12 Nov 2024 20:04:18
I've stole this from one of the lads on the Leeds forum, a bit of a brain twister to pass the time:
To stave off the boredom of the International break I've come up with the following challenge (no prize, no right or wrong answers - just a bit of fun) ;
Name your all-time top Celtic XI - but there's a catch!
You must use all the letters in the alphabet for the players initials but only once - for example; if you choose Artur Boruc as your goalie then that's A and B ticked off, you can't use another player whose first or second name begins with the letters A or B (ie, no Anton Rogan or Tom Boyd.)
You couldn't therefore choose Billy McNeill in your team (you've used the B twice) . I know he was born William McNeill but we all know him as Billy, so it's not allowed - so no Charles Hart or Edward Larsson either ?
I'm not going to be strict about formation but keep it sensible - you can't name one goalie and ten defenders for example. Your team must have a reasonable balance.
Good luck and please share your top XI:)
12 Nov 2024 21:34:54
Gonna need a pad and paper ?.
12 Nov 2024 22:40:53
Gk Rolando Ugolini
Def Paul Elliot
Def Sean Fallon
Def Ian Young
Mid Bobby Murdoch
Mid Victor Wanyama
Mid Andreas Thom
Mid Jimmy Quinn
Fwd Charlie Nicholas
Fwd Henrik Larsson
Fwd Kenny Dalglish
Unbeatable X1.
12 Nov 2024 22:43:19
Don't know of this goes ats a hard 1 to do lol but I'm going to try keep it within my time I was born 91 and by the time I started properly liked football roughly 8 lol so I grew up in a good era going to try using 2 1st letters for 1. Might not be greats but done a good job while here.
Frazer Foster
D. agathe bobo balde vvd jackie mcnamara
Petrov Paul lambert nakamura
Lubo Sutton and larsson
Don't know if at makes it the cut.
12 Nov 2024 22:53:20
Jim, a defence with Kobiashi and Scheidt gives me the fear??.
13 Nov 2024 08:04:40
Craig Gordon,
Tom Boyd, Roy Aitken, Joos Valgaeren, Emilio Izzaguirre
Shunsuke Nakamura, Victor Wanyama, Phil O’Donnell, Lubo Moravcik.
Kenny Dalglish, Henrik Larsson.
13 Nov 2024 10:15:09
Cant have Lubo and Larsson Buzz, good team though.
13 Nov 2024 12:21:12
I triple checked that team Stevie and I still made a mistake. ?♂️
I’ve used the TB from Tom Boyd and replaced Lubo Moravcik with Tommy Burns on the left side of midfield.
I’ve then put in current St. Mirren defender Marcus Fraser at right back.
I used the M from Moravcik and I hadn’t used the F ?
Cheers Ed,
That was a cracker ?.
{Ed007's Note - ??
13 Nov 2024 15:09:14
@ buzz let’s not upset you with valgaren and victor??
@ed007 any idea what happened to my team that has disappeared?
Ian Andrews
Rafael Scheidt
Filip Benkovic
Yuki Kobiashi
David Turnbull
John Collins
Peter Grant
Victor Wanyama
Maciej Zurawski
Henrik Larsson
Odsonne Eduoard
3-4-3
That’s helped get through a night of international break.
{Ed007's Note - I don't know where that went mate because it was that put it up I'm sure. Buzz is having a nightmare here ???
13 Nov 2024 16:12:30
Ed, this has had me goig roundn in circles ?
Anyhoo, I've tried to cram in as many great players of the past and then ran oot of letters ? ? ?
Here goes;-
Fraser Forster
Tommy Gemmell
VVD
Roy Aitken
Paul McStay
Scott Brown
Eboue Koussi (I know)
Jimmy Johnstone
Willie Wallace
Charlie Nicholas
Henrik Larsson.
{Ed007's Note - Are we allowing double dunters like FF, JJ and W..... ?
13 Nov 2024 16:45:30
100%. the rules allow it ?
☘️ ? ☘️.
{Ed007's Note - ??
13 Nov 2024 17:13:22
Not the greatest team but it would be decent:
GK - Shay Given
RB - Osaze Urhoghide
CB - Filip Benkovic
CB - Marc Rieper
LB - Emilio Izaguirre
CM - Victor Wanyama
CM - Kristoffer Ajer
CM - Paulo Di Canio
LW - Charlie Tully
ST - Jimmy Quinn
RW - Hyun-jun Yang.
13 Nov 2024 17:35:37
Fraser foster is twice, Petrov a.