Troy Deeney's Team of the Week 2025 / 26

[Paladin]

Cherki in this week.

Surprise, surprise, Fernandez in also, with two goals and an assist, against (in Troy's words), "arguably the worst team I have ever seen in Wolves", and the goals being the scrappiest deflection and a penalty.

Hey ho, job done, and the clicks will come in.

 

[bluealf]

I actually miss Crooks

 

[Xhavenjoe]

I actually miss Crooks

Our accountants?

 

[bluemoon32]

In fairness, his comments on Cherki were great.
Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) My favourite footballer to watch in world football. Not only was his assist for Phil Foden in the win against Sunderland worth the admission fee, he was just delightful. He is like the cult heroes I grew up with and makes me feel like a kid again watching football. Back in the day you had Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Thierry Henry, Jay-Jay Okocha - a plethora of them. Now there is just Rayan Cherki - and he is fantastic.

 

[Platt Lane 59]

Cherki in this week.

Surprise, surprise, Fernandez in also, with two goals and an assist, against (in Troy's words), "arguably the worst team I have ever seen in Wolves", and the goals being the scrappiest deflection and a penalty.

Hey ho, job done, and the clicks will come in.

Was hoping Deeney would be more of a maverick, picking the week's best players, regardless of their club.
Unfortunately, the BBC have indoctrinated him to ensure a representative of the Red Arse clubs are selected every week.
Appreciate the comments on Cherki though, a pleasant surprise...

 

[the blue panther]

In fairness, his comments on Cherki were great.
Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) My favourite footballer to watch in world football. Not only was his assist for Phil Foden in the win against Sunderland worth the admission fee, he was just delightful. He is like the cult heroes I grew up with and makes me feel like a kid again watching football. Back in the day you had Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Thierry Henry, Jay-Jay Okocha - a plethora of them. Now there is just Rayan Cherki - and he is fantastic.

Who the fuck writes his columns?

They need to make it more realistic as I refuse to believe that Deeney's vocabulary includes the word 'plethora.'

 

[Paladin]

Who the fuck writes his columns?

They need to make it more realistic as I refuse to believe that Deeney's vocabulary includes the word 'plethora.'

Surely AI. "Write a PL team of the week column in the style of Troy Deeney. It must feature whoever was Manchester United's best player this week, plus the best player in each position from the remaining games using average marks from the newspaper player ratings. If any Arsenal, Liverpool or Manchester United player is within 0.25 marks of the highest rated player, the red-shirted player shall be chosen in that position."