Your All-Time Football XI

[fabo]

Nedved was a grafter. Nowhere near the greats imo. Limited technically.

Not saying he wasn't a brilliant player but I wasn't in awe watching him.

 

[ferrarif50hunt]

- - - - - - - - -Schmeichel
Cafu - - - Nesta - - - Maldini - - - Carlos
- - - - - - - - - -Busquets
Messi - -Zidane -- -Xavi - - Ronaldinho
- - - - - - - - - - -Henry

 

[fabo]

Post your line up, let's see who you got at CB.

I'll do it tomorrow. Half smashed now after watching us and Pool in the pub.

 

[The_Roadrunner]

Nedved was a grafter. Nowhere near the greats imo. Limited technically.

Not saying he wasn't a brilliant player but I wasn't in awe watching him.

Meh. I don't see you making a list just talking smack about everyone else's choices.

 

[Bigbludfire]

Buffon
Zanetti - Ferdinand - Nesta - Maldini
Vieira - Xavi
Bergkamp
Messi - Ronaldo - C. Ronaldo​

From what I remember

 

[BobP]

Nedved? Limited technically?

Wat

 

[Arsenal in Aus]

Schmeichel
Cafu Cannavaro Lucio Carlos
Seedorf-Vieira
Zidane
Messi Ronaldo C.Ronaldo

That team has not only the individual skill, but the right balance (in my view). Seedorf and Vieira were both big-game performers who could shut down an opposing team - perfect platform for the best attackers ever.

Notable absentees - Pele, Maradona, Ronaldinho, Bergkamp, Van Basten, Di Stefano, Buffon, Nesta, Henry, Maldini.

 

[SiMamu]

For my all time favourite players XI (perhaps a thread in itself)
--------------Enyeama
Maicon-Nesta-Koscielny-Maldini
-------------Xabi Alonso
--------Nedved-Davids
--------------Rosicky
----------Baros-A.Smith (Leeds one)

 

[BobP]

For my all time favourite players XI (perhaps a thread in itself)
--------------Enyeama
Maicon-Nesta-Koscielny-Maldini
-------------Xabi Alonso
--------Nedved-Davids
--------------Rosicky
----------Baros-A.Smith (Leeds one)

That truimtive up top would be devastating.

Rosicky with the silkiness, Smith with the graft and Baros with the deadly finishing.

 

[Arsenal in Aus]

Ok, since we're switching to favourites rather than best, my line up is:

Lehmann
Zambrotta Stam Toure De Boer
Davids Seedorf
Ljunberg Bergkamp Overmars
Wanchope

 

[GabeGooner]

Schmichael
Dani Alves – Adams – Maldini – Roberto Carlos
Vieira – Zidane
Ronaldinho
Messi – Ronaldo Luís – Henry
​

Went for a team with tactical balance. Full-backs push up to support the inside forwards going into the middle. Playmakers in the centre (one box-to-box, one deep-lying and one dribbler) at the expense of a holding player. No-one's getting past Schmichael, Adams or Maldini anyway.

 

[Dennis_Bergkamp_10]

Ok, since we're switching to favourites rather than best, my line up is:

Lehmann
Zambrotta Stam Toure De Boer
Davids Seedorf
Ljunberg Bergkamp Overmars
Wanchope

You Dutch mate?

 

[Clrnc]

If we are switching to favourites rather than best, my line up would be a weird looking ****.

O. Sanchez
Cafu Koscielny R. Marquez Nagatomo
Pirlo
Reyes Arshavin Kaka Pires
Henry

 

[skillist]

Favourite players that I enjoyed watching most:

........................Campos
Dani Alves-Lucio-Sammer-R Carlos
-----------------Redondo
............Riquelme-----Zidane

Maradona---------------Ronaldinho
-------------------Messi


Bench:
Barthez
Hierro
Pirlo
Ortega
Hagi
Litmanen
Romario

 

[neimad]

For entertainment value
Jorge Campos

Cafu McGrath Maldini R.Carlos

Pirlo
Baggio Best

Maradona


Original Ronaldo Van Basten


Subs : Schmeichel
Beckenbauer
Cruff
Gazza
Henry
Vieira

 

[Arsenal in Aus]

You Dutch mate?

Does look that way doesn't it? I'm not obviously, but that crop of Dutch players were just so enjoyable to watch. I happen to think Seedorf is one of the most under-rated players of all time. And seeing Davids biting at everyone right across the pitch always made me smile. Then combined with the class and technique of Berkamp etc, what a spectacle.

 

[4R5Emaniac]

Buffon
Zanetti-Bramble-Nesta-Maldini
Xavi-Pirlo-Jeff
Zidane
Messi- Fat Ronaldo

 

[GDeep™]

Davids was a pretty well rounded player, more than just a "pitbull" type, which he was also.

Del Piero was one of my faves, he had a 'phenom' vibe about him when he was breaking through, you felt you were watching a new Baggio level talent, injuries kicked in not long after.

 

[SiMamu]

Davids was a pretty well rounded player, more than just a "pitbull" type, which he was also.

Del Piero was one of my faves, he had a 'phenom' vibe about him when he was breaking through, you felt you were watching a new Baggio level talent, injuries kicked in not long after.

Davids could go from kicking at a player's heels like a regular Gattuso, to beating a man with a stepover and a sway of his hips, in such a fashion that, from behind, you might mistake him for Ronaldinho.

 

[clockwork orange]

I like those kind of players. My favourite team would be just skilled warriors. Something like:

------------------Mad Jens
C Alberto----PV4---Rijkaard--Maldini
----------Davids----Zidane
Stoichkov----Rivellino-----Alexis
----------------Zlatan