Your Team to beat Spain

[Bladders]

Just a bit of fun this. A lot is being made of this current Spain side even going as far as rating them the best of all time, and maybe they are.

So with that in mind can you put together a team of all time greats that you think could wipe the floor with them?

You can play any formation you like but remember to try and have a balanced team, 6 world class strikers might look good on paper but in reality would obviously get whipped.

You can go for current players though I've gone with past legends in my line up.

Also you can have 4 on the bench, one goalkeeper, one defender one midfielder and one striker.


Here's mine. I've gone 4-2-3-1



--------------------------G. Banks-------------------------

B. Vogts---------B. Moore-------------F. Beckenbauer-------P.Maldini

-------------F. Rijkaard-------------Z.Zidane-------------------

----Zico--------------D.Maradona---------------J.Cruyff

----------------------Pele----------------------


Bench:

P.Jennings
F. Baresi
G. Best
F. Puskas

 

[supaseagull]

Didnt we beat Spain earlier in the year?

 

[strings]

Didnt we beat Spain earlier in the year?

So the answer to the original question, I guess, could be:

Hart

Glen Johnson
Lescott
Jagielka
Cole

Walcott (Downing 46)
Jones (Rodwell 56)
Parker (Walker 85)
Milner (Adam Johnson 76)
Lampard (Barry 56)

Bent (Welbeck 63)

Shame about the number of subs, really.

 

[Norman Potting]

Wimbledon (the proper ones) from the "crazy gang" era. It wouldn't be pretty though.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

The Swiss team from the 2010 World Cup

 

[Bladders]

Lol! I thought it would be obvious I meant to beat them in a knock out tournament scenario

.....Then again this is NSC so perhaps I should have laid it out in a more simple format

 

[Mellotron]

Just a bit of fun this. A lot is being made of this current Spain side even going as far as rating them the best of all time, and maybe they are.

So with that in mind can you put together a team of all time greats that you think could wipe the floor with them?

You can play any formation you like but remember to try and have a balanced team, 6 world class strikers might look good on paper but in reality would obviously get whipped.

You can go for current players though I've gone with past legends in my line up.

Also you can have 4 on the bench, one goalkeeper, one defender one midfielder and one striker.


Here's mine. I've gone 4-2-3-1



--------------------------G. Banks-------------------------

B. Vogts---------B. Moore-------------F. Beckenbauer-------P.Maldini

-------------F. Rijkaard-------------Z.Zidane-------------------

----Zico--------------D.Maradona---------------J.Cruyff

----------------------Pele----------------------


Bench:

P.Jennings
F. Baresi
G. Best
F. Puskas

Too hard to judge over that many decades, fitness is so much higher nowadays, and Spain's passing/movement wouldn't be like much they'd seen before (yes I am aware of the dutch total football of the 70s, but watching back it is played nowhere near as quickly as Spain play it).

I think Spain would still beat them, not easily but I think they'd win it, asking too much of Rijkaard.

 

[Herne Hill Seagull]

Your side would split into two teams effectively, with that magnificent (apart from that cheating, handballing, permed drug taker of course) front four finding themselves a very long way from the rest of the side. The midfield two would find themselves completely overrun and Spain would pick them apart pretty comfortably.

Regrettably, the right answer was 'Switzerland 2010 World Cup' - snuff them out completely and you've got a chance. It's why some people think they're boring – some sides are very, very good at nullifying them, just not good enough at it to beat them.

 

[The Large One]

This lot would murder Spain

Bundy

Shipman
C. Jackal
E. Guevara
Nielsen

B.A. Spencer (not available on Mondays)
Christie
Sutcliffe
West

Burke
Hare

 

[saafend_seagull]

Lol! I thought it would be obvious I meant to beat them in a knock out tournament scenario

.....Then again this is NSC so perhaps I should have laid it out in a more simple format

They lost when won the WC, so that team I guess.

 

[shaolinpunk]

Kuszczak
Bruno - Greer - El Abd - Painter
Bridcutt - Dicker
Buckley - Vicente - KLL
Mackail Smith

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Felix

Carlos Alberto, Brito, Silva Piazza, Everaldo

Clodoaldo

Jairzinho, Gerson, Rivelinho

Tostao, Pele

1970 World Cup - played 6, won 6, scored 19.

Their back four and goalkeeper were nothing special, so they figured that all-out attack would be the best form of defence. It was.

 

[itszamora]

I'm going to pick a team of the best non-Spanish players around today. Maybe they could take on Spain in some kind of charity match?

GK: Buffon

DR: Dani Alves
DC: Kompany
DC: Chiellini
DL: Lahm

MC: Pirlo
MC: Yaya Toure

AMR: Ronaldo
AMC: Ozil
AML: Neymar

ST: Messi

Now that would be a fun game!

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

From The Euros I would have picked a squad of:

Hart

Perreira (or Johnson purely for his recovery pace)
Bruno Alves
Pepe
Contrao

Parker
De Rossi

Ronaldo
Pirlo
Scweinsteiger

ZLATAN

The portuguese defence (with Real madrid influence) have already shown they can defend brilliantly.

De Rossi and Parker sit in from to break up the attacks with ease.

The Next you have SCHWEINY and Pirlo in front of the to play it to ZLATAN and Ronny who can do the damage.

I'm bloody brilliant sometimes.

 

[SuperWill]

I am going to say the Spanish bench would probably give the 1st team a run for their money.

Their strength in depth is ridiciluous and uparralled.

 

[northstandsteve]

Felix

Carlos Alberto, Brito, Silva Piazza, Everaldo

Clodoaldo

Jairzinho, Gerson, Rivelinho

Tostao, Pele

1970 World Cup - played 6, won 6, scored 19.

Their back four and goalkeeper were nothing special, so they figured that all-out attack would be the best form of defence. It was.

with Banksy in goal, job done.

 

[beorhthelm]

clearly many are ignoring the Chelsea CL semi games. its not just about their players quality its about the tactics. what use is Pele and Maradonna if they cant get on the ball? they will press you deep and for 90 minutes. you need to play something like 6 2 2, with Drogba and a 20yo Michael Owen up front.

 

[Silent Bob]

clearly many are ignoring the Chelsea CL semi games. its not just about their players quality its about the tactics. what use is Pele and Maradonna if they cant get on the ball? they will press you deep and for 90 minutes. you need to play something like 6 2 2, with Drogba and a 20yo Michael Owen up front.

Clearly you are ignoring that the exception isn't the rule. It's the exception. Also, if Messi didn't miss a penalty (incredibly unusual), if Fabregas didn't miss a sitter at Stamford Bridge, just the two most obvious examples, it wouldn't have happened. Those are just the two most obvius chances, there were others. That's a game where Chelsea were very very good, Barcelona were far below their best, and Barcelona still should have won.

Besides which it doesn't really go along with the spirit of the thread, which is a team that would beat Spain on style and ability.

My current rest of the world team to beat Spain:

Buffon
Alves Kompany Greer Marcelo
Schweinsteiger Bridcutt Pirlo
Messi Van Persie Ronaldo​

Easy.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Hagerty F; Hagerty R, Tompkins; Noble, Carrick, Robson; Crapper, Dewhurst, McIntyre, Treadmore, Davitt

 

[Seagull on the wing]

The Royal Navy,led by Nelson........