2010 World's FLAIREST ever unit- nominations

[Colossal Squid]

D'oh!

Well I'll second Roger Milla's Cameroon then

Now SOMEBODY get the Dutch vintage of 2002 IN

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

nominations are closed, the following have made it through


1.Brazil 1970
2.Chelsea "Pre-Abramovich"
3.England 1996
4.Derby County 98/99
5.King Kev's Newcastle United Dream Team 95/96
6.Middlesbrough 96/97
7.Arsenal's Les Invicibles 03-04
8.Coventry City 99/00
9.Hungary 1950's
10.Bolton's "Golden Oldies"
11.Liverpool's "Spice Boys" 95/96
12.Netherlands 1974
13.Bradford City-00/01
14.Brazil- 1982
15.Tottenham- 1995
16.Real Madrid- 56-60
17.Ajax- 71-73
18.Brighton & Hove Albion- Current
19.West Brom- 78/79
20.Sheffield Wednesday- 1999
21.Zaire- 1970
22.Ajax- 1995
23.Bulgaria- 1994
24.North Korea 1966
25.Senegal-2002
26.South Korea- 2002
27.Turkey- 2002
28.Brighton & Hove Albion- Mark Mcghee's Dynasty
29. Team USA- 1994
30. Czech Republic- 2004
31. Cameroon 1990
32. Greece 2004

voting will commence this evening

 

[Munkfish]

How about the Wimbledon team with the likes of

Marcus Gayle
Efan Ekouko
Ollie Leonarsen
Ben Thatcher
Dean Holsworth

 

[Mendoza]

Crystal Palace 1990
got to Wembley beating Liverpool in an epic game at Villa Park, lost 9-0 to them too
Included Geoff Thomas, Ian Wright and EDDIE MCGOLDRICK

 

[Munkfish]

No team pre 1990 will win this.

plus i cant believe the dutch team of 1996 were not in this...

 

[house your seagull]

notts county 09/10

a convicted killer up front
erratic son of a legend in goal
sven frakin' goran erikkson smashing tea cups
sol campbell playing against morecambe

and look at the squad members

ade akinbiyi
luke rodgers
DELROY FACEY

change their crest so it looks like barca, hooters bar on their doorstep, near bankrupt within 3 months, pissed the league anyway ...

terrific scenes at meadow lane.

 

[Colossal Squid]

How about the Wimbledon team with the likes of

Marcus Gayle
Efan Ekouko
Ollie Leonarsen
Ben Thatcher
Dean Holsworth

Ben Thatcher is NOT flair

 

[house your seagull]

shit.

 

[Trufflehound]

No team pre 1990 will win this.

plus i cant believe the dutch team of 1996 were not in this...

The same Dutch team that got humiliated 4-1 and were utter drivel against a very average England team?

 

[Jesus Gul]

Ben Thatcher is NOT flair

was he not boning a page 3 bird which sort of is flair if a bit predictable?

 

[house your seagull]

The same Dutch team that got humiliated 4-1 and were utter drivel against a very average England team?

FLAIR does not constitute consistant quality.

frankly, some of those teams should not be in there because they were too good and never shot themselves in the foot or or in fact shot anybody*

* is columbia 94 in there? if not, we've missed something special.

 

[Munkfish]

The same Dutch team that got humiliated 4-1 and were utter drivel against a very average England team?

The rascial tension at the start of the tournement with edgar davids and several of the other black players.

the fact by scoring against england in there 4-1 defeat they knocked out Scotland!

and the fact they failed so misrable in the tournement itself.

 

[Mendoza]

It is going to be a final showdown
Brazil 1970 vs Cameroon 1990

I can feel it in my bones, and it's going to be EPIC

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

FLAIR does not constitute consistant quality.

frankly, some of those teams should not be in there because they were too good and never shot themselves in the foot or or in fact shot anybody*

* is columbia 94 in there? if not, we've missed something special.

EGGZACTERLY

this Is why BORO 97 MUST win this! Flair kit, flair foreigners, new stadium and they STILL f***ed up.

 

[auschr]

notts county 09/10

a convicted killer up front
erratic son of a legend in goal
sven frakin' goran erikkson smashing tea cups
sol campbell playing against morecambe

and look at the squad members

ade akinbiyi
luke rodgers
DELROY FACEY

change their crest so it looks like barca, hooters bar on their doorstep, near bankrupt within 3 months, pissed the league anyway ...

terrific scenes at meadow lane.

seconded

 

[Simster]

It is going to be a final showdown
Brazil 1970 vs Cameroon 1990

I can feel it in my bones, and it's going to be EPIC

My thoughts PRECISELY.

And look, I see a pattern: World Cup year ending in zero = FLAIR outfit

Surely 2010 will see the dawn of a new FLAIR side. Ivory Coast? Algeria? New Zealand featuring Rory Fallon?

 

[Trufflehound]

FLAIR does not constitute consistant quality.

frankly, some of those teams should not be in there because they were too good and never shot themselves in the foot or or in fact shot anybody*

The rascial tension at the start of the tournement with edgar davids and several of the other black players.

the fact by scoring against england in there 4-1 defeat they knocked out Scotland!

and the fact they failed so misrable in the tournement itself.

But for shooting themselves in the foot the 1990 Dutch team outshone that. Out of the 8 or 9 finals tournaments I've had the pleasure of watching them self-destruct in since I moved here, that was by far the most satisfying.

* Before the tournament, the were nailed on favourites, coming in as deserved European Champions with Gullitt, van Basten and Rijkaard.

* Everyone here was utterly convinced they were going to win (a lesson many have learned since, to be fair).

* The Dutch post office were so convinced of it they printed 40 million stamps to commemorate the famous victory (and then had to burn them afterwards).

* And then they failed to beat Egypt.

* And then we battered them 0-0, featuring Gullitt going arse over tit for no reason at one point.

* And then they failed to beat Ireland and had to draw lots with them to go through.

* And then there was the Germany game, and Rijkaard's gob.

* And then you could here a pin drop in my street for hours after the final whistle, and the only sound to be heard was orange balloons slowly deflating.

* Then 2 days later came Davit Platt's goal that put us into the QFs...

 

[New Carpet?]

Just thought of a cracker that's not in it - Denmark 1986.

Orchestrated by Michael Laudrup, Jesper Olsen and Jan Molby, they were so FLAIR that they swept all and sundry aside in the group stage (including a drubbing of Uruguay and a 2-0 win against eventual runners-up West Germany), and then completely forgot how to defend in their second round game thumping by the Spanish.

Oh well, maybe next year.


Also, not that it makes much of a difference either, but I'm pretty sure the free-kick mavericks of Zaire starred in either '74 or '78 if it matters.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

What about SCOTLAND of World Cup '74 or '78

GK David Harvey 07 Feb 1948 Leeds United (ENG)
2 DF Sandy Jardine 31 Dec 1948 Glasgow Rangers
3 DF Danny McGrain 01 May 1950 Glasgow Celtic
4 MD Billy Bremner 09 Dec 1942 Leeds United (ENG)
5 DF James Holton 11 Apr 1951 Manchester United (ENG)
6 DF John Blackley 12 May 1948 Hibernian
7 MD Jimmy Johnstone 30 Sep 1944 Glasgow Celtic
8 FW Kenny Dalglish 04 Mar 1951 Glasgow Celtic
9 FW Joe Jordan 15 Dec 1951 Leeds United (ENG)
10 MD David Hay 29 Jan 1948 Glasgow Celtic
11 FW Peter Lorimer 14 Dec 1946 Leeds United (ENG)
12 GK Thompson Allan 05 Oct 1946 Dundee FC
13 GK Jim Stewart 09 Mar 1954 Kilmarnock
14 DF Martin Buchan 06 Mar 1949 Manchester United (ENG)
15 MD Peter Cormack 17 Jul 1946 Liverpool (ENG)
16 DF William Donachie 05 Oct 1951 Manchester City (ENG)
17 MD Don Fort 25 Oct 1944 Heart of Midlothian
18 MD Thomas Hutchinson 22 Sep 1947 Coventry City (ENG)
19 FW Denis Law 24 Feb 1940 Manchester City (ENG)
20 FW William Morgan 02 Oct 1944 Manchester United (ENG)
21 DF Gordon McQueen 26 Jun 1952 Leeds United (ENG)
22 DF Eric Schaedler 06 Aug 1949 Hibernian


1 GK Alan Rough 25 Nov 1951 Partick Thistle
2 DF Sandy Jardine 31 Dec 1948 Glasgow Rangers 1974
3 DF William Donachie 05 Oct 1951 Manchester City (ENG) 1974
4 DF Martin Buchan 06 Mar 1949 Manchester United (ENG) 1974
5 DF Gordon McQueen 26 Jun 1952 Manchester United (ENG) 1974
6 MD Bruce Rioch 06 Sep 1947 Derby County (ENG)
7 MD Don Masson 26 Aug 1949 Notts County (ENG)
8 FW Kenny Dalglish 04 Mar 1951 Liverpool (ENG) 1974
9 FW Joe Jordan 15 Dec 1951 Manchester United (ENG) 1974
10 MD Asa Hartford 24 Oct 1950 Manchester City (ENG)
11 MD Willie Johnston 19 Dec 1946 West Bromwich Albion (ENG)
12 GK Jim Blyth 02 Feb 1955 Coventry City (ENG)
13 DF Stuart Kennedy 31 May 1953 Aberdeen
14 DF Thomas Forsyth 23 Jan 1949 Glasgow Rangers
15 MD Archie Gemmill 24 Mar 1947 Nottingham Forest (ENG)
16 FW Lou Macari 07 Jun 1949 Manchester United (ENG)
17 FW Derek Johnstone 04 Nov 1953 Glasgow Rangers
18 MD Graeme Souness 06 May 1953 Liverpool (ENG)
19 FW John Robertson 20 Jan 1953 Nottingham Forest (ENG)
20 GK Bobby Clark 26 Sep 1945 Aberdeen
21 FW Joe Harper 11 Jan 1948 Aberdeen
22 DF Kenny Burns 23 Sep 1953 Nottingham Forest (ENG)
Coach: Ally MacLeod 26 Feb 1931

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Brazil 82

JUNIOR - overlapping, bearded wonder
SOCRATES - chain-smoking playmaker
EDER - playboy winger, scorer of beautiful goals
FALCAO - 2nd best goal celebration of the tournament (after Marco Tardelli)

This. The BEST side to NEVER win the tournament. FACT.