Premier League - Team of the Week: Mr Wright

Eurosport - Thu, 05 Mar 14:57:00 2009

Manchester City's hard-fought win over Aston Villa sees them claim five places in our midweek Team of the Week, including star goalscorer Shaun Wright-Phillips.

FOOTBALL Manchester City winger Shaun Wright-Phillips celebrates scoring his side's second goal of the game against Aston Villa in the Premier League. - 0

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

City's midfield takes pride of place with Elano and Stephen Ireland joining Wright-Phillips and Spurs' Luka Modric in the middle four. Defenders Pablo Zabaleta and Richard Dunne make up the City quintet. Hull's Matt Duke takes the goalkeeping spot after keeping Fulham at bay while young Liverpool full-back Emiliano Insua also sneaks in. The much maligned Nicklas Bendtner earns a start up front after his two goals at West Brom.

Team of the Week (4-4-2)

GK: Matt Duke (Hull City) - 40

RB: Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City) - 35

CB: Richard Dunne (Manchester City) - 37

CB: John Terry (Chelsea) - 35

LB: Emiliano Insua (Liverpool) - 35

RM: Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City) - 41

CM: Elano (Manchester City) - 40

CM: Stephen Ireland (Manchester City) - 40

LM: Luka Modric (Tottenham) - 38

FW: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) - 40

FW: Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal) - 40

FLOPS OF THE WEEK

Wigan and West Ham have two players apiece in this week's flops of the week after their x-rated clash at the JJB, including goalscorer Carlton Cole and Lee Cattermole who were both sent-off. Not surprisingly Middlesbrough keeper Brad Jones and two of his defenders are in the line-up after conceding four at Tottenham.

Flops of the Week (4-4-2)

GK: Brad Jones (Middlesbrough) - 26

RB: Lucas Neill (West Ham) - 25

CB: Robert Huth (Middlesbrough) - 25

CB: Curtis Davies (Aston Villa) - 27

LB: Emanuel Pogatetz (Middlesbrough) - 27

RM: Salomon Kalou (Chelsea) - 25

CM: Lee Cattermole (Wigan) - 20

CM: Michael Brown (Wigan) - 25

LM: Niko Kranjcar (Portsmouth) - 25

FW: Carlton Cole (West Ham) - 22

FW: David Nugent (Portsmouth) - 25

TEAM OF THE SEASON (minimum 13 starts)

No change in the team of the season with Aston Villa's Martin Laursen not suffering from Aston Villa's dip in form as he remains injured.

GK: Shay Given (Manchester City) - 34.46 average

RB: Glen Johnson (Portsmouth) - 32.40

CB: Michael Turner (Hull) - 33.65

CB: Martin Laursen (Aston Villa) - 33.84

LB: Patrice Evra (Manchester United) - 32.67

RM: Antonio Valencia (Wigan Athletic) - 33.64

CM: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) - 34.64

CM: Frank Lampard (Chelsea) - 35.11

LM: Ashley Young (Aston Villa) - 33.42

FW: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) - 34.18

FW: Craig Bellamy (Manchester City) - 33.32

FLOPS OF THE SEASON (minimum 13 starts)

Heurelho Gomes has managed to climb his way out of the flops after keeping a clean sheet against Middlesbrough. England international Scott Carson takes his place. Roman Pavlyuchenko remains in the side despite scoring against Middlesbrough.

GK: Scott Carson (West Bromwich Albion) - 29.78

RB: Pascal Chimbonda (Tottenham Hotspur) - 28.77

CB: Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle) - 28.57

CB: Abdoulaye Meite (West Bromwich Albion) - 27.86

LB: Jose Enrique (Newcastle United) - 26.85

RM: David Bentley (Tottenham Hotspur) - 28.95

CM: Zoltan Gera (Fulham) - 28.29

CM: Amdy Faye (Stoke City) - 27.47

LM: Chris Brunt (West Bromwich Albion) - 28.00

FW: Roman Pavlyuchenko (Tottenham Hotspur) - 27.28

FW: Darren Bent (Tottenham Hotspur) - 27.75

Seán Fay / Eurosport

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  1. spurs will stay up this season and why is lennon not in­ the team of the week he has bn the best since we got­ him and y is swp he hasnt done anything gd in ages i­ think lennon is one of the best right midfilders in the­ prem lege this year still needs to work on his crossing­ though but its still getting better

    From brandon381, on Tue 10 Mar 7:25PM

  2. Hey why is there no Drogba in the team of the week?­ What about Nicolas Anelka in the Team of the Season?­ What about Malouda in the flop of the week well maybe­ he is not able to make it in the flops of the season,­ can somebody answer my question.....chelsea for life

    From osas, on Sat 7 Mar 9:23AM

  3. priest_26 RTFM

    From Andy, on Fri 6 Mar 9:53AM

  4. Why is nto Lennon in the team of the week? He played­ one of his best games in a Spurs shirt, scoring 2 goals­ and yet, SWP is ahead of him. Same goes for Robbie­ Keane - 1 goal and 3 assists, yet Rooney is ahead of­ him. Who makes this TOW anyway?

    From priest_26, on Fri 6 Mar 9:13AM

  5. given better than vds cuz infrone of him is 2­ joker?ok....maybe u rite....how about about defence­ spot....where is rio or vidic?or this 3 player ar same­ muppet with 2 defence infrone given??ridiculous..

    From Addy N, on Fri 6 Mar 6:53AM

  6. Manager of the season MEGSON not

    From trotter, on Thu 5 Mar 9:23PM

  7. joint 8th top scorer and thats something to be proud­ of???????lol

    From BallsDeep, on Thu 5 Mar 8:49PM

  8. Surely ryan giggs should be in team of the season,­ he's probably best in league this year (certainly­ uniteds)... Lampard also very good.. between those two

    From chris r, on Thu 5 Mar 6:31PM

  9. Darren Bents joint 8th top scorer this season, same­ number of goals as any arsenal player! how can he be in­ flops of the season?

    From Russell T, on Thu 5 Mar 3:50PM
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    From sallymwlove, on Thu 5 Mar 3:23PM

  11. Ashley B did your boyfriend lose his pubes on your­ face?

    From donneysbeck, on Thu 5 Mar 3:04PM

  12. All lennon does is run around like a headless chicken.

    From King_Billy, on Thu 5 Mar 2:51PM

  13. i agree...lennon should be in team of the week instead­ of elano!

    From gregmacintyre, on Thu 5 Mar 2:43PM

  14. that's good 5 city player's in team ov da­ week
    come on u blues
    c.t.i.d

    From graham w, on Thu 5 Mar 2:35PM

  15. Nice one maxtheyid. How is Lennon not in Team of the­ week? He was Electric against Man U and got two goals­ and was the best player on the pitch against Boro.

    From thegingerbreadmen, on Thu 5 Mar 2:04PM

  16. Lucky Chelsea side Tony H? Face it you were always­ going to lose, those players didn't play well. I­ don't support Chelsea by the way. Let's hope­ Pompey get relegated...

    From thegingerbreadmen, on Thu 5 Mar 2:02PM
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    ..Nice one Vishay K! dirty Harry seems to have got a­ richer club, but defintely not a "big,­ better" club, in Tottenumb. Let's hope they­ get back 2 losing ways and back into the relegation­ mire soon......

    From Tony H, on Thu 5 Mar 1:56PM

  18. .....why are Nico Kranjcar and David Nugent in the­ flops of the week??? they were up against a quality­ (and very physical and lucky) Chelsea the other night. ­ Apparently Kranjcar got at least 1 shot close 2 goal,­ and he's gradually recovering from recent injury. ­ David Nugent has still only had limited chances, as­ Tony Adams, and now Paul Hart, have now brought him -­ and Hermann Hreidersson - out of the "cold"­ apparently imposed on them by dirty Harry­ before......
    Give Nugent a chance.......stay up Pompey,­ Pompey stay up! Pompey Tone.

    From Tony H, on Thu 5 Mar 1:53PM

  19. is it just me or is flop of the season team half of­ tottenhams squad? haha.

    From Vishay K, on Thu 5 Mar 1:47PM

  20. If EvdS has a great team in front of him, where the­ hell is Vidic (and Ferdinand) on this crappy list????­ What kind of a joke list is this...

    From uros24, on Thu 5 Mar 1:27PM
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