The all time man's man cool as sh1t first 11.

MayoSalmon

Denis Irwin

grohlisagod

Any place for Phillip Cocu? Always remember him as very cool and composed. Could be memory playing tricks though!

major bill

Roddy Collins (Stylish ****er :pac: )

Rene Higuita

Cannavaro
Vinnie Jones
Bobby Moore

George Best
Jamie Redknapp
Zinadine Zidane
David Beckham

Eric Cantona
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Fabrizio Ravanelli

Subs
David James
Alessandro Nesta
Fernando Hierro
Jimmy Aggrew
Carlos Valderrama
Christiano Ronaldo
Robin Friday
Zola

Shower of cool bastards

n32

Ancelotti for manager, as an earlier poster said being Italian is a huge help! The Brazil 82 team had some serious contenders. Socrates especially, to be able to smoke like a chimney and play the game so elegantly , now thats cool!

Pro. F

Fatih Terim as manager for me. He's emotive, but in a cool way.

Strongbow10

OP has a serious mancrush on Brian McBride it seems :P

Jesus Wept

phil babb

Super-Rush

Souness?

Richard Hillman

SeantheMan wrote: »

Zlatan would get in there too I think....kicking teammates in the head etc, joker and ridiculously arrogant
Alonso is only in because he has a beard that never gets shaved.

Zlatans hair is too long to be a mans man.

Kankan14

Any love for Angelo Peruzzi in goal?

Afaik he broke a wrist in a game for Lazio with plenty of time left but saw out the 90mins. Proper hardman imo.

simongurnick

Guiseppi Bergomi
Franco Baresi
Faustino Asprilla

Jordonvito

gosplan wrote: »

Right, my final attempt

Lahm - Maldini - McGrath - Lizarazu
Socrates - Pirlo - Alonso - Zambrotta
McBride - Berbs

Cannavaro out on the basis of appearing in semi nude pictures looking a bit smug. Also he had a hair transplant.

Can't pick a goalie. Tempted to go for Chilavert just cause of the free kicks but that's not really the point.

I'm kind of thinking 'if my wife left me for a goalie, who would I be most OK about it being?

Maybe Casillas?

McBride? Am i missing something here? cant see it in the slightest!

simongurnick

Missing a keeper??? Campos or Higuita

Jordonvito

What about me?

Smartly Dressed

Some shocking suggestions so far. Jamie Redknapp?

Dennis "The Iceman" Bergkamp and Paul ''show me a contract and I'll sign it so I can get back to playing football'' Scholes.

gosplan

Jordonvito wrote: »

McBride? Am i missing something here? cant see it in the slightest!

Just always thought he seemed like a no nonsense player who made a lot of the talent he had through just getting stuck in and on with it.

Plus do an image search

It's either him playing with blood all over him or his amazingly hot wife

SeantheMan

gosplan wrote: »

Just always thought he seemed like a no nonsense player who made a lot of the talent he had through just getting stuck in and on with it.

Plus do an image search

It's either him playing with blood all over him or his amazingly hot wife

If we're gonna go through players playing with blood...there's a lot.

During his time in the first team, Carles Puyol has suffered 35 major injuries. He has had surgery four times, played with a mask on several occasions, has seen blood pour from his head and his arm twist the wrong way

Read more: http://www.totalbarca.com/2012/opinion-pieces/carles-puyol-the-captain-of-fc-barcelona/#ixzz34JLa2NZj

How about Cannavaro ?
The last defender to win the Ballon D'Or, also won a World Cup....is ridiculously good looking....and looks like a member of the Mafia when suited up

Optimalprimerib

Pirlo has to be in there for that dont give a **** penalty against england if nothing else.

Pepe LeFrits

Stoichkov and Hagi.

MagicIRL

The team must have Buffon, Pirlo and Berbatov in it. Three fo the coolest men to ever play the beautiful game.

geeky

Carlo Ancelotti is worth a shout - if not in midfield, certainly as the coach. Hugely intelligent, comes across as hella easygoing, can get along with anyone, and wins stuff all over the shop.

Nerdlingr

Fernando Redondo and Zvonmir Boban.
Michael Laudrup? that 80's Denmark team oozed coolness with their sexy football and sh*t hot kits!

Talib Fiasco

Pinto for goalkeeper. Coolest f*cker going.

gosplan

Nerdlingr wrote: »

Fernando Redondo and Zvonmir Boban.
Michael Laudrup? that 80's Denmark team oozed coolness with their sexy football and sh*t hot kits!

Laudrup - good call.

Yaya too, legend.

Also Sinisa Mihajlovic - questionable politics but legend all the same.

padd b1975

George Best.

Robin Friday.

Steve Archibald.

Bernd Schuster.

Thomas Ravelli.

Paolo Rossi.

Harold Schumacher.

folan

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Think Roy Keane would kind of qualify for this too.

Roy Keane? Cool? no. temperamental as hell.

RVD420

Alessandro Del Piero

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

Alexi Lalas should be in there without a doubt. Crazy wild red hair, a Viking beard, quality side burns. He's the definition of "man's man cool as sh1t"!

Edgar Davids for his glasses.

Chip Whitley

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

Alexi Lalas should be in there without a doubt. Crazy wild red hair, a Viking beard, quality side burns. He's the definition of "man's man cool as sh1t"!

Edgar Davids for his glasses.

Edgar Davids is a great shout.

Speak Now

Elisha Scott

Alfred Borden

Bobby Pires!

Fratton Fred

Stuart Pearce.

Nuff said.

Nerdlingr

Eric Gerets

aodea

Nakata cool mo fo.

gucci

~Rebel~ wrote: »

For the remaining defensive position, maybe Passarella?

Demon of a player, and scored goals too.

As player;


As manager;

Where I cant claim to be educated enough to comment on his football skill (sadly before my time) I think he can be eliminated by his forcing no long hair policy on the Argentina team when he was in charge. Bloody Batistuta with short hair?? He went from being one of the most feared striker in Italy to looking like a bus driver!

Nerdlingr

gucci wrote: »

Where I cant claim to be educated enough to comment on his football skill (sadly before my time) I think he can be eliminated by his forcing no long hair policy on the Argentina team when he was in charge. Bloody Batistuta with short hair?? He went from being one of the most feared striker in Italy to looking like a bus driver!

Wouldnt play Redondo either because he wouldnt cut his hair.

Pyjamarama

The best part of this thread is I can now disregard more posters opinions! How can anyone not think xabi is insanely cool... The man oozes class in every way! Also a team without pirlo is just wrong.

folan

i nominate Bert Trautmann for playing a final with a broken neck

BOHtox

BOHtox

Buffon

Zanetti... Melberg... Materazzi... maldini

Best... Pirlo... Xabi Alonso... Ginola

Rui Costa

Giroud

Fratton Fred

Could we maybe define what a "man's man' is.

I suggest that definition starts with "is not called Andrea".

Skylinehead

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Could we maybe define what a "man's man' is.

I suggest that definition starts with "is not called Andrea".

Categorically incorrect.

Nerdlingr

Ginola and Giroud as cool as sh*t man's man ?!! I'm not avin that!!!

Chip Whitley

.........................Buffon

......Cannavaro......Nesta.......Maldini

...........................Pirlo

..................Davids......Alonso

Best...................Zidane..............Figo

...........................Ibra

That'd be my team I think.

Washington Irving

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Could we maybe define what a "man's man' is.

I suggest that definition starts with "is not called Andrea".

Yeah, it's not clear what the OP is looking for. Some people are taking it to mean 'hardman' and others as 'suave'.

Roy Keane is a man's man but he's not cool as sh1t. David Ginola is cool as sh1t but he's not a man's man. There's too much of grey area.

Above XI is a good balance.

Nerdlingr

Yashin
Gerets - Mellberg - Maldini
Pirlo - Alonso - Redondo
Socrates - Zidane
Laudrup
Gerd Muller

SlickRic

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Buffon

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Panucci

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Cannavaro

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Nesta

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Maldini

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Guardiola

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Pirlo

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Alonso

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Totti

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Stoichkov

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Henry

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now that's cool mothafúckas!

Darkglasses

Don't agree with Edgar Davids, Alexi Lalas, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Vinnie Jones etc.

Man's man cool is understated, not brash or arrogant. An air of calm self-confidence is better. Man's man cool must be effortless.

Has to be Pirlo.

Moneymaker

Tino Asprilla, Philippe Albert.

Nerdlingr

Bonus points for facial hair as well.