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

[Deutsch Wolf]

Right...I didn't envisage this happening :icon_lol: We have a tie. I blame Cyber for voting for the fucking shit Dunga as his #1. Vieira wins due to most 1st place votes.

Patrick Vieira - 35
Andrea Pirlo - 35
Roy Keane - 33
Lothar Matthäus - 25
Claude Makelele - 14
Sergio Busquets - 12
N'Golo Kante - 8
Xabi Alonso - 6
Frank Rijkaard - 6
Fernando Redondo - 5
Xavi - 4
Bryan Robson - 3
Dunga - 3
Edgar Davids - 2
Didier Deschamps - 2
Gennaro Gattuso - 2
Mark van Bommel - 1

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

CM voting open. All rounders are fine, genuine number 10s (not Messi) are fine...just need to have played predominantly centrally and not really be a striker. Six picks as two go through.

I'm out for most of tomorrow so voting open until let's say 9pm tomorrow and I'll sort the scores out when I get in.

Mods, title, please, thanks, etc.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Zinedine Zidane
Luka Modric
Paul Gascoigne
Ruud Gullit
Frank Lampard
Kaka

I haven't picked Maradona as I didn't see his best years. Anyone who says they watched him for Napoli in the late 80s is lying as Serie A wasn't on English TV and I didn't see Mexico 86. By 1990 he was past it.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I'm off away for two days and will try to get on but as it's my wedding anniversary I might not so how many CM's do I need to choose?
1; Patrick Vieira
2; Zinadine Zidan
3; Andrea Pirlo

if needed...
4; Frank Lampard
5; Paul Scholes
6; Steven Gerrard

Mike...your #1 is now invalid as Vieira is in. So I've bumped everyone up one and you need a new #6

 

[Langers]

Luka Modric
Zinedine Zidane
Paul Scholes
Paul Gascoigne
Andres Iniesta
Xabi Alonso

 

[Nando]

Xavi.
Zinedine Zidane
Andres Iniesta
Paul Scholes
Kaka
Luka Modric

 

[Freddeno]

Zinedine Zidane
Andres Iniesta
Frank Lampard
Xavi
Ruud Gullit
Paul Scholes

 

[Deleted Cyber]

After Dunga, let's see what little pearls I pick for my cm!

Zidane
Seedorf
Valderama
Lampard
Gerrard
Xavi

Dunga never had a bad game and allowed the rest of the team to do what they did best.

Edited to avoid controversy. Vigo out Xavi in.

 

[Lupo]

Maradona
Zidane
Pirlo
Gascoigne
Schweinsteiger
Iniesta

 

[Nando]

After Dunga, let's see what little pearls I pick for my cm!

Zidane
Seedorf
Valderama
Lampard
Figo
Gerrard

Dunga never had a bad game and allowed the rest of the team to do what they did best.

Figo isn't a central midfielder.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Carlos Valderrama, who spent the vast majority of his career in domestic Colombian football and has Montpellier as the biggest club on his CV, who was pony at three World Cups (where Colombia went out in the group phase twice), is one of your six favourite central midfielders of all time? :icon_lol:

Ok then

 

[Langers]

I haven't picked Maradona as I didn't see his best years. Anyone who says they watched him for Napoli in the late 80s is lying as Serie A wasn't on English TV and I didn't see Mexico 86. By 1990 he was past it.

Exactly why I haven't. I don't remember the 86 World Cup as I'd have been 5 at the time.

 

[darlowolf64]

I'm off away for two days and will try to get on but as it's my wedding anniversary I might not so how many CM's do I need to choose?

1; Zinadine Zidan
2; Andrea Pirlo
3; Frank Lampard
4; Paul Scholes
5; Ruud Gullit
6; Steven Gerrard

Edited

 

[Deleted Cyber]

Figo isn't a central midfielder.

All rounder! Played wing and central attacking midfield.

 

[Nando]

All rounder! Played wing and central attacking midfield.

He spent 95% of his career on the wing.

 

[Deleted Cyber]

Carlos Valderrama, who spent the vast majority of his career in domestic Colombian football and has Montpellier as the biggest club on his CV, who was pony at three World Cups (where Colombia went out in the group phase twice), is one of your six favourite central midfielders of all time? :icon_lol:

Ok then

You can tell I watched d lots of south american football on Eurosport in the late 80s early 90s can't you! Chilavert, Dunga, Valderama.You nearly got Veron!

 

[b3h]

Just realised that Ronaldinho prob won't get a spot in the XI


Michael Laudrup
Iniesta
Modric
Scholes
Zidane
Gerrard

 

[Freddeno]

Fuck, forgot gerrard

 

[Johnny75]

Zinadine Zidane
Paul Scholes
Diego Maradona (because 1986 was the first tournament I remember)
Xavi
Luca Modric
Rui Costa (because I liked him more than Gullit)

 

[b3h]

Fuck, forgot gerrard

Better than Lampard, for me.