EPL Half Season Team of the Year

It’s the festive time of the year and that means a busy schedule in the EPL and effectively the half-way point of the season. So I thought this would be a perfect time for me to put together my team of the season so far. As you would expect the team is dominated by the big teams, but maybe surprisingly not entirely by the big name players. Also there are a couple from outside those teams, Fulham, Newcastle etc. I am a Newcastle fan so maybe a little biased but fairly certain these players deserve their spot at this stage of the season. Anyway here it is:

GK – Tim Krul (New)

RB – Phil Jones (MU)

CD – Vincent Kompany (MC)

CD – Thomas Vermaelan (Ars)

LB – Kyle Walker (Tot)

LM – David Silva (MC)

CM – Scott Parker (Tot)

CM – Clint Dempsey (Ful)

RM – Nani (MU)

ST – Demba Ba (New)

ST – Robin van Persie (Ars)

Bench

Yakubu (Bla)

Sergio Aguero (MC)

Cheick Tiote (New)

Juan Mata (Che)

Micah Richards (MC)

Russel Martin (Nor)

Pepe Reina (Liv)

There you have it. Not the same team we have come to see regularly over the last few years with players like Ferdinand, Drogba, Gerrard, Lampard and Rooney. But simply put these players have been the form players throughout the first few months and deserve the recognition. In saying that Rooney was stiff to miss out on the bench but just felt Yakubu had done well to score 10 in 12 (Rooney 13 in 15) in a much weaker side. Gareth Bale was also hard to leave off the bench but you can only have so many.

So what are your thoughts? Let us know who has impressed you and what changes you would make.

Cheers

@mal68au