Team of the Decade

The Red Robin

With the end of the decade fast approaching and endless ‘Best of’ lists emerging across the media, I thought I’d join in and offer my opinion on the best football XI of the decade:

4-4-2:

Gianlugi Buffon

Cafu
Terry
Ferdinand
A.Cole

C.Ronaldo
Zidane
Seedorf
Giggs

Ronaldinho
Henry

Perhaps my biggest omission is Gerrard, but I went for Seedorf over him as he's won a lot more trophies, on reflection. It was a tough to leave out players like Raul and Puyol as well as Messi and Kaka.

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WSS

3 of our back 4, I take it this must be based on club form in domestic leagues?

The Red Robin

[cite]Posted By: WSS[/cite]3 of our back 4, I take it this must be based on club form in domestic leagues?

Tried do it club level and international but I don't think there has been better defenders than those 3 this decade. Almost went for Puyol ahead of Ferdinand though and perhaps should have.

WSS

That's the great thing about these things - nobody will ever agree!

The Red Robin

I know! I'm not sure I even agree with my own selection now! What's everybody else's world XI of the decade?

cafcpolo

Can't say I agree with that too much.

Cafu, ZZ past their prime at the turn of the / early century. Would go for...

Buffon

Zambrotta
Nesta
Cannavaro
Carlos

Ronaldo
Makelele
Gerrard
Ronaldinho

Henry
Ruud Van

Chris_from_Sidcup

Ashley Cole?!!!!!

What about Roberto Carlos or Maldini?

I'd have Kaka in there as well.

And how you can have Giggs in there and not Messi is beyond me.

The Red Robin

Giggs has played the entire decade, Messi only half of it, same with Kaka. I agree they're better players at the moment but this isn't a team based on 2009, but 2000 onwards. Carlos and Maldini past their best this decade IMHO, don't believe Zidane was as he won the Champions League in 2001 with a fantastic goal, run the show for France at Euro 2000 and 2004 and both World Cups in 2002 and 2006.

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Kahn

Cafu
Cannavaro
Nesta
Maldini

Cristiano Ronaldo
Zidane
Viera
Messi

Totti
Ronaldo

Manager: Fabio Capello

cafcdan18

Buffon

Cafu
Cannavaro
Ferdinand
Maldini

Ronaldo
Zidane
Gerrard
Giggs

Henry
Rooney

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4-3-3:

Buffon

Cafu
Puyol
Cannavaro
Maldini

Kaka
Makalele
Zidane

Ronaldinho
Henry
Cristiano Ronaldo

My player of the decade - Ronaldinho, however much he has tailed off and gone back to his old PSG partying show-pony days now, I have never seen one man single-handedly run a team of the likes of Barcelona for so long as he did 2004-06 and probably never will in my lifetime.

five very close to the XI - Xavi, Roberto Carlos, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Gerrard, Nesta