Gauging interest. If there's not enough keen we'll drop it. Will establish rules once we know participants. Roll up and pick anyone ever and then tell us all why it's a better pick than anyone else's. Round 1 1. Cabinet - Zinedine Zidane 2. KATA - Paolo Maldini 3. Alex - Pele 4. Vimes - Diego Maradona 5. Himannv - Lionel Messi 6. Eds - Johan Cruyff 7. Chung - Ferenc Puskas 8. Speirz - Ronaldo 9. Benny - Franz Beckenbauer 10. Lukic - Cristiano Ronaldo 11. Prez - Fabio Cannavaro 12. 99* - Alfredo Di Stefano 13. Arheiner - Duncan Edwards 14. Weeman27bob - Michel Platini 15. Marcuss - George Best 16. mouse - Marco van Basten Round Two 1. mouse - Franco Baresi 2. Marcuss - Lothar Matthaus 3. Weeman27bob - Zico 4. Arheiner - Eusebio 5. 99* - Bobby Moore 6. Prez - Roberto Carlos 7. Lukic - Andrea Pirlo 8. Benny - Cafu 9. Speirz - Xavi 10. Chung - Michel Laudrup 11. Eds - Lev Yashin 12. Himannv - Gerd Muller 13. Vimes - Garrincha 14. Alex - Thierry Henry 15. KATA - Pavel Nedved 16. Cabinet - Alessandro Nesta Round Three 1. Cabinet - Philipp Lahm 2. KATA - Luis Figo 3. Alex - Peter Schmeichel 4. Vimes - Bobby Charlton 5. Himannv - Andres Iniesta 6. Eds - Giuseppe Meazza 7. Chung - Socrates 8. Speirz - Ronaldinho 9. Benny - Dennis Bergkamp 10. Lukic - Drogan Stojkovic 11. Prez - Patrick Vieira 12. 99* - Uwe Seeler 13. Arheiner - Gordon Banks 14. Weeman27bob - Romario 15. Marcuss - Ruud Gullit 16. mouse - Frank Rjikaard Round Four 1. mouse - Kenny Dalglish 2. Marcuss - Jairzinho 3. Weeman27bob - Stanley Matthews 4. Arheiner - Carlos Alberto 5. 99* - Carles Puyol 6. Prez - Francesco Totti 7. Lukic - Andriy Shevchenko 8. Benny - Roy Keane 9. Speirz - Kaka 10. Chung - Tony Adams 11. Eds - Didi 12. Himannv - Matthias Sammer 13. Vimes - Dino Zoff 14. Alex - Didier Deschamps 15. KATA - Raul 16. Cabinet Round Five 1. Cabinet 2. KATA - Roberto Baggio 3. Alex - Jaap Stam 4. Vimes - Johan Neeskens 5. Himannv - Steven Gerrard 6. Eds - Djalma Santos 7. Chung - Giacinto Facchetti 8. Speirz - Claude Makelele 9. Benny - Alan Shearer 10. Lukic - Marcel Desailly 11. Prez - Gianluigi Buffon 12. 99* - Demetrio Albertini 13. Arheiner - Billy Wright 14. Weeman27bob - Nilton Santos 15. Marcuss - Gaetano Scirea 16. mouse - John Barnes Round Six 1. mouse - Graeme Souness 2. Marcuss - Claudio Gentile 3. Weeman27bob - José Santamaria 4. Arheiner - Gunnar Nordahl 5. 99* - Luis Suarez (esp) 6. Prez - Daniele De Rossi 7. Lukic - Lilian Thuram 8. Benny - Juan Manuel Moreno 9. Speirz - Iker Casillas 10. Chung - Matthias Sindelar 11. Eds - Obdulio Varela 12. Himannv - Fernando Redondo 13. Vimes - Paul Breitner 14. Alex - Bastian Schweinsteiger 15. KATA - Guiseppe Bergomi 16. Cabinet Round Seven 1. Cabinet - 2. KATA - Oliver Kahn 3. Alex - Gianluca Zambrotta 4. Vimes - Oleg Blokhin 5. Himannv - Karl-Heinz Schnellinger 6. Eds - Hristo Stoichkov 7. Chung - Cliff Bastin 8. Speirz 9. Benny 10. Lukic 11. Prez 12. 99* 13. Arheiner 14. Weeman27bob 15. Marcuss 16. mouse Round Eight 1. mouse 2. Marcuss 3. Weeman27bob 4. Arheiner 5. 99* 6. Prez 7. Lukic 8. Benny 9. Speirz 10. Chung 11. Eds 12. Himannv 13. Vimes 14. Alex 15. KATA 16. Cabinet Round Nine 1. Cabinet 2. KATA 3. Alex 4. Vimes 5. Himannv 6. Eds 7. Chung 8. Speirz 9. Benny 10. Lukic 11. Prez 12. 99* 13. Arheiner 14. Weeman27bob 15. Marcuss 16. mouse Round Ten 1. mouse 2. Marcuss 3. Weeman27bob 4. Arheiner 5. 99* 6. Prez 7. Lukic 8. Benny 9. Speirz 10. Chung 11. Eds 12. Himannv 13. Vimes 14. Alex 15. KATA 16. Cabinet Round Eleven 1. Weeman27bob 2. Prez 3. Vimes 4. Speirz 5. Himannv 6. Benny 7. Alex 8. Chung 9. KATA 10. Lukic 11. Marcuss 12. 99* 13. mouse 14. Eds 15. Cabinet 16. Arheiner
Forgot to add, please add your name to a list. If you want to team up with someone please make it known. 1. Eds 2. Arheiner
Guess we'll start in 20 hours or so regardless of any more sign-ups. Would be nice to have a few more though.
If you're looking for more sign ups I'll help you out, but I've got next to no knowledge of football beyond the last ten years, so would basically be doing a modern one besides the obvious names.
Yeah, fine with people picking whatever style of team they like. Was hoping to get a 1980s Spurs XI from Heef ITBT.
1. Eds 2. Arheiner 3. 99* 4. Alex 5. Benny 6. Lukic 7. Himannv 8. Weeman27bob 9. Cabinet 10. Vimes 11. Prez 12. Chung Draft thread to go up in ~one hour.
I suspect the prevalence of stats in cricket have a role to play in that, but perhaps also the nature of how the game is reported/broadcast?
I'm just a much bigger cricket fan than football fan, hence why it's the case for me. But yeah, I guess stats is a pretty big thing. It's pretty easy to get a decent gauge of who the best batsman of previous eras are with batting averages than it is to work out who the best centre backs of the 1950's were.