Fantasy Tournament: World Cup All-Time All-Stars

I also don't like the DC, MC crap. That's removable?

No, it isn't. It does my head in as well, move a player slightly one way or the other and it starts forcing a definition you may disagree with. Take Boszik, I pull him deeper and he gets called DM, up and his MC, when really he is DLP.
 
Yeah that's a problem if they they don't agree with what you wish it to be. Would have been nice had it been custom.

Anyway, let's all go ahead with footballuser I think.

By the way @antohan, how did you make the screenshot that huge? :D
 
Footballuser (a bit clunky with the oversized players IMO).
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Or this11 (hate the shitty logo in the middle and most of the shirts are shit)
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Considering some are playing five at the back though and some may end up playing five upfront, this 11 leaves more room for nuance in positioning while in footballuser you end up with a block of shirts side by side.
 
Anything but that God awful graphic Antohan/Cutch used last time with the photographs of the players in the formation!
 
Yeah that's a problem if they they don't agree with what you wish it to be. Would have been nice had it been custom.

Anyway, let's all go ahead with footballuser I think.

By the way @antohan, how did you make the screenshot that huge? :D

I usually paste the screenshot on ppt, crop it there, resize to the page size and then save as jpg. That's one issue with screenshot stuff, some will end up with different sized pitches while when you copy a link to this11 or footballuser it's all standard. When we did all those pitches with photos in the decades one I had to work on it to ensure the size was about the same, pain in the arse!

Not sure about footballuser myself, try fit a 5-man backline in it and it starts looking rubbish very quickly.
 
I'm delighted this guy didn't get caught in late random picking cross-fire.

The best in the world in his position in the early 50s. The man who kept Zizinho in his pocket and prompted Puskas to declare him the best wide centre-half he had ever seen.

The one and only Víctor Rodríguez Andrade

I've read that now about three different players in that team!
 
BTW, a few out there are bound to recruit some amazing subs. feck it, some could pick starters now and sub their original picks.
 
So Matthaus how good was he and what world cup performance is his pick based on 1990? If my understanding is correct he was a cm then a dm then a sweeper in a career spanning 20 years.
 
I've read that now about three different players in that team!

I'm not surprised, I mentioned to Balu a few turns ago someone was bound to pick Gambetta on that basis. Have a look around and you will find Brazilian formations with Zizinho right, some with him left, and the same for Andrade and Gambetta. Wiki, correctly, lists Gambetta starting on the left, which surely confused the hell out of a few of you. That's why I explained how the game flowed, it all actually makes sense once you know that. The diverging versions of who played where are effectively just based on different moments in the game.

PS: You will also notice I put your manager Theon off the idea of picking Gambetta instead of Rattin. It wasn't that I wanted him, more a case that we would then both end up with different players and I would be "conveniently" finding mine to be better (and Rattin over Gambetta was a no-brainer).

I could have picked either and know which was the right to pick and why.
 
They were a fecking eyesore!

:lol:

They are awesome and give you complete design freedom.

Here's the crux of it: Magyars + perfect Magyar fits, Uruguayan right flank, Paraguayan core (that's what had me in two minds on whether to pick Carvalho, a better partner overall, but may as well have completed the trio). And Junior, who is brilliant, and is writing the Underdog United samba anthem as we speak.

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They are awesome and give you complete design freedom.

Here's the crux of it: Magyars + perfect Magyar fits, Uruguayan right flank, Paraguayan core (that's what had me in two minds on whether to pick Carvalho, a better partner overall, but may as well have completed the trio). And Junior, who is brilliant, and is writing the Underdog United samba anthem as we speak.

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Spot the difference
 
Horst Szymaniak

Pol 1. Maradona 2. P. Maldini 3. Breitner 4. Zizinho 5. Boniek 6. Ocwirk 7. Zito 8. Ferdinand 9. Cohen 10. Careca 11. Gregg
Cal 1. Pelé 2. Sándor Kocsis 3. Gérson 4. Blanc 5. Overath 6. Cristiano Ronaldo 7. Lev Yashin 8. Lúcio 9. Leandro 10. Grosso 11. Sneijder
Aldo 1. Garrincha 2. Romário 3. Scirea 4. Gentile 5. Kempes 6. Ballack 7. Lizarazu 8. Burgnich 9. Hidegkuti 10. Danilo 11. Stiles
Theon 1. Beckenbauer 2. Zico 3. Baggio 4. Kohler 5. R. Carlos 6. Socrates 7. Andrade 8. Van Hanegem 9. Maier 10. Piola 11. Rattin
Rpitroda 1. Zidane 2. Masopust 3. Varela 4. Desailly 5. Batistuta 6. Nasazzi 7. Figo 8. Zoff 9. Eyzaguirre 10. Hagi 11. Marinho Chagas
Paceme 1. Platini 2. Rijkaard 3. Djalma Santos 4. Thuram 5. Tigana 6. Ademir 7. Cabrini 8. C. Maldini 9. Clodoaldo 10. Voronin 11. Jair
Jayvin 1. Ronaldo 2. Cannavaro 3. Rivaldo 4. Brehme 5. Vieira 6. Coluna 7. Schiaffino 8. Kahn 9. Julinho 10. Mauro Ramos 11. Buzánszky 12. Szymaniak
Desert 1.Moore 2. Meazza 3. Passarella 4. Busquets 5. Makélélé 6. Pirlo 7. Messi 8. Caniggia 9.Branco 10. Grosics 11. Novak 12.
Annah 1. Didi 2. Iniesta 3. Ronaldinho 4. Stoichkov 5. Leonidas 6. Lahm 7. Vicente Lucas 8. Bellini 9. Stam 10. Zambrotta 11. Carrizo 12. Gerets
Crappy/Pippa 1. Fontaine 2. Krol 3. Kopa 4. Vogts 5. Dunga 6. Ruggeri 7. Tarantini 8. Leonel Sanchez 9. Mauro Silva 10. Ricardo Zamora 11. Hamrin 12. Buffon
Fergus 1. Matthäus 2. Falcao 3. Rivelino 4. Nilton Santos 5. Karlheinz Förster 6. Chumpitaz 7. Tostao 8. Manuel Amoros 9. Banks 10. Rummenigge 11. Klinsmann 12. Preud’homme
Balu 1. Cruyff 2. Jairzinho 3. Carlos Alberto 4. Davids 5. Silvio Marzolini 6. Frank de Boer 7. Forlan 8. Gilmar 9. Ceulemans 10. Haan 11. Schwarzenbeck 12. Willi Schulz
Anto 1. Puskas 2. Neeskens 3. Bozsik 4. Czibor 5. Ghiggia 6. Junior 7. Mazurkiewicz 8. Gamarra 9. Seeler 10. Chilavert 11. Carvalho 12. Rodríguez Andrade
Gio. 1. Eusebio 2. Figueroa 3. Laudrup 4. Xavi 5. Keane 6. Da Guia 7. Briegel 8. Lato 9. Zagallo 10. Jorginho 11. Roma 12. Fillol
Cutch 1. Müller 2. Facchetti 3. Cafu 4. Santamaría 5. Cubillas 6. Bergomi 7. Monti 8. Nesta 9. F Albert 10. F Walter 11. Goycochea 12. Ayala
TITO 1. Charlton 2. Baresi 3. Schnellinger 4. Zanetti 5. Tardelli 6. Paolo Rossi 7. Perfumo 8. Vavá 9. Gascoigne 10. Cerezo 11. Carbajal 12. Asamoah
 
Pol 1. Maradona 2. P. Maldini 3. Breitner 4. Zizinho 5. Boniek 6. Ocwirk 7. Zito 8. Ferdinand 9. Cohen 10. Careca 11. Gregg
Cal 1. Pelé 2. Sándor Kocsis 3. Gérson 4. Blanc 5. Overath 6. Cristiano Ronaldo 7. Lev Yashin 8. Lúcio 9. Leandro 10. Grosso 11. Sneijder
Aldo 1. Garrincha 2. Romário 3. Scirea 4. Gentile 5. Kempes 6. Ballack 7. Lizarazu 8. Burgnich 9. Hidegkuti 10. Danilo 11. Stiles
Theon 1. Beckenbauer 2. Zico 3. Baggio 4. Kohler 5. R. Carlos 6. Socrates 7. Andrade 8. Van Hanegem 9. Maier 10. Piola 11. Rattin
Rpitroda 1. Zidane 2. Masopust 3. Varela 4. Desailly 5. Batistuta 6. Nasazzi 7. Figo 8. Zoff 9. Eyzaguirre 10. Hagi 11. Marinho Chagas
Paceme 1. Platini 2. Rijkaard 3. Djalma Santos 4. Thuram 5. Tigana 6. Ademir 7. Cabrini 8. C. Maldini 9. Clodoaldo 10. Voronin 11. Jair 12. Taffarel
Jayvin 1. Ronaldo 2. Cannavaro 3. Rivaldo 4. Brehme 5. Vieira 6. Coluna 7. Schiaffino 8. Kahn 9. Julinho 10. Mauro Ramos 11. Buzánszky 12. Szymaniak
Desert 1.Moore 2. Meazza 3. Passarella 4. Busquets 5. Makélélé 6. Pirlo 7. Messi 8. Caniggia 9.Branco 10. Grosics 11. Novak 12.
Annah 1. Didi 2. Iniesta 3. Ronaldinho 4. Stoichkov 5. Leonidas 6. Lahm 7. Vicente Lucas 8. Bellini 9. Stam 10. Zambrotta 11. Carrizo 12. Gerets
Crappy/Pippa 1. Fontaine 2. Krol 3. Kopa 4. Vogts 5. Dunga 6. Ruggeri 7. Tarantini 8. Leonel Sanchez 9. Mauro Silva 10. Ricardo Zamora 11. Hamrin 12. Buffon
Fergus 1. Matthäus 2. Falcao 3. Rivelino 4. Nilton Santos 5. Karlheinz Förster 6. Chumpitaz 7. Tostao 8. Manuel Amoros 9. Banks 10. Rummenigge 11. Klinsmann 12. Preud’homme
Balu 1. Cruyff 2. Jairzinho 3. Carlos Alberto 4. Davids 5. Silvio Marzolini 6. Frank de Boer 7. Forlan 8. Gilmar 9. Ceulemans 10. Haan 11. Schwarzenbeck 12. Willi Schulz
Anto 1. Puskas 2. Neeskens 3. Bozsik 4. Czibor 5. Ghiggia 6. Junior 7. Mazurkiewicz 8. Gamarra 9. Seeler 10. Chilavert 11. Carvalho 12. Rodríguez Andrade
Gio. 1. Eusebio 2. Figueroa 3. Laudrup 4. Xavi 5. Keane 6. Da Guia 7. Briegel 8. Lato 9. Zagallo 10. Jorginho 11. Roma 12. Fillol
Cutch 1. Müller 2. Facchetti 3. Cafu 4. Santamaría 5. Cubillas 6. Bergomi 7. Monti 8. Nesta 9. F Albert 10. F Walter 11. Goycochea 12. Ayala
TITO 1. Charlton 2. Baresi 3. Schnellinger 4. Zanetti 5. Tardelli 6. Paolo Rossi 7. Perfumo 8. Vavá 9. Gascoigne 10. Cerezo 11. Carbajal 12. Asamoah
 
More on Ghiggia

A short clip I put together including a few other tidbits.

It must be noted he scored four goals, one a piece in each game, which is much better than the odd hat-trick. He scored one in the 8-0 rout of Bolivia, the opener in the 2-2 draw with Spain (avoided loss), an equaliser in the 3-2 win over (avoids draw) and the winner against Brazil. Had he not scored any of the last three Uruguay wouldn't have been champions.



And one from his Roma days (his move there unfortunately meaning he could not be selected for 1954).

 
Sorry boys, give me some time. Revelation about Zoff got me in a pickle and haven't had a chance to think up the best plan as been busy! Am working on it now.
 



Platini moves into the middle, width provided by Santos. Cabrini largely stays back making up for Jair's lack of discipline defensively, Jair himself will stay out wide to provide an outlet when not on the ball and to stretch the play. Rijkaard moves into defense when Santos is forward creating a back three.
 



Platini moves into the middle, width provided by Santos. Cabrini largely stays back making up for Jair's lack of discipline defensively, Jair himself will stay out wide to provide an outlet when not on the ball and to stretch the play. Rijkaard moves into defense when Santos is forward creating a back three.

WTF? Do you have trouble with righ and left? I feel like I'm looking into a mirror. BTW, Jair played inside, he wasn't an out and out winger for Brazil (Chico and Friaca were).

Also this11 is crap. I went off the formation maker thing three times by accident and had to make the whole thing again....three times.

Yeah, I don't like the fac t that if you want to make a slight change you need to restart all over again. Better than printscreen and cropping, mind.
 
Pol 1. Maradona 2. P. Maldini 3. Breitner 4. Zizinho 5. Boniek 6. Ocwirk 7. Zito 8. Ferdinand 9. Cohen 10. Careca 11. Gregg
Cal 1. Pelé 2. Sándor Kocsis 3. Gérson 4. Blanc 5. Overath 6. Cristiano Ronaldo 7. Lev Yashin 8. Lúcio 9. Leandro 10. Grosso 11. Sneijder
Aldo 1. Garrincha 2. Romário 3. Scirea 4. Gentile 5. Kempes 6. Ballack 7. Lizarazu 8. Burgnich 9. Hidegkuti 10. Danilo 11. Stiles
Theon 1. Beckenbauer 2. Zico 3. Baggio 4. Kohler 5. R. Carlos 6. Socrates 7. Andrade 8. Van Hanegem 9. Maier 10. Piola 11. Rattin
Rpitroda 1. Zidane 2. Masopust 3. Varela 4. Desailly 5. Batistuta 6. Nasazzi 7. Figo 8. Zoff 9. Eyzaguirre 10. Hagi 11. Marinho Chagas 12. František Plánička
Paceme 1. Platini 2. Rijkaard 3. Djalma Santos 4. Thuram 5. Tigana 6. Ademir 7. Cabrini 8. C. Maldini 9. Clodoaldo 10. Voronin 11. Jair 12. Taffarel
Jayvin 1. Ronaldo 2. Cannavaro 3. Rivaldo 4. Brehme 5. Vieira 6. Coluna 7. Schiaffino 8. Kahn 9. Julinho 10. Mauro Ramos 11. Buzánszky 12. Szymaniak
Desert 1.Moore 2. Meazza 3. Passarella 4. Busquets 5. Makélélé 6. Pirlo 7. Messi 8. Caniggia 9.Branco 10. Grosics 11. Novak 12.
Annah 1. Didi 2. Iniesta 3. Ronaldinho 4. Stoichkov 5. Leonidas 6. Lahm 7. Vicente Lucas 8. Bellini 9. Stam 10. Zambrotta 11. Carrizo 12. Gerets
Crappy/Pippa 1. Fontaine 2. Krol 3. Kopa 4. Vogts 5. Dunga 6. Ruggeri 7. Tarantini 8. Leonel Sanchez 9. Mauro Silva 10. Ricardo Zamora 11. Hamrin 12. Buffon
Fergus 1. Matthäus 2. Falcao 3. Rivelino 4. Nilton Santos 5. Karlheinz Förster 6. Chumpitaz 7. Tostao 8. Manuel Amoros 9. Banks 10. Rummenigge 11. Klinsmann 12. Preud’homme
Balu 1. Cruyff 2. Jairzinho 3. Carlos Alberto 4. Davids 5. Silvio Marzolini 6. Frank de Boer 7. Forlan 8. Gilmar 9. Ceulemans 10. Haan 11. Schwarzenbeck 12. Willi Schulz
Anto 1. Puskas 2. Neeskens 3. Bozsik 4. Czibor 5. Ghiggia 6. Junior 7. Mazurkiewicz 8. Gamarra 9. Seeler 10. Chilavert 11. Carvalho 12. Rodríguez Andrade
Gio. 1. Eusebio 2. Figueroa 3. Laudrup 4. Xavi 5. Keane 6. Da Guia 7. Briegel 8. Lato 9. Zagallo 10. Jorginho 11. Roma 12. Fillol
Cutch 1. Müller 2. Facchetti 3. Cafu 4. Santamaría 5. Cubillas 6. Bergomi 7. Monti 8. Nesta 9. F Albert 10. F Walter 11. Goycochea 12. Ayala
TITO 1. Charlton 2. Baresi 3. Schnellinger 4. Zanetti 5. Tardelli 6. Paolo Rossi 7. Perfumo 8. Vavá 9. Gascoigne 10. Cerezo 11. Carbajal 12. Asamoah
 
More arrows :drool:. I love arrows. Can we make a role that says every team has to use at least 3 arrows in their formations? That would be awsome, mine wouldn't look as confusing then.
 
I'd really be for drawing the matches while we wait so we can make write-ups etc in the meanwhile. Would just be nice with an extra day for that.