Best Chelsea XI from outside Europe & Africa

[ws6blue]

11 players in proper positions but country of origin outside of europe. I am counting russia as outside of europe & africa by the way;

kharine

smertin

alex

ben haim

vilgoen (not sure about this one)

yossi

veron

poyet

crespo

mutu

disanto

[jcm28]

Di Santo?

[Hutch]

Rumania and Russia outside of Europe?

The obvious one, I think, is Emerson Thome in for Ben Haim. And also Derek Smethurst (born South Africa) in for Di Santo.

[Katon]

And Smertin's not a fullback, although it's hard to think of a replacement offhand

[Maksimov]

If Romania and Russia don't count as European countries, then surely Finland doesn't either and then I would put Forssell ahaead of Di Santo. He did more at Chelsea(in Chelsea blue and while on loan)than young Franco has done so far since he joined us. If not for anything else, but for THAT FA Cup performance against Oxford.

Edited October 6, 2010 by Maksimov

[Cam]

Frank Sinclair....Jamaica or England?

[dkw]

Frank Sinclair....Jamaica or England?

You bar steward Cam, I thought I was gonna come in all smug and mention Sinclair and you go and beat me to it. goddammit. How about Roy Wegerle from South Afirca, I know he was at the club but dont know if he ever actually played for us.

[sexelk]

deco?

[Cam]

If only Bozza was a success at Chelsea, rather than him ruining his career here....would have loved an Aussie in the team.

Edit: Oh, and Belletti surely qualifies as a better RB than Smertin

Edited October 6, 2010 by Cam

[Hutch]

Bloody hell, how did we manage to overlool Belletti. Or Kalou come to that. Or Geremi. Or Babayaro.

I'm still struggling to get round the decision to class Russia as non-European - parts of the old USSR are in Asia, but to my knowledge Russia is and always has been entirely East European. And there's no question about Rumania. Mark Bosnich will definitely do in goal. Great keeper before he screwed up. Colin Viljoen was a good player in his day but was at the tail end of his career when we signed him.

Also Marcel Desailly was born in Ghana so has to be included, either at the back or in midfield.

[Cam]

Bloody hell, how did we manage to overlool Belletti. Or Kalou come to that. Or Geremi. Or Babayaro.

I'm still struggling to get round the decision to class Russia as non-European - parts of the old USSR are in Asia, but to my knowledge Russia is and always has been entirely East European. And there's no question about Rumania. Mark Bosnich will definitely do in goal. Great keeper before he screwed up. Colin Viljoen was a good player in his day but was at the tail end of his career when we signed him.

Also Marcel Desailly was born in Ghana so has to be included, either at the back or in midfield.

There is an obvious reason we overlooked Kalou, Geremi, Babyaro...also Essien, Drogba, Mikel for that matter. Africa is one of the areas we're not looking at haha

I'm sure most people would have pointed them out if we could hahaha

But I was surprised I was the first to point out Belletti, when Alex was already listed.

[Zola's Love Child]

Rumania and Russia outside of Europe?

The obvious one, I think, is Emerson Thome in for Ben Haim. And also Derek Smethurst (born South Africa) in for Di Santo.

You bar steward Cam, I thought I was gonna come in all smug and mention Sinclair and you go and beat me to it. goddammit. How about Roy Wegerle from South Afirca, I know he was at the club but dont know if he ever actually played for us.

Despite the cunning naming of the country, South Africa, is indeed in Africa.

Sorry lads.

[Hutch]

Despite the cunning naming of the country, South Africa, is indeed in Africa.

Sorry lads.

Do you know what? I was so stunned by the exclusion of Russia and Romania from Europe that I didn't even SEE "& Africa" in the title!

[Dubai_blue]

Haha! This thread is starting to become hilarious with the various rules and exclusions!

Romania and finland not in Europe.

South Africa not in Africa.

Brilliant!

[dkw]

Despite the cunning naming of the country, South Africa, is indeed in Africa.

Sorry lads.

Whoops, didnt even see the Africa bit. Soz.

[Maksimov]

Haha! This thread is starting to become hilarious with the various rules and exclusions!

Romania and finland not in Europe.

So you're fine with Russia not counted as a European country? I was just trying to ram the point home by saying that Finland shouldn't be counted, but apparently I was way too subtle.

[Dubai_blue]

So you're fine with Russia not counted as a European country? I was just trying to ram the point home by saying that Finland shouldn't be counted, but apparently I was way too subtle.

Nah, I can see why some people COULD consider Russia in Asia, seeing as the majority of it is... I still consider it in Europe as wikipedia says so...

Just listed the obvious, no argument ones!!

[mad_mac]

If you're excluding Russia, then I'd certainly have Yuri in there too.

[undertow]

no mention of yossi and tbh? poor guys, they sure will be devastated...

still, at least we did not have turkish players, now that could be a long debate.

[High Street Ken]

George Weah?!

[Cam]

George Weah?!

Africa

[rahul]

Pizza?

[c3blu]

would'nt it be easier to just say whats your best south american chelsea 11?