Your team's worst XI of the decade?

Messiah wrote:

MAXI LOPEZ IS A FUCKING LEGEND

I agree. I still remember in the final game of the latest Capello league against Mallorca, the score was 1-1 and Madrid needed at least another goal to win the title. It was something like the 80th minute as Madrid was all out in attack, Mallorca had a deadly counter attack which left Maxi completely alone against San Iker. The future flashed before my eyes - I saw Maxi statues being erected in Cataluña, thousands of Madrid fans crying as the team blew the title in the final game in the Bernabeu in front of the entire world and with an endless number of celebrities in the stands (Nadal, Tom Cruise, etc.).

But no, Maxi shot straight at Casillas, allowing Madrid to come back to win the game 3-1 and lift the long-fought title that not a soul would have thought possible just a couple of months before.

There were tears in my eyes that night, and as I downed shots like crazy and celebrated with my Madrid friends, I remembered Maxi Lopez. That was the night he became a Madrid legend

Join the list of a few that are both barca and madrid legends

Double legend

? ; Julián Vara, Rubén, Peña, Diego Placente; Eduardo Coudet, Sasa Ilic, Doriva, Quincy; Maris Verpakovskis, Iván Kaviedes

Struggling to find a goalkeeper.

You can have one of ours. For free.
We will even pay for it.

----------------Robinson/Keller
Pamarot----Doherty---Gardner----Thatcher

-------M.Brown----Toda-----J.Redknapp

-------------------Bentley

------Darren Bent---------Rasiak

No Pav?

R. Wright

Oleg Luzhny- Tavlaridis- Stepanovs - Cygan

Inamoto- - Luis Boa Morte-Edu

Aladiere- - K Diawara-Christopher Wreh,

Sub: Gilles Grimandi, Jeffers, Owusu-Abeyie

I wouldn't put Reyes, because he had a good spell, whereas Diaby is starting to play well and he scored some nice goals.

K Diawara the new Weah

Kimbo wrote:No Pav?

No Pav.

Lyon

Vercoutre

Muller - Monsoreau - Grosso

Fábio Santos - A. Diarra

Keita - Wiltord - Pedretti

Elber -Baros - Frédéric Piquionne

Man United

Massimo Taibi

Prunier- Quinton Fortune - Heinze- Silvestre

Djemba - Cruiff - Veron- Kleberson - Poborsky

Bellion -Forlan

Sub: Roy Carroll, manucho, A.Smith, Dong Fanzhou, Miller, Richardson, Chadwick, Nani

Man United had far worse players that Poborsky and Silvestre, that's pretty harsh they were decent enough in their day. Especially hard on Poborsky who left in 1997 so doubly ineligible.

I'd pick

Taibi
May Blanc Berg Heinze
Cryuff Anderson Veron Nani
Forlan Berbatov

Alive and Kicking wrote:Man United

Massimo Taibi

Prunier- Quinton Fortune - Heinze- Silvestre

Djemba - Cruiff - Veron- Kleberson - Poborsky

Bellion -Forlan

Sub: Roy Carroll, manucho, A.Smith, Dong Fanzhou, Miller, Richardson, Chadwick, Nani

Worst XI. Not worst XII.

Santi Claus wrote:

Alive and Kicking wrote:Man United

Massimo Taibi

Prunier- Quinton Fortune - Heinze- Silvestre

Djemba - Cruiff - Veron- Kleberson - Poborsky

Bellion -Forlan

Sub: Roy Carroll, manucho, A.Smith, Dong Fanzhou, Miller, Richardson, Chadwick, Nani

Worst XI. Not worst XII.

He's a manc, he's trying his best. Once they reach four, it gets difficult.

Put Forlan on the bench then

TITO wrote:Rustu - Dutruel - Bonano - Jorquera ... (so many of them)
Oleguer - Christanval - Andersson - Sorin
Gerard
Rochemback - Geovanni
Mendieta - Saviola - Ezquerro

Santi Claus wrote:@TITO

Saviola at least had one good season for you (01-02). How can you possibly leave out THE Maximiliano Gastón López? Surely there has been nobody more sh!t than him. Think about it.

Also, I'm sure it was difficult to leave out the likes of Caceres, Alfonso, Petit, Litmanen, Dos Santos (aka the 'new' Messi), Quaresma, Dani Garcia, Coco, Trashorras, Gudjohnsen, Albertini, etc.

Ahhh....the good old days.

Ahhh, so many choices to pick from for Barça!!! Especially in the first half of the decade. Here's my team...can't believe both you and Jaime forgot Gabri


Dutruel
Oleguer-Christanval-Coco
Gerard-Rochemback-Gabri-Geovanni
Alfonso-Maxi-Ezquerro


(Dis)honourable mentions:

- Saviola: despite our personal hatred, it would probably be harsh to put him in such a team, esp. with so many other candidates available...he did score goals after all.

- Albertini: hardly played and was only signed for half a season.

- Bonano, Jorquera, Arnau, Rustu: lots of choices at goalkeeper but I have the worst memories of Dutruel so he won.

- Trashorras, Dani Garcia, Nano, Oscar Lopez, Sergio Santamaria, Giovani: all youth team products that flopped...but I leave them out since they never played much with the first team and didn't cost any money. But compare it to the current crop of La Masia products and it illustrates the cyclical nature of youth academies' success. Although I guess it balances out with some decent youth players we did produce but didn't get a chance like Fernando Navarro, Pepe Reina, Mikel Arteta, etc.

- Caceres: was poor but wouldn't put him in a worst of the decade...he does have some redeeming qualities.

- Mario: I remember we got this guy from Valladolid on loan or something...but he never played. Not sure if that was because he was shit in training or just that nobody cared about him being there.

- Andersson: crap when he played, but mostly injured.

- Petit: was poor considering the price we paid, but he was only around for a year and at least we got reasonable money from Chelsea I think. Rochemback and Geovanni were both ridiculously expensive too and stuck around for longer.

- Reiziger: he hung around for too long IMO, well into this decade (surprised to see that when I checked on Wiki). But he did win titles as a starter in Van Gaal's first era so I'll cut him some slack.

- Quaresma: yeah he was poor but it was mostly down to problems with Rijkaard. And we basically got most of the money back for him anyway.

Dutruel was actually a very good keeper for us (IIRC he played for France).

What about Blanc and Dugarry, they did fuk all during their spells.

They wern't at Barca this decade though.

Alive and Kicking wrote:R. Wright

Oleg Luzhny- Tavlaridis- Stepanovs - Cygan

Inamoto- - Luis Boa Morte-Edu

Aladiere- - K Diawara-Christopher Wreh,

Sub: Gilles Grimandi, Jeffers, Owusu-Abeyie

I wouldn't put Reyes, because he had a good spell, whereas Diaby is starting to play well and he scored some nice goals.

K Diawara the new Weah

Edu was the shit

Despite my reservations about the beanpole he has been alright in recent games

For Inter, from the top of my head:

You have so many options, especially at LB!

-------rensing
lell-demichelis -breno-rau

hofmann-ali karimi- dos santos- pablo thiam-
----göktan- hashemian

For United

Goram

Bardsley--Blanc--Silvestre--Heinze

--Kleberson--Djemba--Smith--Miller

--------Ruud--Owen

@ Alive & kicking prunier had a brief spell in 1996 ffs......... Poborsky was gone by 98 as well! And how you and glenn left out Smith i don't know.

no Ferdinand ?

Wrong thread

how come ruud is there? didn't he score quite alot of goals for you?

Yeah but i don't like him and he cost the team a lot.

The thing is i don't see the point in putting Manucho or Dong or whoever since they never played anyway.

You could swap Smith with Ruud and put Richardson in the midfield. That'd be an all round shite team for sure.

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:You have so many options, especially at LB!

yeah we have... here's another take discounting the names already picked by bluenine - and we could name a couple more full teams...

carini

adani - fresi - rivas - gresko

conceicao - vampeta - farinos - dalmat

keane - sukur

abundance wrote:

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:You have so many options, especially at LB!

yeah we have... here's another take discounting the names already picked by bluenine - and we could name a couple more full teams...

carini

adani - fresi - rivas - gresko

conceicao - vampeta - farinos - dalmat

keane - sukur

Here's another one


I remember Vampeta. He was one of Lippi's signings and was really crap.

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:

abundance wrote:

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:You have so many options, especially at LB!

yeah we have... here's another take discounting the names already picked by bluenine - and we could name a couple more full teams...

carini

adani - fresi - rivas - gresko

conceicao - vampeta - farinos - dalmat

keane - sukur

Here's another one

Peruzzi
Vivas Colonesse Sorondo Wome
Okan Davids Lamouchi Guly
Ventola Choutos

I remember Vampeta. He was one of Lippi's signings and was really crap.

Vampeta was recomended by Ronaldo, I think. Useless. Also sad to see Dalmat in that list, that guy had so much potential... but that was a time when Inter really spoiled their players, influenced by Moratti's pets like Recoba and Ronaldo.

btw, I don't think Peruzzi was that bad for us.