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    Quote Originally Posted by The Merse View Post
    Quite surprised to not see any use of Totti, actually. I must admit he didn't come to mind for me at all.
    Because everyone has Maldini instead.

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    I hope to god I haven't fucked that up somewhere.

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    I thought about Luca Toni but it turns out he has played for literally everyone, as has Lucio.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Merse View Post
    Playing 1-2-2-3-1; like a proper nineties junior football manager that fancied himself a tactician for going with the 'Christmas Tree formation', allowing for a pretty maverick midfield...

    G. Bernard Lama
    RWB. Javier Zanetti
    LWB. Bixente Lizarazu
    SW. Franco Baresi
    CB. Paolo Montero
    CB. Paul McGrath
    CM. Gary McAllister
    CM. Sasa Curcic
    CAM. Georgi Kinkladze
    ST. Ian Wright
    ST. Edmundo
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SvN View Post



    I hope to god I haven't fucked that up somewhere.
    Depends if you count Robertson being a youth at Celtic, release at 16 I think, so I wouldn't. But...

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    Quote Originally Posted by SvN View Post




    I hope to god I haven't fucked that up somewhere.
    Our midfield 3 really would don everyone senseless

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    Defensive Italian or you're doing it wrong.

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    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.

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    Shay Given

    Azpilicueta
    Radebe
    Ledley King
    Lizarazu

    Kuyt
    Pirlo
    Dunga
    Stoichkov

    Klose
    Suker

    Inter Milan made this extremely difficult.

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    Batistuta going on loan to Inter for a few weeks can fuck right off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Browning View Post
    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.
    Dunga and Lahm at Stuttgart if I’m not mistaken.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Manc View Post
    Shay Given

    Azpilicueta
    Radebe
    Ledley King
    Lizarazu

    Kuyt
    Pirlo
    Dunga
    Stoichkov

    Klose
    Suker

    Inter Milan made this extremely difficult.
    Klose and Lizarazu at Bayern.

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    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.

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    Ffs

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Merse View Post
    Dunga and Lahm at Stuttgart if I’m not mistaken.
    Fuck sake.

    Sub in Gilberto then, with Terry taking the CB spot.

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    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.

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    Schweini and Evra both played for United.

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    Evra and Pirlo also both played for Juventus.

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    Pirlo and Maicon both played for Inter? Pirlo's a bit of a killer having done both Milan clubs and Juve.

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    Maicon also played at Monaco, as did Evra.

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    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.

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    Zola and Koulibaly played at Napoli

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    Shit.

    Edited Boban & Aldair in for Rui Costa & Koulibaly.

    That’s us now I think?

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    Code:
                     Oblak 
    
    Cafu    Adams    V. Dijk    Lahm
    
                       De Rossi
    
            De Bruyne   Eriksen 
    
    
       Messi      Mbappé      Ronaldo
    I'm a twit

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    Cafu and De Rossi were both at Roma.

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    Oh.
    I'm a twit

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    GK Oblak

    Lb Robertson
    Cb Maldini
    CB Koulibaly
    Rb Lahm

    Cm Kante
    Cm David Silva
    Cm Le Tissier

    RW Ronaldo
    LW Messi
    ST Bergkamp

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    Oblak
    Maldini
    Van dijk
    Lahm
    Campbell
    De Bruyne
    Keane
    Nedved
    Raul
    Messi
    Mbappé

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    Oblak
    Maldini
    Van dijk
    Lahm
    Campbell
    De Bruyne
    Keane
    Nedved
    Raul
    Messi
    Mbappé
    VvD and Keane both Celtic.

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    Ah I’ll have Giggs for Keane and just outscore everyone! Or Andy Robertson for Virgil

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    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.

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    Shay Given

    Azpilicueta
    Radebe
    Ledley King
    Lizarazu

    Kuyt
    Pirlo
    Dunga
    Stoichkov

    Cavani
    Suker

    Suited.

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    Lizarazu and Azpi at Marseille

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    Research on that please

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    Shay Given

    Azpilicueta
    Ledley King
    Radebe

    Kuyt
    Pirlo
    Dunga
    Stoichkov

    Cavani
    Suker
    Muller

    Intelligence in abundance.

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    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.


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    Asian XI


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    Quote Originally Posted by John Arne View Post
    Asian XI

    Al Habsi and Nakata both played for Bolton.

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    @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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Merse View Post
    Al Habsi and Nakata both played for Bolton.
    pwnd

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Merse View Post
    Al Habsi and Nakata both played for Bolton.
    Fucking Big Sam... Al-Habsi OUT, Kawin IN.

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Merse View Post
    @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.
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Merse View Post
    Al Habsi and Nakata both played for Bolton.
    Plus Viduka isn’t Asian.

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    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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