Is there any team these guys wouldnt start in?

RedOranje wrote:

The Franchise wrote:You thought Bale played leftback...you shouldnt even be allowed to talk about football. Godamn.

But for a while he DID play LB.

juventus101 wrote:Podolski would start over Sanchez, Nene/Menez, or Di Maria any day of the week. Would have a rough time at Bayern cuz Kroos is better as a CM but Podolskis better overall. So id say the only team he wouldnt start for is Bayern. Not sure exactly how City play or who starts, so wont comment on them.

Marchisio is slightly better than all of Busquets, Khedira, and Gustavo in my opinion. I could see him starting anywhere.

Modric would displace Di Maria, and if he can play on the wings of a 433 could start in Barca and Juve too. Dunno about Modric vs Kroos.

Alba could start anywhere except for Madrid, and Bayern is Lahm moved back to LB, but with Alba, Lahn woukd stay on the right.

Chiellini could start ANYWHERE without any doubt in my mind in my opinion.

juventus101 wrote:I thought Bale started at LB. Anyways, just saw Tottenham live against the Red Bulls. Bale was impressive, but id take Podolski any day.

And ive hyped him long enough? He was a top 5 goalscorer as a second striker in the Bundesliga, in a team that got relegated. He also scored 16 goals in 19 games when played centrally. Ive also seen him play live on multiple occasions, and ive seen alot of players live, including Diego, Schurrle, Henry, Beckham, Dempsey, Donovan, Lennon, Bale, etc and Podolski was definitely the best ive seen. Maybe im not overrating him, maybe you just are underrating him bscause he had one poor internatuonal tournament since 2004.

juventus101 wrote:You think Aaron Lennon is better than Podolski? Podolski would also start over Mata for Chelsea, Welbeck/Chicharito for United, Nene/Menez for PSG, Samchez for Barca and Di Maria for Madrid. Dont know Citys formation or stafters so i sont comment on them. He would also staprt for Bayern over Muller if Kroos is pushed bacj into a CM role, but Kroos is better as a CAM.

The Franchise wrote:Who is this Podolski? Did we all forget how he failed so pathetically at Bayern?

Kizu wrote:But Pepe is faster, better tackler, his anticipation is excellent, and he is stronger.

juventus101 wrote:This is what i think alot of teams would look like with these players available.

CHELSEA:
--Cech--
--Ivanovic-- --Terry-- --CHIELLINI-- --Cole--
--Ramires-- --MARCHISIO-- --MODRIC--
--Hazard-- --Torres-- --PODOLSKI--

BARCELONA:
--Valdes--
--Alves-- --Puyol-- --CHIELLINI-- --ALBA--
--Xavi-- --MARCHISIO-- --Iniesta--
--PODOLSKI-- --Messi-- --Villa--

REAL MADRID:
--Casillas--
--Ramos-- --Pepe-- --CHIELLINI-- --Marcelo--
--MARCHISIO-- --Alonso--
--PODOLSKI-- --Ozil-- --Ronaldo--
--Benzema--

BAYERN MUNICH:
--Neuer--
--Lahm-- --Badstuber-- --CHIELLINI-- --ALBA--
--MARCHISIO-- --Schweini--
--Robben-- --Kroos-- --Ribery--
--Gomez--

MILAN:
--Abbiati--
--Abate-- --Mexes-- --CHIELLINI-- --ALBA--
--Boateng-- --Montolivo-- --MARCHISIO--
--MODRIC--
--Pato-- --PODOLSKI--

JUVENTUS:
--Buffon--
--Lichsteiner-- --Barzagli-- --CHIELLINI-- --ALBA--
--Vidal-- --Pirlo-- --MARCHISIO--
--Giovinco-- --PODOLSKI-- --Vucinic--

MANCHESTER UNITED:
--De Gea--
--ALBA-- --Vidic-- --CHIELLINI-- --Evra--
--Nani-- --MODRIC-- --MARCHISIO-- --Kagawa--
--Rooney-- --PODOLSKI--

MANCHESTER CITY:
--Hart--
--Richards-- --Kompany-- --CHIELLINI-- --ALBA--
--MARCHISIO-- --Yaya--
--Silva-- --MODRIC--
--PODOLSKI-- --Aguero--

ARSENAL:
--Szcezny--
--Sagna-- --Vermaelen-- --CHIELLINI-- --ALBA--
--MODRIC-- --MARCHISIO-- --Arteta--
--Walcott-- --Giroud-- --PODOLSKI--

BORUSSIA DORTMUND:
--Weidenfeller--
--Pisczek-- --Hummels-- --CHIELLINI-- --ALBA--
--MARCHISIO-- --Bender--
--Gotze-- --MODRIC-- --Reus--
--PODOLSKI--

juventus101 wrote:And as someone said before, Podolski did not actually fail at Bayern. He was disliked by Klinsmann who was the coach at the time and did not get alot of time, so his stats are deceiving as most of his appearances were short sub appearances. Podolski is world class and is so underrated its unfair to him, just because people are judging him off of one bad international tournament performance from him since he got onto the international scene in 2004.