Starting line ups

[Chelsea8-0Manu]

Can someone give me the probable starting line-ups of all the teams in the Premier League, please :

a) Arsenal
b) Aston Villa
c) Birmingham
d) Blackburn
e) Bolton
f) Chelsea
g) Derby
h) Everton
i) Fulham
j) Liverpool
k) Man City
l) Man United
m) Middlesbrough
n) Newcastle
o) Portsmouth
p) Reading
q) Sunderland
r) Tottenham
s) West Ham
t) Wigan

[marighand]

It's still up in the air, nobody here is a coach and ven if we were we'd say nothing was set in stone at this point.

My opinion for Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and ManU. This is simply my opinion.

Arsenal

Lehman
Eboue-----Toure-----Gallas(c)-----Clichy
Hleb-----Fabregas-----Gilberto-----Rosicky
Van Persie-----Adebayor

Chelsea

Cech
Ferreria-----Terry(c)-----Carvalho-----Cole
Essien-----Makelele
Wright-Phillips-----Lampard-----Malouda
Drogba

Liverpool


Reina
Finnan-----Carragher-----Agger-----Riise
Mascherano
Gerrard-----Alonso-----Babel
Torres-----Kuyt

ManU

van der Saar
Neville(c)-----Ferdinand-----Vidic-----Evra
Hargreaves
Ronaldo-----Scholes-----Nani
Rooney-----Saha

[Alan D]

Its pretty much too hard to say because there will still be a lot of transfers happening, like in Man City's case when players are just starting to arrive through the doors.

[AussieLFCfan]

It's still up in the air, nobody here is a coach and ven if we were we'd say nothing was set in stone at this point.

My opinion for Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and ManU. This is simply my opinion.

Arsenal

Lehman
Eboue-----Toure-----Gallas(c)-----Clichy
Hleb-----Fabregas-----Gilberto-----Rosicky
Van Persie-----Adebayor

Chelsea

Cech
Ferreria-----Terry(c)-----Carvalho-----Cole
Essien-----Makelele
Wright-Phillips-----Lampard-----Malouda
Drogba

Liverpool


Reina
Finnan-----Carragher-----Agger-----Heinze:D
Mascherano
Gerrard-----Alonso-----Babel
Torres-----Kuyt

ManU

van der Saar
Neville(c)-----Ferdinand-----Vidic-----Evra
Hargreaves
Ronaldo-----Scholes-----Nani
Rooney-----Saha






how about that?

[big daddy]

It's still up in the air, nobody here is a coach and ven if we were we'd say nothing was set in stone at this point.

My opinion for Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and ManU. This is simply my opinion.

Arsenal

Lehman
Eboue-----Toure-----Gallas(c)-----Clichy
Hleb-----Fabregas-----Gilberto-----Rosicky
Van Persie-----Adebayor


Chelsea



Cech


Ferreria-----Terry(c)-----Carvalho-----Cole


Essien-----Makelele


Wright-Phillips-----Lampard-----Malouda


Drogba



Liverpool




Reina
Finnan-----Carragher-----Agger-----Riise
Mascherano
Gerrard-----Alonso-----Babel
Torres-----Kuyt


ManU



van der Saar


Neville(c)-----Ferdinand-----Vidic-----Evra


Hargreaves


Ronaldo-----Scholes-----Nani


Rooney-----Saha













Regarding Chelsea, I can't see Wright-Phillips coming ahead of Joe Cole. If Robben stays rather than go to Real Madrid, he may have strong claims for a starting berth. Makelele is getting on in years and will come under pressure from the precocious Mikel. I also have a sneaky feeling Tal Ben Haim may be employed as right-back. Definite starters for them: Cech, Terry, Carvalho, Essien, Lampard (assuming he stays), Drogba (and I suspect Ashley Cole).

[marighand]

Regarding Chelsea, I can't see Wright-Phillips coming ahead of Joe Cole. If Robben stays rather than go to Real Madrid, he may have strong claims for a starting berth. Makelele is getting on in years and will come under pressure from the precocious Mikel. I also have a sneaky feeling Tal Ben Haim may be employed as right-back. Definite starters for them: Cech, Terry, Carvalho, Essien, Lampard (assuming he stays), Drogba (and I suspect Ashley Cole).

You're right, I didn't put in Robben cuz I was unsure about him and Cole I figured would still try to find his form. However I still think Malouda would still start ahead of him. As for left back, Cole was injured before and Ben Haim was a new guy but now Bridge is injured too so Ben Haim will probably be employed as LB at the beginning of the season.

[marighand]

Regarding Chelsea, I can't see Wright-Phillips coming ahead of Joe Cole. If Robben stays rather than go to Real Madrid, he may have strong claims for a starting berth. Makelele is getting on in years and will come under pressure from the precocious Mikel. I also have a sneaky feeling Tal Ben Haim may be employed as right-back. Definite starters for them: Cech, Terry, Carvalho, Essien, Lampard (assuming he stays), Drogba (and I suspect Ashley Cole).

So who do you supposed will start for Makelele? Ballack has been pure shite and Mikel is too inexperienced and hot-headed I feel to be used consistently. Probably Sidwell, unless Ballack finds his form which I have a sneaky feeling he will be on fire this year.

[big daddy]

So who do you supposed will start for Makelele? Ballack has been pure shite and Mikel is too inexperienced and hot-headed I feel to be used consistently. Probably Sidwell, unless Ballack finds his form which I have a sneaky feeling he will be on fire this year.

i could be wrong but i expect mikel to get more playing time than makelele this season. he's a prodigious talent, i was very impressed with him towards the tail-end of last season.

regarding ben haim, i think you're right, while ashley cole and bridge are injured, he will be deployed as left-back at the start of the campaign.

i think your formation is correct, with chelsea reverting to two wingers. i think these two spots will be battled out between malouda, robben (if he stays) and joe cole. i think wright-phillips is behind all three in the pecking order.

[alain_9510]

Arsenal often play 4-5-1 in Europe and against other big 4 sides:

Lehmann

Eboue - Toure - Gallas - Clichy

Hleb - Fabregas - Gilberto - Rosicky - van Persie

Adebayor

[Chelsea8-0Manu]

Fans of clubs involved, please inform if I made mistakes in the lineups.

Arsenal

...............Van Persie........Eduardo
Rosicky.....Gilberto..........Fabregas.......Hleb
Clichy.......Gallas...............Toure.......Eboue
......................Lehmann

Aston Villa

.............Carew...........Harewood
Young......Petrov..........Reo Coker......Agbonlahor
Barry.......Cahill............Melberg..........Delaney
.....................Sorensen

Birmingham (I have no idea)

Blackburn

...............Santa Cruz...........McCarthy
Pedersen.....Reid...............Savage..........Bentley
Warnock.......Samba...........Nelsen...........Emerton
............................Friedel

Bolton ( I'm probably dead wrong)

...................Anelka........Davies
Diouf...........Speed..........Nolan...........Wilhelmsson
Gardner.......Meite............Faye...........Hunt
..........................Jaaskelainen

Derby ( no idea)

Everton

.........................Johnson
Arteta........Carsely.........Cahill............Osman
...........................Neville
Baines........Lescott...........Yobo..............Hibbert
...........................Howard

Fulham

..............Kamara...........Healy
Cook........Dempsey........Bullard.........Davies
Konchesky.....Knight.......Bocanegra.....Volz
...........................Niemi

Liverpool

................Kuyt.............Torres
Kewell........Mascherano......Gerrard.......Benayoun
Riise..........Agger.............Carragher......Finnan
..........................Reina

Manchester City

................Bianchi........Bojinov
Petrov........Hamann........Geovanni.........Elano
Corluka........Dunne.........Garrido..........Richards
............................Issakson

Manchester United

.................Tevez...........Rooney
Giggs...........Scholes.......Hargreaves........Ronaldo
Evra...........Vidic............Ferdinand..........Neville
......................Van der Sar

Middlesbrough

..................Yakubu.........Sanli
Downing........Boateng.......Rochemback........Mendieta
Arca.............Huth............Woodgate............Young
..........................Schwarzer

Newcastle

........................Viduka.........Owen
Duff...............Emre..............Barton.......Solano
Enrique..........Cacapa........Rozehnal.......Geremi
.............................Given

Portsmouth

...................Nugent............Utaka
Taylor..........Mendes..........Muntari.........O' Neill
Traore..........Campbell.........Distin.........Lauren
..............................James

Reading

....................Doyle...............Kitson
Hunt..............Fae................Ciise...........Ki-Hyeon
Shorey...........Ingimarsson.......Sonko.......Murty
................................Hahnemann

Sunderland(no idea)

Tottenham

................Keane............Berbatov
Malbranque.....Boateng.....Jenas..........Lennon
Bale.............King...........Dawson........Chimbonda
.........................Robinson

West Ham

................Ashton........Bellamy
Boa Morte....Parker.......Noble.......Ljungberg
Paintsil.........Upson......Ferdinand....Neill
........................Green

Wigan

.............................Heskey
..............................Sibierski
.Kilbane........Scharner..........Landzaat........Valencia
???????.........Hall...............Bramble.............Melchiot
...............................Kirkland

[Dirt McGirt]

Fans of clubs involved, please inform if I made mistakes in the lineups.

Newcastle

........................Viduka.........Owen
Duff...............Emre..............Barton.......Solano
Enrique..........Cacapa........Rozehnal.......Geremi
.............................Given



........................Viduka.........Owen/Martins
.................................Smith.....................
.........................Barton.......Milner
................................Geremi.........................
Enrique..........Cacapa/Taylor........Rozehnal.......Carr
.............................Given

[leg_breaker]

I haven't got a clue what Bolton's team is going to be like, we've signed about 400 players, and have half a dozen options in most midfield and attack positions.

If Chelsea have any sense, they'll go with:

Cech
Ferreira Terry Carvalho A. Cole
Essien
Lampard Ballack
J. Cole...............Robben
Drogba

[prymetyme]

In the Manchester United side, It'll be Carrick and Hardgreaves splitting the time. Carrick will begin the season as the starter.

[The_ChelseaSupporter]

I haven't got a clue what Bolton's team is going to be like, we've signed about 400 players, and have half a dozen options in most midfield and attack positions.

If Chelsea have any sense, they'll go with:

Cech
Ferreira Terry Carvalho A. Cole
Essien
Lampard Ballack
J. Cole...............Robben

Drogba


I use that lineup for FIFA 07!
You rat!

[AudereEstFacere]

Fans of clubs involved, please inform if I made mistakes in the lineups.


Tottenham

................Keane............Berbatov
Malbranque.....Boateng.....Jenas..........Lennon
Bale.............King...........Dawson........Chimbonda
.........................Robinson

That's likely, I guess, but barring injuries I would go with this... maybe?

........Berbatov.......Bent.........Keane.........
...Zokora..............Jenas............Lennon....
...Bale...........King.......Dawson........Chimbonda

Malbranque, Boateng, Kaboul, Young-Pyo, Defoe, and Tainio would all probably make a lot of starts, though.