Premier League All Stars 11 Match

[Ijg]

Me and a few mates got together last night (2 Liverpool fans, 2 United fans), and this came up in conversation last night.

Why don't the Premier League have an All Star Match at the beginning (To replace the Charity Shield) or at the end of the season, a North v South game, featuring the best 11, based on form over the season to play each other for charity or bragging rights etc. I bet you could sell out Wembley with a game like this, and I for one would love to see it.

So eventually we got talking teams, and who would play where, and who would manage each team, so we decided to pick from a pool of 4 teams for each region. For the North we chose from Liverpool, Everton, Man United and Man City, for the South it was Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham and Southampton.

Here are the teams, both in a 4-2-1-3 formation.


North - Manager - Louis Van Gaal

De Gea​

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Zabaleta Kompany Skrtel Baines​

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Yaya Toure Blind​

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Rooney​

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Di Maria Aguero Silva​

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South - Manager - Jose Mourinho​

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Courtois​

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Ivanovic Terry Cahill Azpilicueta​

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Fabregas Matic​

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Eriksen​

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Sanchez Costa Hazard​

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I know most of the South team is built up of Chelsea players but their dominance in the league is clear to see, and of the 4 teams, they're the best one.​

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So it's all up for debate but what do you think??​

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[StevieM]

So..... wait..... you had a discussion with some mates about selecting a team of the best players in "the north" and the best we could put forward was Skrtel.

Fucking Skrtel.

Really.

And you lost a discussion so badly that Danny Blind & Wayne fucking Rooney got selected.

Really.

Where you drunk & passed out when the team was selected?

 

[Ijg]

Ok, so it was based from 4 teams and current form and the reason Skrtel got selected was cause of his experience in the league.

The reason Blind got selected is cause he would be the perfect foil for Yaya Toure.

Rooney got chosen cause he gets goals.

 

[Rosco]

Generally an all star game is supposed to be entertaining - why would you put two of footballs most negative and dour managers in charge?

 

[Ijg]

Generally an all star game is supposed to be entertaining - why would you put two of footballs most negative and dour managers in charge?

So we picked the managers based on who'd be better in charge of a one off game.

 

[Athens]

Where do you draw the distinction between north and south?

 

[Ijg]

The North/South divide obviously.

 

[Brizzle]

Limiting it to 4 teams would make it a no-go for an event if you were talking in seriousness.

If this is just a hypothetical thread then I can't believe you allow so many shite players into the team!

 

[Ijg]

Hypothetical speaking for the 4 teams but obviously if you were doing it you'd use all 20 teams.

 

[Brizzle]

If they were going to do some sort of format like this then a London vs The Rest would get more attention I think.

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

I think Brizzle is right, I don't those players will sign up to play in your match in that format. You need to be realistic and fair, otherwise it'll never get off the ground.

 

[Mystic]

Football clubs are too tribal to do anything like this outside of non competitive charity matches, and Christ you got walked over in that conversation, absolutely abused.

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

What date are you hoping to have the match on?

Maybe the week before the Charity Shield would make sense?

 

[Pesam]

Even most United fans would agree that the ONLY United player who has played well this season is De Gea.

..........................................De Gea...............................
............Skrtel..............Stones.............Kompany...............
..Zabaletta......................................................Moreno
..................................Toure...............................
.........Sterling.................Coutinho...........Milner
..............................Aguero.........................

Even some of those players haven't played that well, it shows how poor the league has been this season.

 

[Ijg]

Have you had a man sent off already?

 

[keniget]

We've already got all-star games in the form of internationals and generally they just tend to be an unwelcome distraction until it actually starts to matter in a tournament and club football is out the picture.

This sort of game will never be meaningful and whilst I can *just* about swallow supporting an England team that is full of players I spend most of the year hating and picks it's favourites regardless of form year after year, there is no way I'd be prepared to do the same for something like this.

The fact that Rooney gets the starring role in your North team just says it all.

It might appeal to neutrals and certain type of fan but yeah on the whole, horrible idea.

 

[hamstrung_pigeon]

Limiting it to 4 teams would make it a no-go for an event if you were talking in seriousness.



If this is just a hypothetical thread then I can't believe you allow so many shite players into the team!

Van Gaal was obviously involved in picking that team.

 

[Brizzle]

If its based on form then its a crock of shit.. United, the team of galactico strikers who arent scoring many with 2 of the strikers.

 

[Leo]

Trying to sue that footpath was a better idea than this.

 

[Whirly]

I think the draft style that the NHL and NFL are using would work better than doing it regionally.

Plus that way there's an additional event to televise.

A skills competition with some of the top players would be pretty cool though.

 

[refugee]

Trying to sue that footpath was a better idea than this.

I would like this twice if I could