ShalomBrotha
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Introduction
Okay. So I may have become a little too bored but I decided to put together a fun FM experiment based around deciding which decade produced the best premier league players.
I put together three 23 man squads, one for each EPL decade (90’s, 00’s, 10’s). The manager of each team was the best manager of the decade.
The main rule I kept to was that no player or manager could be replicated across decades. So Ferguson only appears once, and player like Keane/Vieria/Gerrard/Lampard were all only eligible for one team despite their primes potentially spanning two decades.
The idea here is to simulate a decade of football and see which of these teams come out on top. To help with tracking the performances of players I created some new awards in the EPL.
90's
Team: Manchester United (Class of 99)
Manager: Alex Ferguson
00’s
Team: Arsenal (The Invincibles)
Manager: Arsene Wenger
10’s
Team: Manchester City (The Centurions)
Manager: Pep Guardiola
Disclaimer: These attributes aren’t going to be perfect representations of the players, particularly the older we go as I never had the chance to watch those players week-in week-out. I have done my best using a combination of footage on youtube (watched the highlights for every single Invincibles games for example), classicpesstatsdatabase.com, and some more general research on play styles and strengths/weaknesses.
Results
[Premier League Titles]
[Champions League Titles]
[FA Cup Titles]
[Carabao Cup Titles]
Hot Takes
So, according to this highly scientific experiment there are some clear indisputable facts. Thierry Henry is the best EPL player of all time. He won the EPL player of the year 6 times *in a row*, along with 4 Ballon D'ors.
Ben Chilwell is... somehow, the best left back in the world over the course of the decade 2019-2029.
And most importantly, the 2000's have produced the best batch of footballers in the premier league thus far. They honestly just swept shop and won the most titles in every cup. Though weirdly enough they're the only decade team to finish outside of the top 3 in the EPL over the course of the decade.
I have more screenshots of various pieces of information if anyone would like to see it. So things like match details/stats from specific finals, or tallies/reviews for specific players over the course of the decade.
Star Players
Thierry Henry - Best EPL Player of All Time
Kevin De Bruyne - Best EPL Playmaker of All Time
Alan Shearer - All Time EPL Top Scorer
Okay. So I may have become a little too bored but I decided to put together a fun FM experiment based around deciding which decade produced the best premier league players.
I put together three 23 man squads, one for each EPL decade (90’s, 00’s, 10’s). The manager of each team was the best manager of the decade.
The main rule I kept to was that no player or manager could be replicated across decades. So Ferguson only appears once, and player like Keane/Vieria/Gerrard/Lampard were all only eligible for one team despite their primes potentially spanning two decades.
The idea here is to simulate a decade of football and see which of these teams come out on top. To help with tracking the performances of players I created some new awards in the EPL.
90's
Team: Manchester United (Class of 99)
Manager: Alex Ferguson
00’s
Team: Arsenal (The Invincibles)
Manager: Arsene Wenger
10’s
Team: Manchester City (The Centurions)
Manager: Pep Guardiola
Disclaimer: These attributes aren’t going to be perfect representations of the players, particularly the older we go as I never had the chance to watch those players week-in week-out. I have done my best using a combination of footage on youtube (watched the highlights for every single Invincibles games for example), classicpesstatsdatabase.com, and some more general research on play styles and strengths/weaknesses.
Results
[Premier League Titles]
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| 1990's | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 2000's | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2010's | 3 | 1 | 6 |
[Champions League Titles]
| Team | Champion | Runner Up |
| 1990's | 2 | 2 |
| 2000's | 5 | 1 |
| 2010's | 0 | 1 |
[FA Cup Titles]
| Team | Champion | Runner Ups |
| 1990's | 3 | 2 |
| 2000's | 4 | 2 |
| 2010's | 2 | 4 |
[Carabao Cup Titles]
| Team | Champion | Runner Up |
| 1990's | 3 | 5 |
| 2000's | 4 | 0 |
| 2010's | 3 | 0 |
Hot Takes
So, according to this highly scientific experiment there are some clear indisputable facts. Thierry Henry is the best EPL player of all time. He won the EPL player of the year 6 times *in a row*, along with 4 Ballon D'ors.
Ben Chilwell is... somehow, the best left back in the world over the course of the decade 2019-2029.
And most importantly, the 2000's have produced the best batch of footballers in the premier league thus far. They honestly just swept shop and won the most titles in every cup. Though weirdly enough they're the only decade team to finish outside of the top 3 in the EPL over the course of the decade.
I have more screenshots of various pieces of information if anyone would like to see it. So things like match details/stats from specific finals, or tallies/reviews for specific players over the course of the decade.
Star Players
Thierry Henry - Best EPL Player of All Time
Kevin De Bruyne - Best EPL Playmaker of All Time
Alan Shearer - All Time EPL Top Scorer