All-Time Club XIs

Physiocrat

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With all the talk of legends at the mo I thought it would be interesting to show our all-time club XI's - we did National XI's a while back which was an interesting thread. I'll start with a Utd one based on players I've actually see a reasonable amount of:

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Scholes as DLP with Keane Box-to-box. Charlton as an attacking midfielder who can drift left (he started as a left winger) and link up with Evra whilst Ronaldo cuts in (he was at his best at Utd on the left, not just at Real). Law was much more than a striker who can drop deep and create a great foil for Ronaldo. Best will do what he wants.

Provide your own Utd ones or any other clubs- it'll be interesting to see who makes the cut for Real in particular: not sure how Puskas, Di Stefano and Ronaldo will fit in the same side.

Edit: Players should be picked on their club peak (3 year average)

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Giggs ahead of Ronaldo and Byrne ahead of Evra for me. Would also make it a 4-2-3-1 with a Charlton as the #10 and Scholes-Keane as the flat midfield duo. Other than those changes, my team would be the same as yours.
 
Joga Bonito said:
Giggs ahead of Ronaldo and Byrne ahead of Evra for me. Would also make it a 4-2-3-1 with a Charlton as the #10 and Scholes-Keane as the flat midfield duo. Other than those changes, my team would be the same as yours.
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That depends if you're looking at contribution to United or just their peak as a player.
 
Joga Bonito said:
Giggs ahead of Ronaldo and Byrne ahead of Evra for me. Would also make it a 4-2-3-1 with a Charlton as the #10 and Scholes-Keane as the flat midfield duo. Other than those changes, my team would be the same as yours.
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I think Ronaldo's Utd peak is higher than Giggs hence his absence. I haven't seen much of Bryne (I think only the 1958 FA Cup Final) so went for the safer option in Evra. With Giggs and old Scholes a 4231 would work really well.
 
No Cantona?

I think we should go for an all time match day squad coz there are definitely people that eserve to be on the subs bench. Cantona, Ole and Van Nistlerooy imo anyway
 
Joga Bonito said:
Giggs ahead of Ronaldo and Byrne ahead of Evra for me. Would also make it a 4-2-3-1 with a Charlton as the #10 and Scholes-Keane as the flat midfield duo. Other than those changes, my team would be the same as yours.
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Giggs, as good as he was never hit the heights of Ronnie.
 
Physiocrat said:
I think Ronaldo's Utd peak is higher than Giggs hence his absence. I haven't seen much of Bryne (I think only the 1958 FA Cup Final) so went for the safer option in Evra. With Giggs and old Scholes a 4231 would work really well.
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It's not an opinion, Ronaldo's peak was immensely higher.
 
Barca off the top of my head :

Zubi
Alves - Puyol - Koeman - Abidal(?)
Guardiola
Xavi - Iniesta
Cruyff - Messi - Ronaldinho

and

Valdes
Ferrer - Pique - Nadal - Sergi
Suarez - Schuster
Laudrup - Neeskens - Stoichkov
Romario
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And still no mention of the likes of Figo, Rivaldo, Maradona, Ronaldo, Busquets, Kocsis, Luis Enrique, Deco, Eto'o, etc.

Insane pool of talent.
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Cal? said:
That depends if you're looking at contribution to United or just their peak as a player.
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ivaldo said:
Giggs, as good as he was never hit the heights of Ronnie.
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Physiocrat said:
I think Ronaldo's Utd peak is higher than Giggs hence his absence. I haven't seen much of Bryne (I think only the 1958 FA Cup Final) so went for the safer option in Evra. With Giggs and old Scholes a 4231 would work really well.
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Aye, if it's solely based on peak then obviously it should be Ronaldo over Giggs but in a general all-time XI, I would be more inclined to include Giggs as I tend to give more weight to the span of theri entire United careers, as opposed to the peak aspect (which also matters significantly).
 
Aldo said:
Barca off the top of my head :

Zubi
Alves - Puyol - Koeman - Abidal(?)
Guardiola
Xavi - Iniesta
Cruyff - Messi - Ronaldinho

and

Valdes
Ferrer - Pique - Nadal - Sergi
Suarez - Schuster
Laudrup - Neeskens - Stoichkov
Romario
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And still no mention of the likes of Figo, Rivaldo, Maradona, Ronaldo, Busquets, Kocsis, Luis Enrique, Deco, Eto'o, etc.

Insane pool of talent.
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That second team's midfield :drool:. Might be inclined to include Kubala in there somehow. Migueli ahead of Pique too.

Also peak needs to be more defined here @Physiocrat . Does El Fenomeno's one season count?
 
Joga Bonito said:
Might be inclined to include Kubala in there somehow.
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Haha, funnily enough I had Kubala - Messi - Cruyff in the first team as I had completely forgotten Dinho. :lol:

Kubala should be in the first team, probably ahead of Cruyff. You don't leave out the man for whom the damn stadium was built. :)

If peak is the only criterion then I hold my hands up for this one. Ronaldo is up there with anyone in the history of the game, let alone Barca's history, but look at those names ffs. :D
 
Joga Bonito said:
That second team's midfield :drool:. Might be inclined to include Kubala in there somehow. Migueli ahead of Pique too.

Also peak needs to be more defined here @Physiocrat . Does El Fenomeno's one season count?
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I'd go 3 year average peak so Ronaldo would be excluded. 'll edit the OP
 
Madrid.
---Ronaldo(R9)-------Puskas-------
------------------DiStefano-------------
------------Zidane------Modric-------
-------------------Redondo-------------
Carlos-Santamaria-Hierro-Chendo
----------------------Casilas---------------
 
My team (Sao Paulo)

Ceni

Cafu
Pereyra
Bellini
Serginho

Gerson
Cerezo
Zizinho
Raí

Muller
Careca
 
Maier
Lahm - Schwarzenbeck - Beckenbauer - Lizarazu
Matthaus
Breitner - Schweinsteiger
Scholl
Kalle - Muller

Subs : Kahn, Kohler, Augenthaler, Effenberg, Ribery, Robben, Muller​
 
Aldo said:
Maier
Lahm - Schwarzenbeck - Beckenbauer - Lizarazu
Matthaus
Breitner - Schweinsteiger
Scholl
Kalle - Muller

Subs : Kahn, Kohler, Augenthaler, Effenberg, Ribery, Robben, Muller​
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I love you for these 3 picks in these roles :D
 
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This would be my United without thinking to much. Backbone of Vds - Rio - Vida. All top class footballers that had great mutual understanding. On the left always reliable Irwin, with Best in front he is better option then Pat. On the right is probably the most controversial pick, not because he isnt good enough but because of his position. He cant play anywhere else as every other position has top class talents and i would really want to see him play. Rightback is our weakest position in terms of talent and they all say he could play anywhere on the pitch so....
In midfield 3 GOAT midfielders. Scholesy from 06 season all the way to the retirement, the perfect player and one of the best i saw. Keane in box2box role with Charlton playing as an attacking midfielder or the third midfielder with licence to go up when ever he wants to. Up there with him the other 2 members of Holly Trinity and on the right the perfect winger for me. Teamwork, workrate, tactical awareness and fantastic end product all in one.
 
Physiocrat said:
Interesting use of Puskas, Di Stefano and Ronaldo. With such a line up though wouldn't Camacho be better than Carlos?
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Possibly. Was also tempted to go for a back three with Camacho at left centre-half. The flank domination of Roberto Carlos at the peak of his powers was just too much to turn down. You could take Gento out, to vacate some space for Carlos to attack, move Ronaldo to the left, and bring in Raul at inside-right or Figo to come in from the other flank.
 
Randall Flagg said:
I don't get it?

Is this to say Giggs in midfield was the worse in that position for Utd ever? Likewise with Evans and brown?
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No, of course not, nor was Blanc the worst defender. It's just my personal choice of players who I didn't enjoy watching (Giggs in that specific position, that is, not in general).
 
Internazionale All time XI

Zenga

Zanetti.......Bergomi........Picchi.......Facchetti

Suárez.......Matthäus

Jair..................Mazzola.........Meazza

Ronaldo

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You could remove Zanetti and include Burgnich for a more catenaccio feel but you just can't leave out Zanetti.
 
Juventus All Time XI:



Very tough leaving out a few such as Sivori, Nedved and Del Piero among others (at this stage, Buffon and Pirlo have to come into the reckoning) but that's a frighteningly good looking side!
 
Milan

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Schiaffino, Cudicini, Schnellinger, Costacurta, Liedholm, Tassotti, Albertini, Seedorf, Boban, Prati, Shevchenko, Donadoni, Altafani, Kaka, Inzaghi reserves.
 
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I got two XI for Sporting. All time and last 20 years:

All time:

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Last 20 years:

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Milan:
-----------Gullit-------VanBasten------
-------------------Kaka-------------------
-----------Rivera------Rijkaard---------
-------------------Pirlo-------------------
-Maldini---Nesta---Baresi---Cafu----
------------------Buffon------------------
 
Invictus said:
Milan

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Cudicini, Schnellinger, Costacurta, Liedholm, Tassotti, Albertini, Seedorf, Boban, Prati, Shevchenko, Donadoni, Altafani, Kaka, Inzaghi reserves.
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Milan really have had some awesome lineups in their time. That defence in the mid 90s could feature in an all time list on its own:

Maldini - Baresi - Costacurta - Panucci
 
fontaine said:
My team (Sao Paulo)

Ceni

Cafu
Pereyra
Bellini
Serginho

Gerson
Cerezo
Zizinho
Raí

Muller
Careca
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No Rocha?

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One of the coolest kits I've ever seen, it was great to see them around vs. England in WC2014.
 
diarm said:
Juventus All Time XI:



Very tough leaving out a few such as Sivori, Nedved and Del Piero among others (at this stage, Buffon and Pirlo have to come into the reckoning) but that's a frighteningly good looking side!
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You can't play Platini there. Any Juve All-time side has to be built around Platini. Baggio shouldn't be there, any Juve fan will tell you that outright. Stick Boniperti there instead and Boniek on the wing, get rid of Zidane...

Start over really :lol:
 
Ok so let's address the obvious elephant in the room.

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Ronaldo played there for just 1 season, but what a season it was.

Even him aside, you could choose from Kubala, Stoichkov, Rivaldo, Romario, Kocsis, Eto'o, Cesar, Maradona, Figo, Neymar as one of the three forwards.
And backing them, Suarez, Iniesta, Laudrup, Schuster, Enrique, Busquets, Guardiola, Deco, Hagi in midfield.

What a racket.. :rolleyes:
 
Invictus said:
Milan

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Cudicini, Schnellinger, Costacurta, Liedholm, Tassotti, Albertini, Seedorf, Boban, Prati, Shevchenko, Donadoni, Altafani, Kaka, Inzaghi reserves.
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I can see the case for Rivera ahead of Schiaffino, but that makes him the first name on your bench then.
 
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