Favourite all-time Palace 11

Not going to make this tactically sound...

Speroni

Clyne
Ramage
Delaney
Gordon

Townsend
McArthur
Ambrose
Zaha

Bright
Morrison

Henderson and Mateta knocking on the door though. Michael Hughes another notable mention. Wayne Carlisle for his exploits as my captain in Championship Manager...not sure that counts.
 
Part Time James said:
Not going to make this tactically sound...

Speroni

Clyne
Ramage
Delaney
Gordon

Townsend
McArthur
Ambrose
Zaha

Bright
Morrison

Henderson and Mateta knocking on the door though. Michael Hughes another notable mention. Wayne Carlisle for his exploits as my captain in Championship Manager...not sure that counts.
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Oh and I forgot how much I loved Rubins at the time as well. As everyone did a subs bench then I'll make mine:
Henderson, Ward, Michael Hughes, Rubins, Carlisle, Mateta, Andrew Martin (there's a boring story attached to that one)
 
Henderson
Munoz Guehi Young Dennis

Wharton Thomas

Olise Lombardo Zaha

Wright

Subs - Martyn, Pemberton, Cole, Thorn, Gray, Eze, Salako, Bright, Johnson
 
4-4-2
Martyn
Ward
Thorn
Delaney
Sansom
Lombardo
Gray
Rodger
Zaha
Wright
Johnson


Subs:
GK - Matt Clarke
DF - Marc Guehi
MF - Eberi Eze
MF - Andrejs Rubins
FW - Mark Bright
 
It's hard to leave Speroni out of favourites. Henderson and Martyn might be arguably better goalkeepers but Speroni was player of the year a few times. He was the main reason we didn't concede loads more for several seasons. But also just such a favourite. Which I can see Henderson becoming quite rapidly. Seems a bit of a character with the ability to back it up. And where are Cannon and Ninja? Come on.
 
ASCPFC said:
It's hard to leave Speroni out of favourites. Henderson and Martyn might be arguably better goalkeepers but Speroni was player of the year a few times. He was the main reason we didn't concede loads more for several seasons. But also just such a favourite. Which I can see Henderson becoming quite rapidly. Seems a bit of a character with the ability to back it up. And where are Cannon and Ninja? Come on.
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I liked that the remit of this was favourite players because I didn't have to assess which players I thought were best (and get lambasted for poor choices) I have a few favourites over the years that wouldn't make the top 100 Palace players but they can make my team here.

I almost added Jobi McAnuff just because I got evil looks from my wife whilst singing his song in Co-Op when Co-Op radio put KC and the Sunshine Band on 😂
 
I couldn't evaluate players across seveal decades, so I thought I'd have a go at a team combined from the 1970s and 1980s' players. That gave me two big problems.

First, which one out of Evans and Gilbert plays alongside Cannon in central defence?

Secondly, as they both did their best work starting on the right (although, of course, they also wandered elsewhere), which one out of Rogers and Taylor plays? You're not allowed to say 'both'. And I appreciate that some people won't agree with me rating both of them above Hilaire, but there you go.

Thoughts?
 
wpdavid said:
I couldn't evaluate players across seveal decades, so I thought I'd have a go at a team combined from the 1970s and 1980s' players. That gave me two big problems.

First, which one out of Evans and Gilbert plays alongside Cannon in central defence?

Secondly, as they both did their best work starting on the right (although, of course, they also wandered elsewhere), which one out of Rogers and Taylor plays? You're not allowed to say 'both'. And I appreciate that some people won't agree with me rating both of them above Hilaire, but there you go.

Thoughts?
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We had better CDs than Gilbert and Cannon by the tail end of the 80s.

Never saw Rogers, Taylor or Evans play so can't comment
 
McAhuna said:
We had better CDs than Gilbert and Cannon by the tail end of the 80s.

Never saw Rogers, Taylor or Evans play so can't comment
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Peter Taylor was magic, carried us like Zaha did, though we went up from the old third the season after he left, but he inspired one of the great cup runs in '76, he was as good a player as he was as bad as a manager though
 
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