Premier League Foreign XI

[Gribz 743]

37 minutes ago, Scott7 said:

                Barthez

 

      Gallas, Blanc, Desailly

 

 Vierra,      Kanté      Makalele,
       Ginola          Pires
   
       Cantona.   Henry

 
Thought I’d try one of these new fangled lineups. Makes it easier to pick midfielders and defenders. Reduces the choice up front, though. Anelka’s gone off in a huff.

TBH I usually do a 3-5-2 and had almost that bar the keeper and Blanc. I originally had Blanc but then compared the stats in the Premier League and Leboeuf played for 5 years while Blanc was winding down. Same for Dechamps - a wonderful technical midfielder but he cant oust Vieira or Kante. And then I had to put Evra in for what he won at Man Utd, when he and Vidic joined they looked out of their depth but went and won multiple titles and reached 3 CL finals.

 

Ginola and Pires switching wings all day long - two geniuses.

 

Will see if a few other posters want a crack at a French side then I will put up a Dutch squad this evening or tomorrow morning. Then compare the two sides. I would see the Dutch and French have provided the best imports. Will look into the Germans and Italians after that.

[Scott7 5,155]

30 minutes ago, Gribz said:

Ginola and Pires switching wings all day long - two geniuses

Correct.

[Gribz 743]

Drafting up the Dutch players. The strikers are just going to cause a difficulty on par with deciding on Chili Con Carne or a Curry.

 

Fair play to the French though, they racked up a good top notch group of players. They won the WC at home on 98, I felt they were a bit lucky on the way to the final plus had home advantage but then they went to the Euros 2 years later and won it so its the sign of a good side - after both, most of their squad went onto better themselves. (Guivarch cant be included there).

[Scott7 5,155]

Any of the three selections would stroll any league in the world.

[Gribz 743]

The Dutch:

 

Keepers: Probably only need to put Van der Sar down. But others, Westerveld, Segers, Krul, De Goey, Van Der Gouw.

 

Defenders / Full backs: Van Aanholt, Ake, Blind, Bogarde, Van Dijk, Heitinga, Melchoit, Stam, Vlaar, Van Bronckhurst (played LB at Arsenal).

 

Midfielders / Wingers: Boateng, Davids, Gullit, de jong, Overmars, Robben, Roy, Van der Vaart, Wijnaldum, Zenden.

 

Forwards, Bergkamp, Hasselbaink, Kluivert, Van Nistelrooy, Van Persie.

[Gribz 743]

Ive went for this. I loved Jimmy Floyd but cant see past this forward line.

 

Very much like the French the Dutch had two world class top drawer wingers.

 

Van der Sar

 

Melchoit Stam Van Dijk Van Bronckhorst

 

Robben Davids Gullit Overmars

 

Bergkamp Van Nistelrooy

[Scott7 5,155]

Van der Sar

Melchoit, van Dijk, Stam, Vlaar

Overmars, Gullit, Davids, Gio,

Bergkamp, van Persie.

 

[Rousseau 9,369]

Is that Mario Melchiot you are picking? I didn't think he was that great. 

 

Is it going by their time in the PL, or what they did at their peak?

 

Janmaat is a better RB.

 

Reiziger played for Middlesbrough towards the end of his career. 

 

 

[Rousseau 9,369]

I need to go 3-3-1-3 a la Bielsa to get the players in I want!

 

Van der Sar

 

Stam -  Martins Indi - Van Dijk

 

Wijnaldum - Blind - de Guzman

 

Van der Vaart

 

Robben - Van Nistlerooy - Overmars

 

You're not getting the ball off that team. 

 

Bobby Petta just misses out.

 

[Gribz 743]

12 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

Is that Mario Melchiot you are picking? I didn't think he was that great. 

 

Is it going by their time in the PL, or what they did at their peak?

 

Janmaat is a better RB.

 

Reiziger played for Middlesbrough towards the end of his career. 

 

 

Yeah thats up to the picker. And yes had to play in  the PL. Personally I go with a bit of both hence leaving Deschamps and Blanc out of the French side.

 

But there is no wrong. Just a wee bit of fun during these times. ?

Edited April 27, 2020 by Gribz