Create a team to beat Barcelona.

[Theconomist]

Oier

Montoya Fontas Barta Grimaldo

Romeu
Thiago JDS
Rafa Dongu Defoleu

 

[JMCain]

-------------- -----------------Neuer
-------------Thiago Silva-----Vidic-----Hummels
Lahm----------------------Kompany------------------Coentrao
------Isla--------------------Sahin---------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------Ronaldo
------------------------------Rooney

Lopsided 3-5-1-1
Ronaldo marking Alves
Rooney as a false 9
Lahm and Coentrao, comfortable and able to mark wingers cutting in and out or providing help in the midfield
Same for Isla
Kompany/Sahin/Two of Rooney/Lahm/Coentrao/Isla is enough for 4 v 3 in the midfield and still have cover for outlet balls with Ronaldo on one flank and and the one of Lahm/Isla who isn't tracking inside
Rocks at D

Would love to watch the game.

 

[Babylonian]

--------------Neuer-------------

Maicon--T. Silva--Yaya--cissokho

-------------Essien--------------

--Nasri-----------------Sneijder--

Robben--------Rooney-------Silva

 

[AnfieldEd]

My team:-


-------------------------Reina------------------------


-----Lahm----Hummels-------Kompany---------Coentrao----



---------Alonso------Bastian.S----------Hazard-------------


---------Suarez-------Eto'o-------------Cronaldo-----------

 

[sukhy]

-------------- Cesar --------------
--- Jones --- Kompany --- Lucio ---
Isla ----- Schweinsteiger ------ Bale
---- Wilshire -------- Modric -------
--------- Eto'o -- Aguero ----------

 

[Gray_11]

Pretty similar to barcelonista:

---------------Casillas---------------
Maicon--Vermaelen--Vidic---Cole
------------------------------------
---------------Essien----------------
-----Modric------------Sneijder---
------------------------------------
--------------Rooney---------------
Robben----------------------Ronaldo

 

[Bilal Khan]

Barca would beat that side

the pace of CR and Robben on the flanks will be two hot for our full backs I guess, add to that Sneijder's creativity and the Deadly Rooney...

Essien and Pepe doing the dirty work as DMs and then a superb back 4.. I think this team will give Barca a very tough time...

 

[dalitis8]

They have created an exact same thread on Redcafe.

 

[dalitis8]

Everyone's beginning to realize:

Pick a team to beat FC Barcelona


I don't know if this has been done earlier, but anyway I thought it would be an interesting exercise at this point of time.
Lets try coming up with 11+3 players who we all can agree will have a greater than 50% probability of beating.
I think the tactics too would be an important part of it.
Do you think it can be done?
Who would you have to manage the team?

I thought about making the United side the base of it and then starting the thread in the United forum (as to fill in the missing peices ), but I had a fear it might descend into another thread about our inability to buy those required.

So who would you have?

I am stuck at GK (but I guess anyone decent would do, not necessarily the absolute best).

From RedCafe.

 

[dalitis8]

This is the best that they can come up with:

Velociraptor - Rooney - Godzilla
Roy Keane - Rambo - Darth Vader
AT ST - Iron Man - Optimus Prime - Rafael da Silva
Megatron

Death Star to come off the bench.

 

[Ode to Django]

Megatron would get sent off within seconds

 

[Deco 20]

Darth Vader is a good player, he's an adept user of the dark side. I think they're using Godzilla wrong, though. He's obviously a CF and not a winger. Not to mention that AT-ST is too slow for a WB (better as DM or CB), Millenium Falcon or X. Wing are much faster and especially X. Wing is more agile. Death Star is a GREAT keeper, his throw ins and kicks are as accurate as lasers.

 

[dalitis8]

What's AT-ST?

Is it this little crap?

 

[IrvDizzle]

What's AT-ST?

Is it this little crap?

yes. the AT-AT is the massive one.

 

[IrvDizzle]

I personally would have gone with

------------------ Superman
-- Flash ---- O Prime ----- Cap Am ---- Neo
------ The Hulk ------------- He-Man
------------------- Batman (c)
Spiderman -------------------------- Wolverine
--------------- Luke Skywalker

Cap Am = Captain America

subs: Mr. Fantastic, Wonder Woman, Storm, Thor, Green Latern, Martian Manhunter

manager: Professor X