Your Team: All time footballing XI

My all time Man Utd XI

1. Peter Schmeichel
2. John Gidman
3. Patrice Evra
4. Nemanja Vidic
5. Jaap Stam
6. Roy Keane
7. Brian Robson
8. Paul Scholes
9. Ruud Van Nistelrooy
10. Denis Law
11. George Best


Subs
Alex Stepney
Bobby Charlton
Eric Cantona
Ryan Giggs
Wayne Rooney


Not included names who would be on the brink of getting in are Mark Hughes, Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Cristiano Ronaldo.

I have to say that it was very hard to choose.

Hopefully, there will be other interesting all time XI's from the likes of Spurs, Liverpool, Arsenal and West Ham among others.

[punky]

These are so hard. I could probably do 5 of them

______________Jennings
Kinnear____Mabbutt____MacKay___Bale
Lennon___Blanchflower____Hoddle___Jones
______Greaves____Klinsmann

Subs:

Clemence
King
Ardiles
Gazza
Sheringham

Manager: Bill Nicholson

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RB and RW are tough to think of. Cliff Jones used to play RW as well so maybe put him on there and Ginola on the left. So many great midfielders and strikers though. Maybe Lineker instead of Sheringham.

[Niles Crane]

After less than a year of decent performances Gareth Bale has made your all time starting 11?

Originally Posted by punky

These are so hard. I could probably do 5 of them

______________Jennings
Kinnear____Mabbutt____MacKay___Bale
Lennon___Blanchflower____Hoddle___Jones
______Greaves____Klinsmann

Subs:

Clemence
King
Ardiles
Gazza
Sheringham

Manager: Bill Nicholson

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RB and RW are tough to think of. Cliff Jones used to play RW as well so maybe put him on there and Ginola on the left. So many great midfielders and strikers though. Maybe Lineker instead of Sheringham.

That looks very good I have to say, Greaves (he still holds some kind of goalscoring record I believe), Blanchflower, MacKay, to name just three are certainly names to be reckoned with that's for sure.

Great stuff

[punky]

Originally Posted by yesman

That looks very good I have to say, Greaves (he still holds some kind of goalscoring record I believe), Blanchflower, MacKay, to name just three are certainly names to be reckoned with that's for sure.

Great stuff

Its hard to not just pick the team of 61 really but in the 80s we did have some special players.Its the inbetween bits that are sad.

What should be interesting is which players appear on multiple teams. Sheringham for example is a Spurs legend even though he didn't win anything with us. Went to Man Utd for a couple of years and they won the Champions League trophy because of him.

[Uncle Peter]

All time 4-4-2's

My team:

1.Clemence
2.Neal
3.Kennedy A
4.Hansen
5.Yeates
6.Souness
7.Kennedy R
8.Molby
9.Dalglish
10.Hunt
11.Heighway

All time:

1.Tomaszewski
2.Cafu
3.Roberto Carlos
4.Baresi
5.Beckenbauer
6.Zidane
7.Best
8.Cruyff
9.van Basten
10.Pele
11.Rivelino

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Niles Crane

After less than a year of decent performances Gareth Bale has made your all time starting 11?

At left back as well

1 Phil Parkes
2 Ray Stewart
3 Julian Dicks
4 Billy Bonds
5 Rio Ferdinand
6 Alvin Martin
7 Alan Devonshire
8 Trevor Brooking
9 Vic Watson
10 Geoff Hurst
11 Martin Peters

12 Syd Puddefoot
14 Tony Cottee
15 Paulo Dicanio
16 Joe Cole

No room for the likes of Ince, Lumpard etc

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

1 Phil Parkes
2 Ray Stewart
3 Julian Dicks
4 Billy Bonds
5 Rio Ferdinand
6 Alvin Martin
7 Alan Devonshire
8 Trevor Brooking
9 Vic Watson
10 Geoff Hurst
11 Martin Peters

12 Syd Puddefoot
14 Tony Cottee
15 Paulo Dicanio
16 Joe Cole

No room for the likes of Ince, Lumpard etc

Or Bobby Moore

[speedfreak]

No Cantona?!

Originally Posted by speedfreak

No Cantona?!

Well, at least he is in the subs list, but who would you remove from my eleven to put Cantona in ?

[Uncle Peter]

Fishy XI ?

1. Loach, Scott (Watford)
2. Pike, Geoff (formerly West Ham)
3. Perch, James (Newcastle)
4. Guppy, Steve (formerly Leicester City)
5. Salmon, Mike (formerly Charlton)
6. Pollock, Jamie (formerly Middlesborough)
7. Herring, John (Alfreton Town)
8. Roach, Neville (formerly Basingstoke Town)
9. Tuna, Tamer (Charlton Athletic)
10. Haddock, Harry (RIP, formerly Clyde)
11. Fish, Mark (formerly Charlton)

[speedfreak]

Originally Posted by yesman

Well, at least he is in the subs list, but who would you remove from my eleven to put Cantona in ?

sorry, I searched the thread for his name but somehow missed him on your subs list. The mans a footballing genius prefer Cantona to Ruud

[LondonRoad]

Originally Posted by Uncle Peter

Fishy XI ?

1. Loach, Scott (Watford)
2. Pike, Geoff (formerly West Ham)
3. Perch, James (Newcastle)
4. Guppy, Steve (formerly Leicester City)
5. Salmon, Mike (formerly Charlton)
6. Pollock, Jamie (formerly Middlesborough)
7. Herring, John (Alfreton Town)
8. Roach, Neville (formerly Basingstoke Town)
9. Tuna, Tamer (Charlton Athletic)
10. Haddock, Harry (RIP, formerly Clyde)
11. Fish, Mark (formerly Charlton)

Possibly the only team that don't want to find the net. I bet they'd take some catching though

Harry Haddock's son was my parish priest for a while.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by yesman

Or Bobby Moore

Woops

He can be sub keeper seeing as he actually saved a penalty against Stoke (IIRC)

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Originally Posted by speedfreak

No Cantona?!

No Duncan Edwards either....

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

No Duncan Edwards either....

Duncan Edwards is not in my list as I, and many others. have not seen him play (obviously), it was only assumed that he would go on to great things, but who knows what would have happened in his career if he had lived.


Anyway, another player "not on your list" who seemed quite prolific in his day was "Pop" Robson, but I guess you, like Punky, could build four or five "All time footballing XI's"