CodeRed Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 This was sent to me last night and tougher than it appears: Name your best World Football X1 - in their positions - that have played while you have been alive....but no 2 players can be from the same country or have played for the same club ie - if you pick Zidane in midfield you can't have any other Frenchman or anyone else who played for Real Madrid, Juventus, (or Bordeaux!) It has to be a strong 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 GK - De Gea RB - Cafu RCB - Terry LCB - Koulibaly (yes I know he was born French but he plays for Senegal so I'm cheating) LB - Lahm RM - Messi CM - Eriksen CM - Kevin De Bruyne LM - Nedved ST - Mbappe ST - Haland (current) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC&T Board Members Blagdon red Posted April 16, 2020 SC&T Board Members Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 Had a go at this last night. My side is a bit heavy on attacking players, but has a strong defence to make up for that! Lev Yashin Philip Lahm Paolo Maldini Frank Arnesen John Charles Bobby Moore Jimmy Johnstone Jean Tigana Pele Lionel Messi Eusebio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderCraig Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 Banks - Cafu Bale Beckenbauer Baresi - Best Modric Ronaldo (Portugal) Messi - Shevchenko Van Basten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 Kahn Kelly. Ramos. Maldini Guerreiro Nedved. Gerrard. Giggs Messi. Drogba. Mbappe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 1 hour ago, hodge said: GK - De Gea RB - Cafu RCB - Terry LCB - Koulibaly (yes I know he was born French but he plays for Senegal so I'm cheating) LB - Lahm RM - Messi CM - Eriksen CM - Kevin De Bruyne LM - Nedved ST - Mbappe ST - Haland (current) Can’t have that team. Terry and De Bryne both played for Chelsea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, And Its Smith said: Can’t have that team. Terry and De Bryne both played for Chelsea. That's exactly the reason I discounted De Bruyne originally replaced one player and thought 'oh I can have De Bruyne again now' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, hodge said: That's exactly the reason I discounted De Bruyne originally replaced one player and thought 'oh I can have De Bruyne again now' I originally had Cafu right back as forgot he played for Milan. Couldn’t be bothered to think of another good one so just went with Gary Kelly ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 26 minutes ago, CiderCraig said: Banks - Cafu Bale Beckenbauer Baresi - Best Modric Ronaldo (Portugal) Messi - Shevchenko Van Basten Just a few Real Madrid players there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 41 minutes ago, And Its Smith said: Can’t have that team. Terry and De Bryne both played for Chelsea. I think Oblak for De Gea and Ferdinand for Terry solves it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen humphries Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 1 hour ago, hodge said: GK - De Gea RB - Cafu RCB - Terry LCB - Koulibaly (yes I know he was born French but he plays for Senegal so I'm cheating) LB - Lahm RM - Messi CM - Eriksen CM - Kevin De Bruyne LM - Nedved ST - Mbappe ST - Haland (current) Not sure I’ve got the jist of this but de Bryne and terry both played for Chelsea?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 9 minutes ago, glen humphries said: Not sure I’ve got the jist of this but de Bryne and terry both played for Chelsea?? Yeah I messed up, my potential solution is the comment above yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 2 hours ago, CiderCraig said: Banks - Cafu Bale Beckenbauer Baresi - Best Modric Ronaldo (Portugal) Messi - Shevchenko Van Basten 1 hour ago, hodge said: Just a few Real Madrid players there... and Best & Ronaldo both played for Man Utd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRed Posted April 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 .Yashin Dynamo Moscow USSR Sime Vrsalko Atletico Madrid Croatia John Charles Juventus Leeds Wales Franz Beckenbaur Bayern Munich Germany Danny McGrain Celtic Scotland Pele Santos Brazil Puskas Ferencvaros Hungary Maradonna Napolli Barca Boca Argentina Eusebio Benfica Portugal Jimmy Greaves AC Milan Chelsea Spurs England George Best Man Utd Northern Ireland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 1 hour ago, CodeRed said: .Yashin Dynamo Moscow USSR Sime Vrsalko Atletico Madrid Croatia John Charles Juventus Leeds Wales Franz Beckenbaur Bayern Munich Germany Danny McGrain Celtic Scotland Pele Santos Brazil Puskas Ferencvaros Hungary Maradonna Napolli Barca Boca Argentina Eusebio Benfica Portugal Jimmy Greaves AC Milan Chelsea Spurs England George Best Man Utd Northern Ireland You saw Lev Yashin play? Was he as good as everyone says? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 15 hours ago, And Its Smith said: Kahn Kelly. Ramos. Maldini Guerreiro Nedved. Gerrard. Giggs Messi. Drogba. Mbappe Which Kelly is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 8 minutes ago, Super said: Which Kelly is that? Gary Kelly. But I realised after that Darijo Srna can be there instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRed Posted April 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, And Its Smith said: You saw Lev Yashin play? Was he as good as everyone says? The challenge - as it was issued on Twitter - was to have players who played in your lifetime/era, so it's not necessary to have seen them live but in this case I did watch the 1966 World cup on TV as a 12 year old boy and saw Yashin play. I don't remember much from over 50 years ago but he was considered the best in the world at the time and has topped various polls as best ever GK & 4 World Cups so I'll go with that. I don't recall seeing Puskas or Charles in a full match on TV but there's plenty on YT. The remarkable thing about John Charles was that he was equally good at centre half and centre forward and whilst at Juventus he would often start at CF - score to put them 1 up - and then play the second half at centre half and stop any chance of an equaliser as he won every tackle and header! We could try that with Fammy.....but it's the scoring to go 1 up bit that let's down that theory. 19 minutes ago, Super said: Which Kelly is that? Ned I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 51 minutes ago, CodeRed said: The challenge - as it was issued on Twitter - was to have players who played in your lifetime/era, so it's not necessary to have seen them live but in this case I did watch the 1966 World cup on TV as a 12 year old boy and saw Yashin play. I don't remember much from over 50 years ago but he was considered the best in the world at the time and has topped various polls as best ever GK & 4 World Cups so I'll go with that. I don't recall seeing Puskas or Charles in a full match on TV but there's plenty on YT. The remarkable thing about John Charles was that he was equally good at centre half and centre forward and whilst at Juventus he would often start at CF - score to put them 1 up - and then play the second half at centre half and stop any chance of an equaliser as he won every tackle and header! We could try that with Fammy.....but it's the scoring to go 1 up bit that let's down that theory. Ned I think. Yeah I don’t think it means you have to have been at a live game to watch them. If that was the case my team would be awful! My grandad was Welsh and he talked about John Charles as if he was god! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Peter Schmeichel Danny McGrain Franz Beckenbauer Nourredine Naybet Paolo Maldini Sergei Busquets Michel Platini Robert Charlton Christian Ronaldo Edson Arantes do Nascimento Lionel Messi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awbb Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 This was so, so hard. To pick a team that can actually defend as well as attack is mindbendingly difficult. I figured I had to pick Messi and Ronaldo who are the best I have ever seen and everything else was just working around that. I had Neuer in goal for ages, but just couldn't think of anyone better than Mattheus to complement Gazza and Dunga in the middle. The drop off to Akinfeev isn't that big... is it? 1. Igor Akinfeev CSKA/Russia 2. Dario Srna Hadjuk/Shakhtar/Cagliari/Croatia 3. Paolo Maldini Milan/Italy 4. Dunga Internacional/Coirinthians/Santos/Vasco Da Gama/Pisa/Fiorentina/Pescara/Stuttgart/Jubilo Iwata/Brazil 5. Virgil Van Dijk Groningen/Celtic/Southampton/Liverpool/Netherlands 6. Vincent Kompany Anderlecht/SV Hamburg/Man City/Belgium 7. Cristiano Ronaldo Sporting Lisbon/Man U/Real/Juve/Portugal 8. Paul Gascoigne Newcastle/Spurs/Lazio/Rangers/Boro/Everton/England 9. Kylian Mbappe Monaco/PSG/France 10. Lionel Messi Barca/Argentina 11. Lothar Matthaus Monchengladbach/Bayern/Inter/Germany 1 hour ago, RoystonFoote'snephew said: Peter Schmeichel Danny McGrain Franz Beckenbauer Nourredine Naybet Paolo Maldini Sergei Busquets Michel Platini Robert Charlton Christian Ronaldo Edson Arantes do Nascimento Lionel Messi There are at least 3 Manchester United players in there, mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 29 minutes ago, awbb said: This was so, so hard. To pick a team that can actually defend as well as attack is mindbendingly difficult. I figured I had to pick Messi and Ronaldo who are the best I have ever seen and everything else was just working around that. I had Neuer in goal for ages, but just couldn't think of anyone better than Mattheus to complement Gazza and Dunga in the middle. The drop off to Akinfeev isn't that big... is it? 1. Igor Akinfeev CSKA/Russia 2. Dario Srna Hadjuk/Shakhtar/Cagliari/Croatia 3. Paolo Maldini Milan/Italy 4. Dunga Internacional/Coirinthians/Santos/Vasco Da Gama/Pisa/Fiorentina/Pescara/Stuttgart/Jubilo Iwata/Brazil 5. Alan Hansen Partick/Liverpool/Scotland 6. Vincent Kompany Anderlecht/SV Hamburg/Man City/Netherlands 7. Cristiano Ronaldo Sporting Lisbon/Man U/Real/Juve/Portugal 8. Paul Gascoigne Newcastle/Spurs/Lazio/Rangers/Boro/Everton/England 9. Kylian Mbappe Monaco/PSG/France 10. Lionel Messi Barca/Argentina 11. Lothar Matthaus Monchengladbach/Bayern/Inter/Germany There are at least 3 Manchester United players in there, mate. And at least 2 Barca players. I forgot about the club rule. Ladislao Mazurkiewicz Danny McGrain Franz Beckenbauer Nourredine Naybet Paolo Maldini Papa Bouba Diop Robert Charlton Carlos Valderrama Kazimierz Deyna Edson Arantes do Nascimento Lionel Messi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC&T Board Members Blagdon red Posted April 17, 2020 SC&T Board Members Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 16 minutes ago, RoystonFoote'snephew said: And at least 2 Barca players. I forgot about the club rule. Ladislao Mazurkiewicz Danny McGrain Franz Beckenbauer Nourredine Naybet Paolo Maldini Papa Bouba Diop Robert Charlton Carlos Valderrama Kazimierz Deyna Edson Arantes do Nascimento Lionel Messi Beckenbauer and Pele both played for New York Cosmos, I'm afraid: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Blagdon red said: Beckenbauer and Pele both played for New York Cosmos, I'm afraid: I'd forgotten they'd gone slumming it to the tosh that was New York Cosmos at the end of their careers. I'll have to replace the Kaiser with Lucas Radebe then, who as far as I know played only for the Kaiser Chiefs and dirty Leeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 Could not see that there was a thread on it. Gets your brain working this morning. Trickier than it sounds. Select a world 11 (proper formations too) of players who have played in your lifetime but there are 2 conditions. Only one player per country and once selected, you cannot select another player who has played for any clubs they've played for. So for example, if you select Thierry Henry, you cannot have any other French players nor anyone who has ever played for Monaco, Juventus, Arsenal, Barcelona and any other clubs he played for. And if you want Cristiano Ronaldo, no other portugese players and no-one who has ever played for Sporting Lisbon, Man Utd, Real Madrid or Juventus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 I opened the thread worried it was going to be about spitting on passing cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 First go. Midfield lacking a ball winner, but then again, can't see Scholes or Brady giving it away... GK Southall (WAL, Everton) LB Lahm (GER, Bayern) CB Maldini (ITL, Milan) CB Ramos (ESP, Real) RB Carlos Alberto (BRA, various, Cosmos) LW Resenbrink (NED, Brugge, Anderlecht) CM Scholes (ENG, United) CM Brady (IRL, Arsenal, Juve, Samp, Inter) RM Johnstone (SCO, Celtic) ST Maradona (ARG, Boca, Barca, Napoli) ST Drogba (IVC, Chelsea, Marseille) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 Fun football challenge thread on page 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, hodge said: Fun football challenge thread on page 2 Ah didn't look that far down. Delete away mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHIPLEY RED Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 3 hours ago, One Team In Keynsham said: First go. Midfield lacking a ball winner, but then again, can't see Scholes or Brady giving it away... GK Southall (WAL, Everton) LB Lahm (GER, Bayern) CB Maldini (ITL, Milan) CB Ramos (ESP, Real) RB Carlos Alberto (BRA, various, Cosmos) LW Resenbrink (NED, Brugge, Anderlecht) CM Scholes (ENG, United) CM Brady (IRL, Arsenal, Juve, Samp, Inter) RM Johnstone (SCO, Celtic) ST Maradona (ARG, Boca, Barca, Napoli) ST Drogba (IVC, Chelsea, Marseille) Roberto Carlos played for Real Madrid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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