Some formations in case you want to use them:
4-3-3
GK:
RB:
CB:
CB:
LB:
DM:
CM:
CM:
RW:
LW:
CF:
4-2-3-1
GK:
RB:
CB:
CB:
LB:
CM:
CM:
RW:
AM:
LW:
CF:
'The England'
GK:
CB:
CB:
CB:
RWB:
LWB:
DM:
CM:
CM:
CF:
CF:
Some formations in case you want to use them:
4-3-3
GK:
RB:
CB:
CB:
LB:
DM:
CM:
CM:
RW:
LW:
CF:
4-2-3-1
GK:
RB:
CB:
CB:
LB:
CM:
CM:
RW:
AM:
LW:
CF:
'The England'
GK:
CB:
CB:
CB:
RWB:
LWB:
DM:
CM:
CM:
CF:
CF:
GK: Pickford
RB: Meunier
CB: Varane
CB: Godin
LB: Hernandez
DM: Kante
CM: Modric
CM: Coutinho
RW: Hazard
LW: Perisic
CF: Mbappe
Modric vs Rakitic is a toss-up though.
4-3-3
GK: Pickford
RB: Pavard
CB: Varane
CB: Vida
LB: Hernandez with an honourable mention for Nagatomo
DM: Brozovic
CM: Modric
CM: De Bruyne
RW: Mbappé
LW: Hazard
CF: Cavani, with the heaviest of hearts
Courtois
Hernandez
Varane
Nilsson-Lindelöf
Trippier
Kante
Modric
Hazard
De Bruyne
Perisic
Mbpappe
GK: Pickford
RB: Pavard
CB: Godin
CB: Varane
LB: Hernandez
CM: Pogba
CM: Kante
CM: Modric
RW: Mbappe
LW: Perisic
CF: Kane (lol)
GK: Pickford
RB: Pavard
CB: Vida
CB: Maguire
LB: Trippier
DM: Kante
CM: Rebic
CM: Modric
RW: Inui
LW: Hazard
CF: Mbappe
Rebic as CM, Trippier LB, are you high?
Got to fit them in somehow.
What about a worst team of the tournament
That would just be the Germany XI, with whoever was in goal for Panama.
Managed by the Argentina bloke.
Pavard has been France’s weakest link (maybe minus Giroud), he’d never been in a world cup XI for me. Vrsaljko/Trippier for me
Ochoa
Trippier
Godin
Varane
Hazard
Kante
Modric
Mbappe
Griezmann
Ronaldo
I thought that Pavard looked like a total bombscare but in the end he did alright.
GK: Pickford
RB: Trippier
CB: Miranda
CB: Maguire
LB: Hernandez
RM: Mbappe
CM: Kante
CM: Coutinho
LM: Perisic
CF: Ronaldo
CF: Cavani
Courtois
Trippier
Varane
Maguire
Hernandez
Modric
Kante
Perisic
Hazard
Mbappe
Lukaku
4-3-3
GK: Courtois
RB: Trippier (Meunier was vital for Belgium but not as good as Trippier)
CB: Stones
CB: Varane
LB: Hernandez
DM: Kante
CM: Rakitic
CM: Modric
RW: Mbappe
LW: Hazard
CF: Griezman
Only because Andy is injured.
We'll go with the England formation because we're the best:
Courtois
Varane
Godin
Lawrenson
Meunier
Cheryshev
Keane
Modric
P. Ogba
Hazard
Cavani
On the bench Mbappe, 'KDB', Evra, and the other Uruguay centre-half
Pickford
Trippier
Godin
Varane
Hernandez
Modric
Kante
De Bruyne
Mbappe
Lukaku
Hazard
Rakitic, Perisic, Pogba, Meunier, Vida, Cavani & Courtois on the bench
Pickford
Meunier
Varane
Maguire
Hernandez
Modric
De Bruyne
Coutinho
Perisic
Mbappe
Hazard
Let's use this for the EURO 2021 tournament.
This has reminded me of the [FOOTBALL] tags we had to use at some point because someone (Toby? dela?) was sick of all the football chat on here.
Jordan Pickford was good at the last world cup according to this thread, I have no memory of that at all.
He saved a penalty didn't he? There you go.
Yep. No clangers, which is a bonus.
Always annoys me when a thread like this gets dug up and I never replied first time round.
Like my predict the England squads thread was actually a really good idea but I never even joined in. Not many did, sadly.
I'm a twit
It was because Mark wanted to attract new users and thought obviously separating [FOOTBALL] threads from bantz ones would encourage that. We discussed it in the office and as I was board one evening I volunteered to announce it. T'was quite fun devil's advocating the shit out of all the pretty valid responses.
Wasn't it more so FMers could separate [FOOTBALL] discussion from the 'cliquey' TTH shit that scared them away? The new members boat was well sunk by that point.