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                                         Cech


Lahm                    Nesta                  Lucio         Fiori


Ronaldo              Gerard                  Messi            Ronaldinho

                         Kaka
                                               Torres

 rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

jim which team do you support by the way?

ok so i squeezed bit here and there but im not far away

lets see yr team paul

you never answered the question mate

Liverpool like you didnt know

i did put 1 chelsea player in

do you need more time to research your team???

i wont pretent to be well versed in world football mate to attempt a team.

i love my football but if im brutally honest i dont watch much outside of the english premiership.

something must be seriously wrong at liverpool as they have 2 players in your world 11 but still cannot be found in the premiership top 4 teams.

Before Everton played on Monday night when all the top 5 had played the same number of games we were in the top 4

By the way your only 3rd and having a few cup problems last week

personally i wouldnt include any chelsea players at the moment including cech who i have seen in better form than he is at the moment

gerrard is a world class player but is he in the best of form and inspiring his team enough to be included in a world x1?

i like torres but is he good enough to be included in a world x1? there are other strikers in the premiership as good yes including drogba!
berbatov is as good a player as torres if not better and the way rooney is playing at the moment in the lone striker role he is being asked to fill then i would put him above torres.

as for strikers abroad i dont watch enough to comment.

Gk Buffon
RB Lahm
CB Ferdinand
CB Nesta
LB Heinze
M Ronaldo
M Gerrad
M Fabregas
LF Messi
RF Kaka
CF Drogba


Playing 433ish to fit everybody in

cech as keeper ?
Buffon as keeper ?

Iker Casillas ... surely.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4OmKm3YPg4
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Heinze at left back?

Drogba?

Ferdinand?

 :dontask:


a little too premier league-centric methinks

casillas, buffon, cech in that order though its pretty close

lahm and zambrotta at full back

Nesta and Puyol centre back

these six in midfield and up top

ronaldo, ronaldinho, Pirlo, Henry, Kaka, Messi in whatever formation you like!

                                cech

danialves         carragher          nesta        maldini

                            mascherano
       
ronaldo         ronaldinho          kaka          messi

                              lucatoni

I think Mascherano will be up there one day.  Just hope he's still playing for Liverpool when he is.

i think he is already, though ive based my team on champs league footie over the last few years, as its the easiest way to compare each player.

always thought mascherano coming off in the champs league final was the reason kaka was free to create the crucial second in the final milan won 2-1

GK: Buffon

RB: Alves

CB: Ferdinand

CB: Puyol

LB: Abidal

RM: Ronaldo

CM: Carrick

CM: Kaka

LM: Ronaldinho

FC: Drogba

FC: Berbatov

thats obscene, carrick isnt even the best midfieder at manu, nevermind best english, never mind best in prem

Carragher and Mascherano?

I like Nemisis' team although I'd have Messi ahead of Dinho and Cambiasso ahead of Carrick.

Nice shout with Abidal at left back Lahm's probably the best left back but i put him at right back due to the quality of Right backs around slotted Heinze in myself as although he's had a lot of injuries i think Real Madrid have won every game he's played.
Maicon and Zambrotta are suspect defenders and Ramos is a thug.

Strikers are always the most debated but maybe mine stopped being a world XI when i got there. I just though that if i was playing Messi and Kaka off a striker even if Eto'o. Henry. Van Nistelrooy etc are better finishers i'd rather have Drogba up front to hold the ball up for the 2 of them.

I don't rate Heinze as highly as some. I feel that Evra/Clichy are better than him; and Abidal is better than all 3 of them. Ronnie is out of form but still better than Messi (who I rate very highly). I hate one footed DCM's (Camiasso) as it makes them easier to read and their game is more exploitable.

Berbatov was just added for fun. I think that there are 4 or 5 strikers ahead of him at the moment, but he is a great player. Fingers crossed, hopefully Spurs can resign Carrick as he is very good.

LMAO @ the suggestions of Ferdinand, Carrick and Carragher.  rotflmfao

Yeah, as English players are obviously shit and all foreigners are better.

Ferdinand is highly respected by his peers on the continent. I added Carrick as he is a very balanced DCM and that is what I was aiming for.

LMAO @ people LMAO at other people's team selection, when they haven't even posted their own team!

Looks like someone cage has been rattled.

What's with the sad English players comment, are you trying to attribute a point of view as mine when I've not actually made such a statement. As it goes I personally don't think at this point in time there are any English players that would make a current world XI. The nearest would be Rooney but he's not quite up there yet.

Carrick, current world XI, whatever.

So what is your team then diceman

who would you play instead of carrick?

Boruc

Alves
Puyol
Cannavaro
Evra

Ronaldo
Kaka
Mascherano
Messi

Henry
Ibrahimovic

Err, no.

Ferdinand has been in the top 4 or 5 central defenders for the past 6 or 7 years. To dismiss him, and also Gerrard, Lampard and then to say that only Rooney would get near a current world XI, shows that you may not know as much about football as you think you do.

IMO Lampard and Gerrard are definitely overrated, due to them playing in the EPL and also their inability to perform for the national team together. But they would walk into most teams in World Football.

Is Henry still as good as his imperious best?

In my mind he was the best player in the world at one point, but is he still the best?  He'd still walk into any Premiership side (IMO), but not sure he's still the best.

"you may not know as much about football as you think you do". And when have I made this suggestion that I know so much. You really seem keen to score some points merely because I disagree with your choices that Ferdinand and Carrick are not good enough to be in the worlds best XI. It is infact yourself who is displaying a great deal of arrogance in relation to your petty point scoring attempts. What is you said before, "LMAO @ people LMAO at other people's team selection, when they haven't even posted their own team!". Does that mean only people who respond according to Nemesis's "rule book" are allowed to express an opinion?. If that is the case then get over yourself. I can express that I disagree with you if I see fit and in the case of your selection of Ferdinand and more importantly Carrick I find them laughable suggestions as good enough for the best current XI just as I do with Carragher.

I look forward to reading your response and whatever statement you think you can make with regards to what I'm thinking, even thou I haven't expressed it for you clearly have this wonderful ability of knowing what others are thinking  ::)

Like Inthebelly I won't declare team as I haven't been watching much overseas football so not really upto date on who's the best. This however doesn't stop me from commenting on others selections but I only do that when I truly think a selection is really unbelievable.

As for who I would play instead of Carrick, for me you can choose anyone from Messi, Deco, Ambrosini, Viera, Nedved, Gerrard and Kaka. I'm sure there are many others but Carrick doesn't even make a premiership team IMO as doesn't Carragher.

1. Boruc

2. Hinkel

3. Naylor

4. McManus

5. Balde

6. Hartley

7. McGeady

8. Brown

9 McDonald

10. Henry

11. Nakamura

I also don't understand the love in for Mascherano. He was a failure at WestHam, he hasn't exactly set the EPL alight with Liverpool either, yet he is making the WorldXI based on a few games in the ECL?

(I am a Liverpool fan, to declare my biases up front, and I really dont care about defences, so i will pick the best ideas from every one else.)

(I am playing 4-4-2 and I am not picking the best 6 front players but rather the 6 that fit best in these places)

                 Casillas

Lahm      Nesta     Terry     Abidal

Ronaldo   Essien    Kaka      Ronaldinho

          Torres   Van Niestelroyd

Essien ahead of gerrard? interesting.

my 11 would be.

Buffon

Lahm

Abidal

puyol

cannavaro

ronaldo

messi

fabregas

kaka

torres

henry

Buffon

Alves
Puyol
Cannavaro
Abidal

Ronaldo
Kaka
Gattuso
Messi

Henry
Drogba

Having Carrick is beyond comedy, priceless...   rotflmfao

You haven't watched him play week in, week out then.  The fella is top, top class.

The reason he didn't play at West Ham was nothing to do with ability.  It was to do with money.

Here's my team:

1.  Carragher
2.  Carragher
3.  Carragher
4.  Carragher
5.  Carragher
6.  Carragher
7.  Carragher
8.  Carragher
9.  Carragher
10. Carragher
11. Carragher

Disagree and I'll let him speak to you about it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7269372.stm

LMAO  rotflmfao

Not so much current as last 4/5 years although all are still playing

Gk Buffon
RB Puyol
CB Nesta
CB Cannavaro
LB Maldini
RM C.Ronaldo
CM Xavi
CM Kaka
LM Messi
S Eto'o
S Larsson (Capt)

Can't believe no one has put Xavi in, the guy is immense. Also Lahm is a left back not a right back.

1. Cech
2. Zambrotta
3. Abidal
4. Toure
5. Cannavaro
6. Fabregas
7. Kaka
8. Messi
9. Ronaldo
10. Rooney
11. Berbatov

Meh go on i will have a go.

GK: Buffon (cassilas and cech are close)
RB: Alves
CB: Nesta
CB: Cannavaro (can't beat 2 cynical Italians at the back)
LB: Abidal
RW: Ronaldo
CM: Gerrard
CM: Kaka
LW : Messi
CF: Henry
CF: Drogba (Just cos i think he will complement the team well)

Manager: Jose, got have someone with a massive ego to deal with these lot.

I dont trust Gerrard to stay in a defensive roll, and i am not willing to play him ahead of Kaka.

GK-BUFFON
LB-MALDINI
RB-ZAMBROTTA
CB-NESTA
CB-CANNAVARO
RM-GERRARD
CM-MASCHERANO
CM-PIRLO
LM-MESSI
AM-KAKA
CF-TORRES

MANAGER-LIPPI

                     Casillas

Zambrotta   Nesta   Vidic   Abidal

Ronaldo   Mascherano Kaka Messi

              Torres  Aguero

I think Cech has had a bad season by his standards. Henry too. Otherwise they'd both be candidates.

I know Messi plays on the right or up front but I'm not dropping him.

Van Nistlerooy shoud probably be in there but I just hate him too much.

As valid a reason as any ;D.

Other than Torres and Gerrard he's been Liverpool's most consistent player. He's pobably won more MOTM awards this season than anyone at our club. (Not hard I admit) Alonso doesnt get a look in. He had Kaka in his pocket in the last CL final. (until he was taken off) He's in the top 4 or 5 DMs in the world without a doubt. Light years better than Carrick.

Sorry Nem but Ferdinand for one of the best defenders about in the last 6 or 7 years? Maybe for a season or two 6 or 7 years ago, but not for 6 or 7 years straight. The guy is a lazy walking concentration lapse.

 Robinson, Hutton, Woodgate, King, Chimbonda (Huddlestone 61), Lennon, Jenas, Zokora, Malbranque (Tainio 75), Berbatov, Keane (Kaboul 102).
 voting over

The problem with Ferdinand is that everyone will remember his missed drug test fiasco and then associate him with being a "lazy walking concentration lapse." As a defender/player, he is light years ahead of everything in the EPL.

Talent wise I agree but performance wise I dont think hes ahead of Terry, Vidic, Campbell, Carvalho, King in the last few years.

dont know how vidic is there at all, hes not even in my prem select