All time home nation XI,s

What started as a beer soaked chat during the thrilling England Andorra game turned into naming the "best in my lifetime Home nations XI , we even included Eire (cant think why we were distracted )......................FWIW here were my choices , who de we think would win it ?

ENGLAND           Banks,    Campbell,  Moore, Ferdinand,    Beckham, Hoddle, Gascoigne, Robson, Cole    Rooney, Owen   

N. IRELAND        Jennings,    J. Nicholl, Evans A,. Hughes Donaghy,    Martin O Neill, McIlroy, Davis,   Best, Whiteside, Gillespie

SCOTLAND         Goram,    McGrain, Hansen, Gough, Nicol    J. Johnstone, Souness, Bremner, E.Gray    Law, Dalglish

WALES    Southall,    Rodrigues,  Ratcliffe, England, Davies,    Giggs, Ramsay, Speed, Bale,  Rush, M. Hughes

REP OF IRELAND    Given,    Lawrenson, McGrath, O, Leary,      McAteer, Roy Keane, Giles, Brady, Irwin    Robbie Keane, Stapleton 

Scotland v Ireland would be a tasty midfield battle.

Souness

Bremner

Keane

Giles

Some good footballers among that lot.

15 hours ago, Screen Door Slams said:

What started as a beer soaked chat during the thrilling England Andorra game turned into naming the "best in my lifetime Home nations XI , we even included Eire (cant think why we were distracted )......................FWIW here were my choices , who de we think would win it ?

 

ENGLAND           Banks,    Campbell,  Moore, Ferdinand,    Beckham, Hoddle, Gascoigne, Robson, Cole    Rooney, Owen   

 

N. IRELAND        Jennings,    J. Nicholl, Evans A,. Hughes Donaghy,    Martin O Neill, McIlroy, Davis,   Best, Whiteside, Gillespie

 

SCOTLAND         Goram,    McGrain, Hansen, Gough, Nicol    J. Johnstone, Souness, Bremner, E.Gray    Law, Dalglish

 

WALES    Southall,    Rodrigues,  Ratcliffe, England, Davies,    Giggs, Ramsay, Speed, Bale,  Rush, M. Hughes

 

REP OF IRELAND    Given,    Lawrenson, McGrath, O, Leary,      McAteer, Roy Keane, Giles, Brady, Irwin    Robbie Keane, Stapleton 

                      

England should win it with the right coach, unless we somehow end up with Graham Taylor.

I'd go with:

England: (4-4-2) - Seaman, Trippier, Adams, Campbell, Cole, Gerrard, Ince*, Gascoigne, Waddle, Rooney, Kane

(*Rice contender for this slot with a few more good years),

Scotland: (4-5-1) Goram, Hutton, McLeish, Weir, Robertson, Strachan, McAllister, McTominay, Fletcher, Collins, McCoist

Wales: (4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1): Southall, Roberts, A. Williams, Coleman, Davies, Speed, Ramsay, Allen, Giggs, Bale, Hughes

Too tired to pick NI or Republic for now!

(With the caveat that I think you must be a bit older than me as my first memories of football are Italia 90)

21 hours ago, Screen Door Slams said:

What started as a beer soaked chat during the thrilling England Andorra game turned into naming the "best in my lifetime Home nations XI , we even included Eire (cant think why we were distracted )......................FWIW here were my choices , who de we think would win it ?

 

ENGLAND           Banks,    Campbell,  Moore, Ferdinand,    Beckham, Hoddle, Gascoigne, Robson, Cole    Rooney, Owen   

 

N. IRELAND        Jennings,    J. Nicholl, Evans A,. Hughes Donaghy,    Martin O Neill, McIlroy, Davis,   Best, Whiteside, Gillespie

 

SCOTLAND         Goram,    McGrain, Hansen, Gough, Nicol    J. Johnstone, Souness, Bremner, E.Gray    Law, Dalglish

 

WALES    Southall,    Rodrigues,  Ratcliffe, England, Davies,    Giggs, Ramsay, Speed, Bale,  Rush, M. Hughes

 

REP OF IRELAND    Given,    Lawrenson, McGrath, O, Leary,      McAteer, Roy Keane, Giles, Brady, Irwin    Robbie Keane, Stapleton 

                      

Unfair that Scotland get 2 keepers... 

I would put Pickford in goal (that save against Colombia just before they equalised), Kane up top, Neville at full back

Which Cole did you pick, Ashley or Joe? 

Banks

Armfield 

Labone 

Moore

Beatie 

Beckham

Bell

Haynes 

Charlton

Shearer

Greaves

31 minutes ago, Cpt_Hatstand said:

I would put Pickford in goal (that save against Colombia just before they equalised), Kane up top, Neville at full back

 

Which Cole did you pick, Ashley or Joe? 

Ashley..............LWB in a 3-5-2.

6 hours ago, Emerson Thome said:

 

England should win it with the right coach, unless we somehow end up with Graham Taylor.

 

I'd go with:

 

England: (4-4-2) - Seaman, Trippier, Adams, Campbell, Cole, Gerrard, Ince*, Gascoigne, Waddle, Rooney, Kane

(*Rice contender for this slot with a few more good years),

Scotland: (4-5-1) Goram, Hutton, McLeish, Weir, Robertson, Strachan, McAllister, McTominay, Fletcher, Collins, McCoist

Wales: (4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1): Southall, Roberts, A. Williams, Coleman, Davies, Speed, Ramsay, Allen, Giggs, Bale, Hughes

Too tired to pick NI or Republic for now!

 

(With the caveat that I think you must be a bit older than me as my first memories of football are Italia 90)

Just a bit ...................my first memories are Mexico 70

37 minutes ago, Cpt_Hatstand said:

Unfair that Scotland get 2 keepers... 

???

What about combined teams? Scary to think how we could have done in the 70's if the core Scotland team was supplimented with a few from the rest of the home nations... On the same lines the core England teams from 1996 onwards if the likes of Giggs, Roy Keane, Robbie Keane, Irwin, Bale, Ramsay, Robertson, Given etc could be considered..

Goram

Mcgrain

McNeil

Dave mackay

Robertson

Johnstone

Bremner

Baxter

Eddie gray 

Dalglish

Law

12 hours ago, Screen Door Slams said:

 

???

There's only 2 Andy Gorams...