Man of Steel wrote:Ted Lasso wrote:Man of Steel wrote:Also, me counts 5 Real Madrid players.
That was a reference to Zidane's team.
Although you should both sport a megahomer's blush.
Meh. We're coming off a ridiculous win streak (something like 21 or 22 games straight). Could've probably swapped a CB out for one from another team and maybe put in a different attacker, but what's the point. Ronaldo's better than everyone on the left wing, Robben's been hella productive on the right, Hazard hasn't played as centrally so I went with the next best 10 this year in James, and Messi is Messi. Only real homer move was picking Casillas over Neuer, and like I said, he's on ridiculous form lately, if you'd been watching. Everyone aside from him justifies their placement in the XI with their year-round performance.
Attack-wise, this is the world XI I'd wanna field if I was coaching
The number of Real Madrid players you included isn't really a problem. It's entirely plausible for a club to have five reps in a World XI and not even be the best team in the world. This is similar to why i don't like basing NBA All-Star selections on teams' records.
On the other hand, picking Casillas over Neuer is madness. It's not like Iker is even the alternative in that debate. I'm glad he is no longer a disaster and all, but Chelsea alone have two superior goalkeepers.
I'm gonna give the team a go myself but the landscape has changed dramatically since we last did this sort of thing.