FM 09 : Official best team thread : Take your pick

Just interested to see who people would pick in their squad, If they could have any player in the game.

So therefore, 25 Players (2 For each position, plus any extra 3 players of your choice). Bear in mind that it needs to be realistic that you would keep everyone happy, EG If you pick 5 World Class DC's, sooner or later someone will get ****ed off and want to leave, so bear that in mind, as well as age being a factor, EG you'd want some experience, some players in their prime, some in mid 20's and then some wonderkids etc.

My team would be:

GK. Iker Casillas (Without doubt, one of, if not the best GK in the world)

GK. Hugo Lloris (Potentially best GK in the world, good Gk'ing attributes, young)

RB. Sergio Ramos (Best RB in the game, and still only 21/22)

RB. Javier Zanetti (Touch of experience, quite versatile, good backup)

CB. Rio Ferdinand (Probably the best CB at the start of the game, natural leader)

CB. Cristian Zapata (Great stats, and fantastic potential means he improves quickly, already very good)

CB. Kolo Toure (Good at everything to do with Defending, can run, head and tackle, very able partner for Rio)

CB. Mamadou Sakho (Potentially best CB in the game in later stages, very high potential, very young)

LB. Patrice Evra (Along with Clichy, and Chiellini, one of the best LB's in the game)

LB. Gael Clichy (Very young, already in top 3 LB's in the world, great potential)

DM. Daniele De Rossi (Fantastic Leader, good all round stats, rock in the midfield)

DM. Miguel Veloso (Young, great all round stats, very able backup for De Rossi)

CM. Francesc Fabregas (Best passer of the ball in the game, good all-round Midfield Stats, still only 20/21)

CM. Anderson (Potential to be as good if not better than Fabregas, good passer, dribbler, great backup)

AMR. Lionel Messi (In my opinion best player in the world in RL, by far him and Ronaldo are the best wingers on the game)

AMR. Mario Balotelli (Quite able backup, very high potential, great physical stats quite versatile)

AM/FC. Sergio Aguero (Always a god on the game, scores for fun, amazing player)

AM/FC. Sebastien Giovinco (High potential, quite versatile, great technical stats, very good player for the future)

AML. Cristiano Ronaldo (Best player in the game, never scores below a 7.5 on my games, still not got as good stats as he should have, but fantastic all the same)

AML. David Silva (Already bordering on World-Class at just 21/22, very good stats, good backup for Ronaldo)

ST. Fernando Torres/David Villa (too close to call, both fantastic strikers to lead the line, and score for fun, still can't choose!)

ST. Bojan (Young, already a fantastic player on the game, will score for fun in the future, great potential)

And my extra 3 players would be:

GK. Sergio Asenjo (Young enough, to not mind being loaned out/not used, potential to be a true great)

Utility Player: Darijo Srna (Great Stats, can play each position down either flank, and could be used in the centre as well)

MC, AMR/L/C, ST: Joe Cole (Great Personality meaning he won't get unhappy with being on the bench, good versatility and rounded stats)

So many of these threads......

And thats why i'm making this one official and add it into the links thread.

Well done btw.

Changed the title.

GK. Iker Casillas (Best Keeper in the world)

GK. Hugo Lloris (Potentially best keeper in the world)

RB. Sergio Ramos (Best RB is the world)

RB. Rafinha (Young and fairly cheap a great Right Back)

CB. Rio Ferdinand (Probably the best CB at the start of the game)

CB. Cristian Zapata (Great Potential and already a classs act.)

CB. Radoi (Cheap and a great centre back)

CB. Mamadou Sakho (Potentially best CB in the world)

LB. Chiellini (The best LB in the game)

LB. Marcelo (Very young, can play anywhere on the left a all round great player)

DM. Daniele De Rossi (A leader, the best Defensive Midfielder in the game)

DM. Marik Hamsik (Young, great all round stats, Potentially best CM in the world.)

CM. Francesc Fabregas (Best passer of the ball in the game)

CM. Anderson (Potentially better than Fabregas and already great at the start)

AMR. Lionel Messi (Best Winger in the game along with Ronaldo)

AMR. Mario Balotelli (Versatile, Young and a great player)

AM/FC. Sergio Aguero (Always a beast on the game, scores for fun, amazing player)

AM/FC. Carlos Vela (Best young player in the game will be worth 35m by the time hes 22.)

AML. Cristiano Ronaldo (Amazing player and another great winger)

AML. David Silva (Already World class and can play across the midfield.)

ST. Ibrahimovic (Amazingly good scores 40 goals a season with ease.)

ST. Bojan (Young already fantastic and potentially best player in the game)

And my extra 3 players would be:

GK. Sergio Asenjo (Young and doesn't mind being back up.)

Utility Player: Darijo Srna (Great Stats, can play each position down either flank, and could be used in the centre as well)

MC, AMR/L/C, ST:Theo Walcott (Young, Incredible pace and can play either wing or upfront. Potential to be one of the best in the game)

Surely Kaka would have to be included. He's incredible.

Well make your own team then.

GK. Iker Casillas - Obvious...

GK. Jose Reina - surprise maybe but he is outstanding for me and has won me many games.

RB. Sergio Ramos - great physical stats and is a great defender and good in attack

RB. Darijo Srna - has excellent stats for attack and can play RM as well

CB. Rio Ferdinand - so hard to play against as he is strong, intelligent and really fast (?)

CB. Pepe - great defender, no further explanation needed

CB. Kolo Toure - Great player, although over-rated

CB. Mamadou Sakho - cannot be anyone else. last 2 FM's have made him a legend

LB. Chiellini - Better at CB but is an awesome player. Rightly described as best defender in Italy

LB. Patrice Evra - All round left back. Great stats.

DM. Javier Mascherano - has everything apart from jumping. tackling is perfect as is workrate etc world class

DM. Diarra (pompey not madrid) - versatile and fantastic. can do anything.

CM. Steven Gerrard - versatile and can do anything. If your a goal down watch him go!

CM. Francesc Fabregas - great for controlling tempo as has amazing passing.

AMR. Lionel Messi - Best player IRL and has best attacking stats in game. simply unbelievably player.

AMR. Mario Balotelli - from what i have heard scores for fun and gets amazing

AML - Cristiano Ronaldo - I feel slightly badly done(good and bad way) stats but he is amazing.

AML - David Silva - he is always amazing of FM. His stats are amazing

AMC. Sergio Aguero - Absolute legend of a player. Amazing on 08 as well

AMC. Kaka - what can i say? class act.

ST. Fernando Torres - Has scored some absolute stunners for me and improves dramatically. Awesome.

ST. Ibrahimavic - Again, has amazing stats. So godlike stats for striker

ST. Bojan - Becomes best striker in 5-6 seasons. great at start as well!

ST. Carlos Vela - Is a bit too good at start but becomes godlike.

takes long.

So much effort

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GK. Iker Casillas

GK. Hugo Lloris

RB. Sergio Ramos

RB. Daniel Alves

CB. Rio Ferdinand

CB. Nemanja Vidic

CB. Chiellini

CB. Mamadou Sakho

LB. Gael Clichy

LB. Patrice Evra

DM. Danielle De Rossi

DM. Lassana Diarra

CM. Francesc Fabregas

CM. Anderson

AMR. Lionel Messi

AMR. Mario Balotelli

AML. Cristiano Ronaldo

AML. David Silva

AMC. Kaka

AMC. Sergio Aguero

ST. David Villa

ST. Zlatan Ibrahimavic

ST. Bojan

ST. Pato

Tbh, the one thing about this game is that its ridiculously easy to keep players happy. I mean you just need to give them a game every other game and they wont complain. As long as you give each player around 25 games per season, they'll be happy. Obviously, playing that much in the whole season depends on your progress in the cup competitions.

Anyway, my team (on 9.0.1):

GK - Buffon (best GK on the game imo and good for another 4-5 years easy)

GK - Asenjo (by the time Buffon is past it, he'll be world class)

LB - Clichy (young and for me, the best on the game)

LB - Mattock (develops into one of the best in 2-3 years)

RB - Sagna (quality in everything he does)

RB - Ramos (young and quality)

CB - Chiellini (amazing CB and can cover LB too if needed)

CB - Toure (the best quick CB on the game)

CB - Sakho (decent to start and becomes world-class. Will take over from Chiellini)

CB - Zapata (good to start and will take over from Toure in some years)

DM - Essien (just quality in everything he does and is versatile)

DM - Camacho (good enough from the start but becomes phenomenol in a few years)

CM - Fabregas (the best on the game easily)

CM - Witsel (not the best but still quality and very versatile)

LM - Ronaldo (not tried him but I dont think its needed to determine how good he is)

LM - Nasri (amazing when given high creativity and asked to get inside more. Scores loads)

RM - Messi (same as Ronaldo above)

RM - Walcott (amazing winger and plays awesome upfront. Impossible to deal with because of his pace. Versatile too)

ST - Adebayor (still one of the best TM's on the game)

ST - Aguero (young, quick as hell and great finisher. Perfect to play off Ade)

ST - Bojan (good to start with and becomes amazing as well)

ST - Vela (imo the best young ST on the game. Good enough from the start too)

3 extra players:

DRLC - Nicolas Burdisso (not as good as on FM08 but still good and his versatility is great

AMRLC, FC - Andriy Arshavin (great player and very, very versatile again)

DR, DM, MR, AMR, ML - Emmanuel Eboue (surprising choice but he is actually very, very good on the game for some reason. And with his versatility is always a good addition to any squad)

Gk: Casillas - Probably the best keeper around

GK: Lloris - Good but most importantly, young.

DR: Alves - Brilliant at everything

DR: Ramos - Solid in the center and great a right back

DC: Fazio - Great stats and young

DC: Ferdinand - Great defender

DC: Sakho - Will probably be the best defender on the game.

DC: Pepe - Has everything a defender needs

DC: Terry - Another great centre back

DL: Chiellini - Best left back in the game

DL: Clichy - A brilliant player

DM: Pirlo - Great all round stats

DM: Lassana Diarra - Will turn out very,very good

AMC: Gerrard - Fantastic

AMC: Kaka

AML: Ronlado

AML: Silva

AMR: Messi

AMR: Ben Arfa

AMR Santon

FC: Torres

FC: Aguero

FC: Ibrahimovich

FC: David Villa

FC: Balloteli

shEricA's Best Team!

i try to keep the squad as young as possible but they are all still established superstars. based on game only..

GK - Iker Casillas

GK - Igor Akinfeev no one picked him yet!

RB - Sergio Ramos

RB - Bakary Sagna

CB - John Terry

CB - Phillipe Mexes

CB - Pepe

CB - Giorgio Chiellini

LB - Ashley Cole

LB - Gael Clichy

DM - Daniele De Rossi

DM - Miguel Veloso

CM - Steven Gerrard

CM - Cesc Fabregas

ML - Robin van Persie no one picked him yet!

ML - Andres Guardado no one picked him yet!

MR - Cristiano Ronaldo

MR - Lionel Messi

AMC - Kaka

AMC - Andres Iniesta no one picked him yet!

ST - Emmanuel Adebayor

ST - Zlatan Ibrahimovic

ST - Carlos Vela

ST - Karim Benzema no one picked him yet!

GK - Casillas (One of the best GKs in the game)

GK - Asenjo (Potential to be world class)

LB - Clichy (He is the best LB in the game imo)

LB - Insua (Surprising choice I agree but he is young and has all the right stats)

RB - Ramos (quality in everything he does)

RB - Santon (young and versatile, can cover the entire right wing if needed)

CB - Chiellini (amazing CB and can cover LB too if needed)

CB - Toure (the best quick CB on the game and can cover RB if needed)

CB - Sakho (decent to start and becomes world-class.i)

CB - Zapata (good to start, has good pace)

DM - Essien (Extremely versatile and in his prime)

DM - De Rossi (World Class DM, amazing stats)

CM - Xavi (Consistent and never dissappoints)

CM - Fabregas (the best young CM in the game)

LM - Ronaldo (Currently the best player in the world)

LM - Guardado (covers the entire left wing, is young and awesome, scores loads)

RM - Messi (My best player, I just love the guy)

RM - Walcott (amazing winger and plays awesome upfront. Frightening pace)

ST - Eto'o (one of the best strikers on the game imo)

ST - Aguero (young, quick as hell and great finisher.)

FC - Henry (the complete forward)

FC - Vela (Amazing potential and can play on the left wing as well)

3 extra players:

Matias Fernandes: I always itch to buy him and he never dissappoints. Extremely versatile. Can play on the right as well on the left wing, Can play as AMC or MCa. Can even play as a ST.

Darijo Srna: Amazing stats, Can cover many positions- DR, DL, WBR, WBL, MR, ML, AML, AMR

Balotelli : Again one with amazing potential is an AMRL and a ST, awesome in all positions.

Cheers Purefun, woo Official topic :-)

GK - Casillas

GK - Asenjo

LB - Evra

LB - Bale

RB - Dani Alves

RB - Sergio Ramos

CB - R Ferdinand

CB - Vidic

CB - Zapata

CB - Breno

DM - Palombo

DM - De Rossi

CM - Gerrard

CM - Anderson

ST - Robinho

ST - Huntelaar

ST - Vela

ST - Ibrahimavic

GK: Iker (Best keeper in the game)

LB: Clichy (Amazing speed!)

CB: Rio (Stable CB)

CB: Chiellini (Stable CB)

RB: Ramos (RB without any weaknesses)

ML: Ronaldo (Technique!)

MR: Messi (Technique!)

CM: Xavi (Great playmaker)

CM: Fabregas (Best young passer)

ST: Kun (Quick dribbler who also will score alot of goals with Ibra)

ST: Ibra (Swedish + Godly = Best pick for me)

Hulk, what happened to Frey?

People just like in previous posts you have to explain your choice please do so.

GK. Victor Valdes (my favourite goalie in football, so under rated)

GK. Mandanda (young and great potential - probably way better than Valdes but he is the man!)

DR. Ramos (best in the world)

DR. Corluka (Doing wonders for me at spurs and good centre back cover too)

DL. Evra (great defensively and as attacking option)

DL. Bale (potential to be one of the best)

DC. Vidic (Solid!!)

DC. Chiellini (potentially one of the best there is)

DC. Micah Richards (young and already very solid)

DC. Sakho (everyone knows why lol)

DM. Gokhan Inler (world class at DM job)

DM. Toulalan (amazing passer)

AM. Kaka (.... has to be)

AM. Pjanic (top understudy for Kaka, turns out class)

ML. Ashley Young (my favourite player, lightning quick, great dribbling and crossing)

ML. Cazorla

MR. Messi (best player in the world)

MR. Wesley Sneijder

ST. Balotelli (great from start, turns out class)

ST. Benzema (scores for fun)

ST. Adebayor (best target man on game)

ST. Torres (quick, great finisher, makes things happen)

3 extra - Walcott, Obertan, Saivet - all for the future

Hulk, what happened to Frey?

He's not as good on FM09 sadly.

I hate that tbh. And its also bewildering as he had a fantastic season last year and was widely regarded as the best GK in Serie A. And that's not easy to do with Gigi Buffon around.

GK. Victor Valdes (my favourite goalie in football, so under rated)

GK. Mandanda (young and great potential - probably way better than Valdes but he is the man!)

DR. Ramos (best in the world)

DR. Corluka (Doing wonders for me at spurs and good centre back cover too)

DL. Evra (great defensively and as attacking option)

DL. Bale (potential to be one of the best)

DC. Vidic (Solid!!)

DC. Chiellini (potentially one of the best there is)

DC. Micah Richards (young and already very solid)

DC. Sakho (everyone knows why lol)

DM. Gokhan Inler (world class at DM job)

DM. Toulalan (amazing passer)

AM. Kaka (.... has to be)

AM. Pjanic (top understudy for Kaka, turns out class)

ML. Ashley Young (my favourite player, lightning quick, great dribbling and crossing)

ML. Cazorla

MR. Messi (best player in the world)

MR. Wesley Sneijder

ST. Balotelli (great from start, turns out class)

ST. Benzema (scores for fun)

ST. Adebayor (best target man on game)

ST. Torres (quick, great finisher, makes things happen)

3 extra - Walcott, Obertan, Saivet - all for the future

I'm actually suprised that you chose Young and Cazorla instead of Ronaldo.

I'm actually suprised that you chose Young and Cazorla instead of Ronaldo.

he would struggle to make it to training - he has no car and theres lots of tunnels on the way

Doesn't England have a very well structured and accessible public transport system? I'm sure he can scrape up the money to afford a bus trip to training every day with his measly salary

I'm seeing lots of people are using ronaldo as ML and Messi as MR...

I use them Ronaldo - MR and Messi - ML

Should I switch them? If yes, why?

I'm seeing lots of people are using ronaldo as ML and Messi as MR...

I use them Ronaldo - MR and Messi - ML

Should I switch them? If yes, why?

I would use them the same s you. Reason being is Ronaldo has the PPM "runs with ball down right" an Messi has "runs with ball down left".

I'm seeing lots of people are using ronaldo as ML and Messi as MR...

I use them Ronaldo - MR and Messi - ML

Should I switch them? If yes, why?

For me, it would depend how you want to play. If you want them to cut inside, then I would play them MR - Messi and ML - Ronaldo. If you want them to be more direct (ie, take on defenders and get crosses in) I'd have them play the other way round.

GK-Gigi Buffon

GK-Sergio Asenjo

RB-Bacary Sagna

RB-Mikhail Chretien

CB-Rio Ferdinand

CB-Kolo Toure

CB-Jamie Carragher

CB-Mamadou Sakho

LB-Gael Clichy

LB-Patrice Evra

LB-Joe Mattock

LM-David Silva

LM-Juan Manuel Mata

LM-Jack Wilshere

RM-Cristano Ronaldo

RM-David Beckham

CM-Cesc Fabregas

CM-Andrei Arshavin

CM-Yaya Toure

CM-Aaron Ramsey

CM-Marcos Senna

CF-David Villa

CF-Robin Van Persie

CF-Sergio Aguero

CF-Carlos Vela

GK - Buffon

GK - Lloris

DR - Alves

DR - De Silvestri

DL - Clichy

DL - Marcelo

DC - Ferdinand

DC - Ramos

DC - Zapata

DC - Sakho

DM - Mascherano

DM - Fazio

MC - Fabregas

MC - Hamsik

AM - Kaka

AM - Anderson

AMR - C. Ronaldo

AMR - Balotelli

AML - Messi

AML - Saivet

FC - Ibrahimovic

FC - Aguero

SC - Villa

SC - Bojan

+ Silva

+ Jerome Boateng

He's not as good on FM09 sadly.

I hate that tbh. And its also bewildering as he had a fantastic season last year and was widely regarded as the best GK in Serie A. And that's not easy to do with Gigi Buffon around.

I thought he would get better, not worse.

GK: Mandanda/Akinfeev

DR: Richards/Santon

DL: Srna/Clichy

DC: Puyol/Terry

DC: Chiellini/Demichelis

MCd: Palombo/Senna

MCa: Fàbregas/Essien

MR: Srna/Ribéry

ML: Benzema/Marko Marin

AMC: Robinho/Arshavin

FC (fast): Balotelli/Henry

FC : Ibrahimovic/Milevskyi

GK Cech

GK Lloris

LB A Cole

LB Marcelo (people criticise his tackling attribute but in my 2nd season it hit 15 which ain't bad and he is unbelievable going forward)

RB Ramos

RB Srna

CB Ferdinand

CB Terry (captain)

CB Zapata

CB Fazio

CB Sakho

DM Veloso

DM Essien

CM Fabregas

CM Hamsik

CM Iniesta

AM Kaka

LW Messi

LW Guardado

RW Ronaldo

RW Marquinhos

ST Aguero

ST Balotelli

ST Benzema

ST Bojan

Steve Mandanda

Davide Santon Zapata Mickael Chretien Miguel Veloso

Lassana Diarra Jérémy Toulalan

Marquinhos Andreas Guardado

Keirrison Pavel Pogrebnyak

That side would take some beating imvho

Would cost roughly £100 million to assemble

youve got a right back playing at CB

a DMC/mc playing at LB

hmm

GK Buffon

GK Steve Mandanda

DR Dani Alves

DR Santon

DL Arsenal Guy

DL Guilherme

DC Ferdinand (Rio obviously)

DC Zapata

DC Vidic

DC Sakho

DMC Essien

DMC Kacar (Very similar to Hamsik - more defensive though)

MC Fabregas

MC Hamsik (Very similar to Kacar - more offensive though)

AML Messi

AML Guardado (Like his hair)

AMR Crissy Ronaldo

AMR Maggio (incredible)

AMC Kaka

AMC Kroos

FC Ibrahimovic

FC Lavezzi (would say Aguero but wanted to be different )

FC Bojan

FC Rooney

Extras - Srna, Obertan and Marcelo

youve got a right back playing at CB

a DMC/mc playing at LB

hmm

Both are competent in those positions and when retrained become natural

indeed..... but thats like putting gabi agonlahor into a world sprinters XI because he's pacey

GK-Casillas

GK-Buffon

RB-Ramos

Rb-Srna

LB-Clichy

LB-Evra

CB-Mexes

CB-Chiellini

CB-Demichelis

CB-Ferdinand

DM-Mascherano

DM-Essien

CM-Iniesta

CM-Sneijder

RM-Messi

RM-Robben

LM-Ronaldo

LM-Silva

FCa-Aguero

FCa-Villa

FCd-Berbatov

FCd-Ibrahimovic

THis team would take some beating - my aim is to get most of those players into my Real team - I already have 6 first season. Top Team would be

Casillas

Ramos

Clichy

Demichelis

Mexes

Mascherano

Sneijder

Messi

Ronaldo

Berbatov

Aguero

* = starters

*GK Iker Casillas - best ‘keeper in the world and still got many years left in him.

GK Vincenzo Fiorillo - great young goalie, future number 1 at any club in the world.

*DR Maicon – solid defensively, great pace and crossing to give an offensive option.

DR Davide Santon – great youngster and back-up to the all the right hand side.

*DL Patrice Evra – see Maicon.

DL Darijo Srna – great stats and can also play right-back and both right & left-mid.

*DC Rio Ferdinand – class act, great composure on the ball.

*DC Nemanja Vidic – best defender on my game, scores a fair few as well.

DC Sergio Ramos – good player, young and gives another option at right back.

DC Cristian Chivu – FM favourite of mine.

*DMC Michael Essien – rock solid in front of the defensive.

DMC Miguel Veloso – young defensive minded midfielder has an eye for a pass as well.

*ML Lionel Messi – great player, can also swap wings with Ronaldo.

ML David Silva – can play on the both wings and in the middle, better on the left imo.

*RCM Michael Carrick – great passing ability, capable of winning the ball back too.

RCM Andres Iniesta – tough between him and Xavi, but he’s four years younger.

*AMR Cristiano Ronaldo – best player in the world.

AMR Mario Balotelli – goal scorer and equally as good up top, ideal back up to Ronaldo.

*ST David Villa – great finisher, best out and out striker around.

*ST Wayne Rooney – needed to make up for Ronaldo’s work rate & moments of magic.

ST Pato – best young striker on the game imo

ST Adriano – different option, guarantees goals.

Formation

GK

DR DC DC DL

DMC

RMC ML

AMR

ST ST

3 other player;

Anderson – potentially one of the best centre midfielders there is.

Ashley Young – good back up to both wings, great crosser and dribbler.

Carlos Vela – technically great, young as well.

Captain – Rio Ferdinand

Free-kicks – Cristiano Ronaldo

Penalties – David Villa

Corners – Michael Carrick

As you can properly tell, I like my winger to swop wings to add variation.

Centre midfielders would be instructed to use short sharp passing.

High creative freedom to allow the likes of Messi and Ronaldo to roam around the pitch.

*GK Sergio asenjo - Awesome and young, one of the best

GK Hugo Llori - Awesome and young too, also one of the best, i just think Sergio Asenjo sounds cooler. Hugo sounds fat.

*DR Diarra - Fast, Good crossing, Good stats, Very good, Consistent

DR Daniel Opare - Becomes one of the best in the world. Awesome and young.

*DL Patrice Evra – see Diarra, Very consistent too.

DL Joe Mattock - See Opare, becomes one of the best. World class.

*DC Rio Ferdinand – Dont have to explain. Awesome.

*DC Nemanja Vidic – Dont have to explain again. Awesome.

DC Mamadou Sakho – very skilled player, young and one of the best in the future

DC Jack Rodwell - Same as Sakho.

*DMC Ignatius Camacho – rock solid in front of the defensive. Can score screamers too. Young.

DMC Franco Zuculini – young defensive Midfielder that has awesome stats, very good. One of the best in the future.

*ML Andres Guardado – Awesome player, AML for me since FM07.

ML Gabriel Torje – Future Messi, Young and one of the best in the future.

*RCM Daniele De rossi – One of the best in the world, good tackling and passing.

RCM Mascio – tough and good at setpieces too, develops to one of the best, young.

*AMC - Anderson - The best AMC for me in the game. young too.

AMC - Levan Kenia - Develops into one of the best. world class.

*AMR Cristiano Ronaldo – best player in the world.

AMR Mario Balotelli – goal scorer and equally as good up top, ideal back up to Ronaldo, Always scores free kicks(I really mean it).

*ST Carlos Vela – great finisher, best out and out striker around. World Class.

*ST Wayne Rooney – Best english striker for me. World class.

ST Henri saivet - Everyone knows him, FM Favorite for me. Develops into world class.

ST Hulk - Awesome striker, best backup striker to me, always scores screamers too.

I like my team young.

Here's my Ideal Team

GK: Gomes - Always been consistent for me, still playing into his 30's for me

GK: Sergio Asenjo - Young, doesn't mind waiting for a chance and potential to be brilliant

DR: Davide Santon - Very good, young, fast, good stamina and great at attacking

DR: Daniel Opare - Young, fast, awesome physical stats and can get back and attack

DC: Mamadou Sakho - Young, yet already awesome with potential to be a genius

DC: David Luiz - same as Sakho

DC: Federico Fazio - same as Sakho but also dominant in the air

DC: Cristian Zapata - same as sakho but very fast for a CB

DL: Fabian Monzon - Great physical stats, and a great defender

DL: Edgar Castillo - Great at attacking and he can use both feet

DMC: Andrea Pirlo - Great passing and set pieces

DMC: Genarro Gattuso - Never gives up, always wins the ball, brilliant

ML: Andres Guardado - Scores from any where, fast, and get pass

ML: Luka Modric - same as Guardado

CM: Lassana Diarra - Beautiful passes combined with awesome goals

CM: Miguel Veloso - Genius, takes control of CM and runs it

MR: Axel Witsel - Fast, good stamina, can dribble ,can fininsh and can cross

MR: Marquinhos - Same as Witsel but Better

ST: Carlos Vela - Fast, young, good dribbler amazing fininsher and high composure

ST: Keirrison - Fast, great decisions, and a fantastic finsiher

ST: Andre Pierre Gignac - always scores tons of goals, the most consistent ST on the game

ST: Martin Palermo - Quite old but always gets 30+ in the first season, great Physical stats for his age.

Extra 3

1.Eduardo - Probably the Most Versatile player on the game, and a very good player

2.Giovani dos Santos - Vesatile, fast and potential to be a world beater

3.Mario Balotelli - A good Physical Player and can play anywhere on the wing, great finisher too and Amazing at Set Pieces

Phew, that took a long time

GK - Buffon

GK - Lloris

GK - Foster

DR - Ramos

DR - M Richards

DL - A Cole

DL - Bale

DC - Terry

DC - R Feridnand

DC - Pique

DC - Sakho

MR - Ronaldo

MR - Wilshire

MR - Beckham (tutoring wilshire and with his merchandising help to fund the wages)

ML - Messi

ML - D Silva

MC - Gerrard

MC - Essien

MC - Iniesta

MC - Mascherano

MC - Ramsey

ST - Torres

ST - RVN

ST- Ibrahimovic

ST - Villa

Others - Balotelli

With that squad you have everything, pace, power, determination, experience and youth, flair

buffon - ramos,clichy,chiellini,terry -messi,ronaldo,de rossi,fabregas - ibrahimovic,torres this is probably the best 11 you can get for a 442 formation in FM2009

GK - Casillas ( nothing needs to be said)

GK - Asenjo (he is quality)

LB - Clichy (quality and reliable)

LB - chiellini ( more defensive and is versatile)

RB - Sagna (quality in everything he does)

RB - Alves (ramos would be more sensible but i prefer alves)

CB - Puyol (amazing CB and can cover rb too if needed)

CB - Toure (the best quick CB on the game)

CB - Sakho (great player)

CB - Zapata (good to start and will take over from Toure in some years)

Mc(d) - Essien (really good)

Mc(d) - toulalan (pure class and is adifferent type of dm)

Mc(d)- l.diarra( so good)

CM - Fabregas (the best on the game easily)

CM - xavi (perfect person to rotate with fabregas)

LM - Ronaldo (has to be)

LM - Iniesta( not his real posistion but he was brillliant for me here)

(t cover hear and full backs-srna(versatille and quality)

RM - Messi (same as Ronaldo above)

RM - Walcott (pure pace)

ST - Adebayor (still one of the best TM's on the game)

ST - Aguero (young, quick as hell and great finisher. Perfect to play off Ade)

ST - Bojan (good to start with and becomes amazing as well)

ST-ibrahimovic( different type of st)

ST-Balotelli- (great)

casillas/adler

s ramos/d alves

clichy/lahm

demichelis/chiellini

vidic/raul albiol

essien/cambiasso

gerrard/fabregas

messi/ronaldo/robben

totti/kaka

villa/aguero

berbatov/ibrahimovic

modric/srna/asenjo extra

i am playing a game with exactly this rules with a friend, so this is my team in feb 1st season:

gk: buffon, casillas

cb player: demichelis, vidic, (gallas)

cb running: pepe, richards, (gallas, ramos)

dl/r defensive: clichy (gallas) / ramos (richards)

dl/r offensive: marcelo / alves

mc destroyer: essien (de rossi)

mc balanced: pirlo, fabregas, de rossi

mc off: diego, kaka

wing: robben, ronaldo, silva

wing cut inside: ribery, messi

fast striker: villa, agüero

strong striker: drogba, ibrahimovic (ibra never scores degraded him to 2nd squad, bought adebayor (scored 2 in first game))

the squad obviously is very strong but wings are not as impressive as i thought they will be.

.......................drogba..........................villa................................. drogba most assists, villa most goals

...rotation...............................................................rotation......... slight favourites: ribery, messi. many minor injuries

..........................pirlo..................de rossi................................... pirlo best player, over all an impressive duo.

............................................................................................... i rarely need my destroyer

......clichy.........demichelis..............rotation..................alves...........

......................................casillas.................................................

This is hard by the way, theres so many good players in the team and hard to leave some out but anyway here we go.

GK. Asenjo (amazing, clean sheets galore)

GK. Valdes (Still amazing in my barca save, every bit as good as asenjo)

DR. Dani Alves (no brainer)

DR. Sergio Ramos (not had him in my team yet but sure he's amazing)

DL. Clichy (amazing in the game as an attacking option second to none)

DL. Chiellini (can play left back or centre)

DC. Rio (obvious)

DC. Sakho (Best defender on game)

DC. Pique (world class on my barca save)

DC. Puyol (legend)

MC. Fabregas (1 of the best in world)

MC. Xavi (the other best in the world)

MC. Iniesta (class in the centre, can be attacking aswell)

MC. Veloso (overall stats are amazing, class at set peices)

AMR: Walcott (speed is amazing and always gets loads of assists

AMR: Messi

AML: Ronaldo

AML: Dos Santos (bit of a surprise but he is just unreal in my barca save)

ST: Etoo (top scorer all 4 season in barca save)

ST: Adebayor (played 30 scored 34 in arsenal save 2nd season)

ST: Aguero (world class after a couple of seasons)

ST: Bojan (scores goals for fun in season 4)

subs

Benzema (amazing player)

Arshavin (my most creative player in season 2 wi arsenal)

Ballotelli (not had him yet but stats are class)

My Team Would be,

GK- Buffon

Gk- Alder

RB- Sagna/ Cant think of one. One of my 3 extras can cover

LB- Evra/ Maldini - Evra obviously 1st choice but Maldini can tutor all young defenders for 12 months. Plus he is a legend

CB- Vidic/Pique

CB- Nesta/Jagielka- Had Jagielka in an everton game and he was brilliant helped us win the league

DM- Essien/ Veloso- Both will play alot as going to pick very young back up CM

CM- Fellaini/ Kroos- Fellaini is a beast and Kroos is potentially the new Ballack

AMR- Messi/ Tabare Viudez- Odd choice i know but anytime i play with Milan Tabare looks potentially goog. Also wont complain about being back up at any stage

AML- Ribery/ Arteta

AM/FC- Berbatov/ Arshavin- The creavtive playmaker for my main striker

ST- Benzema/ Pato- Young hungry and with-out the big ego's of some more established ST's

My 3 back ups would be

Vicenzo Fiorello

Dan Gosling- Talented youngster who is versatile

James O'Shea- Wild card galway united right winger.

Here's the best IMO:

GK: Casillas

DR: Dani Alves

DL: Gael Clichy

DC: Cristian Zapata

DC: Nemanja Vidic

MR: Lionel Messi

ML: C. Ronaldo

MC: Fabregas

MC: Gerrard

FC: Aguero

ST: Adebayor

That will, hands down, win you every match, that team has everything, it's scary.

Here's the best IMO:

GK: Casillas

DR: Dani Alves

DL: Gael Clichy

DC: Cristian Zapata

DC: Nemanja Vidic

MR: Lionel Messi

ML: C. Ronaldo

MC: Fabregas

MC: Gerrard

FC: Aguero

ST: Adebayor

That will, hands down, win you every match, that team has everything, it's scary.

Don't agree on some points with that. Firstly Clichy is much scaled down on the new patch, and Chiellini is the better option despite not being quite as good going forward. Also Ramos is almost definately better than Alves, considering Alves is only an "accomplished" RB anyway.

If your going to play Aguero you don't need Gerrard in Midfield, as Gerrard largely won't contribute to build-up but be trying to get in the box to finish instead, and I don't like him Lol! I'd rather have someone like Iniesta or Hamsik to help keep possession in the middle.

Finally don't agree on Adebayor, too hit and miss. I'd rather have Benzema (Season 3) or Bojan (Season 3/4) or Stick Aguero up top and have Vela (Season 3) In behind him, swapping positions.

But agree on The CB's, Fabregas, Messi and Ron and Aguero.

Hey all, I thought it would be interesting to look at the database and see what was the definitive best eleven according to SI, and see how it contrasted to your best eleven, so here it is...

----------------------------------Gianluigi Buffon---------------------------------

-------Daniel Alves-------Rio Ferdinand--------Ricardo Carvalho-------Giorgio Chiellini

Cristiano Ronaldo---------Steven Gerrard------------Kaka---------------Lionel Messi

-------------------------Samuel Eto'o-------Zlatan Ibrahimovic--------------------

for players that had the same rating for a position aka Casillas and Buffon, potential was taken into account...

I used Genie Scout to analyse the data base, as it provided an easier format to view... here is my best eleven

-----------------------------Iker Casillas------------------------

-------Maicon--------Rio Ferdinand-----Pepe---------Patrice Evra

Cristiano Ronaldo-----Steven Gerrard-----Kaka--------Lionel Messi

-----------------Karim Benzema-------Fernando Torres------------

Although my team is a pretty rough idea, and full of pretty mainstream players, this would be my ideal team...

So what's yours?