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

Jam-Fly

Xavi6 wrote: »

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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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come on, no Ronaldo??

Shanotheslayer

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Cech(Czech Republic)

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Alves (Brazil)---Vidic(Serbia)--Cannavaro(Italy)--Evra(France)

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Iniesta(Spain)

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Essien(Ghana)

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Messi(Argentina)

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Ronaldo(Portugal)

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Arshavin(Russia)

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Eto'o (Cameroon)

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Shanotheslayer

Jam-Fly wrote: »

come on, no Ronaldo??

He used Carvalho from Portugal instead.

Jam-Fly

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

He used Carvalho from Portugal instead.

yeah I know, but surely you can find a better replacement for Carvalho so as to include Ronaldo

PHB

I dont know, they are pretty much the top player in the world in their position imo.

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Buffon(Italy)

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Alves(Brazil) Vidic(Serbia) Lahm(Germany)

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Essien (Ghana)

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Messi(Argentina) Fabregas(Spain) Gerrard (England) Ronaldo(Portugal)

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Arshavin(Russia)

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Eto'o(Cameroon)

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My only difficulty was whether to put Ribery or Arshavin in the supporting striker role.

LuckyLloyd

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Cassilas (Spain)

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Sagna (France)

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Vidic (Serbia)--Nesta (Italy)

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Lahm (Germany)

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Gerrard (England)--Essien (Ghana)

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Ronaldo (Portugal)

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Kaka (Brazil)

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Messi (Argentina)

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Ibrahimovic (Sweden)

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Mmm, thought this was tough. I think Ramos, Maicon and Alves are better options for right back, Mascherano a worthy inclusion for a defensive midfielder role, and the likes of Ribery, Torres and Carvalho all close to being selected.

In the end, I settled for selecting the best 9 players in the world at the moment (and tacked on Sagna and Ibrahimovic at the end out of necessity). Gerrard in a defensive role would be a slight concern in that it isn't his best position, but his athleticism would be an asset in covering for Ronaldo and in a side like this, you just need to include his directness.

People will also disagree with Ibrahimovic. Simply put, I think Cassilas in this team is worth more than Torres. Yes, Ibrahimovic is flighty, inconsistent and a bit of a twat (:)). But at his best, he is as close as you'll get to Fernando at the moment. And I would hope that he would be at his best in this lineup.

LuckyLloyd

Deleted User wrote: »

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Buffon(Italy)

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Alves(Brazil) Vidic(Serbia) Lahm(Germany)

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Essien (Ghana)

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Messi(Argentina) Fabregas(Spain) Gerrard (England) Ronaldo(Portugal)

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Arshavin(Russia)

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Eto'o(Cameroon)

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My only difficulty was whether to put Ribery or Arshavin in the supporting striker role.

Would be exciting to watch. But playing a center half and two fullbacks at the back is going to murder you defensively.

Bubs101

Nesta and Cannavaro should just not be being picked ahead of Chiellini

Smegball

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Cech (Czech Rep)

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Alves (Brazil) Vidic (Serbia) Chiellini (Italy) Lahm (Germany)

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Essien (Ghana)

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Fabregas (Spain)

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Kaka (Brazil)

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Messi (Argentina)

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Ronaldo (Portugal)

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Rooney(England)

evil_seed

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Kameni

Alves - Carvalho - Chiellini - Lahm

Messi - Essien - Gerrard - Ribery

----David Villa - Samuel Eto'o

That was way tougher than I thought it would be

Dearg81

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Buffon

Sagna - Vidic - Marquez - Lahm
Essien
Messi Ronaldo
Kaka Gerrard
---- Torres

Id like to see this team put together

Dearg81

Im obvioulsy hoping to take advantage of the lack of decent left backs knocking around these days

LuckyLloyd

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Would be exciting to watch. But playing a center half and two fullbacks at the back is going to murder you defensively.

I'll score more than the other team anyway!:D