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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: NickDRFC on March 21, 2019, 11:31:11 am
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Bit of a slow day at work so thought I'd put together an international Rovers XI. Criteria:
- You're only allowed one player per nationality
- Home nations count as different nationalities (so you can have one Scot, one Welshman, one Englishman etc)
- You pick the player based on their contribution to the Rovers - if you picked Neville Southall you'd get the fat lad who got to ground slower than Weaver's neighbour rather than the First Division Winner
- I'm limiting it to players I've seen play (started going mid-90s) but up to you if you want to include others - changes to mine below would probably be to include Jeffrey, Doherty & Bremner
- Formation at your discretion
My first bash (undoubtedly players I've missed...)
GK - Carl Ikeme (Nigeria)
CB - Mathieu Baudry (France)
CB - Steve Nicol (Scotland)
CB - Bongani Khumalo (South Africa)
RWB - Mustapha Dumbuya (Sierra Leone)
LWB - Felipe Matteoni (Brazil)
CM - Giles Barnes (Jamaica)
CM - Brian Stock (Wales)
CM - Paul Green (Ireland)
FW - Billy Sharp (England)
FW - El Hadji Diouf (Senegal)
Subs - Marko Marosi (Slovakia), Danny Amos (Northern Ireland), Gabriel Tamas (Romania), Abdoulaye Meite (Ivory Coast), Mark McCammon (Barbados), Yun Suk-Young (South Korea), Dino Maamria (Tunisia)
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... and undoubtedy those you have not seen would include Harry Gregg as GK with Ikeme relegated to Sub GK
Thats about my lot !
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Gunnar Torfasson.
In terms of quality per minute on the pitch, the greatest player we've ever had.
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Our old friend Hérita Ilunga (Democratic Republic of Congo).
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Colin Miller (Canada)
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Uros Predic.
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Shelton Martis.
Although the reaction from his countrymen to seeing him play was to dissolve the entire nation.
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Dean Furman captain of South Africa and 48 appearances for them
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Our old friend Hérita Ilunga (Democratic Republic of Congo).
Mods - lifetime ban for this waste of space suggesting that waste of space please.
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Dave Mulligan (New Zealand) deserves an honorary mention as I'm sure he got international honours whilst playing for Rovers.
Uros Predic (Serbia) is worth a shout as well, though I'm not sure exactly how he'd ever get in that midfield.
Fair, was a big fan of Mulligan and completely forgot about him. I’ll stick him at LWB
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A few others not yet mentioned that might be considered?
Wales: Gareth Roberts, David Cotterill or John Oster
Scotland: Neil Sullivan
RoI: Brendan O'Callaghan, Paul Green, Paul Heffernan
Jamaica: Darren Moore
S.Africa: Bonjani Khumalo
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GK - Carl Ikeme (Nigeria)
CB - Shelton Martis (Netherlands antilles/curacao)
CB - Bongani Khumalo (South Africa)
RB - Pascal Chimbonda (Guadeloupe)
LB - Herita Ilunga (DR Congo)
CM - Brian Stock (Wales)
CM - Ian Snodin (England)
AM - Michael McIndoe (Scotland)
AM - Fabian Robert (France)
FW - Paul Heffernan(Rep of Ireland)
FW - Mark MacCammon (Barbados)
I believe these have all represented there country at one level or another too.
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A few others not yet mentioned that might be considered?
Wales: Gareth Roberts, David Cotterill or John Oster
Scotland: Neil Sullivan
RoI: Brendan O'Callaghan, Paul Green, Paul Heffernan
Jamaica: Darren Moore
S.Africa: Bonjani Khumalo
Khumalo and Green both in the team in the OP. But I had no idea that DM4 was Jamaican - Khumalo our, Moore in and Furman in for Barnes in CM. South African - Jamaican straight swap.
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Whoops, sorry Nick re BK and PG
DM4 won caps for Jamaica, as I remember late in his career
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Forgot about Dean Furman.Josh van nieustaidt or however it's spell,is another one.
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Dean Sheils ,Stuart Elliott,Luke McCullough - Northern Ireland
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How could we forget thunder thighs,DINO MAARIA Tunisia?
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Len Graham, Alfie Hale, Eddie McMorran, Peter Docharty?
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Quinton Fortune for SA maybe.
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Iain Hulme (Canada}?
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Terry Cooper (England)
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Aren't we picking a best XI based on their time at Rovers too? If so, anyone selecting Ilunga or Chimbonda wants a talking to. I still have nightmares about Ilunga's "performances" in the hoops.
GK - Marko Marosi (Slovakia)
CB - Bongani Khumalo (South Africa)
CB - Dean Walling (Saint Kitts & Nevis)
CB - Mathieu Baudry (France)
RM - El-Hadji Diouf (Senegal)
CM - Paul Green (Republic of Ireland)
CM - Brian Stock (Wales)
LM - Michael McIndoe (Scotland)
AMC - James Coppinger (England)
CF - Iain Hume (Canada)
CF - David Healy (Northern Ireland)
Alright, I don't think we'd score too many up front but that midfield would give anyone a run for their money! Tried my best to get Denis Souza and Rodney Kongolo in too but alas, they just didn't make the cut.
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Iain Hulme (Canada}?
Good shout, would definitely make my bench.
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Iain Hulme (Canada}?
Good shout, would definitely make my bench.
Nah, Hume was better and also Canadian.
:coat:
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Len Graham, Alfie Hale, Eddie McMorran, Peter Docharty?
Peter Doherty was better than that last bloke you mentioned selby.
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McIndoe never got a full cap for Scotland
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McIndoe never got a full cap for Scotland
Doesn't matter - this is about a team of unique nationalities, not capped players.
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McIndoe never got a full cap for Scotland
He played for the B team. How average would you have to be these days to only play for scotland b?
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Billy Bremner Scotland
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Eddie Gormley (Ireland)
Jamie Lawrence (Jamaica)
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Brian Deane (England) Didn't he get a few caps when he went to Leeds?
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McIndoe never got a full cap for Scotland
Funnily enough, no one has mentioned that Copps hasn’t played for England either.
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Maybe because I hadn’t noticed his name,but also unlike a lot of people on I’m not a big admirer of McIndoe as a person not a footballer
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RA had him in his team.
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Brendan O’Callaghan gets a start for me
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Hugh Dowd
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The England choice would surely have to be King Alick.
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What happened to the Richardson thread ?
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Kerry Dixon