Author Topic: Rovers International XI (Read 4703 times)

NickDRFC · « on March 21, 2019, 11:31:11 am by NickDRFC »

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)

« **on:** March 21, 2019, 11:31:11 am »

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Donnywolf · « **Reply #1 on** March 21, 2019, 05:32:46 pm by Donnywolf »

... and undoubtedy those you have not seen would include Harry Gregg as GK with Ikeme relegated to Sub GK

Thats about my lot !

BillyStubbsTears · « **Reply #2 on** March 21, 2019, 06:12:09 pm by BillyStubbsTears »

Gunnar Torfasson.

In terms of quality per minute on the pitch, the greatest player we've ever had.

Chris Black come back · « **Reply #3 on** March 21, 2019, 06:42:35 pm by Chris Black come back »

Our old friend Hérita Ilunga (Democratic Republic of Congo).

craigdrfc · « **Reply #4 on** March 21, 2019, 06:56:15 pm by craigdrfc »

Colin Miller (Canada)

Red wizard · « **Reply #5 on** March 21, 2019, 07:09:43 pm by Red wizard »

Uros Predic.

vaya · « **Reply #6 on** March 21, 2019, 07:41:54 pm by vaya »

Shelton Martis.

Although the reaction from his countrymen to seeing him play was to dissolve the entire nation.

SOD · « **Reply #7 on** March 21, 2019, 07:49:24 pm by SOD »

Dean Furman captain of South Africa and 48 appearances for them

NickDRFC · « **Reply #8 on** March 21, 2019, 07:55:12 pm by NickDRFC »

Quote from: Chris Black come back on March 21, 2019, 06:42:35 pm

Our old friend Hérita Ilunga (Democratic Republic of Congo).

Mods - lifetime ban for this waste of space suggesting that waste of space please.

NickDRFC · « **Reply #9 on** March 21, 2019, 08:01:55 pm by NickDRFC »

Quote from: Rigoglioso on March 21, 2019, 06:01:30 pm

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

Dutch Uncle · « **Reply #10 on** March 21, 2019, 08:55:31 pm by Dutch Uncle »

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

Drover · « **Reply #11 on** March 21, 2019, 08:55:36 pm by Drover »

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.

NickDRFC · « **Reply #12 on** March 21, 2019, 09:01:24 pm by NickDRFC »

Quote from: Dutch Uncle on March 21, 2019, 08:55:31 pm

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.

Dutch Uncle · « **Reply #13 on** March 21, 2019, 09:06:35 pm by Dutch Uncle »

Whoops, sorry Nick re BK and PG

DM4 won caps for Jamaica, as I remember late in his career

Drover · « **Reply #14 on** March 21, 2019, 10:03:04 pm by Drover »

Forgot about Dean Furman.Josh van nieustaidt or however it's spell,is another one.

Draytonian III · « **Reply #15 on** March 21, 2019, 10:15:50 pm by Draytonian III »

Dean Sheils ,Stuart Elliott,Luke McCullough - Northern Ireland

Drover · « **Reply #16 on** March 21, 2019, 10:20:40 pm by Drover »

How could we forget thunder thighs,DINO MAARIA Tunisia?

selby · « **Reply #17 on** March 21, 2019, 10:33:07 pm by selby »

Len Graham, Alfie Hale, Eddie McMorran, Peter Docharty?

Monkcaster_Rover · « **Reply #18 on** March 21, 2019, 10:56:40 pm by Monkcaster_Rover »

Quinton Fortune for SA maybe.

DonnyBazR0ver · « **Reply #19 on** March 21, 2019, 10:57:12 pm by DonnyBazR0ver »

Iain Hulme (Canada}?

DonnyBazR0ver · « **Reply #20 on** March 21, 2019, 11:03:35 pm by DonnyBazR0ver »

Terry Cooper (England)

RoversAlias · « **Reply #21 on** March 21, 2019, 11:49:15 pm by RoversAlias »

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.