Best XI You Ever Saw In The Flesh

Very Bored

Slight variation on the traditional best xi ever, what is the best xi you have ever seen actually play?

And for an added bit of flavour, who is the best sports player you've ever seen (doesn't have to be in soccer).

Mine:

1. Neville Southall
2. Javier Zanetti
3. Paolo Maldini
4. Walter Samuel
5. Franco Baresi
6. Roy Keane
7. Esteban Cambiasso
8. Henrik Larsson
9. Ian Rush
10. Francesco Totti
11. Ryan Giggs

I wanted to put Del Piero in but I think I have to go with Giggs.

Best sports person: Henry Shefflin.

TheCitizen

Giggs better than Del Piero:pac:

Very Bored

Care to add your team or do you just want to critique mine?

Also, it would perhaps depend on prior bias as to which one you said was better.

Johner

Cech
Neville
Terry
Desailly
Ashley Cole
McManaman
Lampard
Keane
Zola
Van Nistelrooy
Drogba

Lovely Bloke

Well, seeing as I'm actually 94 and an ex chimney sweep. I've seen them all.

Puskas, Yashin, Edwards.

to name but three.

inforfun

Feyenoord - Ajax in 83/84

Feyenoord with Cruijff, Gullit, Houtman, Ivan Nielsen (one of the best defenders i have ever seen)
Ajax with Koeman, Van Basten, Rijkaard, Vanenburg, Mollby, Jesper Olsen.

Was decent

Also saw PSV with Romario, Ronaldo, Van Nistlerooij.
Monaco with a certain Wenger in charge and Weah up front.

And oh yes.... European super cup Feyenoord - Real Madrid in 2002.
There were a couple of players at Real who might have been able to do a bit of a job for Feyenoord as well.....

Agent Coulson

A team of Gary Breen's.

Skylinehead

Not seen all that many games involving big teams, but I'll give it a go.

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Casillas

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Ramos--Ferdinand--Carvalho--Evra

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Keane---Fabregas

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Kaka

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Ozil

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Ronaldo

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van Nistelrooy


van Persie, van der Sar, Rooney, Alonso unlucky to miss out

Gaillimh1976

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Cech

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Neville

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Terry

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Hyppia

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Riise

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Mascherano

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Alonso--- Keane

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Gerrard

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Torres

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Suarez

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homerjay2005

Van Der Sar
Puyol
Ferdinand
vidic
Evra
Xavi
Iniesta
Scholes
Messi
Ronaldo
Aguero

Subs- Lahm, Cassilas,Kroos, David Villa, Rooney, Zanetti, Ronaldinho

Seen almost every top player in recent years but a lot of them were towards the end of their careers so couldn't put them in

Very Bored

@BaldyConscience, Shame you're too young to remember Giuseppe Meazza, you could really say you'd seen them all then.

@Skylinehead, You're not doing badly for a guy who claims to not have seen many big games...

Skylinehead

Very Bored wrote: »

@BaldyConscience, Shame you're too young to remember Giuseppe Meazza, you could really say you'd seen them all then.

@Skylinehead, You're not doing badly for a guy who claims to not have seen many big games...

Watching a single Real Madrid game in 2011 helps a lot :pac:

Pudders

1. Neur
2. Cafu
3. Paolo Maldini
4. Cannavaro
5. Franco Baresi
6.Iniesta
7. Xavi
8. Zidane
9. Maradonna
10. Messi
11. Ronaldo (Portugese)

Midfield is a bit unbalanced but with that defence it doesn't matter and they'd score bucket loads.
Been watching soccer since the 1980s and struggle to think of EPL players who would have got in.

Liam O

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Schmeichal

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Neville-Stam--Ferdinand--Evra

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Keane---Scholes----
Muller----Figo

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Ronaldo

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Larsson

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Not much outside of United though some big international names have been seen in recent years, none really better than the United lads

elefant

Schmeichel

Irwin
Pique
Ramos
Alba

Pirlo
Iniesta
Scholes

Robben
Neymar
Messi


Not the most balanced team now mind you :pac: I'd still fancy them to beat most teams though

Leaving out Beckham, Silva, Xavi and Busquets there probably the most difficult.

elefant

Pudders wrote: »

1. Neur
2. Cafu
3. Paolo Maldini
4. Cannavaro
5. Franco Baresi
6.Iniesta
7. Xavi
8. Zidane
9. Maradonna
10. Messi
11. Ronaldo (Portugese)

Midfield is a bit unbalanced but with that defence it doesn't matter and they'd score bucket loads.
Been watching soccer since the 1980s and struggle to think of EPL players who would have got in.

Hard to top that one I'd say!

Unearthly

Neuer

Lahm
Rio
Vidic
Irwin

Ronaldo
Keane
Scholes
Giggs

Van Nistelrooy
Muller

Basically a German/Man Utd team

artanevilla

GK: Buffon

DR: Thuram
DC: Cannavaro
DC: McGrath
DL: Zambrotta

MR: Messi
MC: Modric
MC: Pirlo
ML: Ronaldinhio

S: Klose
S: Ibrahimovic

It's a mixture of players I've seen in the flesh, who are excellent, but may not have been great in the game I saw, (Ibrahimovic for example) and players who just blew me away on the night (Modric for example).

dfx-

van der Sar

Alves
Chiellini
Hyypia
Abidal

Alonso
Sandro
Ronaldo
Iniesta :cool:

van Nistelrooy
Del Piero

It would be an interesting second XI going beyond the big names I'd say.

CSF

Casillas
Zanetti
Lahm
Vidic
McGrath
Scholes
Schweinsteiger
C Ronaldo
Silva
Robben
Ibrahimovic

Very honourable mentions to Sanchez, Reus, Hummels, Godin, Aguero, Thiago Silva

Ferris_Bueller

Shay Given

Willy Sagnol
Jamie Carragher
Lillian Thuram
John Arne Riise

Claude Makelele
Steven Gerrard
Roy Keane
Zinedine Zidane

Thierry Henry
Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Lovely Bloke

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Williams
Heary---Dillon---Hawkins---Rogers

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Ndo

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S. Byrne
R. Baker

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Hoolahan----Cahill

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J. Byrne

citytillidie

Seeing this line up in the Brandywell

Valdez, Riezger, Andersson, Marquez, Lopez, Ros, Quaresma, Iniesta, Saviola, Sanchez, Overmars. Subs., Puyol, Recber, Cocu, Ronaldinho, Gerard, Kluivert (all used), Xavi (not used).

Dirty Dingus McGee

1 Nigel Martyn
2 Gary Kelly
3 Steve Staunton
4 Paul McGrath
5 John Terry
6 Roy Keane
7 Damien Duff
8 Frank Lampard
9 Alan Shearer
10 Mark Viduka
11 John Barnes

I should point out that I've only attended 5 soccer matches live.Still a quality team though.

Hoki

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Buffon -- -- -- -- -- --

McGrath - Hyppia - Cannavaro -

- Keane - Gerrard - Pirlo -

Overmars - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Figo

- Bergkamp - Henry -

JB81

Dudek
Finnan
Carragher
Hyypia
Riise
Moravcik
Gerrard
Alonso
Mascherano
Fowler
Larsson

Strumms

1. Gianluigi Buffon
2. Dennis Irwin
3. Paolo Maldini
4. Franco Baresi
5. Paul McGrath
6. Roy Keane
7. Raul
8. Zinedine Zidane
9. Ruud van Nistelrooy
10. Hristo Stoichkov
11. Ryan Giggs

Strumms

1. Gianluigi Buffon
2. Dennis Irwin
3. Paolo Maldini
4. Franco Baresi
5. Paul McGrath
6. Roy Keane
7. Raul
8. Zinedine Zidane
9. Ruud van Nistelrooy
10. Hristo Stoichkov
11. Ryan Giggs

Iused2likebusts

Buffon
Cafu mcgrath nesta Carlos
Ronaldinho xavi Keane Barnes
Messi Ronaldo (brazilian)
Saw Brazil at the 06 world cup. They didn't play great that day but had some unbelievable players.

AgileMyth

Van Der Sar
Coleman
Stam
Staunton
Van Bronkhurst
Duff
Keane
Ndo
Shearer
Van Nistelrooy
Totti

Best sportsperson is Valentino Rossi, without doubt.

Nailz

GK: Buffon

RB: Cafu
LB: A. Cole
CB: Ferdinand
CB: Vidic

CM: Iniesta
CM: Scholes
AM: Ronaldinho

LW: C. Ronaldo
RW: Messi
ST: Ronaldo

Subs: Van Der Sar, Lahm, Roberto Carlos, Roy Keane, Pirlo, Robben, Van Nistelrooy


There's plenty others that I'm surely forgetting, but it's crazy the likes of Kaka, Evra, Xavi, Xabi Alonso, Lampard, Terry, Henry, Zlatan, Ribery, and many others don't even make the squad.

Tomagotchye

Onlu ever seen the Wigan and Newcastle teams of maybe 08-09. Seen every LOI frst division side last night year plus St pats and cork this year

flas

Seen Ronaldinho and maldini and messi and Larsson and del at no.10, and buffon,and Paul McGrath and Roy Keane and nedved and cafu at his galavanting best,every other player is null and void