Best starting XI of your generation

**jebus** · 24/04/2008, 12:41 PM

All this stems from some moron (English) saying to myself and a mate recently that Rooney is the best player of our generation. We obviously just laughed and walked off, but it got us thinking about the best team of our generation, I realise different age groups are on here so it will be mixed, for example I never saw Pele play so he won't be near my team. Anyway here's the team I came out with,

Keeper
Peter Schmeichal - Prone to the odd lapse in concentration, but his reflexes were fantastic, and when he was on form he was the greatest keeper in the world.

Defence
Right Cafu - An absolute phenom of a player
Left Paolo Maldini - No explaination necessary
Centre Fernando Hierro - Genuinely think he has been forgotten about a bit in the category of world class players
Centre Lothar Matthaus - Absolute rock of a defender, good passer of the ball too. I took quite a lot of stick for sporting a West Germany jersey with his name on it throughout Italia '90

Midfield
Right Diego Maradona - I only remember him from around 89 onwards, but from the glimpses I remember he was something else
Left Lionel Messi - Honestly he deserves a spot from what I've seen in the last couple of seasons. Genuinely think he's the next in line in the Pele - Maradona - Zidane line
Centre Zinedine Zidane - I think he's the greatest player I've ever watched, but I did just catch the tail end of Maradona's career
Centre Dunga - Playing as a defensive midfielder in a diamond midfield formation

Forward

Kinsmann - Most natural goalscorer I've ever witnessed
Bergkamp - Most intelligent player I've ever witnessed

**Pike B** · 24/04/2008, 12:56 PM

Schmeical Thuram Hierro Desailly Maldini Keane Maradona Zidane Hagi Ronaldo(Real not Diver) Batistuta.
Manager Wenger.

**eirebhoy** · 24/04/2008, 1:18 PM

Maldini, Zidane and Ronaldo should be in everyones team tbh.

**superfrank** · 24/04/2008, 1:29 PM

Schemeichel - Great keeper

Cafu - An amazing right back, could get up and down the wing and defend as well
Thuram - He was a solid defender. I can't remember him making a mistake
Maldini - Another solid defender. A real sign of how great he is: he's spent his entire career at one of the top clubs and can still do it at 39.
Roberto Carlos - I always like full-backs that attacked and though maybe not as defensively sound as Cafu, he's still an asset to any team

Keane - Great defensive midfielder
Zidane - The best player I've ever seen play
Zola - One of those players that turn a game in a flash, pure genius

Jardel - Amazing goalscorer. Pity his career stifled in Turkey
Bergkamp - A true genius of football
Ronaldo - Another player who scored goals for fun

**Sheridan** · 24/04/2008, 1:30 PM

Code:

         

            Ravelli

Zanetti  Baresi  Hierro  Lizarazu

            Sammer

 Rui Costa  Mendieta      Nedved

            Stoichkov

            Batistuta

Being very faithful to the premise. Would have liked to have included Laudrup and Van Basten but I never saw them at their best.

**TheBoss** · 24/04/2008, 1:30 PM

GK: Schmeichal

RB: Cafu
CB: Sammer
CB: Baresi
LB: Maldini

RM: Figo
CM: Redondo
CM: Rui Costa
LM: Giggs

CF: Batistuta
CF: R Baggio

**gustavo** · 24/04/2008, 1:44 PM

1990-2007
at their best

-----------------Schmeichel
Cafu ---Cannavaro ----- Maldini -------R. Carlos

-------------Keane-------Guardiola

Figo---------------- Zidane-----------------Giggs

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

Bench
Buffon , McGrath ,Baresi , Stam , Xavi , Ronaldinho , Messi ,Beckham , Raul , Kanchelskis , Van Nistelrooy , Kaka , Shevchenko , Batistuta , Bergkamp , Romario

**lim abroad** · 24/04/2008, 2:20 PM

surprised nobody's picked roberto baggio so far

**jebus** · 24/04/2008, 2:22 PM

Originally Posted by lim abroad

surprised nobody's picked roberto baggio so far

Look again, they have

**lim abroad** · 24/04/2008, 2:28 PM

GK:zubizarreta
RB:cafu
CB:koeman
CB:baresi
LB:maldini
RW:figo
CM:baggio
CM:zidane
LW:stoichkov
CF:ronaldo
CF:romario

**lim abroad** · 24/04/2008, 2:30 PM

Originally Posted by jebus

Look again, they have

you're right,didn't spot that

**Pike B** · 24/04/2008, 2:32 PM

Originally Posted by lim abroad

GK:zubizarreta
RB:cafu
CB:koeman
CB:baresi
LB:maldini
RW:figo
CM:baggio
CM:zidane
LW:stoichkov
CF:ronaldo
CF:romario

Dodgy keeper mate....

**biscuit** · 24/04/2008, 2:38 PM

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

-----Cafu ---Cannavaro ----- Dunga -------Maldini

---------------------Keane

Romario---------------- Zidane--------------Stoichkov

----------- Shearer------------Bergkamp

Honourable Mentions:

Ronadinho, Messi, Baggio, Gullit, Desailly, Hagi

**lim abroad** · 24/04/2008, 2:38 PM

Originally Posted by Pike B

Dodgy keeper mate....

most capped spanish plaer ever(126 caps) and played in 4 world cups,can't be that dodgy?

**Pike B** · 24/04/2008, 2:40 PM

Originally Posted by lim abroad

most capped spanish plaer ever(126 caps) and played in 4 world cups,can't be that dodgy?

Nigeria's 2nd goal in France 98.... Ouch...

**lim abroad** · 24/04/2008, 2:42 PM

Originally Posted by Pike B

Nigeria's 2nd goal in France 98.... Ouch...

there isn't a player in the world that hasn't made mistakes

**jebus** · 24/04/2008, 2:43 PM

Originally Posted by Ruben Sosa

1:Chilavert
2:Cafu
3:Zanetti
4:Sensini
5:Aldair
6:Etchevery
7:Romario
8:Maradona
9:Batistuta
10:Valderama
11:Ruben Sosa (Captain)
Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira

I know you like South American football a lot, but I can't take a team without Maldini in the starting line up seriously to be honest. In many ways he's a better player than Maradona or Zidane ever was