Good point, not evey manager would agree though, I'm not denying how good Gerrard was, easily world class, but you would pick him over Lamps? Gerrard didn't get second place in the player of the year votes in 05, nor did he score as many goals, his assists tally isn't much more impressive, people say he's better because he played in a worse team, I think that's nonsense.

Edited December 12, 201510 yr by Floyd25

I assume he must want gung-ho tackling as opposed to intelligent positioning from his number 10.

There is a disappointing lack of Makelele in this thread.

Good point, Ill amend mine to 10 Azpilicuetas and Maka

From my generation onwards:

Yes, that's the bench at the bottom, before the wisecracks come start rolling in.

Edited December 18, 201510 yr by GhostOfDembaPast

Obviously a 'Chelsea' tinted team haha :P

 

Management: Mourinho & the 2005 team including Clarke/AVB etc... 

 

---------------------------------------P. Cech---------------------------------------

 

-----Neville--------Cannavaro-----------------J. Terry------------A. Cole-----

 

 

---------------Zidane--------------Makelele------------Lampard----------------

 

 

--------------L. Messi-------------------------------------Ronaldo----------------

 

--------------------------------------Drogba-----------------------------------------

 

Subs:

G. Buffon

A. Cesar

P. Maldini

M. Essien

S. Gerrard

R. Giggs

T. Henry

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

 

----Thuram-----Cannavaro----Terry-------Maldini--------------

 

-------------------------Xavi--------Makelele/Viera----------------

 

-------Messi------------Zidane/Iniesta---------C.Ronaldo-------

 

----------------------------Ronaldo-----------------------------------

 

This is a very good team and I'd probably do the same, except change Terry for Ferdinand and Xavi for Scholes for obvious bias reasons 

from players I've watched enough?

 

 

.................................buffon

 

thuram..........nesta,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,terry..........maldini

 

.............................makelele

................xavi.........................zidane

 

........messi..................................c.ronaldo

..............................ronaldo

 

 

goalkeeper and central defence were nearly impossible to pick. really difficult to overlook ronaldinho, totti, shevchenko etc... but cristiano ronaldo and messi basically walk in immediately and demand you can only pick one other forward. and xavi, zidane and makelele for me are easy picks so people like keane, vieira, ballack, lampard, deco and iniesta are, amazingly, instantly discounted.

 

anyway that's vaguely the best 11 I've seen in their positions without cheating and putting people out of position, but I could probably come up with a better team. cafu would be a rightback in that team for example. 

Edited January 2, 201610 yr by g3.7

Did one before, but this is the one I probably like more. Guess it's not necessarily the best of all time, but more of a 'favourite' ultimate XI - without turning it into an ultimate Chelsea XI.

Thuram

Zambrotta

A. Cole

Nesta

Lucio

Gerrard

Lampard

Hagi

Stoichkov

Seedorf

Okocha

Batistuta

Ronaldo

Drogba

Ze Roberto

Rivaldo

Litmanen

Vieri

Van Nistelrooy

Owen

Henry

Figo

Rui Costa

...Some of the other players I had a liking/grudging admiration for, from boyhood years and up, but this is my actual favourite XI (Mouthwatering):

from players I've watched enough?

 

 

.................................buffon

 

thuram..........nesta,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,terry..........maldini

 

.............................makelele

................xavi.........................zidane

 

........messi..................................c.ronaldo

..............................ronaldo

 

 

goalkeeper and central defence were nearly impossible to pick. really difficult to overlook ronaldinho, totti, shevchenko etc... but cristiano ronaldo and messi basically walk in immediately and demand you can only pick one other forward. and xavi, zidane and makelele for me are easy picks so people like keane, vieira, ballack, lampard, deco and iniesta are, amazingly, instantly discounted.

 

anyway that's vaguely the best 11 I've seen in their positions without cheating and putting people out of position, but I could probably come up with a better team. cafu would be a rightback in that team for example. 

 

Yeah this seems pretty much right as far as players I've seen, too. A lot of people might opt for Keane in there but if you're going for balance, Makelele's game complements the other two better anyway.

Edited January 3, 201610 yr by Teritus

..........Players i have thought fabulous and adored; lol

 

............................................CECH

 

.........CAFU...............THURAM.............CANNAVARRO...........

 

 

........MESSI........MATTHAUS.©..........KEANE.....................CR7

 

 

.................RONALDO...............BATISTUTA............HENRY

 

 

Don't even try you wouldn't beat that team for steel, flair and bloody goals, lol

Edited April 14, 201610 yr by Ballack & Blu

                   Kahn

 

maldini terry backenbauer cafu

 

              xavi  makelele

 

 C.Ronaldo  Zidane   Figo

 

                    Messi

-Iker-

Cafu-desailly-stam-maldini

-Beckham - pirlo - giggs-

- zidan - Ronaldinho-

Ronaldo

Subs;

Kahn

Carlos

C Ronaldo.

Messi

Henrik Larsson

Where is my Alex? Nobody has mentioned him!

-----------------------  Iashin -------------------

------Scirea ------ Beckenbauer  ----- Maldini

------Conte------------Pirlo----------Davids

----------Pelè --------Cruyff-------Del Piero

                             Vialli

 

I know, there are so many better players considering all time. In primis Maradona, Platini and Van Basten. But i think, though it's only a joke, the team above is equilibrated: technical and physical players, and first of all all of them with really good psichological components. Maybe you can substitute Vialli with Drogba (but you know, I still love him) and Conte with Lampard, Gerrard, Makelele, Tardelli or Riikaard ... but I'm sure we're all happy to see Conte!

 

However, for me what builds up a dream team is not only qualities of players, but the amalgama. In this sense i'm not surprised that quite nobody has mentioned Ibrahimovic or players like him, strong but egoist.

 

 

As others have said, from players i've seen:\

 

Cech

Cafu, Terry, Ferdinand, cole

Maka, Lampard, Pirlo

Messi, Kaka, Ronaldo

Shearer

 

6 hours ago, King_Luiz said:

As others have said, from players i've seen:\

 

Cech

Cafu, Terry, Ferdinand, cole

Maka, Lampard, Pirlo

Messi, Kaka, Ronaldo

Shearer

 

I don't think fielding a team of 12 legends is fair! :P

On 11/19/2016 at 11:26, Saru said:

I don't think fielding a team of 12 legends is fair! :P

Haha, got me there!

 

Remove Shearer, Ronaldo up front!