Marshall
Peltier
Hudson
Morrison
McNaughton
Noone
Gunnarsson
Whittingham
Hoilett
Zohore
Bothroyd
Subs
Etheridge
Bamba
Manga
Taylor
Ralls
Bellamy
Chopra
Honourable mention for Helguson
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What is your team of the decade?
Marshall
Peltier
Hudson
Morrison
McNaughton
Noone
Gunnarsson
Whittingham
Hoilett
Zohore
Bothroyd
Subs
Etheridge
Bamba
Manga
Taylor
Ralls
Bellamy
Chopra
Honourable mention for Helguson
Marshall
McNaughton
Morrison
Hudson
Bennett (Not many decent left backs)
Noone
Whittingham
Ralls
Hoilett
Bothroyd
Chopra
An alternative XI
Bywater
Theophile-Catherine
Tamas
Flint
Malone
Etuhu
Taiwo
Eikrem
Lappin
Feeney
Velikonja
Marshall
McNaughton, Morrison, Bamba, Taylor
Gunnarsson, Ramsey, Whittingham, Mutch, Ledley
Bothroyd
Sub:
Etheridge, Manga, Connolly, Medel, Hoilett, Chopra, F. Campbell
Surely the decade ends on 31 December 2020....
Yes I don’t remember Bellamy playing as a striker (if he ever did) so that’s him out and it was a toss up between Chops and Zohore.
Which says a lot about our strikers over the last 10 years when it’s a toss up between 1 who had a good 6 months against another who left us 8 years ago.
During the 2010/11 season where Jones had his best squad ever, Bellamy started on the wing. Chopra lost his form after Christmas and Bellamy was pushed up front alongside Bothroyd.
Bellamy started the Reading playoff first leg up front and was injured. Now having to rely on Chopra who was hopelessly out of form and touch filled most City fans with dread. Rightly so. He was garbage when needed in those playoffs, as were most of the team.
Fair point on Bellamy, although I'd have him ahead of Zahore still. Chopra scored 20+ goals in 2009/10 so was in decent form at the start of the decade. The last minute winner against the Jacks was in 2010 which was a pretty memorable goal too. And even though he was a weaker player the following season he still managed more than 10 goals that season. Which, crudely, suggests he scored about the same number of goals as Zahore in the period, but in half the time, while he was at his worst.
Worth noting that McCormack was still just about with us in 2010 as well. (I'm assuming the "decade" here is the 10 years to 31 Dec 2019 hence the timing of the thread).
Also - did we spend much money on any of the players that have made the lists here? Hudson was a big money signing for us at the time; money was spent on Chopra but I think on the whole we were flat on buying/selling him; Manga cost a few million. But no Medel, Caulker, Reid, Cornelius, Glatzel, Cunningham....
Marshall
McNaughton
Bamba
Hudson
Kennedy
Bellamy
Whittingham
McPhail
McCormack
Chopra
Bothroyd
Zahore 😂😂😂😂😂still can’t get it right