Best World XI

[HeyMark]

no welbeck??!! ****amazed****

No but I'd have cleverly over iniesta or xavi

[twosips]

Interesting to see how many people said Essien.

I interviewed a Chelsea fan a couple of weeks ago and they said they're not arsed about Essien anymore as he's been a shadow of himself for two years now and isn't the player he once was due to injuries.

[phips]

with the World Cup coming up in ~21 days I thought I'd dig this up now that players are older etc to see how people feel now

[Cit.revenge]

Cuortis
Zabba- T. Silva- Benatia- Lahm
Turan -Yaya-Vidal- Koke
C.Ronaldo - Costa

I know to much Atletico Madrid players but they blow me away this season, and whole team not just one that i pick. Zhis is by the season what i think who had the best
Bench
Pirlo
Pjanic
Chelini
Silva
Messi
Suarez

[Slim]

Neuer
Alves--Silva--Kompany--Alba
Vidal--Yaya--Iniesta
Ronaldo--Zlatan--Messi

Hard to find a place for Lahm and Suarez, Costa has been good this season but Zlatan scores where ever he plays and this season has been no exception. Despite his injury Messi scored more than Costa in both domestic and european competition. Courtois is really coming through as a talent and a lot of Atletico's success could be contributed to him, but Neuer is the top choice keeper IMO, his vision and ability to launch counter attacks is second to none.

One interesting thing, 12 months ago I would have expected Falcao to walk into this side, but even before his injury layoff he was a shadow of the player he was at Atletico.

[Wonderwall]

Neuer
Alves--Silva--Kompany--Alba
Vidal--Yaya--Iniesta
Ronaldo--Zlatan--Messi

Hard to find a place for Lahm and Suarez, Costa has been good this season but Zlatan scores where ever he plays and this season has been no exception. Despite his injury Messi scored more than Costa in both domestic and european competition. Courtois is really coming through as a talent and a lot of Atletico's success could be contributed to him, but Neuer is the top choice keeper IMO, his vision and ability to launch counter attacks is second to none.

One interesting thing, 12 months ago I would have expected Falcao to walk into this side, but even before his injury layoff he was a shadow of the player he was at Atletico.

Good shout on our Dave, he can play anywhere and had to be shoehorned in somewhere

[Slim]

Neuer
Alves--Silva--Kompany--Alba
Vidal--Yaya--Iniesta
Ronaldo--Zlatan--Messi

Hard to find a place for Lahm and Suarez, Costa has been good this season but Zlatan scores where ever he plays and this season has been no exception. Despite his injury Messi scored more than Costa in both domestic and european competition. Courtois is really coming through as a talent and a lot of Atletico's success could be contributed to him, but Neuer is the top choice keeper IMO, his vision and ability to launch counter attacks is second to none.

One interesting thing, 12 months ago I would have expected Falcao to walk into this side, but even before his injury layoff he was a shadow of the player he was at Atletico.

Good shout on our Dave, he can play anywhere and had to be shoehorned in somewhere

And at a monstrous 5'8", I'm fairly certain he'd still win more headers than Agger.

[sheblue]

No votes for Alba at left back?

[freshie]

No votes for Alba at left back?

Slim has picked him. Unless you meant Alaba of Bayern Munich?

[sheblue]

No votes for Alba at left back?

Slim has picked him. Unless you meant Alaba of Bayern Munich?

yes him, my bad spelling..........

[freshie]

Courtois

Zaba - Kompany - Silva - Alba

Vidal - Yaya - Silva

Ronaldo - Messi - Suarez

[phips]

Ive got 2:

Neuer
Zaba Silva Kompany Lahm
Vidal Yaya
Messi Silva/Iniesta Ronaldo
Zlatan


or

Neuer
Silva Kompany Hummels
Lahm
Vidal Yaya
Messi Suarez Ronaldo
Aguero/Zlatan

[Ted Hughes]

Pepe would be way ahead of Thiago Silva for me. And Suarez would be in any team.

[Slim]

Pepe would be way ahead of Thiago Silva for me. And Suarez would be in any team.

Suarez would be in any team, had he played in Europe this last season. Without it, it's harder to judge.

[Goaters 103]

I always look at this with the outlook that if I was picking a team to play for my life in a one off game, who would I select - my XI would be

Lloris

Zabaleta
Kompany
Sergio Ramos
Lahm

Reus
Schweinsteger
Iniesta
Bale

Ronaldo
Messi

[Bridge'srightfoot]

Interesting to see how many had De Jong in there a couple of years back but he ended up being shipped out a year later.
Still not convinced Garcia is an improvement though.

[JamieMCFC]

Interesting to see how many had De Jong in there a couple of years back but he ended up being shipped out a year later. Still not convinced Garcia is an improvement though.

So you would have kept him even though he refused to sign an extension?