Make a team of your favourite players ever

[Unlikely lad]

Schmeichel
Cafu - Vidic - Maldini - R. Carlos
Scholes - Xavi
Cruyff
Ronaldo - Cantona - Ronaldinho

 

[AFC NimbleThumb]

Király

Thuram - Keane - Rio

Beckham - Pogba

Rooney

Quaresma - Ronaldinho - Lavezzi

Sir Andrew Cole

I’m sure I’ll think of someone else after I press the ‘Post Reply’ button. Found the 3rd defender abit of a struggle so Keano goes back there We’re conceding 4 a game minimum.

 

[tentan]

-----------------Van der Sar
Cafu------Ferdinand-----Maldini-----R.Carlos
----------------------Xavi-----Iniesta--------------------
C.Ronaldo-----------------------------Ronaldinho-
--------------Messi---------Ronaldo---------------------

 

[GueRed]

non united

-------------------------Zenga----------------------
Lahm------Aldair------Samuel-------Maldini
-------------Gascoigne----Davids-------------
------------Anderton--------Baggio-------------
-----------Ronaldo---------Batistuta----------

 

[Red Devil 26]

Schmeichel
Zanetti - Rio - Nesta - Evra
Verratti
Gattuso - Scholes
Rivaldo
Batistuta - Ronaldo (R9)

Non Utd = Pagliuca for Schmikes, Ayala for Rio, Maldini for Evra and Iniesta for Scholes.

 

[MayosNoun]

Cult hero team or just players I loved watching. I loved Football Italia so a lot of these will be Chelsea or Serie A.

———————-— Pagliuca———————

Petrescu. Colin Hendry. LeBoeuf. Carlos

————Nedved - Wise - Hagi —————

———Recoba —-— R9 ———- Baggio

 

[kafta]

Buffon
Zambrotta Ferdinand Nesta Maldini
Keane
Scholes Iniesta
Totti
R9 Baggio​

 

[SirReginald]

———————Cech———————
Neville—Cannavaro-Terry—Cole
———————Keane————————
Iniesta——Zidane——Viera———
—————Costa——Drogba————

Manager: Mourinho

Theres enough s***housery in here to get the opposition seeing red.

(Not a collection of my all time favourites per se BUT I’d enjoy the carnage that would ensue more than the game.)

 

[Lay]

Király

Thuram - Keane - Rio

Beckham - Pogba

Rooney

Quaresma - Ronaldinho - Lavezzi

Sir Andrew Cole

I’m sure I’ll think of someone else after I press the ‘Post Reply’ button. Found the 3rd defender abit of a struggle so Keano goes back there We’re conceding 4 a game minimum.

I forgot Quaresma! An utter joy to watch. Out of all the players I’ve seen live, watching him was the best experience. A typical YouTube player perhaps but who cares, wonderful skill.

 

[Canagel]

Buffon
Alves Thiago Silva Nesta R.Carlos
Vieira
Zidane Neymar
Adriano R9 Ronaldinho

 

[Rhyme Animal]

———————VDS——————
Lahm——Rio——Hansen——Maldini
—Robson—Scholes—Zidane—
Maradona—Bergkamp—Messi

 

[Avero]

—————————— Van der Sar ———————
—— Lahm —— Varane ——— Vidic —— R.Carlos
——————————— Vieira ————————
———————— Zidane —— Scholes ———
——— Ronaldo ——— Rooney ——— Henry ——

 

[La Pulga]

Buffon
Alves Rio Nesta Maldini
Lampard Iniesta
Messi Rooney Ronaldinho
Ronaldo "R9"

 

[crappycraperson]

-----------------------RVN----------------------
C.Ronaldo -----------------------------------
----------------------Messi --------------------
----------------------------------------Becks---
------------Keane-----DeRossi-------------
Evra--------Vidic-----Stam-----Thuram
-------------------De Gea-----------------------

 

[PSV]

Hard to do an 11, but here we go:

------------------van der Sar----------------
---------Stam - Vidic - Maldini---------
---Zanetti - Keane - Pirlo - Park----
-----------Zidane - Ronaldinho--------
-------------------Ronaldo-------------------

 

[a_devil_inside]

Keeping it non Man Utd.
Not sure if the lineup works but trying to get 11 players in

Van Der Sar (Loved him in his Ajax days), quite liked Paul Robinson too.

Paolo Maldini
Sol Campbell
Ashley Cole

Michael Essien
Clarence Seedorf
Edgar Davids
Ibrahim Ba (used to watch Football Italia and always liked watching him and his bright hair).

Gabriel Batistuta
Ronaldo
David Villa or Fernando Morientes or Fernando Torres (Can’t choose which one)

 

[ThinkTank@Cafe]

————————VdS————————
Cafu——Rio———Vidic——R. Carlos
————————-Carrick———————
———-Keane—————Lampard—-
Nedved————-R9———CR7

 

[OleGunnar20]

Buffon
Rafael - Ferdinand - Vidic - Heinze
Robson - Keane
T.Francis (Dad's a brummie) - Messi - Giggs
Rvn

 

[Handré1990]

Edwin van der Sar

Cafu
Stam
Ferdinand
Marcelo

Keane
Scholes

Beckham
Cantona
Ronaldinho

L. Ronaldo

 

[DatIrishFella]

GK - Carlos Kameni
RB - Maicon
CB - Lillian Thuram
CB - Alessandro Nesta
LB - Paulo Maldini

CDM - Roy Keane
CAM - Ronaldinho
CAM - Zinedine Zidane

RW - Lionel Messi
ST - Ronaldo Nazario
LW - Cristiano Ronaldo

Not exactly balanced but whatevs.

 

[Rhyme Animal]

———————VDS——————
Lahm——Rio——Hansen——Maldini
—Robson—Scholes—Zidane—
Maradona—Bergkamp—Messi

Am I the only person in the entire thread that picked Maradona…!?

 

[RacingClub]

Schmeichel

Cafu Stam VVD Maldini

Xavi Busquets

Messi Maradona Iniesta

Ronaldo (R9)

 

[Grylte]

——————-Big Dane———————-
Cafu - Ronny Johnsen - Vidic - Evra
———————-Scholes———————
———Erik Mykland—Anderson———
Cantona-Daniel Nannskog-Ronaldinho

Daniel Nannskog is an interesting pick, but he was amazing in the Norwegian league, for sure!
I was thinking about how my team would look, and i just couldn't squeeze Mykland in.

 

[RedRonaldo]

Schmeichel
Cafu - Nesta - Stam - Maldini
Beckham Keane Scholes
Messi Cantona Ronaldo

Honourable mention: Maradona, Batistuta, Baggio, Henry, Zidane, Ronaldinho, Riquelme, Giggs, Hughes, Rio, Vidic, Evra, VDS
​

Mostly Man Utd player really, because Man Utd is my only favourite team all these years.

My favourite player at different era: Cantona-Beckham-Ronaldo.

But I always personally like Maldini and Nesta more than any other defenders, maybe because Italian defenders are alway classy/stylish/reliable/unbeatable during that period. As for Cafu, really hard for me to pick Neville over him, he boss the whole right flank like no one else I've ever seen.

Messi is self-explainable. Even though I am biggest fan of Ronaldo and hate to see Messi being more successful than him at times, I am also biggest fan of Ronaldo-Messi rivalry too. You just can't overlook Messi despite which side you are on. He has to be there, if you are a fan of football.

Some honourable mention:
- Maradona, Batistuta, Baggio were my favourite international player during my childhood.
- I also admire Henry, although I shouldn't, but when playing playstation football with my friends, he was my favourite player there.
- Zidane and Ronaldinho define the era I like too, I used to like watching their footage demonstrating their amazing skills/technique
- I have a strange admiration on Riquelme, his peak was short, but he was the type of midfielder which amazed me most, when the whole team is build around him, and everything is playing through him
- Hughes was my first hero in football, when I was just a kid.
- Giggs, Rio, Vidic, Evra, VDS are all self-explanatory, if you are United fans.

 

[tenpoless]

Lindegaard
O'Shea Smalling Jones Buttner
Gibson Cleverley
Bebe Kagawa Richardson
A.Smith​

 

[That_Bloke]

------------------------Neuer-------------------------------
Zanetti------Baresi----------Maldini------P. Lahm
-------------------Beckenbauer------------------------ (pretty sure he'd have played there nowadays. Otherwise Makélélé)
----------------Iniesta-------------Xavi-----------------
Messi------------Maradona---------Ronaldinho

Hard to play with front three in this day and age as they literally have to be carried by the rest of the team, defensively. Think that the back line and the midfield would make up for it.

 

[RikRuud]

------------------------------Toldo
-Cafu-----Ferdinand-----Stam-----Evra
----------------Ruben Baraja-----Scholes
----------------------------Rui Costa
--------Joaquin--------------------------Recoba
-------------------------------Raul

 

[norm87cro]

Big Pete
Dario Srna Vidic Bruce Irwin
Scholes Keane Lampard
Wazza Drogba Best

 

[Rob]

Schmeichel
TAA VVD Desailly Carlos
Xavi
Laudrup Iniesta
Messi R9 Ronaldinho

 

[D. Grayson]

——————P. Schmeichel——————

Srna-Ferdinand-Vidic-Irwin

——————Carrick———————

———Scholes—Bastian————

T. Müller—————RVP————Rooney

 

[BootsyCollins]

Daniel Nannskog is an interesting pick, but he was amazing in the Norwegian league, for sure!
I was thinking about how my team would look, and i just couldn't squeeze Mykland in.

Daniel was a favorite when i went to matches regulary. I idolized him, and have had the chance to meet him a couple of times later via some mutual friends. Great guy.

Myggen is just Myggen. Him and Cantona was the first two i thought of when i saw this thread.

 

[Mac1997]

Schmeichel

Cafu --- Bruce --- Stam --- Irwin

-- Keane -- Robson --

Kanchelskis ---------- Cantona ---------- Whiteside ---------- C. Ronaldo​

 

[Remember the geese]

Schmeichel, Carlos, Nesta, Cannavaro, Cafu, Keane, Scholes, Pogba, Ronaldinho, Henry, Messi.

 

[The Urban Goose]

4-3-1-2


Buffon

Cafu
Nesta
Rio
Paolo Maldini

Roy
Edgar Davids
Scholes

Roberto Baggio

Batistuta
Ronaldo (the original)


Bench: Schmeichal, Stam, Stuart Pearce, Rui Costa, Figo, Cantona, Cristian Vieri

Commentator: Peter Brackley

Gelato correspondent: James Richardson

 

[marktan]

VDS
Rafael - Van Djik - Ramos - A. Cole
Kante/Viera - Zizou - Scholesy
Nani - Wazza/Tevez - Maradonna

Close shouts:
R9
CR7
Mane
Rio

 

[The Brown Bull]

United .
Schmeichel
Parker
McGrath
Vidic
Irwin
Kanchelskis
Charlton
Keane
Best
Eric
Law.
Bench.
Van der Saar
G.Neville
Buchan
Robson
Scholes
CR7.

Non United.

Buffon
Carlos Alberto
Baresi
Blanc
Breitner
Rep
Socrates
Falcao ( Brazil 82)
Maradona
Cryuff
Pele

 

[Njord]

Kahn
Dani Alves - Ferdinand - Vidic - Marcelo
Zidane - Scholes - Iniesta
Messi - C. Ronaldo - Ronaldinho​

 

[That_Bloke]

Am I the only person in the entire thread that picked Maradona…!?

Nope.

 

[Chekov]

-----------------------------Chilavert--------------------------------
Zanetti-----------Franco Baresi---Nesta------------Maldini
------------------Maradona--Vieira-----------------------------
------------Messi-------Baggio-------Rivaldo----------------
---------------------------Ronaldo(brazilian)--------------------


Honorable mentions/bench/squad-players:

Thuram, Ibrahimovic, Bergkamp, Riquelme, Mathäus, Cambiasso, Walter Samuel, Maicon, Eto'o, Milito, Roberto Carlos, Beckenbauer, Milan Skriniar, Barella

 

[hasanejaz88]

Neuer
Lahm Vidic Boateng Irwin
Schweisteiger Scholes
Ballack
Ozil Klose Giggs