The Athletic: United’s most used XI

[Gazza]

Interesting article showing each team’s most used XI during the PL era. Just trivia really but United’s surprised me.

Click spoiler to find out, only clue I’ll provide is that we started this team 19 times.

Spoiler

https://ibb.co/Sxfpq7R

https://theathletic.com/2181152/2020/11/10/premier-league-most-used-11-by-club/

 

[ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg]

I expect most teams will have their 11 from early in the PL, the squads were so much smaller. Off the top of my head though, I’d have thought it would been a couple of years later. Parker surprised me.

 

[Gazza]

I expect most teams will have their 11 from early in the PL, the squads were so much smaller. Off the top of my head though, I’d have thought it would been a couple of years later. Parker surprised me.

You’d have thought so, although there’s a fair degree of variation too

Arsenal 97/98
Villa 07/08
Chelsea 16/17
Palace 04/05
Everton 04/05
Leicester 15/16
Liverpool 94/95
City 92/93
Leeds 95-96
Newcastle 95/96
Sheff Utd 19/20
Spurs 15/16
Southampton 97/98

 

[Annihilate Now!]

There's a reason that XI are immortalized in the lyrics of a Number 1 single.

 

[meamth]

Ah..back then 4-4-2 was the cheat code.

 

[Stobzilla]

There's a reason that XI are immortalized in the lyrics of a Number 1 single.

Fairly mental that it was Sharpe preferred on his weaker foot and not Kanchelskis on the right that year. I still think you make that team better by playing Sharpe at left back and moving Irwin to the right and benching Parker for Kanchelskis.