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when reavhes high amount of replies ill count it up nd give an overall top 11 in 4-4-2
spread defence, midfield, strikers and gk out like below

for me

gk-casillas

lb-cole
rb-alves
cb-pique
cb-pepe

ml-ronaldo
mr-iniesta
mc-pirlo
mc-xavi

cf-falcao
st-messi
 
GK: Casillas

LB: Lahm
RB: Dani Alves
CB: Vidic
CB: Pique

LW: Ronaldo
RW: Messi
CM: Iniesta
CM: Scholes

CF:Rooney
ST:Llorente
 
GK: Neuer

LB: Jordi Alba
RB: Alves
CB: Pepe
CB: Pique

LM: Messi
RM: Iniesta
CM: Xabi Alonso
CM: David Silva

CF: Rooney
ST: Van Persie
 
GK: Casillas

LB: A.Cole
RB: Alves
CB: Pique
CB: Thiago Silva

LM: David Silva
RM: Ronaldo
CM: Iniesta
CM: Xavi

CF: Rooney
ST: Messi
 
GK: Casillas

DR: Dani Alves
DC: Ramos
DC: Pique
DL: Lahm

CM: Iniesta
CDM: Alonso
CM: Xavi

RW: Cristiano Ronaldo
ST: Robin Van Persie
LW: Lionel Messi


 
GK: Casillas

LB: Lahm

CB: Kompany

CB: Pique

RB: D. Alvez

CM: Xavi

CM: Pirlo

LW: Iniesta

RW: C. Ronaldo

CF: Messi

ST: Falcao
 
Billy said:
Shocking lack of Luka Modric in this thread.
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Hardly surprising, when Xavi, Iniesta, Alonso, Silva, Pirlo, Ronaldo, Messi are in most the midfield spots.. He's good, but not that good
 
See the problem here is, are you looking for an 11 that could dominate the world, or the 11 best players in the world? Because Xavi and Iniesta are arguably the best central midfielders in the world, however, without the defensive cover of Busquests at defensive mid, it wouldnt work. In a team with 2 central mids, you need 1 defensive and 1 offensive. So Xavi and Iniesta wouldnt work in a 4-4-2.
So my 11 is a team that would work well together, not just the 11 best players

gk-casillas

lb-Marcelo
rb-Alves
cb-Thiago Silva
cb-Vidic

ml-Ronaldo
mr-Messi
mc-Mascherano
mc-Iniesta

cf-Van Persie
st-Rooney
 
You're going to get pretty much the same players for this. If you play a possession "4-4-2" (don't ask me why you'd do that, but I'm going with the rules of the OP, and this is what the players seem to indicate) you'd pick Xavi as your regista if you had one. Why not Modric? More like why not Xavi. That argument in itself stops a lot of variety. You couldn't play them both especially effectively.

For the forwards, if you put Messi and Ronaldo on the wings they're both inside forwards, so you end up with 4 attackers leaving the wide areas pretty exposed, you'd be ripped apart by through balls and don't have possession. I'd say there's a serious argument of picking Schweinsteiger as box to box with someone like Alonso pinging the ball about. Younger legs than Pirlo, lets the wingers do their thing, and perhaps have a deep lying striker who drops into midfield as well. Who would I pick? Probably most of the players mentioned so far with Schweini.
 
rephlex said:
You're going to get pretty much the same players for this. If you play a possession "4-4-2" (don't ask me why you'd do that, but I'm going with the rules of the OP, and this is what the players seem to indicate) you'd pick Xavi as your regista if you had one. Why not Modric? More like why not Xavi. That argument in itself stops a lot of variety. You couldn't play them both especially effectively.

For the forwards, if you put Messi and Ronaldo on the wings they're both inside forwards, so you end up with 4 attackers leaving the wide areas pretty exposed, you'd be ripped apart by through balls and don't have possession. I'd say there's a serious argument of picking Schweinsteiger as box to box with someone like Alonso pinging the ball about. Younger legs than Pirlo, lets the wingers do their thing, and perhaps have a deep lying striker who drops into midfield as well. Who would I pick? Probably most of the players mentioned so far with Schweini.
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The guy who made the thread said we should do 4-4-2, why are you taking this so serious? it's a little bit of fun -.-
 
rephlex said:
You're going to get pretty much the same players for this. If you play a possession "4-4-2" (don't ask me why you'd do that, but I'm going with the rules of the OP, and this is what the players seem to indicate) you'd pick Xavi as your regista if you had one. Why not Modric? More like why not Xavi. That argument in itself stops a lot of variety. You couldn't play them both especially effectively.

For the forwards, if you put Messi and Ronaldo on the wings they're both inside forwards, so you end up with 4 attackers leaving the wide areas pretty exposed, you'd be ripped apart by through balls and don't have possession. I'd say there's a serious argument of picking Schweinsteiger as box to box with someone like Alonso pinging the ball about. Younger legs than Pirlo, lets the wingers do their thing, and perhaps have a deep lying striker who drops into midfield as well. Who would I pick? Probably most of the players mentioned so far with Schweini.
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Did you ever watch Barcelona when they played with Messi as a right inside forward, Eto'o as the striker, and Henry as the left inside forward? Messi does his fair share of defending so he wouldnt leave the wide areas exposed. As for Ronaldo, fair enough, he may not follow his defensive duties as strongly as Messi. However, think of a 4-2-3-1, that leaves 4 attackers upfield, and a band of 6 defensively. And that seems to be the formation of choice in Europe currently.
 
GK: Casillas

LB: Lahm
CB: Thiago Silva
CB: Pique
RB: Dani Alves

LW: Ronaldo
CM: Xavi
CM: Schweinsteiger
RW: Messi

CF: Rooney
ST: Aguero
 
People are taking this too seriously thinking about positions ETC, just name your best 11 players..
 
MUFCMike said:
Did you ever watch Barcelona when they played with Messi as a right inside forward, Eto'o as the striker, and Henry as the left inside forward? Messi does his fair share of defending so he wouldnt leave the wide areas exposed. As for Ronaldo, fair enough, he may not follow his defensive duties as strongly as Messi. However, think of a 4-2-3-1, that leaves 4 attackers upfield, and a band of 6 defensively. And that seems to be the formation of choice in Europe currently.
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Yeah that's why I queried 4-4-2 from the OP as 4-2-3-1 is by far the most common European strategy right now due to the extra man in field. I've watched a lot of Barcelona play, and agree in a 4-3-3/4-2-3-1 it works well. My point though, was that in a 4-4-2 (which is what this is about, right?) you can't just play Iniesta and Xavi and hope them to chase back possession, and a few of these teams listed you'd be conceding as many as you score.

And Carbz, it'd be great if people had some inventive choices/thought about how the team would play, instead of writing half the Spanish national team and expecting them to fit into a 4-4-2. Obviously everyone has their own opinion and their entitled to that, I just wanted to say the problem with 'best XI' teams versus 'most effective XI' is that inevitably the most effective teams have boring players to "do the dirty work" and win the ball back, and those guys don't get in these teams because they don't catch the eye as much.

And just to play the game:

Casillas
A. Cole
Vidic (when fit)
Thiago Silva
Lahm
Iniesta
https://www.google.no/search?hl=en&...ifCA&ved=0CDgQvwUoAQ&q=Schweinsteiger&spell=1Schweinsteiger
Toure
Messi
Rooney
Ronaldo
 
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Gk: Casillas

lb:Balé
rb:Daniel Alves
cb:Piqué
cb:Pepe

ml:Alaba
mc:iniesta
mc:Fábregas
mr:Oscar

cf:Aguero
st:Messi

This is the team I normally use quem training Barcelona
 
im not wanting a team that would do well i wanted who you thought the best gk, 4 defenders, 4 midfielders and 2 strikers would be and do an overall based on what you say
 
also 4-4-2 is the most balanced formation where you can get a good amount of each position cause with 4-2-3-1 your gonna get 4 defenders, 2 midfielders and 4 striker
 
That argument in itself stops a lot of variety. You couldn't play them both especially effectively.
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