[Ska'dForLife-WBA]

Long-timers out there may vaguely recall that this time ten years ago I posted a thread on BBC 606 inviting everyone to share their Albion team of the 2000s, giving everyone a chance to honour the Baggies who'd defined our yo-yo years.  Well, with a month to go until the Roaring Twenties commence, it's time to give it another whirl.  Everyone's welcome to submit, and there's only one rule:

Your team of the decade must consist of eleven players who have played at least one competitive match for West Bromwich Albion first team between the FA Cup tie at Huddersfield on 2nd January 2010 and the upcoming Championship fixture against Middlesbrough on 29th December 2019.

Beyond that, it's your choice alone.  Formation?  Up to you.  The biggest talents or just your own personal favourites?  Up to you.  Take off-field shenanigans into account, or concentrate purely on the beautiful game?  Up to you.  If there are any nearly-men who didn't quite make the final cut and deserve an honourable mention, feel free to stick them on an unlimited subs bench.  Provided there are enough responses, I may even try around New Year to see if we can build a consensus based on the names that crop up most.

And so without further ado, I give you my XI:

Foster

Dawson --- McAuley --- Evans --- Gibbs

Mulumbu

Barnes --- Morrison --- Brunt

Odemwingie --- Lukaku


Subs: Olsson, Reid, Scharner, Yacob, Gera, Long, Rodriguez

Foster - just the best keeper we had in decades, full stop
Dawson - tempted to pick Steven Reid, but fond of the way we nurtured him from lower league player to Prem regular
McAuley - one of the great football rags-to-riches stories, and proper servant to the club
Evans - shite captain, but on talent alone he was our best centre-half since the Seventies
Gibbs - hasn't fully had chance to flourish over a couple of tough years, but probably our best LB since Statham
Mulumbu - iconic player at his best, always fondly remembered, scored the winner against Villa in 2011
Brunt - a game-changing player on his day, and one of the last loyal club men
Morrison - as above
Barnes - a five-month loanee in our team of the decade seems daft, but without his impact, we might have gone straight into a downward spiral after relegation
Lukaku - another loanee, but what a loanee; we'll always be his breakthrough club, and to his dying day he'll never celebrate a goal against us
Odemwingie - Molineux, February 2012; and all the rest


Let's hear your thoughts and your picks!  

[Northwalesbaggie]

And so without further ado, I give you my XI:

Foster

Dawson --- McAuley --- Evans --- Gibbs

Mulumbu

Barnes --- Morrison --- Brunt

Odemwingie --- Lukaku


Subs: Olsson, Reid, Scharner, Yacob, Gera, Long, Rodriguez

Foster - just the best keeper we had in decades, full stop
Dawson - tempted to pick Steven Reid, but fond of the way we nurtured him from lower league player to Prem regular
McAuley - one of the great football rags-to-riches stories, and proper servant to the club
Evans - shite captain, but on talent alone he was our best centre-half since the Seventies
Gibbs - hasn't fully had chance to flourish over a couple of tough years, but probably our best LB since Statham
Mulumbu - iconic player at his best, always fondly remembered, scored the winner against Villa in 2011
Brunt - a game-changing player on his day, and one of the last loyal club men
Morrison - as above
Barnes - a five-month loanee in our team of the decade seems daft, but without his impact, we might have gone straight into a downward spiral after relegation
Lukaku - another loanee, but what a loanee; we'll always be his breakthrough club, and to his dying day he'll never celebrate a goal against us
Odemwingie - Molineux, February 2012; and all the rest


Let's hear your thoughts and your picks!  

Not bad.. in fact very good. But where would you fit in Kevin Phillips, Jason Koumas, Kamara, Koren,

[WBA-Josh]

Foster
Dawson - McAuley - Olsson - Gibbs
Brunt - Mulumbu - Yacob - Morrison
Odemwingie - Lukaku

Subs - Johnstone, Evans, Reid, Scharner, Dorrans, Gera, Rondon

[Blue Baggie]

Foster
Reid - McAuley - Olsson - Gibbs
Gera - Mulumbu - Pereira
Odemwingie - Phillips - Lukaku

Subs. Johnstone - Brunt - Morrison - Koumas - Scharner - Barnes - JRod

[Ska'dForLife-WBA]

And so without further ado, I give you my XI:

Foster

Dawson --- McAuley --- Evans --- Gibbs

Mulumbu

Barnes --- Morrison --- Brunt

Odemwingie --- Lukaku


Subs: Olsson, Reid, Scharner, Yacob, Gera, Long, Rodriguez

Foster - just the best keeper we had in decades, full stop
Dawson - tempted to pick Steven Reid, but fond of the way we nurtured him from lower league player to Prem regular
McAuley - one of the great football rags-to-riches stories, and proper servant to the club
Evans - shite captain, but on talent alone he was our best centre-half since the Seventies
Gibbs - hasn't fully had chance to flourish over a couple of tough years, but probably our best LB since Statham
Mulumbu - iconic player at his best, always fondly remembered, scored the winner against Villa in 2011
Brunt - a game-changing player on his day, and one of the last loyal club men
Morrison - as above
Barnes - a five-month loanee in our team of the decade seems daft, but without his impact, we might have gone straight into a downward spiral after relegation
Lukaku - another loanee, but what a loanee; we'll always be his breakthrough club, and to his dying day he'll never celebrate a goal against us
Odemwingie - Molineux, February 2012; and all the rest


Let's hear your thoughts and your picks!  

Not bad.. in fact very good. But where would you fit in Kevin Phillips, Jason Koumas, Kamara, Koren,

In my team of the 2000s! (To be fair, Koren did play for us at the very beginning of this decade, but he's the only one out of those mentioned, and I consider his contribution to have been mainly in the 2000s, as Di Matteo pretty much froze him out on arrival).

[Ska'dForLife-WBA]

Foster
Reid - McAuley - Olsson - Gibbs
Gera - Mulumbu - Pereira
Odemwingie - Phillips - Lukaku

Subs. Johnstone - Brunt - Morrison - Koumas - Scharner - Barnes - JRod

Koumas never played for us in this decade, but otherwise a good pick (guessing Phillips must be Matty, because Kevin was also a 2000s player). I considered including Pereira, but reckon it's maybe just a bit too early in what will hopefully be a long Albion career.

It only occurred to me this afternoon that Dorrans might be a shout for my subs bench too. Not sure we'd have been promoted in 2010 without him, even if it was a long and disappointing decline for him afterwards.

[Blue Baggie]

Foster
Reid - McAuley - Olsson - Gibbs
Gera - Mulumbu - Pereira
Odemwingie - Phillips - Lukaku

Subs. Johnstone - Brunt - Morrison - Koumas - Scharner - Barnes - JRod

Koumas never played for us in this decade, but otherwise a good pick (guessing Phillips must be Matty, because Kevin was also a 2000s player).  I considered including Pereira, but reckon it's maybe just a bit too early in what will hopefully be a long Albion career.

It only occurred to me this afternoon that Dorrans might be a shout for my subs bench too.  Not sure we'd have been promoted in 2010 without him, even if it was a long and disappointing decline for him afterwards.

Of course your right - Koumas and Phillips played 12 years ago (it was KP not Matty)  Time flies my friend.
I already believe Pereira is to be enjoyed while we have him, he is destined for higher things.

[drewks]

As long as Mr Gera and Mr Morrison are included, any team is fine with me!

[silverbaggie]

SKA'D WROTE:- And so without further ado, I give you my XI:

Foster

Dawson --- McAuley --- Evans --- Gibbs

Mulumbu

Barnes --- Morrison --- Brunt

Odemwingie --- Lukaku


Subs: Olsson,( Reid,)  Scharner, Yacob, Gera, Long, Rodriguez

Just out of interest Ska'd but which Reid is this.

My last game at the shrine was against Bolton when we won 2-1 with Long getting the winner. But that day we had two Reids playing for us; one of whom got the opening goal.

As a side note, one of them, Ruebin is presently playing for the Cheltenham Town side. Obviously now in the autumn of his career.

[Ska'dForLife-WBA]

Steven Reid. Can't seem to find a team sheet for that Bolton match, but the opening goalscorer was definitely Jerome Thomas, and I'd be amazed if we had Reuben Reid on the pitch at all; he only ever made cameo appearances in cup games as far as I recall, and left after a couple of years.