Originally Posted by
CLIVETHELEEDSFAN
just watched a podcast with kris boyd rob snodgrass jermaine beckford and phil hay, and it got me thinking about our best players from the 2010 season, and then looking at the similarities and differences between them and the 2020 season just finished.
if you look at both squads, they have both had a togetherness about them, 2 very attack minded coaches, both trying to get their teams to play the right way, different styles in that SG mostly did 442 and MB mostly 4141, but for example, look at the quality of the 5 players furthest forward for both squads, 2010 howson gradel snodgrass becchio beckford, 2020 klich hernandez costa harrison bamford, also both with quality centreback pairings too, 2010 naylor and kisnorbo, 2020 cooper and white, for me, you can tell as to why these 2 teams were in the end, the 2 most important teams leeds have had in their 16 years out of the PL, those 7 core players for both lineups, and i think, if there is any difference playerwise between those 2 lineups, it has to be that the 2020 lineup had much better (obviously divisional comparisons aside) rb in ayling, and dcm in phillips, 2010 had doyle and johnson at dcm and i think hughes and crowe at rb, not saying those 4 were poor, they werent, but phillips and ayling rather than just being part of that successful team, have actually been 2 of the best in the team, i'm not sure the same can be argued for doyle and hughes / johnson and crowe
whats your thoughts on this, i mean for me, both squads obviously hold great memories for me as theyre the only 2 squads in 16 years we can actually call successful, those 2 squads achieves what all the others couldnt or didnt, for this reason, if we named a full season squad that was the best squad we've had in 16 seasons, many of them would be made up of players from those 2 squads.
so tell me, what are your opinions on the 2 most successful squads leeds have had in the last 16 seasons?