Phoenix Team of the First Decade

Over the past 10 seasons, 105 players have worn the Phoenix shirt. Since it is a milestone year, I thought we should celebrate this by selecting the best of them in order to form a Phoenix Team of the First Decade.

So over the next 10 weeks, I thought I would run polls for forumites to vote for who they feel should be selected. These votes will form a team in a 4-3-3 formation & a coach, so each poll will last 2 weeks.

To trim the amount of players eligible for voting to a manageable amount, I have set a minimum of 20 appearances (sorry George & Cleberson fans). The only exceptions being Goal Keepers & current players who should reach the mark this season.

Please remember to vote based on how they performed whilst playing in a Phoenix shirt rather than based on their performances at other clubs.

So lets kick it off with Goal Keepers (Direct Link: Here)

Just checking is the the best players in their prime,  their best form at the nix or their overall contribution to the nix? 

Love the concept but sadly can see it ending up the same as the MOM threads back in the day.Where it became not about the performance but the player.

I thought they dies out because people thought they were funny to vote for a sub 80th minute sub as MOM.

Regardless, I desperately hope people can be mature about this.

I like the motm calls, but the club needs to anounce him at  full time, not after 80 minutes, this isnt Rugby. I can see where Ballane is coming from but I hope we are choosing players for their form for the Nix, not because how popular they are as a person.

Seems JotForm limits responses to 100 for free accounts, which we have now hit. So I've had to change plans and will use Google forms. If you have already voted, please don't vote again.

I'm looking forward to voting for elrich

Didn't make 20 appearances.

And I know you are going to go WOOOSH...

will this amount to a starting XI and bench?

Just a reminder that voting for Keepers closes this Sunday night at midnight.

Last day for voting.

And the final results for the Goal Keeping position voting are in, drum roll please

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And your Goal Keeper for the Phoenix Team of the First Decade is Glenn Moss (95 votes).

Mark Paston (57 votes) comes in second and will be taking the back up spot on the bench.

Other results:

Danny Vukovic (28 votes)
Tony Warner (12 votes)
Liam Reddy (10 votes)

Voting for Defenders is now open, this will close at midnight on the 26th of February. (Direct Link)

Assume it goes without saying we are selecting 2 CBs, a LB and a RB?

Where is Donald Trump when I need him. The voting was rigged!! ;)

Could this just end up being 4 CDs shoehorned into a back 4?

That's what I did.

It wouldn't be the Nix if we didn't try playing a player out of position!

Look after your CDs

CD rot is a serious problem  

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/the-hid...

I selected 3 CBs and a RB. 

You can select your defenders in any manner you wish, I am fairly confident that we will have a couple selected who can play fullbacks in that lot.

That is actually very interesting.

Wonder if they'll be as much recency bias with the defenders as well.

Tony Warner more votes than Reddy?

Shows that only 6% of votes were joke votes. That's not so bad. 

I've gone for a two centre halves and two fullbacks, but I think they would be the four I would pick in any case, even if just picking four defenders of any persuasion.

Is it etiquette voting to mention picks while still open? Feel odd about my choice...one, possibly two guys playing out of position, but of course they played there for us a fair bit....and didn't pick a guy who is one of my favourite players...

I chose McKain over Sigmund. Is that bad?

When do we get to vote for the best Kit Man?

#50shadesofrussellgray

Voted for Hearfield. Fight me.

Hearfield was underrated and under used in his proper position. I always had a lot of time for him and he kept on trying.

feeling odd that I didn't pick Siggie...but I went Manny, Boxall, Dura and Rossi....Doyle and Lochy are our best attacking left backs, but that is a solid back four. Manny has to be there, and I thought Boxall did too eventually. Though their best contributions were right back. I thought Dura and Rossi were both better than Siggie, though the Seamonster is one of my favourite players....

McKain played a lot of his time at the club at CM

It did.