Theme XI: one player per nation

[dellasthunderbolt]

Name your best United XI - only one player per country allowed:

GK: Mel Rees (Wales)
LB: Roger Nilsen (Norway)
RB: Vas Borbokis (Greece)
CB: Paul McGrath (Rep. Ireland)
CB: Olivier Tebily (Ivory Coast)

LW: Peter Ndlovu (Zimbabwe)
RW: Keith Gillespie (Northern Ireland)
CM: John Fleck (Scotland)
CM: Michael Brown (England)

ST: Paul Peschisolido (Canada)
ST: Petr Katchuro (Belarus)

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

I’ll have the same.

 

[BladeTillIDie]

Kenny - ROI

Freeman - Wales
Jagielka - England
Davis - Jamaica
Lafferty - NI

Ndlovu - Zimbabwe
Fleck - Scotland
Berge - Norway
Ifill - Barbados

Mousset - France
Pesch - Canada

Fuck me, that was hard.

 

[LudlamBlade]

Henderson - Eng

Egan - Ire
Page - Wal
Murphy - Aus

Besic - Ser
Berge - Nor

Borbokis - Gre
Sabella - Arg
Katchouro - Bel

Peschisolido - Can
Shelton - Jam

Not exactly the "best XI" but they'd score some bloody goals. Slow at the back mind!

 

[Micky Narker]

Henderson - Eng
Borbokis - Gre
Egan - Ire
Murphy - Aus
Nilsen - Nor
Ndlovu - Zim
McCall - Sco
Gillespie - NI
Pesch - Can
Katchouro - Bel
Shelton - Jam

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

GK - Kenny (ROI)

DL - Borbokis (GRE)
DC - Murphy (AUS)
DC - Davis (JAM)
DR - Jihai (CHI)

ML - Murphy (SCO)
MC - Speed (WAL)
MC - Brown (ENG)
MR - Ifill (BAR)

ST - Kazim-Richards (TUR)
ST - Mousset (FRA)

 

[ZoneManWilf]

Any United XI I ever pick has to include Brian Deane by law, but that did severely reduce my options in centre midfield.

GK Alan Kelly (Ireland)

RB Vas Borbokis (Greece)
LB Roger Nilsen (Norway)
CB Shaun Murphy (Australia)
CB Rob Page (Wales)

RM Keeef Gillespie (Northern Ireland)
LM Peter Ndlovu (Zimbabwe)
CM John Fleck (Scotland)
CM Mo Besic (Bosnia)

CF Brian Deane (England)
CF Luton Shelton (Jamaica)

 

[Goodpinchofclough]

Mikhel Aksalu- Estonia

LJF- Haiti
David Edgar- Canada
Paddy McCarthy- ROI
Marcel Seip- Netherlands
Darryl Westlake- England

Johnny Ertl- Austria
Flo Cuvelier- Belgium
Stephen Mcginn- Scotland

Ahmed Fathy- Egypt
Hao Haidong- China
Daniel Bogdanovic- Malta

Bench
Frank Talia- Australia
Toni Kallio- Finland
Erik Tonne- Norway
Otis Khan- Pakistan
Jonathan Forte- Barbados
Diego- Italy

 

[blade67]

Rees - Wales

McGrath - ireland
Vonk - holland
Della's - Greece

Currie - England
Norwood N Ireland
Fleck - Scotland
Berge - Norway


Sabella - Argentina
Didzy - Ireland
Marcelo - portugal

 

[benn5712]

Macalister Sco
Fathy Egypt
Lescinel Jean F Haiti
Egan Eire
Wirmola Swe
Sabella Arg
TC Eng
Hockey Wal
Fjortoft Nor
Kazim Richards Tur
Katchouro Belarus

 

[sufc323]

Mikhel Aksalu- Estonia

LJF- Haiti
David Edgar- Canada
Paddy McCarthy- ROI
Marcel Seip- Netherlands
Darryl Westlake- England

Johnny Ertl- Austria
Flo Cuvelier- Belgium
Stephen Mcginn- Scotland

Ahmed Fathy- Egypt
Hao Haidong- China
Daniel Bogdanovic- Malta

Bench
Frank Talia- Australia
Toni Kallio- Finland
Erik Tonne- Norway
Otis Khan- Pakistan
Jonathan Forte- Barbados
Diego- Italy

Even with 12 players in the starting line up they'd get a pasting every week.

 

[Badger Blade]

Mikhel Aksalu- Estonia

LJF- Haiti
David Edgar- Canada
Paddy McCarthy- ROI
Marcel Seip- Netherlands
Darryl Westlake- England

Johnny Ertl- Austria
Flo Cuvelier- Belgium
Stephen Mcginn- Scotland

Ahmed Fathy- Egypt
Hao Haidong- China
Daniel Bogdanovic- Malta

Bench
Frank Talia- Australia
Toni Kallio- Finland
Erik Tonne- Norway
Otis Khan- Pakistan
Jonathan Forte- Barbados
Diego- Italy

Bit of sick just came up seeing that abomination!

 

[Yakblade]

Rees - WAL

Borbokis - GRE
McGrath - IRE
Vonk - NET
Armstrong - SCO

Berge - NOR
Besic - BOS

Sabella - ARG
Ndlovu - ZIM

Deane - ENG
Marcelo - BRA

Attack, attack, attack!!!

 

[Badger Blade]

Dean Henderson - England

Sun Jihai - China
Shaun Murphy - Australia
Traianos Dellas - Greece
Gary Naysmith - Scotland

Paul Ifill - Barbados
Sander Berge - Norway
Oliver Norwood - Northern Ireland
David Cotterill - Wales

Paul Peschisolido - Canada
David McGoldrick - Republic of Ireland

Subs
Justin Haber - Malta
Mo Besic - Bosnia
Peter Ndlovu - Zimbabwe
Colin Kazim-Richards - Turkey
Arturo Lupoli - Italy
Lescinel Jean-Francois - Haiti
Johnny Ertl - Austria

Waterboy - John Lundstram - Cloud Cuckoo Land

 

[bongleblade]

Alan Kelly - Ireland

LCB - Maguire - England
CB - Murphy - Australia
RCB - Tebily - Ivory Coast

RM - Borbokis - Greece
CM - Berge - Norway
CM - Norwood - N. Ireland
LM - Brooks - Wales

CAM - Sabella - Argentina

ST - Mousset - France
ST - Che Adams - Scotland

Not a bad line up that... plenty of attacking talent

 

[guancheblade]

GK: Kelly

CB: Dellas
CB: Murphy
CB: Vonk

RM: Ndlovu
CM: Fleck
CM: Tebily
LM: Sabella

ST: Fjortoft
ST: Deane
ST: Saunders


Win 5-4, we're gonna win 5-4, we're gonna win 5-4!!

 

[mattbianco1]

Kelly

Uhlenbeek
Murphy
Page
Nilsen

Ifill
Fleck
Norwood N
Ndlovu

Mousset
Sharp

 

[DifferentClass]

Mikhel Aksalu- Estonia

LJF- Haiti
David Edgar- Canada
Paddy McCarthy- ROI
Marcel Seip- Netherlands
Darryl Westlake- England

Johnny Ertl- Austria
Flo Cuvelier- Belgium
Stephen Mcginn- Scotland

Ahmed Fathy- Egypt
Hao Haidong- China
Daniel Bogdanovic- Malta

Bench
Frank Talia- Australia
Toni Kallio- Finland
Erik Tonne- Norway
Otis Khan- Pakistan
Jonathan Forte- Barbados
Diego- Italy

Does Dean Hammond qualify for Vanuatu or summat? Was his granny from Togo?

 

[JohnDenver]

Mikhel Aksalu- Estonia

LJF- Haiti
David Edgar- Canada
Paddy McCarthy- ROI
Marcel Seip- Netherlands
Darryl Westlake- England

Johnny Ertl- Austria
Flo Cuvelier- Belgium
Stephen Mcginn- Scotland

Ahmed Fathy- Egypt
Hao Haidong- China
Daniel Bogdanovic- Malta

Bench
Frank Talia- Australia
Toni Kallio- Finland
Erik Tonne- Norway
Otis Khan- Pakistan
Jonathan Forte- Barbados
Diego- Italy

Is there room on the bench for Santos - Cape Verde.

 

[dazzlingblade]

Kelly (IRE)

Borbokis (GRE)
Vonk (NED)
Murphy (AUS)
Nilsen (NOR)

Hodges (WAL)
Sabella (ARG)
Fleck (SCO)

Peschisolido (CAN)
Fjortoft (NOR)
Deane (ENG)

 

[XM657]

Name your best United XI - only one player per country allowed:

GK: Mel Rees (Wales)
LB: Roger Nilsen (Norway)
RB: Vas Borbokis (Greece)
CB: Paul McGrath (Rep. Irelan
CB: Olivier Tebily (Ivory Coast)

LW: Peter Ndlovu (Zimbabwe)
RW: Keith Gillespie (Northern Ireland)
CM: John Fleck (Scotland)
CM: Michael Brown (England)

ST: Paul Peschisolido (Canada)
ST: Petr Katchuro (Belarus)

Excellent thread, and some wonderful combinations of players, I doff my hat to all participants.
I particularly liked Alex Sabella and Dean Saunders in the same team.
Two very cleaver footballers, mi thinks, mind boggles at what tricks they'd get up to.

 

[Jon Bon II]

GK: Kelly

CB: Dellas
CB: Murphy
CB: Vonk

RM: Ndlovu
CM: Fleck
CM: Tebily
LM: Sabella

ST: Fjortoft
ST: Deane
ST: Saunders


Win 5-4, we're gonna win 5-4, we're gonna win 5-4!!

Have a like for being the first one to use pretty flag things.