2011/12 vs 2021/22 - Which squad is better?

[Tony Pulis]

Exactly ten years apart, two squads in League One. Which was better? Vote in the polls. (Selected players based on appearances made.)

[CalmJimmers]

Cheers mate, great thread!

 

To me there is so recency bias atm - Adeniran instead of Semedo? Semedo is one of the main reasons we went up. Doesn't mean he can't be better in the future, but right now Semedo has the record to back up him being better.

 

Hutchinson over Jones is close, but Jones scored some crucial goals and was our captain.

 

Atm for me 2011/12 is better, but doesn't mean this team can't develop and challenge them.

 

Also it's still very early in the ratings, so I'm probably getting wound up over nothing

[Miffed]

Way to early to judge 

[Groundhopping Owl]

Blimey, cheers for going to effort of putting all them polls up, gave me a good bit of fun trawling through them.

 

Think it's pretty clear that the current squad is stronger than the 2011/12 version, but that doesn't guarantee it'll do better in the league. Individual quality isn't as important as cohesiveness and mentality, and the jury is still out on how strong both of those are in this squad.

[Ellis Rimmer]

It’s too early to judge but on first impressions this team. I went against the majority on Gregory being better than Madine and Windass better than Marshall

[beswetherick]

Much more depth in the current squad compared to 11/12 IMO

[TrickyTrev]

It’s very early days and it’s difficult to judge at the moment.

 

What I would say however is I think to an extent fans forget about how good some of the players we had back then were.

 

Semedo for example for me was the best player in the league that season and a midfield pairing of Semedo (from 11/12) and Bannan now would absolutely boss this league.

[Teddy Nickelarse]

5 minutes ago, TrickyTrev said:

It’s very early days and it’s difficult to judge at the moment.

 

What I would say however is I think to an extent fans forget about how good some of the players we had back then were.

 

Semedo for example for me was the best player in the league that season and a midfield pairing of Semedo (from 11/12) and Bannan now would absolutely boss this league.

Agreed, too early but nonetheless a bit of fun. I think this season's  squad has more strength in depth probably. Also difficult  to score Semedo and Adeniran  in a head to head as they're different  types. Semedo was a terrific defensive midfielder  in league one but Adeniran has more to offer with the ball. Also looking forward,  Semedo  couldn't make the step up to the championship  whereas Adeniran looks a good bet to develop into a higher level performer.

[parkfieldowl14]

1 hour ago, Tony Pulis said:

Exactly ten years apart, two squads in League One. Which was better? Vote in the polls. (Selected players based on appearances made.)

Way too early to make such comparisions tbh.End of the season would be a better time.

[Mr. Chow]

Only prievous players I choose was that seasons madine and Ryan lowe.

 

marshall just missed out 

[Jim]

It’s way too early to judge as it’s already been said.

 

I think we were relatively strong defensively 10 years ago. Jones and Batth were immense. Buxton and Johnson were more than useful. Johnson particularly with his goals. I suspect come the end of the season the 11/12 squad will have a defensive dept with more goals scored but the current squad may be more frugal in goals conceded?

 

The midfield in 11/12 was very underrated. Semedo and Lines were very influential. Add the stardust of JJ and Marshall/Antonio, this is where the squad’s will be judged. I think Adeniran/Bannan will compare favourably with Semedo/Lines but our current wide options may not be as good as the ones from 10 years ago.

 

As for forwards Madine/Lowe/O’Grady did the job. Gregory will compare favourably with Madine and will probably score a similar amount. Will Berahino/Kamberi do as well as Lowe/O’Grady?

 

As of Now the 11/12 squad just has the edge for me if I was pressed to call it now.

 

 

[areNOTwhatTHEYseem]

Adeniran vs Semedo is a bit of a mismatch - Adeniran's no defensive midfielder based on what we've seen so far, so in that role, he loses out to Semedo.

 

But as an all-round, box-to-box midfielder, he looks like he has it in him to be better than Semedo ever was.

[clud17]

Bannan v Lines 

[Guest LondonOwl313]

Surprised anyone can say 2011/12 squad was better, on the player by player comparisons the only definite I had was Reda over Dunkley 

 

Buxton/Hunt, Madine/Gregory, Prutton/Wing are close and there’s a few others like JJ/Shodipo and Morrison/Kamberi where we haven’t seen enough yet to make a call. 
 

The rest are head and shoulders better 

[Guest LondonOwl313]

Also who thinks Danny Batth is better than Iorfa

[sexpistol]

Gregory over Madine ??? Really?

[sexpistol]

1 hour ago, parkfieldowl14 said:

Way too early to make such comparisions tbh.End of the season would be a better time.

This

[Guest LondonOwl313]

2 minutes ago, sexpistol said:

Gregory over Madine ??? Really?

Madine only had one good season in his whole career, which just happened to be 2011/12. Gregory has been pretty consistent as a goal scorer his whole career. Wouldn’t be surprised to see him get more than Madine’s 18 goals. 

[BowOwl]

You missed out the gaffa, which would be close, but it’s far far to early to judge Moore fairly, as with most of this squad.

 

Def one to bump come January 

[stuben]

I went mostly for the current squad.

Can we vote again after 5pm.