50 Best Players outside the Premiership - According to 442

[the right footed denilson]

this is a load of absolute bollocks. everyone knows virgs ad hinsh are much better than harding so surely they have to be above him??

more importantly is lee johnsen really better than nicolas? and jamie brooks??

 

[Incredigull]

Lots of ommisions IMO, but always gonna be the case with these sort of lists.


Kuqi - Ipswich

B & Kuqi ??

 

[um bongo molongo]

Not the most skilful, granted, but been prolofic for a couple of seasons now at the higher end of non-premiership football (and always seems to score against us)

 

[TSB]

raziuk is the best player outside the premiership with either bent or ifill in 2nd place
how can a boston player be there?

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

1. Steve Sidwell - Reading - Good player
2. Nathen Ellington - Wigan - scored a lot, fair do's
3. Darren Bent - Ipswich - ditto above
4. Teddy Sheringham - West Ham - i suppose he's scored in a Championl League Final
5. Jason Roberts - Wigan - not seen him but i think he probs deserved to be up there
6. Danny Gabbidon - Cardiff - solid defender
7. Jimmy Bullard - Wigan - dunno
8. Julio Arca - Sunderland - good player
9. Stuart Elliott - Hull City - good player in league 1, but top 50?
10. Leighton Baines - Wigan - yup
11. David Healy - Leeds - yup
12. Phil Jagielka - Sheffield Utd - yup
13. Lee Trundle - Swansea - somebody having a joke?
14. Nigel Reo-Coker - West Ham - not convinced
15. Paul McKenna - Preston - who?
16. Curtis Davies - Luton - who?
17. Ade Akinbiyi - Burnley - f*** off (although he did score good goal against us)
18. Andy Lonergan - Preston - who?
19. Aaron Lennon - Leeds - yeh, he's got talent
20. Leroy Lita - Bristol City - yup
21. Steve Howard - Luton - erm, not sure about that
22. John Halls - Stoke - yeh ex arse i think
23. Lee Johnson - Yeovil -possibly??
24. Nick Barmby - Hull City - oh dear
25. Sam Parkin - Swindon - yeh i think so
26. DANIEL HARDING - BRIGHTON - lol. possibly?
27. Phil Jevons- Yeovil - um. if you say so
28. Tom Huddleston - Derby - i guess so if he can play for spurs
29. Lee Camp - Derby - gd keeper
30. Paul Ince - Wolves - experienced. ageing tho
31. Dean Windass - Bradford - nah
32. Dave Kitson - Reading - yup
33. Stephen Elliott - Sunderland - not on last weeks performance
34. Iain Hume - Tranmere - no
35. Luke Steele - Coventry - ex man u? poss
36. Ryan Taylor - Tranmere - who? what makes Tranmere so bloody good?
37. Heidar Helguson - Watford - yes
38. LEON KNIGHT - BRIGHTON - yes, but not as a goalscorer?
39. Steve Maclean - Sheffield Wednesday - yup
40. Nathan Clarke - Huddesfield - who
41. Danny Webber - Watford - should be higher
42. Paul Furlong - QPR - not convinced
43. DARREN CURRIE - IPSWICH - skillfull, i'll give you that. but can't run for shit
44. Jamal Campbell-Ryce - Rotherham - er....
45. Paul Hayes - Scunthorpe - WTF?
46. John Ruddy - Cambridge - WHO?
47. David Vaughan - Crewe - yup
48. Richie Wellens - Blackpool - yup
49. David Noble - Boston - good on Champ
50. Jamie Brooks - Oxford - who?

That's my quick run through. As someone above as mentione Raziak should be in there amongst others. And not at all biased but Virgs, Hinsh and FDM should as well

 

[Brighton Breezy]

(as posted on other thread)

I dont think Harding is the 26th best player outside the Premiership BUT in fairness to 442 they cannot have seen him that many times and are going on the opinions of experts and fellow players. A glowing reference from Under 21 Boss Peter Taylor and a couple of good England Under 21 appearances would suggest to someone who was not at Withdean every week that Harding is hot property.

 

[Brighton Boy]

Mathhew etherington should definetely be in there..

what about Kenny Miller

 

[London Calling]

A few years ago...Zamora would have been in the top 5....how things have changed



LC

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

Can't believe Etherington isn't in the top 10, let alone 50 ... bizarre. Not at all sure about Reo-Coker though. I guess they had to try and be fairly representative of all the leagues, hence Noble, Trundle et al.

 

[Skaville]

Marlon Harewood
Kris Commons

 

[Stinky Kat]

no clark carlisle - disgraceful

 

[Silent Bob]

What exactly is it based on, does it say?

 

[saafend_seagull]

14. Nigel Reo-Coker - West Ham - not convinced

a class act. Although his form has left him recently, he has huge potential.

15. Paul McKenna - Preston - who?

One of Prestons best players this season.

18. Andy Lonergan - Preston - who?

Their GK, and their fans rave about him. I beleive he is English and plays for the u21s. Deserved place up there.

46. John Ruddy - Cambridge - WHO?

I believe he is signing for Everton so he must be quite good. but top 50..

Rasiak, Commons, Etherington, G. Teale (Wigan), Rob Hulse, Ian Westlake, Dean Bowditch, Indio Indiakez should all be in there too.

 

[somerset]

Rasiak from Derby?..... he is a right handful

 

[Storer68]

April Edition of 442 Magazine has a list of the top 50 players outside the Premiership.

23. Lee Johnson - Yeovil
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Why isn't he in capitals as he played for us..................

I always he looked a promsing players but was just a bit too young to break into our team at the time.

 

[Paddy B]

If we were at Falmer 2 years ago we could have a team including:- Sidwell, Ingimarsson, Zamora, Brooker, Currie & Cullip

If you add Virgo, Chippy, Knight, Nicolas & maybe Shabaan......

 

[The Large One]

Harding isn't even among the 50 best players at Brighton...

Goes to show how lazy some journalists are. They see the headlines - and that's bout it. It's the fans who know more about how good players are. FACT.

 

[London Irish]

Marco Reich of Derby is the best oppo player I've seen this season and should be in there. The Wolves guy Seol must be the second best and he's not there either.

That Reading fullback who scores from loads of free-kicks too. Midfield playmakers Alan Dunne of Millwall and Jim Magilton of Ipswich.

 

[RonnieO'Sullivan]

Etherington the best left winger outside the premiership how he aint in top 10 is beyond belief, and where is michael tonge !!!! terrible top 50 in my view, dean windass give me a break

 

[Gritt23]

A few years ago...Zamora would have been in the top 5....how things have changed



LC

That's EXACTLY what I was thinking as I went down the list. So, according to 4-4-2 we would have been better off hanging onto Lee Johnson rather than Bobby Zamora.

Oh Bobby, do you now realise that you shouldn't have left. I wonder if he is still getting pandered to by his agent, or now that his career has nosedived after taking the advice to go, has the phone stopped ringing.

Let this be a lesson to anyone else thinking of going because they are being told by their agent that they are the best thing since sliced bread .... [muttering under my breath] Dan Harding, Leon Knight.