Ultimate Football XI - Your Team

[ATTACKHAMMER]

Hope this hasn't been done before!

Basically pick the best team of players that preferably you have seen play for your favourite football team, any formation, can have subs if you want. Go!
Hopefully you'll find this fun!

Cambridge United

GK- Danny Potter

LB- Wayne Hatswell
CB- Michael Morrison
CB- Martin Peters
RB- Richard Tait

LM- Harrison Dunk
CM- Tom Shaw
CM- Tom Champion
RM- Ryan Donaldson

ST- Robbie Simpson
St- Scot Rendell

Subs
GK- Jed Steer (on loan from Norwich)
CB- Josh Coulson
CM- Paul Carden
LM- Courtney Pitt
ST- Chris Holroyd

 

[DelPiero]

Just players since I started following them (86)

Spurs

GK - Hugo Lloris

CB - Ledley King
CB - Younes Kaboul
CB - Sol Campbell

LM - David Ginola
CM - Glenn Hoddle
CM - Paul Gascoigne
CM - Rafael Van Der Vaart
RM - Gareth Bale

ST - Jurgen Klinsmann
ST - Gary Lineker

No subs as it makes the above awesome team look distinctly average

 

[Darren B]

Chelsea

GK - Cech

RB - Ivanovic
CB - Carvalho
CB - Terry
LB - Cole

CM - Lampard
CM - Makalele

RM - Mata
CAM - Zola
LM - Robben

ST - Drodba

Bench

Courtois (hasn't put on a Chelsea shirt yet, but what a keeper)
Alex
Poyet
Essien
Duff
Joe Cole
Hasselbaink

I started supporting Chelsea in 1999 (yup, before Abramovich), so I can't really include legends that I haven't watched.

 

[Smithy]

Seaman

Sagna - Adams - Campbell - Dixon

Ljungberg - Vieira - Fabregas - Pires

Henry - Wright​

Ridiculously hard, had to love out cult hero's of mine like Lehman, Koscielny, Petit, as well as huge players like Bergkamp, Ozil, Overmars, Anelka.

 

[ECG]

Just players since I started following them (86)

Spurs

GK - Brad Friedel

CB - Ledley King
CB - Younes Kaboul
CB - Sol Campbell

LM - David Ginola
CM - Glenn Hoddle
CM - Dimitar Berbatov
CM - Rafael Van Der Vaart
RM - Gareth Bale

ST - Jurgen Klinsmann
ST - Gary Lineker

No subs as it makes the above awesome team look distinctly average

*Fixed :wink:

There are also enough class players to have subs IMO.

Goalkeepers - Hugo Lloris, Kasey Keller, Erik Thorstvedt
Defenders - Christian Ziege, Stephen Carr, Gary Mabbutt
Midfielders - Paul Gascoigne, Chris Waddle, Steffen Freund, David Ginola, Luka Modrić
Forwards - Teddy Sheringham, Robbie Keane

As much as I like that team, I have to go with my home team.

VFB Stuttgart

GK - Eike Immel

D - Karlheinz Förster
D - Thomas Berthold
D - Guido Buchwald

D/M - Philipp Lahm

M - Aliaksandr Hleb
M - Krasimir Balakov
M - Thomas Hitzlsperger

F - Mario Gómez
F - Fredi Bobic
F - Jürgen Klinsmann

Subs:
Goalkeepers - Timo Hildebrand, Franz Wohlfahrt
Defenders - Bernd Förster, Günther Schäfer, Michael Frontzeck, Frank Verlaat
Midfielders - Ásgeir Sigurvinsson, Hansi Müller, Karl Allgöwer, Zvonimir Soldo
Forwards - Cacau, Eyjólfur Sverrisson, Dieter Hoeneß,

 

[caffeine_demon]

Seaman

Sagna - Adams - Campbell - Dixon

Ljungberg - Vieira - Fabregas - Pires

Henry - Wright​

Ridiculously hard, had to love out cult hero's of mine like Lehman, Koscielny, Petit, as well as huge players like Bergkamp, Ozil, Overmars, Anelka.

How could you miss Bergkamp??? Straight to the bottom of the class!

 

[Mike]

I must have been about 5 when I started supporting Manchester United, so my Man U XI since 1995/96 would be something like:

GK - Peter Schmeichel

RB - Gary Neville
CB - Nemanja Vidic
CB - Gary Pallister
LB - Denis Irwin

RW - Christiano Ronaldo
CM - Paul Scholes
CM - David Beckham
LW - Ryan Giggs

CF - Wayne Rooney
CF - Ruud van Nistelrooy

Subs/Honourable mentions:
Eric Cantona
Andy Cole
Dwight Yorke
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Roy Keane
Paul Ince
Jaap Stam

 

[DelPiero]

Just players since I started following them (86)

Spurs

GK - Brad Friedel

CB - Ledley King
CB - Younes Kaboul
CB - Sol Campbell

LM - David Ginola
CM - Glenn Hoddle
CM - Dimitar Berbatov
CM - Rafael Van Der Vaart
RM - Gareth Bale

ST - Jurgen Klinsmann
ST - Gary Lineker

No subs as it makes the above awesome team look distinctly average

*Fixed :wink:

There are also enough class players to have subs IMO.

Goalkeepers - Hugo Lloris, Kasey Keller, Erik Thorstvedt
Defenders - Christian Ziege, Stephen Carr, Gary Mabbutt
Midfielders - Paul Gascoigne, Chris Waddle, Steffen Freund, [strike]David Ginola[/strike], Luka Modrić
Forwards - Teddy Sheringham, Robbie Keane

Friedel was great for us in his first year, just what we needed, but you're taking patriotism to a new level if you think he's better or was better than Hugo Jerry
Berbatov would be one of the worst CM's i'd ever have seen as he's so lazy, up front he was great for us though, he could get a spot on the subs bench with Teddy.
Also bolded the subs i put in my "distinctly average" pile(and Ginola is already in the 11), great servants maybe, great footballers, no no no.

 

[ECG]

Sorry for the Ginola brainfart.

Friedel was great for us in his first year, just what we needed, but you're taking patriotism to a new level if you think he's better or was better than Hugo Jerry

Brad was obviously better or Hugo would have played from the get go instead of riding the bench while waiting for Brad to make a mistake.

Berbatov would be one of the worst CM's i'd ever have seen as he's so lazy, up front he was great for us though, he could get a spot on the subs bench with Teddy.
Also bolded the subs i put in my "distinctly average" pile(and Ginola is already in the 11), great servants maybe, great footballers, no no no.

I was thinking of all of those players in their prime, which was not necessarily during their time at White Hart Lane.

 

[DelPiero]

Brad was obviously better or Hugo would have played from the get go instead of riding the bench while waiting for Brad to make a mistake.

The Hugo/Brad affair in 2012 was all to do with squad harmony. With outfield players you can easily change a player for a new acquisition without it affecting the performance of the team in a big way, but they are generally subbed in for their first few appearances. With keepers, that's not an option.
Had AVB put Hugo straight into the team, dropping Brad to the bench and just getting the cup appearances it could have rocked the changing room/squad. To see a keeper who had a good year the year before unceremoniously dumped due to a younger, more promising player could have resulted in a revolt.
There is also the fact that they are two very different keepers, so the team and Hugo needed to work in training and cup matches so they synced.

I think that the whole episode was handled very well by the management/coaching staff, even though the media were pelting them on a daily basis. In the end, Brad didn't make a mistake (as far as i remember), and the team gelled with the sweeper keeper role that Hugo plays. The rest is history.

I was thinking of all of those players in their prime, which was not necessarily during their time at White Hart Lane.

I concede to this, i was looking at purely Spurs performance criteria.