Your best world 11

[arsene wengers coat]

You might have received this on WhatsApp, but is certainly a good way to spend a couple of hours in lockdown.

You have to pick your best world 11 however;

You can only pick players who were playing during your lifetime
You can only pick 1 player from a single country, and
No two players can have played for the same club at any time.

Answers on a postcard please.

[The One]

You might have received this on WhatsApp, but is certainly a good way to spend a couple of hours in lockdown.

You have to pick your best world 11 however;

You can only pick players who were playing during your lifetime
You can only pick 1 player from a single country, and
No two players can have played for the same club at any time.

Answers on a postcard please.

Is it wish you were here ?

[part time pete]

In order to make sure that you don’t fall foul of the one player per country rule and to keep your options open for later in the team, then the goalkeeper must be Lev Yashin of USSR.

[Parkinsons Perm]

In order to make sure that you don’t fall foul of the one player per country rule and to keep your options open for later in the team, then the goalkeeper must be Lev Yashin of USSR.

It's players in our lifetime Pete, not yours

[Jimstag]

Are you wanting us to put them on the Fred?

I’ve got one ready but do you want to start us off AWC?

Really tough with different teams and nationalities e.g. both Ronaldos would probably be in my all time 11 from my lifetime but as they’ve played for so many top clubs it really limits your selection pool of players.

[arsene wengers coat]

I've made 3 teams, I like this one. Shoot me down if its wrong anywhere

GK Jan Oblak - Slovenia
LB Dennis Irwin - Ireland
CB Terry Butcher - England
CB Paolo Maldini - Italy
RB Philip Lahm - Germany
MF Greame Souness - Scotland
MF Zico - Brazil
MF Dennis Bergkamp - Netherlands
MF Zinadine Zidane - France
CF Maradona - Argentina
CF Didier Drogba - Ivory Coast

4132 formation.

[James]

I've made 3 teams, I like this one. Shoot me down if its wrong anywhere

GK Jan Oblak - Slovenia
LB Dennis Irwin - Ireland
CB Terry Butcher - England
CB Paolo Maldini - Italy
RB Philip Lahm - Germany
MF Greame Souness - Scotland
MF Zico - Brazil
MF Dennis Bergkamp - Netherlands
MF Zinadine Zidane - France
CF Maradona - Argentina
CF Didier Drogba - Ivory Coast

4132 formation.

Butcher and Souness both played for Rangers.

[arsene wengers coat]

I've made 3 teams, I like this one. Shoot me down if its wrong anywhere

GK Jan Oblak - Slovenia
LB Dennis Irwin - Ireland
CB Terry Butcher - England
CB Paolo Maldini - Italy
RB Philip Lahm - Germany
MF Greame Souness - Scotland
MF Zico - Brazil
MF Dennis Bergkamp - Netherlands
MF Zinadine Zidane - France
CF Maradona - Argentina
CF Didier Drogba - Ivory Coast

4132 formation.

Butcher and Souness both played for Rangers.

Damn. How about


GK - Rene Higuita Colombia
LWB - valencia Ecuador
CB - maldini Italy
CB - Dunga Brazil
CB - Kompany Belgium
RWB - Lahm Germany
CM- Gascoigne England
CM - Zidane France
CM - Okocha Nigeria
F - Drogba Ivory coast
F - Messi Argentina

532.

[Big yella]

GK- Cech - Czech Republic
RB- Thuram - France
CB- Moore - England
CB- Beckenbauer - Germany
LB- Maldini - Italy
RM- Lawrence - Rep. Ireland (got to have a bit of Stags)
CM- Bremner - Scotland
CM- Modric - Croatia
LM- Best - N. Ireland
Fwd- Maradona - Argentina
Fwd- Pele - Brazil

[groundhoppingstag]

GK- Cech - Czech Republic
RB- Thuram - France
CB- Moore - England
CB- Beckenbauer - Germany
LB- Maldini - Italy
RM- Lawrence - Rep. Ireland (got to have a bit of Stags)
CM- Bremner - Scotland
CM- Modric - Croatia
LM- Best - N. Ireland
Fwd- Maradona - Argentina
Fwd- Pele - Brazil

Great side but did Beckenbauer and Pele play together for New York Cosmos?

[arsene wengers coat]

Few years between them according to Wikipedia.

[Parkinsons Perm]

GK- Cech - Czech Republic
RB- Thuram - France
CB- Moore - England
CB- Beckenbauer - Germany
LB- Maldini - Italy
RM- Lawrence - Rep. Ireland (got to have a bit of Stags)
CM- Bremner - Scotland
CM- Modric - Croatia
LM- Best - N. Ireland
Fwd- Maradona - Argentina
Fwd- Pele - Brazil

Great side but did Beckenbauer and Pele play together for New York Cosmos?

Moore and Best did at Fulham I believe?

[Jimstag]

Here’s what I went for in the end:

Casillas (Spain) Real, Porto

Robertson (Scot) Queen’s Park, Dundee Utd, Hull, Liverpool
Kompany (Bel) Anderlecht, Hamburger SV, Man City
Maldini (Ita) AC Milan
Lahm (Ger) VfB Stuttgart , Bayern Munich


Kante (France) Boulogne, Caen, Leicester, Chelsea
Nedved (Czech) Skoda Plzen, Prague, Lazio, Juventus
Keane (Ire) Cobh, Forest, Man Utd, Celtic


Messi (Arg) Newells, Barca
Bergkamp (Ned) Ajax, Inter, Arsenal
Shearer (Eng) Southampton, Blackburn, Newcastle

[Big yella]

GK- Cech - Czech Republic
RB- Thuram - France
CB- Moore - England
CB- Beckenbauer - Germany
LB- Maldini - Italy
RM- Lawrence - Rep. Ireland (got to have a bit of Stags)
CM- Bremner - Scotland
CM- Modric - Croatia
LM- Best - N. Ireland
Fwd- Maradona - Argentina
Fwd- Pele - Brazil

Great side but did Beckenbauer and Pele play together for New York Cosmos?

Moore and Best did at Fulham I believe?

Having re-read the rules they are both fails because it says the same club at any time, so back to the drawing board.

[Big yella]

GK- Cech - Czech Republic
RB- Thuram - France
CB- Moore - England
CB- Beckenbauer - Germany
LB- Maldini - Italy
RM- Lawrence - Rep. Ireland (got to have a bit of Stags)
CM- Bremner - Scotland
CM- Modric - Croatia
LM- Best - N. Ireland
Fwd- Maradona - Argentina
Fwd- Pele - Brazil

Great side but did Beckenbauer and Pele play together for New York Cosmos?

Moore and Best did at Fulham I believe?

Having re-read the rules they are both fails because it says the same club at any time, so back to the drawing board.

2nd attempt

GK- Cech - Czech Republic
RB- Thuram - France
CB- Moore - England
CB- Kompany - Belguim
LB- Maldini - Italy
RM- Lawrence - Rep. Ireland (got to have a bit of Stags)
CM- Bremner - Scotland
CM- Matthäus - Germany
LM- Ronaldo - Portugal
Fwd- Maradona - Argentina
Fwd- Pele - Brazil

[Jimstag]

GK- Cech - Czech Republic
RB- Thuram - France
CB- Moore - England
CB- Beckenbauer - Germany
LB- Maldini - Italy
RM- Lawrence - Rep. Ireland (got to have a bit of Stags)
CM- Bremner - Scotland
CM- Modric - Croatia
LM- Best - N. Ireland
Fwd- Maradona - Argentina
Fwd- Pele - Brazil

Great side but did Beckenbauer and Pele play together for New York Cosmos?

Moore and Best did at Fulham I believe?

Having re-read the rules they are both fails because it says the same club at any time, so back to the drawing board.

2nd attempt

GK- Cech - Czech Republic
RB- Thuram - France
CB- Moore - England
CB- Kompany - Belguim
LB- Maldini - Italy
RM- Lawrence - Rep. Ireland (got to have a bit of Stags)
CM- Bremner - Scotland
CM- Matthäus - Germany
LM- Ronaldo - Portugal
Fwd- Maradona - Argentina
Fwd- Pele - Brazil

Ronaldo and Thuram both played for Juventus, its really tough with top players that have played for more than one great team, they cancel out so many other options.

Pele and Moore also played in the same team in escape to victory but I don’t think that counts somehow?

[James]

GK- Cech - Czech Republic
RB- Thuram - France
CB- Moore - England
CB- Beckenbauer - Germany
LB- Maldini - Italy
RM- Lawrence - Rep. Ireland (got to have a bit of Stags)
CM- Bremner - Scotland
CM- Modric - Croatia
LM- Best - N. Ireland
Fwd- Maradona - Argentina
Fwd- Pele - Brazil

Great side but did Beckenbauer and Pele play together for New York Cosmos?

Moore and Best did at Fulham I believe?

Having re-read the rules they are both fails because it says the same club at any time, so back to the drawing board.

2nd attempt

GK- Cech - Czech Republic
RB- Thuram - France
CB- Moore - England
CB- Kompany - Belguim
LB- Maldini - Italy
RM- Lawrence - Rep. Ireland (got to have a bit of Stags)
CM- Bremner - Scotland
CM- Matthäus - Germany
LM- Ronaldo - Portugal
Fwd- Maradona - Argentina
Fwd- Pele - Brazil

Thuram & Maradona both played for Barcelona.

[arsene wengers coat]

No world 11 would really be complete without Cristiano Ronaldo, but he takes out United, real and Juve so it's almost impossible to shoehorn him in.

Here's one I tried

GK - Thomas Ravelli Sweden
LB - Piszczek Poland
CB - Zanetti Italy
CB - Koulibaly Senegal
RB - Lizarazu France
RMF - Kevin de Bruyne Belgium
CM - Iniesta Spain
LMF - Gascoigne England
AMF - Zico Brazil
FWD - Van Basten Netherlands
FWD - C. Ronaldo Portugal

It's a tough little Game.

[Big yella]

Well from my first two attempts I'm left with a double overlap with Thuram. So it looks like I need a new Right Back.

3rd attempt

GK- Cech - Czech Republic
RB- Arias - Columbia
CB- Moore - England
CB- Kompany - Belguim
LB- Maldini - Italy
RM- Lawrence - Rep. Ireland (got to have a bit of Stags)
CM- Bremner - Scotland
CM- Matthäus - Germany
LM- Ronaldo - Portugal
Fwd- Maradona - Argentina
Fwd- Pele - Brazil

[Richard Cranium]

Oblak
Kompany
Terry
Maldini
Juninho
Nedved
Jay Jay Okocha
Giggs
Bergkamp
Raul
Messi

[MTFCMusings]

Neuer

Cafu
Terry
Kompany
Robertson

De Rossi
Senna

Messi
Bergkamp
Mbappe

Ronaldo

[Big yella]

Neuer

Cafu
Terry
Kompany
Robertson

De Rossi
Senna

Messi
Bergkamp
Mbappe

Ronaldo

Cafu and De Rossi were both at Roma, in fact together for 2 years.

[Stag on the Beach]

Well from my first two attempts I'm left with a double overlap with Thuram. So it looks like I need a new Right Back.

Bobby Hassell?

[Big yella]

Well from my first two attempts I'm left with a double overlap with Thuram. So it looks like I need a new Right Back.

Bobby Hassell?

Unfortunately I already had a Bobby (Moore) from England.

[MTFCMusings]

Neuer

Cafu
Terry
Kompany
Robertson

De Rossi
Senna

Messi
Bergkamp
Mbappe

Ronaldo

Cafu and De Rossi were both at Roma, in fact together for 2 years.

I’ll swap De Rossi for Hamsik then.