Best European Team of the 00's

Stacksey

Buffon

Thuram
Cannavaro
Maldini
Lahm

Ronaldo
Makelele
Zidane
Nedved

Henry
Van Nistelrooy

cournioni

Swap Makalele with Keane and you've got a proper team.

Samurai

PORNAPSTER wrote: »

Swap Makalele with Keane Essien and you've got a proper team.

FYOURP

Stacksey

PORNAPSTER wrote: »

Swap Makalele with Keane and you've got a proper team.

Keane was a 90's player in my opinion

gimmick

No Ronaldinho? Impressive.

Kess73

No Figo? He was pretty useful at the start of the 00's.

Kess73

Would have Rual in instead of Henry. Rual in Europe throughout the 00's has been more impressive than Henry.

Melion

Lahm? Ronaldo? Nedved?

Figo, Ronaldinho???

Pepe LeFrits

Henry Ronaldo
Messi Ronaldinho Ronaldo
Rivaldo Nedved Zidane Figo

Time machine + McGrath
Given

Kess73

Buffon

Thuram
Cannavaro
Maldini
Lahm

Messi
Essien
Zidane
Ronaldinho

Rual
Ronaldo





The number of quality players left out would create another top team, plus different formations would allow other players in.

I feel dirty for leaving Nedved out.

staker

Buffon

Thuram
Maldini
Stam
Lizarazu

Messi
Zidane
Essien
Figo

Raul
Van Nistlerooy

SlickRic

Casillas

Thuram
Cannavaro
Nesta
Maldini

Nedved
Makelele
Zidane
Figo

Raul
Inzaghi

tdv

When did Messi,Ronaldinho & Essien become european?

tdv

Buffon


RB: Costacurta
CB: Nesta
CB: Cannavaro
LB: Maldini

RM: Figo
CM: Keane
CM: Xavi
LM: Zidane

FW: Henry
FW: Raul

redout

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Kahn

Alves

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Nesta

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Maldini

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Lahm

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Keane

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Rivaldo

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Zidane

Messi

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Ronaldo

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RVN

tdv

redout wrote: »

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Kahn

Alves

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Nesta

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Maldini

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Lahm

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Keane

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Rivaldo

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Zidane

Messi

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Ronaldo

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RVN

Alves over Cafu? :eek:

Warper

Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho

3 of the freakiest looking dudes you ever gonna see on a pitch but they were spectacular in their prime

redout

tdv wrote: »

When did Messi,Ronaldinho & Essien become european?

If you want to get technical about it then Zidane, Makelele and Thuram arent really European neither. I suppose one could even argue Nedved also considering his age.

Ush1

redout wrote: »

If you want to get technical about it then Zidane, Makelele and Thuram arent really European neither. I suppose one could even argue Nedved also considering his age.

He wasn't being technical, they played for national teams outside of Europe.

redout

Ush1 wrote: »

He wasn't being technical, they played for national teams outside of Europe.

All them players were from countries outside of Europe!

Ush1

redout wrote: »

All them players were from countries outside of Europe!

No they aren't and that's a different arguement anyway, they played for a NT in Europe.

Ferris_Bueller

Buffon

Thuram
Cannavaro
Maldini

Ronaldo
Gerrard
Makelele
Zidane
Figo

Henry
Raul

Had a team made out but then realised thread was best EUROPEAN team:o

Warper

Now this is a thread title that is a bit confusing. Is it European players or players that played in Europe. If its the latter then just change it to Best Team of the '00's as all of the world-class players played in Europe anyways.

redout

Ush1 wrote: »

No they aren't and that's a different arguement anyway, they played for a NT in Europe.

Yes brother, they most certainly are.

Zidane - Algeria
Makelele - Congo
Thuram - Guadeloupe
Nedved - Czech (Though Soviet Union when he was born 40 odd years ago)

tdv

redout wrote: »

If you want to get technical about it then Zidane, Makelele and Thuram arent really European neither. I suppose one could even argue Nedved also considering his age.

Well Zidane & Co. played for a France a European country. Messi & Ronaldinho played for South American countries & Essien played for a African country. See what I'm getting at?

Eire-Dearg

Thuram, Zidane and Makelele all played for France IIRC. France is in Europe.

tdv

Warper wrote: »

Now this is a thread title that is a bit confusing. Is it European players or players that played in Europe. If its the latter then just change it to Best Team of the '00's as all of the world-class players played in Europe anyways.

Well looking at the opening post he hasnt picked any players from outside of Europe so I'm pretty sure it means just European players.

Ush1

redout wrote: »

Yes brother, they most certainly are.

Zidane - Algeria
Makelele - Congo
Thuram - Guadeloupe
Nedved - Czech (Though Soviet Union when he was born 40 odd years ago)

Tell me where in Algeria was Zidane born then? Marseille, Algeria?

redout

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

Thuram, Zidane and Makelele all played for France IIRC. France is in Europe.

Well Messi and Ronaldinho hold Spanish passports.

So the wording used was all fcuked up tbh.

Feeky Magee

Anybody leaving out Ronaldo is either lying, or allowing dislike for his personality to get in the way.

From '06 to '09 he scored 81 goals in 145 appearances for the top European team of that period, and this season he has better than a goal a game for Madrid. A team with Ronaldo is going to be a lot more threatening than the same team with Nedved or Figo in the same position, nostalgia aside.

Euro_Kraut

redout wrote: »

Nedved - Czech (Though Soviet Union when he was born 40 odd years ago)

Czechslovakia was not part of the USSR. They were communist but were still an independant state and competed internationally just like East Germany, Poland and the others.

Anyways, Russia do play in Europe as did the USSR at the time.

Eire-Dearg

redout wrote: »

Well Messi and Ronaldinho hold Spanish passports.

So the wording used was all fcuked up tbh.

And your point is? They don't play for Spain, do they?

Warper

Ush1 wrote: »

Tell me where in Algeria was Zidane born then? Marseille, Algeria?

No Mar-sigh, Pakistan. His father's father was supposed to have conceived his father in Tramore anyways on a sailing excursion. So whether he is African or European is debatable. Personally I think we should apply the citizenship rule to some of these guys. Zidane is currently living in Dubai so if he is not in France for 183 days or more he should be excluded from the list.

cournioni

Samurai wrote: »

FYOURP

Not even half the player Keane was.

Ush1

Warper wrote: »

No Mar-sigh, Pakistan. His father's father was supposed to have conceived his father in Tramore anyways on a sailing excursion. So whether he is African or European is debatable. Personally I think we should apply the citizenship rule to some of these guys. Zidane is currently living in Dubai so if he is not in France for 183 days or more he should be excluded from the list.

................yeah, anyway. He was born in, raised in and played for France. He's as European as croissants.

leninbenjamin

Pretty sure the OP was talking about players from Europe (or who played for European national sides for those who want to get technical).

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Buffon

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Thuram---Nesta---Cannavaro---Maldini

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Makelele

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Xavi

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C.Ronaldo

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Zidane

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Shevchenko--Henry

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the only one I'm not sure about is the CM position. I've gone with Xavi because he was the fulcrum the best team of the decade, but I think Vieira, Keane, Pirlo and Ballack are equally as deserving.

redout

Euro_Kraut wrote: »

Czechslovakia was not part of the USSR. They were communist but were still an independant state and competed internationally just like East Germany, Poland and the others.

Anyways, Russia do play in Europe as did the USSR at the time.

Part of it was.

This is getting off-topic.

leninbenjamin

redout wrote: »

Nedved - Czech (Though Soviet Union when he was born 40 odd years ago)

Do you know how to read a map, good sir?

Ush1

redout wrote: »

Part of it was.

This is getting off-topic.

Okay, well, Marseille was where Zidane was born and it's always been part of France!;)

eagle eye

Stacksey wrote: »

Buffon

Thuram
Cannavaro
Maldini
Lahm

Ronaldo
Makelele
Zidane
Nedved

Henry
Van Nistelrooy

I'd fancy my chances against you with this team.

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Casillas
Cafu

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Nesta

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Terry

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Roberto Carlos
Figo

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Essien

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Xavi

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Ronaldinho

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Del Piero

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Ronaldo

Melion

Why the hell have so many picked Lahm?

Pepe LeFrits

I'm guessing 'cos he's a quality player and he's not despicable like Cole or Evra

Melion

Roberto Carlos?

cournioni

Melion wrote: »

Roberto Carlos?

Great at attacking, but terrible defender.

Melion

Still better than Lahm IMO
Or Maldini at left back with Cafu or Thuram on the right.

leninbenjamin

Lahm's a great full back, but he's quite lightweight defensively at times. The German league's defending isn't exactly its strong point these days either, defenders get away with murder in it, I don't think he looks half as good out of it.

There is only one winner for the LB slot though, Maldini, and anyone who thinks otherwise is deluding themselves. Over the entire decade no one has displayed the sheer defensive ability he has, and no one has come anywhere close to his consistency as a player.

keane2097

leninbenjamin wrote: »

Lahm's a great full back, but he's quite lightweight defensively at times. The German league's defending isn't exactly its strong point these days either, defenders get away with murder in it, I don't think he looks half as good out of it.

There is only one winner for the LB slot though, Maldini, and anyone who thinks otherwise is deluding themselves. Over the entire decade no one has displayed the sheer defensive ability he has, and no one has come anywhere close to his consistency as a player.

Agreed - I'm absolutely aghast to see Lahm included in peoples' teams tbh

Seaneh

[edit]Feck, made the team before I realised it was european team, bawls![/edit]


Buffon

Cafu Nesta Stam Maldini

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Redondo

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Kaka----Zidane----

Figo

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Ronaldinho

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Shevchenko

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Subs:
Iker
Cannavaro
Thuram
Keane
Viera
Bergkamp
Henry

8-10

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Gary Breen

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Gary Breen

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Gary Breen

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Gary Breen

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Gary Breen

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Gary Breen

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danlen

Casaillas

Puyol
Maldini
Nesta
Terry

Gerrard
Vieira
Figo
Zidane

Henry
Raul

Pepe LeFrits

Thought it was a case of European based players, so:

Buffon
Thuram Nesta Campbell Zambrotta
Vieira Xavi
Ronaldo Messi Zidane
Henry

Otherwise drop Figo in for Messi I guess.