If you could assemble an All Star XI........

Xavi6

.......who would be in it?

It's the second last work day of the year and I'm bored off my tits so thought this might pass an hour or so. As it turned out I had a team picked in about 5 minutes. Leaving aside all bias etc I've gone for -

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Casillas

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Puyol

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Vidic

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Carvalho

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Evra

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Essien

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Xavi

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Kaka

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Messi

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Robinho

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Torres

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mormank

lol at a world 11 without the best player in the world...

mine would be

Buffon


Boswinga Ferdinand Carragher Evra


Messi Xavi Mascherano Ronaldo

Gerrard

Torres

as you can see ive gone for a balanced team as opposed to simply the best 11 players. think my team would kick your teams behind!!

bohsman

lol at Robihno, Carragher, Boswinga, Mascherano and Gerrard being there tbh.

I like Xavis team but obviously Ronaldo for Robihno, not sure about Puyol at right back and theres not much between Villa, Torres and Etoo up front.

Xavi6

mormank wrote: »

lol at a world 11 without the best player in the world...

mine would be

Buffon


Boswinga Ferdinand Carragher Evra


Messi Xavi Mascherano Ronaldo

Gerrard

Torres

as you can see ive gone for a balanced team as opposed to simply the best 11 players. think my team would kick your teams behind!!

Carragher, Mascherano and Gerrard??? I said WITHOUT bias!

I realise the exclusion of Ronaldo is controversial but I just love watching Robinho. It was between them two for the spot though.

bigstar

whatever happened to the good old fashioned 4-4-2

iregk

mormank wrote: »

lol at a world 11 without the best player in the world...

mine would be

Buffon


Boswinga Ferdinand Carragher Evra


Messi Xavi Mascherano Ronaldo

Gerrard

Torres

as you can see ive gone for a balanced team as opposed to simply the best 11 players. think my team would kick your teams behind!!

Hahaha thats hillarious! Carragher, Mashcherano, Gerrard, Boswinga!!!!

Loco

Campos
Cafu Maldini Vidic R.Carlos
Keane
Messi Kaka Ronaldo
Nistelrooy Ronaldo

whatawaster

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Casillas

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Lahm

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Ferdinand

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Carvalho

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Evra

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Xavi

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Fabregas

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Messi

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Gerrard

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Ribery

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Torres

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No Ronaldo on principle.

Vokes

bigstar wrote: »

whatever happened to the good old fashioned 4-4-2

Its become more of a relic of the 80s / 90s.

4-2-3-1 beats it most times these days and thats whats winning leagues / cups.

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Cech

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Anyukov - Ferdinand - Carvahlo - Evra

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Cambiasso - Xavi

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Ronaldo

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Gerrard

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Robben

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Ibra

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whatawaster

iregk wrote: »

Hahaha thats hillarious! Carragher, Mashcherano, Gerrard, Boswinga!!!!

only carragher definitely shouldn't be there, great player though he is.
Mascherano, if one is playing with a holding midfielder, is the best in the business at what he does.
Gerrard is just Gerrard. Fantastic player, has absolutely everything, not sure what's funny about his inclusion.
And while i don't particularly like Bosingwa i don't think there is an abundance of great right backs.

ShooterSF

Loco wrote: »

Campos
Cafu Maldini Vidic R.Carlos
Keane
Messi Kaka Ronaldo
Nistelrooy Ronaldo

Aww. That brought a wry smile to my face. I used to idolise Campos as a kid (being a short assed keeper with questionable fashion sense)

Assuming it's current players:

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Buffon

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Alves

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Vidic

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Cannavaro

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Evra
Ronaldo

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Gattuso

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Deco

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Messi

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Raul

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Torres

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Bench: (cause I feel bad to leave some out)
Cassilas, Carvalho, Puyol, Scholes, Fabregas, Drogba, Eto

Edit Oops forgot Kaka yikes.

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Casillas

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Bosingwa

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Rio

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Puyol

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Evra

Messi--Essien--Scholes--Xavi--Ronaldo

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Torres

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redout

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Buffon


Zambrotta

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Nesta

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Vidic

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Evra


Messi

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Gattuso

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Xavi

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Ronaldo

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Torres----Villa

L'prof

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Casillas

Sagna Vidic Carvahlo Clichy

Messi Fabregas Xavi Sneijder/Kaka

---Ronaldo

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Torres

Sherifu

My current FF Champions League set up I suppose:

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Rensing

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Bosingwa ---Carragher----Panucci----O'Shea

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Xavi Hernández---Gerrard

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Ribéry

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Messi

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Benzema

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Drogba

Too lazy to think of another team just now

Bubs101

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Buffon

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Alves----Vidic

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Carvalho----Maicon

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Xavi

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Ronaldo

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Messi

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Ribery

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---Del Piero

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Ibra

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eZe^

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Casillas

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--Alves

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Nesta

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Chiellini

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Maicon--

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Xavi

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De Rossi

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Messi

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Ribery----

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Ibrahimovic

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Eto'o

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Think it's got alot of chemistry and a good blend of attack defense. I picked Nesta on past form tbh, but on his day he's the best CB in the world.

event

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Casillas

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Alves

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Ferdinand----Nesta

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Clichy

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Xavi

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Essien

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-Ronaldo

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Kaka

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Messi

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Drogba

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Quint

Ok, here goes

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Buffon

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Evra

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Ferdinand

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Chiellini

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Clichy----

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Essien

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Fabregas

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Kaka

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Ronaldo-

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Messi

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Eto'o

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stovelid

Currently playing, right?

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Casillas

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--Boswinga

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Vidic

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Ferdinand---Evra

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Essien

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---Messi

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Xavi ----Sneijder ----Ronaldo

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Torres

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spiderdan

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Casillas

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Alves

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Vidic

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Carvalho

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Evra

Messi

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Kaka

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Senna

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Ronaldo

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Ibra

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Tores

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Good old fashioned 4-4-2

RB- not really too many choices IMO, Boswinga maybe? Maicon?
CB- Maybe Rio!
CMF- Went with Senna after Spains Euro's, offers more going forward then Mascherano, Essien is very good but nah! Senna for me
I know Kaka isn't playing well but what a player, he's still up there
UF- I think Ibra is still very underrated in terms of world best, the main reason behind Inters success IMO

eZe^

spiderdan wrote: »

the main reason behind Inters success IMO

Nah, that'd be the fall from grace of A.C and Juve. :pac::pac:

spiderdan

very true, but someone has to bang them in!

anonymous_joe

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Casillas

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Dani Alves

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Ferdinand

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Vidic

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Evra

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Essien

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Xavi/Iniesta (can't choose :P)---Fabregas

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Messi

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Ronaldo

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Ibra

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markesmith

Don't see an awful lot of international leagues, so heavily weighted towards EPL. 4-4-2 diamond, target man and fast striker partnership.

GK: Reina - so reliable, great shot stopper.
DR: Bacary Sagna - hate the Gooners, but gotta give it up for him.
DL: Maldini, if he's still playing. Intuitive understanding of the position (my favourite position, by the way).
DC: Cannavaro - dunno if he's still got "it", but he's the archetypal Italian libero.
DC: Ledley King - on his day (which is rare).
DM: Essien - the man's a beast.
MR: Ronaldo - no argument.
ML: Messi - from what I've seen of him.
AM: Gerrard - such an instrumental player for Liverpool.
ST: Berbatov - great target man, so skillful, and a top-class finisher.
ST:Agbonlahor - fast as bejaysus, good finisher, would work great with Berba.

Jugs82

Nice one - something to do before lunch

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Buffon

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Boswinga---Vidic---Ferdinand---Evra

Gerrard---Essien----Xavi

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Messi

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Kaka

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Torres

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ShooterSF

markesmith wrote: »

Don't see an awful lot of international leagues, so heavily weighted towards EPL. 4-4-2 diamond, target man and fast striker partnership.

In fairness I think most of us watch more EPL than anything else. Hard to pick players you dn't see often I guess. Though eZe^'s team has no EPL players so there are exceptions.

Mitch Connor

................Casilas

Alves..Ferdinand..Vidic..Evra

....Essien..Fabregas..Xavi

Ronaldo.....................Messi

.................Eto'o

markesmith

ShooterSF wrote: »

Though eZe^'s team has no EPL players so there are exceptions.

Ah, he's just trying to be different. I mean, who's even heard of Ibrahimovic? Does he even exist?

redout

markesmith wrote: »

Ah, he's just trying to be different. I mean, who's even heard of Ibrahimovic? Does he even exist?

I dont get this whole Ibrahimovic thing I really dont. He is a forward and his main job is to score goals yet he doesnt score a bucket load of them anywhere in his career. He is also 27 so he has a fair bit of experience at this stage. Honestly think he is overrated by some. There is far better better quality forward players Torres, Villa, Eto'o etc.

ShooterSF

markesmith wrote: »

Ah, he's just trying to be different. I mean, who's even heard of Ibrahimovic? Does he even exist?

I lol'd some of the names did look very made-uppy.:D

redout

redout wrote: »

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Buffon


Zambrotta

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Nesta

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Vidic

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Evra


Messi

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Gattuso

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Xavi

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Ronaldo

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Torres----Villa

I would have Totti, Fabregas, Eto'o, Chellini, Cech on the bench. It was quite hard not to put Totti in because he is my personal favourite player. Change the formation though and he could be easily put in. The guy's football brain should be studied and knowledge passed on to all aspiring players.:)

spiderdan

redout wrote: »

I dont get this whole Ibrahimovic thing I really dont. He is a forward and his main job is to score goals yet he doesnt score a bucket load of them anywhere in his career. He is also 27 so he has a fair bit of experience at this stage. Honestly think he is overrated by some. There is far better better quality forward players Torres, Villa, Eto'o etc.

35 in 74 for Ajax
23 in 70 for Juve
42 in 69 for Inter

20 in 56 for Sweden

Yeah I see your point- doesn't score much does he!! FFS!!!! Quality striker

Boggles

Jesus Puyol, FFS. :eek:

Xavi6

Boggles wrote: »

Jesus Puyol, FFS. :eek:

Hit me with a better right back who has good defensive qualities, i.e. not Alves or Bosingwa.

Boggles

I GuanYin wrote: »

Hit me with a better right back who has good defensive qualities, i.e. not Alves or Bosingwa.

Wes Brown.

Xavi6

Boggles wrote: »

Wes Brown.

I'm not biting

Boggles

I GuanYin wrote: »

I'm not biting

Never mind Wes Brown.

To be honest I would have Fúckíng Christy Brown in there before Puyol!

Headshot

Boggles wrote: »

To be honest I would have Fúckíng Christy Brown in there before Puyol!

1+

puyol shouldnt be any all star team tbh

redout

spiderdan wrote: »

35 in 74 for Ajax
23 in 70 for Juve
42 in 69 for Inter

20 in 56 for Sweden

Yeah I see your point- doesn't score much does he!! FFS!!!! Quality striker

But like I said better players out there. Villa and Eto'o have far more impressive goalscoring records than Ibrahimovic.

David Villa Valencia 114 apps 70 goals

Spain 41 apps 24 goals


Samuel Eto'o Barcelona 122 apps 93 goals

Cameroon 73 apps 36 goals

Xavi6

Boggles wrote: »

Never mind Wes Brown.

To be honest I would have Fúckíng Christy Brown in there before Puyol!

So, again, who would you have as a defensive right back?

redout

I GuanYin wrote: »

So, again, who would you have as a defensive right back?

Zambrotta is a world class full back. I have him at right back in my team.

Quint

Henry didn't make anyones team?
If we're talking about goals per game, Torres for spain is fairly woefull

Xavi6

redout wrote: »

Zambrotta was a world class full back. I have him at right back in my team.

FYP

2006 was his last good year to be fair. Back then he'd be in but not now.

Boggles

I GuanYin wrote: »

So, again, who would you have as a defensive right back?

Wes Brown, most appearances of any of the United defenders last season, which happened to be the best defense in Europe, that defensive enough for?

Attacking wise more assists and goals than Evra.

Puyol was part of a defense that conceded 43. Apart from that he predominately plays Centre back, but if you wish to add Brown to that, I refer you to the 2 Barcelona games last season where for me he was man of the match at the Nou Camp playing Centre Half.

Xavi6

I'm sorry but I'm just not having Wes Brown in an All Star team, rightly or wrongly.

Boggles

I GuanYin wrote: »

I'm sorry but I'm just not having Wes Brown in an All Star team, rightly or wrongly.

Hahah I know it just doesn't sound right.

spiderdan

I GuanYin wrote: »

So, again, who would you have as a defensive right back?

I'd have Maicon and Ramos ahead of Puyol any day. To say he's a world best RB is a joke, Wes Brown is better IMO. You're on own on that one!

As far as Ibra concerned he's proven himself in Italy with a super record, Villa nd Eto are both class players with super records, put them in the Italian league would they be as prolific!

If Ibra was with Barca or Real he'd be equally if not more successful, there's no doubt the Italian league is a much harder one to score in

leninbenjamin

I GuanYin wrote: »

Hit me with a better right back who has good defensive qualities, i.e. not Alves or Bosingwa.

Glen Johnson is better than Puyol ffs...

my team:

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Casillas

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Sagna---Carvalho----Vidic---Evra

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Essien

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Xavi

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Messi

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Rooney

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Ronaldo

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Adebayor

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yup, you read right. Adebayor. he may not be clinical enough, he may be a bit of a c*nt personality wise, but when he's on form there's no one better in the world at the mo holding up the ball than Ade, and in a team with both Messi and Ronaldo that's exactly what you want in your striker, to get them on the ball.

Boggles

spiderdan wrote: »

I'd have Maicon and Ramos ahead of Puyol any day. To say he's a world best RB is a joke, Wes Brown is better IMO. You're on own on that one!

Ramos cannot defend. He was never able to defend and by the looks of it will never learn how to defend.

He is the only right back I know that needs a right back behind him.

redout

I GuanYin wrote: »

FYP

2006 was his last good year to be fair. Back then he'd be in but not now.

Fair enough then but lets get things straight. Puyol only occasionally plays full back. His primary position is CB. How did you put Kaka in your team. He was far from impressive last season and you were the one who mentioned Zambrotta no longer being up to standard so I can only think you are using last season and this as your reference for players.. Christ I put Ronaldo in my team and everyone here knows I hate the wanker !