Migrant Watch

[B16Rover]

Inspired by the sister forum, I thought we were also due a thread on migrants activity in Blackburn. 

 

On that basis, the rules are below: 

Blackburn Rovers best 11, but you can only have 1 player from each country.  E.g. no Neil and Emerton! 

 

I have taken inspiration from Big Val and gone for a 5-2-3.  Showing my generation, and putting some faith in the engine of some players..

 

Raya (ESP)

Emerton (AUS) Samba (CON) Nelson (NZL) Givet (FRA) MGP (NOR)

Tugay (TUR) Jermaine Jones (USA)

Duff (ROI) Shearer (ENG)  Bellamy (WAL)

 

As a bonus round, I'd also like to see the worst XI

[LeftWinger]

Friedel

Alebiosu

Nelsen

Samba

Neill

Tugay

Ferguson

Bohinen

Duff

Bellamy

Shearer

[LeftWinger]

A few of these are possibly harsh, but it's a challenge when you have restrictions on nationality.

Wahlstedt

Miller

Duffy

Daily

De Neve

Petrovic

Goulon

Etuhu

Chris Brown

Rigters

Edinho

[Bohinen1983]

Raya (Esp)

Henchoz (Swiss)

Nelsen (Nzl)

Samba (Congo)

MGP (Norway)

Emerton (Aus)

Tugay (Turkey)

Berkovic (Israel)

Roque (Paraguay)

Benni (SA)

[Mike E]

1 hour ago, Bohinen1983 said:

Raya (Esp)

Henchoz (Swiss)

Nelsen (Nzl)

Samba (Congo)

MGP (Norway)

Emerton (Aus)

Tugay (Turkey)

Berkovic (Israel)

Roque (Paraguay)

Benni (SA)

Brave to go one player short no matter how good they are!

[TheKitGuy]

Friedel (USA)

Emerton (AUS) Samba (CON) Hendry (SCO) Zurab (KAZ)

Tugay (TUR) Nzonzi (FRA)

Duff (ROI) Bellamy (WAL) Pedersen (NOR)

Shearer (ENG)

Midfield a bit slow but could see Nzonzi and Tugay bouncing off each other.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Nobody playing Henning Berg ?

[Mike E]

Friedel (USA)

Berg (NOR) Samba (CON) Nelsen (NZ) Olsson (SWE)

Emerton (AUS) Tugay (TUR) Nzonzi (FRA) Duff (ROI)

McCarthy (SA) Santa Cruz (PAR)

I chose this because I feel like it’s the best available players in each position, given the restrictions. Some are undeniable (Friedel), some are debatable (Pedersen vs Duff, Olsson vs Givet) where nationality then restricts others (Pedersen vs Berg? Nzonzi vs Givet?), and some are made obvious by lack of alternative (Emerton is the only quality foreign player I can recall who was a suitable RW).

A really interesting one, great idea.

Edit: Occurred to me that I could pull Emerton back slightly and turn that into a back five and give Duff more room to roam behind the strikers.

Edited 4 hours ago by Mike E

[riverholmes]

2 hours ago, Mike E said:

Friedel (USA)

Berg (NOR) Samba (CON) Nelsen (NZ) Olsson (SWE)

Emerton (AUS) Tugay (TUR) Nzonzi (FRA) Duff (ROI)

McCarthy (SA) Santa Cruz (PAR)

I chose this because I feel like it’s the best available players in each position, given the restrictions. Some are undeniable (Friedel), some are debatable (Pedersen vs Duff, Olsson vs Givet) where nationality then restricts others (Pedersen vs Berg? Nzonzi vs Givet?), and some are made obvious by lack of alternative (Emerton is the only quality foreign player I can recall who was a suitable RW).

A really interesting one, great idea.

Edit: Occurred to me that I could pull Emerton back slightly and turn that into a back five and give Duff more room to roam behind the strikers.

No debates on Duff here! Except, maybe, regarding injuries towards the end of his career.

Had we held on to Hakan Unsal, the Turkey left back, he may well have gone on to be one of our best left backs.  Worthy mentions for Andre Ooijer and Eyal Berkovic. The striker, Kalinic is an odd one, scored goals in Serie A but flopped here. 

Not necessarily the worst but players that disappointed:

David Yelldell
Deyovaisio Zeefuik
Lorenzo Amoruso
Amine Linganzi
Barry Douglas
Martin Andresen
Oumar Kounde
Radosan Petrovic
Corrado Grabbi
Egil Ostenstad
Maceo Rigters
 

[MarkBRFC]

Best...

Freidel (USA)

Neill (AUS) Berg (NOR) Hendry (SCO) Givet (FRA)

Gillespie (NI) Tugay (TUR) Batty (ENG) Duff (ROI)

Santa Cruz (PAR) Bellamy (WAL)

Pains me to leave Shearer out but  don't fancy any of the other foreign midfield options over the years, Nzonzi was good for us but shouldn't be near a best 11.

Worst...

Leutwiler (CAN)

Henley (WAL) Orr (ENG) Dailly (SCO) De Neve (BEL)

Kargbo (SLE) Petrovic (SER) Taveres (CAP) De Pedro (ESP)

Gueye (SEN) Stokes (ROI)

 

Edited 1 hour ago by MarkBRFC

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

3 hours ago, Mike E said:

Friedel (USA)

Berg (NOR) Samba (CON) Nelsen (NZ) Olsson (SWE)

Emerton (AUS) Tugay (TUR) Nzonzi (FRA) Duff (ROI)

McCarthy (SA) Santa Cruz (PAR)

I chose this because I feel like it’s the best available players in each position, given the restrictions. Some are undeniable (Friedel), some are debatable (Pedersen vs Duff, Olsson vs Givet) where nationality then restricts others (Pedersen vs Berg? Nzonzi vs Givet?), and some are made obvious by lack of alternative (Emerton is the only quality foreign player I can recall who was a suitable RW).

A really interesting one, great idea.

Edit: Occurred to me that I could pull Emerton back slightly and turn that into a back five and give Duff more room to roam behind the strikers.

Pedersen v Duff. Really ? Duff was world class, Pedersen was just a decent Prem level player.

[London blue]

How about

Friedel

Salgado Samba Nelsen Zurab

Tugay Nzonzi

Duff MGP

Santa Cruz McCarthy

We'll score more goals than you

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by London blue

[RoverDom]

I just want to know how many mods came rushing into this thread to start dishing out warnings for political posts 

 

[Rover down South]

                                              McCarthy (SA)

                             Duff (IRE)                        Bentley (ENG)

Pedersen (NOR)       Tugay (TUR)       Nzonzi (FRA)      Emerton (AUS)

                    Samba (COG)       Hendry (SCO)       Nelsen (NZ)

                                                  Friedel (USA)

 

Not sure it would have worked out in reality, but more a team of my favourite players.

Could quite easily have thrown Savage in there instead of Nzonzi because of his shithousery!!

[B16Rover]

The Berg/Pedersen Vs Emerton/Neil seems to be the prevailing dilemma