Premier League - Team of the Week

Eurosport - Mon, 29 Sep 17:49:00 2008

It was a weekend to forget for Tottenham, Everton and Newcastle, judging by our Flops of the Week - but there was better news for West Brom and Liverpool in the Team of the Week.

FOOTBALL 2008-2009 Premier League - Portsmouth's Glen Little challenges Tottenham's Benoit Assou-Ekotto for the ball - 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 (4-2-2)

Fernando 'El Nino' Torres is back in form for Liverpool after banging in two goals in three minutes against fierce rivals Everton and is joined by a resurgent Steven Gerrard. Jose Bosingwa continues to impress for Chelsea at right-back while Hull's Michael Turner retains his place in the centre of the back four after helping the Tigers beat Arsenal at The Emirates. Our player of the week is England hopeful Scott Carson, who was brilliant as West Brom beat Middlesbrough away from home. THAT error against Croatia late last year is forgotten.

1. Scott Carson (West Brom) - 41

2. Jose Bosingwa (Chelsea) - 39

3. Patrice Evra (Manchester United) - 38

4. Michael Turner (Hull City) - 39

5. Jonas Olsson (West Brom) - 39

6. Stiliyan Petrov (Aston Villa) - 40

7. Antonio Valencia (Wigan) - 39

8. Tugay (Blackburn) - 39

9. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) - 38

10. Fernando Torres (Liverpool) - 41

11. Carlton Cole (West Ham) - 39

FLOPS OF THE WEEK (4-4-2)

Ross Turnbull claims the spot between the sticks after that loss to the Baggies while his right-back at Boro Justin Hoyte also gets the nod. Spurs are ably represented by no-hopers Benoit Assou-Ekotto (pictured) and Gilberto, making his first start, as well as Roman 'Berbatov he ain't' Pavlyuchenko up front. And naturally Newcastle provide our centre-half pairing after a fifth consecutive league defeat.

1. Ross Turnbull (Middlesbrough) - 26

2. Justin Hoyte (Middlesbrough) - 24

3. Benoit Assou-Ekotto (Tottenham) - 21

4. Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle) - 23

5. Steven Taylor (Newcastle) - 24

6. Gilberto (Tottenham) - 18

7. Mikel Arteta (Everton) - 26

8. Marouane Fellani (Everton) - 24

9. Geremi (Newcastle) - 24

10. Yakubu (Everton) - 22

11. Roman Pavlyuchenko (Tottenham) - 23

Check out eurosport.yahoo.com's Team of the Week every Monday!

Jonathan Symcox / Eurosport

Comment 12 - 31 of 31

Sort comments by: Most recent

  1. Iam proud to be a Liverpool fun and I want my team to­ continue with this teams, I believe you will be the­ champion this season Iam solely for Liverpool. YOU WILL­ NEVER WALK ALONE remember.....!

    From adis_victor, on Wed 15 Oct 9:38AM

  2. the to best strikers in premier league is fernando­ torres and roney and the to best midfilder is c.ronaldo­ and gerrard the to best defenders is DANIEL AGGER and­ the best goal kepper is petr cech

    From pavla_eliasen, on Sun 5 Oct 5:50PM

  3. revenge is sweet sometimes!!

    From fordcliff2, on Sat 4 Oct 7:33PM

  4. turner attaine his childhood dream of stoping arsenals­ record..yes he beat arsenal at emirates bt soon he wll­ regreat why he dd it when they meet agin..lets wait n­ watch!!!!SON

    From fordcliff2, on Sat 4 Oct 7:31PM

  5. gerrard and torres on fire !!!!!!
    this sunday sure can­ win M C !!!!!!!!!

    From kokhong1993, on Sat 4 Oct 6:43AM

  6. can't win all the time ..liverpool

    From brandon.sneijder, on Fri 3 Oct 11:48PM

  7. keane's boys may try to prove stubborn but come­ what may, the gunners will wallop them by three goals­ to nothing. we are very serious this time and will­ leave no stone unturned in our quest for glory. LONG­ LIVE WENGER! LONG LIVE THE PLAYERS! LONG LIVE THE­ GUNNERS!!!!

    From slashenry, on Thu 2 Oct 7:51PM

  8. i knowm my arsenal will surely bounce back to reclaimn­ the top spot. we paid dearly for underrating the guys­ from hull city. all the same with the recovery of nasri­ and van persie as well as adebayor finding his scoring­ boot ones more, wenger and his charges will scale every­ hurdle to conquer every opportunity. MARK MY WORD FOR­ IT!!!

    From slashenry, on Thu 2 Oct 7:43PM

  9. well am happy for manchester united and i am very sure­ we are gettin back to our scoring form and we shall­ take all the trophies as the defending champions

    From Jaido O, on Thu 2 Oct 9:21AM

  10. MAN UTD all the way

    From jimhun, on Wed 1 Oct 9:16PM

  11. goons

    From m.bullock60, on Wed 1 Oct 8:07PM

  12. Wed, 01/10/2008 Newcastle Benfield v Winterton Rangers ­ FA Cup 2nd Round Qualifying Replay 7.45 ko There's­ more than one team in Newcastle !!!

    From david, on Tue 30 Sep 11:46AM

  13. its hi time RAFA to include Babel first line up for­ liverpool to continue her winning strip, this will make­ him know how to play and connect with torres, this is­ an appeal why why does he have to bench on the first­ eleven

    From wilson, on Mon 29 Sep 9:05PM

  14. I want manchester united to win the carling cup,­ premier league, uefa champions league and FA cup

    From sportsmanrifat, on Mon 29 Sep 7:41PM

  15. I think Newcastle and Tottenham will relegate.

    From David, on Mon 29 Sep 6:22PM
  16. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    west ham r the best

    From ANDREW, on Mon 29 Sep 6:17PM

  17. tottenham are poo

    From Torres76, on Mon 29 Sep 4:42PM
  18. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    what i want is for chelsea 2 top the table and 2 lead­ man united with a maximum of 15points

    From Edward, on Mon 29 Sep 4:14PM

  19. Scott Carson....on his way back to the top with Tony­ Mowbray's guidence..come on you BAGGIES

    From CHRISTOPHER, on Mon 29 Sep 4:05PM

  20. Hi Ed

    Would it be an idea to have the same thing for­ referee's ?

    From TTIOT, on Mon 29 Sep 3:30PM
Sort comments by: Most recent

Not already a Yahoo! user ? to get a free Yahoo! Account