Tooj 17 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 As there has lot of debate recently Messi and the current Barcelona team and their place amongst the footballing greats - it got me thinking about who I would include in the team of my lifetime (I'm 26). I've gone for a 4-3-3 formation, and tried to field a balanced eleven, as more often than not when these kind of teams are picked, people tend to go for individuals and not try and field a balanced team. Feel free to pick holes in it, as well as posting your own version. Especially as quite a few people on here are older than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Mines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin 1 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 In everton tops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 No NUFC players. For shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 No NUFC players. For shame. In my team we were linked with or strongly rumoured to be signing four of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 I've gone for a balanced attacking side who would play a high line. In terms of NUFC players, there's only Shearer and McCracken, because I've tried to avoid bias. McCracken was a fullback who played for us before the offside laws changed (not sure if we won the league while he was playing for us). According to some historians, he was so adept at exploiting the offside rules that they changed them, as there were a ridiculous amount of offsides during the games he played in. So he would catch everyone offside, and then he could play it to Beckenbauer who would bring the ball out and play it to the attackers. As soon as that set of attacking players receives the ball it's game over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6793 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 How old are you KSA???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 I was born in 1988. Other than McCracken, who died in 1979, all the players have been alive during the period from 88-the present day. I thought I'd cheat and include McCracken because he was one of our all-time greatest players and a significant figure in the history of the game. This is from his wiki entry, I just looked it up: "Billy McCracken played for the English club Newcastle United from 1904 to 1924, helping them win three League titles and the FA Cup. McCracken was so adept at catching the opposing teams forwards offside that he forced a change in the rules of the game.[1] In total he played 432 games for Newcastle, scoring 88 goals. After leaving Newcastle he went on to become Hull City manager in 1923 and he took them to the FA Cup semi-final in 1930. He left the club a year later. He later had a short term in charge of Gateshead F.C., before managing Millwall F.C. from 1933–1936. He later went on to manage the now defunct Aldershot F.C." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_McCracken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6793 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 What about di stefano & puskas??? I think the general point was, players that you've seen play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Zany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 What about di stefano & puskas??? I think the general point was, players that you've seen play. Puskas only died in 2006, Di Stefano still writes columns for the sports rags in Madrid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6793 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 I think you missing the point mate. You've never seen any of them play so you can't really judge how good they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonTheMag 4 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7084 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Not sure about the formation there Jon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 10033 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I'll just take the Brazil side from WC 1970 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22190 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Mines. i like it, but where's the water carrier in midfield. and where are the full backs? Johnny2J - should this be collectively the best 11 players we've seen in our lifetimes or the best 11 in a sensible formation? perhaps i'm letting tactics and formation spoil the notion of a fantasy team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33946 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 It's too hard to do, but for a few random name checks, (in no particular order other than Maradona); Maradona (Most gifted player I've ever seen in an era where he got kicked up a height). Van Basten Gullit Matthaus Brehme Baresi Maldini Beardsley Ronaldo Romario Stoichkov Zidane Gascoigne Beckham* Was tempted to put in the likes of Socretes, Zico and Poalo Rossi but I was too young to really appreciate them. *That's a joke by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieRoss 0 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 (edited) George Best doesn't seem to make it into many peoples' greatest teams but he'd be in mine. Platini too. Edited June 3, 2011 by StevieRoss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 George Best doesn't seem to make it into many peoples' greatest teams but he'd be in mine. Platini too. Best had retired when I first started watching football and Platini too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Mines. I'm the same age so I'll just have that and avoid a tongue lashing. Not happy there's no room for Micky Quinn there though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 -------------Karelse Hall-Kizinishvilli-Onyewu-Quinn Brady-Kerr-Johnsen-Georgiadis --------Huckerby--Saha Subs : Kuqi, Nacho, Fumaca, Moore, Perez, Rush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeForce 0 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Mines. I'm the same age so I'll just have that and avoid a tongue lashing. Not happy there's no room for Micky Quinn there though. That would be mine but swapping giggs out for Messi and its done. Yeah giggs has been consitently very good over a long career but he never has been anywhere close to the quality of messi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeForce 0 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 (edited) -------------Karelse Hall-Kizinishvilli-Onyewu-Quinn Brady-Kerr-Johnsen-Georgiadis --------Huckerby--Saha Subs : Kuqi, Nacho, Fumaca, Moore, Perez, Rush you missed out Franz Carr Edited June 3, 2011 by GeeForce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandman02uk 0 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Mines. I'm the same age so I'll just have that and avoid a tongue lashing. Not happy there's no room for Micky Quinn there though. That would be mine but swapping giggs out for Messi and its done. Yeah giggs has been consitently very good over a long career but he never has been anywhere close to the quality of messi I'd replace giggs with Ronaldinho and as much as I would like to shoe horn in rivaldo, he's going to have to sit on the bench along side Baggio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima 0 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 (edited) Mine. Cacapa narrowly missing out. Edited June 3, 2011 by Sima Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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