The Premier League Team of The Season 2015/16

By Shane Thomas

A slight change to how we do things this season. Rather than a singular choice, I'm selecting the best performers in each respective position, and sequentially ordering them in terms of how much they impressed me since August.

Every list is subjective, and I subjectively choose to exclude players whose conduct I found abhorrent (that's why the Leicester trio of Jamie Vardy, Danny Simpson, and Robert Huth are absent):


GOALKEEPER:

1) Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester)
2) David De Gea (Manchester United)
3) Jack Butland (Stoke)
4) Fraser Forster (Southampton)

RIGHT BACK:

1) Hector Bellerin (Arsenal)
2) Kyle Walker (Tottenham)
3) Adam Smith (Bournemouth)

LEFT BACK:

1) Danny Rose (Tottenham)
2) Christian Fuchs (Leicester)
3) Ryan Bertrand (Southampton)
4) Aaron Cresswell (West Ham)
5) Charlie Daniels (Bournemouth)

CENTRE HALVES:

1) Toby Aldeweireld (Tottenham)
2) Wes Morgan (Leicester)
3) Chris Smalling (Manchester United)
4) Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham)
5) Virgil Van Dyk (Southampton)
6) Lamine Kone (Sunderland)
7) James Collins (West Ham)
8) Ryan Shawcross (Stoke)
9) Craig Cathcart (Watford)
10) Tim Klose (Norwich)

CENTRE MIDFIELDERS:

1) N'golo Kante (Leicester) (Player of the Season)
2) Danny Drinkwater (Leicester)
3) Eric Dier (Tottenham)
4) Moussa Dembele (Tottenham)
5) Ben Watson (Watford)
6) Etienne Capoue (Watford)
7) Fernandinho (Manchester City)
8) Jan Kirchoff (Sunderland)
9) James Milner (Liverpool)

RIGHT-SIDED FORWARD:

1) Riyad Mahrez (Leicester)
2) Erik Lamela (Tottenham)
3) Dusan Tadic (Southampton)
4) Willian (Chelsea)
5) Adam Lallana (Liverpool)
6) Michail Antonio (West Ham)
7) Matt Ritchie (Bournemouth)

LEFT-SIDED FORWARD:

1) Dimitri Payet (West Ham)
2) Christian Eriksen (Tottenham)
3) Anthony Martial (Manchester United)
4) Marko Arnautovic (Stoke)
5) Mark Albrighton (Leicester)

NUMBER 10:

1) Dele Alli (Tottenham)
2) Mesut Ozil (Arsenal)
3) Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
4) Manuel Lanzini (West Ham)

CENTRE FORWARD:

1) Harry Kane (Tottenham)
2) Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)
3) Jermain Defoe (Sunderland)
4) Marcus Rashford (Manchester United)
5) Romelu Lukaku (Everton)
6) Troy Deeney (Watford)
7) Odion Ighalo (Watford)


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