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comme
06 Jul 2005, 05:56 AM
OK the second choice to be made is at rightback.
Bertje
06 Jul 2005, 06:07 AM
You have Cafu but no Suurbier?
comme
06 Jul 2005, 06:13 AM
Inevitable. The first response is to say someone else should be on the poll.
silver bullet
06 Jul 2005, 06:18 AM
No Berry van Aerle? Tssss.
malby
06 Jul 2005, 06:22 AM
No Berry van Aerle? Tssss.
Where is Gary Kelly?
Father Ted
06 Jul 2005, 09:49 AM
Denis Irwin anyone?
king_saladin
06 Jul 2005, 10:37 AM
Thuram.
Vogts was really good.
lanman
06 Jul 2005, 10:49 AM
Djalma Santos without any doubt. I don't think there's another position on the pitch where there is clearly a player so far ahead of the rest than this.
Comme, how does Carlos Alberto manage to get on this list? I thought you would be able to see past the myth.
joto 3
06 Jul 2005, 11:15 AM
wheres danny mills?
comme
06 Jul 2005, 03:46 PM
Djalma Santos without any doubt. I don't think there's another position on the pitch where there is clearly a player so far ahead of the rest than this.
Comme, how does Carlos Alberto manage to get on this list? I thought you would be able to see past the myth.
There are some people you cannot leave out. I myself can see past the myth, but there would have been uproar if I had not included him.
Gregoriak
06 Jul 2005, 03:59 PM
Djalma Santos, no contest.
A player I would like to nominate as first "other" is Manfred Kaltz.
tpmazembe
06 Jul 2005, 04:12 PM
There are some people you cannot leave out. I myself can see past the myth, but there would have been uproar if I had not included him.comme, Battiston rather than his compatriot Maxime Bosis (sp)? No love for Amoros at either at RB or LB? Surely more deserving than Battiston.
Inevitable. The first response is to say someone else should be on the poll.You voluntarily signed up for that friend. These things are never easy ;)
I can't wait to see how you are going to present the 4 midfield spots...those positions aren't as easy to define as the back four!
A player I would like to nominate as first "other" is Manfred Kaltz. Yep. He and Amoros are my favorite bookends for the 80s.
comme
06 Jul 2005, 04:17 PM
It's so difficult to get the right blend especially when you get on to the "lesser" players. The more players you introduce, the more people will suggest other names. That is all part of the fun of it though.
The midfield and attacking options will be very difficult, especially with the tactical evolutions that have occurred in the last 50 years. How do you define a player like Cruyff or Di Stefano?
Neoš
06 Jul 2005, 04:21 PM
Hahahahahahaha
I needed that.
Denis Irwin anyone?
tpmazembe
06 Jul 2005, 04:25 PM
The midfield and attacking options will be very difficult, especially with the tactical evolutions that have occurred in the last 50 years. How do you define a player like Cruyff or Di Stefano?You are right. They both mostly lined-up as strikers, though their functions were substantially more.
In your chosen 4-4-2 formation, that midfield could be a diamond, or 2-DM & 2-AMs, or 3 versatile CMs with 1 outright attacker for the fourth midfielder (my view of France '82), etc, etc.
I can't wait to see how you navigate that one!
lanman
06 Jul 2005, 05:44 PM
In your chosen 4-4-2 formation, that midfield could be a diamond, or 2-DM & 2-AMs, or 3 versatile CMs with 1 outright attacker for the fourth midfielder (my view of France '82), etc, etc.
I can't wait to see how you navigate that one!
From the goalkeeper thread:
In the next few days I'm going to post a series of polls to see who is considered the best player ever in every position, with the aim of creating an all time XI simply on votes, in this team I will be playing a genuine 442, and so avoid the fantasy teams with no defenders that we often see.
Going by that it has to be a diamond of sorts, with one DM, one AM and two wingers/wide midfielders.
That said I guarantee that the best DM will not get many votes.
dor02
07 Jul 2005, 03:09 AM
Gentile first with Carlos Alberto second.
Spartak
07 Jul 2005, 03:26 AM
C'mon people, I'm as big a Cafu fan as any but he should not be leading this poll.
dor02
07 Jul 2005, 03:48 AM
Where's the Inter fans? Burgnich should get at least one vote.
Now I've changed my mind. Gentile is still first but Burgnich is now second and Thuram third. Carlos Alberto is fourth but I can't understand why two Brazilians are dominating the poll.
dor02
07 Jul 2005, 03:53 AM
I'd rather vote for Berti Vogts than Djalma Santos. Santos was great but I usually prefer the more conventional kind.