Greatest XI in your lifetime (Not CAFC)

cabbles

Don't doubt this has been done before, but a little light lunchtime thread for you to give us the greatest XI of your lifetime (not charlton, although you are welcome to include Christoph LePoint if you want)

Schmeicheal

Cafu/Thuram Maldini Desailly Roberto Carlos

Ronaldo Gazza Zidane

Messi Bergkamp Cantona

Absolutely no balance and I couldn't decide which of Cafu or Thuram gets the nod at RB.

My era was early 90s onwards

bobmunro

Banks
Cohen, Moore, Charlton (J), Wilson
Stiles, Ball, Charlton (R), Peters
Hurst, Hunt



Seriously:

Schmeichel
Thuram, Moore, Canavaro, Maldini
Messi, Maradona, Keane, Best
Pele, Ronaldo (goofy)

Bench: Banks, Carlos, Ronaldo (C), Cruyff, Muller (G)

Not necessarily the best 11 players in my lifetime but I've tried to go for balance. The bench is pretty strong as well and covers defensive injuries (Keane can play CH and so can Maldini, with another full back on the bench). Might be a question raised over Keane but aside from being an arsehole he was for me the best holding midfielder in my lifetime (close with Viera).

I think even I could manage that team to world domination!!

sam3110

Buffon
Alves Cannavaro Puyol Roberto Carlos
Messi Viera Zidane Cristiano Ronaldo
Pele Ronaldo

North Lower Neil

90s onwards too for me:

Schmeichel
Lahm (less exciting than Cafu but more solid defensively in my attacking team!)
Desailly
Baresi (Desailly for pace and power, Baresi for the intelligence, would compliment each other)
Maldini
Keane (just ahead of Vieira) - captain
Xavi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Zidane
Messi
Ronaldo (Brazilian one - incredible before injuries)

So:

Schmeichel
Lahm, Desailly, Baresi, Maldini
Keane, Xavi
Messi, Zidane, C.Ronaldo
Ronaldo

Subs if allowed: Buffon, Koeman, Cafu, Vieira, Iniesta, Ronaldinho, Henry (just ahead of Baggio due to pace against tired defences!).

C_Jensens_Love_Child

Schmeichel
Lahm Nesta Puyol Maldini

Makelele
Zidane Ineista

Messi Ronaldo

Ronaldo

Buffon
Cole
Cannavaro
Keane
Lampard
Ronaldinho
Henry

Pelling1993

Buffon

D.Alves Vidic Cannavaro Carlos

Figo Scholes

Messi Zidane C Ronaldo

Ronaldo

RedArmySE7

Schmeichel

Lahm
Maldini
Cannavaro
Puyol

Keane
Zidane
Iniesta

Messi
Ronaldo
Ronaldo

The Red Robin

Pelling1993

Anyone that doesn't have C. Ronaldo and Messi should not be allowed to have an opinion

Pedro45

Banks
Puyol
Beckenbauer
Moore
Roberto Carlos
Viera
Iniesta
Charlton R
Best
Cruyff
Pele

Subs
Yashin
Cafu
Costa
Zidane
Giggs
Cristiano Ronaldo
Messi

se9addick

sam3110 said:

Buffon
Alves Cannavaro Puyol Roberto Carlos
Messi Viera Zidane Cristiano Ronaldo
Pele Ronaldo

What's your footballing era? Interesting that you didn't pick anyone from Pele's times and the mid-90's.

Addick Addict

se9addick said:

sam3110 said:

Buffon
Alves Cannavaro Puyol Roberto Carlos
Messi Viera Zidane Cristiano Ronaldo
Pele Ronaldo

What's your footballing era? Interesting that you didn't pick anyone from Pele's times and the mid-90's.

And you can't pick 13 players!

killerandflash

From mid 70s onwards

Schmeichel

Lahm Baresi Desailly Maldini

Matthaus

Xavi Zidane

Maradona C Ronaldo Messi

Quite a defensive back 5 so that the rest of the team would be free to attack. No real centre forward (Fat Ronaldo for Maradona would be that swap if necessary)

Elthamaddick

Buffon

Cafu Baresi Maldini Carlos

Makelele

Ronaldiniho Maradona Messi

Ronaldo Ronaldo


that was off the top of my head, then realised who I'd left out................Zidane, Iniesta, Xavi, Van Basten, Zico, Figo..........could literally go on and on and probably name 3 or 4 teams of totally different players.

Little bit too attacking maybe

Swisdom

Born in 1976

Southall

Cafu - Baresi - Cannavaro - Maldini

Matthaus

Xavi - Iniesta

Maradona - Fat Ronaldo - Messi

Addick Addict

Schmeichel

Carlos Alberto Moore Beckenbauer Lahm

Best Zidane Cruyff

Messi Pele Ronaldo (C)

Who needs to defend with that side?

bobmunro

Pelling1993 said:

Anyone that doesn't have C. Ronaldo and Messi should not be allowed to have an opinion

I could equally argue that those of a certain age who can remember the greats of the 60s and 70s shouldn't be allowed to have an opinion if they don't include Moore, Pele and the greatest of them all, Best.

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bobmunro said:

Pelling1993 said:

Anyone that doesn't have C. Ronaldo and Messi should not be allowed to have an opinion

I could equally argue that those of a certain age who can remember the greats of the 60s and 70s shouldn't be allowed to have an opinion if they don't include Moore, Pele and the greatest of them all, Best.

Great minds and all that.

RedChaser

From the 60's to date;

Zoff (Italy)

Jairzhino (Brazil), Beckenbauer (Germany), Bobby Moore, Facchetti (Italy)


Ronaldo (Potugal) Cruyff (Holland) Messi (Argentina) Guillit (Holland


Eusabio (Potugal) Pele (Brazil)

McBobbin

C_Jensens_Love_Child said:

Schmeichel
Lahm Nesta Puyol Maldini

Makelele
Zidane Ineista

Messi Ronaldo

Ronaldo

Buffon
Cole
Cannavaro
Keane
Lampard
Ronaldinho
Henry

Mines basically this. Might have Cannavaro instead of Puyol.

Rufus is a dogs name

Buffon

Thuram - Maldini - Puyol - R.Carlos

Iniesta - Gazza - Zidane

C.Ronaldo - Ronaldo (Brazillian) - Messi

Pelling1993

Rufus is a dogs name said:

Buffon

Thuram - Maldini - Puyol - R.Carlos

Iniesta - Gazza - Zidane

C.Ronaldo - Ronaldo (Brazillian) - Messi

I hope you're referring to Yohan Thuram!

Starinnaddick

Pelling1993 said:

Anyone that doesn't have C. Ronaldo and Messi should not be allowed to have an opinion

One mans meat is someone else's poison.
Did you see George Best, Pele or Maradonna play ? Lol

blackpool72

Starinnaddick said:

Pelling1993 said:

Anyone that doesn't have C. Ronaldo and Messi should not be allowed to have an opinion

One mans meat is someone else's poison.
Did you see George Best, Pele or Maradonna play ? Lol

Maradona will always be my poison.
Best and pele on the other hand

Dazzler21

Not sure if the title needs [not cafc]

cabbles

Dazzler21 said:

Not sure if the title needs [not cafc]

Quiet you. I won’t have your little snipes trying to undermine my position as moderator. I can see through your game

Sherlock

Buffon
Cafu
Lothar Matthäus
cannavaro
Maldini

Zidane
Iniesta
xavi

C Ronaldo
Fat Ronaldo
Messi

creepyaddick

My all time favourite players

Peter Shilton

Gary Neville
Rio Ferdinand
Tony Adams
Chris Powell

Steve Coppell
Gazza
Bryan Robson
Trevor Brooking

Glenn Hoddle
Gary Lineker

Riviera

This is the best team I ever saw live

Schmeichel
Parker
Irwin
Ince
Bruce
Pallister
Cantona
Keane
Hughes
Kanchelskis
Giggs

It was at Old Trafford 1994 FA Cup 1/4 Final, couldn't name the full away team without looking it up!

SDAddick

2000ish onward. Probably more emphasis on the last ten years because I'm getting old and I forget stuff. But that's why the likes of
the original Ronaldo, Maldini, and Zidane probably miss out.

Casillas
Alves Ramos Chiellini Lahm
..........Alonso
.......Xavi.....Schweinsteiger
Messi....Drogba......C Ronaldo

If you asked me tomorrow six of those would probably change, which is why I'm not going a bench now but might come back later and do one.

Subs:
Buffon
Iniesta
David Villa
Maldini
Pirlo
Ronaldo
Zidane

Bangkokaddick

Riviera said:

This is the best team I ever saw live

Schmeichel
Parker
Irwin
Ince
Bruce
Pallister
Cantona
Keane
Hughes
Kanchelskis
Giggs

It was at Old Trafford 1994 FA Cup 1/4 Final, couldn't name the full away team without looking it up!

Memories of the days when teams played their best XIs during the FA Cup, though of course they played the second half with Les Sealey in goal and no Paul Parker.

As for a best world XI, I just can't do it. How to choose between both Ronaldos, Pele, Best Cruyff, Messi, Gullit, Zidane Eusebio etc - and Gerd Mueller, Marco Van Basten and Dennis Bergkamp haven't even got a look-in in the teams picked so far.