If you were a manager, who would you select...
I've been in many discussions over the years, with friends who know a bit about the beautiful game (not jackholes like Max Bretos), about who we would place in our Best XI if we had to win one game, with one squad, against comparable competition (the all-time greats). I would love to open the debate on this blog, so here's the XI from Greenough Street FC:
Schmeichel (Denmark, gk), Alberto (Brazil, rfb), Beckenbauer (West Germany, sw), Moore (England, lfb), Cruyff (Holland, dcm), Pele (Brazil, rm), Puskas (Hungary, lm), Maradona (Argentina, acm), van Basten (Holland, f), Cantona (France, f), Best (Northern Ireland, f).
I would start everything through Cruyff so that he could play triangle overlaps with Puskas, Maradona and Pele. The attack would build to Best, who could then lay balls off to van Basten or Cantona to finish (of course, Bestie could do well enough on his own). Alberto makes runs down the right side (see WC70) and "Der Kaiser" acts as libero. My subs would be Eusebio (Portugal), DiStefano (Argentina/Spain), Platini (France), Keane (Ireland), Zidane (France) and MCFC legend Kinkladze (Georgia).
posted by GAC at
3/13/2006 08:09:00 AM
1 Comments:
Ooh this requires a bit of thinking - I will do it but I am not including subs... Where is my World Cup 90 collection when I need it most - i have forgotten so many of the classic players.
Goalkeeper: Dk - gotta say Schmeichel as well
LEFT BACK: It - Maldini
Right back It - Baresi
center d1 - Ger - Beckenbauer (sweep)
center d2 - Eng - B Moore
Left mid - Hol - Cryuff
right mid - Bra - Jairzinho
center mid - Bra - Pele
center mid 2 - Arg - Maradona
Striker 1 - Fra - Platini
Striker 2 - C.Palace - Andy Johnson
with Zico Brazil - as his backup.
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WhatsupWheaton Simon, at 10:43 AM
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