All-Time XI

With it being Real Madrid's 110th birthday Marca are doing a poll to determine the clubs all-time best XI. I'm sure we've done this before but not in a while I think. Anyhow, have a go and post your clubs best XI if you want!

For Real Madrid, I will say:

-------------------Casillas

Marquitos-----Hierro-----Sanchis-----R. Carlos

-------------------Redondo

Míchel----------------------------------Gento

------------------Zidane

-----Di Stefano--------------Raúl


Probably a lot of the old times would put Pirri instead of Redondo. Super would probably put Khedira.

Part of me wanted to put Butragueño ahead of Zidane but that goal in Glasgow is hard to deny.

Honourable mention to plenty of players like Hugo Sanchez, Puskas, Juanito, Santillana, Camacho, Raúl Bravo, etc.

Jaime wrote:For Real Madrid, I will say:

-------------------Casillas

J. Faubert-----Hierro-----Sanchis-----R. Bravo

-------------------Redondo

Míchel----------------------------------Gento

------------------Zidane

-----Di Stefano--------------Raúl


Probably a lot of the old times would put Pirri instead of Redondo. Super would probably put Khedira.

Part of me wanted to put Butragueño ahead of Zidane but that goal in Glasgow is hard to deny.

Honourable mention to plenty of players like Hugo Sanchez, Puskas, Juanito, Santillana, Camacho, Raúl Bravo, etc.

Fixed it for you.

So we get Zidane but no Pavon?

Cristiano wrote:

Jaime wrote:For Real Madrid, I will say:

-------------------Casillas

J. Faubert-----Hierro-----Sanchis-----R. Bravo

-------------------Redondo

Míchel----------------------------------Gento

------------------Zidane

-----Di Stefano--------------Raúl


Probably a lot of the old times would put Pirri instead of Redondo. Super would probably put Khedira.

Part of me wanted to put Butragueño ahead of Zidane but that goal in Glasgow is hard to deny.

Honourable mention to plenty of players like Hugo Sanchez, Puskas, Juanito, Santillana, Camacho, Raúl Bravo, etc.

Fixed it for you.

A very honourable mention to Mijatovic. If he had not enforced the curse, you would not be succeeding now.

Speaking of the legendary Marquitos, he's just passed away at the age of 79.



RIP

No Figo or Real Ronaldo?

No David Beckham?

110% wrote:No Figo or Real Ronaldo?

Hmmmm....not for me. Figo only had one really great season, 2000-01 which was his first. Michel was better for a longer time imo. The brasilian Ronaldo was great but it's hard to put him ahead of Di Stefano or Raul.

---------------Zubi

------Puyol---Koeman---Migueli

--------------Pep

------Xavi------------Iniesta

-------------Cruyff

--Messi-----Kubala----Ronaldinho

Honourable mention to

Laudrup
Neeksen
Cocu
Eto'o
Deco
Nadal
too many to mention

No Charlton, Best, Law, Baresi, Gullit, Van Basten etc because I never watch they played

MAN. UNITED:
----------------VdS
G. Neville--Rio--Stam--Evra
Beckham--Keane--Scholes--Giggs
--------------CR7---Rooney

AC MILAN:
-------------Dida
Cafu--Nesta--Stam--Maldini
--Gattuso--Pirlo--Seedorf
--------------Kaka
------Sheva------Ibra

HOLLAND NT:
-----------------VdS
Reiziger--Stam--F. de Boer--Gio
---VanBommel--Davids
----------Bergkamp
--Robben--RvN--Overmars

INDONESIA NT:
------------------Hendro K.
Anang M.--Bejo S.--Nur'alim--Aji S.
------------Bustomi---Firman
------------------Fachri H.
----Titus B.---Gonzales--Boaz

I've got the same Holland and Indonesia XI's as you, though I'd be tempted to include Cantona for Man Utd.

Pras_tama wrote:No Charlton, Best, Law, Baresi, Gullit, Van Basten etc because I never watch they played

MAN. UNITED:
----------------VdS
G. Neville--Rio--Stam--Evra
Beckham--Keane--Scholes--Giggs
--------------CR7---Rooney

AC MILAN:
-------------Dida
Cafu--Nesta--Stam--Maldini
--Gattuso--Pirlo--Seedorf
--------------Kaka
------Sheva------Ibra

HOLLAND NT:
-----------------VdS
Reiziger--Stam--F. de Boer--Gio
---VanBommel--Davids
----------Bergkamp
--Robben--RvN--Overmars

INDONESIA NT:
------------------Hendro K.
Anang M.--Bejo S.--Nur'alim--Aji S.
------------Bustomi---Firman
------------------Fachri H.
----Titus B.---Gonzales--Boaz

You don't rate player from the pre 90's?

S4P wrote: I've got the same Holland and Indonesia XI's as you, though I'd be tempted to include Cantona for Man Utd.

Surely, you are joking on the Indonesian part, aren't you? or are you?

Rooney is 'Cantona' enough for me with better goalscoring ratio

zenit wrote:

Pras_tama wrote:No Charlton, Best, Law, Baresi, Gullit, Van Basten etc because I never watch they played

MAN. UNITED:
----------------VdS
G. Neville--Rio--Stam--Evra
Beckham--Keane--Scholes--Giggs
--------------CR7---Rooney

AC MILAN:
-------------Dida
Cafu--Nesta--Stam--Maldini
--Gattuso--Pirlo--Seedorf
--------------Kaka
------Sheva------Ibra

HOLLAND NT:
-----------------VdS
Reiziger--Stam--F. de Boer--Gio
---VanBommel--Davids
----------Bergkamp
--Robben--RvN--Overmars

INDONESIA NT:
------------------Hendro K.
Anang M.--Bejo S.--Nur'alim--Aji S.
------------Bustomi---Firman
------------------Fachri H.
----Titus B.---Gonzales--Boaz

You don't rate player from the pre 90's?

I never watch pre 90's players so how can I rate them?

What about you mate? you have a lot of team to support, sure it takes a hell of time to post each team best XI

Pras_tama wrote:No Charlton, Best, Law, Baresi, Gullit, Van Basten etc because I never watch they played

MAN. UNITED:
----------------VdS
G. Neville--Rio--Stam--Evra
Beckham--Keane--Scholes--Giggs
--------------CR7---Rooney

AC MILAN:
-------------Dida
Cafu--Nesta--Stam--Maldini
--Gattuso--Pirlo--Seedorf
--------------Kaka
------Sheva------Ibra

HOLLAND NT:
-----------------VdS
Reiziger--Stam--F. de Boer--Gio
---VanBommel--Davids
----------Bergkamp
--Robben--RvN--Overmars

INDONESIA NT:
------------------Hendro K.
Anang M.--Bejo S.--Nur'alim--Aji S.
------------Bustomi---Firman
------------------Fachri H.
----Titus B.---Gonzales--Boaz

Ye gads Pras, did you never see Baresi, Rijkaard, Gullit and van Basten play for Milan? If not, you have my deepest sympathy.

EMP wrote:

Pras_tama wrote:No Charlton, Best, Law, Baresi, Gullit, Van Basten etc because I never watch they played

MAN. UNITED:
----------------VdS
G. Neville--Rio--Stam--Evra
Beckham--Keane--Scholes--Giggs
--------------CR7---Rooney

AC MILAN:
-------------Dida
Cafu--Nesta--Stam--Maldini
--Gattuso--Pirlo--Seedorf
--------------Kaka
------Sheva------Ibra

HOLLAND NT:
-----------------VdS
Reiziger--Stam--F. de Boer--Gio
---VanBommel--Davids
----------Bergkamp
--Robben--RvN--Overmars

INDONESIA NT:
------------------Hendro K.
Anang M.--Bejo S.--Nur'alim--Aji S.
------------Bustomi---Firman
------------------Fachri H.
----Titus B.---Gonzales--Boaz

Ye gads Pras, did you never see Baresi, Rijkaard, Gullit and van Basten play for Milan? If not, you have my deepest sympathy.

I was born in 1984 and started to watch football in 1996. Indeed, never been able to watch the likes of Baresi, Gullit, Rijkaard, Van Basten, Cruyff, Pele, Maradona, Platini, Charlton, Best and Law is my biggest regret regarding about football

I don't know why people persevere in insisting that football existed before the advent of the Premier League

I view Baresi as some sort of prototype Phil Jones.

Hlebagone wrote:I don't know why people persevere in insisting that football existed before the advent of the Premier League

I view Baresi as some sort of prototype Phil Jones.

I have it on good authority that not only did it exist before the Premier League, but some foreigners had the sheer nerve to organise leagues of their own as well. It was even played in Africa.

I will also stick to only the players I have seen playing in an Inter shirt, like Pras did...


Just missed out:
GKs: Toldo, Cesar, Zenga
Def: Baresi, Ferri, Maicon, Cordoba
Mid: Di Biagio, Stankovic, Sneijder, Figo
Str: Ibra, Eto'o, Ronaldo, Klinnsman, Baggio, Recoba

I am sure I am forgetting some players....

PS: Baggio & Pags are personal favourites

Some for me, only players I saw play.

-------Dida
Cafu-Baresi-Costacurta-Maldini
Boban--Rijkaard--Gullit
---------Kaka
van Basten - Sheva

I know it's too offensive and no Savicevic, JP Papin, Desailly, Rui Costa, Seedorf, Pirlo, etc.

EMP wrote:

Hlebagone wrote:I don't know why people persevere in insisting that football existed before the advent of the Premier League

I view Baresi as some sort of prototype Phil Jones.

I have it on good authority that not only did it exist before the Premier League, but some foreigners had the sheer nerve to organise leagues of their own as well. It was even played in Africa.

Bogdan Stancu wrote:Some for me, only players I saw play.

-------Dida
Cafu-Baresi-Costacurta-Maldini
Boban--Rijkaard--Gullit
---------Kaka
van Basten - Sheva

I know it's too offensive and no Savicevic, JP Papin, Desailly, Rui Costa, Seedorf, Pirlo, etc.

I am more surprised by Billy over Nesta... I never rated Costacurta that much, the only reason he made the Azzurri line up over someone like Ciro Ferrara was coz of his understanding with Baresi & Maldini.

Cafu-----Nesta ---Baresi----Maldini would have been amazing.

-------------kahn

sagnol-loddar-linke-lizarazu

-----schweini-effe
basler-------------scholl
---------elber
----------roy

my personal favourite team

You people and your billy big bollocks clubs.

Only players in my lifetime, to make it easier.

------------------Given------------------

Beye--Albert--Coloccini--Enrique

------------Lee-----Speed------------
Solano-------------------------Robert

--------Shearer--Ferdinand--------

Mine is similar to Kimbo's, perhaps less balanced, but it includes some of my favourite players:

----------------Given

Beye--Albert--Coloccini--Beresford

-----------Lee----Speed

Beardsley-------------------Ginola

------Shearer---Ferdinand

In a number of instances, two or three players feel equally worthy of the one spot - I think there's a case for each of Beresford, Bernard and Enrique at left-back; for Watson, Barton and Beye at right-back; and if we were to keep forwards as forwards we would have all of Shearer, Ferdinand, Beardsley and Cole vying for a couple of places, which isn't to mention Asprilla, Ba and Bellamy. I think, taking my time as a supporter, we could gather two equally strong elevens:

----------------Srnicek

Watson--Howey--Woodgate--Enrique

-------------Lee----Speed
Solano-----------------------Robert

-----------Shearer---Ferdinand

and

---------------Given

Beye--Albert--Coloccini--Beresford

---------Hamann---Tiote
Dyer--------------------------Ginola

---------Cole---Beardsley

Not long before Krul is in there over that turncoat Given, he has more talent.

Spurs 1992-present (it's actually when I was old enough to start watching/understanding football - I was 6!)

---------------Thorsveldt

Carr------Judas--------King--------Assou-Ekotto

---------Carrick------Modric

Ginola----------Anderton------------Bale

---------------Klinsmann

Azzurri XI:


GK: Zenga, Pagluica, Zoff, Toldo
Def: Scirea, Bergomi, Cannavaro, Gentile, Cabrini
Mid: Gattuso, Donadoni, Dino Baggio, Albertini, De Rossi
Str: Altobelli, Del Piero, Totti, Inzaghi

Deluded F*ck™ wrote:Spurs 1992-present (it's actually when I was old enough to start watching/understanding football - I was 6!)

---------------Thorsveldt

Carr------Judas--------King--------Assou-Ekotto

---------Carrick------Modric

Ginola----------Anderton------------Bale

---------------Klinsmann

Omg, imagine that two blacks at the back for England at their peak, perfection <3