[Albion] Your new best available starting XI

[Guy Fawkes]

Now that we have had a chance to see most of our squad and the new additions in action since the last thread on this subject (just after the transfer window closed). Are we any closer to agreement on our best XI?

So who would now be in your starting XI if everyone was available?

A reminder of your choices...

13 Goalkeeper David Stockdale England
16 Goalkeeper Casper Ankergren Denmark
31 Goalkeeper Christian Walton England

2 Defender Bruno Spain
3 Defender Gordon Greer (captain) Scotland
4 Defender Aaron Hughes Northern Ireland
5 Defender Lewis Dunk England
14 Defender Iñigo Calderón (vice captain) Spain
15 Defender Adam Chicksen England
21 Defender Vitālijs Maksimenko Latvia (*Currently out on loan)
30 Defender Joe Bennett (on loan from Aston Villa) England

6 Midfielder Dale Stephens England
8 Midfielder Andrew Crofts Wales
10 Midfielder Kemy Agustien Netherlands
17 Midfielder João Carlos Teixeira (on loan from Liverpool) Portugal
18 Midfielder Jake Forster-Caskey England
19 Midfielder Gary Gardner (on loan from Aston Villa) England
20 Midfielder Paddy McCourt Northern Ireland
22 Midfielder Danny Holla Netherlands
24 Midfielder Rohan Ince England
25 Midfielder Kazenga LuaLua Democratic Republic of the Congo
27 Midfielder Solomon March England
28 Midfielder Nzuzi Toko Democratic Republic of the Congo

7 Forward Adrián Colunga Spain
9 Forward Sam Baldock England
11 Forward Chris O'Grady England
12 Forward Craig Mackail-Smith Scotland
23 Forward Shamir Fenelon England (*currently out on loan)

 

[Guy Fawkes]

For me

------------Stockdale------------
Bruno---Dunk---Greer---Bennett
---------------Holla---------------
---McCourt---Teixiera----KLL-----
---------Baldock------CMS--------

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Stockdale

Bruno
Greer
Dunk
Bennett

Hola
Gardner
Stephens

McCourt
~loan striker~ ( if no loan, then CMS )
Tex

 

[Luke93]

....................Stockdale...................
...........Greer(c)........ Dunk..............
...Bruno............................ Bennett..
......................Holla........................
.....McCourt.....Crofts..... Teixeira.......
................CMS........ Baldock............

 

[El Turi]

Stockdale

Bruno
Greer
Dunk
Bennett

Holla
Stephens

March
Teixera
Lua Lua

CMS

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Stockdale
Bruno
Bennett
Greer
Dunk
Holla
Ince
March
KLL/Texeirra
McCourt
Baldock

SUBS
Walton
Calderon
O'Grady
Crofts
Stephens
CMS/Colunga
Tex/KLL

EDIT - Forgot Stephens

 

[BensGrandad]

If all fit:

......................................Stockdale............................
Bruno............Greer..........................Dunk...........Bennett
.........Holla.............. Stephens...............Ince.....
.....................................Teixeira......................................
.........................Baldock.................CMS...................

Subs

Walton
Hughes
Calderon
March
Mc Court or Lua Lua
JFC or Crofts or Agustein
COG


Note no place in squad for Colunga who to me is a poor immitation of Rodriguez last season and not good enough for the squad.

 

[martin tyler]

If all fit. Big if as one key player for me is missing here
GK- Stockdale
RB - Bruno
CB - Greer
CB Dunk
LB - Bennett
DM - Holla
CM - Stephens who is the big miss. Can dictate a game from in front of Holla and can pick passes
CM - Texeria
LF - March
CF - Baldock
RF - Colunga

 

[portslade seagull]

I would have Toko in there somerwhere

 

[BensGrandad]

I would have Toko in there somerwhere

Unlike the vast majority have you seen him play?

 

[midnight_rendezvous]

If all fit and all in form.


--------------- Stockdale ---------------
-------- Greer ----------- Dunk --------
Bruno ------------------------- Bennett
------------------ Ince ------------------
------------ Holla ---- Tex --------------
----------------- March -----------------
----------- CMS ------ Baldock --------

Subs: Walton, Calde, Stephens, McCourt, KLL, Colunga, O'Grady

 

[Guy Fawkes]

For me

------------Stockdale------------
Bruno---Dunk---Greer---Bennett
---------------Holla---------------
---McCourt---Teixiera----KLL-----
---------Baldock------CMS--------

My subs would be:
Subs
Ankergren, Hughes, Calderón, Stephens, March, Colunga, O'Grady

 

[KZNSeagull]

At home:

Stockdale
Bruno
Greer
Dunk
Bennett
Holla
Stephens
Tex
McCourt (assuming he can last a full game - if not, Solly)
Baldock
CMS

Away from home: Ince (assuming Toko is behind him in the pecking order - I suspect Toko will be ahead of him, but will we ever find out?) in for Paddy

Bench: CoG, Walton, Hughes, Colunga, Crofts, Solly/Paddy, Toko/Ince

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

None of this three holding midfielders rubbish. We are lacking midfielders arriving late into the box, too many times yesterday the ball was played behind the strikers into space where a midfielder arriving late would have had a good chance of getting on the end of it.

Stockdale
Calderon Dunk Greer Bennett
Holla
McCourt Stephens Tex
CMS Baldock

Subs
Walton
Bruno
Crofts
Lua Lua
Hughes
Ince
March

 

[durrington gull]

Amazing that no-one see's JFC anywhere near our starting line up apart from Sammi!!!

 

[GT49er]

.................................Stockdale

Bruno.................Greer..........Dunk / Hughes..............Bennett

Calderon.............Holla........Stephens / Crofts / Ince....McCourt

...................................Tex

............Any one of our four journeyman strikers................

 

[GolfingGull]

....................Stockdale. ..................

...........Greer............. Dunk..............

...Bruno...................... ...... Bennett..

......................Holla... .....................

...March........Stephens..........Teixeira

................CMS........ Baldock............

 

[Barnham Seagull]

Our squad is very unbalanced.

We have no wide solid players who can go forwards and back only out and out luxury forward players who would be better coming off the bench.

Three forwards all very similar and average with the only one who offers anything different out of the match squad.

A midfield full of players with fitness problems or injury prone and all prey avearge.

Defence is Ok and the keeper looks a bad buy for the money with only a kid and a 1st div understudy.

All in all a bad lot that any manager would be struggling with right now.

We failed to prepare then panicked and brought some very average players that we're not what the squad needed.

We will struggle.

 

[Marshy]

Stockdale

Bruno
Bennett
Hughes
Greer

Holla
JFC
Stephens
Tex
March

Cms

 

[willalbion]

stockdale
bruno
dunk
greer
chicksen

march
holla
stephens
kll
tex

cms