EPL Best XI

[BLionheart 516]

I know some of you will enjoy reading this

Here is the English Premier League's Best XI according to the Castrol Rankings Index.

The system uses mathematical formulas which evaluate various player performance in terms of how individual actions either assist or prevent goals. The system takes into account the strength of the opposition and the time in a game the player's actions occurred.

Below is a 4-4-2 formation plus bench players according to where they rank on the Castrol Index.

Goalkeeper

Marcus Hahnemann (Wolves)

Defenders

Ashley Cole (Chelsea)

/>; Nemanja Vidic (Man Utd)

/>; John Terry (Chelsea)

/>; Alex (Chelsea)

Midfielders

Florent Malouda (Chelsea)

/>; Frank Lampard (Chelsea)

/>; Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)

/>; David Silva (Man City)

Forwards

Didier Drogba (Chelsea)

/>; Wayne Rooney (Man Utd)

Substitutes

GK - Edwin van der Sar (Man Utd)

DEF - Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea)

/>; Gareth Bale (Tottenham)

MID - Nani (Man Utd)

/>; Paul Scholes (Man Utd)

FOR - Carlos Tevez (Man City)

/>; Jermain Defoe (Tottenham)

http://au.sports.yahoo.com/football/news/article/-/7878830/castrol-index-epl-best-xi

well 3 defenders out of 4 , 2 midfielders out of 4,and one striker out of 2 !!!

talk about EPL conquers .:cfc:

also was a bit dissapointed not to find peter cech out there .

[Kostas 1,468]

Why is David Silva in that team?

I had the impression that he has barely played since he arrived.

Other than that good to see the usually underappreciated Alex and Lampard make it to the team.

[Wilson 358]

I agree Kostas.

[Manuf 1,448]

Alex is a beast. Alex > Terry.

[Rambo 1,729]

What is Rooney doing up there.

[Madmax 9,219]

Silva? LOL

[zolayes 14,489]

WHERE IS STEVIE GOD?

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Was at first surprised to see Hanhemann in goal, but that's a disservice to him; in fairness he's actually a very good goalkeeper and in my view was one of the reasons why they stayed up last year. Top keeper.

Nice to see Chelsea players there though - although Silva's inclusion is laughable.

[kwylino 329]

Hey guys if you wanna have a fucking huge laugh go and read the castrol ratings

If i took every premier league player and position put them in my nose and then sneezed it into 11 slots

It would be far better than this team

[BLionheart 516]

the castrol ranking only cares about numbers game , how many assists made ?,how many goals scored?, how many blocks/saves were made ? , pass completion ration and all those kinds of statistics .

this team is based on that ranking so it doesn't matter whether the player has been with his club for how long , all it matters is how was his statistics in the last year ? i guess that explains why silva is out there .

[BomTrett 50]

What has hahnemann done to get into that team? They surely dont do it on clean sheets, and i can only assume its based on shots saved, because Wolves defence is so terrible, he was constantly barraged with shots haha. Not to diss the guy, he's a great goalkeeper in all fairness Sad to see Cech not at least on the bench, hate that prick VDS.

and to join the ridiculous Silva inclusion, if this is the EPL best XI then it should be based on the players form in the EPL last season, not the Spanish League.

I'd love the call the team stupid, but with so many Chelsea players included i'm finding it hard. We never get into the best teams of the year, Premier league just usually lists a Man U starting XI with Gerrard and Fabregas added or some bullshit like that.

[BomTrett 50]

LOL and looking at the Castrol top 20 players ranking atm...

Hahnemann, as it stands is the highest ranked keeper, with only VDS making the top 20 behind him.

He's good, but a fucking wolves goalkeeper is not the best in the world ffs

[We Hate Scouse 10,326]

Castrol rankings - Most pointless rankings in the world.