Premier League - Team of the Week

Eurosport - Tue, 11 Nov 08:28:00 2008

Bolton goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen takes the plaudits for a stunning one-man show at Hull while Spurs striker Darren Bent goes from villain to hero.

FOOTBALL: Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen - 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 (4-4-2)

Jaaskelainen's superhuman performance at Hull pips Paul Robinson's 43 score against Chelsea and makes him our Player of the Week. Ryan Shawcross is unlucky not to retain his centre-half spot from last week: he scored 35, the same as chosen man Alex as well as Titus Bramble and Brede Hangeland. Arsenal have four men in the side after their victory over Manchester United while Darren Bent's sudden surge of form sees him vault into the Team of the Week - until now he was a fixture in our Flops of the Season.

GK: Jussi Jaaskelainen (Bolton Wanderers) - 45

RB: Glen Johnson (Portsmouth) - 35

CB: William Gallas (Arsenal) - 36

CB: Alex (Chelsea) - 35

LB: Gael Clichy (Arsenal) - 35

RM: Matthew Taylor (Bolton Wanderers) - 35

CM: Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal) - 38

CM: Danny Murphy (Fulham) - 38

LM: Samir Nasri (Arsenal) - 43

FW: Darren Bent (Tottenham Hotspur) - 41

FW: Robbie Keane (Liverpool) - 40

FLOPS OF THE WEEK

Benoit Essou-Ekotto was rubbish enough at left-back to make our Flops line-up two weeks in a row despite Spurs' win at Manchester City. Eastlands captain Richard Dunne had a nightmare but is spared the Flop of the Week mantle as team-mate Gelson Fernandes, who was also sent off, proved just as useless. Scott Carson and Brad Friedel scored as poorly as one another between the sticks, but Carson edges it as he was facing old club Liverpool - TOTW callously rubbing salt in his wound.

GK: Scott Carson (West Bromwich Albion) - 27

RB: Carlos Cuellar (Aston Villa) - 24

CB: Richard Dunne (Manchester City) - 20

CB: Claudio Cacapa (Newcastle United) - 25

LB: Benoit Essou-Ekotto (Tottenham Hotspur) - 25

RM: Vincenzo Grella (Blackburn Rovers) - 23

CM: Gelson Fernandes (Manchester City) - 19

CM: Keith Andrews (Blackburn Rovers) - 24

LM: Julien Faubert (West Ham United) - 24

FW: Roman Bednar (West Bromwich Albion) - 24

FW: Johan Elmander (Bolton Wanderers) - 24

TEAM OF THE SEASON (minimum six starts)

Kamil Zayatte edges Martin Laursen out of the Team of the Season line-up to join Hull central defensive partner Michael Turner, although the Tigers somehow lost at home to Jaaskelainen's Bolton. There are no other changes, although Tuncay Sanli (34.43) is right behind Fernando Torres after the Turk's two goals gave Middlesbrough victory at Aston Villa. Frank Lampard remains ahead of the pack in the race for Player of the Season.

GK: Shay Given (Newcastle United) - 34.42 average

RB: Jose Bosingwa (Chelsea) - 33.58

CB: Kamil Zayatte (Hull City) - 34.13

CB: Michael Turner (Hull City) - 34.25

LB: Gael Clichy (Arsenal) - 33.18

RM: Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City) - 34.8

CM: Frank Lampard (Chelsea) - 36.67

CM: Javier Mascherano (Liverpool) - 35.17

LM: Samir Nasri (Arsenal) - 36

FW: Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United) - 34.44

FW: Fernando Torres (Liverpool) - 34.67

FLOPS OF THE SEASON

Bent's brace at Man City places Dave Kitson firmly in the mire alongside Roman Pavlyuchenko. Multi million-pound man Vedran Corluka is the surprise choice at left-back - despite the Harry Redknapp revival, Spurs still have four players in this season's overall hall of shame.

GK: Heurelho Gomes (Tottenham Hotspur) - 28.29

RB: Vedran Corluka (Tottenham Hotspur) - 28.29

CB: Ryan Donk (West Bromwich Albion) - 27.29

CB: Leon Cort (Stoke City) - 26.17

LB: Andrea Dossena (Liverpool) - 26.29

RM: Geremi (Newcastle United) - 27.33

CM: Amdy Faye (Stoke City) - 26

CM: Mohamed Shawky (Middlesbrough) - 27

LM: Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur) - 27.96

FW: Roman Pavlyuchenko (Tottenham Hotspur) - 25.13

FW: Dave Kitson (Stoke City) - 26.88

Jonathan Symcox / Eurosport

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  1. Here, how it goes this season:

    carling cup- Man Utd
    premier league- Man Utd
    fa cup- Man Utd
    ucl- Man Utd
    wc 2010- Argentina
    ec 2012- Germany
    olympics 2012- Argentina
    la liga- Real Madrid
    serie a- Inter Milan
    bundesliga- Byern Munich

    From Dani, on Mon 17 Nov 4:29AM

  2. alonsoman007 i agree with all your predictions in football except the ec 2012. i think that il b england or italy. olympics il b GB.

    From Rebekah, on Sat 15 Nov 6:46PM

  3. Premiership - Liverpool
    Champions league - Real Madrid
    Uefa cup - Tottenham/A.C Millan
    Carling Cup - Tottenham
    F.A Cup - Man Utd
    La Liga - Barcelona
    Serie A - Inter Millan
    Championship - Reading

    The End

    From steveruggles@..., on Fri 14 Nov 2:22PM

  4. ROY KEANE is much better than berbatov,that one needs 10 times to scores one goal

    From manuel f, on Fri 14 Nov 1:01PM

  5. my turn to try my wacky vision powers...
    carling cup- tottenham / burnley
    premier league- chelsea / hull city
    fa cup- arsenal / dagenham and redbridge
    ucl- chelsea / cfr cluj
    wc 2010- romania :D....yeah sure! :)) ........germany / paraguay
    ec 2012- germany / lithuania
    olympics 2012- hungary / slovakia
    la liga- valencia / villareal
    serie a- inter / juventus
    bundesliga- werder bremen / hoffenheim :D:D:D:D:D

    From dortin 9, on Thu 13 Nov 9:30PM

  6. I came back to check the reaction to my post.
    I thought it would provoke a reaction and i bet you everything i possess that the 5 thumbs down come from blinkered Spurs fans. Aren't you guys ashamed of your team? Sure they are playing really well, but they haven't become such good players overnight.
    I am livid about the whole situation; if a jockey deliberately under-performs he is banned at the very least - the same should happen to these Spurs players.
    There should be a FULL FA inquiry here!

    From cameron w, on Thu 13 Nov 9:21PM

  7. in your dreams govindhenry......
    the real facts:
    Carling Cup - Manchester United
    Premier League - Manchester United
    FA Cup - Manchester United
    UEFA Champions League - Manchester United
    World Cup 2010 - England
    Euro Cup 2012 - Spain
    Olympics 2012 - Hungary
    La Liga - Villarreal
    Seria A - Juventus
    Bundesliga - BVB Dortmund

    From alonsoman007, on Thu 13 Nov 7:00PM

  8. it is no doubt jaask name is at the top, he was the man of the match agains hull, his effort and superb saves are highly recognise,jussy is more than good,and as for robb, keane in the other hands is a waste of all time.keane is a digrace as a striker,
    that was clear in the game against atletico mad,....when he squnder all the changes
    keane does not ward to be a striker, take me words for real,am a liverpool fan ,up liverpool, the kop for life

    From esueni, on Wed 12 Nov 10:13AM

  9. Type of Games The Champion Of The Games

    The Carling Cup -- Arsenal
    Premier League -- Arsenal
    UEFA Champions League -- Arsenal
    FA Cup -- Arsenal
    World Cup 2010 -- France
    Olimpik 2012 -- Malaysia
    Euro Cup 2010 -- France
    LA Liga -- Barcelona
    Seria A -- Inter Milan
    Bundesliga -- Bayern Munich

    From Govind_619, on Tue 11 Nov 11:47PM

  10. ALL ENGLISH FOOTBALL
    PREMIER LEAGUE – FA CUP – CARLING CUP
    CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – UEFA CUP
    ALL MATCHES ON WEB: PREMIER LEAGUE, LIGA, SERIE A, BUNDESLIGA AND CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - UEFA CUP
    ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS OF PREMIER LEAGUE MATCHES

    From go to www.premiership.altervista.org, on Tue 11 Nov 3:22PM

  11. @#$% @#$% analyse in my opinion, pavylchenko rescued tottenham's win and he is the flop the season! @#$% it is nonsense!

    From aa, on Tue 11 Nov 2:12PM

  12. Thats because torres was injured and masherano wasnt playing

    From Dani, on Tue 11 Nov 10:08AM

  13. I thought Corluka was in as Right back, (not left back as stated above) as Dossena is still there as the left back? Not a big deal, but I haven't got much else to say about this at the minute ;0))

    From neil e, on Tue 11 Nov 8:50AM

  14. Wagner love has scored 17 goals in 20 games. He could be loaned during the Russian closed season. Benitez where are you! This guy is dynamite

    From not printable, on Tue 11 Nov 8:07AM

  15. Watched the derby match from Moscow last night with CSK downing their city rivals by 4 goals to 1. But the point is ALL FOUR were scored by Wagner Love. Now many of you probably never heard of him, certainly some scouts and premier division managers have missed seeing this guy.

    From not printable, on Tue 11 Nov 8:06AM

  16. @#$%-a-doodle doo

    From orburleigh, on Tue 11 Nov 3:24AM

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    From mixedbeaugirl, on Tue 11 Nov 1:00AM

  18. lmao at joe-@#$%, typical liverpool fan doesnt know anything about football score a couple of goals against a no-mark team and they think they have won the lot get over it your @#$% you'l never win the proper trophy (pl title) just rely on getting in to the champ league every year, your team's a joke and always will be a joke

    From johnpercival80, on Mon 10 Nov 11:31PM

  19. I was impressed with Robinson in goal this weekend but it does underline the fact that he is better when not having to keep the ball in his hands. Difficult choice for England now, not like in the old days with Banksy and Shilton.

    From taff, on Mon 10 Nov 10:19PM

  20. in the valley of the blind the one eyed man is king

    From peat.adams@..., on Mon 10 Nov 10:04PM
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