Sunday afternoon distraction - most famous XI

[Orion1871]

Jason Roberts was a genuine premier league big time striker. More so than Long and possibly Yakunu.

Nah. Yakubu was far bigger than Roberts in the PL.

[Snowflake Royal]

Jason Roberts was a genuine premier league big time striker. More so than Long and possibly Yakunu.

You sure about that?
Yakubu - >250 PL games with almost 100 goals.
Shane Long - 344 PL games with 56 goals
Roberts - 221 PL games with 36 goals

According to AI admittedly, but I cba to count all the different club appearances and goals up when Ai will bullshit me in seconds, and I can rely on someone else to correct the numbers.

[Uke]

No FSB? No Porterfield?

Claude AI suggests

Now I have all the info I need. Let me build this as a beautiful interactive team sheet!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Here’s your Reading FC All-Time Greatest XI in a 4–4–2 formation — click any player on the pitch or bench to read about them!
Starting XI:
∙ GK – Steve Death — the undisputed greatest Royals keeper, 471 apps, 4× Player of the Season
∙ RB – Graeme Murty — captain of the legendary 106-point title-winning side
∙ CB – Martin Hicks — all-time record appearance maker (603 apps)
∙ CB – Michael Duberry — defensive rock during Reading’s Premier League years
∙ LB – Adi Williams — two-spell legend, Wales international, fans’ favourite
∙ RM – Glen Little — wizard of a winger, 14 assists in the title-winning season
∙ CM – Phil Parkinson — 415 apps, 2× Player of the Season, promotion captain
∙ CM – Steve Sidwell — PFA Team of the Year two years running before moving to Chelsea
∙ LM – Michael Gilkes — pacy cult hero across two spells at the club
∙ ST – Robin Friday — Player of the Millennium, 53 goals, genuine legend
∙ ST – Kevin Doyle — 55 goals, sold for £6.5m, most capped Reading player of his era
Subs Bench: Hahnemann, Hislop, Sigurdsson, Dillon, Quinn, Kitson, Lovell​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

When prompted for a more globally famous team it gives

Here’s the Reading FC World Famous XI — tap any player to read their story! This one’s themed in gold to mark the star quality
Starting XI — genuinely global names:
∙ GK – Emiliano Martínez — World Cup winner 2022, Golden Glove at Qatar. Loaned from Arsenal to Reading in 2017-18.
∙ RB – John O’Shea — 5× PL winner with Man Utd, 118 Ireland caps. Ended his career at Reading.
∙ CB – Martin Keown — Arsenal Invincible & England international. Began his career at Reading.
∙ CB – Ibrahima Sonko — Senegalese international & defensive rock of the 106-point season.
∙ LB – Nathan Aké — Champions League winner with Man City, Netherlands star. Brief loan at Reading in 2015-16.
∙ RM – Gylfi Sigurdsson — Reading Academy graduate, Iceland legend & Euro 2016 hero.
∙ CM – Seol Ki-Hyeon — South Korea World Cup star (2002 & 2006), played in the Premier League for Reading.
∙ CM – Emerse Faé — AFCON winner who later became Ivory Coast’s national team manager.
∙ LM – Lawrie Sanchez — Scored the FA Cup winning goal for Wimbledon vs Liverpool. A Reading youth product.
∙ ST – Shane Long — Scored the fastest-ever Premier League goal (7.69 secs). A Reading stalwart.
∙ ST – Pavel Pogrebnyak — UEFA Cup winner with Zenit. Scored on his PL debut for the Royals
Subs

Shaka Hislop (GK) — Played for Reading 1992–95 before starring at Newcastle and West Ham. Represented Trinidad & Tobago at the 2006 World Cup and is now one of the most recognisable faces in global football as an ESPN pundit.
Marcus Hahnemann (GK) — American international and massive fan favourite across two seasons in the Premier League with Reading. Part of a golden era of USMNT goalkeepers.
Wayne Bridge (LB) — Full England international and Champions League finalist with Chelsea in 2008. Had a loan spell at Reading in 2013–14 toward the end of a distinguished career.
Jobi McAnuff (MF) — Jamaican international and one of Reading’s most consistent performers from 2008–14, serving the club across both Championship and Premier League football.
Shaun Goater (FW) — Bermuda’s greatest ever footballer and a Man City legend (“Feed the Goat!”). Came through Reading 1996–98 before his famous rise to Premier League stardom.
Ivar Ingimarsson (CB) — Icelandic international who gave Reading eight brilliant years, won PL Player of the Season in 2006–07, and was the unsung hero of the greatest side in the club’s history.
Jimmy Kébé (FW) — Mali international winger who lit up the Madejski with electric pace and skill from 2008–14, becoming a cult hero during some of Reading’s most memorable Championship campaigns.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

[Dirk Gently]

^^^^
That just proves how utterly shite AI is for things like this. So many basic facutal errors...

[Snowflake Royal]

Ain't that the truth.

Wooo. It has data. It's got no intelligence though.

[Uke]

And no Terry Hurlock!

[Forbury Lion]

Andy Bernall - in the bushes

[Uke]

Andy Bernall - in the bushes

That would be easy to pull off

[Forbury Lion]

Nicky Shorey - Destined to appear in an episode of Pointless when asked to name Players with only 1 England cap or possibly Ant and Dec's Limitless Win