Premier League - Team of the week

Eurosport - Mon, 01 Dec 15:57:00 2008

Deco has a shocker, while Wigan goalkeeper Chris Kirkland and Everton defender Phil Jagielka are the stand-out performers.

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HOW IT WORKS

We tot up the marks out of 10 awarded in five national newspapers - The Sun, The Mirror, The Mail, The Times and The Guardian - to create a total out of 50. The top player in each position will be rewarded with a spot in the team of the week, while the worst scorers will be named and shamed in our Flops XI.

TEAM OF THE WEEK (4-4-2)

Wigan goalkeeper Chris Kirkland has turned his back on England, and it looks as though his club will reap the dividends after his stellar performance in the 2-1 comeback win over West Brom, while Glen Johnson keeps his place after a second successive 38-point-scoring weekend. Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie earn spots after scoring the crucial goals that keep Manchester United and Arsenal in a wide-open title race. And no, your eyes are not deceiving you - that is a Newcastle player nestling snugly in there.

GK: Chris Kirkland (Wigan) - 44

RB: Glen Johnson (Portsmouth) - 38

CB: Phil Jagielka (Everton) - 44

CB: Gary Cahill (Bolton) - 37

LB: Sebastien Bassong (Newcastle) - 40

RM: Gavin McCann (Bolton) - 38

CM: Mikel Arteta (Everton) - 39

CM: Michael Carrick (Manchester United) - 40

LM: Steven Pienaar (Everton) - 40

FW: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) - 39

FW: Robin van Persie (Arsenal) - 39

FLOPS OF THE WEEK

Only Scott Carson's incompetence prevents an all-Sunderland back-five following the Black Cats' 4-1 mauling at home to Bolton, with Danny Collins particularly singled out for flak. Deco's flawless imitation of Chevy Chase in The Invisible Man makes him stick out like a sore thumb, alongside fellow Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel, while Michael Owen can expect nothing less than to lead the line after managing just 24 touches in Newcastle's stalemate with Boro.

GK: Scott Carson (West Brom) - 27

RB: Pascal Chimbonda (Sunderland) - 24

CB: Nyron Nosworthy (Sunderland) - 23

CB: Danny Collins (Sunderland) - 18

LB: Phil Bardsley (Sunderland) - 25

RM: Tom Soares (Stoke) - 24

CM: Deco (Chelsea) - 21

CM: John Obi Mikel (Chelsea) - 25

LM: Kieran Richardson (Sunderland) - 23

FW: Michael Owen (Newcastle) - 22

FW: Salomon Kalou (Chelsea) - 23

TEAM OF THE SEASON (minimum seven starts)

Wayne Rooney takes over from Manchester United team-mate Dimitar Berbatov in the Team of the Season after his derby-winning goal, while Manchester City midfielder Stephen Ireland pays the price for a loss of form, with Javier Mascherano just pipping him to the central midfield berth alongside Frank Lampard.

GK: Shay Given (Newcastle) - 34.33

RB: Jose Bosingwa (Chelsea) - 33.60

CB: Michael Turner (Hull City) - 34.07

CB: Martin Laursen (Aston Villa) - 33.93

LB: Ashley Cole (Chelsea) - 32.27

RM: Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City) - 34.42

CM: Javier Mascherano (Liverpool) - 34.38

CM: Frank Lampard (Chelsea) - 36.36

LM: Gareth Barry (Aston Villa) - 34.35

FW: Fernando Torres (Liverpool) - 34.71

FW: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) - 34.27

FLOPS OF THE SEASON (minimum seven starts)

Heurelho Gomes improves his average with a slightly more solid week in between the sticks for Tottenham - although he remains comfortably the worst goalkeeper in the Premier League. Newcastle's Jose Enrique comes into the side with a lowly average of 25.50, by virtue of the fact that fellow left-back Martin Olsson missed the weekend's fixtures and therefore has not played a minimum of seven starts.

GK: Heurelho Gomes (Tottenham) - 27.77

RB: Phil Bardsley (Sunderland) - 28.00

CB: Leon Cort (Stoke City) - 26.57

CB: Tal Ben Haim (Manchester City) - 27.00

LB: Jose Enrique (Newcastle) - 25.50

RM: Geremi (Newcastle United) - 27.33

CM: Amdy Faye (Stoke) - 26.67

CM: Mohamed Shawky (Middlesbrough) - 27.00

LM: Gareth Bale (Tottenham) - 26.82

FW: Dave Kitson (Stoke) - 26.89

FW: Roman Pavlyuchenko (Tottenham) - 26.72

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  1. tottenham still rule

    From donaldson71, on Mon 22 Dec 10:09AM

  2. how come west brom have only one player in the flops of­ the season?they havent won since the romans were here­ and are rock bottom without a lifeboat in sight

    From THERESA, on Sat 20 Dec 4:01PM

  3. Furgie should send rooney out on loan to villa oneil­ would soon put the prat in his place

    From U R SOLES, on Wed 17 Dec 9:39AM

  4. this list is @#$%!!!

    From marko.runic, on Mon 15 Dec 7:08PM

  5. whats with all this deco deco deco hes a flop a hasbeen­ thats why he changed clubs get over yourselves hes @#$%

    From richard, on Mon 15 Dec 11:36AM

  6. why is scolari making chelsea to fumble oftenly, even­ on chelsea's home soil. i think scolari should do­ something about the bad outing we have been having for­ all this while

    From bosun, on Mon 15 Dec 10:43AM

  7. Fergie must do something to curb Rooney's temper.­ Every time he shows that he is loosing it he should be­ substituted immediately. I believe thuis would teach­ him to behave and show more sportsmanship

    From KENNETH M, on Sun 14 Dec 12:39AM

  8. I Don't agree and will never agree that Deco is one­ of the flops ofthe week. Comeon man! He is one of the­ outstanding stars of the week

    From lemma007, on Fri 12 Dec 12:43PM

  9. WHY DECO BE FLOPS OF THE WEEK? I DONT THINK SO BCUZ I­ WATCH ALL HIS FOOTBALL THIS WEEK AND I SAW HIS­ PARFORMANCE SO GREAT. COMON RE-UPDATE IT NOW BEFORE I­ VEXX

    From michael s, on Fri 12 Dec 9:46AM

  10. deco flops of the wk, i don't agree!

    From Ken, on Fri 12 Dec 8:44AM

  11. The people who mark players for the papers,should learn­ something about the game. I have watched games where a­ certain player has done nothing outstanding but has­ played brilliantly by keeping it simple,only to be­ marked very lowly.

    From villan450years, on Tue 9 Dec 8:12AM

  12. Deco scores the goal of the season so far and he's­ still a flop? This page is either a week behind or put­ together by Man U supporters. Come on Yahoo, get to­ grip and pull your fingers out.

    From Eamonn, on Mon 8 Dec 9:37PM

  13. How can Deco be in the flop of the week? This Team of­ the Week should be updated on time. Stop giving us­ stale information.

    From a.nyambi, on Mon 8 Dec 7:21PM

  14. sir,ferguson pls give fabio a chance to replace evra­ instead of oshea atleast during the league cup match­ ....ONE UNITED 4 EVER

    From dotdeniz, on Mon 8 Dec 11:41AM

  15. Excuse me, this article is from last week 29 Nov 08 and­ not this week 6 Dec 08

    From chngcheehian, on Mon 8 Dec 9:06AM

  16. for god sake,where is Anelka?how colud Deco be a flob­ this week or what we ve is last week assesment?

    From akomolafe a, on Mon 8 Dec 9:04AM

  17. How can someone loves a team like Man Utd­ ..
    they're full of @#$%...
    it's luck all this­ while..
    champions league final 2007....match against­ sunderland...
    hmmm...just wait when u r run out of luck­ boys...
    the blues is the true champion...all about­ hardwork and teamwork..
    please...sell kalou...he is­ useless!!!!!!!!!

    From RossoneriAN, on Mon 8 Dec 6:38AM

  18. where is this weeks team of the week? this is from last­ week

    From AsianFootie, on Mon 8 Dec 3:09AM

  19. deco flops of the week......

    i dnt think so

    From Sam flan, on Sun 7 Dec 7:02PM

  20. omg where is berbatov ?! :D:D

    From ceko_tc, on Sun 7 Dec 5:56PM
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