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Got me thinking while we have a boring international break.

 

If I said to a random football supporter could you name me the best player that ever played for Saints they would answer Matt Le Tissier.

I think that would never be debated right or wrong?

 

What about the rest of the current EPL?

 

IMHO

Liverpool - Kenny Daglish

Manchester United - George Best

Everton - Dixie Dean

 

I think these are the easier ones I guess, but what do you guys think?

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I suppose it depends on your age, as a product of the 90's I can appreciate greats from before but, if you asked me on the spot, my answers would probably reflect my own 'heritage' as it were ...

 

For me Liverpool would be Barnes or Owen though only as Kenny was before my time.

Arsenal, Bergkamp or Henry?

Chelsea, Zola.

Palace, Wright.

Leicester probably Mahrez.

City, Aguero.

Mn utd, probably Best though Scholes needs a mention.

Newcastle, Shearer.

West ham, Rio.

Stoke, Shaqiri, never understand what he's doing there!

West Brom, probably better historical examples but Gera was decent on his day.

Spurs, Hoddle. Kane/Bale both worth a shout though. As does a fit Ledley King.

 

Some of the teams with less time around the top flight it's tricky. Will always remember Fletcher for Bournemouth.

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Definitely a generation thing.

 

For me, some random initial thoughts:

 

Arsenal - difficult when I think back which probably summarises how dull they were even when the won the double.In recent time Henry

Manchester Utd - could it be anyone other than Bobby Charlton ?

Manchester City - Francis Lee

Leeds - Billy Bremner epitomised the niggly spirit of them in their heyday

Spurs - honourable mention to Jimmy Greaves, but otherwise f^ck off

Everton - Alan Ball aside, f^ck off

Newcastle - Kevin Keegan, and more recently Alan Shearer (although when I was up there in the 80's many still raved about Jackie Milburn).

Chelsea - Peter Osgood

West Ham - Bobby Moore

West Brom - Jeff Astle

Blackpool - Jimmy Armfield

Coventry - Ernie Hunt (and that free kick).

Liverpool - f^ck off, although Keegan was pretty special when he burst on the scene

Wolves - Derek Dougan

Leicester (&Huddersfield) - Frank Worthington

 

For us, and my age, Channon.

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Best known is going to be more pleb than you realise;

 

Arsenal = Henry

Bournemouth = Wilshere/Defoe/Begovic

Brighton = Murray

Burnley = Pope

Chelsea = Terry/Lampard

Crystal Palace = Zaha

Everton = Rooney

Huddersfield = Mooy?

Leicester City = Mahrez/Vardy

Liverpool = Gerrard

Manchester City = Aguero

Manchester United = Beckham

Newcastle United = Shearer

Southampton = Le Tissier

Stoke = Shaqiri

Swansea = Michu

Tottenham = Kane

Watford = Deeney

West Brom = Evans?

West Ham = Di Canio

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Best known is going to be more pleb than you realise;

 

Arsenal = Henry

Bournemouth = Wilshere/Defoe/Begovic

Brighton = Murray

Burnley = Pope

Chelsea = Terry/Lampard

Crystal Palace = Zaha

Everton = Rooney

Huddersfield = Mooy?

Leicester City = Mahrez/Vardy

Liverpool = Gerrard

Manchester City = Aguero

Manchester United = Beckham

Newcastle United = Shearer

Southampton = Le Tissier

Stoke = Shaqiri

Swansea = Michu ��

Tottenham = Kane

Watford = Deeney

West Brom = Evans?

West Ham = Di Canio

 

Talking modern EPL fan of course....

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Definitely a generation thing.

 

For me, some random initial thoughts:

 

Arsenal - difficult when I think back which probably summarises how dull they were even when the won the double.In recent time Henry

Manchester Utd - could it be anyone other than Bobby Charlton ?

Manchester City - Francis Lee

Leeds - Billy Bremner epitomised the niggly spirit of them in their heyday

Spurs - honourable mention to Jimmy Greaves, but otherwise f^ck off

Everton - Alan Ball aside, f^ck off

Newcastle - Kevin Keegan, and more recently Alan Shearer (although when I was up there in the 80's many still raved about Jackie Milburn).

Chelsea - Peter Osgood

West Ham - Bobby Moore

West Brom - Jeff Astle

Blackpool - Jimmy Armfield

Coventry - Ernie Hunt (and that free kick).

Liverpool - f^ck off, although Keegan was pretty special when he burst on the scene

Wolves - Derek Dougan

Leicester (&Huddersfield) - Frank Worthington

 

For us, and my age, Channon.

 

It’s le tissier by miles and Liverpool is Dalglish. Wash your mouth out.

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It’s le tissier by miles and Liverpool is Dalglish. Wash your mouth out.

 

This is the great debate really, Channon or MLT.

 

MLT more talented and individual flair, but I can't shake off the early memories of Channon in his prime running at defences, and of course the windmill celebration. Both outstanding players, and a real privilege to have seen them play for us when at their peak.

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This is the great debate really, Channon or MLT.

 

MLT more talented and individual flair, but I can't shake off the early memories of Channon in his prime running at defences, and of course the windmill celebration. Both outstanding players, and a real privilege to have seen them play for us when at their peak.

 

Do reckon that anyone from the age of 50 minus will say Le Tiss 99 times out of a 100.

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Great topic. Here's my list of each sides best player since I've been watching football . Only really struggled with Burnley and picking one for Saints.

 

Arsenal = Berkamp

 

Bournemouth = Ted Mcdougal

 

Brighton = Mark Lawrenson

 

Burnley = Robbie Blake

 

Chelsea = John Terry

 

Crystal Palace = Ian Wright

 

Everton = Bally

 

Huddersfield = Frank Worthington

 

Leicester City = Gary Lineker

 

Liverpool = Kenny D

 

Manchester City = Colin Bell

 

Manchester United = Bestie

 

Newcastle United = Super Mac

 

Southampton = Mick C or Le Tiss

 

Stoke = Gordon Banks

 

Swansea = Gylfi Sigurdsson

 

Tottenham = Glen Hoddle

 

Watford = John Barnes

 

West Brom = Bryan Robson

 

West Ham = Bobby Moore

 

 

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This is the great debate really, Channon or MLT.

 

MLT more talented and individual flair, but I can't shake off the early memories of Channon in his prime running at defences, and of course the windmill celebration. Both outstanding players, and a real privilege to have seen them play for us when at their peak.

 

Hard one. Having been lucky enough to see both personally I'd put it like this. Le Tiss had better performances ( in that, if you picked the top 20 individual performances you'd seen in a Saints shirt, he'd have more in that top 20 than Mick) but Mick had more better performances, if that makes sense. I guess it's like comparing the Beatles to The Stones. The Stones had a dozen fantastic songs, whereas the Beatles had a body of work that overall was far better. Mick's underrated in football folklore if you ask me, he was a quality player. But Le Tiss gave me the greatest wow moments I've ever seen ( apart from 1/5/76) and will ever see. To this day I still can't believe that last day at the Dell, talk about writing your own headlines. I can't separate them.

 

 

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Great topic. Here's my list of each sides best player since I've been watching football . Only really struggled with Burnley and picking one for Saints.

 

Arsenal = Berkamp

 

Bournemouth = Ted Mcdougal

 

Brighton = Mark Lawrenson

 

Burnley = Robbie Blake

 

Chelsea = John Terry

 

Crystal Palace = Ian Wright

 

Everton = Bally

 

Huddersfield = Frank Worthington

 

Leicester City = Gary Lineker

 

Liverpool = Kenny D

 

Manchester City = Colin Bell

 

Manchester United = Bestie

 

Newcastle United = Super Mac

 

Southampton = Mick C or Le Tiss

 

Stoke = Gordon Banks

 

Swansea = Gylfi Sigurdsson

 

Tottenham = Glen Hoddle

 

Watford = John Barnes

 

West Brom = Bryan Robson

 

West Ham = Bobby Moore

 

 

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Great list and I bet that took some time to think it up.

Burnley is certainly a hard one as you never think of anyone.

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Arsenal = Henry

 

Bournemouth = Ted Mcdougal

 

Brighton = Mark Lawrenson

 

Burnley = ???

 

Chelsea = John Terry

 

Crystal Palace = Ian Wright

 

Everton = Neville Southall/Gary Lineker

 

Huddersfield = ???

 

Leicester City = Gary Lineker

 

Liverpool = Daglish/Barnes/Rush

 

Manchester City = Colin Bell

 

Manchester United = George Best or Cantona

 

Newcastle United = Shearer/Gazza

 

Southampton = Le Tiss

 

Stoke = Stanley Matthews

 

Swansea = Sigurdsson (but only because he was the first i could think of, struggled there to be honest)

 

Tottenham = Hoddle/Waddle/Blanchflower/Gazza

 

Watford = John Barnes

 

West Brom = Bryan Robson

 

West Ham = Bobby Moore

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Do reckon that anyone from the age of 50 minus will say Le Tiss 99 times out of a 100.

Yes, it is the 50+ (I am80+) who may go for Channon even tho' Le Tiss was a one off master in our relegation struggles, we need him now...but overall Channon for me

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Great list and I bet that took some time to think it up.

Burnley is certainly a hard one as you never think of anyone.

 

When they got promoted in 1973, their star man was Martin Dobson. With an honourable mention for Dave Thomas.

 

Earlier heroes were Ralph Coates and....... Brian O'Neil.

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It stands for English Premier League. It refers to the top soccer division in England. It is used in many countries to describe the league, including news channels and pundits abroad.

 

Although to be pedantic, many of these players never played in the EPL. They played in the old Division 1.

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Great topic. Here's my list of each sides best player since I've been watching football . Only really struggled with Burnley and picking one for Saints.

 

Arsenal = Berkamp

 

Bournemouth = Ted Mcdougal

 

Brighton = Mark Lawrenson

 

Burnley = Robbie Blake

 

Chelsea = John Terry

 

Crystal Palace = Ian Wright

 

Everton = Bally

 

Huddersfield = Frank Worthington

 

Leicester City = Gary Lineker

 

Liverpool = Kenny D

 

Manchester City = Colin Bell

 

Manchester United = Bestie

 

Newcastle United = Super Mac

 

Southampton = Mick C or Le Tiss

 

Stoke = Gordon Banks

 

Swansea = Gylfi Sigurdsson

 

Tottenham = Glen Hoddle

 

Watford = John Barnes

 

West Brom = Bryan Robson

 

West Ham = Bobby Moore

 

 

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Awesome list Duckster. I would probably only disagree with two. Peter Osgood for John Terry and Jimmy Greaves for Hoddle. As good as Hoddle was, Greaves was a goal machine and possibly the best finisher I have seen play. I totally agree with you in that it is so difficult to chose between Channon and Le Tiss. As you say, Le Tiss had more of those wow moments but Channon was more consistent. We were lucky to have both.

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Great topic. Here's my list of each sides best player since I've been watching football . Only really struggled with Burnley and picking one for Saints.

 

Arsenal = Berkamp

 

Bournemouth = Ted Mcdougal

 

Brighton = Mark Lawrenson

 

Burnley = Robbie Blake

 

Chelsea = John Terry

 

Crystal Palace = Ian Wright

 

Everton = Bally

 

Huddersfield = Frank Worthington

 

Leicester City = Gary Lineker

 

Liverpool = Kenny D

 

Manchester City = Colin Bell

 

Manchester United = Bestie

 

Newcastle United = Super Mac

 

Southampton = Mick C or Le Tiss

 

Stoke = Gordon Banks

 

Swansea = Gylfi Sigurdsson

 

Tottenham = Glen Hoddle

 

Watford = John Barnes

 

West Brom = Bryan Robson

 

West Ham = Bobby Moore

 

 

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You could cut and paste Frank Worthington (Huddersfield) next to just about everyone on that list :D

 

i didnt realise until recently that Bill Shankly was manager at Huddersfield before Liverpool, nor that Dennis Law played for the Terriers too.

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Although to be pedantic, many of these players never played in the EPL. They played in the old Division 1.

 

Although to be pedantic, the OP didn’t ask for the best EPL players, they asked for the best known players for each of the current EPL clubs, I.e. who are the best known players to have played for any of the clubs in the current EPL...

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Arsenal = Henry

 

Bournemouth = Phil Boyer

 

Brighton = Liam Brady or Jimmy Case (Jimmy Melia)

 

Burnley = Paul Gascoigne

 

Chelsea = Chopper Harris

 

Crystal Palace = Ian Wright

 

Everton = Bally

 

Huddersfield = Denis Law

 

Leicester City = The Boy Lineacre or Peter Shilton

 

Liverpool = Emlyn Hughes

 

Manchester City = Mike Summerbee

 

Manchester United = George Best (by a mile)

 

Newcastle United = Jackie Milburn

 

Southampton = Mick Channon

 

Stoke = Sir Stanley Matthews

 

Swansea = Ivor Allchurch

 

Tottenham = Jimmy Greaves (Pat Jennings)

 

Watford = Luther Blissett

 

West Brom = Jeff Astle

 

West Ham = Bobby Moore (Geoff Hurst)

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Hard one. Having been lucky enough to see both personally I'd put it like this. Le Tiss had better performances ( in that, if you picked the top 20 individual performances you'd seen in a Saints shirt, he'd have more in that top 20 than Mick) but Mick had more better performances, if that makes sense. I guess it's like comparing the Beatles to The Stones. The Stones had a dozen fantastic songs, whereas the Beatles had a body of work that overall was far better. Mick's underrated in football folklore if you ask me, he was a quality player. But Le Tiss gave me the greatest wow moments I've ever seen ( apart from 1/5/76) and will ever see. To this day I still can't believe that last day at the Dell, talk about writing your own headlines. I can't separate them.

 

 

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When they got promoted in 1973, their star man was Martin Dobson. With an honourable mention for Dave Thomas.

 

Earlier heroes were Ralph Coates and....... Brian O'Neil.

 

Burnley , for me - Ralph Coates.

 

And also, Dave Merrington. Not just from a Saints bias, but because he was one of the first Burnley players cards I found with the bubble gum packets in the 1960's.

 

Bournemouth - Ted MacDougall surely.

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Depends entirely on the age of the person you're asking. For example nobody under 50 is going to remember much of Emlyn Hughes, nobody under 40 Kenny D, nobody under 30 Ian Rush etc. I could name these players but if someone asked for a Liverpool player who stuck out in my mind it would be Gerrard.

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Although to be pedantic, the OP didn’t ask for the best EPL players, they asked for the best known players for each of the current EPL clubs, I.e. who are the best known players to have played for any of the clubs in the current EPL...

 

Whoops. My bad. Well done for out pedanting me.

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Hard one. Having been lucky enough to see both personally I'd put it like this. Le Tiss had better performances ( in that, if you picked the top 20 individual performances you'd seen in a Saints shirt, he'd have more in that top 20 than Mick) but Mick had more better performances, if that makes sense. I guess it's like comparing the Beatles to The Stones. The Stones had a dozen fantastic songs, whereas the Beatles had a body of work that overall was far better. Mick's underrated in football folklore if you ask me, he was a quality player. But Le Tiss gave me the greatest wow moments I've ever seen ( apart from 1/5/76) and will ever see. To this day I still can't believe that last day at the Dell, talk about writing your own headlines. I can't separate them.

 

 

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Being another in the 50+ brigade as well that's pretty much how I see it too. MLT at his best was amazing but too often we'd be playing with 10 men for 85 minutes of a game, when he'd suddenly decide to turn it on for 5 minutes and win a game on hIs own. Channon was not as spectacular but was more of a 90 minute team player (except for whenever he had money riding on a horse running during a game when he'd hog the touchline for a few minutes till the race was over :lol: ).

 

MLT probably shades it in the context of the OP's question, i.e. best known for playing for us, but who was the best player? How can you compare but if I had to it would be Channon and his 46 England caps.

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Best players I've seen playing for

 

Arsenal = Berkamp / Adams

 

Bournemouth = Wilshere!

 

Brighton = Lawrenson

 

Burnley = Trippier

 

Chelsea = JT

 

Crystal Palace = Ian Wright

 

Everton = Ratcliffe

 

Huddersfield =

 

Leicester City = Linekar

 

Liverpool = Dalglish

 

Manchester City = Ageuro

 

Manchester United = George Best

 

Newcastle United = Malcom McDonald

 

Southampton = Channon

 

Stoke = Gordon Banks

 

Swansea = Toshack (Jack Cork!)

 

Tottenham = Hoddle

 

Watford = Barnes

 

West Brom = Cyril Regis

 

West Ham = Brooking

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