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PM'd Stobzilla. paceme forgot to PM me.
slready pickled by meLilian Thuram
Fergus'son: 1. Beckenbauer 2. Eusebio 3. Didi 4. Krol 5. Zanetti
DanNistelrooy: Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Ronaldinho 3. Nesta, 4. Gascoigne 5. Makelele
KM: 1. Messi 2. Scirea 3. Bozsik, 4. Sammer 5. Nedved
Thisistheone: 1. Maradona 2. B.Charlton 3. Eto'o, 4. Cannavaro 5. Coluna
NM: 1. Pele 2. Neeskens 3. Passarella 4. Boniek 5. Thuram
Cutch: 1. Best 2. Van Basten 3. Robson 4. R Baggio 5. Charles
Brwned: 1. Di Stéfano 2. Keane 3. Falcão 4. Giggs 5. Matthews
MJJ: 1. Duncan Edwards 2. Garrincha 3. Muller 4. Luis Suárez 5. Meazza
JakeC: 1. Ronaldo 2. Maldini 3. Deschamps 4. Gento 5. Stam
mightberight: 1. Ferenc Puskas 2. Stoichkov 3. Breitner 4. Jairzinho 5. Bergomi
EDogen: 1. Cruyff 2. Moore 3. Redondo 4. Figo 5. Romario
Gio: 1. Platini 2. Xavi 3. Rivaldo 4. Kohler 5. Davids
Antohan: 1. Laudrup 2. Rijkaard 3. Iniesta 4. Facchetti 5. Henry
Stobzilla: 1. Zidane 2. Yashin (Russia) 3. Scholes 4. Souness 5. Savicevic
Isotope: 1. Zico 2. L. Matthäus 3. Santamaríá 4. Hansen 5. Hagi 6. Thuram
paceme: 1. Figueroa 2. Baresi 3. Voronin 4. Masopust 5. Batistuta 6. Gullit
Been gone for ages IsoLilian Thuram
Fergus'son: 1. Beckenbauer 2. Eusebio 3. Didi 4. Krol 5. Zanetti
DanNistelrooy: Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Ronaldinho 3. Nesta, 4. Gascoigne 5. Makelele
KM: 1. Messi 2. Scirea 3. Bozsik, 4. Sammer 5. Nedved
Thisistheone: 1. Maradona 2. B.Charlton 3. Eto'o, 4. Cannavaro 5. Coluna
NM: 1. Pele 2. Neeskens 3. Passarella 4. Boniek 5. Thuram
Cutch: 1. Best 2. Van Basten 3. Robson 4. R Baggio 5. Charles
Brwned: 1. Di Stéfano 2. Keane 3. Falcão 4. Giggs 5. Matthews
MJJ: 1. Duncan Edwards 2. Garrincha 3. Muller 4. Luis Suárez 5. Meazza
JakeC: 1. Ronaldo 2. Maldini 3. Deschamps 4. Gento 5. Stam
mightberight: 1. Ferenc Puskas 2. Stoichkov 3. Breitner 4. Jairzinho 5. Bergomi
EDogen: 1. Cruyff 2. Moore 3. Redondo 4. Figo 5. Romario
Gio: 1. Platini 2. Xavi 3. Rivaldo 4. Kohler 5. Davids
Antohan: 1. Laudrup 2. Rijkaard 3. Iniesta 4. Facchetti 5. Henry
Stobzilla: 1. Zidane 2. Yashin (Russia) 3. Scholes 4. Souness 5. Savicevic
Isotope: 1. Zico 2. L. Matthäus 3. Santamaríá 4. Hansen 5. Hagi 6. Thuram
paceme: 1. Figueroa 2. Baresi 3. Voronin 4. Masopust 5. Batistuta 6. Gullit
person after you hasn't picked, and Brwned did it too so I think its fair game.As everyone is sleeping, can I change my pick?
Did want him but unsure how he would have complemented Passarella.Continuing the trend of excellent ball players in the team, we take Rio Ferdinand.
Fergus'son: 1. Beckenbauer 2. Eusebio 3. Didi 4. Krol 5. Zanetti
DanNistelrooy: Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Ronaldinho 3. Nesta, 4. Gascoigne 5. Makelele
KM: 1. Messi 2. Scirea 3. Bozsik, 4. Sammer 5. Nedved
Thisistheone: 1. Maradona 2. B.Charlton 3. Eto'o, 4. Cannavaro 5. Coluna
NM: 1. Pele 2. Neeskens 3. Passarella 4. Boniek 5. Thuram
Cutch: 1. Best 2. Van Basten 3. Robson 4. R Baggio 5. Charles
Brwned: 1. Di Stéfano 2. Keane 3. Falcão 4. Giggs 5. Matthews
MJJ: 1. Duncan Edwards 2. Garrincha 3. Muller 4. Luis Suárez 5. Meazza
JakeC: 1. Ronaldo 2. Maldini 3. Deschamps 4. Gento 5. Stam
mightberight: 1. Ferenc Puskas 2. Stoichkov 3. Breitner 4. Jairzinho 5. Bergomi
EDogen: 1. Cruyff 2. Moore 3. Redondo 4. Figo 5. Romario
Gio: 1. Platini 2. Xavi 3. Rivaldo 4. Kohler 5. Davids
Antohan: 1. Laudrup 2. Rijkaard 3. Iniesta 4. Facchetti 5. Henry 6. R. Ferdinand
Stobzilla: 1. Zidane 2. Yashin (Russia) 3. Scholes 4. Souness 5. Savicevic 6. Cafu
Isotope: 1. Zico 2. L. Matthäus 3. Santamaríá 4. Hansen 5. Hagi 6. Finney
paceme: 1. Figueroa 2. Baresi 3. Voronin 4. Masopust 5. Batistuta 6. Gullit
I wouldn't have Deschamps in an all time XI at all, let alone as 3rd pick. The rest of your team looks pretty good though.Deschamps was one of the most consistent players of all time, and has marked some of the greatest players in the world out of it, was decent on the ball too.
Batistuta and Ruud Gullit!
Slightly surprised they lasted so long. I'm going for pure power!
Two of my all time favourites, especially Gullit. A drawback in getting Neeskens for me was that we couldn't get him, though in truth there is much better complimentary partners for Pele out there.
I know who you mean and I think he will go soon. I wouldn't be able to fit him in my team with Diego and Bobby around.continuing on my question regarding picks from the 30s, I am very surprised that a certain player hasn't been picked especially considering his nationality. But then I guess there is no way of knowing how good he was other than for reading
Bollocks! I picked Giggs and posted Giggs' picture - I was always picking him. It was just a mixup on my part. Put Giggs into the player list at the start of my post, then changed my mind to Rio, then changed it back to Giggs and just forgot to edit the player list. I didn't change my pick after it was made at all and I don't think anyone should be allowed to.person after you hasn't picked, and Brwned did it too so I think its fair game.
I hope I can land some good full backs yes, this last rounds are interesting!Same formation that I'm going for EDogen. You're looking good to be honest. Full backs will be key to us.
Figo was great to get yes, last portuguese player that I really wanted.Yup, looking great. We were gutted to miss out on Figo.
Who cares when he's got stories like this backing him up!As for Varela... aware that he's one of his countries best ever but I'm always a bit weary of picking Uruguayan's because of the standard of competition they faced, or lack of, when they won their World Cups. How good were they really?
I might like mightberight's team the best. There's an understated brilliance and cohesiveness there.Going into the last match in the final four-team pool needing only a draw against the Uruguayans, the Brazilians were supremely confident of fulfilling their dream. Even their opponents were fearful of what might happen, so much so in fact that members of the national FA purportedly asked the team to do what they could to avoid losing by six goals. “Four is acceptable,” they are believed to have said.
Refusing to accept the match was a foregone conclusion, Varela told his team-mates to forget what they had heard and to focus their efforts on winning the game. Lining up in the tunnel, waiting to step out in front of a capacity 170,000 crowd, the captain had one last message for his team-mates.
“Put all those people out of your minds, don’t look up,” he urged them. “The game is played down on the pitch and if we win, nothing’s going to happen, just as it’s never happened before. Those people don’t count.”
The skipper’s motivational words seemed to do the trick, with Uruguay holding the hosts in a goalless first half. Yet, two minutes after the restart, Friaca put the favourites ahead and seemingly on course to the victory everyone expected - everyone except Varela that is.
“When they scored, Varela ran 30 yards to get hold of the ball and argue with the referee about a non-existent offside,” recalled the late Roque Maspoli, Uruguay’s goalkeeper on that unforgettable afternoon.
Years later, in one of his infrequent interviews, the vociferous Varela explained the reasons behind his outburst: “I knew they would go on and thrash us if we didn’t cool the game down. All I wanted to do was delay the restart.
"I took the discussion as far as it would go, to the point that they had to get an interpreter so I could talk to the referee. The stadium fell silent and that’s when I knew we could win the game.”
What followed went exactly as the cunning Varela had planned. With Uruguay suddenly growing in confidence, the skipper took control of the midfield and Juan Schiaffino and Alcides Ghiggia scored late goals to turn the game around and silence the masses. Against all the odds, La Celeste had won their second world title.
well you could still classify him as a centre-forward, but he would be difficult to fit, since if I remember correctly he played like a creator. however, he wouldn't be a bad choice to lead the line.I know who you mean and I think he will go soon. I wouldn't be able to fit him in my team with Diego and Bobby around.
I'm curious so I'll pm you who I thought you meant.well you could still classify him as a centre-forward, but he would be difficult to fit, since if I remember correctly he played like a creator. however, he wouldn't be a bad choice to lead the line.
however i am not sure we are talking about the same guy
Gullit fits into that midfield nicely indeed, absolutely a key part of Milan's defensive setup because of his all-round game and intelligent pressing high up and he'll do the same here. You'll need some great wingers to take advantage of that combined aerial threat though! Where do you go next, get the wingers in or leave yourself short at fullback so Giggs and Matthews can tear you apart while Baresi and Figueroa are helpless...------------------keeper--------
Fullback---Baresi-----Figueroa---fullback
WM--------Voronin---Mosopust--WM
------------------Gullit---------------
---------------Batistuta--------------
That's going to be hard to break down.
replied to PM. you were rightI'm curious so I'll pm you who I thought you meant.
Loads of versatility and great combination play there. Some even say Finney was the better player than Matthews although I suspect that has more to do with Finney having the wider range of skills than him being a more dangerous player. Looks great.So, opinion on my attacking trio: Hagi - Zico - Finney?
Goes much, much further.Great story. mightberight would be wise to include that in his team notes if possible. Voters need all the insight they can get when it comes to the older players.
It's pretty obvious reallyreplied to PM. you were right