Pick your best XI conundrum

[Dario Terracotta]

It was easier in older times as you'd get players staying at Portugese or Dutch clubs for their entire career, plus so many of the south american players would stay there. From the 00s onwards the big clubs monopolise the world's best players and it's much harder.
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One consolation of being an old git Bruce!!

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Big clubs ruining football again

Tried to think of some players from the old Sampdoria or Parma teams, especially the likes of Mihajlovic and others from the former Yugoslavia, but many of them went on to play for a Milan or Inter or Juventus. George Weah would have been a good one, but Milan were so stacked, and Baresi or Maldini are so attractive as they were one club men.

 

[McBain]

1. Oliver Rolf KAHN (GK)

2. Marcos Evangelista De MORAIS (RB)

3. Eric ABIDAL (LB)

4.Sergio RAMOS (CB)

5. Ronald KOEMAN (CB)

6. Bryan ROBSON (CM)

7. Diego MARADONA (CM)

8. Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de OLIVEIRA (CM)

9. Jean-Pierre PAPIN (FW)

10. Dennis BERGKAMP (FW)

11. Roberto BAGGIO (FW)

 

[McBain]

I've not followed the rules here have I.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Tried to think of some players from the old Sampdoria or Parma teams, especially the likes of Mihajlovic and others from the former Yugoslavia, but many of them went on to play for a Milan or Inter or Juventus. George Weah would have been a good one, but Milan were so stacked, and Baresi or Maldini are so attractive as they were one club men.

Yeah. You think of a team like Brescia and then you realise that Baggio, Guardiola, Hagi and Balloteli all played for them.

 

[Billy Dean]

1. Oliver Rolf KAHN (GK)

2. Marcos Evangelista De MORAIS (RB)

3. Eric ABIDAL (LB)

4.Sergio RAMOS (CB)

5. Ronald KOEMAN (CB)

6. Bryan ROBSON (CM)

7. Diego MARADONA (CM)

8. Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de OLIVEIRA (CM)

9. Jean-Pierre PAPIN (FW)

10. Dennis BERGKAMP (FW)

11. Roberto BAGGIO (FW)

 

[Jamo Martinez]

I've not followed the rules here have I.

No but nice team

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I've not followed the rules here have I.

Bergkamp and Baggio for Inter, Koeman, Abidal and Maradona for Barca. Baggio, Papin and Cafu for Milan. Apart from that though

 

[allezlesbleus]

Yashin Soviet Union
Carlos Alberto Brazil
Franco Baresi Italy
Kompany Belgium
Brehme Germany
Jimmy Johnstone Scotland
Alan Ball EVERTON (that is all that matters!!)
Zinedine Zidane France
Lionel Messi Argentina
Eusebio Portugal
Drogba Ivory Coast
I think that one works in terms of clubs.

 

[JordanianEmbassy]

1 - Neville Southall

2 - Volodymyr Bezsonov 5 - Franz Beckenbauer 6 - Claudio Gentile 3 - Ashley Cole

7 - Cristiano Ronaldo 4 - Dragan Stojković 8 - Zico 11 - David Silva

10 - Diego Maradona

9 - Marco Van Basten

 

[JordanianEmbassy]

I've got no idea who Volodymyr Bezsonov is btw. Needed a right back and was running out of options.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I've got no idea who Volodymyr Bezsonov is btw. Needed a right back and was running out of options.

May as well put Roy Race in.

 

[JordanianEmbassy]

May as well put Roy Race in.

Same nationality as Ashley Cole and Zico played for Melchester at the end of his career.

 

[ste d' indica]

I've got no idea who Volodymyr Bezsonov is btw. Needed a right back and was running out of options.

I'm fairly sure you've made him up and proliferated the internet with lies to get away with it.

 

[JordanianEmbassy]

I'm fairly sure you've made him up and proliferated the internet with lies to get away with it.

He's real. Thats my story and I'm sticking to it.