Favourite boro eleven

4-2-3-1

Schwarzer
Young
Southgate
Woodgate
Quedreue
Boateng
Gascoigne
Adama
Juninho
Downing
Viduka

I know Gazza wasn't at his best here but he had one good season and I think he'll always feature in my favourite 11. If I was choosing based entirely on Boro performances I'd probably switch Gazza out for Emerson.
 
73-74 team is my all time favourite but to answer the question posed;

The Bruce Rioch team was a close second and coincided with me travelling all over the country wathcing Boro in a great era.

Pears
Parkinson
Queudrue
Mowbray
Maddren
Ripley
Souness
Boateng
Juninho
Hickton
Armstrong

subs
Viduka
JFH
Mendieta
Foggon
Southgate
Boam
Schwarzer

Manager
Bruce Rioch
 
Schwarzer

Dijksteel
Southgate
Festa
Quedreue

Boateng
Mendieta

Traore
Juninho
Downing

Viduka

I'm aware that Mendieta wasn't a deep lying midfield player, but I had to get him in there because he produced some absolute magic on his day.
 
………………….Pears

Parkinson…Mowbray…Pallister…Cooper

Hendrie…Juninho…Emerson…Ripley

…………….Slaven…Boksic

Subs:
Schwarzer, Mustoe, Merson, Southgate.
 
Grrreds said:
73-74 team is my all time favourite but to answer the question posed;

The Bruce Rioch team was a close second and coincided with me travelling all over the country wathcing Boro in a great era.

Pears
Parkinson
Queudrue
Mowbray
Maddren
Ripley
Souness
Boateng
Juninho
Hickton
Armstrong

subs
Viduka
JFH
Mendieta
Foggon
Southgate
Boam
Schwarzer

Manager
Bruce Rioch
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That's pretty much my favourite team but with Emerson for Boatang and Slaven for Armstrong. Two players I love dropping out by the way.
 
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asredastheycome said:
So few have Maddren our best CB in living memory.
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Quite possibly, however to appreciate* - great defending - you really need to be able to read the game & see what the defenders are doing to stop the attacking play develop... unlike falshy wingers wtih endless stepovers & strikers jumping in the air waving their hands 'look at me, look at me'

Craggs I could see was ahead of his time & STILL the best RB we've had - IMHO - because he did slide tackles from Grangetown & was up & down the flanks like a piston...
Maddren was so good he could have been 70's Italian...

*many may have been too young...
 
Schwarzer
Craggs Maddren Mowbray Ziege
Traore Emerson Souness Armstrong
Juninho Hickton

Pears
Pallister
Southgate
Downing
Viduka
Mustoe

Neal

ps i know Ziege is controversial but...
 
Schwarzer
Djiksteele Pallister Gibson Frank Q
Ince Boateng
Emerson
Mendieta Juninho
Viduka

Subs:
Pogatetz
Mustoe
Rav
Zenden
Dimi
 
————————Schwarzer ——————

Festa———Ugo——Southgate——George

———— Emerson———Boateng————

Traore————Juninho—————Zenden

————————Ravanelli———————

subs
Pears
Ayala
HIgnett
Leadbitter
Frank
Boksic
Viduka
 
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Caesium137 said:
Some possible snakes in there, who I was disappointed in the way they left. But they were favourites when they played.

-----------------------Schwarzer---------------------

---------------Festa---Ehiogu---Pogatetz-----------

Geremi----------------------------------------Ziege

----------------Mustoe------Boateng---------------

----------Juninho--------------------Ramirez--------

------------------------Viduka----------------------

Subs from:
Southgate
Quedrue
Luke Young
Boksic
Zenden
Emerson
Carbone
Traore
Merson
Stuani

Manager:
Me, or Robson.

*edit, I've had to drop Merson to the bench. His appearances on Soccer Saturday are just too horrific.
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Ha, I don't even remember writing that about Merson!
 
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