Your World XI

If you had to pick a squad of 23 players tomorrow, who would you choose? Interesting to see if any Newcastle players make it in...


GKs:

Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea)

DEF:

Thiago Silva (PSG)
Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)
Vincent Kompany (Man City)
Sergio Ramos (Spain)
Daniel Alves (Brazil)
Philip Lahm (Bayern Munich)
Jordi Alba (Barcelona)
Marcelo (Real Madrid)

MID:

Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)
Xavi (Barcelona)
Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
Mezut Ozil (Arsenal)
Yaya Toure (Man City)
David Silva (Man City)

FW:

Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Sergio Aguero (Man City)
Falcao (Monaco)
Robin van Persie (Man United)

Casillas, Alves, Silva, Ramos, Lahm, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Falcao, Ronaldo

---------------------------Casillas

----Alves---------Silva--------------Ramos----Lahm

--------------------------Busquets--------------------

-----------------Xavi----------------Iniesta-----------

-------Ronaldo-----------Falcao------------Messi-----

Interesting how I couldn't fit in European Footballer of the Year Franck Ribery, or the most expensive player of all time. Another crazy statistic is that not one Premier League player made the starting XI, and Lahm was the only non La Liga player who did. And even then, it was close between him and Alba.

 

Neuer
Lahm
Alba
Kompany
Silva
Toure
Iniesta
Thiago
Neymar
Messi
Ronaldo

Bale, Falcao, Xavi, Ribery, Alaba, Alves, Ramos, Buffon, Aguero, Ozil, Hummels, De Gea

 

Casillas who had been struggling to get in the Real Madrid team?

 

You had a good selection but had to ruin it, didn't you!

Mignolet in

I'd also swap Falcao with Robben.

 

Hello Indy. Your sig is too small. Can you please make it larger?

 

Sorry buttercup.

When in Rome do as the Romans do.

 

Aww. And I thought you loved me.

 

Rate De Gea highly to be honest. Mignolet is good but he still has a big as problem as Dracula with crosses. Dodgy on set pieces too. Robben was the one I was torn on. Anyway De Gea etc will watch. Neuer is easily the best keeper around for me. I'd also be tempted to drop Toure and put Bale in for a 4 man attack

 

No Shola? This thread is a farce!

 

Neuer

Cole
Williamson
Lahm

Ribery
Iniesta
Toure
Bale

Messi
Ronaldo
Neymar

 

No WP, NO! Say it ain't so!

I'm putting my respect for you in a safe til you know how to handle it!

De Gea has shown more ability recently, thank god, but he's the worst in the league at crosses, he still tries to kick stuff clear instead of use his hands to save it, and he is weak as piss. His aerial ability is made somewhat easy by his lanky frame, but he is slowly impressing. Unfortunately not enough for me to not get you sectioned for having him in your fictional top three goalies. RESPECT THE GAME MAN. This is serious hypothetical quandary here!

 

Ok I'm putting Cech in then. Mignolet is still cack on crosses and free kicks. It matters not Neuer wee wee's all over the lot of them.

 

Neuer

Lahm
Hummels
Tiago Silva
Marcelo

Martinez
Toure
Iniesta

Messi
Falcao
Ronaldo

 

Neuer

Lahm
Hummels/Dante
Ramos
Alves

Iniesta
Alonso
Toure

Ribery
Messi
Ronaldo

 

Neure

Lahm
Hummels
Vertonghen
Alaba

Ribery
Toure
Robben

Ronaldo
Lewandowski
Messi

 

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

Ribery----Vidal----Toure----Messi

---------------Pirlo--------------

Cole----T.Silva--Hummels-----Lahm

-------------Nueur------------

 

That drips sex

 

Not sure about Ronaldo in goal mind. Neuer might make a canny target man though.

 

He's a big unit mind. Size matters.

 

Now, now, don't start.