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    Your birth year XI

    I don't know if we've ever done this before (although I'm sure we've had "players close to you in age" type threads) but how about trying to pick the best team that just happen to have born the same year you were. Here's mine:

    Cech

    Srna
    Jagielka
    Naldo
    Mexes (had to be shunted to left back due to dearth of options - damn you Maxwell for being born a year too early and Lahm a year too late!)

    Essien
    Thiago Motta
    Arteta

    Kaka

    Adriano
    Cassano

    Honestly, I'm just hoping the attack destroys the opposition before it destroys itself because that defence ain't all that.

    #2
    A quick search revealed that Romario, Cantona, Stoichkov and George Weah were born in the same year as me. However I feel I need some defenders too

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      #3
      That's a feisty front four, ad hoc. Google won't let me play this game, it's only interested in showing me actors born in September.

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        #4
        So far I've got Xavi and Kim Kardashian in midfield.

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          #5
          Buffon- Pujol, ferdinand, carvalho, heinze- gattuso lampard, stankovic riquelme-saha Drogba.

          jamie Carragher can fuck off. That toblerone footed bastard has no place in this team that is going to be using the full backs to hit long diagonals to the opposite corner of the box like jostein flo back in the day .

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            #6
            An ok squad.

            Shay Given
            Muteba Kidiaba,
            Mario Yepes,
            Alessandro Nesta,
            Juliano Belletti,
            Michael Ballack,
            Patrick Vieira,
            Marcos Senna,
            Gilberto Silva,
            Nwankwo Kanu
            Mauro Camoranesi,
            Baichung Bhutia,
            Torsten Frings,
            Pál Dárdai,
            Robbie Blake,
            Tommy Jönsson,
            Álvaro Recoba,
            Andrei Shevchenko,
            Francesco Totti,
            Ronaldo,
            Nuno Gomes,
            Patrick Kluivert,
            Ruud van Nistelrooy

            With Benedict Cumberbatch in the role of Giovanni Trapattoni and Cillian Murphy as Sammy Lee
            Last edited by Kowalski; 27-12-2018, 23:30.

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              #7
              1975 is easy as you can just have the Utd class of ‘92.

              The only exceptions are Giggs, the younger Neville and Terry Cooke.

              In their places I’ll go for Jamie Cureton, Graham Potter and Dunca Jupp.

              Actually, Jupp was always a wanker at Fulham so he’s replaced by 50 cent.

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                #8
                In a traumatic turn of events, I’ve just found out I was born on the exact same day as Katie Hopkins.

                I’d like to think I’ve aged better.

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                  #9
                  I’ve concerns over Given in goal, but I fancy 1976’s chances taking on all comers.

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                    #10
                    That’s a lot of confidence in Tommy Johnson?

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                      #11
                      They'd easily beat ad hoc's lot - those players are all in their 50s.

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                        #12
                        Oliver Kahn

                        Steve Staunton-Bixente Lizarazu-Sinisa Mihajlovic

                        Stefan Schwarz-Valery Karpin-Robert Prosinecki-Vladimir Jugovic

                        Gabriel Batistuta-Dennis Bergkamp-Brian Laudrup

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                          #13
                          Frey
                          Yobo Chivu Terry Cole
                          Rosicky Gerrard Xavi Cambiasso
                          Ronaldinho
                          Keane

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                            #14
                            I'm winning fuck all there

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                              #15
                              van der Sar

                              Cafu F de Boer Abelardo Ferrer

                              R de Boer Petit Simeone Luis Enrique

                              Shearer Boksic

                              Manager: Southgate
                              Last edited by irony towers; 28-12-2018, 01:42.

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                                #16
                                Originally posted by Big Boobs and FIRE! View Post
                                1975 is easy as you can just have the Utd class of ‘92.
                                My fucking arse you can.

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                                  #17
                                  I started this, but once I discovered I share my birth year with Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage I was too depressed to continue.

                                  I think I'd seen Bebeto before I gave up, and Lenny Kravitz. Fair to say we don't have the kernel of a great team there.

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                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by Big Boobs and FIRE! View Post
                                    In a traumatic turn of events, I’ve just found out I was born on the exact same day as Katie Hopkins.

                                    I’d like to think I’ve aged better.
                                    Katie Hopkins was born in '75?

                                    Fucks sake, I'm 7 years older, my aortas split and I've had 2 strokes and I still look younger than her.

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                                      #19
                                      Sky Sports managed to get a whole news article out of the 1976 XI

                                      https://www.skysports.com/football/n...n-vintage-year

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                                        #20
                                        Ok, here goes:

                                        Tim Howard

                                        Arne Friedrich - Sergei Ignashevich - Rafa Marquez - Eric Abidal

                                        Andrea Pirlo - Tobias Linderoth

                                        Simon Davies - Pablo Aimar - Diego Forlan

                                        Nicolas Anelka

                                        Michael Owen sits on the bench, with industrial strength duct tape over his mouth. I can't find a noteworthy manager, so we'll just let Pirlo do whatever he wants.

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                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by Kowalski View Post
                                          An ok squad.

                                          Shay Given
                                          Muteba Kidiaba,
                                          Mario Yepes,
                                          Alessandro Nesta,
                                          Juliano Belletti,
                                          Michael Ballack,
                                          Patrick Vieira,
                                          Marcos Senna,
                                          Gilberto Silva,
                                          Nwankwo Kanu
                                          Mauro Camoranesi,
                                          Baichung Bhutia,
                                          Torsten Frings,
                                          Pál Dárdai,
                                          Robbie Blake,
                                          Tommy Jönsson,
                                          Álvaro Recoba,
                                          Andrei Shevchenko,
                                          Francesco Totti,
                                          Ronaldo,
                                          Nuno Gomes,
                                          Patrick Kluivert,
                                          Ruud van Nistelrooy

                                          With Benedict Cumberbatch in the role of Giovanni Trapattoni and Cillian Murphy as Sammy Lee
                                          Kowalski has done the heavy 1976 lifting for me. A bit more than an ok squad I'd say. Fernando Morientes, Michal Zewlakow, Steve Finnan, Jon Dahl Tomasson, Roque Junior and Clarence Seedorf are available too, and Joseph Ndo for a bit of Cameroon-international-slash-League-of-Ireland-royalty.

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                                            #22
                                            1970 is a bit thin on the ground, especially for defenders, so I had to go 3-5-2:

                                            GK Edwin van der Sar
                                            DF Cafu
                                            DF Abelardo
                                            DF Frank de Boer
                                            MF Paulo Sousa
                                            MF Christian Karembeu
                                            MF Diego Simeone
                                            MF Ronald de Boer
                                            MF Luis Enrique
                                            FW Alan Shearer
                                            FW Alen Bokšić

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                                              #23
                                              Hope you didn't spend an age researching that, Sean (see post #15). Your formation works better, though.

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                                                #24
                                                Screw it, why should the Brexiters stop me? Where are you all finding these lists?

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                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by irony towers View Post
                                                  Hope you didn't spend an age researching that, Sean (see post #15). Your formation works better, though.
                                                  Just under an hour, and I quite enjoyed doing it.
                                                  Southgate, Petit and Ferrer can go on the bench in my team, along with David James and Florin Răducioiu

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