Opta's Premier League Team Of 2010

[King Kev]

What the FUCK!??

Foster, A.Cole, Terry, Vidic, Sagna, Kalou, Van der Vaart, Lampard, Nani, Berbatov & Rooney.

If there were any lingering doubts about Opta's credibility I reckon we can safely say they have now been put to bed!

[Alioune DVToure]

To be fair Salomon Kalou would be the first name on my team sheet.

[Blue Blood]

Foster...

He's only played half a season in 2010..

Joke list.

[King Kev]

I'd like to know what Foster, Cole, Terry, Lampard and shrek have done that's so amazing this year.

[Alioune DVToure]

I'd like to know what Foster, Cole, Terry, Lampard and shrek have done that's so amazing this year.

Or how Van Der Vaart has done enough during an injury-hampered four months. He definitely looks good, but I thought Opta were more about substance than style. Front two should be Bent and Tevez, no question.

[Patrick]

That is quite truly appalling, at least 6 of those are just marquis names

[Wonderwall]

4 rags, 4 chelski, 1 arse, 1 spuds and FOSTER FFS

you could almost have predicted it, useless wasters

[bluej]

That is a bad joke.

[brite blu sky]

Are Opta owned by Sky?

[gaudy]

how did giggs not make it

[Douglas Higginbottom]

They must have embarrassed themsleves putting Rooney in.He has just had the worst 9 months or so imaginable and everybody knows it.
And Terry......words fail me.

[Dameerto]

Foster has looked as ropey as fucl every time I've seen him play this season - unless he's played out of his skin in the other matches all I can say is WTF?? Same with Terry, same with R**ney.

[Blue Since 76]

So if it's a team for 2010, how is Hart not the keeper? He was the best English keeper last season and, I think, was voted best keeper of the season. This year, he's been our No 1 all season and we have one of the best defensive records. Foster wasn't getting a game till August when he moved to Brum.

Same with VDV, or do they count foreign performances? He'd have to have been Messi to make up full year since August, surely?

Rooney? A striker who hasn't scored a goal from open play since March?

Lampard? Great player, but has only played a couple of games this season due to injury.

I'm not claiming it should be full of City players, but that list is absolute nonsense.

[edgeley blue]

I am biased but c'mon, no Joe Hart, NDJ or Tevez!! Absolute fuckin joke

[King Kev]

I am biased but c'mon, no Joe Hart, NDJ or Tevez!! Absolute fuckin joke

Agreed. Tevez score more goals in the Prem than anybody else during 2010 so I can't see how he can be left out.

[Kiss_The_Goat]

What the FUCK!??

Foster, A.Cole, Terry, Vidic, Sagna, Kalou, Van der Vaart, Lampard, Nani, Berbatov & Rooney.

If there were any lingering doubts about Opta's credibility I reckon we can safely say they have now been put to bed!

Haha!!! As if? Rooney?!!!! That has to be made up!

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

That's just bizarre. I don't even know where to start. I thought OPTA was supposed to be about statistics? How can someone like Rooney even be involved as striker. Surely strikers job is to score goals. If that's for year 2010, then how can van Der Vart even be there after about dozen games? Or is that some weird 'our favourite players in office' thing?

[Tokyo Blue]

Surely scholes should be in there.

"We are not really here" is taking on an extra dimension.