Spike 2,538 Posted March 23, 2017 (edited) Post starting XIs of clubs that could have had a dynasty if not for short-sightedness, bad luck or other idiocy. Inter Meelano on the early 00s. Almost embarrassing the revolving door of talent they were/are. Ronaldo - Vieri Recoba Pirlo - Seedorf Di Baigio Cordoba -Meterazzi - Cordoba - Zanetti Peruzzi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cicero 3,551 Posted March 24, 2017 West Ham could of had an incredible team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spike 2,538 Posted March 24, 2017 9 minutes ago, Cicero said: West Ham could of had an incredible team. In the early 00s, yeah. Joe Cole, Frank Lampard, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick, that fascist Italian dude, Jermaine Defoe, and probably a few others I forgot. Did Glen Johnson play for West Ham? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Burning Gold 395 Posted March 24, 2017 44 minutes ago, Spike said: In the early 00s, yeah. Joe Cole, Frank Lampard, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick, that fascist Italian dude, Jermaine Defoe, and probably a few others I forgot. Did Glen Johnson play for West Ham? Yeah, but he was utter shite, so no great loss. Di Canio's the Italian you're thinking of. Valencia spring to mind with the likes of Mata, Silva, and Villa. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Devil-Dick Willie 1,429 Posted March 24, 2017 Bremen -----------------------------Wiese---------------------------- Selassie---Mertesacker---Sokratis----Garcia Arnautovic---De Bruyne----Junuzovic--Gnabry --------------------Pizarro------Kruse------------------------ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asura 305 Posted March 24, 2017 Southampton in the last 5 years or so... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cicero 3,551 Posted March 24, 2017 10 hours ago, Spike said: In the early 00s, yeah. Joe Cole, Frank Lampard, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick, that fascist Italian dude, Jermaine Defoe, and probably a few others I forgot. Did Glen Johnson play for West Ham? Terry as well mate if he didnt switch academies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LFCMike 1,478 Posted March 24, 2017 Liverpool 2009. Lost Arbeloa, Alonso, Mascherano, Torres in the space of a year to 18 months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Burning Gold 395 Posted March 24, 2017 1 minute ago, LFCMike said: Liverpool 2009. Lost Arbeloa, Alonso, Mascherano, Torres in the space of a year to 18 months. Keep that team together and stick Suarez in instead of Kuyt and we'd have been unstoppable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cannabis Posted March 24, 2017 4 minutes ago, LFCMike said: Liverpool 2009. Lost Arbeloa, Alonso, Mascherano, Torres in the space of a year to 18 months. Wasn't Suarez signed to play with Torres too? One of my drivers who's a Red told me that a few months ago when discussing the 2009 team and it would have made you deadly up top. Glad as an Evertonian that things didn't work out that year for you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LFCMike 1,478 Posted March 24, 2017 1 minute ago, Burning Gold said: Keep that team together and stick Suarez in instead of Kuyt and we'd have been unstoppable. I liked Kuyt in that team. It was the other side we didn't really have anyone. Riera started well and faded. Babel was never any good from the start. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LFCMike 1,478 Posted March 24, 2017 5 minutes ago, Cannabis said: Wasn't Suarez signed to play with Torres too? One of my drivers who's a Red told me that a few months ago when discussing the 2009 team and it would have made you deadly up top. Glad as an Evertonian that things didn't work out that year for you. Apparently so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Bruce Almighty 2,764 Posted March 24, 2017 That team Graeme Souness had at Newcastle which could have seen a midfield and front 2 like this... Nobby Solano - Emre - Scott Parker - Albert Luque Alan Shearer - Michael Owen But no one could stay fit and well, Graeme Souness was manager. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Burning Gold 395 Posted March 24, 2017 14 minutes ago, LFCMike said: I liked Kuyt in that team. It was the other side we didn't really have anyone. Riera started well and faded. Babel was never any good from the start. Eh. Kuyt was a good player and he'd put in a big shift but he clearly wasn't on the level of the rest of the team. Riera was the rug that brought the room together. We were so poor in the few games before he signed back in (I think) 08/09 and he gave us the width we desperately needed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spike 2,538 Posted March 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Cicero said: Terry as well mate if he didnt switch academies He was a kid at that point though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cicero 3,551 Posted March 24, 2017 1 minute ago, Spike said: He was a kid at that point though. Tevez Di Canio------------Defoe Lampard---Joe Cole Carrick Dicks---Rio Ferdinand---Terry---Johnson James Fucking hell they could of had a team 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spike 2,538 Posted March 24, 2017 Just now, Cicero said: Tevez Di Canio------------Defoe Lampard---Joe Cole Carrick Dicks---Rio Ferdinand---Terry---Johnson James Fucking hell they could of had a team Don't forget Mascherano. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inverted 1,262 Posted March 24, 2017 (edited) Sometimes I wonder if Celtic could have made any waves in a competition like the Europa league if we could have held onto all the players that went to the PL. Dembele-Griffiths Rogic KiSY-Wanyama-Brown Tierney-Sviatchenko-Van Dijk-Lustig Forster In any case it would have been cool to see. Its not really short-sightedness though, like Inter letting Pirlo go, its just the economic necessity of being in a smaller league next to the largest economically. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LFCMike 1,478 Posted March 24, 2017 2 hours ago, Burning Gold said: Eh. Kuyt was a good player and he'd put in a big shift but he clearly wasn't on the level of the rest of the team. Riera was the rug that brought the room together. We were so poor in the few games before he signed back in (I think) 08/09 and he gave us the width we desperately needed. You could always rely on Kuyt for a big goal though. He was very underrated. If there was any weakness in that side it was down the left hand side. Aurelio at left back was always injured and like i said Riera started off promising but just faded away in the second half of the season. While typing this I've just remembered Yossi Benayoun who did ok on the left at times but could have certainly been upgraded on Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LFCMike 1,478 Posted March 24, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Spike said: Don't forget Mascherano. Remember when Pardew played Hayden Mullins ahead of him every week? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Storts 1,743 Posted March 24, 2017 -----------------------------Lloris----------------------------------- ------------King----Alderweireld---Vertonghen--------- Walker--------------------------------------------------------Rose ------------------------Modric----Dembele---------------------- Bale-------------------------Alli------------------------------Eriksen ------------------------------Kane-------------------------------------- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LFCMike 1,478 Posted March 24, 2017 46 minutes ago, Storts said: -----------------------------Lloris----------------------------------- ------------King----Alderweireld---Vertonghen--------- Walker--------------------------------------------------------Rose ------------------------Modric----Dembele---------------------- Bale-------------------------Alli------------------------------Eriksen ------------------------------Kane-------------------------------------- No matter what, that team couldn't have played together Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Storts 1,743 Posted March 24, 2017 22 minutes ago, LFCMike said: No matter what, that team couldn't have played together Why? The only questionable one in there is King, but happy to put Dier in. Just adding Modric and Bale to our team would be dreamy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 9,071 Posted March 24, 2017 3 minutes ago, Storts said: Why? The only questionable one in there is King, but happy to put Dier in. Just adding Modric and Bale to our team would be dreamy cos it has 12 players in it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LFCMike 1,478 Posted March 24, 2017 4 minutes ago, Storts said: Why? The only questionable one in there is King, but happy to put Dier in. Just adding Modric and Bale to our team would be dreamy Look again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Storts 1,743 Posted March 24, 2017 Of course, take out eriksen! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 24, 2017 (edited) Carvallo Trauco - Rodriguez - Galliquio - Corzo R. Torres - Christofer Gonzales Flores - Guastavino - Polo Ruidiaz Probably the best 11 that we could have had in the last 5-6 years. That front line was what we see in the 2016 Apertura and for me, it was the best front line we've had in my lifetime. They were scoring constantly and smashing anyone in their way. A few U20 2011 Libertadores winners Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
