Premier League Hall of Fame

ThestigGT999 · 27 Feb 2020 at 14:02

Premier League Hall of Fame to announce first inductees in March

The Premier League is launching a Hall of Fame, with the first inductees to be announced in March.

Two players will be inducted initially alongside a shortlist of nominees for future inclusion, voted for by fans.

The Hall of Fame will recognize players of "exceptional skill and talent" from home and abroad who have played in the top division since it began in 1992.

A separate English Football Hall of Fame has existed since 2002 and is housed at the National Football Museum.

Candidates for the new Premier League Hall of Fame must have retired and only a player's Premier League career is considered.

"A place in the Premier League Hall of Fame is reserved for the very best," said Premier League chief executive Richard Masters.

"It will be an occasion for our fans around the world to look back over the years and help us celebrate some truly exceptional playing careers."

Each inductee will receive a personalized medallion, engraved with the year of their induction.

I don't think fan vote should be used, I think a panel of a mix of former and current players/mangers should vote on it.

what do you guys think?

robfosters · 27 Feb 2020 at 14:12

ThestigGT999 said:
Premier League Hall of Fame to announce first inductees in March

I don't think fan vote should be used, I think a panel of a mix of former and current players/mangers should vote on it.

what do you guys think?

Yeah, fan votes on their own are too partisan.

My guess at the first two is Shearer and Giggs.

inductees after that will prob be Cantona, Henry, Bergkamp, Schmeichel, Scholes and Gerrard

Andybtsn · 27 Feb 2020 at 14:14

Letting the general public vote...that always ends well.

Even players, ex players, managers, pundits etc are all biased. You just need to look at the calibre of pundits out there now; Souness, Neville, Carragher, Keane etc, they don't even hide it.

robfosters · 27 Feb 2020 at 14:29

Andybtsn said:
Letting the general public vote...that always ends well.

Even players, ex players, managers, pundits etc are all biased. You just need to look at the calibre of pundits out there now; Souness, Neville, Carragher, Keane etc, they don't even hide it.

I’m thinking more of a combination of pundits, journos and select others.

Shamikebab · 27 Feb 2020 at 14:38

fan vote is a problem, there is a huge recency bias

Andybtsn · 27 Feb 2020 at 14:49

robfosters said:
I’m thinking more of a combination of pundits, journos and select others.

It's just their opinion though, I don't really agree that a journo knows more than the average fan. There is no real way of making it fair other than going on stats but that itself doesn't reflect well on some of the greatest players.

robfosters · 27 Feb 2020 at 14:50

Shamikebab said:
fan vote is a problem, there is a huge recency bias

Many recent players are ineligible due to still playing.

Shamikebab · 27 Feb 2020 at 16:25

robfosters said:
Many recent players are ineligible due to still playing.

By recent I obviously mean the most recent eligible. It's also likely ones that have stayed in the industry as hosts/analysts/commentators will be preferred over ones that haven't.

neviditelny · 27 Feb 2020 at 18:27

Hope they do as in the NHL in ice hockey that a player have to be retired for a certain amount of time before they can get inducted in the Hall of Fame.

mmj_uk · 27 Feb 2020 at 19:14

Henry
Drogba
Vidic
Schmeichel
Scholes
Lampard
Gerrard
Vieira
Van Nistelrooy
Evra

Wild card: Friedel

Everybody choose 10 players and we can play HoF bingo over the coming years.

robfosters · 27 Feb 2020 at 19:31

Henry
Bergkamp
Gerrard
Lampard
Vieira
Shearer
Giggs
Drogba
Scholes
Suarez

wildcard - Ashley Cole

ThestigGT999 · 27 Feb 2020 at 19:38

Premier League Hall of Fame: Do Ryan Giggs, Alan Shearer & Steven Gerrard make the cut? | ESPN FC

Following the Premier League's announcement they will have a Hall of Fame and induct their first two players in March, ESPN FC's Steve Nicol is put on the spot having to choose his top three that should be inducted. Nicol chooses from a long list, including: Newcastle United's Alan Shearer, Ryan Giggs, Roy Keane, and Paul Scholes of Manchester United, Steven Gerrard of Liverpool, Frank Lampard and John Terry of Chelsea and Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp of Arsenal.

my 10

Henry
Bergkamp
Vieira
Shearer
Giggs
Vidic
Schmeichel
Scholes
Eric Cantona
Evra

Andybtsn · 27 Feb 2020 at 19:47

Aguero

BaZ87 · 27 Feb 2020 at 20:21

I assume these Evra shouts are a joke? Ashley Cole was 20x the player he was, in fact Cole is the only fullback who should even be discussed.

explicit4u · 27 Feb 2020 at 20:29

Surely James Milner is in with a shout?

Kenai · 27 Feb 2020 at 20:54

Le Tissier pretty much single handedly kept Southampton in the Premier League for the best part of a decade, that's got to put him in the picture as a candidate.

(Single handedly might be a slight exaggeration but you know what I mean

)

Shamikebab · 27 Feb 2020 at 22:46

BaZ87 said:
I assume these Evra shouts are a joke? Ashley Cole was 20x the player he was, in fact Cole is the only fullback who should even be discussed.

Surely Neville and Irwin have to be in the discussion?

robfosters · 28 Feb 2020 at 00:04

Shamikebab said:
Surely Neville and Irwin have to be in the discussion?

Yeah , Nevilles a good shout. He’ll surely be in the mix.

Beckham will probably end up in there too, just because Beckham.

Fabregas probably worth a mention too. Won every honour in English football, including two prem titles.

BaZ87 · 28 Feb 2020 at 10:19

In terms of longevity people might argue that Neville should be considered but he was never truly world class like Cole was. Cole was comfortably the best LB in the world and probably the best fullback in the world for a number of years.

As above, maybe if you want to look at players that played for 8+ years at a very good level then you consider the likes of Neville or Irwin but the Evra shouts are wild. At his best he was a mile behind Cole and his last couple of seasons he was a liability.

Rotty · 28 Feb 2020 at 12:37

Shamikebab said:
Surely Neville and Irwin have to be in the discussion?

Neville could be in for discussion but I wouldn't say Irwin