say that it is a difficult choice in most positions, but I will choose the players that got me ‘out of my seat’ the most often with instances of excellence.

Gerry Payton
John Angus
James Tarkowski
Dave Thomas
Peter Noble
Willie Irvine

TheFamilyCat wrote:Saxo has upped his game recently

He certainly has..


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Tom Heaton
Keith Newton
Michael Keane
Willie Morgan
Trevor Steven
Ray Pointer

McDonald
Angus
A damson
James
McIlroy
Pointer.

Difficult to really judge when so few of us can look back much before WW2, but based on reputation and stats Tommy Boyle, George Beel, Jimmy Adamson and Jimmy Mac would be dead certs.
You'd probably have to say McDonald in goal so we're just looking for a fullback.

JimMcDonald wrote:None of the players from posts #2 #3 & #4 would get anywhere near our current first eleven.

Footballers was nowhere near as good back then.

Obviously, but their talent being nurtured and developed as it is in the modern game... They'd be even better

nil_desperandum wrote:Difficult to really judge when so few of us can look back much before WW2, but based on reputation and stats Tommy Boyle, George Beel, Jimmy Adamson and Jimmy Mac would be dead certs.
You'd probably have to say McDonald in goal so we're just looking for a fullback.

Without doubt Boyle, Adamson and Mac.

Full-back impossible to split John Angus and Keith Newton, both majestic on their day.

Best keeper I saw was Colin McDonald but Jerry Dawson's 569 record appearances would just shade it.

George Beel scored more goals than Willie Irvine but Irvine had a better goals/games ratio.

Dawson
Newton/Angus
Boyle
Adamson
McIlroy
Irvine.

Goalkeeper: Tom Heaton

Full Back: Keiran Trippier

Centre Back: James Tarkowski

Winger: Glen Little

Central Midfield: Joey Barton

Striker: Danny Ings

Goalkeeper: Andy Farrell
Full Back: Andy Farrell
Centre Back: Andy Farrell
Winger: Andy Farrell
Central Midfield: Andy Farrell
Striker: Andy Farrell

Can only understand shouts for Little if we're being purely sentimental. At the end of the day, we've had wingers who have starred at a much higher level of the game than him. And that includes one that still plays for us.

Are we basing on how well they did at Burnley, or their career overall? Surely Gazza worth a shout if the latter (for his wasted potential if nothing else). Ian Wright too.

conyoviejo wrote:He certainly has..


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Attention seeking at its finest......