FourFourTwo - Football League Perfect XI's

[BTS]

I Received my monthly copy of 4-4-2 A week or so ago and they had a supplement magazine in there for Football League Perfect XI's.

I went straight to the Southend Perfect XI

Here is the team

GK Mervyn Cawston
DF Alan Moody
DF Bilel Mohsni
DF Chris Powell
DF Mike Marsh
MF Paul Clark
MF Peter Butler
MF Ricky Otto
FW Stan Collymore
FW Freddy Eastwood
FW Peter Taylor

Manager David Webb

This was chosen by Ian Holmes (Shrimperzone.com) and Daniel Peat

Now i agree with most of that team but how can anyone put Mohsni into a Southend Perfect XI?

Fair enough, he is a cracking player, but he has made 20 Appearances for us! Quite how he is in there above Prior & Edwards i will never know.

Also, surely a better choice for GK would have been Sansome or Royce??

Who is Ian Wholmes? Reveal yourself.

Thoughts on the team?

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

I Received my monthly copy of 4-4-2 A week or so ago and they had a supplement magazine in there for Football League Perfect XI's.

I went straight to the Southend Perfect XI

Here is the team

GK Mervyn Cawston
DF Alan Moody
DF Bilel Mohsni
DF Chris Powell
DF Mike Marsh
MF Paul Clark
MF Peter Butler
MF Ricky Otto
FW Stan Collymore
FW Freddy Eastwood
FW Peter Taylor

Manager David Webb

This was chosen by Ian Holmes (Shrimperzone.com) and Daniel Peat

Now i agree with most of that team but how can anyone put Mohsni into a Southend Perfect XI?

Fair enough, he is a cracking player, but he has made 20 Appearances for us! Quite how he is in there above Prior & Edwards i will never know.

Also, surely a better choice for GK would have been Sansome or Royce??

Who is Ian Wholmes? Reveal yourself.

Thoughts on the team?

I'm trying to figure out the formation as well. Is that supposed to be a 4-4-2 with Mike Marsh in midfield?

 

[BTS]

Exactly Yorkie, Marsh should be in midfiled and Clark in defence

 

[devonexile]

I Received my monthly copy of 4-4-2 A week or so ago and they had a supplement magazine in there for Football League Perfect XI's.

I went straight to the Southend Perfect XI

Here is the team

GK Mervyn Cawston
DF Alan Moody
DF Bilel Mohsni
DF Chris Powell
DF Mike Marsh
MF Paul Clark
MF Peter Butler
MF Ricky Otto
FW Stan Collymore
FW Freddy Eastwood
FW Peter Taylor

Manager David Webb

This was chosen by Ian Holmes (Shrimperzone.com) and Daniel Peat

Now i agree with most of that team but how can anyone put Mohsni into a Southend Perfect XI?

Fair enough, he is a cracking player, but he has made 20 Appearances for us! Quite how he is in there above Prior & Edwards i will never know.

Also, surely a better choice for GK would have been Sansome or Royce??

Who is Ian Wholmes? Reveal yourself.

Thoughts on the team?

Royce for Merv Cawston, Peter Watson and Spencer Prior for Moshni and Moody, Dean Austin for Marsh (although a case could be made for Marsh to play in midfield, if a 442 system were to be used and I would probably play him ahead of Peter Butler) and Billy Best for Spud Taylor (Otto would have given us pace and width and two wingers when playing 433 is a luxury).

 

[canveyshrimper]

I Received my monthly copy of 4-4-2 A week or so ago and they had a supplement magazine in there for Football League Perfect XI's.

I went straight to the Southend Perfect XI

Here is the team

GK Mervyn Cawston
DF Alan Moody
DF Bilel Mohsni
DF Chris Powell
DF Mike Marsh
MF Paul Clark
MF Peter Butler
MF Ricky Otto
FW Stan Collymore
FW Freddy Eastwood
FW Peter Taylor

Manager David Webb

This was chosen by Ian Holmes (Shrimperzone.com) and Daniel Peat

Now i agree with most of that team but how can anyone put Mohsni into a Southend Perfect XI?

Fair enough, he is a cracking player, but he has made 20 Appearances for us! Quite how he is in there above Prior & Edwards i will never know.

Also, surely a better choice for GK would have been Sansome or Royce??

Who is Ian Wholmes? Reveal yourself.

Thoughts on the team?

Better choice of keeper? Without being patronising did you see Cawston play?
Marsh in defence?
For this old fart Peter Watson, Spencer Prior and Billy Best are glaring absentees, but having said that we've all played best XI's in the past.

 

[canveyshrimper]

Royce for Merv Cawston, Peter Watson and Spencer Prior for Moshni and Moody, Dean Austin for Marsh (although a case could be made for Marsh to play in midfield, if a 442 system were to be used and I would probably play him ahead of Peter Butler) and Billy Best for Spud Taylor (Otto would have given us pace and width and two wingers when playing 433 is a luxury).

Pretty much agree with you apart from Cawston of course. You can make a case for Moody at full back, he played there often enough.

 

[BTS]

Better choice of keeper? Without being patronising did you see Cawston play?
Marsh in defence?
For this old fart Peter Watson, Spencer Prior and Billy Best are glaring absentees, but having said that we've all played best XI's in the past.

No i will admit to never having seen Cawston play. But have i have seen Sammy and Roycie play. I can only base my opinion on what i have seen and heard from other people.

 

[canveyshrimper]

No i will admit to never having seen Cawston play. But have i have seen Sammy and Roycie play. I can only base my opinion on what i have seen and heard from other people.

Indeed and quite right to laud Sammy & Royce as well, two of my favourites down the years.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Here is the team

GK Mervyn Cawston
DF Alan Moody
DF Bilel Mohsni
DF Chris Powell
DF Mike Marsh
MF Paul Clark
MF Peter Butler
MF Ricky Otto
FW Stan Collymore
FW Freddy Eastwood
FW Peter Taylor

Hmm... my thoughts:

Prior for Moshni is a no-brainer. Marsh & Clark need to swap places. Otto and Spud are "either/or" - both as highly attacking left sided players. I'd go 4-4-2 and drop Spud for Marky G.

GK Mervyn Cawston
DF Alan Moody
DF Chris Powell
DF Paul Clark
DF Spencer Prior
MF Mike Marsh
MF Peter Butler
MF Mark Gower
MF Ricky Otto
FW Stan Collymore
FW Freddy Eastwood

That's a pretty special side.

 

[james_c]

i got that 4-4-2 as well and think tilson should be manager and prior for moshni

 

[The Big Shrimp]

& Neil Freeman was better than all of the above mentioned!

 

[Firestorm]

its the usual debate,

In the past on here we have see numerous opinions on best XI but I have never seen Marsh at RB, Prior excluded for a youngster in his first season or Spud up top in a 433 before....

That said, Marky G aside, has there been any other outstanding Right Wingers ?


EDIT Terry Johnson ?

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

its the usual debate,

In the past on here we have see numerous opinions on best XI but I have never seen Marsh ai RB, Prior excluded for a youngster in his first season or Spud up top in a 433 before....

That said, Marky G aside, has there been any other outstanding Right Wingers ?


EDIT Terry Johnson ?

Ooh Andy Ansah?

Martin Ling?

Scott Ashenden?

Gower invariably started on the left.

Anyway, if that's for the magazine FourFourTwo, why are they playing 4-3-3 in the first place?

I think that's supposed to be 4-4-2. It seems to make more sense as:

Cawston
Moody Mohsni Clark Powell
Taylor Marsh Butler Otto
Collymore Eastwood

 

[Firestorm]

I would go for

Cawston
Austin Moody Prior Powell
Ansah Pountney Marsh Otto
Collymore Eastwood

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

I'd go for Roycey in nets and Mark Bentley covering the other ten positions. Benji on the bench.

 

[danburyshrimper]

Cawston
martin
powell
edwards
clark
butler
maher
whelan
cadette
eastwood
collymore
4=3=3

subs
sansome
austin
pennyfather
moody
ansah
phillips
tilson

 

[ol blue eyes]

I Received my monthly copy of 4-4-2 A week or so ago and they had a supplement magazine in there for Football League Perfect XI's.

I went straight to the Southend Perfect XI

Here is the team

GK Mervyn Cawston
DF Alan Moody
DF Bilel Mohsni
DF Chris Powell
DF Mike Marsh
MF Paul Clark
MF Peter Butler
MF Ricky Otto
FW Stan Collymore
FW Freddy Eastwood
FW Peter Taylor

Manager David Webb

This was chosen by Ian Holmes (Shrimperzone.com) and Daniel Peat

Now i agree with most of that team but how can anyone put Mohsni into a Southend Perfect XI?

Fair enough, he is a cracking player, but he has made 20 Appearances for us! Quite how he is in there above Prior & Edwards i will never know.

Also, surely a better choice for GK would have been Sansome or Royce??

Who is Ian Wholmes? Reveal yourself.

Thoughts on the team?

Seeing as you've asked, Ian Holmes probably seen more games than most on here and has been supporting SUFC almost as long as I have (50+ years) so I think his judgement deserves respect whether or not your choice may differ. He and his daughter are also very well known to away match followers.

I'm not saying my team would be identical. I guess it depends on how far you go back. I may for example go for the late Tony Bentley as full back.
As for the Keeper, Royce or Sansome do spring to mind or even Harry Threadgold provided the game is not under floodlights!
Much as I loved Biily Best who has been mentioned, I think you could only include him at the expense of Colly or Freddie so a tough call as 'Spud' Taylor would be the provider.
The title was 'Southend perfect XI and as such, yes I would include Mohsni. All too rare these day's is the enthusiasum, comitment and pure love of the game shown that we see from Bilel. I would pay to watch any team he was in, he is our David Luiz.
Shame on you though Mr Holmes, for reminding the rest of the football world of him..... Shhhhhhhh:winking:

 

[Napster]

where's Declan Perkins?

 

[undercovershrimper]

where's Declan Perkins?

more to the point where's Peter Belsvik for crying out loud, what a disgrace!! :thumbdown:

 

[Bolton Shrimper]

No mention of Bill Garner ? Still turning out albeit rarely up until a couple of years ago.