Best Historical XIs Ever

[epic73]

Chelsea

Cech

Ivanovic - Terry - Desailly - Cole

Gullit - Ballack - Lampard

Robben - Zola - Hazard


Barcelona

Valdes

Alves - Puyol - Pique - Alba

Iniesta - Xavi - Deco

Neymar - Villa - Messi

Add your own, any team.

 

[Son of Cod]

Zola and maybe even Dennis Wise have to be in Chelsea's. Luiz over Desailly and Lebeouf too? No chance. Can't speak for all time ever really, but general consensus would be that Jimmy Greaves and Charlie Cooke should be in there somewhere.

 

[GodsGift]

 

[epic73]

Zola and maybe even Dennis Wise have to be in Chelsea's. Luiz over Desailly and Lebeouf too? No chance. Can't speak for all time ever really, but general consensus would be that Jimmy Greaves and Charlie Cooke should be in there somewhere.

Yeah, wasn't really thinking right. I'd probably be the worst at this on the forum because I've only followed football for a few years.

 

[Son of Cod]

Yeah, wasn't really thinking right. I'd probably be the worst at this on the forum because I've only followed football for a few years.

These things always seem to work better as an 'In Your Lifetime' way, as opposed to an 'All Time Ever' thing, in my opinion.

 

[smat]

These things always seem to work better as an 'In Your Lifetime' way, as opposed to an 'All Time Ever' thing, in my opinion.

No-one gives a shit about 'in your opinion'. Go big or go home. Tell us what's what or stop wasting everyone's fucking time.

 

[HarvSFC]

Southampton team of my lifetime:

Niemi​

Clyne - Alderweireld - Van Dijk - Shaw

Wanyama - Schneiderlin

Ox.Chamberlain - Mane - Lallana

Lambert
​

Started watching in 2004.

 

[GodsGift]

Best Lincoln team of my lifetime (started watching in 95):

GK: Alan Marriott

RB: Mark Bailey
CB: Gareth McAuley
CB: Jamie McCombe
LB: Stuart Bimson

RW: Gareth Ainsworth
CM: John Finnigan
CM: Lee Frecklington
LW: Peter Gain

ST: Gary Taylor-Fletcher
ST: Darren Huckerby

 

[johnnytodd]

Southall

Stevens
Ratcliffe
Mountfield
Van Den Hauwe

Steven
Reid
Bracewell
Sheedy

Gray
Sharp

2 league titles in 3 years
4 FA Cup Finals on the bounce
European Cup Winners Cup Winners Cup WINNERS cups winner cup

then violence in Heysel happened and we got banned from Europe and could not progress. team split up and we all went home in tears and have never recovered in reality

 

[mnb089mnb]

4 FA Cup Finals on the bounce

It was 3 in a row, not 4.

 

[JaseTheVillain]

In my lifetime Villa:

Friedel
Delaney Mellberg Laursen Bouma
Milner Petrov Barry Young
Carew Benteke​

Whether Carew and Benteke would work up top is another question, I would also like to stick Milner in midfield and bring in Barry, so perhaps a 4-5-1 with Benteke leading the line. We've genuinely not had any decent Right-Backs have we? I could stick Mellberg there and Dunne in the middle, but that's kind of cheating.

 

[Dirk]

European Cup Winners Cup Winners Cup WINNERS cups winner cup

That's a lot of Cups in one competition

Yeah, Everton in the 80's was a household name in Europe, too.

My historical XI of the HSV would be with Kevin Keegan in it. The mighty mouse brought us back to the top after he came from Liverpool to HSV in 1977. And this endured even until the Mid80's (when we won the European Cup Winners and even the biggest one, the European Cup).
I could name the teams of the HSV in that period here but I think nobody gives a fuck

 

[johnnytodd]

That's a lot of Cups in one competition

Yeah, Everton in the 80's was a household name in Europe, too.

My historical XI of the HSV would be with Kevin Keegan in it. The mighty mouse brought us back to the top after he came from Liverpool to HSV in 1977. And this endured even until the Mid80's (when we won the European Cup Winners and even the biggest one, the European Cup).
I could name the teams of the HSV in that period here but I think nobody gives a fuck

Silkyman said can you PM the complete history of your club asap.

 

[Dirk]

Silkyman?

 

[claret50]

In my lifetime the best West Ham line up that I watched live at Wembley was against PNE in the 1964 FA cup final, FT 3 - 2 West Ham.

Jim Standen
John Bond
Jack Burkett
Eddie Bovington
Ken Brown
Bobby Moore (c)
Peter Brabrook
Ronnie Boyce
Johnny Byrne
Geoff Hurst
John Sisson
Manager:
Ron Greenwood

 

[johnnytodd]

Silkyman?

He is member search him and PM him the info asap.

 

[JaseTheVillain]

Lloris
Walker King Campbell Bale
Lennon Modric van der Vaart Ginola
Sheringham Berbatov​

Wouldn't that be better with Bale at RM and another left back? Rose/BAE?

 

[Jamie_SFC]

Niemi
Clyne - VVD - Alderweireld - Bertrand
Schneiderlin - Wanyama
Mane - Le Tissier - Tadic/Lallana
Lambert

Admittedly I didn't see Le Tissier in his prime, my dad started taking me in 98, but it was always fascinating to just see how much him being on the ball would lift the crowd at the Dell.

Couldn't pick between Lallana and Tadic.

 

[Dirk]

Silkyman said can you PM the complete history of your club asap.

He is member search him and PM him the info asap.

Is this some kind of mocking about my english that you write this? If yes, then sorry that I don't speak/write perfect english. If not, then sorry again because I don't get the joke. I am German and we have no humour (but it has to be a great one because 2 members gave their "approval" with a thank you).

 

[Stevencc]

Your English is fine, Dirk.

Silkyman is a cock and you pming him out of the blue would be funny/cause him stress, that's all.

 

[joethegill]

In my lifetime Villa:

Friedel
Delaney Mellberg Laursen Bouma
Milner Petrov Barry Young
Carew Benteke​

Whether Carew and Benteke would work up top is another question, I would also like to stick Milner in midfield and bring in Barry, so perhaps a 4-5-1 with Benteke leading the line. We've genuinely not had any decent Right-Backs have we? I could stick Mellberg there and Dunne in the middle, but that's kind of cheating.

Not sure how old you are Jase, but no Paul McGrath? Up there with the best defenders for me, which considering his off field problems is quite amazing. Having said that, Mellberg and Laursen were superb together. Kyle Walker was at Villa on loan for a bit, is that cheating for the right back slot?

 

[AFCB_Mark]

Our current side is technically speaking the best side the club has ever had.

However the Championship title winning team from a couple years ago will forever be special. Elphick, Kermorgant, Ritchie, Pitman etc who've since moved back to the Championship. The current day squad might be better as individuals, but the telepathic movement and spirit of that title winning side made it far better than the sum of it's parts.

Older folk will make a case for individual players from our past like Ted MacDougal / Phil Boyer / Harry Redknapp in the 70s, and Ian Bishop / John Willams / Shaun Teale / Luther Blissett in the 80s.

 

[johnnytodd]

Our current side is technically speaking the best side the club has ever had.

However the Championship title winning team from a couple years ago will forever be special. Elphick, Kermorgant, Ritchie, Pitman etc who've since moved back to the Championship. The current day squad might be better as individuals, but the telepathic movement and spirit of that title winning side made it far better than the sum of it's parts.

Older folk will make a case for individual players from our past like Ted MacDougal / Phil Boyer / Harry Redknapp in the 70s, and Ian Bishop / John Willams / Shaun Teale / Luther Blissett in the 80s.

no one cares about shitty little Bournemouth, your were a novelty at first but now you just don't matter whatsovever

 

[AFCB_Mark]

no one cares about shitty little Bournemouth, your were a novelty at first but now you just don't matter whatsovever

I think that translates as: A novelty when we roll over most weeks, until we start beating the established mediocrity like Everton? Then we just become annoying! Happy to clarify

 

[Skinner]

Speroni
Ward Popovic Dann Clyne
Zaha Jedinak McAurthur Bolasie
Johnson Murray​

 

[Pagnell]

Went to my first match in the early 70s, so for me:-

Debated about Reina most of all, but for a few seasons around 2007-2009 he was the best keeper in the league for me, in terms of ability he was above both Clemence and Grob, both legends and the only other two in consideration. Shame his time here fizzled out the way it did. Honourable mentions to the likes of Beardsley, Fowler and Rush. Either Rush or Fowler could have been on this list if it weren't for Suarez. Complete c*** he might have been but there isn't a team in this country for who he wouldn't be on a best XI list had he played for them.

 

[mnb089mnb]

Wales

Neville Southall

Chris Gunter - Kevin Ratcliffe - Ashley Williams - Gary Speed

Aaron Ramsey - Joe Allen

Dean Saunders - Gareth Bale - Craig Bellamy

Ian Rush

==

Stupid formation with players playing out of position, as has been traditional for the Welsh side (until the most recent vintage!)

Mentions for Paul Jones, Mark Delaney (who was a better player than Gunter, but I can't leave him out), Simon Davies, Barry Horne & Mark Hughes

 

[Craig]

 

[GodsGift]

Harsh on Savage imo.

 

[Look Out There Are Llamas]

Presuming loans don't count:

Barrett
Omozusi - Baudry - Mkandawire - Daniels
Odubajo - Chambers - Thornton - Cox
Lisbie - Simpson​

Biggest decisions were goalkeeper as there's been a bunch of average ones and left back as Daniels/ Lockwood should really both be in there.