Your Best Football XI

[aussie]

Well you just pick the best Football XI along with a few back-ups of the players you have seen since you have been watching the glorious game of football.

For me it starts from the 98 World Cup:

GK - Peter Schemeichel
RB - Cafu
LB - Roberto Carlos
CB - Paulo Maldidni
CB - Tony Adams
RM - David Beckham
LM - Ryan Giggs
CM - Zinedine Zidane
CM - Ronaldinho
ST - Gabrielle Batistuta
ST - Thierry Henry

BENCH: Ginaluigi Buffon, Gialunca Zambrotta, Marcel Desailly, Pavel Nedved, Patrick Vieira, Fernando Heirro, Luis Figo, Ronaldo, Dennis Bergkamp.

 

[Matteh]

From Euro 96:

GK - Seaman (At 96-98 time rather than the declining years)
DC - Maldini
DC - Adams
DC - Sammer
DMC - Deschamps
ML - Nedved
MR - Figo
MC - Hagi
AMC - Zidane
FC - Shearer
FC - Klinsmann

 

[GIMH]

Mighty Whites 91-present day. The bulk of the team does come from our heyday in the mid-90s admittedly.

Nixon

Stevens
McGreal
Higgins
Roberts

Morrisey
Koumas
Irons
Nevin

Aldridge
Greenacre

Subs:

Achterberg
Hill
Gary Jones
Mahon
Muir

 

[grecian]

Grecian XI, from about 1980.

Kevin Miller

Scott Hiley
Clive Whitehead
Shaun Taylor
Nicky Marker

Peter Hatch
Colin Randall
Richard Dryden
Brian McDermott

Steve Neville
Tony Kellow

Subs

Peter Fox
Jim Mcnicol
John Hodge (if only for one afternoon in Cornwall)
Darren Rowbotham (unlucky to miss out, TBH.)
Chris Vinnicombe
Jimmy Giles

 

[Neil Pickup]

Paul Jones
Scott Hiley
Gary Sawyer
Santos Gaia
Alex Jeannin
Marcus Martin
Danny Clay
Andy Taylor
Dean Moxey
Sean Devine
Steve Flack

Martin Rice
Kwame Ampadu
Gareth Sheldon
Les Afful
Jake Edwards

 

[Neil Pickup]

Grecian XI, from about 1980.

Two lots of Dazza and no Flacky?

 

[grecian]

Two lots of Dazza and no Flacky?

Yeah sorry, edited it now, was thinking of having three up front, but realised that team would get mullered by anyone. Deleted the wrong one.

No, there will never be a Flacky in my side tbh, never in a million years, I'd rather put Steve Biggins in.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Arsenal since I've been watching (circa 82/3):

GK) David Seaman
RB) Lee Dixon
LB) Kenny Sansom
CB) Tony Adams (c)
CB) Martin Keown
RM) David Rocastle
CM) Patrick Vieira
CM) Emmanuel Petit
LM) Marc Overmars
FW) Thierry Henry
FW) Ian Wright

Bench

GK) John Lukic
FB) Nigel Winterburn
CB) Steve Bould
RB/CM) Michael Thomas
FW) Alan Smith (the real one)

& I've left out Bergkamp!

 

[Barney Rubble]

Pompey 1998-present:

GK Shaka Hislop
DR Linvoy Primus
DL Matt Taylor
DC Sol Campbell
DC Dejan Stefanovic
MR Paul Merson
ML Patrik Berger
MC Gary O'Neil
MC Robert Prosinecki
FC Aiyegbeni Yakubu
FC Svetoslav Todorov

Subs:

John Aloisi
Dave Beasant
Scott Hiley
Nwankwo Kanu
Teddy Sheringham

 

[steds]

FC Svetoslav Todorov

Done bugger all for Wigan.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Done bugger all for Wigan.

Only just started his first game, hasn't he? Give him a chance.

Without his 26 goals in promotion season, we wouldn't be where we are now.

 

[aussie]

& I've left out Bergkamp!

Really, maybe its because you been watching football for so long, but along with Henry, Adams and Vieira. Bergkamp is one of the best if not the best gunners player i've seen.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Really, maybe its because you been watching football for so long, but along with Henry, Adams and Vieira. Bergkamp is one of the best if not the best gunners player i've seen.

I just couldn't bring myself to leave out Alan Smith. When we won the title in 89 & 91 it was his goals that were largely responsible. Boyhood hero.

 

[GIMH]

I'd have Bergkamp in a dream team of mine tbh, somewhat shocked he never even made the bench, but fair play to ya.

Also disappointed you left out Bould and Winterburn, thought any Gunner would put the ol' back four in there!!

 

[Tomm NCCC]

1998 Forest Onwards

GK - Mark Crossley

RB - Julian Bennet
CB - Micheal Dawson
CB - John Terry (One-month loan deal)
LB - Matthieu Louis-Jean

RM - Andy Reid
CM - Steve Stone
CM - Jermaine Jenas
LM - Kris Commons

RF - Van Hooijdonk
LF - Nathan Tyson.

 

[GIMH]

Alan Rogers?
Ian Moore?
Gareth Taylor?

 

[steds]

RB - Julian Bennet

It's Bennett ffs. I hate people who cut off an "n" or a "t"

 

[Tom Halsey]

'95 United - '06 United;

GK - Schmeichel

LB - Irwin
RB - Neville
CB - Bruce
CB - Stam

RM - Beckham
LM - Giggs
DMC - Keane
AMC - Scholes

FW - van Nistelrooy
FW - Cantona

Bench:
van der Saar
Parker
Pallister
Yorke
Sharpe

I have, in all probability, forgotten someone exceedingly obvious.

 

[Matteh]

Is that Phil Neville at LB?

 

[Tom Halsey]

Is that Phil Neville at LB?

Nah, got RB and LB wrong way round. Irwin = LB, Gary Neville = RB.