no matter from where,retired or not,or still alive....

choose out ur best eva dream 11 men squad....

lets mke sum discussion n comparision....

hv fun!!!!

*yawn*

peter schmeichel --
Roberto Carlos Stam ,Maldini , , Bale
Beckham Scholes , Zidane , Giggs
Gabriel Batistuta , Romário

This post has been edited by arvil22: Jun 21 2010, 05:02 PM

Julio Cesar(1)


Lahm(3) Agger(2) Sergio Ramos(5) Riise(6)




Gerrard(4)


C.Ronaldo(7) Robben(11)

Kaka(8)


Messi(10)

Torres(9)




i noe tis team might nt the best 4 others....but i would like 2 see tis team appear....

XD

good team for this era

yawn==

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Added on June 21, 2010, 5:01 pmyawn==

This post has been edited by YK91: Jun 21 2010, 05:01 PM

this team is too rich even for madrid

how about mine

Peter Schmichel
Cafu/Maicon/Dani Alves (pick 1) Maldini Terry Roberto Carlos
Makelele
C Ronaldo Kaka Messi
Pele Maradona

The JT from few years ago ... leads the team, leads the defence, scores with headers, scores a couple of screamers as well ... now he's

This post has been edited by spursfan: Jun 21 2010, 06:07 PM

Lev Yashin
Cafu Bobby Moore F.Beckenbauer Maldini
CR9 Zidane Giggs
Messi Pele Maradona.

WIN!!!

good.....but can replace torres with higuain

As of 21st June 2010

Julio Cesar

Maicon Puyol Ferdinand Evra

Messi Fletcher Xavi Ronaldo

Rooney Torres


*note on fletcher, he may play ugly, some fans hate him to the core. but he gets the job done in his role better then anyone out there. he wins ugly but he wins.

This post has been edited by befitozi: Jun 21 2010, 07:18 PM

Schmeichel

Cafu Ferdinand Mattheus Maldini

Messi Zidane Viera Ronaldo

Maradona

Pele

Not really familiar with the older generation of players ...

Just a question, to do who picked Pele in "All time", did you guys actually watch Pele play before? I've certainly can't find much decent videos of him =/

Jens Lehman (GK)
Glen Johnson(RB)Jamie Carragher(RCB)John Terry(LCB)Phillip Lahm(LB)
Steven Gerrard(RCM) Xabi Alonso(LDM)
Lionel Messi(RW) Kaka (CF) CristianoRonaldo(LW)
Fernando Torres (ST)

I'm not really sure myself, I pakai bantai only ...

of all the keeper u can choose
quite surprise to see u pick lehman

i doubt even arsenal fans are goona choose him

i got his disc...really great plying...dribble especially....n great finishing....he scored 1000+++ goals for his career

GK: Schmeichel

Def: Cafu--Stam--Nesta--Maldini

Mid: C.Ronaldo--Keane--Zidane--Scholes--Giggs

Str: Pele

This post has been edited by dlct87: Jun 21 2010, 09:33 PM

Schmeichel

Maldini Ferdinand Vidic Evra

Xavi Zidane Iniesta

Messi C.Ronaldo
Ronaldo

Fabianski

Rafael - Gallas - Jamie Carragher - Gibbs

Aaron Lennon - Diaby - Carrick - S.Wright Philps

Bendtner - Van Persie

GK: Julio Cesar

DF: Maicon-Sergio Ramos-Pepe-Roberto Carlos

MF: Makelele-Zidane

FW: CR9-Higuain-Rooney-Messi

Schmeichel

Hong Myung-Bo --Daniel Passarella ©-- --Franco Baresi

Patrick Vieira

CR9--Hidetoshi Nakata--Maradona--Zidane -- Messi

Eusébio

chilavert

s.ramos r.ferdinand b.moore r.carlos

d.beckham z.zidane Deco L.Messi

c.ronaldo

t.henry

dunno whether can they actually play together or no

always liked the game of henry, deco, zizou and chilavert

cant believe all of ur teams actually left out johann cruijff..

based on those that I have seen, might be a little biased though.

Peter Schmeichel

Cafu, Cannavaro, Nesta, Maldini/Carlos

C.Ronaldo, Zidane, Gerrard, Messi

R.Fowler/F.Torres, Luiz Ronaldo

I am surprise only one picked Lev Yashin and nobody picked Bert Trautmann as keeper.

This post has been edited by liez: Jun 26 2010, 01:57 AM

Subs: Cech, Bierhoff, Mokhtar Dahari, Bergkamp, Nedved, Terry, Lahm

This post has been edited by Belphegor: Jun 26 2010, 02:58 AM

GK: Oliver Kahn
DF: Ramos, Hyppia, Maldini, R. Carlos
MF: D. Beckham, Roy Keane, Gerrard, Kaka
F: F. Torres, Robert Green

Good question. Why not base your respective picks on players you've seen and not those you've only heard about from your dad or whoever? Let it be your opinion and not someone elses. Here's mine:-

GK) Peter Schmeichel - Big, agile and commanded his box well. Made some spectacular saves in his time.

RB) Cafu - I find it hard pressed to find a fitter individual. A constant menace down the flanks. He was ever present on both ends of the pitch even at 36.
CB) Franco Baresi - Superb reader of the game. Not mere coincidence he has so many medals. Part of arguably the greatest defence in the world at the time
alongside Costacurta, Maldini and Tassoti.
CB) Maldini - Not the paciest of defenders but like Baresi, reads the game really well. Putting him at CB to make way for my LB pick
LB) Andreas Brehme - Aside from being a good defender, he was a good passer of the ball and could play with both feet. Probably most known for his winning penalty in the finals of the 1990 World Cup against Maradona's Argentina.

RW) Ronaldinho - His control on the ball is simply sublime. His footwork is mesmerising.
CM) Ruud Gullit - Could play in a variety of his positions, such was his versatility. Played in attack and in towards the end of his career, at the back, like Matthaus did. A commanding and inspirational figure in the centre of the park.
CM) Maradona - Superb ball control, vision and ball control.
LW) Ryan Giggs - Was to be the best left winger in the world in his prime. Had pace and sublime skill.

ST) Marco Van Basten - Had good strength and a rocket of a shot. Sadly he retired before his time, succumbing to injury. Truly on of the greatest forwards of all time to me.
ST) Gabriel Batistuta - Sadly, never played in the Premiership. Natural goalscorer who was good on the ball. Surely one of the most prolific of his generation.



This post has been edited by Duke Red: Jun 26 2010, 08:36 AM

GK: Oliver Khan. 1 of the most consistent GK in my eyes.

RB: Cafu. This should be everybody's pick.
RCB: Nesta. He has great physique, but his ability to read the game is unbelievable. His tackles are always clean.
LCB: Maldini. Similar with Nesta.
LB: Zambrotta. Before he joined Barca, he was f**ing marvelous fullback.

DM: This is the tough 1. Either these 3:

1) Edgar Davids. He is like, ermm, Makelele, plus his great supportive forward runs.

2) Pep Guardiola. Gelled Barca's only Dream Team together single-handedly.

3) Fernando Redondo. You want to talk about underrated players? Look no further than him.

RM: Zidane. 1 of the best of all time. So no need elaboration here.
LM: Pavel Nedved. Creative and industrious player.
AM: Clarence Seedorf. He is small, but he compensates his physique disadvantages with superb touches and creativity. For me, he was as important to Milan as Kaka was to them.

RFW: Ronaldo. Great turn of pace, and great eyes for goals. Rare breed of striker nowadays. Which Ronaldo? Not the cute one.
LFW: Ronaldinho. In his prime, he was a total football God. No kidding. He is the only reason why Barca have so much followers in the USA nowadays. His skills offered much more than mere football. It caught everyone's imaginations.

This post has been edited by matyrze: Jun 26 2010, 11:31 AM

^ i like the redondo pick.
for me, the best i've seen and not just in youtube:

GK: schmeichel

RB: zanetti , another underrated player
DC: stam
DC: nesta
LB: roberto carlos

screw DM. let's play attackin football

RW: messi , God
MC: zizou , a must-pick in all dream teams
MC: Paul Aaron Scholes
AM: ronaldinho, a must-pick in all dream teams
LW: maradona (ok this one i've onli seen in youtube, but f***, definitely
the best player ever)

SC: Fat Ronaldo, the ultimate striker

ERIC CANTONA!!!!!!!!!!!

Gianluigi Buffon

Zambrotta-Ciro Ferrara-Alessandro Nesta-Paolo Maldini

Zidane-Antonio Conte-Edgar Davids-Pavel Nedved

Del Piero- ori Ronaldo

GK: PETER CECH

DF: Ramos/Alves-Terry-Lucio-Ashley Cole

MF: Kaka-Gerrard-Lampard

FW: Messi-Rooney/Drogba-C.Ronaldo

My formation 3-5-2

GK: Chilavert
LB: Roberto Carlos
RB: Cafu
CB: Maldini
DMF: Claude Makalele (the best in the business)
LMF: Arjen Robben (in his glory days in Chelsea) no left wing midfield is better than him
RMF: David Beckham (the best in long range passes and dead balls)
CMF: Zidane (need to say more?)
AMF: Ronaldinho
SS: Roberto Baggio (he's the reason I watch football in the first place)
CF: Ronaldo (the Brazilian mind you.... the best striker in the world)

Sub: Messi, Romario, Nesta, Drogba, A. Iniesta, Viera, Nakata and Petit

gk: lev yashin
lb: roberto you-know-who
cb: nesta
cb: puyol
rb: i dun see who can displace him, cafu
dmf: Edgar davids (his skills, brute power and work rate just as impressive as all the spectacles he wore on matchdays)
rmf: xavier hernandez, with him goals will come
lmf: zidane/figo
amf: johan cruyff
st: maradona
st: pele

So many underrated players never got picked. Joaquin anyone?

Joaquin? IMHO he never reached his supposedly true potential.

can select best LYN 11?

for me:
Buffon

Maicon Ferdinand Pique Evra

Messi Xavi Mascherano C.Ronaldo

Rooney

van Nistelrooy

Joe Hart(Manchester City)

Sergio Ramos(rm),Rio Ferdinand(Manchester United),Yuji Nakazawa(Yokohama F Marinos),Patrice Evra(Mancheter United)

Steven Gerard(Liverpool),Cesc Fabregas(Arsenal),Frank Lampard(Chelsea)

Keisuke Honda(CSKA),Robin Van Persie(Arsenal)

Wayne Rooney(Manchester United)


Subs
-Pepe Reina(Liverpool)
-John Terry(Chelsea)
-Ashley Cole(Chelsea)
-Maicon(inter)
-Mark Van Bommel(munich)
-Park Ji Sung(Manchester United)
-Lee Chung Yong(Bolton)
-Fernando Torres(Liverpool)

dream 11 can look godlike on paper.
but technically in reality u gotta look at the way they play and chemistry man.

kahn
cafu-lucio/maldini-puyol-r.carlos
makalele
xavi-zidane
messi-ronaldo-ronaldinho

kahn
puyol-terry-rio-evra
CR-xavi-cesc-messi
raul-rooney

Buffon

Sergio Ramos - T. Adams - Puyol - Lahm

C. Ronaldo - Lampard - Zidane - Giggs

v. Nistelrooy - Ronaldinho

Luis Chilavert

Maicon------Maldini-----Terry------Roberto Carlos

Robben-----Ballack-----Zidane-----Ozil

Johan Cryuff-----Pele

------------------------Buffon------------------------

--Thuram--Cannavaro©--Beckenbauer--Maldini

----Kanchelskis-----Totti-----Davids-----Pires----

-----------Del Piero------Cantona\Batistuta-------

Dream team x11

---------------------- Iker Casillas ----------------
--Philips Lahm -- Vidic -- Sol Campbell -- Roberto Carlos --
-- Ryan Giggs - -Zinedine Zidane -- Cesc Fabregas --
-----C.Ronaldo - Dennis Bergkamp - Thierry Heny ----

This post has been edited by Breaktru: Jul 12 2010, 10:55 AM

Dream team XI (Current Players)

Iker Casillas
Sergio Ramos • Carles Puyol • Philips Lahm
Michael Essien
Wesley Sneijder • Cesc Fabregas
Mesut Ozil
Didier Drogba • Lionel Messi

Coach: Jose Mourinho

Honorable Mentions: Maicon, Diego Forlan, Wayne Rooney, Arjen Robben, Andres Iniesta, Xavi, David Villa, Petr Cech, Javier Mascherano, Sol Campbell

Dream team XI (Retired/Legends)

Lev Yashin
Javier Zanetti • Jaap Stam • Paolo Maldini
Franz Beckenbauer
Robert Pires • Zinedine Zidane • Pavel Nedved
Thierry Henry • Ronaldo (One & Only from Brazil) • Eric Cantona

Honorable Mention: Romario, Zico, Hidetoshi Nakata, Edgar Davids, Gabriel Batistuta, Johann Cryuff, Peter Schiemechel, Marc Overmars, Claude Makelele, Franco Baresi

Coach/Player: Franz Beckenbauer

This post has been edited by skpr7: Jul 15 2010, 11:00 PM

base on my experiance watching football..........

BUFFON-£23.3m

THURAM-£25m MALDINI-£??m NESTA-€30m ROBERTO CARLOS-€??m

BECKHAM- €35m ZIDANE-€75m VIEIRA-€20m NEDVED-€41m

RONALDO-£80m RONALDO(fat)-€39m

can kick anyone....

€368m...with 2 player not value...

This post has been edited by lomz: Aug 23 2010, 08:51 PM

Schmeichel ( im a liverpool fan )

maldini,sammer,kohler,zanetti

messi,zizou,maradona,c.ronaldo (yuck ptuiiiii )

batistuta,henry

---KHAN

RIO FERDINAND--- NESTA ---- MALDINI

BECKHAM--MARADONA-- HAGI---PIRES

SHERINGHAM

------ KLINSMANN ----- INZAGHI

others
Caniggia
Redondo
Batistuta
Henry
Forlan

This post has been edited by beandy: Aug 24 2010, 09:57 AM

if i was arsene wenger

Fabio-Koscielny-Smalling-Bale

Nasri-David Ki-Fabregas©

Lee Chung Yong-Chicharito-???


???- anyone know young(under 23,preferably playing in BPL) great left winger?

The Man Utd of 90's...

fixed...

GK - Iker Casillas
RB - Cafu
LB - Roberto Carlos
DC - Fabio Cannavaro
DC - Paolo Maldini
MC - Roy Keane
MC - Zinedine Zidane
RM - David Beckham
LM - Ronaldinho
F/S - Eric Cantona
F/S - Ruud Van Nistelrooy

----------------vds------------------
neville---ferdinand---vidic---evra
valencia--fletcher--scholes--giggs
--------berbatov---rooney---------

---------------------------G.Buffon-----------------------

---------J. Woodgate--F.Cannavaro--P.Maldini--------

P.Lahm---------------------------------------A.Guardado

----------------B.Bremner-----E.Cambiasso-------------

---------------------------Z.Zidane-------------------------

-----------------A.Smith-----------F.Inzaghi--------------

Nice one.. you got similiar taste with me.I love both Alan smith and Filipo.

I'm guessing it's Alan Smith, the ex-Arsenal striker and not the current Newcastle player? I've always preferred Ian Wright myself

Let's see if I can remember what my starting 11 used to be;

Preudhomme

Jorginho - Baresi - Bergomi - Maldini

B. Laudrup - Gullit - Zidane - M. Laudrup - Ginola

v Basten

Subs (if permitted)
Zenga
Hoddle
Desailly
Papin
Cantona
R. Koeman

I was thinking the same, but tendousidek had Woodgate and Bremner in his ranks, so I'm guessing it IS the Newcastle fella who started at Leeds.

I mean, its your Dream XI and everyone has their favourites I suppose but... I'm curious... Why? The original A. Smith was one of the most underrated strikers in England, but the new one...

I'm surprised you don't have Kerry Dixon, Dennis Wise and Kevin Hitchcock in there.

---------------------------Schemeicel-----------------------

-------------P.Maldini--------Beckenbauer---------------

Lahm---------------------------------------Roberto Carlos

--------------------Vierra----S. Gerrard-----------------

------------------------Z.Zidane-------------------------

-----------------Mokthar Dahari-----------Ronaldo 9--------------

This post has been edited by Max_07s: Sep 3 2010, 10:16 AM

why no klose or shearer? got beckham, klose or shearer must come into the equation

Or as Hasbullah Awang or was it Zainal Abidin Rawop would say, "Schmid"

or Dmitri Kharine, Frank Leboeuf, Gianluca Vialli and Gianfranco Zola.

Well you're more than welcomed to name them in your squad. If you're insinuating that it's because they were great headers at the ball, then you'd have to consider Les Ferdinand, Duncan Ferguson and Niall Quinn

mine, for the fun

Schmeichel
Sergio Ramos Vidic Pallister Riise
Roy Keane
Beckham CR7
Scholes
Cantona
RVN


See also know im a utd fan

@Duke Red and Zan81

Those will be players in my dream Chelsea XI mates! haha

Cech

Petrescu - Gullit - Desailly - Gallas

B. Laudrup - Lampard - Ballack - Di Matteo

Zola - Hasselbaink

Subs
Cudicini
Vialli
Terry
LeBouef
Gudjohnsen
Hoddle

I somehow never felt Vialli replicated his Juve and Italy form in Chelsea. I thought Torre Andre Flo was brilliant for you guys back in the day.

Okla since you did a Chelsea one, here's my Arsenal all-time XI

Manuel AlmuniaSeaman

Dixon - Campbell - Adams - A. Cole (ugh)

Pires - Vieira - Cesc - Overmars

Bergkamp - Henry

Subs
Mad Jens
Keown
Winterburn
Ljungberg
Anders Limpar (my first favourite player when I was 9)
The Original A. Smith
Ian Wright Wright Wright

** Special mention to Michael Thomas for scoring THAT goal at THAT stadium on THAT night at THAT exact moment

Well Vialli was one of the favourites for the Golden Boot Award at the 1990 World Cup but he didn't deliver. Felt his best football was played before that tournament. Having said all that, he did average a goal every 3 games for Chelsea which wasn't all that bad lah.

Ah yes, "THAT" Michael Thomas strike. Jonno gave him some stick for that one. He didn't appreciate it really.

Flo was ok, and scored some really important goals for us, but Vialli really was the master poacher, not to mention his superb performance for us v Duke's team in the FA Cup in one of his better games for Chelsea.

I'm surprised Schwarz didn't make the list, one of the earlier 'imports' for Arsenal who had solid games in midfield. No TW14?

Well since we're in the mood for sharing, here's my all-time Liverpool favourite 11. I'm only including players I've seen play with my own eyes of course, with the exception of youtube vids.

Going for a traditional 4-4-2.

GK - Pepe Reina (sorry Brucey)

RB - Rob Jones
CB - Jamie Carragher
CB - Mark Wright
LB - Steve Staunton

RM - Steve McManaman
CM - Jan Molby
CM - Steven Gerrard
LM - John Barnes

ST - Robbie Fowler
ST - Ian Rush

Subs:-

Bruce Grobbelar
Sami Hyypia
Peter Beardsley
Fernando Torres
Steve Nicol
Ray Houghton
Ronnie Whelan

Actually Shearer is very underappreciated by our Malaysian fans. He was good at headers and he used his upper body strength to his advantage (in other words, a dirty b@stard) but he also had unbelievable power in his shots and I don't recall him scoring anything but net-ripping goals. I think he would have been every Man U fans' Dream XI had he opted join them instead of his boyhood club Newcastle.

Schwarz only had a season or two with us, but for me did not contribute enough. I'd rather choose John Jensen! But one guy that I really liked was Manu Petit. His combo with Vieira was one of the best of all time in the Prem.

TW14... Well if he keeps up this form for the next 10 years, then why not? Hehe...

No super-duper-brilliant-f-me-I'm-the-f_ing-man-when-it-comes-to-punditry, Stif Mek Mun? ... But on a serious note, I thought little Mickey Owen was absolutely brilliant in his younger days.

Actually I did have McMahon's name pencilled down but then inreplaced him with Ray Houghton who I thought was one of the best right sided midfielders in the league at the time. I'm still sore at Souness for getting rid of him before he passes his prime. I've already got Whelan, Molby and Gerrard in the middle with the option of tucking Barnes in if need be so I didn't see the need for a other central midfielder:) if I had one more pick, it would be McMahon

i see the old guards phil neal, alan kennedy, mark lawrenson, phil thomson, terry mc dermott, jimmy Case, Ray clemance, Steve heighway wont make into your team (well u did qualify that only those you seen on tv), but missing daglish & keegan!

but what a nice combo still (though i would opt alan hansen over carra), alan, mark & Hypia at the back. wont argue much on the midfield, could throw in daglish over Mc Manaman to make it 4-3-3 with barnes opperating as the 3rd strike.

dont know if it will work or sucidal but they quite represent what i enjoy watching LFC.

-------------------- Schmeichel ----------------------

Cafu --- Cannavaro --- Beckenbauer --- R.Carlos

------------ Roy Keane ------- C.Makelele ----------

---------------------- Sneijder ------------------------

Messi ------------------------------------- C.Ronaldo

---------------------- Ronaldo 9 ----------------------



This post has been edited by FaezFarhan: Sep 4 2010, 05:31 PM

Current Bayern Munich and Chelsea ( 4-3-3 Winger )

1st 11

Cech
Lahm-Terry-Alex-Cole
Essien
Bastian-Lampard
Robben-Drogba-Ribery

2nd 11

Butt
Bosingwa-Demichelis-Ivanovic-Zhirkov
Mikel
Bommel-Kroos
Mueller-Anelka-Malouda

Hehehe..

This post has been edited by Ichighost: Sep 4 2010, 06:29 PM

Thing is Dalglish had already moved on from being player/manager to just the latter when I started watching. Overlooked Alan Hansen though.

your line-up is about the same as mine with exception of Mark Wright for Sami. Molby for Alonso. And MacMahon on the bench.

Rob Jones will always be on my squad.. he was my fave when I'm in school and even got a shirt with his name on the back instead of rushie or barnes.

-------------------- Schmeichel ----------------------

Cafu ------ Campbell-------- Maldini--------- R.Carlos

------------------------ Essien ---------------------------

------------------------- Xavi ----------------------------

Messi ----------------Bergkamp----------------T. Henry

------------------- Ronaldo 9(Brazil) --------------------

i think this is my best XI.. i saw them play.. those pele and maradona, i dont really know lah.. never see them play before...


-Schmeical... God like goalkeeper who help man utd to win their titles..
-Cafu and R.Carlos.. i think they were the best full back of all time, they can defend as well as attack..
-Campbell and Maldini.. who can doubt their quality... If they were not good enough.. they wont play at age of 35 and beyond...
-Essien... we ever said that, if Essien is fit and play... Your back 4 can play without any pressure.. and sometimes he did score some spectacular goal...
-Xavi.. well-known.. Mr. through ball.. look at barca and spain goals... how many chance was created by him...
-Messi... tiny that can change the goal if the ball is on his feet...
-Bergkamp..... A legend with calm and compose mind, which can provide assist and score goal..
-Henry....... An arsenal leading scorer, premier league all time best.. France legend and world cup winner... no doubt..
-Ronaldo...... A natural goal scorer... still the record goal scorer of world cup.... of course the fake ronaldo is still way behind..

----------------------------------gigi buffon-----------------------------
----maicon-------------pique--------------cannavaro------maldini---------
--------------------------------gattuso-----------------------------------
-------messi---------------xavi--------------------zidane--------------
----------------pele-------------------ronaldo---------------------------


gigi buffon - in 2006 world cup, he conceded only 2 goals (an own goal frm zaccardo and a penalty by zidane)
Buffon 2006 saves

maicon - very calm at the back, should be a dream right back for every team
Maicon goal

maldini - prefer him to play as a left back because you can see he got technique like a winger!
Maldini the best defender

pique - he can play as a center forward as well (against inter, 2nd leg)
pique goal

fabio cannavaro - "He won the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2006, making him the first, and so far, only defender to win the award, as well as the oldest recipient." a quote from wikipedia.
Cannavaro 2006

gattuso - can you see any horse power ball winning midfielder like him?
Horse power gattuso

xavi - no doubt, a pure inspiration for all creative midfielders
Xavi assists treble!

messi - he glued the ball to his feet (47 goals for a winger, equalling ronaldo's all time goals record for barcelona)
Messi's goals

zidane - some say he can do what our fingers cannot do with his legs
the wizard

pele - 1087 goals for santos in 1120 appearances (wiki) WTF!!
The legendary

ronaldo - world cup goals record holder..the only player to score for barcelona, real madrid, ac milan n inter milan against each rivals..i mean, he scored a goal against madrid with barcelona, a goal against barca with madrid, a goal against inter with milan, and a goal against milan with inter...do u really think there is a greater striker? alan smith? yeah rite
Ronaldo 20 years old

These guys didn't make my squad but I feel they deserve a mention.

Claude Makalele has to be one of the best defensive midfielders I've seen. He was a key player for Real Madrid and his departure left a void in midfield. Thomas Gravesan was later given the task of replacing him. Don't watch Spanish football much so my accounts may be a little off.

Sergio Goycochea had an excellent World Cup back in 1990. He only played after Argentina's first choice keeper, Neri Pumpido got injured in their first game against Cameroon. One of the best at saving penalties.

Jari Litmanen was absolutely brilliant playing in the hole, behind a lone or a pair of strikers. Liverpool fans didn't get to see the best of him because Houllier opted to play him as a lone striker, chasing down hopeful punts up the park.

Anthony Yeboah. Big, strong, powerful and could kick like a mule. He was a handul for any defender. Scored a super goal against us. I can still picture it in my head.

He did that twice in a row, once was against us, the other one if I'm not wrong, was against Winbeldon. Great great strikes...

Faustino Asprilla > Tony Yeboah

Good to have an opinion but this thread isn't about who is better is it?

-----------------buffon--------------
thuram---stam---maldini---r. carlos
--------------makelele---------------
beckham------------------robben
--------------zidane------------------
------nistelrooy------batistuta-------

Buffon- as one of the more dependable and dominating keepers
Thuram - strong and solid player who can also cover in the center
Stam - is a no brainer actually IMO
Maldini - Versatile and solid able to cover LB as well
Carlos - Defend. Attack. Pace. Power. Thunderous shots.
Makelele- Simple no nonsense player who protects the back 4 effeciently
Beckham - not the most flashy but non can better his work rate. Also the passes, crosses and freekicks
Robben - Blistering pace + deadly finisher
Zidane - is zidane
RVN - would be one of the best box striker/ poacher i have ever seen.
Batistuta - Strong tall striker, packs a deadly shot as well

No. Its about Dream XI... Which is someone's opinion on who is better.

Right and how is your opinion better than mine then? It's a subjective matter and opinions are bound to differ. I'm sure that of the players I've mentioned, there is a better player in his place.

peter schmeichel
-Roberto Carlos- -Stam- -Maldini- -Cafu-

-C.Ronaldo- -Rivaldo- -Zidane- -Ronaldinho -

- Mokhtar Dahari- - Ronaldo Nazario -

wow..u same as mine. Mokhtar Dahari as a striker..ehehhehe

Continuing the trend of worthy mentions;

Chris Waddle - one of the better wingers on his hey-day, no mean feat to be able to be in the same team with Papin, etc in Marseille.

Philippe Albert - class defender extraordinare, although his defensive qualities are a bit suspect at times.

Alan Shearer - one of the best strikers of all time IMO, pity he didn't manage to achieve great things with England.

Demetrio Albertini - loyal servant to Maldini, and an effective midfielder when in his prime as well.

Raul - one-club player (before his transfer to Schalke 04, that is), which epitomises Madrid when he was there. Rose from the ranks, and captained them to glory as well, pity he should choose to transfer to the Bundesliga and not retire from Real Madrid.