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PM'd Stobzilla. paceme forgot to PM me.
Lilian Thuram
Fergus'son: 1. Beckenbauer 2. Eusebio 3. Didi 4. Krol 5. Zanetti
DanNistelrooy: Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Ronaldinho 3. Nesta, 4. Gascoigne 5. Makelele
KM: 1. Messi 2. Scirea 3. Bozsik, 4. Sammer 5. Nedved
Thisistheone: 1. Maradona 2. B.Charlton 3. Eto'o, 4. Cannavaro 5. Coluna
NM: 1. Pele 2. Neeskens 3. Passarella 4. Boniek 5. Thuram
Cutch: 1. Best 2. Van Basten 3. Robson 4. R Baggio 5. Charles
Brwned: 1. Di Stéfano 2. Keane 3. Falcão 4. Giggs 5. Matthews
MJJ: 1. Duncan Edwards 2. Garrincha 3. Muller 4. Luis Suárez 5. Meazza
JakeC: 1. Ronaldo 2. Maldini 3. Deschamps 4. Gento 5. Stam
mightberight: 1. Ferenc Puskas 2. Stoichkov 3. Breitner 4. Jairzinho 5. Bergomi
EDogen: 1. Cruyff 2. Moore 3. Redondo 4. Figo 5. Romario
Gio: 1. Platini 2. Xavi 3. Rivaldo 4. Kohler 5. Davids
Antohan: 1. Laudrup 2. Rijkaard 3. Iniesta 4. Facchetti 5. Henry
Stobzilla: 1. Zidane 2. Yashin (Russia) 3. Scholes 4. Souness 5. Savicevic
Isotope: 1. Zico 2. L. Matthäus 3. Santamaríá 4. Hansen 5. Hagi 6. Thuram
paceme: 1. Figueroa 2. Baresi 3. Voronin 4. Masopust 5. Batistuta 6. Gullit
Lilian Thuram
Fergus'son: 1. Beckenbauer 2. Eusebio 3. Didi 4. Krol 5. Zanetti
DanNistelrooy: Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Ronaldinho 3. Nesta, 4. Gascoigne 5. Makelele
KM: 1. Messi 2. Scirea 3. Bozsik, 4. Sammer 5. Nedved
Thisistheone: 1. Maradona 2. B.Charlton 3. Eto'o, 4. Cannavaro 5. Coluna
NM: 1. Pele 2. Neeskens 3. Passarella 4. Boniek 5. Thuram
Cutch: 1. Best 2. Van Basten 3. Robson 4. R Baggio 5. Charles
Brwned: 1. Di Stéfano 2. Keane 3. Falcão 4. Giggs 5. Matthews
MJJ: 1. Duncan Edwards 2. Garrincha 3. Muller 4. Luis Suárez 5. Meazza
JakeC: 1. Ronaldo 2. Maldini 3. Deschamps 4. Gento 5. Stam
mightberight: 1. Ferenc Puskas 2. Stoichkov 3. Breitner 4. Jairzinho 5. Bergomi
EDogen: 1. Cruyff 2. Moore 3. Redondo 4. Figo 5. Romario
Gio: 1. Platini 2. Xavi 3. Rivaldo 4. Kohler 5. Davids
Antohan: 1. Laudrup 2. Rijkaard 3. Iniesta 4. Facchetti 5. Henry
Stobzilla: 1. Zidane 2. Yashin (Russia) 3. Scholes 4. Souness 5. Savicevic
Isotope: 1. Zico 2. L. Matthäus 3. Santamaríá 4. Hansen 5. Hagi 6. Thuram
paceme: 1. Figueroa 2. Baresi 3. Voronin 4. Masopust 5. Batistuta 6. Gullit
As everyone is sleeping, can I change my pick?
Did want him but unsure how he would have complemented Passarella.Continuing the trend of excellent ball players in the team, we take Rio Ferdinand.
Fergus'son: 1. Beckenbauer 2. Eusebio 3. Didi 4. Krol 5. Zanetti
DanNistelrooy: Cristiano Ronaldo 2. Ronaldinho 3. Nesta, 4. Gascoigne 5. Makelele
KM: 1. Messi 2. Scirea 3. Bozsik, 4. Sammer 5. Nedved
Thisistheone: 1. Maradona 2. B.Charlton 3. Eto'o, 4. Cannavaro 5. Coluna
NM: 1. Pele 2. Neeskens 3. Passarella 4. Boniek 5. Thuram
Cutch: 1. Best 2. Van Basten 3. Robson 4. R Baggio 5. Charles
Brwned: 1. Di Stéfano 2. Keane 3. Falcão 4. Giggs 5. Matthews
MJJ: 1. Duncan Edwards 2. Garrincha 3. Muller 4. Luis Suárez 5. Meazza
JakeC: 1. Ronaldo 2. Maldini 3. Deschamps 4. Gento 5. Stam
mightberight: 1. Ferenc Puskas 2. Stoichkov 3. Breitner 4. Jairzinho 5. Bergomi
EDogen: 1. Cruyff 2. Moore 3. Redondo 4. Figo 5. Romario
Gio: 1. Platini 2. Xavi 3. Rivaldo 4. Kohler 5. Davids
Antohan: 1. Laudrup 2. Rijkaard 3. Iniesta 4. Facchetti 5. Henry 6. R. Ferdinand
Stobzilla: 1. Zidane 2. Yashin (Russia) 3. Scholes 4. Souness 5. Savicevic 6. Cafu
Isotope: 1. Zico 2. L. Matthäus 3. Santamaríá 4. Hansen 5. Hagi 6. Finney
paceme: 1. Figueroa 2. Baresi 3. Voronin 4. Masopust 5. Batistuta 6. Gullit
Deschamps was one of the most consistent players of all time, and has marked some of the greatest players in the world out of it, was decent on the ball too.
Batistuta and Ruud Gullit!
Two of my all time favourites, especially Gullit. A drawback in getting Neeskens for me was that we couldn't get him, though in truth there is much better complimentary partners for Pele out there.
continuing on my question regarding picks from the 30s, I am very surprised that a certain player hasn't been picked especially considering his nationality. But then I guess there is no way of knowing how good he was other than for reading
person after you hasn't picked, and Brwned did it too so I think its fair game.
Same formation that I'm going for EDogen. You're looking good to be honest. Full backs will be key to us.
Yup, looking great. We were gutted to miss out on Figo.
As for Varela... aware that he's one of his countries best ever but I'm always a bit weary of picking Uruguayan's because of the standard of competition they faced, or lack of, when they won their World Cups. How good were they really?
Going into the last match in the final four-team pool needing only a draw against the Uruguayans, the Brazilians were supremely confident of fulfilling their dream. Even their opponents were fearful of what might happen, so much so in fact that members of the national FA purportedly asked the team to do what they could to avoid losing by six goals. “Four is acceptable,” they are believed to have said.
Refusing to accept the match was a foregone conclusion, Varela told his team-mates to forget what they had heard and to focus their efforts on winning the game. Lining up in the tunnel, waiting to step out in front of a capacity 170,000 crowd, the captain had one last message for his team-mates.
“Put all those people out of your minds, don’t look up,” he urged them. “The game is played down on the pitch and if we win, nothing’s going to happen, just as it’s never happened before. Those people don’t count.”
The skipper’s motivational words seemed to do the trick, with Uruguay holding the hosts in a goalless first half. Yet, two minutes after the restart, Friaca put the favourites ahead and seemingly on course to the victory everyone expected - everyone except Varela that is.
“When they scored, Varela ran 30 yards to get hold of the ball and argue with the referee about a non-existent offside,” recalled the late Roque Maspoli, Uruguay’s goalkeeper on that unforgettable afternoon.
Years later, in one of his infrequent interviews, the vociferous Varela explained the reasons behind his outburst: “I knew they would go on and thrash us if we didn’t cool the game down. All I wanted to do was delay the restart.
"I took the discussion as far as it would go, to the point that they had to get an interpreter so I could talk to the referee. The stadium fell silent and that’s when I knew we could win the game.”
What followed went exactly as the cunning Varela had planned. With Uruguay suddenly growing in confidence, the skipper took control of the midfield and Juan Schiaffino and Alcides Ghiggia scored late goals to turn the game around and silence the masses. Against all the odds, La Celeste had won their second world title.
I know who you mean and I think he will go soon. I wouldn't be able to fit him in my team with Diego and Bobby around.
well you could still classify him as a centre-forward, but he would be difficult to fit, since if I remember correctly he played like a creator. however, he wouldn't be a bad choice to lead the line.
however i am not sure we are talking about the same guy
------------------keeper--------
Fullback---Baresi-----Figueroa---fullback
WM--------Voronin---Mosopust--WM
------------------Gullit---------------
---------------Batistuta--------------
That's going to be hard to break down.
I'm curious so I'll pm you who I thought you meant.
So, opinion on my attacking trio: Hagi - Zico - Finney?
Great story. mightberight would be wise to include that in his team notes if possible. Voters need all the insight they can get when it comes to the older players.
replied to PM. you were right