Because everyone has Maldini instead.Originally Posted by The Merse
Because everyone has Maldini instead.
I hope to god I haven't fucked that up somewhere.
I thought about Luca Toni but it turns out he has played for literally everyone, as has Lucio.
Shit I've just realised Lama had a spell at West Ham, like Wright.
So - either Sir Les Ferdinand up front or Thomas Ravelli in goals. I prefer the latter, I think.
Depends if you count Robertson being a youth at Celtic, release at 16 I think, so I wouldn't. But...
I hope to god I haven't fucked that up somewhere.
Our midfield 3 really would don everyone senseless
I hope to god I haven't fucked that up somewhere.
Defensive Italian or you're doing it wrong.
This was tougher than it looked but this is what I came up with before reading the thread:
Oblak
Lahm, Kompany, Sol Campbell OR John Terry, Maldini
Dunga, Keane
Messi, Nedved, Mbappe
Raul
KDB seems to be a good shout though.Shame he doesn't fit into mine without completely re-doing the back line.
Shay Given
Azpilicueta
Radebe
Ledley King
Lizarazu
Kuyt
Pirlo
Dunga
Stoichkov
Klose
Suker
Inter Milan made this extremely difficult.
Batistuta going on loan to Inter for a few weeks can fuck right off.
Dunga and Lahm at Stuttgart if I’m not mistaken.
Klose and Lizarazu at Bayern.
Definitely a difficult ask if not going somewhat thematic rather than a real ‘Greatest’ team. So many players that you only just remember pitching up somewhere for a short while when looking from afar.
Ffs
I’ll bite on the one club XI, and go down the Totti route. 3-4-3:
Rogerio Ceni [Sao Paolo/Brazil]
Cherundolo [Hanover/USA]
Stelios Manolas [AEK/Greece]
Joao Pinto [Porto/Portugal]
Puel [AS Monaco/France]
Koke [Atletico Madrid/Spain]
Totti [Roma/Italy]
Cristobal Ortega [Club America/Mexico]
Giggs [Manchester United/Wales]
Messi [Barcelona/Argentina]
Müller [Bayern/Germany]
EDIT: Attack is the best defense. I was cruising along with Puyol in at CB until the obvious error hit me.
Last edited by Luca; 15-04-2020 at 08:35 PM.
Rene Higuita
Stuart Pearce
Fabio Cannavaro
Carlos Puyol
Cafu
Ryan Giggs
Andreas Herzog
Papa Bouba Diop
Dennis Rommedahl
Asamoah Gyan
Kenny Dalglish
If I've done this right, I'll be amazed.
GK Köpke
RB
CB Aldair
CB Kompany
LB Maldini
CM Gerrard
CM Kante
CM Gary Speed
LW Ronaldo
ST Lewandowski
RW Messi
Seriously struggling for a right back but I think that comes out alright.
Fuck sake.
Sub in Gilberto then, with Terry taking the CB spot.
Jan Oblak
Patrice Evra
Virgil van Dijk
Sergio Ramos
Maicon
Kyle Beckerman
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Andrea Pirlo
Lionel Messi
Didier Drogba
Harry Kane
I'm nearly certain to have fucked something. I tried to do only players I've actually watched.
Last edited by Spoonsky; 16-04-2020 at 05:05 AM.
Schweini and Evra both played for United.
Evra and Pirlo also both played for Juventus.
Pirlo and Maicon both played for Inter? Pirlo's a bit of a killer having done both Milan clubs and Juve.
Maicon also played at Monaco, as did Evra.
Took me three days but I think I’ve got it.
Jose Luis Chilavert
Vincent Kompany
Aldair
Philip Lahm
Zvonimir Boban
Roy Keane
Pavel Nedved
Steven Gerrard
Andres Iniesta
Dennis Bergkamp
Gianfranco Zola
Last edited by Adamski; 16-04-2020 at 07:43 AM.
Zola and Koulibaly played at Napoli
Shit.
Edited Boban & Aldair in for Rui Costa & Koulibaly.
That’s us now I think?
Code:Oblak Cafu Adams V. Dijk Lahm De Rossi De Bruyne Eriksen Messi Mbappé Ronaldo
I'm a twit
Cafu and De Rossi were both at Roma.
Oh.
I'm a twit
GK Oblak
Lb Robertson
Cb Maldini
CB Koulibaly
Rb Lahm
Cm Kante
Cm David Silva
Cm Le Tissier
RW Ronaldo
LW Messi
ST Bergkamp
Oblak
Maldini
Van dijk
Lahm
Campbell
De Bruyne
Keane
Nedved
Raul
Messi
Mbappé
VvD and Keane both Celtic.
Ah I’ll have Giggs for Keane and just outscore everyone! Or Andy Robertson for Virgil
RvN
Nedved Litmanen Joaquin
Kante Effenberg
Maldini Adams Koulibaly Zanetti
Ederson
Wanted Litmanen in there which took out Barca and Ajax and RvN burned Real Madrid where I wanted to have Makelele. Adams is just there as I couldn’t think a centre back that I cared for who would fit in. I think that works.
Shay Given
Azpilicueta
Radebe
Ledley King
Lizarazu
Kuyt
Pirlo
Dunga
Stoichkov
Cavani
Suker
Suited.
Lizarazu and Azpi at Marseille
Research on that please
Shay Given
Azpilicueta
Ledley King
Radebe
Kuyt
Pirlo
Dunga
Stoichkov
Cavani
Suker
Muller
Intelligence in abundance.
So to while away the time at work, I've been working on a Central and South American XI that fits the criteria, full of mercurial talent and genuine nutcases. A few positions were tough to fill but I think it's decent enough.
GK: Esteban Alvarado (Costa Rica) - Finding a goalkeeper was tough as not too many are known for dastardly acts. Heurelho Gomes was a possible choice due to his calamitous nature but that would have used my Brazilian slot up. So I picked Alvarado, a keeper who went to town on a pitch invader when playing in the Netherlands. (Go to about 4:10 for the incident in question)
LB: Paolo Montero (Uruguay) - Not only a cracking player who was in the heart of the Juventus defence for 9 seasons, but a nasty bastard too. 21 red cards in his career and a man who loved an unnecessary foul.
CB: Fernando Amorebieta (Venezuela) - A solid defender in his time at Athletic Bilbao, but always prone to a mental moment. Kicking Messi in the face in 2010 on route to a season where he picked up 18 yellows and 2 reds, 3 red cards in his short spell at Fulham, and most recently, channeling his inner Suarez and biting a striker in Paraguay.
CB: Antolin Alcaraz (Paraguay) - Caught spitting at Richard Stearman during his time at Wigan, but what amused me most was his statement and apology - "I was having a confrontation with Christophe Berra and in wanting to show my frustration, my intention was to spit on the ground beside him, which was my way of answering the verbal abuse that I was receiving. Unfortunately, as you can see in the video evidence, my spit, instead of finding the ground, regrettably struck Richard Stearman in the chest, and I apologise to him for this."
RB: Ulises de la Cruz (Ecuador) - The last spot I filled in my team, so I went with de la Cruz, a true cult hero in both Scotland (with Hibernian) and England (with Aston Villa). He announced himself to British football with a brace in the Edinburgh derby, the first goal coming inside a minute.
CDM: Gerardo Bedoya (Colombia) - Genuinely the dirtiest bastard in world football. 46 career red cards speaks testament to how much of a prick Bedoya was on the pitch. He was even sent off 21 minutes into his coaching debut, but his nastiest moment came in a Bogota derby where, not happy with his initial elbow, he aims a kick at the opponent's head whilst on the ground.
CAM: Matias Fernandez (Chile) - The definition of mercurial talent, Fernandez is always one for a special assist or goal. Rabona passes, long range screamers, but my pick of the bunch is the goal he scored against Everton for Sporting.
CAM: Ariel Ortega (Argentina) - A special player, Ortega never really lived up to his obvious talent. He was always embroiled in some sort of controversy, whether it be breaching his contract and not playing club football for over a year while at Fenerbahce, or his numerous alcoholic episodes at River Plate. Of course, the standout controversial moment would have to be that headbutt in the '98 World Cup.
LW: Neymar (Brazil) - An obvious choice as he is both supremely talented and a cunt. You forget how long he has been around and how many goals he has scored at his age, but with that has come all manner of shit dives and prima donna behaviour.
ST: Paolo Guerrero (Peru) - Mostly known for being a cokehead (or being stupid enough to get caught), Guerrero served almost a year long ban after the 2018 World Cup. But Guerrero, whilst not hitting the heights expected when in the youth ranks at Bayern, has fashioned out a fairly impressive career, notching over 250 goals for club and country. Oh, and he's an impressive shot with a water bottle.
RW: Carlos Vela (Mexico) - Vela feels like the one that got away. Happy enough to join LAFC in the MLS at just 28, his prime years, he has banged in 57 in 71 in the USA since. With the talent he has, Vela could maybe have done more with his career, but he's fairly happy scoring chipped goals and earning wads of money in Los Angeles. Fair enough.
Asian XI
Al Habsi and Nakata both played for Bolton.Asian XI
@thommo enjoyed that chap, especially as de la Cruz and Vela are both players I had a big soft spot for. Cheers for the effort.
pwnd
Fucking Big Sam... Al-Habsi OUT, Kawin IN.
Abdulrahman was a player (could still be for all I know). Pity they have that easy money league on their doorstep so never get to experience proper football.
Indeed. 100% should have tried Europe. He's struggled recently, but 4 or 5 years ago - he was top class.
Cheers, was a good way to while away an hour or two at work. Particularly enjoyed learning more about Gerardo Bedoya, who genuinely seems like a nutcase. A Colombian Kevin Muscat, if you will.
Plus Viduka isn’t Asian.
GK: Ceni
RB: Lahm
CB: Adams
CB: Godin
LB: Robertson
CDM: Keane
CDM: De Rossi
RW: Messi
CAM: De Bruyne
LW: Nedved
ST: Mbappe
I've no idea if that works or not and Adams is just about pushing it to get in, but I've gone round and round too many times.
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