This was fun to do, So many options. Your squad has to have players from 11 different leagues and you are only allowed one player per nationality.
My attempt
My attempt
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) was joined by comedian Ali Woods to look back at the best and worst moments of a rollercoaster season with the annual United Hour Awards.
Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
Is it players based on their form in that league?
It can be, i was trying that at first but its tough
Dzajic SRB Shevchenko UKR/UKR Messi ARG/LL
Charlton ENG
Voronin USSR Matthäus GER/BL
Krol NED Baresi ITA Figueroa CHI/URU C. Alberto BRA
Preud'homme BEL
Charlton ENG
Voronin USSR Matthäus GER/BL
Krol NED Baresi ITA Figueroa CHI/URU C. Alberto BRA
Preud'homme BEL
Subs: Eusebio POR (obviously a better player than Sheva but I like how Sheva gets the best of Messi/Dzajic); a free pick from a French/L1 pool; couple of others, obviously.
edit: League form, obviously.
Lovely teams so far! Puskás should also be a shoe-in for this criteria, IMO, considering he qualifies for Hungary and Honvéd at national team and club level, respectively — starting him over say Ronaldo or Romário gives you the option of selecting Pelé (Santos), peak Ajax Cruyff, Rijkaard in the Eredivisie — or perhaps Di Stéfano at Madrid. Platini for Ligue 1 with Nancy and Saint-Étienne also stands out — not quite peak back-to-back-to-back Ballon D'Or version but still extremely good (twice on the Ballon D'Or podium). 
Would probably go with this, after giving the concept a moment's thought — not the most keenly balanced setup, perhaps, but I just couldn't resist the temptation to assemble that Front-4:
Puskás (Honvéd)
Best (United)
Pelé (Santos)
Messi (Barcelona)
Masopust (Dukla Prague)
Rijkaard (Ajax)
Maldini (Milan)
Beckenbauer (Bayern)
Figueroa (Peñarol)
Amoros (Monaco)
Yashin (Dynamo Moscow)
Would probably go with this, after giving the concept a moment's thought — not the most keenly balanced setup, perhaps, but I just couldn't resist the temptation to assemble that Front-4:
And we have a winner.Lovely teams so far! Puskás should also be a shoe-in for this criteria, IMO, considering he qualifies for Hungary and Honvéd at national team and club level, respectively — starting him over say Ronaldo or Romário gives you the option of selecting Pelé (Santos), peak Ajax Cruyff, Rijkaard in the Eredivisie — or perhaps Di Stéfano at Madrid. Platini for Ligue 1 with Nancy and Saint-Étienne also stands out — not quite peak back-to-back-to-back Ballon D'Or version but still extremely good (twice on the Ballon D'Or podium).
Would probably go with this, after giving the concept a moment's thought — not the most keenly balanced setup, perhaps, but I just couldn't resist the temptation to assemble that Front-4:
Puskás (Honvéd)
Best (United)Pelé (Santos)Messi (Barcelona)
Masopust (Dukla Prague)Rijkaard (Ajax)
Maldini (Milan)Beckenbauer (Bayern)Figueroa (Peñarol)Amoros (Monaco)
Yashin (Dynamo Moscow)
The Beckenbauer-Figueroa overlap aside, that's an excellent team.
with slight alterations mine looks like @Invictus as well.
Eusebio (Benfica)
Best (United)
Pelé (Santos)
Messi (Barcelona)
Rijkaard (Ajax)
Xavi (Spain)
Maldini (Milan)
Beckenbauer (Bayern)
Figueroa (Peñarol)
Amoros (Monaco)
Dasayev (Spartak Moscow)
Dasayev is purely for personal preference and Eusebio IMO would be a better fit with his pace up front.
Dasayev is purely for personal preference and Eusebio IMO would be a better fit with his pace up front.
Kocsis (Honved)
Ronaldo (United) Pelé (Santos) Messi (Barcelona)
Rijkaard (Ajax) Ocwirk (Austria Wien)
Brehme (Bayern) Baresi (Milan) Figueroa (Peñarol) Thuram (Monaco)
Yashin (Dynamo Moscow)
Ronaldo (United) Pelé (Santos) Messi (Barcelona)
Rijkaard (Ajax) Ocwirk (Austria Wien)
Brehme (Bayern) Baresi (Milan) Figueroa (Peñarol) Thuram (Monaco)
Yashin (Dynamo Moscow)
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You liked Xavi‘s performances at al-Sadd Sport Club then?with slight alterations mine looks like @Invictus as well.
Eusebio (Benfica)
Best (United)Pelé (Santos)Messi (Barcelona)
Rijkaard (Ajax)Xavi (Spain)
Maldini (Milan)Beckenbauer (Bayern)Figueroa (Peñarol)Amoros (Monaco)
Dasayev (Spartak Moscow)
Dasayev is purely for personal preference and Eusebio IMO would be a better fit with his pace up front.
Genius using the Saudi leaguewith slight alterations mine looks like @Invictus as well.
Eusebio (Benfica)
Best (United)Pelé (Santos)Messi (Barcelona)
Rijkaard (Ajax)Xavi (Spain)
Maldini (Milan)Beckenbauer (Bayern)Figueroa (Peñarol)Amoros (Monaco)
Dasayev (Spartak Moscow)
Dasayev is purely for personal preference and Eusebio IMO would be a better fit with his pace up front.
Can't match these 4-2-3-1s, but a more vintage 4-2-4 for consideration:
Dzajic (Zvezda) - Puskas (Honved) - Kocsis (Zurich) - Messi (Barcelona)
Rijkaard (Ajax) - Matthaus (Bayern)
Maldini (Milan) - Moore (West Ham) - Figueroa (Penarol) - Carlos Alberto (Santos)
Yashin (Spartak)
Rijkaard (Ajax) - Matthaus (Bayern)
Maldini (Milan) - Moore (West Ham) - Figueroa (Penarol) - Carlos Alberto (Santos)
Yashin (Spartak)
Not to blame you — who cares about the Russian league, really, but it's a bit as if I said Jimmy Johnstone (Rangers)
He played for Dynamo Moscow. Dasayev played for Spartak — that's probably why it was on your mind.
TBH I skimmed through the thread a bit and saw Cruyff from the NASL so went with the almost version of league peaksYou liked Xavi‘s performances at al-Sadd Sport Club then?
Well yes, but let's not beat about the bush - that was unforgivable.Not to blame you — who cares about the Russian league, really, but it's a bit if like said Jimmy Johnstone (Rangers)
He played for Dynamo Moscow. Dasayev played for Spartak — that's probably why it was on your mind.
One draft title stripped per harms.Well yes, but let's not beat about the bush - that was unforgivable.
put together a la maquina version.
only allowed one player per nationality
My team with the league being based on the league they spent the most time of their career in and the nationality being based on the first country they played international football for would be as follows playing a 1970's Dutch and Ajax inspired Total Football System ould be as follows (1st country in brackets is the first national team they played for while the 2nd country is the country they played in for the most time during their career):
GK: Lev Yashin (USSR/ USSR)
RB: Jose Leandro Andrade (Uruguay/ Uruguay)
CB: Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany/ West Germany)
CB: Elias Figueroa (Chile/ Chile)
LB: Paolo Maldini (Italy/ Italy)
DM: Marcel Desailly (France/ France)
CM: Jozsef Bozsik (Hungary/ Hungary)
CM: Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia/ Czechoslovakia)
SS: Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/ Netherlands)
RWF: Lionel Messi (Argentina/ Spain)
LWF: Pele (Brazil/ Brazil)
GK: Lev Yashin (USSR/ USSR)
RB: Jose Leandro Andrade (Uruguay/ Uruguay)
CB: Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany/ West Germany)
CB: Elias Figueroa (Chile/ Chile)
LB: Paolo Maldini (Italy/ Italy)
DM: Marcel Desailly (France/ France)
CM: Jozsef Bozsik (Hungary/ Hungary)
CM: Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia/ Czechoslovakia)
SS: Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/ Netherlands)
RWF: Lionel Messi (Argentina/ Spain)
LWF: Pele (Brazil/ Brazil)
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