[The Troll]

So in the wake of Ricky Foster's claims about the standard of the SPL and the standard of the Championship i welcome you to tell me what you reckon the strongest SPL 11 would be, and what the strongest Championship 11 would be... Begin!

[smpar]

Chris Smith (Dunfermline)

Andy Dowie (Dunfermline) John Potter (Dunfermline) Alex Keddie (Dunfermline) Austin McCann (Dunfermline)

David Graham (Dunfermline) Gary Mason (Dunfermline) Martin Hardie (Dunfermline) Joe Cardle (Dunfermline)


Andy Barrowman (Dunfermline) Andy Kirk (Dunfermline)




That team would beat any team in the Championship.

[Jim Leighton]

Scottish Championship XI:

David Marshall
Kevin McNaughton Stephen Caldwell Danny Wilson Stephen Crainey

Robert Snodgrass Don Cowie Chris Burke Ross Wallace

Craig Mackail Smith Kenny Miller

subs from: Ross McCormack, Kevin Thomson, Brian Easton, Ross Forsyth, Chris Ewelumo, Ricky 'Champions

League' Foster, Bebo Macguire, Danny Fox

Would beat Dunfermline.

[Ross.]

Enckleman
Mark Wilson, Bocanegra, Webster, Izzaguirre
Davis, Kayal, McGowan, Naismith
Hooper, O'Connor

v

Green
Rosenior, Ridgewell, Hudson, Arca
Burke, Noble, Robson, Whittingham
McCormack, Lambert

To be honest, I don't think there is much between those 2 teams, although there is a hell of a lot of room for argument in both 11's.

[Aufc]

Ross., on 16 January 2012 - 20:57, said:

Enckleman
Mark Wilson, Bocanegra, Webster, Izzaguirre
Davis, Kayal, McGowan, Naismith
Hooper, O'Connor

v

Green
Rosenior, Ridgewell, Hudson, Arca
Burke, Noble, Robson, Whittingham
McCormack, Lambert

To be honest, I don't think there is much between those 2 teams, although there is a hell of a lot of room for argument in both 11's.

You said it. That championship side is no where near the best 11 players.

[yoda]

Noble instead of Nolan? Nah, you're alright.

[arab-tam]

SPL side.

----------------------------------------- Kello------------------------------------- ------------

-Mathews-----------------Rogne----------Goian- --------------Izzagerie

----------------------Wanyama-----------Kayal- ------------------------------

---------Davis-------------------Commons- ----------Naismith-----------

---------------------------------Jelavic- ------------------------------------------


Championship side? No idea,

[Widge]

Bocanegra is infinately superior to Goian, he is a superb defender. As for Rogne in there.

[Long live the 69]

SPL:

Kello

Matthews Bocanegra Goian Izzaguire

Naismith Davis Ki Ledley

Jelavic Hooper

Easy SPL win.

[SEETHING]

smpar, on 16 January 2012 - 20:01, said:

Chris Smith (Dunfermline)

Andy Dowie (Dunfermline) John Potter (Dunfermline) Alex Keddie (Dunfermline) Austin McCann (Dunfermline)

David Graham (Dunfermline) Gary Mason (Dunfermline) Martin Hardie (Dunfermline) Joe Cardle (Dunfermline)


Rudi Skacel (Hearts) Andy Kirk (Dunfermline)




That team would beat any team in the Championship.

Fixed that for you.

[Cowden til i die]

Nolan and Lambert would rip any SPL defence.

Boom.

This post has been edited by Cowden til i die: 16 January 2012 - 23:11

[Jim Leighton]

I would guess a fair number of the people who slate the Championship don't watch much of it.

[arab-tam]

Cowden til i die, on 16 January 2012 - 22:43, said:

Nolan and Lambert would rip and SPL defence.

Why are they? Why would they die? and what about SPL defence?......Are you suggesting murder?

[T_S_A_R]

Jim Leighton, on 16 January 2012 - 23:09, said:

I would guess a fair number of the people who slate the Championship don't watch much of it.

long balls and refs that will only pull out a red card if a player uses a weapon?

i've seen it.

mcgregor
matthews goian bocanegro papac
naismith davis kayal forrest
jelavic hooper

10 internationalists with a lot of european experience.

[arab-tam]

Widge, on 16 January 2012 - 22:37, said:

Bocanegra is infinately superior to Goian, he is a superb defender. As for Rogne in there.

Why not? The only three celtic players that are proper decent are Rogne, the left back and the wanyama.

This post has been edited by arab-tam: 16 January 2012 - 23:43

[Saints Bevy Squad]

SPL XI:

McGregor
Matthews Bocanegra Goian Izaguirre
Forrest Wanyama McGowan Ledley
Hooper Jelavic

Don't really watch Championship football, but our 11 would pump their 11

[Jim Leighton]

T_S_A_R, on 16 January 2012 - 23:36, said:

long balls and refs that will only pull out a red card if a player uses a weapon?

League 1/2 yes, but a lot of very gifted players in the Championship.

[deadasdillinger]

arab-tam, on 16 January 2012 - 23:42, said:

Why not? The only three celtic players that are proper decent are Rogne, the left back and the wanyama.

Agreed. Read somewhere that Rogne's record of clean sheets in last 20 or so games for Celtic is very impressive - don't have the stat to hand, if anyone knows where to find such a thing...

[Ross.]

yoda, on 16 January 2012 - 21:11, said:

Noble instead of Nolan? Nah, you're alright.

Not sure why I put Noble in there, it was Nolan I was thinking of!

[Scipio]

SPL:

Kello

Matthews Bocanegra Goian Izzaguire

Naismith Davis Wanyama Forrest

Jelavic Hooper



Kello's the only non-Old Firm player I can justify including in this list as McGregor is so over-rated it's obscene and I've never been wholly convinced by Forster.

I couldn't guess a Championship XI as I have absolutely no interest in that league but I would find it hard to believe the team above would fail to beat them.

This post has been edited by Scipio: 17 January 2012 - 19:45

[arab-tam]

I put Matthews in my SPL 11, but he's not really good, but neither is Whittaker, broadfoot etc. Any others that I'm missing? Foster would possibly have got the nod from me before his move.

This post has been edited by arab-tam: 17 January 2012 - 22:42

[Poet of the Macabre]

It is beyond laughable that people think it's a certainty that an SPL XI would beat a Championship XI. If anything, the opposite is true.

[arab-tam]

Poet of the Macabre, on 17 January 2012 - 22:47, said:

It is beyond laughable that people think it's a certainty that an SPL XI would beat a Championship XI. If anything, the opposite is true.

^^^^
Hurting because his team is shite and going down

[Poet of the Macabre]

arab-tam, on 17 January 2012 - 23:52, said:

^^^^
Hurting because his team is shite and going down

You got me. The SPL isn't actually completely lacking in quality.

[arab-tam]

Poet of the Macabre, on 18 January 2012 - 00:05, said:

You got me. The SPL isn't actually completely lacking in quality.

Leaving spin and bitterness at the door. You know I know and basically everyone knows that the leaders of the SPL are better than the leaders of the Championship. However, if its shiny tv production and artificial sound on the tele than hands down the championship. Hey, it's a good league but look at the goal scorers every week. You will see Livingston, QOTS, St Albion level players really shine at this level. They wouldn't in the SPL and certainly not the premiership.