Read an interesting article today
www.unibet.co.uk/blog/football/premier-league/fabled-premier-league-starting-xis-that-rarely-were-1.991297?mktid=52:5211000020
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Basic summary is that the line ups you often think of as defining a team rarely actually happen.
Rubbish I thought, we always used to lineup
Southall
Stevens Mountfield Ratcliffe Van den Hauwe
Steven Reid Bracewell Sheedy
Sharp Gray (and or Heath)
Guess how often that team played together?
With Sharp and Heath 7 times (including losing to Grimsby and Norwich)
With Gray and Sharp 14 times
www.unibet.co.uk/blog/football/premier-league/fabled-premier-league-starting-xis-that-rarely-were-1.991297?mktid=52:5211000020

Basic summary is that the line ups you often think of as defining a team rarely actually happen.
Rubbish I thought, we always used to lineup
Southall
Stevens Mountfield Ratcliffe Van den Hauwe
Steven Reid Bracewell Sheedy
Sharp Gray (and or Heath)
Guess how often that team played together?
With Sharp and Heath 7 times (including losing to Grimsby and Norwich)
With Gray and Sharp 14 times