Best Ever LOI XI

**Dodge** · 19/11/2010, 9:46 AM

Right, just before I’m about to get really busy, here’s my 2nd XI

--------Alan O’Neill--------------
Heary Scully Hawkins T O’Connor
---Fahey Doolin Fenlon -----
---Ennis O’Flynn Caulfield----

**CMcC** · 19/11/2010, 10:37 AM

In my time:

Brian Murphy

Hutton
Best
Heary

Doolin
Fenlon
Hunt
Fahey

Byrne
Crowe
Coyle

Subs:
Tilson
Scully
Osam
Mooney
Geoghegan

Special mentions to Turly, Pat Walker & Jackie Jameson (neither of which I saw much/enough of).

**alltogethernow** · 19/11/2010, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by dong

O'Neill
Coleman
Peers
Hutton
Powell
Brennan
Fahey
Ryan
NDo
McGee
Arkins

Subs:
Brujos
Twigg
Crowe
Hunt
Heary

Have to say I was having a good laugh reading this team then collapsed when i saw Arkins

**Calcio Jack** · 19/11/2010, 11:08 AM

Gordon Banks

Jim Beglin
Craig Sives
Eoin Hand
Tony Dunne

John Giles
Bobby Collins
Bobby Charlton

Jimmy Johnston
George Best
Uwe Seeler

Subs: Barry Bridges, Bobby Tambling, Peter Lorimer, John Osbourne, Ronnie Whelan & Geoff Hurst

now beat that !!

**dong** · 19/11/2010, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by alltogethernow

Have to say I was having a good laugh reading this team then collapsed when i saw Arkins

Great.

**btid1** · 19/11/2010, 11:21 AM

My team is based on the period 1995-2010.

1. Brian Murphy
2. Owen Heary (In his Shels days)
3. Seamus Coleman
4. Kevin Hunt
5. Peter Hutton
6. Pat Fenlon
7. Keith Fahey
8. Joe Ndo
9. Liam Coyle
10. Glen Crowe
11. Mark Rutherford

Struggled to get a left back to be honest so went with Coleman to play there even though its not his natural position.

**alltogethernow** · 19/11/2010, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by dong

Great.

You really think that is the best team you have seen?

Brennan(Killian) and Ryan(Bobby) I presume should be no where near it and Arkins??

**passinginterest** · 19/11/2010, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by alltogethernow

You really think that is the best team you have seen?

Brennan(Killian) and Ryan(Bobby) I presume should be no where near it and Arkins??

I'd imagine, him being a Sligo fan, that's PFAI player of the year Richie Ryan. It's a best 11 not a horse faced 11.

**marinobohs** · 19/11/2010, 11:37 AM

My team would be

Brian Murphy

Heary Skully Hawkins Webb

Fahey Pat Byrne Doolin Rutherford

Crowe Jason Byrne

Subs

Alan O'Neill
Hunt
Jameson
Osam
Shelly

I will probobly have about 5 changes by tomorrow

but fun thinking about it.

**hoopy** · 19/11/2010, 11:41 AM

Pat Byrne is the best player of the last 30 years in the league, I'm sure not even the bitterest Gypo would deny that. As for the rest these threads just become a popularity contest for fans' own players. Heary should be on everyone's team unless you've only started to watch LOI the last couple of seasons. It's funny when you look at some of the forwards people put in instead of Twigg. Anyhow, Buckley and Jameson were a class of their own!

**marinobohs** · 19/11/2010, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by hoopy

Pat Byrne is the best player of the last 30 years in the league, I'm sure not even the bitterest Gypo would deny that. As for the rest these threads just become a popularity contest for fans' own players. Heary should be on everyone's team unless you've only started to watch LOI the last couple of seasons. It's funny when you look at some of the forwards people put in instead of Twigg. Anyhow, Buckley and Jameson were a class of their own!

OMG !!!!!! I am in agreement with almost all of your post Hoopy (Pat Byrne in his Bohs days of course

). Bucko would have made it as next on bench (went for versitility of Jameson). Too early to talk about Twigg in "all time" context although he may be in future.

If Bohs/shams are agreeing on things this thread should be locked now

its just not right.

**dong** · 19/11/2010, 1:00 PM

Originally Posted by alltogethernow

You really think that is the best team you have seen?

Brennan(Killian) and Ryan(Bobby) I presume should be no where near it and Arkins??

Richie Ryan.

**SwanVsDalton** · 19/11/2010, 1:01 PM

Originally Posted by marinobohs

My team would be

Brian Murphy

Heary Skully Hawkins Webb

Fahey Pat Byrne Doolin Rutherford

Crowe Jason Byrne

Subs

Alan O'Neill
Hunt
Jameson
Osam
Shelly

I will probobly have about 5 changes by tomorrow

but fun thinking about it.

Sorry Marino but have to ask - in all your time watching LOI have you actually managed to see any teams from outside Dublin?

**dfx-** · 19/11/2010, 1:02 PM

Originally Posted by hoops1

Its not worth reading anybodies team that does not start with Brian Murphy in goals

Much like not having McCourt

I've only seen him twice for Bohs...at Tallaght and wasn't overly impressed. Definitely caught out in no-man's-land for Twigg's injury time winner. How long was he at Bohs?

**dfx-** · 19/11/2010, 1:05 PM

Originally Posted by hoopy

Pat Byrne is the best player of the last 30 years in the league, I'm sure not even the bitterest Gypo would deny that. As for the rest these threads just become a popularity contest for fans' own players. Heary should be on everyone's team unless you've only started to watch LOI the last couple of seasons. It's funny when you look at some of the forwards people put in instead of Twigg. Anyhow, Buckley and Jameson were a class of their own!

I'd put it that fitness alone of even late90s players would blast a lot of the older players out of a side

**SwanVsDalton** · 19/11/2010, 1:11 PM

My nostalgia rose-tinted effort:

GK: Dermot O'Neill
CB: Dan Murray
CB: Peter Hutton
CB: Colin Hawkins
CM: Eddie Gormley
CM: Paul Doolin
CM: Joey Ndo
RW: Mark Rutherford
LW: Paddy McCourt
CF: Liam Coyle
CF: Jason Byrne

Subs:
Dave Henderson
Pat Scully
Tom Mohan
Joe Gamble
Stephen Geoghegan

**alltogethernow** · 19/11/2010, 1:13 PM

Originally Posted by dfx-

Much like not having McCourt

I've only seen him twice for Bohs...at Tallaght and wasn't overly impressed. Definitely caught out in no-man's-land for Twigg's injury time winner. How long was he at Bohs?

He is best keeper I have ever seen in the league.

2 of the stand out performances for me over the last 10 years have been Brian Murphy in Derry when he single handidly got us a valuable point and Keith Fahey's performance in the second half of a cup semi final in Inchicore a couple of years ago. We were 3 up at half time and just managed to hold on after Fahery destroyed us in second half.

Hunt is a definate for anyone's team as well.

**SwanVsDalton** · 19/11/2010, 1:17 PM

Originally Posted by alltogethernow

Hunt is a definate for anyone's team as well.

Hunt's a brilliant player alright, probably should be in mine in some form or fashion. But CM is very competitive. Not much to call between loads of players.

**Straightstory** · 19/11/2010, 1:31 PM

Originally Posted by Calcio Jack

Gordon Banks

Jim Beglin
Craig Sives
Eoin Hand
Tony Dunne

John Giles
Bobby Collins
Bobby Charlton

Jimmy Johnston
George Best
Uwe Seeler

Subs: Barry Bridges, Bobby Tambling, Peter Lorimer, John Osbourne, Ronnie Whelan & Geoff Hurst

now beat that !!

Clever!
Might have Roy Keane instead of Bobby Collins - just.
Remind me who Geoff Hurst and Ronnie Whelan played for in the league? (I presume you mean Ronnie Whelan 'The Younger'?)