Your Most beloved players XI

M99 wrote:

Dida
Cafu-Nesta-Maldini-Roberto Carlos
Gattuso-Pirlo
Kaka-Ronaldinho
Rivaldo-Ronaldo

crazy how crap milan are now when you think of some of the great players they have had in the past.

Rivaldo was past it though...its like he hit quit game after winning the World Cup and just coasted to playing for like 10 more years for random teams. We had a lot of world class players we got past their prime even when we were in our prime. Rivaldo, Redondo, Vieri. Most struggled with injuries.

Kahn
Lahm Ramos Varane R. Carlos
Farfan Makelele Kaka CR7
Raul R9

Casillas

Thiago Silva
Nesta
Maldini

Iniesta
Seedorf
Pirlo
Kaka

Messi
Inzaghi
Robben

The Milan players and Messi were easy. The Milan players were central to my childhood and a big reason I love football, and watching Messi brings joy like no other player.

Casillas was an incredible keeper in his prime, astonishing reflexes and really classy off the pitch as well. Iniesta is one of my favourite players for, as cliche as it might sound, just the pure elegance with which he plays. It’s astonishing the way he would glide past players so effortlessly and pull out insane passes time and time again. Robben is one of the most exhilarating players I ever saw, the way he could create danger out of nothing was incredible, and his pace was electrifying even as he aged.

Myesyats wrote:

CASILLAS
ALVES PIQUE CANNAVARO
ÖZIL XAVI FABREGAS INIESTA
MESSI D.VILLA RONALDINHO

Pique and fabregas

Dont judge me on Urby, bless his heart he tries

Well, they dont have to be the best, just 'beloved'

Kaladin wrote:

Pepe Reina
Abate Nesta Kompany Urby
Modric Mascherano Kaka
Robben Benzema Bonaventura

Dont judge me on Urby, bless his heart he tries

I'm judging you for not putting Urby at CAM.

Kaladin wrote:

Pepe Reina
Abate Nesta Kompany Urby
Modric Mascherano Kaka
Robben Benzema Bonaventura

Dont judge me on Urby, bless his heart he tries

I kind of love Abate for his legend status on GL.

No judgement here.

Would be fun if we did a separate one for players that don't play for the team we support. Most of us obviously have majority of players from the teams we support. Here's mine without Milan/Brazil.

M99 wrote:Would be fun if we did a separate one for players that don't play for the team we support. Most of us obviously have majority of players from the teams we support. Here's mine without Milan/Brazil.

Buffon
Zanneti-Cannavaro-Ayala-Cole
De Rossi-Ballack
Robben-Zidane-CR7
Totti

If I go for players who never played for Chelsea/Adelaide United:

Honorable mentions: Tomáš Rosický, Santi Cazorla, Márcio Amoroso, Lorik Cana.

Peter Schmeichel
Maicon Vidic Samuel Zanetti
Cambiasso
Simeone Stankovic
Sneijder
Ronaldo(the Brazilian) Milito (Batistuta)


I' ve tried to forgotten that Vidic at Inter, he was one of my favorite defenders before joining here. Same for Batistuta .

Vibe wrote:

Frey
Zanetti - Blanc - Cordoba - Simic
Farinos - Di Biagio - Seedorf
Recoba - Vieri - Ronaldo

Inter lineup in Winning Eleven 2000

This brings back memories.....

M99 wrote:Would be fun if we did a separate one for players that don't play for the team we support. Most of us obviously have majority of players from the teams we support. Here's mine without Milan/Brazil.

Buffon
Zanneti-Cannavaro-Ayala-Cole
De Rossi-Ballack
Robben-Zidane-CR7
Totti

Yes, it makes sense !

Peter Schmeichel
Lizarazu Vidic Nesta Cole
Overmars Mascherano Gerrard Pires
Suarez Henry

I take this opportunity to say that Bixente Lizarazu was great but except - perhaps Bayern fans,   no one never reminds him

Jens Lehmann

Philippe Mexes
Lillian Thuram
Juan

DaMarcus Beasley
Michael Ballack
Daniele De Rossi
Claude Makalele
Robert Pires

Vincenzo Montella
Thierry Henry

titosantill wrote:i don't know what the term for it is, maybe inverted wingers, guys that play on the opposite side. was robert pires the first of that kind. players who played on the opposite side existed, but a lot of times it was more for convenience (if you didn't have a left footed player, you just played some attacking player who was good in that role); but with pires i think he was the first of his kind who was super comfortable and great playing there, to the point i don't even think he could play right wing....then guys like ronaldinho cristiano messi robben made it popular

A trend setter what a baller he was

Vibe wrote:Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Robinho, Emerson, Vieri, Beckham off the top of my head.

Even their own stars got their return, Shevchenko, Kaka, Leonardo, Ibrahimović

If we are counting the years we were not in our prime there's more. Zambrotta, Torres, Reina (dependable backup tho), Mexes (again good backup).

Schmeichel

Alves Pique Vidic R.Carlos

Figo Iniesta Ronaldinho Mcmanaman

Messi Real Ronaldo