All-Time Dream XI (with subs & manager)

Great thread Yoda. I do enjoy threads such as these where I can name my favourite players. So I've had a good think and come up with this squad of 21 players. I've included squad numbers for each player, and my selection includes both established all time greats and personal favourites of mine. The manager I've gone for is someone who I hold in the highest regard.

First Eleven:

1 - GK - Lev Yashin - Dynamo Moscow and USSR
2 - RB - Cafu - AC Milan and Brazil
3 - LB - Paolo Maldini - AC Milan and Italy
4 - CB - Billy Wright - Wolves and England (captain)
5 - CB - Bobby Moore - West Ham and England
6 - CM - Jozsef Bozsik - Kispest Honved and Hungary
7 - RW - Jairzinho - Botafogo and Brazil
8 - CM - Franz Beckenbauer - Bayern Munich and Germany
9 - FW - Pele - Santos and Brazil
10 - FW - Marco Van Basten - AC Milan and Holland
11 - LW / FW - George Best - Manchester United and Northern Ireland

Substitutes:

12 - SWP - Lothar Matthaus - Bayern Munich and Germany
13 - GK - Iker Casillas - Real Madrid and Spain
14 - DF - Alan Hansen - Liverpool and Scotland
15 - LW - David Wagstaffe - Wolves
16 - MF - Ruud Gullitt - AC Milan and Holland
17 - MF - Emlyn Hughes - Liverpool and England
18 - MF - Lionel Messi - Barcelona and Argentina
19 - FW - Gary Lineker - Tottenham Hotspur and England
20 - FW - Gerd Muller - Bayern Munich and Germany
21 - FW - John Charles - Leeds United; Juventus and Wales

Manager - Brian Clough - Nottingham Forest

thought i would post another one instead of the brazilian national team.
EDIT - MANAGER rinus michaels holland
GK yashin russia
DEF beckenbauer germany
DEF moore england
DEF breitner germany
MID gento spain
MID maradonna argentina
MID cruyff holland
MID best N ireland
ATT pele brazil
ATT di stefano arg/spain
ATT puscas hungary
the midfield and forwards would just interchange all the time obviously. very attacking team.

'Xmas Tree' Formation

GK: Lev Yashin

RB: Cafu CB: Franco Baresi CB: Booby Moore RB: Paulo Maldini

RM: Lionel Messi DM: Franz Beckenbaur LM: George Best

AM: Zinedine Zidane AM: Winston Bogarde Diego Maradona

ST: Henry


Subs:
Schmeichel
Roberto Carlos
Xavi
Cruyff
Zola
Pele
Di Stefano

Manager: Bobby Robson. 1. GK: E. Van der Saar - HOLLAND. 2. RB: L. Thuram - FRANCE. 3. LB: P. Maldini - ITALY. 4. DM: L. Matthaus - GERMANY. 5. CB: F. Baresi - ITALY. 6. CB: B. Moore - ENGLAND. 7. AM: L. Messi - ARGENTINA. 8. AM: A. Iniesta - SPAIN. 9. STR: G. Muller - GERMANY. 10. AM: D. Maradona - ARGENTINA. 11. AM: Z. Zidane - FRANCE. Subs: P. Schmeichel - Denmark, Cafu - Brazil, F. Cannavaro - Italy, F. Beckenbaeur - Germany, P. McGrath - Rep of Ireland, Puskas - Hungary, J. Cruyff - Holland, Pele - Brazil, Jairzinho - Brazil, A. Shearer - England.

manager me its my team

GK: Schmeichel

RB Cafu CB Edwards CB Moore LB Maldini

DM Makelele

CM B Charlton CM Zidane


FWD Messi Fwd Pele Fwd Best

subs
van der sar
vidic
roberto carlos
keane
maradonna
ronaldo
ronaldo

Because I'm only 20 and obviously haven't watched the old greats play I'm going to have to go with a Modern XI

Manager - Jose Mourinho

GK - Iker Casillas
LB - Evra
CB - Lucio
CB - Vidic
RB - Maicon

DMF - Yaya Toure
LW - Lionel Messi
CM - Iniesta
CAM - Franck Ribery
RW - Cristiano Ronaldo

F - David Villa

My team is based mainly on players whom I've been lucky enough to see play, complimented by some legends whom I've seen ample footage of to convince me that they simply demand inclusion.

Goalkeeper: Peter Schmeichel (Denmark)

Full Back: Lilian Thuram (France)
Full Back: Paulo Maldini (Italy)
Centre-half: Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany)
Centre-half: Bobby Moore (England)

Midfielder: Mattias Sammer (Germany)
Midfielder: Xavi Hernandez (Spain)
Midfielder: Zinedine Zidane (France)
Midfielder: George Best (Northern Ireland)

Forward: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Forward: Romario (Brazil)

Substitutes: Peter Shilton (England)
Stuart Pearce (England)
Johann Cruyff (Holland)
Michel Platini (France)
Diego Maradona (Argentina)
Pele (Brazil)
Gerd Muller (Germany)

I can't believe I couldn't find a starting place for Pele or Maradona, whom until recently I'd rated the best-ever, but that's what this excellent thread idea does to you - makes you assess things in context of a team.

Lilian Thuram is simply the best defender I've seen in my watching time; likewise Matteas Sammer was simply - in my opinion - the greatest sweeper-cum-holding midfield player I've seen in my time and probably the most under-rated player ever (witness his role in Germany's Euro '96 win and Borrussia Dortmund's Champions League success twelve months later - absolutely awesome majestic genius at work).

Attack-wise, for anyone who's seen the DVDs and read the books George Best is possibly the most ridiculously over-talented player ever and his misdemeanours and lack of World Cup experiences must never be held against his inclusion - an absolute no-brainer of a selection and together with Sammer and Messi the first three on the list. Up front, Romario just edges out Gerd Muller alongside the incomparable Messi; I honestly can't believe that probably the second-best natural finisher ever (Muller) is only on the bench but one night in Manchester in 1994 convinced me that Romario is just impossible to leave out - pure unadulterated natural-born genius in footballer form!

And who to manage them? Cloughie, Shanks and Ferguson were all more about going into battle against adversity so don't get the gig, so bollocks to the lot of 'em, it's MY team so I'll manage it myself and have Pep Guardiola as my assistant with the Foxy Babe to warm them up and tend to injuries - but only after she's seen to mine

(20-03-2011 22:30 )lindor Wrote:  with the Foxy Babe to warm them up and tend to injuries

alot groin strains, players feeling tired before and after matches/training with FOXY there. maybe a few heart attacks, strokes.

Going for a 3-4-3 Diamond formation. Hugely attacking but this team don't have to play together so I'm not that worried about balance. Reckon the defence would be fairly formidable anyway. I'm going for the FM 12 sub limit, still leaving out some legends I'm sure.


Subs:
L. Yashin, L. Thuram, Carlos Alberto, L. Mattaus, B. Charlton, Zico, Z. Zidane, A. Di Stefano, M. Laudrup, L. Messi, G. Muller, F. Puskas

Manager: Bob Paisley

(N.B. That's Johan Cruyff in midfield, not Jordi)

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