I doubt it would happen, but i would have chuckled to see Vinnie Jones make the HOF. Not the best player but certainly one of the most memorable of his era.
Premier League Hall of Fame
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Don‘t understand how someone can be in a PL Hall of Fame without ever winning the PL
It's not weird at all. The Giggs thing is still ongoing, that's why they can't do anything with him at the moment. He's completely and utterly radioactive to brands until that gets settled one way or another.
It depends what this thing wants to be. If it's just a list of the best players then it's ultimately going to be pretty boring.
People like Vinny Jones or Rory Delap have a place in the Premier League "Hall of Fame" for me.
Wouldn't you say that players such as Gerrard, Kane, Suárez, Bale, Fowler, Le Tissier, Les Ferdinand or Gary Speed are absolute legends of the game and Premier League greats? There are so many brilliant players in so many sports that never win the most coveted prizes but to me that shouldn't decide whether they get inducted to Hall of Fame or not.
Say someone scores 25 goals for 15 seasons, meaning they become PL all time top scorers with 375 goals, Shearer being the next with 260. But they never win the title, perhaps lose out on by goal difference or a single point. You think that player shouldn't be in the HoF?
To me this is about celebrating the game and the great players, not winners exclusively.
There should be room for players like that for one reason or another.
A hall of infamy might be better.
Quite fecking right. Sir AF should have been the first inductee. Well done gaffer.
How was SAF not the 1st inductee?
Or did they just start inducting managers now?
Or did they just start inducting managers now?
First two managers, think only players until now
Didn't realise he wasn't already inducted. I just assumed he was among the first ones in.
Such a handsome young man. Congratulations to the gaffer, it was nice of him to allow PL to give him this accolade.
The best to ever do it. It fills my heart to see the boss look happy and healthy.
Seems like it was by design that managers were not included in the first two rounds, but SAF and Wenger being inducted two years after Stevie Me is quite laughable.
Bit of a downgrade on Fergie’s achievements to have him inducted at the same time with a manager that’s not on his level.
He should have been inducted on his own, just like his achievements are peerless.
He should have been inducted on his own, just like his achievements are peerless.
The achievements are there for ever and for everyone to see.
It’s actually fitting they are both there at the same time as it was the first proper PL rivalry which lasted longer than just one season.
He should have been the first player/manager inducted. He's the GOAT.
Nah. Those two came as a pair. Wengers influence caused Fergie to become the manager he needed to be. It was the first great PL rivalry and they deserve equal billing in terms of importance to the league. It’s not a measure of who was best.
Congratulations to Sir Alex and Wenger. It was nice addition.
Next up is Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola, if City don't get banned that is.
Next up is Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola, if City don't get banned that is.
13 titles. No one will ever come close.
They're going to devalue the award if they start giving it to every man and his dog. A number of those names should be nowhere near a PL hall of fame list. Keep it to 20 or so players for now.
Defoe is the one I definitely don't agree with. The likes Michael Carrick, John Terry, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and Petr Cech and Yaya Toure are all worthy of Hall of Fame nomination but they can wait a few more years.
A pretty solid list and then...Defoe.
Should probably be Rio, Neville and Terry first from that lot (but if they're not putting in Giggs then why Terry?).
They’re not giving it to anyone though. Those are the nominees from which three are voted in. There’s 18 inductees in total now and they’re adding another three.
Which players from that list should be "nowhere near a PL Hall of Fame list"?
I know Defoe is in 9th on the list of PL goals but I would so many other strikers above him in the hall of fame who are below him on that goal list.
EDIT: Owen, Sheringham, RVP, Vardy, Yorke, Wright, Drogba etc.
Tell that to the likes of Reggie Miller, Charles Barkley and Karl Malone (among others) who never won a championship in the sport I presume this HOF stuff is based on.
Realistically, i dont think any of Campbell, Carrick, Ashley Cole, Defoe, Les Ferdinand, Owen and potentially Toure should be included.
Cole? Can't agree with that. Comfortably the best LB in PL history.
I think we just have a very different idea of what constitutes a "Hall of Fame".
I lean towards your way of thinking. Are they going to be exclusive or inclusive? I'd put Beckham,Scholes and Giggs in, but not say a Gary Neville or Roy Keane. They'll make more headlines taking the exclusive approach.
Les Ferdinand
The one who was even better than Beckham, Scholes and Giggs should not be in?