:00:45. > :00:56.Welcome to a new season. The Premier League celebrates its 25th birthday.
:00:57. > :01:07.What a start for Lacazette. Mounier! Rooney! Written in the stars. It's
:01:08. > :01:19.in! 4-3 Arsenal. Extraordinary end to this crazy game. It's a red card!
:01:20. > :01:32.Goodness me. Brilliant goal. Mane. Brilliant. Dele Alli! Sam Vokes has
:01:33. > :01:37.put Burnley in dreamland. Yes it's back and so is the Premier League
:01:38. > :01:40.show. We are at the world's end market in Chelsea, a stone's throw
:01:41. > :01:45.from the scene of that thrilling opening game against Burnley and I'm
:01:46. > :01:51.joined by Dion Dublin and Ellis James. Coming up, the BBC's finest
:01:52. > :01:55.pick their all-time Premier League 11, we hear from Jan Vertonghen and
:01:56. > :01:59.Justin Moorhouse gives us his knee jerk reaction to the opening
:02:00. > :02:06.weekend. And what a weekend it was. What was the highlight? You have to
:02:07. > :02:10.go to Stamford Bridge. For Burnley to go away from home, having not got
:02:11. > :02:16.any points on the road last year, and to stuff Chelsea in their back
:02:17. > :02:22.garden, like they did as well. Chelsea committee elated, Burley
:02:23. > :02:26.were outstanding. Are you just happy to be here, Ellis? I don't mean you!
:02:27. > :02:33.Swansea still in the Premier League. The last time we meant -- net you
:02:34. > :02:37.weren't getting good fights. I was with Chris Sutton and he tipped us
:02:38. > :02:41.to be relegated. I've never seen anyone more sure of himself. Where
:02:42. > :02:51.is Chris Sutton? He's here next week. Are you happy with your 0-0 on
:02:52. > :02:55.the opening weekend? For once I completely understood why we were
:02:56. > :03:00.last on match of the. Usually I see that as proof of anti-Welsh bias at
:03:01. > :03:05.the BBC! It wasn't great. I went last year and we were outplayed so I
:03:06. > :03:10.was quite pleased with a point. When the final whistle went I thought, 39
:03:11. > :03:16.points to go. Which is quite a bleak way of looking at it. I just want us
:03:17. > :03:22.to stay up. With the Burnley match I was thinking, as a Burnley fan you
:03:23. > :03:25.must be thinking that's an amazing three points. 37 points more and
:03:26. > :03:31.we're safe. I guess for half the table that's how you see it. That
:03:32. > :03:36.will be a mindset for some managers, we've nicked three points, let's get
:03:37. > :03:40.the rest of the points on the board and we can relax. Football is about
:03:41. > :03:44.days out and those Burnley fans will have had a fantastic day out. Now
:03:45. > :03:48.that lots of the teams in the Premier League don't try that hard
:03:49. > :03:53.in the FA Cup because it's about survival in the Premier League, to
:03:54. > :03:59.go to Chelsea and win is as good as it gets. That's huge momentum for
:04:00. > :04:08.them. They are thinking, if we can get 30 is ever more points, we will
:04:09. > :04:13.be fine. -- 37 more points. Since the Premier League began in 1992,
:04:14. > :04:21.we've had 25 years of Magic moments. But who would be the best 11 from
:04:22. > :04:29.the last quarter we've assembled our last -- our own committee of experts
:04:30. > :04:33.headed by Gary Lineker. Alan Shearer won the Premier League with
:04:34. > :04:38.Blackburn before moving to Newcastle United. He's the competition's
:04:39. > :04:44.all-time record goal-scorer with 260. Ian Wright was a Premier League
:04:45. > :04:51.winner with Arsenal in 1998. Danny Murphy amassed 200 -- 417 Premier
:04:52. > :04:53.League appearances with four top-flight clubs.
:04:54. > :04:59.This is not going to be easy but this is how we will pick our Premier
:05:00. > :05:03.League 11. We have 56 players in all sorts of different positions. We'll
:05:04. > :05:09.have goalkeepers, full-backs, midfielders, strikers, wingers.
:05:10. > :05:13.We'll debated amongst ourselves and come up with a decision for each
:05:14. > :05:18.distinctive position. We'll also be judging not just by the quality of
:05:19. > :05:23.the player, but also their record in the Premier League itself. This
:05:24. > :05:28.could get heated at times. Let's start with the goalkeepers. I
:05:29. > :05:32.suppose we should start with the man who was very much part of a
:05:33. > :05:36.successful team at the beginning of the Premier League, Peter
:05:37. > :05:46.Schmeichel, a fantastic record. I love Pete! He was brilliant. I was
:05:47. > :05:57.daunted. I was afraid. Alan O'Connor much success? I didn't have a bad
:05:58. > :06:01.record against him! Of the list we have, his appearances, his Premier
:06:02. > :06:06.League titles, who he was, the stature he had, he was intimidating,
:06:07. > :06:11.just the size of him. His voice as well. The first time I ever played
:06:12. > :06:16.with him, I could hear him all the time. You can't say that of a lot of
:06:17. > :06:26.keepers. The modern-day ones, Cech and De Gea. Cech was magnificent. A
:06:27. > :06:32.giant. When I was taking penalties against goalkeepers, you realised
:06:33. > :06:36.how big they were. I was talking to you before about penalties and David
:06:37. > :06:42.Seaman. First time I took a penalty against him, I couldn't see the net!
:06:43. > :06:48.It was so difficult to score goals in training that I knew that on the
:06:49. > :06:52.Saturday he wouldn't have to do as much to get it past that keeper. He
:06:53. > :06:58.has to get a mention simply because I know he improved my finishing. I
:06:59. > :07:04.would say De Gea, if he stayed at United for the next five or six
:07:05. > :07:07.years... Hats there is not the longevity to justify a position. A
:07:08. > :07:14.lot of modern players will suffer from that. Absolutely. Out of all of
:07:15. > :07:18.the positions we've got here, this might be the easiest one.
:07:19. > :07:23.Schmeichel, I think, was the best goalkeeper I faced in my time. This
:07:24. > :07:29.could be the one and only unanimous decision. You going along with that?
:07:30. > :07:41.Without a doubt. I love you, David Seaman. Peter Schmeichel it is. That
:07:42. > :07:50.wasn't too bad! Happy with that. And it stuck. Schmeichel. Agreed.
:07:51. > :07:58.Brilliant saves somehow. By Schmeichel.
:07:59. > :08:09.Right, right backs. We've only been delivered three by our illustrious
:08:10. > :08:14.panel. Who wants to start? It's a choice of two rather than three. As
:08:15. > :08:20.good as he was, a Lucic, I would look at Lee or Gary Neville. Gary
:08:21. > :08:26.Neville was 19 seasons in the Premier League. The number of
:08:27. > :08:32.appearances he had. He had that understanding with Beckham on the
:08:33. > :08:38.right. What happens in our team if Beckham is not in it? Good point. I
:08:39. > :08:44.had a few tussles with him and he was so bright. What about with the
:08:45. > :08:52.ball, his passing? There are better footballers. His crossing was really
:08:53. > :08:59.good. His delivery was brilliant. You played with Lee Dickson. Very
:09:00. > :09:03.intelligent player. When he got down the right, his linkup play with the
:09:04. > :09:08.forwards, getting around the back of people was brilliant. I'm pleased to
:09:09. > :09:14.see him in it. Of the modern era we've only been given a Ivanovic at
:09:15. > :09:19.Chelsea. He won a lot, he's one of those players you want in your side,
:09:20. > :09:25.reliable. He is and great at set plays both ends. Powerful. Ten
:09:26. > :09:33.seasons in the Premier League. Decision time. Danny? It pains me
:09:34. > :09:36.but I have to go Gary Neville. He ran the length of the pitch at Old
:09:37. > :09:43.Trafford when they got the winner! I'd have to go with Gary Neville.
:09:44. > :09:50.You've not chosen David Seaman Lee Dickson, you're some make! This is
:09:51. > :09:56.the calibre of player. -- Dixon. I was envious of that Man United side.
:09:57. > :10:02.He just edges out Dixon. Gary Neville it is. Man United, man! He's
:10:03. > :10:24.on the board. We've come to the left back
:10:25. > :10:27.position. We've been given four. Starting with Denis Irwin. Alan
:10:28. > :10:31.Hansen always used to save Denis Irwin was the best right back and
:10:32. > :10:36.the best left back in the league. I couldn't argue with that. He was a
:10:37. > :10:43.guy who could pretty much guarantee you every single week 8.5 or nine
:10:44. > :10:52.performance. Never see anyone roast him. Ashley Cole, someone you played
:10:53. > :10:59.with and against. He was nasty. He was so tough. I liked a physical
:11:00. > :11:06.battle Bertie or is gave as good as he got. These days full-backs are
:11:07. > :11:10.flying machine to go forward. One-on-one defending, not quite up
:11:11. > :11:14.to it. His battles with Ronaldo I remember well. He coped with him
:11:15. > :11:20.better than anyone. Patrice Evra was a special talent as well. He'd be a
:11:21. > :11:26.couple of runs underneath these two. It will be very difficult. Stuart
:11:27. > :11:34.Pearce? Back in the day he was awesome. He scored 20 odd goals one
:11:35. > :11:42.season. He wasn't afraid to show his aggression. Psycho! Of the four, I
:11:43. > :11:51.would be -- it would be a tough choice between Ashley Cole and Denis
:11:52. > :11:55.Irwin. Ashley Cole, just. Same. I really like Denis Irwin because I
:11:56. > :12:00.played against him, you try to go inside and you couldn't, he played
:12:01. > :12:09.me at centre half. I'd have to pick Denis Irwin. You've been outvoted.
:12:10. > :12:12.That was a waste of 30 seconds! We could put Ashley Cole in and sneak
:12:13. > :12:18.Denis Irwin on the right. Ashley Cole it is. Just taken away by
:12:19. > :12:29.Ashley Cole. It's all been plain sailing so far.
:12:30. > :12:33.Decisions made quite comfortably. I sense that might start to change
:12:34. > :12:39.because we're now going with central defenders. I want you to pick two
:12:40. > :12:44.out of the eight in front of us. Some really high quality here. Who
:12:45. > :12:48.jumps out at you? I played against every one of these apart from
:12:49. > :12:55.Vincent Kompany. Struggle against any of them? All of them! I didn't
:12:56. > :13:04.mind playing against Sol Campbell. I felt I could drag him where I wanted
:13:05. > :13:07.to. That same out of the equation! The best defender I've played
:13:08. > :13:12.against and I always say when people ask me was Tony Adams. I would
:13:13. > :13:19.definitely put him in there. You don't agree with that? Not as good a
:13:20. > :13:24.footballer as some others. His job was to defend and he was the best
:13:25. > :13:28.defender I played against. Surely the best defenders are the ones that
:13:29. > :13:34.can defend and also contribute. The best defenders are the ones who
:13:35. > :13:40.defend. I wouldn't want to play against, as a pairing, Ferdinand and
:13:41. > :13:43.Terry. John Terry used to be the best at either foot, playing in
:13:44. > :13:48.midfield and looking behind you for the forwards or the wide men,
:13:49. > :13:54.clipping little balls through you, overview, left foot, right foot,
:13:55. > :14:00.playing a sensible one. He had a great linkup with Cole as well.
:14:01. > :14:06.Great players. The SIA. -- Marcel Desailly. You have to respect for
:14:07. > :14:12.what he's done in football. I don't think he's done enough in the
:14:13. > :14:17.Premier League. Some in the Premier League just playing. Terry has just
:14:18. > :14:18.finished. Vincent Kompany. Injuries in the last couple of seasons, but
:14:19. > :14:29.prior to that. City signed him as a midfielder,
:14:30. > :14:37.didn't they? And wouldn't back to centre-half but yes, aggressive.
:14:38. > :14:46.Vidic as well. Different eras of course. Word Vidic and others better
:14:47. > :14:54.because of who they were playing with? If you are playing with better
:14:55. > :15:03.players... I think Ferdinand, you could put him with anyone and he
:15:04. > :15:08.didn't need anyone to making better. Quipped, good in the air, can read
:15:09. > :15:14.the game. If you wanted to have a bit of a scrap, he wouldn't mind
:15:15. > :15:20.that. This is not easy, I'm going to ask each of you to pick your two in
:15:21. > :15:26.your central defensive partnership. I've made it clear, Terry and
:15:27. > :15:33.Ferdinand, Kompany is close. I want the skipper in there. I would have
:15:34. > :15:41.to pick Ferdinand and Terry. That's decided it. I would have picked Tony
:15:42. > :15:50.Adams and John Terry. Not too similar? No. They were
:15:51. > :15:58.clever. We have got Rio and John Terry. A familiar looking back four,
:15:59. > :16:05.England may have played... Maybe we can choose the manager as well! We
:16:06. > :16:13.will have another debate about another load of players from this
:16:14. > :16:19.particular it era. Rio that side? Terry that side and I think that is
:16:20. > :16:27.a tasty back five. Excellent play by Rio Ferdinand.
:16:28. > :16:43.We have sorted out our defence. Next week on The Premier League Show, we
:16:44. > :16:49.will be sorting out the midfield and forwards and that is not going to be
:16:50. > :16:56.easy in our all-time Premier League team.
:16:57. > :17:02.It is Peter Schmeichel in goal. Who will fill the final six places? If
:17:03. > :17:08.you would like to select your own team, go to the BBC sport website.
:17:09. > :17:13.When the guys have completed their side, we will compare it to your
:17:14. > :17:17.choice on the show next week. Toppo began their campaign at a fiery
:17:18. > :17:24.victory at Newcastle and this season they will be playing their home
:17:25. > :17:33.games at Wembley. Belgian defender Yann the Tongan has been talking to
:17:34. > :17:38.Garth brooks. -- Yann Vertonghen. It is starting to feel like home yet?
:17:39. > :17:43.We played the last few games last season, we had a game against
:17:44. > :17:48.Juventus which was very good. The crowd will help us to create an
:17:49. > :17:51.atmosphere. They have tried everything to make it feel like
:17:52. > :18:03.home, to help us get that feeling and we are ready for it. We see
:18:04. > :18:07.every day who other teams have signed. They are looking very
:18:08. > :18:13.strong. It is a good sign. They are strengthening. The Premier League
:18:14. > :18:25.will never be easy. How concerned are you that Tottenham are adding to
:18:26. > :18:29.the squad? Everyone is always talking about signings and I think
:18:30. > :18:33.this is very special because I've never experienced this in Holland
:18:34. > :18:38.but in England, it looks like you have do bring in signings to compete
:18:39. > :18:41.but I'm not sure I agree. I think we have a very young and strong squad
:18:42. > :18:51.and we showed that last year. We build from there. David Luiz was
:18:52. > :18:56.saying the game against Tottenham are great games. Do you feel the
:18:57. > :19:01.same way? Definitely, everyone is talking about a new rivalry, is it
:19:02. > :19:08.bigger than Arsenal? Playing Chelsea is very special. If I was a
:19:09. > :19:14.supporter, it would be the first game I would want to see in the
:19:15. > :19:22.league. The respect as well towards each other, we have a lot of respect
:19:23. > :19:29.for the players. It is what gives us every year, a few great games. Do
:19:30. > :19:34.you buy into this Wembley thing being a thing? There was a bit of a
:19:35. > :19:41.thing in the Champions League. I don't believe it will be a problem
:19:42. > :19:45.for Spurs this year. Flitting in and out of a stadium to play the odd
:19:46. > :19:49.final is different but when you are going to be playing there once a
:19:50. > :19:53.fortnight, as a player, it is about the journey to the stadium and
:19:54. > :19:58.familiarising yourself with the things you pass, the dressing room,
:19:59. > :20:01.the tunnel. They make you feel comfortable as a player. The more
:20:02. > :20:07.they play there, the better they will be. At Wembley, plenty of the
:20:08. > :20:12.pitch is bigger than it was at White Hart Lane. Places like Cambridge or
:20:13. > :20:16.Millwall used to make it really hard for the away team is so Tottenham
:20:17. > :20:25.should turn the hot water off in the dressing room, or the like soft! We
:20:26. > :20:29.did that at Cambridge, no hot water, no showers, horrible tea. We made it
:20:30. > :20:36.as uncomfortable as possible for the opponents coming in. At Wembley,
:20:37. > :20:41.because it is an international stadium, it is even. And it's huge.
:20:42. > :20:47.There are escalators for the fans at Wembley. If you go as a fan, there
:20:48. > :20:56.are escalators, no wonder there's an obesity crisis! You do get healthier
:20:57. > :21:02.snack options, though! That's true! In terms of on the pitch and what
:21:03. > :21:07.Spurs have got, not much more than last year. Apparently still in the
:21:08. > :21:11.market. Is it a problem for you, City finished second last season and
:21:12. > :21:14.they didn't strengthen massively from the season before. Is there not
:21:15. > :21:19.an argument that you can grow without having millions of pounds
:21:20. > :21:27.spent? I believe they can be consistent. I like the idea of peak
:21:28. > :21:30.players coming in. I think you should reward the players that have
:21:31. > :21:33.got you where you are now but more players coming in does put the
:21:34. > :21:38.pressure on. I used to love playing under pressure. If there were
:21:39. > :21:44.another couple of players waiting to take my position, I would up my
:21:45. > :21:49.game. As a supporter, you don't want your team to lose out. Terrified
:21:50. > :21:53.everyone else is improving but spending millions of pounds, there
:21:54. > :21:58.is no guarantee it will work out. The whole thing is crazy. Sometimes,
:21:59. > :22:03.you can buy a player and they can be a bad egg in the dressing room and
:22:04. > :22:07.it can disrupt everything. Is there any way of finding that out
:22:08. > :22:14.beforehand? You can ask the players that used to play with that play at.
:22:15. > :22:22.What don't you want in a dressing room? People that are just in it for
:22:23. > :22:29.themselves. I have been around players that think, if I score,
:22:30. > :22:34.that's me done. Name names. I'll tell you after! If your team hasn't
:22:35. > :22:40.been mentioned yet, it will be now. We're up and running. What did we
:22:41. > :22:47.learn from the Premier League's opening weekend? Summer, it's all
:22:48. > :22:54.right but there's no football! It's been a bit boring. Had City stories
:22:55. > :22:59.buying every full-back available. But then you get a whisper. Your
:23:00. > :23:02.club have bought a couple of names. Things are looking up. This could be
:23:03. > :23:09.your season. You could be the next Leicester. It is the opening day,
:23:10. > :23:14.full of promise and what happens? A dreary goalless draw. They say,
:23:15. > :23:18.don't read too much into the early results, it's a marathon not a
:23:19. > :23:25.sprint. They say don't count your chickens. I say, forget that, let's
:23:26. > :23:34.start counting chickens. It might be a sprint. Why not start a marathon
:23:35. > :23:41.with a sprint? Let's go! Man United. Those my eggs? Have they hatched?
:23:42. > :23:44.Lukaku, Matic, champions this season. Manchester City, everyone's
:23:45. > :23:52.nailed on favourites but second for me. Spurs have made their home at
:23:53. > :23:58.Wembley. A tough trip away from home made me think they would do well
:23:59. > :24:04.this season. Chelsea, champions, Conte, stop text your players you
:24:05. > :24:10.don't need them, you do! Are still's opening weekend was a microcosm of
:24:11. > :24:12.last season. They ended up fifth. Liverpool, anything less than top
:24:13. > :24:29.four is a flop for Klopp. Southampton, Saints fans excited.
:24:30. > :24:34.Goalless draw. Eight I reckon. Burnley, the best bit of pre-season
:24:35. > :24:42.is the fixture list comes out. You look at them, we are at the
:24:43. > :24:47.champions, never mind, we have won! Leicester City, I reckon tenth. The
:24:48. > :24:54.average Stead fan thinks they will finish 15th but I say dream bigger.
:24:55. > :25:01.Huddersfield, new boys, brilliant start. They are used to success.
:25:02. > :25:13.Champions three times in the 20s. 12. Crystal Palace, rubbish
:25:14. > :25:24.football. 13th. West Brom, go 1-0 up. 14th. Watford, surviving, 15th.
:25:25. > :25:29.Newcastle, 16th. West Ham were hammered on opening day. Will they
:25:30. > :25:34.survive? Just about. I'm expecting a tough season for Brighton.
:25:35. > :25:39.Bournemouth, how do you expect to survive if you don't invest big?
:25:40. > :25:45.Relegated. Swansea, someone has to finish bottom and it will be you.
:25:46. > :25:51.Technically, should you be in the English league anyway? Try the Welsh
:25:52. > :25:58.league, you might win that! You know we were talking about bad eggs in
:25:59. > :26:03.the dressing room... What does he know? He will get a vile text
:26:04. > :26:06.message off me in ten minutes. This is it, the first weekend and
:26:07. > :26:13.already, some people on the back foot. He has proved he knows nothing
:26:14. > :26:21.about football! Conte is on the back foot, Bilic, and it is only one game
:26:22. > :26:25.in. It is and that's what happens. That is what people say when they
:26:26. > :26:30.see the team get smashed. Even Chelsea, the manager under pressure,
:26:31. > :26:39.it's ridiculous. He might have a point, though. You have a point
:26:40. > :26:46.already, Swansea! Going value a house! On the flip side, relieving
:26:47. > :26:51.the pressure on the first weekend, if you are Huddersfield fan, this is
:26:52. > :26:54.easy! We are good at this! It is my favourite day of the season because
:26:55. > :27:00.there is something quite surreal about it. You think if you are in a
:27:01. > :27:04.lower league, I think we almost got relegated last year and I think we
:27:05. > :27:08.can get to the play-offs this year. People watching in shorts! It is not
:27:09. > :27:14.quite right on the first day of the season. When were the last time
:27:15. > :27:20.Huddersfield were in the top flight? A very good team in the 1920s! I
:27:21. > :27:25.know my history. Someone like Romelu Lukaku, just to relieve that
:27:26. > :27:28.pressure, even Wayne Rooney scoring back in an Everton shirt, just
:27:29. > :27:38.knowing I've done that and I can get on with it. No big thing. With Matic
:27:39. > :27:45.going in, Pogba has now been set free and Mata was amazing. Those
:27:46. > :27:48.players down the spine of the Man United sign, Lukaku will enjoy
:27:49. > :27:55.playing for them. He looked unplayable on the weekend. The team
:27:56. > :28:04.of yesteryear. I just hope they all get gastroenteritis! This has been
:28:05. > :28:07.almost a surreal and exciting as the first weekend of the Premier League.
:28:08. > :28:13.If things continue like this, I think we will be all right. Before
:28:14. > :28:15.we go, let's look at this weekend's fixtures. Swansea have an easy
:28:16. > :28:40.fixture against Manchester United. That's just about it from us, Dion
:28:41. > :28:48.Dublin will get stuck into single malts, good luck to Swansea this
:28:49. > :28:53.weekend. We will be moving to Thursday, our regular spot. You can
:28:54. > :29:05.catch up on iPlayer. Have a great weekend, we've got you covered.
:29:06. > :29:11.I like a woman who's sexually experienced
:29:12. > :29:14.OK, so today, we're doing, like, a new family portrait.