28 Apr 2017 14:37:34
I was looking at a pick your best XI for the NLD and i when I made my team there were 2 arsenal players, possibly three, who would get in to my combined starting 11. Sanchez, Kos is he was lucky and at a push Bellerin, again, if he was lucky. what a sorry state of affairs the team is in.

It pains me to say it and although it's the spuds, rivalries aside, I've got to hand it to them, they've built up one hell of a team and if they can keep a hold of Poch next season they're going to go far.

1.) 28 Apr 2017
28 Apr 2017 21:01:53
Did the same thing but had a ratio of six Spuds to five Goons - five outfield players apiece and Lloris the keeper. Saying that, I wasn't limited to only fit players, so Santi edged it over Eriksen in mine.

I think it's easy to get carried away and say Spurs have "better players" because it's more the case that players in good teams can look better than they are. Can anyone seriously say Kyle Walker and Danny Rose would play even nearly as well if they slotted into an Arsenal back four and played behind Xhaka and Ramsey? In fact it's a massive testament to Pochettino that he's managed to get anything out of Walker at all.

I'd say Arsenal genuinely have a higher number of more talented players than Spurs and Arsenal would fill more than half of a matchday squad, but sadly it seems it would be far too tempting to swap our first 11 for theirs to have a team that gelled that well in attack and defence.

2.) 29 Apr 2017
29 Apr 2017 03:03:25
I had lloris, alderweirald, kane and struggled to choose between ali/ eriksen when i remember cazorla existed in a theoretical injury free world, for a total of four spurs players. Biased, maybe, but they've a lot of very average players. Players like walker and rose are massively overrated - systems can make very average players look much better than they are.

If anyone cares I had Bellerin/ Kos/ Monrea/ Ox/ Cazorla/ Ozil/ Sanchez. Monreal I'd be willing to put up for debate, but the rest are unquestionably better players.

3.) 29 Apr 2017
29 Apr 2017 10:36:44
I'm afraid to say only kos and Sanchez imo. And you would have to say even kos might not get in considering how strong the spuds back line is. This is based on this season only.