Is it possibel to pick a team that would be a better footballing side than barcelona

Vampireskiss

Im not sure it is even if you could pick from all players playing today because I think messi,iniesta and xavi are the 3 best players at retaining possession in the world today but ill have a go anyway


Maicon vidic rio evra

mascherano

fabregas arshavin

ronaldo ribery

Drogba

Big Knox

Your obviously an Arsenal supportal. Fabregas and Arshavin??

Mr Alan

wat on gods green earth would you put Vidic in that side?

Vampireskiss

Big Knox wrote: »

Your obviously an Arsenal supportal. Fabregas and Arshavin??

im not actually, support manunited

Mr Alan

Vidic should not be a side that is being picked for its footballing abilities.

Idu

Better team or better footballing side? You have a few suspect choices if it's the latter.

rossie1977

this team from the premier last year looks a nice side footballing wise

johnson-rio-agger-evra
ronaldo-gerrard-alonso-fabregas
torres-arshavin

goddevil

Mr Alan wrote: »

Vidic should not be a side that is being picked for its footballing abilities.

What would you have a CB do? Vidic is the best in his position.

Vampireskiss

Mr Alan wrote: »

Vidic should not be a side that is being picked for its footballing abilities.

Its really from midfield up that matters

abouttobebanned

A thinly veiled dream 11 thread.

Mr Alan

but he is not the best footballing centre half around.

stevoslice

not sure they'd be much use without a goalkeeper...

GavRedKing

Carvalho for best footballing defender in the world ahead of vidic in this team every day of the week and also one of the best defenders around IMO.

Vampireskiss

I would also be interested in what players past and present you could add to the current barca team that would make them better, I would replace toure with Makelele and Ibrahimovic with Drogba

Vampireskiss

gavredking wrote: »

Carvalho for best footballing defender in the world ahead of vidic in this team every day of the week and also one of the best defenders around IMO.

agreed

goddevil

Mr Alan wrote: »

but he is not the best footballing centre half around.

But Vidic is the kind of player that will let your team play football by breaking up the opposition. Not to mention his ability in the air. If you want your team to play flowing football, then you must have someone in your team to do the dirty work. Vidic is the man for that...

Mr. Presentable

Vampireskiss wrote: »

Im not sure it is even if you could pick from all players playing today because I think messi,iniesta and xavi are the 3 best players at retaining possession in the world today but ill have a go anyway


Maicon vidic rio evra

mascherano

fabregas arshavin

ronaldo ribery

Drogba

Did they play yesterday? How many did they concede? Those are the defenders you'd pick out of all the world? :eek:

goddevil

nipplenuts wrote: »

Did they play yesterday? How many did they concede? Those are the defenders you'd pick out of all the world? :eek:

Do you wanna know how much they conceded throughout last season? One bad day out means nothing.

Mr Alan

goddevil wrote: »

Do you wanna know how much they conceded throughout last season? One bad day out means nothing.

they conceded the exact same amount as Chelsea.

curry-muff

One bad day and you are gona claim that vidic and rio arent the best centre back pairing in the world, and that evra isnt one of the best left backs int he word either

goddevil

Mr Alan wrote: »

they conceded the exact same amount as Chelsea.

But they created a new record in the process. And why does chelsea have to come in this anyway? We are talking about individuals who'd go well in a team. I rate chelsea's defense very highly.IMO any of Terry, Vidic, Rio or Carvalho can make a world XI and the team wouldn't suffer. But Vidic is the best of the lot.

_blank_

Mr Alan wrote: »

but he is not the best footballing centre half around.

You can't play with two "Footballing" centre halfs. You need one bruiser, stick-the-head anywhere type, and one who can play football, and start passing movements from deep.

Vidic is the best "bruiser" type playing in the EPL at the moment.

Although, Vermaelen looks to be a very good hybrid of the two, going on performances this season.

speedboatchase

Buffon
Maicon Vidic Ferdinand Evra
Ronaldo Lampard Alonso Gerrard
Torres Villa

SlickRic

Vampireskiss wrote: »

I would also be interested in what players past and present you could add to the current barca team that would make them better,

maldini, baresi, platini, maradona, pele, ronaldo (brazilian).

to name a few.

Mr Alan

Des wrote: »

You can't play with two "Footballing" centre halfs. You need one bruiser, stick-the-head anywhere type, and one who can play football, and start passing movements from deep.

Vidic is the best "bruiser" type playing in the EPL at the moment.

Although, Vermaelen looks to be a very good hybrid of the two, going on performances this season.

you don't think Carvalho & Fedinand could play together?

or Fedinand & Gallas? Ferdinand & Agger?

all better footballing centre halves than vidic.

personally i think they could.

_blank_

Nope, I don't.

GavRedKing

Mr Alan wrote: »

you don't think Carvalho & Fedinand could play together?

or Fedinand & Gallas? Ferdinand & Agger?

all better footballing centre halves than vidic.

personally i think they could.

I agree, my 1st choice would be Carvalho and insert other world class defender here.

IMO carvlho has a perfect package of tough defending mixed with great reading of the game and a willingness to get forward passed the midifeld when he can.

Carvalho ftw.

cournioni

thebhoy wrote: »

not sure they'd be much use without a goalkeeper...

Has to be Casillas.

Vampireskiss

speedboatchase wrote: »

Buffon
Maicon Vidic Ferdinand Evra
Ronaldo Lampard Alonso Gerrard
Torres Villa

That team would be domintaed by barce, you need 5 in midfield against them and 2 out and out strikers is a big no no

goddevil

Mr Alan wrote: »

you don't think Carvalho & Fedinand could play together?

or Fedinand & Gallas? Ferdinand & Agger?

all better footballing centre halves than vidic.

personally i think they could.

But none of those combinations will be as effective as Vidic - Rio or Carvalho-Vidic

Victor McDade

Vampireskiss wrote: »

I would also be interested in what players past and present you could add to the current barca team that would make them better

Van Basten
Best player in the world at the time, career ruined by injuries. (Imagine him and Romario up front, the other 9 players are largely irrelevant :-D)

Roy Keane
Whatever your opinion of him, he was a machine.

(Also, I'm not saying he would definitely have improved this current team, but I would love to have seen Alan Shearer playing abroad for a few years)

tdv

rossie1977 wrote: »

this team from the premier last year looks a nice side footballing wise

johnson-rio-agger-evra
ronaldo-gerrard-alonso-fabregas
torres-arshavin

Ronaldo has never been good at reataing possesion or keeping hold of the ball.

And no, you could not make a better footballing side than Barcelonas in term of keeping keeping possesion & moving the ball because no other team has Xavi in it & nobody can do what Xavi dose.

Vampireskiss

It may not beat them footballing wise but this team would beat them

Schmeichel

Cafu vidic stam maldini

Makele

Keane Zidane

Ronaldo(new) Ronaldionho


Ronaldo(old)

Vampireskiss

Vampireskiss wrote: »

It may not beat them footballing wise but this team would beat them

Schmeichel

Cafu vidic stam maldini

Makele

Keane Zidane

Ronaldo(new) Ronaldionho


Ronaldo(old)

You dont need to go old to get a team that would beat them.

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Reina

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Johnson-Carvalho-Vidic-Evra
Gerrard--Fabregas-Lampard
Ronaldo--Torres--Ribery

goddevil

Alijah Green Warden wrote: »

You dont need to go old to get a team that would beat them.

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Reina

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Johnson-Carvalho-Vidic-Evra
Gerrard--Fabregas-Lampard
Ronaldo--Torres--Ribery

Reina? Is he the best GK atm? I'll say Buffon, Casillas and even Given would come ahead of him...

The midfield needs someone like Essien or a fit Hargreaves

eddiehead

Vampireskiss wrote: »

It may not beat them footballing wise but this team would beat them

Schmeichel

Cafu vidic stam maldini

Makele

Keane Zidane

Ronaldo(new) Ronaldionho


Ronaldo(old)

It's hard to put together a side that would be better than them in term's of footballing ability, but they are certainly beatable, you don't need to put together a team of the best players of the past 10 year's, remember it took a miracle for them to get past Chelsea last year

Leixlip_Red

Casillas
Sergio Ramos - Pepe - Raul Albiol - Marcello
Lass Diara - Xabi Alonso
Ronaldo - Kaka
Benzima - Higuain

Havermeyer

Buffon

Ramos, Carvalhio, Ferdinand, Evra

Silva, Alonso, Essien, Ribery

Torres, Rooney

8-10

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Krol

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Blankenburg

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Hulshoff

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Haan

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Mühren

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Keizer

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Cruijff

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Swart

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I realise it looks like a complicated 4-2-4 formation but in reality it was total football. If you watch old videos of that attacking 4 (6) you'll see football played that Barca today could only dream of.

I really don't want to take away from the current Barca team because they do play astonishingly good football at times but if you honestly want to see a team that gives them a run for their money football-wise, watch the above lineup for Ajax in the 1972 European Cup Final v Inter....beautiful.

goddevil

goddevil wrote: »

Reina? Is he the best GK atm? I'll say Buffon, Casillas and even Given would come ahead of him...

The midfield needs someone like Essien or a fit Hargreaves

Yeah,you could stick Buffon or Casillas in there alright.

I only selected Reina because I was trying to make it up with prem players but got stuck in the attack.

Tbh anyone is going to be better than Valdes and the above defence dominates the Barca defence also,whatever about attacking wise you could make it extremely hard for them to score.

laoisforliam

Footballing side

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Reina

Maicon

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Bougherra

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Carvalho

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Clichy


robben

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Wilshire

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Alonso

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Ribery

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Villa

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jovetic


Wouldnt beat anyone but would play somer serious football

Smegball

The current Madrid team will give it a run for its money for sure...

missingtime

improbab-luh, but not impossib-bluh

flahavaj

Mr Alan wrote: »

Mascherano should not be in a side that is being picked for its footballing abilities.

Fixed.;)

tdv

Smegball wrote: »

The current Madrid team will give it a run for its money for sure...

Havent really looked like doing it so far.

flahavaj

Vampireskiss wrote: »

I would also be interested in what players past and present you could add to the current barca team that would make them better, I would replace toure with Makelele and Ibrahimovic with Drogba

Pretty long list mate in fairness.

Maradona, Pele, Puskas, Georgie Best, Duncan Edwards, Beckenbauer, old Ronaldo, Platini, Maldini, Baresi, di Stefano, Eusebio, Roy Keane, Zidane etc etc etc for pages and pages

CHD

The lack of Carvalho and Essien in this thread is loltastic.

bUILDERtHEbOB

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Given

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Dunne---St. Ledger

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O'Shea

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Kilbane

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Andy Reid

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McGeady

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Hunt

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Keane---Doyle---Duff

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Totally, the team would just automatically evolve around his every touch in a clockwise and counter clockwise plethora of passing and keeping the ball high up in the oppositions half because all Irish teams should be doing their stuff like that and Andy Reid is the greatest passer of a ball bar Kaka and sure, it'd be bleedin' better than the midfield we have now because at least we'd have someone bleedin' in there wha'?

Coat. Actually. Bed.

CHD

bUILDERtHEbOB wrote: »

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Dunne---St. Ledger

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O'Shea

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Kilbane

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Andy Reid

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McGeady

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Hunt

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Keane---Doyle---Duff

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Totally, the team would just automatically evolve around his every touch in a clockwise and counter clockwise plethora of passing and keeping the ball high up in the oppositions half because all Irish teams should be doing their stuff like that and Andy Reid is the greatest passer of a ball bar Kaka and sure, it'd be bleedin' better than the midfield we have now because at least we'd have someone bleedin' in there wha'?

Coat. Actually. Bed.

That team would get beat 5-2, 4-1, 3-0 and the like ALOT.

Crazy how Sunderland have the worlds 2nd best passer, great coup.

CHD

missingtime wrote: »

improbab-luh, but not impossib-bluh

It is probab-luhl and they will top the tab-bluh

Nalz

CHD wrote: »

The lack of Carvalho and Essien in this thread is loltastic.

Maybe Essien, Carvalho not sooooo much