Ultimate Football/Soccer Team

[AfroMan]

If you could pick any 11 players in the world - to make up a football team, who would they be?

I'll post mine in a minute once i've thought about it.

:cool:

[AfroMan]

4-3-1-2
GK - Buffon
RB - Puyol
LB - Carlos
CB - Cannavaro
CB - Nesta
LM - Robben
RM - Zidane
CM - Nedved
AM - Ronaldinho
CF - Van Nistelrooy
CF - Ibrahmovic/Kaka/Henry (can't decide)

...man that was harder than I thought it would be.

[AfroMan]

(although there are no stand out right backs)


Puyol, Thurum, Sagnol?

[mogzay]

playing 3-5-2

1. Buffon

2. Helguera
3. Nesta
4. Carlos

5. Ronaldinho
6. Davids
7. Totti
8. Nedved
9. Zidane

10. Henry
11. Ronaldo

[Rancid Dan]

1.Cech 4-4-2
2.Carlos
3.Puyol
4.John Terry
5. Nesta
6.Ronaldinhio
7.Robben
8.Lampard
9.Nedved
10.Ronaldo
11.Henry

[sting-ray]

3-4-1-2

I. Casillas
S. Campbell
A. Nesta
F. Cannavaro
F. Lampard
G. Zambrotta
R. Baraja
P. Nedved
Ronaldinho
Adriano
A. Charisteas (sub)
A. Shevchenko

[mr snrub]

4-4-2

GK: Buffon (Juve)
RB: Puyol (Barca)
LB: Carlos (R. Madrid)
CB: Campbell (Arsenal)
CB: Nesta (Milan)
RM: Ronaldinho (Barca)
LM: Nedved (Juve)
CM: Vieira (Arsenal)
CM: Deco (Barca)
SC: Henry (Arsenal)
SC: Adriano (Inter)

[AfroMan]

Great choices.

:cool:

[Drumma]

4-1-2-1-2

Gianluigi Buffon

Ashley Cole
John Terry
Paulo Ferreira
Alessandro Nesto

Steven Gerrard

Pavel Nedved
Clarence Seedorf

Francesco Totti

Adriano
Thierry Henry

[Eccles]

3-1-4-2

Casillas

Cannavarro
Ferdinand
Lucio

van Bommel

Robben
Lampard
Zidane
Beckham

Henry
Rooney

[crazyman]

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.......................................buffon..... ...........................................
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.....Puyol............Nesta..................Canna varo...........Ferdinand........
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....Beckham........Cassano................Nedved.. ............Zambrotta.......
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....................Ibrahimovic................... RVN....................................
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...............................an unfortunate goalie...................................
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i know ronaldinho deserves to be there and even roberto carlos but i'm keeping it european :cool:

[KappaKid17]

A simple 4-4-2.

Petr Cech

(I'd take Cech over Buffon just because of the more goalscorers he's got to face in the Premiership.)

Ferdinand
John Terry
Campbell
Nesta

(I don't understand why so many people are taking Roberto Carlos. He's played like trash this season, as well as most of Real Madrid. Just watch the last Barca - Real match.)

Nedved
Pires
Lampard
Ronaldinho

Henry
Shevchenko


I think that's a pretty formidable starting 11.

[troops_of_doom]

4312

Paul Jones,

Ben Thatcher,
Mark Delaney,
Danny Gabbidon,
Rob Page,

Ryan Giggs,
Simon Davies,
Robbie Savage,

Craig Bellamy,

John Hartson,
Robert Earnshaw,

Beat that, :lol:

[jaymz_is_god]

4-4-2

GK: Gianluigi Buffon

LB: Roberto Carlos
RB: Carles Puyol
CB: Alessandro Nesta
CB: Rio Ferdinand

LM: Arjen Robben
RM: Cristiano Ronaldo
CM: Zinedine Zidane
CM: Patrick Vieira

CF: Ruud van Nistelrooy
CF: Thierry Henry

[KappaKid17]

Eto'o from Barca is playing brilliantly right now, I had a tough time choosing between him and Shevchenko. Henry's a no-brainer.

[Eccles]

Roberto Carlos isn't even a shadow of the player he once was. He has no place in the Real Madrid side or Brazil, and certainly no place in a current "Best XI"

[Welcometothezoo]

In a 4-3-1-2

GK: Gianluigi Buffon

RB: Paulo Ferreira
CB: Ricardo Carvalho
CB: Alessandro Nesta
LB: Gianluca Zambrotta

MF: Patrick Vieira
MF: Frank Lampard
MF: Pavel Nedved

AMF: Ronaldinho

CF: Ronaldo
CF: Andriy Shevchenko

Manager: Jose, Jose Maurinho!
Assistant manager: Steve Clarke

[Welcometothezoo]

Henry's a no-brainer.

not true. not a big game player - that's a no-brainer.

[KappaKid17]

The man scored THIRTY goals last season, and has scored twenty plus goals for the past 3. Not to mention he's a golden boot winner. He's already netted 11 in 13 games this year.

[Distorted Vision]

3-4-1-2

Given

Carvalho
Nesta
Cole

Totti
Nedved
Roy Keane
Robben

Ronaldinho

Henry
Rooney

[Welcometothezoo]

The man scored THIRTY goals last season, and has scored twenty plus goals for the past 3. Not to mention he's a golden boot winner. He's already netted 11 in 13 games this year.

That's not my point. We've all seen Henry single-handedly destroy teams in the premiership to the level of Liverpool. However, he's never been the man to make the difference in any of the recent encounters with Chelsea or Manchester United - his form is never the same, the true great players come out in these matches, such as Vieira and Bergkamp. He also struggles to make a difference in the champions' League (with the excpetion of the Inter Milan match), and in major international tournaments, where, again, his greater teamates shine, like zinedine zidane.

[DHA Anonymous]

I've decided to pick a purely Premiership team and play a flat 4-4-2

1. Petr Cech

2. Thomas Hitzlsperger
3. Ashley Cole
4. Sol Campbell
5. John Terry

6. Patrick Vieira
7. Sean Wright-Phillips
8. Luis García
9. Robert Pires

10. Thierry Henry
11. Ruud van Nistelrooy

[KappaKid17]

That's not my point. We've all seen Henry single-handedly destroy teams in the premiership to the level of Liverpool. However, he's never been the man to make the difference in any of the recent encounters with Chelsea or Manchester United - his form is never the same, the true great players come out in these matches, such as Vieira and Bergkamp. He also struggles to make a difference in the champions' League (with the excpetion of the Inter Milan match), and in major international tournaments, where, again, his greater teamates shine, like zinedine zidane.


Ok, ok, I see what you're saying. From that perspective, you definitely nailed it. How is old is Bergkamp, anyway?

[sting-ray]

I forgot Ruud... :-/


I'm telling you guys... Adriano will really come through as the next Ronaldo in a year or two...

[Welcometothezoo]

Ok, ok, I see what you're saying. From that perspective, you definitely nailed it. How is old is Bergkamp, anyway?

ooooo 35? maybe 36. getting on, still class though

[Eccles]

I forgot Ruud... :-/


I'm telling you guys... Adriano will really come through as the next Ronaldo in a year or two...My money's on Robinho.

[Lord Abortion]

carlos tevez looks very good

my team is 4-4-2
gk gianluigi buffon

rb javier zanetti
lb roberto carlos
dc alessandro nesta
dc walter samuel

dmc roy keane
rw luis figo
cm zinidine zidane
lw pavel nedved

sc ruud van nistlerooy
sc raul

oh by the way
henry is overrated

[iwillbearockstar]

4-4-2,

GK - Robinson
RB - Puyol
CB- Rio
CB- Nesta
LB- A. Cole
RM- C. Ronaldo
CM- Gerrard
CM- Deco
LM- Robben
S- Rooney
S- Defoe

[Till_Lindeman001]

OK, this is in a 4-4-2

GK: Buffon

DR: Pujol/Zanetti
DC: King
DC: Lucio
DL: Zambrotta

MR: Figo
MC: Gerrard
MC: Ronaldinho
ML: Nedved

FC: Shevchenko/Eto'o
FC: Adriano

[iwillbearockstar]

^^ Eto'o is brilliant, I can't believe Real Madrid let him let away

[jaymz_is_god]

^^ Eto'o is brilliant, I can't believe Real Madrid let him let away

I always thought he was a good player. He never got a chance a Real Madrid with Raul, Morientes etc. Good to see him getting a chance and proving himself now.

[Till_Lindeman001]

^^ Eto'o is brilliant, I can't believe Real Madrid let him let away

When Barcelona bought Eto'o, Real still owned 50% of him, so they had to agree to sell him to Barca, Real must have really underrated him, he's banging them in this season!

[gooner76]

assuming all are on top form

-----------------buffon-----------------
puyol------nesta---------campbell----cole
c. ronaldo---kaka------vieira-------robben
------------ronaldinho-------------------
--------------------henry---------------

[sting-ray]

When Barcelona bought Eto'o, Real still owned 50% of him, so they had to agree to sell him to Barca, Real must have really underrated him, he's banging them in this season!



haha yea, I guess they had michale owen as a bigger priority.

[iwillbearockstar]

When Barcelona bought Eto'o, Real still owned 50% of him, so they had to agree to sell him to Barca, Real must have really underrated him, he's banging them in this season!

Yeah its hard to believe they didn't rate him, he was banging them in all last season too, absolutly torched Real in one of those games. Guess he doesn't sell as many shirts as Michael Owen though :rolleyes:

[Lord Abortion]

eto'o is bloody good
he dribbles like the ball is glued to his feet
I wish we bought him
or ronaldinho
or robben
stupid man u transfer policy...

[ZaaR]

Buffon

Nesta
Carlos
Panucci
Campbell

Nedved
Totti
Figo
Ronaldo

Henry
Shevchenko

[Till_Lindeman001]

eto'o is bloody good
he dribbles like the ball is glued to his feet
I wish we bought him
or ronaldinho
or robben
stupid man u transfer policy...

Surely Rooney is compensation enough for missing them? Man U can't have it ALL their own way, if that happened football would be boring, people wouldn't pay to watch a game that they already know the result of. :rolleyes:

[Welcometothezoo]

sorry, how can anybody posting teams here have the audacity to leave out Ronaldinho in their team? please explain if you have left him out.

[iwillbearockstar]

sorry, how can anybody posting teams here have the audacity to leave out Ronaldinho in their team? please explain if you have left him out.

I agree he's a class player and all, but I left him out simply because I'd rather have the two other CM's I listed in my team. Deco is brilliant, he makes the players around him better, just look at how he inspired Porto to the CL title last year. And as for Stevie Gerrard, he's a far better two-way player than Ronaldinho, he's not as flashy but he gets the job done.

[Welcometothezoo]

thumbs up for Deco, but gerrard...................Ronaldinho's different class, just because he's not two-way has little importance. This is a world XI, with the 5 best defensive in existence, no desparate need for the defensive midfield side of things.

[iwillbearockstar]

I didn't list the best 11 players in the world, but the players who would make up the best football team...imo there's always a need for a strong two-way central midfield player in any team that can be considered the worlds best.

[KappaKid17]

I didn't list the best 11 players in the world, but the players who would make up the best football team...imo there's always a need for a strong two-way central midfield player in any team that can be considered the worlds best.

Every great central mid should be two-way. If not, defense is normally hung out to dry on any good attack without defensive support from the midfield. Some people just can't argue with numbers Ronaldinho produces. If you want to cure the problem, put him as an attacking midfielder and someone else his defensive counterpart. I did put him in my midfield, and totally agree that he's not as complete as a 18 to 18 CM should be, but his creativity can't be ignored. He makes many things happen.

[crazyman]

oh by the way
henry is overrated

i agree totally :thumb:


assuming all are on top form

-----------------buffon-----------------
puyol------nesta---------campbell----cole
c. ronaldo---kaka------vieira-------robben
------------ronaldinho-------------------
--------------------henry---------------


assuming all were in top form then why didn't you pick pele and maradonna :lol::p

[devils_night]

I can't think of a good 11 right now, but what does everyone think of Shay Given as a keeper, he has his fair share of howlers but overall i think he's brilliant.

[AfroMan]

I can't think of a good 11 right now, but what does everyone think of Shay Given as a keeper, he has his fair share of howlers but overall i think he's brilliant.

meh, he's ok I guess - nothing special in my opinion.

[Edd182]

Buffon

Cole
Ferdinand
Nesta
Puyol

Robben
Gerrard
Ronaldino
Nedved

Shevchenko
Henry

[Welcometothezoo]

I can't think of a good 11 right now, but what does everyone think of Shay Given as a keeper, he has his fair share of howlers but overall i think he's brilliant.

i'm no goal keeping coach, but i reckon it's techinque he lacks most. His reflexes are outstanding, but he hasn't got the art of making things look so simple, where the greats do. And i think that's all down to technique.

[gazza]

Well if you am looking at a keeper the it has to be either Buffon or Casias(real madrids keeper and Spanish)

[devils_night]

i'm no goal keeping coach, but i reckon it's techinque he lacks most. His reflexes are outstanding, but he hasn't got the art of making things look so simple, where the greats do. And i think that's all down to technique.

Yeah, i agree :thumb:

[sting-ray]

i agree totally :thumb:


yes, me too 100%