The Definitive TWF World XI thread (1986-present) - CENTRE FORWARD VOTING OPEN

[YoungWolf]

Nice one Dan, onto the next one!

 

[Tredman]

No bite in the 2nd team's midfield. First team actually looks to have a realistic balance to it.

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I agree with Alan [emoji45]

 

[Alan]

I agree with Alan [emoji45]

So cruel!

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[Tredman]

So cruel!

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[emoji846]

 

[Nando]

No bite in the 2nd team's midfield. First team actually looks to have a realistic balance to it.

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No bite? Roy Keane would have your arm off.

 

[Tredman]

No bite? Roy Keane would have your arm off.

That's the 3rd team

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

We'll just have to make sure Pirlo, Xavi and Scholes never give the ball away. Seems doable.

 

[AndyWolves]

That forward line though, stopping them scoring would be a mammoth task

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

My team was:

---------------Schmeichel------------

Zanetti-----Cannavaro----Ferdinand-----Maldini

----------------Keane-------------------------

-----------Modric-------Zidane------------------

C Ronaldo-------Ronaldo--------Messi------

Only got six through. It's not my fault you lot don't appreciate Keane and Zanetti properly

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

That forward line though, stopping them scoring would be a mammoth task

Ashley Cole has shut Cronaldo out tons of times, club and national level. There you go, there's that side of the pitch blocked off. They're caving already.

 

[Nando]

That's the 3rd team

Blind as a bat!

I concur with Deutsch though, the opposition would never see the ball.

 

[AndyWolves]

Could we somehow run a simulation of this? Does Champman still have an editor mode or some other technical wizardry?

 

[The Bear]

I once saw Shaun Newton man mark CR7 out of a PL game at Molineux. It was Ronaldo's first season at Utd though and still pretty raw.

 

[Alan]

Ivan Piris once turned Lionel Messi into a nonfactor.

It happens.

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[Deutsch Wolf]

Could we somehow run a simulation of this? Does Champman still have an editor mode or some other technical wizardry?

01/02 has custom databases knocking around but I doubt you'd find one that had accurately mapped all of these players properly, at their respective peaks :icon_lol:

Definitely fair to say the B team has no-one to really stop Zidane. If they ever lose the ball of course.

 

[Deleted Cyber]

The final scores are in and to no-one's surprise:

Ronaldo - 72
Thierry Henry - 26
Marco van Basten - 17
Alan Shearer - 14
Gabriel Batistuta - 8
Dennis Bergkamp - 8
Raul - 6
Francesco Totti - 6
Zlatan Ibrahimovic - 6
Eric Cantona - 5
Didier Drogba - 4
Michael Owen - 3
Robert Lewandowski - 3
Roberto Baggio - 3
Gary Lineker - 2
Luis Suarez - 2
George Weah - 2
Filippo Inzaghi, Wayne Rooney, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Diego Maradona, Miroslav Klose - all 1

Which makes our final team:

-------------------------Gianluigi Buffon-------------------------


Philipp Lahm------Franco Baresi--------Fabio Cannavaro---------Paolo Maldini


--------------------------Patrick Vieira------------------------------------


-----------------Andres Iniesta---------Zinedine Zidane-------------------------


---Cristiano Ronaldo---------Ronaldo------------------Lionel Messi----------------------

Not bad, eh?

Would our second choice team give them a game, I wonder...

---------------------------Peter Schmeichel-----------------------------

Javier Zanetti---------Carles Puyol-----Rio Ferdinand----------Ashley Cole

----------------------------Andrea Pirlo----------------------------------

-------------------Xavi---------------Paul Scholes------------------------

--------Ronaldinho---------Thierry Henry---------Ryan Giggs------------

And if we just restrict it to UK and Ireland:

---------------------------Neville Southall-----------------------------

Gary Neville-------Rio Ferdinand--------John Terry---------Ashley Cole

---------------------------Roy Keane-----------------------------

----------------Frank Lampard---------Paul Scholes------------------

--------David Beckham----Alan Shearer--------Ryan Giggs-----------

Which brings me on to the sequel thread! Same premise, but we'll just be going UK and Ireland. There'll be a couple of differences that I'll explain when I set the thread up (in the next 15-20 mins) and hopefully we get just as much, if not more response.

Thanks all for playing and debating!

Correct me if I am wrong but I think that the UK team could have theoretically played together as all were professionals playing at various stages of their careers , at the same time? Yes?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Correct me if I am wrong but I think that the UK team could have theoretically played together as all were professionals playing at various stages of their careers , at the same time? Yes?

Yeah, Southall *just* overlaps with Cashley's career (after he'd left Everton though, and when he was on a whistlestop tour of short term deals down the leagues and one rogue PL game for Bradford)

 

[Deleted Cyber]

Yeah, Southall *just* overlaps with Cashley's career (after he'd left Everton though, and when he was on a whistlestop tour of short term deals down the leagues and one rogue PL game for Bradford)

Thanks mate! Knew you would be able to confirm or oitherwise

 

[Langers]

Thanks Deutsch for a top thread - it's been a good read!

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Thanks Deutsch for a top thread - it's been a good read!

You know me, I have my brilliant ideas then realise that they're a lot more work and a lot more time-intensive than I thought they'd be :icon_lol: Like that bloody game I (mostly) invented six years ago...

No major surprises I suppose in the final reckoning, in fairness some of the positions are absolutely non-negotiable to anyone who's even halfway knowledgeable and rational about football. So it's good to know TWF does know *something* collectively I guess...

If Part 2 goes well then I have a Part 3 left too to round it all off