A rest-of-the-world team at the World Cup

Chancer3001

Obviously I don't think this will ever happen, but I'd love to see it personally.

One less space for a minnow (awful for them, great for a neutral fan)

Appoint a manager, let him pick a squad from all the teams who didn't qualify.

Ibra, jovetic, vidic, bale etc.

Who else would make the panel? And would you like to see it or hate it?


Ps - yes I did steal this idea from tv this morning:D

larchielads

forde coleman o shea clark wilson mcgeady mcarthy whealan reid mclean keane:D

Chancer3001

With Fordes form he'd nearly be starting!

With whelans ability to fool manager after manager into thinking he's brilliant, he'd probably make the team too!!

Skylinehead

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Cech

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Ivanovic--Subotic--Nastasic--Alaba

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Hamsik--Ramsey

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Bale

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Mkhitariyan

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Ibrahimovic-Lewandowski

Something like that. Got lazy with defenders and just threw in 3 Serbians.

Chancer3001

That's a quality team. Vidic would be there too.

Skylinehead

Chancer3001 wrote: »

That's a quality team. Vidic would be there too.

Thought about him, but he retired 2 years ago.

sReq | uTeK

Chancer3001 wrote: »

Obviously I don't think this will ever happen, but I'd love to see it personally.

One less space for a minnow (awful for them, great for a neutral fan)

Appoint a manager, let him pick a squad from all the teams who didn't qualify.

Ibra, jovetic, vidic, bale etc.

Who else would make the panel? And would you like to see it or hate it?


Ps - yes I did steal this idea from tv this morning:D

Brilliant idea

Chancer3001

Never knew vidic retired.

Haven't they been pretty poor the last couple of years? Coincidence!?

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

They'll be dancing in the streets of the rest-of-the-world tonight!

COYVB

I think the world cup winners could play a rest of world team in their first game post tournament, but entering a row side into the competition? No way

Chancer3001

It would give a lot of neutrals someone to cheer!

titan18

Skylinehead wrote: »

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Cech

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Ivanovic--Subotic--Nastasic--Alaba

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Hamsik--Ramsey

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Bale

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Mkhitariyan

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Ibrahimovic-Lewandowski

Something like that. Got lazy with defenders and just threw in 3 Serbians.

I'd go with Łukasz Piszczek instead of Ivanovic, and Arda Turan over Mkhitaryan

Ryu Hayabusa

Skylinehead wrote: »

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Cech

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Ivanovic--Subotic--Nastasic--Alaba

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Hamsik--Ramsey

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Bale

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Mkhitariyan

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Ibrahimovic-Lewandowski

Something like that. Got lazy with defenders and just threw in 3 Serbians.

Needs more Connor Sammon

Richard Hillman

It would be fantastic in fairness. The build up to the World Cup squad would be a great sideshow.

Diabhal Beag

Where's Stephen Ward?

Guy:Incognito

Skylinehead wrote: »

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Cech

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Ivanovic--Subotic--Nastasic--Alaba

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Hamsik--Ramsey

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Bale

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Mkhitariyan

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Ibrahimovic-Lewandowski

Something like that. Got lazy with defenders and just threw in 3 Serbians.

Surely Lewandowski will get in to the german squad?

brianregan09

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Surely Lewandowski will get in to the german squad?

He would if he wasn't Polish :rolleyes:

Guy:Incognito

brianregan09 wrote: »

He would if he wasn't Polish :rolleyes:

:rolleyes:

bucketybuck

brianregan09 wrote: »

He would if he wasn't Polish :rolleyes:

Thats the trouble with the rollseyes smiley, sometimes using it just makes you look even worse.

brianregan09

huh ?

Madworld

Doubt they would have enough time to actually gel. It would be farcical though if they managed to win it.

Chancer3001

Iran, Honduras, Algeria or a team of the best players... I know which one I'd prefer to see play.

But bigger picture I suppose, football will develop in those countries after the wolrd cup.

ScummyMan

Chancer3001 wrote: »

Iran, Honduras, Algeria or a team of the best players... I know which one I'd prefer to see play.

But bigger picture I suppose, football will develop in those countries after the wolrd cup.

I couldn't give a flying fcuk about developing football in Honduras. Brazil 2014 is a poorer place without Zlatan.

Nuri Sahin

Skylinehead wrote: »

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Cech

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Ivanovic--Subotic--Nastasic--Alaba

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Hamsik--Ramsey

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Bale

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Mkhitariyan

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Ibrahimovic-Lewandowski

Something like that. Got lazy with defenders and just threw in 3 Serbians.

Like it, but I'd have the following in there:

Begovic -> Cech
Piszczek -> Ivanovic
Me -> Either Ramsey or Mkhiki

Skylinehead

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Like it, but I'd have the following in there:

Begovic -> Cech

Nah not for me. Maybe on form, but Cech is the better keeper.

Piszczek -> Ivanovic

I'll give you that one, like I said I lazily and copiously picked Serbians.

Me -> Either Ramsey or Mkhiki

Can't argue :pac:

theoneeyedman

This is a brilliant idea , but only if they are added as a 33rd team!
I'll get John Delaney on the case right away.
The campaign starts here....#letzlatanplay

steirishrover

Isn't begovic already going with Bosnia?

erkifino

This was on the radio a while back. They were talking about the likes of Giggs and Best, among others, never playing in a World Cup. Who lost out? it'd be one helluva a merchandise money spinner for someone.

AgileMyth

The 'minnows' earned the right to be there. The players who didn't qualify don't deserve to play in it. Its not the GAH, there are no 'back doors'.

bucketybuck

Man.UnitedLad wrote: »

I couldn't give a flying fcuk about developing football in Honduras. Brazil 2014 is a poorer place without Zlatan.

It would be poorer still if it just became a tournament where all the usual suspects are sent to play increasingly meaningless matches.

Fans like you probably want Fifa to just line FHM's top 100 players against a wall and let the captains pick their teams one player at a time. That way you get to see all the so-called "top top" players because apparently that is what is important about a world cup, not national pride and competition.

Its this same attitude that has ruined the Champions league. "It would be a poorer place without all the big teams in it", now every big team can easily qualify every year and 90% of the games are boring and meaningless as fcuk.

Honduras could have the next Messi or Ronaldo waiting to star for them, but you would never know because you would rather have Ibrahimovic there, seemingly forgetting that already you could easily watch Ibrahimovic about 50 times this year should you really want to.

Augmerson

AgileMyth wrote: »

The 'minnows' earned the right to be there. The players who didn't qualify don't deserve to play in it. Its not the GAH, there are no 'back doors'.

This.

Nice idea, but what if Ireland is the minnow team? And we are kept out because a team of Zlatan's and Bale's go instead of us?

Nuri Sahin

steirishrover wrote: »

Isn't begovic already going with Bosnia?

So he is!

I had it mind he was Israeli :P

Chancer3001

European teams will rarely be the minnows.

Richard Hillman

AgileMyth wrote: »

The 'minnows' earned the right to be there. The players who didn't qualify don't deserve to play in it. Its not the GAH, there are no 'back doors'.

Its no wonder that no gay footballers will come out with attitudes like that :mad:

Skylinehead

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Its no wonder that no gay footballers will come out with attitudes like that :mad:

What?

Soups123

Skylinehead wrote: »

What?

I think he was joking! 'Back door entrance', the Gah and the gay.

AgileMyth

Soups123 wrote: »

the Gah and the gay.

All the one really.

Vision of Disorder

Worst. Idea. Ever. Why not add a second ball while you're at it? It's not some Mickey Mouse makey-uppy competition here, it's the World Cup, held (or perhaps I'm being naive) to crown the 'best' (or luckiest) international football team once every four years.

International football is seemingly becoming just as much of an inconvenience to fans as it is to club managers.

EdenHazard

Fun idea, be good in Football Manager or FIFA but just not practical in football and in a competition where the fans are a massive part of it.

razorblunt

No no no no this is rubbish and a waste of a thread.



It's last man back or nothing. Or fly goalie if it's 11v10!

loyatemu

Zlatan had his chance and blew it - would he have bothered his ass for Sweden if he knew he was guaranteed a place in a ROW team that would probably include much better players. Would Bale risk injuring himself putting in a shift for Wales? - the world's most expensive player would be a shoe-in for the ROW squad. Bad bad idea.

Too Tough To Die

Shane Long up front.