Pick your World XI.... (read the OP properly)

Morzadec

Pick your World XI, but one stipulation...

Only one player from each country, so no Kaka and Ronaldinho, and no Torres and Xavi etc... Only one Argentinian, only one Italian etc...
Only put players in positions they can realistically play.

You know the drill, same as the Premiership XI game already posted. Probably a bit less interesting this time as there is probably more to choose from as well as the odd country who only has one world class player, so these World XI's will probably be considerably stronger than the Premiership ones.

Here's my team:

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Buffon (Italy)

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Alves (Brazil)---Vidic(Serbia)--Touré(Ivory Coast)--Zhirkov(Russia)

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Gerrard(England)

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Essien(Ghana)

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Messi(Argentina)

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Ronaldo(Portugal)

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Ribery(France)

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Torres (Spain)

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Obviously a very attacking team but I would ask Gerrard to play a deeper role and act as a playmaker taking the ball from defence. Essien would serve as my ball-winner, playing a more defensive role than he might be used to as well. The front 3 attacking midfielders are all wingers but are definitely skilled enough to interchange and play in any of the 3 positions. Choosing Torres excluded a lot of other class Spanish players but I believe he is the most complete, most dangerous striker in the world so I wanted him as the spearhead. Toure and Vidic would complement eachother at the back I feel - Touré would provide the pace and athleticism to sweep up behind and Vidic would be the ball winner, the tough-tackler. Buffon has probably been the best goalkeeper for the last 10 years or so and there's no other Italy players screaming out as obviou picks so I had no qualms about using up my Italy on him.

d6

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Given(Ireland)

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Heitinga(Holland)---Vidic(Serbia)--Nesta(Italy)--Lahm(Germany)

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Gerrard(England)

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Essien(Ghana)

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Messi(Argentina)

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Kaka(Brazil)

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Ronaldo(Portugal)

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Torres (Spain)

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the front 6 cannot be beaten

nesta is allowed eventhough hes retired from international hes still playing and italian

heitinga can play right back as he has in the past with holland.

shay given to give the irish connection

Iang87

GK Given

RB Lahm
CB Cannavaro
CB Vidic
LB Evra

AM Messi
AM Gerrard
AM Kaka
DM Essien

FW Drogba
FW Etoo


The plan is the attacking minded full backss stretch the team and Messi Gerrard and Kaka tear them apart, should all else fail we'll go long ball to the drog

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Given (Ireland)

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Lahm(Germany)----Cannavaro(Italy)

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Vidic(Serbia)

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Evra(France)

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Essien (Ghana)

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--Messi(Argentina)

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Gerrard(England)

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Kaka(Brazil)--

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Drogba(Ivory Coast)

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Etoo(Cameroon)

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Mgoraf

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Given(Ireland)

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Maicon(Brazil)

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Vidic(Serbia)

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Nesta(Italy)----Evra(France)
Messi (Argentina)

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Essien(Ghana)----Iniesta(Spain)

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Ronaldo(Portugal)

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Etoo(Cameroon)

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Rooney(England)

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Nalz

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Given(Republic of Ireland)

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----Lahm (Germany)---Vidic(Serbia)---Ferdinand(England)----Evra(France)--

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Essien(Ghana)

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---Messi(Argentina)

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Kaka (Brazil)

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Ronaldo(Portugal)---

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Torres(Spain)

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Drogba(Ivory Coast)

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DSB

Buffon

Alves
Lahm
Vidic
Ferdinand

Ribery
Xavi
Essien
Ronaldo

Eto'o
Messi

gosplan

Not sure about my whole team but you'd have to include Vidic, Arshavin, Essien Drogba and Cheh/Given to get max potential out of all the nations.

IMO Cheh is better than Given - he's just going through a rough spell.

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Cheh
Alves - Vidic - Gallas - Grosso

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Essien

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Gerrard - Xavi
Messi

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Arshavin

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Drogba/Eto

Enough attacking potential but lots of tracking back as well.

IMO team with those three in midfield would be practically impossible to beat(unless you're playing Man U away and make a fair challenge in the box:D)

Jazzy

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Cech(Czech Rep.)

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----Lahm (Germany)---Vidic(Serbia)---Nesta(Italy)----Evra(France)--

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Xavi(Spain)

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Essien(Ghana)

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---Messi(Argentina)

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Gerrard(England)

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Ronaldo(Portugal)---

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Eto'o(Cameroon)

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f**k me, not 1 brazilian player. maybe Kaka instead of gerrard, but no... gerrard is super player #1! put lahm at LB and alves at RB? but i like evra as a player
xavi essien and gerrard as a midfield 3 is pretty much the best you can get in the world right now. ronaldo messi & eto'o would make all defences wet their pants and the sheer pace of that attack would be enough to run down opponents. vidic and nesta would get on like peas and carrots

Diabhal Beag

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Given

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--Daniel Alves----Cannavaro--Ferdinand----Lahm--
----Xavi

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Essien----Mascherano
Henry

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Eto'o

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Arshavin

GLaDOS

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Given
Alves-Vidic-Ferdinand-Lahm
--Xavi-Essien-Pirlo
Messi-Eto'o-Ronaldo

gosplan

I'd love to hear sky sports piss and moan about there being only one English player in these teams.

Frisbee

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Buffon (Italy)

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Alves(Brazil)

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Vidic(Serbia)

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Carvalho(Portugal)

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Lahm(Germany)

Messi(Argentina)

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Essein(Ghana)----Xavi(Spain)----Ribery(France)

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Arshavin(Russia)

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Eto'o(Cameroon)

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Morzadec

gosplan wrote: »

IMO team with those three in midfield would be practically impossible to beat(unless you're playing Man U away and make a fair challenge in the box:D)

Jesus don't start this one up again...!

Kind of surprised with the frequency that Evra has appeared in teams. He's been pretty poor from what I've seen and heard this season. He's great on the ball but he got done several times by Lennon in the Spurs United game. On last seasons form he would be worthy but I have some doubts about him defensively after some of his showings this year.

Might take some stick for this but I don't believe Given is really worthy of a place. Cech would be my choice if you didn't want to use up one of the bigger nations on the GK.

Every team posted so far has been scarily good, there's probably too much to choose from to really make it interesting

bUILDERtHEbOB

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Buffon

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Bosingwa---Vidic----Ferdinand---Lahm

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Essien

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Xavi

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---Messi

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Kaka

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Ribery---

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Eto'o

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Italy, Portugal, Serbia, England, Germany, Ghana, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, France and Cameroon.

Frisbee

Morzadec wrote: »

Might take some stick for this but I don't believe Given is really worthy of a place. Cech would be my choice if you didn't want to use up one of the bigger nations on the GK.

If it wasn't for Arshavin's form over the past year and a bit I would have taken Akinfeev as my goalie. He's quality

Morzadec

Frisbee wrote: »

If it wasn't for Arshavin's form over the past year and a bit I would have taken Akinfeev as my goalie. He's quality

Havn't seen him enough to judge but yeah I've heard good things and he looked solid in the Euro's.

I just feel that Cech has proven himself at a very high level, although he has had the odd blip lately and there is a debate that he is not the same goalkeeper following his head thing. I still think he's good enough though.

gosplan

Morzadec wrote: »

Jesus don't start this one up again...!

Ah, I was just kidding. No offense intended.

Morzadec wrote: »

Every team posted so far has been scarily good, there's probably too much to choose from to really make it interesting

True. The one thing I'd say is that a few people are going with something like:

Messi - Kaka - Ronaldo
----Torres - Eto

Any team with that many players that don't really track back would be suspect when they come up against a well organised tough team like Liverpool or Chelsea.

Gerrard for Kaka would change it a bit but IMO you don't need all those amazing attackers. Messi, Ronaldo and one of those strikes would be enough to break down any defence....a lot of times.

SlickRic

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Buffon (Ita)

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Alves (Bra)

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Vidic (Ser)

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Carvalho (Por)

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Lahm (Ger)

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Essien (Gha)

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Xavi (Spa)

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Gerrard (Eng)

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Messi (Arg)

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Drogba (Iv C)

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Henry (Fra)

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Funny how Giggs isn't in any of these teams

Morzadec

gosplan wrote: »

Ah, I was just kidding. No offense intended.




True. The one thing I'd say is that a few people are going with something like:

Messi - Kaka - Ronaldo
----Torres - Eto

Any team with that many players that don't really track back would be suspect when they come up against a well organised tough team like Liverpool or Chelsea.

Gerrard for Kaka would change it a bit but IMO you don't need all those amazing attackers. Messi, Ronaldo and one of those strikes would be enough to break down any defence....a lot of times.

Good point you need a balance. Gerrard can certainly play that centre midfielder role effectively, despite the fact he's been used as pretty much a striker for most of this season.

And you certainly didn't offend me with that comment I'm a Liverpool fan:D

Just really didn't want the debate to be dragged up again!

Bubs101

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Casillas

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Alves--Ferdinand---Vidic---Chiellini

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Essien

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--Messi

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Ronaldo

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__Arshavin

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Ibra

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Eto'o

titan18

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Akinfeev

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Alves---Vidic---Ferdinand---Chiellini

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Xavi---Essien

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Messi

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Ronaldo

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Ibrahimovic

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Eto'o

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1mcampo1

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Cech(CZH)

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Alves(BRA)--Vidic(SRB)--Nesta(ITY)--A.Cole(ENG)

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Diarra(FRA)

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Xavi(SPA)

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Ronaldo(PRT)

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Messi(ARG)

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Eto'o(CMR)

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Drogba(IVR)

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Diarra will do all the grafting, holding deep and Xavi has a free role down the centre with Ronaldo and Messi dominating down the wings with Alves and A.Cole behnid them!!

Pepe LeFrits

Casillas
Maicon Vidic Chiellini Cole
Essien Diarra
Messi Arshavin Ronaldo
Eto'o

Diarra-Essien double pivot with a rock solid defensive unit to give the front four lots of freedom. Went for a physical, pacy, counter-attacking side instead of a possession based one. More exciting to watch imo.

Mr.Nice Guy

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Buffon(Italy)

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Alves (Brazil)

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Vidic (Serbia)

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Lahm (Germany)

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Essien (Ghana)

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Messi (Argentina)

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Gerrard (England)

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Ronaldo (Portugal)

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Torres (Spain)----Benzema (France)

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Arshavin (Russia)

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eagle eye

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Howard
Maicon----Canavarro----Vidic----Lahm

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Xavi----Essien
Messi

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Ronaldo

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Ribery

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Eto'o

Cevallos, Vargas, Agger, Ireland, Rooney, Ibrahimovic, Drogba

Pepe LeFrits

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

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Buffon(Italy)

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Alves (Brazil)

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Vidic (Serbia)

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Lahm (Germany)

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Essien (Ghana)

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Messi (Argentina)

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Gerrard (England)

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Ronaldo (Portugal)

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Torres (Spain)----Benzema (France)

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Arshavin (Russia)

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You're a bit short on attacking players there.

Jazzy

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

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Buffon(Italy)

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Alves (Brazil)

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Vidic (Serbia)

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Lahm (Germany)

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Essien (Ghana)

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Messi (Argentina)

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Gerrard (England)

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Ronaldo (Portugal)

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Torres (Spain)----Benzema (France)

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Arshavin (Russia)

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is it your intention to kill essien by making him run to death?

DSB

Are we picking the City team in a few seasons here?

carlop

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Given

Alves

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Vidic

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Ferdinand

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Zhirkov

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Pirlo

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Essien

Messi

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Iniesta

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Ronaldo

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Eto'o

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eZe^

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Buffon

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--Alves

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Vidic

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Marquez

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Evra

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Essien

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Lampard

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Xavi

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Messi

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Eto'o

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Forlan

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Who needs wingers when you have Alves and Evra? :pac::pac:

Mr.Nice Guy

Jazzy wrote: »

is it your intention to kill essien by making him run to death?

Ronaldo will help him out maybe. :pac:

Jazzy

eZe^ wrote: »

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Eto'o

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Forlan

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Who needs wingers when you have Alves and Evra? :pac::pac:

forlan instead of drogba? big call chief

i can definately see Ronaldo as the next paddy viera mng :pac:

eZe^

I'm changing mine actually...

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Buffon

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--Alves

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Marquez----Vidic

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Evra--

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Toure

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Essien

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Xavi

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Messi

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Eto'o

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Arshavin----

Now that is fcuking awesomely balanced.

eZe^

Jazzy wrote: »

forlan instead of drogba? big call chief

i can definately see Ronaldo as the next paddy viera mng :pac:

Drogba - 12 goals in 33 games, an absolute whinger, a very dislikable person, and ok footballer, only ever had one outstanding season.

Forlan - 23 goals in 35 appearances, intelligent player, works hard, likable, has only failed to score 20 goals a season in spain once in a 5 year career here.

Jazzy

eZe^ wrote: »

Drogba - 12 goals in 33 games, an absolute whinger, a very dislikable person, and ok footballer, only ever had one outstanding season.

Forlan - 23 goals in 35 appearances, intelligent player, works hard, likable, has only failed to score 20 goals a season in spain once in a 5 year career here.

pretty convincing evidence!

Xavi6

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Akinfeev (Russia)

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Alves (Brazil)

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Vidic (Serbia)

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Carvalho (Portugal)

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Lahm (Germany)

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Essien (Ghana)

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Ireland (Ireland)

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Xavi (Spain)

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Messi (Argentina)

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Ribery (France)

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Eto'o (Cameroon)

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Super-Rush

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Buffon

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Vidic

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Skrtel

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Lahm

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Essien

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Alonso

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Gerrard

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Messi

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Henry

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Kaka

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E't0

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Jazzy

ireland is not better then frank lampard

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Given(ROI)

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Alves(Brazil)

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S.McManus(Scotland)---Vidic(Serbia)---Lahm(Germany)


Ronaldo(Portugal)---Essien(Ghana)---Fabregas(Spain)---Messi(Argentina)

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Arshavin(Russia)

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Rooney(England)

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gustavo

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Given

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Lahm----Terry----Vidic

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Evra

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Essien----Fabregas

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Messi

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Kaka

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C Ronaldo

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Eto'o

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Jugs82

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Given (Ireland)

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Vidic (Serbia)

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Cannavaro (Italy)

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Carvalho (Portugal)

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Essien (Ghana)

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Fabergas (Spain)

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Kaka (Brazil)

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Messi (Argentina)

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Arshavin (Russia)

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Gerrard (England)

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Henry (France)

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whatawaster

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Buffon(Italy)

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Alves(Brazil)

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Vidic(Serbia)----Carvalho(Portugal)

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Lahm(Germany)

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Essien(Ghana)----Gerrard(England)

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Messi(Argentina)

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Ribery(France)

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Torres(Spain)

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Eto'o(Cameroon)

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eZe^

Rooney as your main target man ahead of Eto'o, Villa, Torres, Forlan, Aguero, Henry, Raul, Higuain, Van Persie, Adebayor, Ibrahimovic, and maybe even Anelka? Lolzzzzz.... Rooney is good, but he can't lead the line very well..

eZe^

eZe^ wrote: »

Rooney as your main target man ahead of Eto'o, Villa, Torres, Forlan, Aguero, Henry, Raul, Higuain, Van Persie, Adebayor, Ibrahimovic, and maybe even Anelka?

Yep

ROCKMAN

............................VDS (Holland)........................

O Shea(Ireland).....Vidic(Serbia).....RIO(England)...Evra(France)


Ronaldo(Portugal)....Anderson(Brazil)....Fletcher(Scotland)....Giggs(Wales)

.............................Tevez(Argentina)....................
..........................Berbatov(Bulgaria).................


OH WAIT
:D:D:D:D

aodea

Ireland (AUS)

Alves (BRA) McPake (SCO) Vidic (SER) Fox (ENG)

Ronaldo (POR) Beuzelin (FRA) Doyle (IRL) Gunnarsson (ICE)

Mifsud (MAL) Eastwood (WAL)


My team would be heavily instructed to get the ball out to the right wing!!!!:):)

shano_88

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given

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---alves(bra)---vidic(srb)---Ferdinand(eng)--lahm(ger)--

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de rossi(italy)

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xavi(spain)

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essien(ghana)

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---messi(arg)

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ronaldo(port)--

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Drogba(ivory coast)

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Iang87

eZe^ wrote: »

Drogba - 12 goals in 33 games, an absolute whinger, a very dislikable person, and ok footballer, only ever had one outstanding season.

Forlan - 23 goals in 35 appearances, intelligent player, works hard, likable, has only failed to score 20 goals a season in spain once in a 5 year career here.

absolutely insane statement. Drogba has been plagued by injuries the last 2 years. I wouldn't lert forlan near my team. The drog is the man. Take it from a liverpool fan who has seen him rip them apart quite a lot

eZe^

Iang87 wrote: »

absolutely insane statement. Drogba has been plagued by injuries the last 2 years. I wouldn't lert forlan near my team. The drog is the man. Take it from a liverpool fan who has seen him rip them apart quite a lot

Drogba is the most overrated forward of the past decade. He CAN be awesome, but he is nowhere near as consistent enough.

Johnny Utah

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Given (Rep of Ireland)

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Alves (Brazil)

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Vidic (Serbia)

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Cannavaro (Italy)

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Jankulovski (Czech Republic)

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Essien (Ghana)

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Gerrard (England)

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Messi (Argentina)

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Ronaldo (Portugal)

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Eto'o (Cameroon)

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Torres (Spain)

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Jam-Fly

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Drogba

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Messi

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Gerrard

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Ronaldo

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Essien

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Kaka

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Evra----Vidic

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Cannavaro--Ramos

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Given

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