Best Saints team you've ever seen. 14:46 - Jun 4 with 2487 views | saint901 | Pick 11 first teamers and two subs based on ALL the players you've seen turn out for us. Mix and match players who are alive, dead, played once or played hundreds of times. Aim is to have the best team we could have ever fielded. We'll start with keeper and a back 3/4/5. Later midfield and forwards - unless you want to do them all together. For me (all more than 100 appearances) Keeper - Shilton Right back - Soares CB - John McGrath CB - Mark Wright Left Back - David Peach | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 15:24 - Jun 4 with 2123 views | PatfromPoole | Soares!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 | ![](/images/avatars/1961.gif) |
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Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 15:31 - Jun 4 with 2111 views | SaintNick | For me Shilton ( No contest he was the best keeper in the world during his time with Saints) Right back - Ivan Golac Central defender Mark Wright Central defender Virgil Van Dijk Left back - Mark Dennis | ![](/images/avatars/1032.gif) |
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Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 15:35 - Jun 4 with 2101 views | SFC_Referee | Is this for how they’ve turned out, or simply how good they were for us? So like would Bale be a contender as a fullback or the winger he was for Madrid? | ![](/images/avatars/29913.gif) |
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Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 15:35 - Jun 4 with 2104 views | PatfromPoole | Niemi Bridge Van Dick Michael Svensson Dodd | ![](/images/avatars/1961.gif) |
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Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 15:36 - Jun 4 with 2098 views | PatfromPoole |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 15:35 - Jun 4 by SFC_Referee | Is this for how they’ve turned out, or simply how good they were for us? So like would Bale be a contender as a fullback or the winger he was for Madrid? |
Surely based on their time at Saints (?).... | ![](/images/avatars/1961.gif) |
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Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 16:02 - Jun 4 with 2062 views | Butty101 | For me GK Shilton Right back - Clyne Central defender Wright Central defender Virgil Van Dijk Left back - Bertrand Honorable mentions to Bridge, Shaw, Dodd, Fonte, Alderweireld Nemi and Svensson | ![](/images/avatars/7061.gif) |
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Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 16:05 - Jun 4 with 2036 views | SFC_Referee |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 15:36 - Jun 4 by PatfromPoole | Surely based on their time at Saints (?).... |
Well if that’s the case, I’m sure I may have forgotten a player or two but for me I’d go with… GK: Artur Boruc LB: Luke Shaw CB: Jose Fonte CB:Vergil Van Dijk RB: Kyle Walker-Peters CM: James Ward-Prowse CDM: Morgan Schneiderlin CM: Adam Lallana LW: Sadio Mane ST: Rickie Lambert RW: Dusan Tadic Subs: Oriol Romeu & Danny Ings [Post edited 4 Jun 20:17]
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Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 16:05 - Jun 4 with 2035 views | saint901 |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 15:36 - Jun 4 by PatfromPoole | Surely based on their time at Saints (?).... |
Based on how they played for Saints. Not necessarily the best, perhaps the ones you enjoyed most or who you thought were entertaining or committed or anything else that makes them stand out for you. Nothing is off the books (but Mark Dennis - really - he was always a red card waiting to happen). | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) | Login to get fewer ads
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 16:36 - Jun 4 with 1989 views | 1teeminants | 1. Peter Shilton 2. Mick Mills 3 . Mark Dennis 4. Mark Wright 5. Virgil Van Dijk 6.Steve Williams 7.Matt Le Tissier 8. Mick Channon 9. Ron Davies 10. Kevin Keegan 11. Terry Paine Subs Ronnie Ekelund Marian Pahars [Post edited 4 Jun 16:44]
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Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 16:42 - Jun 4 with 1980 views | 1teeminants |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 16:05 - Jun 4 by saint901 | Based on how they played for Saints. Not necessarily the best, perhaps the ones you enjoyed most or who you thought were entertaining or committed or anything else that makes them stand out for you. Nothing is off the books (but Mark Dennis - really - he was always a red card waiting to happen). |
Dennis was the best left back we’ve had by a country mile ffs. Just because he was hot headed doesn’t mean to say he wasn’t the best . | ![](/images/avatars/2020.gif) |
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Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 16:51 - Jun 4 with 1964 views | saint901 |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 16:42 - Jun 4 by 1teeminants | Dennis was the best left back we’ve had by a country mile ffs. Just because he was hot headed doesn’t mean to say he wasn’t the best . |
No point being the best of you're watching from the stands? I'm going for a 4-3-1-2 formation. So I need three midfield players. Central defensive mid - Nick Holmes Alongside Steve Williams and Alan Ball. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 16:55 - Jun 4 with 1949 views | Heisenberg |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 16:05 - Jun 4 by SFC_Referee | Well if that’s the case, I’m sure I may have forgotten a player or two but for me I’d go with… GK: Artur Boruc LB: Luke Shaw CB: Jose Fonte CB:Vergil Van Dijk RB: Kyle Walker-Peters CM: James Ward-Prowse CDM: Morgan Schneiderlin CM: Adam Lallana LW: Sadio Mane ST: Rickie Lambert RW: Dusan Tadic Subs: Oriol Romeu & Danny Ings [Post edited 4 Jun 20:17]
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Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 17:05 - Jun 4 with 1935 views | Heisenberg |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 16:55 - Jun 4 by Heisenberg | MLT ??? |
Not the best but more favourite players Shilton Golac Fonte Claus Franny Steve Williams Keegan MLT Pahars Ricky Lambert Terry Paine | ![](/images/avatars/10359.gif) |
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Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 17:11 - Jun 4 with 1920 views | 1teeminants |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 16:51 - Jun 4 by saint901 | No point being the best of you're watching from the stands? I'm going for a 4-3-1-2 formation. So I need three midfield players. Central defensive mid - Nick Holmes Alongside Steve Williams and Alan Ball. |
Clueless pal how can you put Nick Holmes in there ? good player but not the best by a long way. [Post edited 4 Jun 17:13]
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Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 17:40 - Jun 4 with 1861 views | franniesTache | GK: Shilton RB: Bertrand CB: VVD CB: Mark Wright LB: Bridge LM: David Armstrong CM: Jimmy Case RM: Keegan AM: Le Tiss ST: Pahars ST: Lambert | ![](/images/avatars/13008.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 18:57 - Jun 4 with 1793 views | grumpy | Shilton Dennis Vergil Van Dijk Mark Wright Ivan Golac Ball Matt Le Tissier Steve Williams Gareth Bale Mick Channon Kevin Keegan subs Svensson Ron Davies | ![](/images/avatars/2053.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 20:13 - Jun 4 with 1725 views | SFC_Referee |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 16:55 - Jun 4 by Heisenberg | MLT ??? |
Well I thought we were picking the ones we actually saw play ourselves? As yeah I sure would’ve loved to have seen him play, but seeing how I’m not over 40, unfortunately I didn’t get the opportunity to do so | ![](/images/avatars/29913.gif) |
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Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 07:46 - Jun 5 with 1565 views | areasix | Niemi Rodrigues VVD Fonte Golac Williams D Armstrong Le Tissier Channon Keegan Pahars Oriol Romeu Bale | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 09:53 - Jun 5 with 1497 views | Ifonly | One of the problems with this type of thing is you can't really compare players across time. Take Ivan Golac. He was a decent player, a fans favourite and did well for Saints. But, as a player he wasn't a patch on KWP or Clyne for that matter. If he was available today, he might be behind Bree in the pecking order. Also, not a popular view, but I reckon that by the time he'd developed, Tim Flowers was doing a better job for Saints than Shilton did. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 09:57 - Jun 5 with 1492 views | saint901 |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 17:11 - Jun 4 by 1teeminants | Clueless pal how can you put Nick Holmes in there ? good player but not the best by a long way. [Post edited 4 Jun 17:13]
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The cohort of young players which included Nick, also included me. He clearly "made it", I did not. Consequently I played in the same team as Nick a number of times. He was solid, dependable, always available for a pass, protective of other players and generally always geeing up other players and being unselfish himself. When he made the first team, he was the same. This is not about the "best" players but rather those who appeared for us who we enjoyed watching and who we think brought a little extra to the team. For me, Nick fits that description. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 10:50 - Jun 5 with 1469 views | franniesTache |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 09:57 - Jun 5 by saint901 | The cohort of young players which included Nick, also included me. He clearly "made it", I did not. Consequently I played in the same team as Nick a number of times. He was solid, dependable, always available for a pass, protective of other players and generally always geeing up other players and being unselfish himself. When he made the first team, he was the same. This is not about the "best" players but rather those who appeared for us who we enjoyed watching and who we think brought a little extra to the team. For me, Nick fits that description. |
Yeah it's funny how often the players that make it aren't the "best" players, i used to play football with Lukas Jutkiewicz as he grew up near me (his sister was in the same year at school with the sister of one of my best mates). He was definitely not the most naturally gifted or "best" player out of our group, but he was definitely the most serious about playing and hardest working. The best player i played with never got further than playing for Totton occasionally as he enjoyed going on out on the piss more than training | ![](/images/avatars/13008.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 12:33 - Jun 5 with 1428 views | SaintNick |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 09:53 - Jun 5 by Ifonly | One of the problems with this type of thing is you can't really compare players across time. Take Ivan Golac. He was a decent player, a fans favourite and did well for Saints. But, as a player he wasn't a patch on KWP or Clyne for that matter. If he was available today, he might be behind Bree in the pecking order. Also, not a popular view, but I reckon that by the time he'd developed, Tim Flowers was doing a better job for Saints than Shilton did. |
What this thread has pointed out is just how many great players we have had and it is hard to compare them, Golac played 167 League games for Saints, Nathaniel Clyne played just under half that with 89, Golac was a very good right back for Saints. Not sure I can agree with you about Flowers, Shilton was the undisputed best goalkeeper not only in England but the World during his time at the Dell, but he was only about 3rd/4th choice for England at best
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Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 12:59 - Jun 5 with 1408 views | MattFinish | Manager: Ronald Koeman GK: Antti Niemi RB: KWP CB: Toby Alderweireld CB: Virgil van Dijk LB: Ryan Bertrand MFD: Matt Le Tissier MFD: JWP MFD: Ronnie Eklund STR: Sadio Mané STR: Rickie Lambert STR: Marians Pahars | ![](/images/avatars/25150.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 13:27 - Jun 5 with 1385 views | saint22 |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 17:05 - Jun 4 by Heisenberg | Not the best but more favourite players Shilton Golac Fonte Claus Franny Steve Williams Keegan MLT Pahars Ricky Lambert Terry Paine |
where is Terry Hurlock? | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 13:28 - Jun 5 with 1384 views | franniesTache |
Best Saints team you've ever seen. on 13:27 - Jun 5 by saint22 | where is Terry Hurlock? |
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