The Football Alphabet Challenge

[Stu Monty]

As you all may be aware there are twenty six letters in the English alphabet. The challenge in the game is to pick the best team that you can but you can only use each letter of the alphabet once to start a forename or a surname. For instance if you were to pick Iker Casillas to play in goal you have just used up the letters I and C and cannot use them again in your side. You are to pick a side plus as many substitutes as you feel neccesary but you have to use all 26 letters on your side.

 

I will get us started with my effort:

 

 

Petr Cech

 

Willy Sagnol

Gianluca Zambrotta

John Terry

Massimo Oddo

 

Emre

Frank Lampard

Xavi Hernandez

Ricardo Quaresma

Kaka

 

David Villa

 

Subs:

 

Aiyegbeni Yakubu

Ishmael Urzaiz

Nicky Barmby

 

 

 

Believe me, It's fucking tough. I thought of this about twenty minutes ago as a little challenge to put up here and It's been impossible to try and plan it out; a fact that I think Nick Barmby and some random dude I remembered from Bilbao getting on the bench and me playing Lampard and Emre, who I can't stand, is testimony to. This is not easy people. I reckon it's best limited to two players with single names otherwise people may go crazy on Brazilians.

 

See how you get on if and when you get a chance, decent team, comedy team, your decision...or just sack it off and keep depressing each other; the choice is yours.

[James Dean]

The season is over alright.

[declan]

Jose Reina

 

Nuno Valente

Franck Queudrue

Matthew Upson

Luke Young

 

Igor Biscan

Xabi Alonso

Thodoris Zagorakis

Harry Kewell

 

Scott Chipperfield

 

Michael Owen

 

Subs:

David Edgar

Georges Ba

Peter Whittingham

 

It's not the best squad but I didn't want to use any players Monty had already used (Ba is a striker from Troyes by the way).

[Malarkey]

Victor Valdes

 

Daniel Alves

Edixon Perea

Raul Albiol

Roberto Carlos

 

David Albelda

Alberto Zapater

Rufete

Vicente

 

Florent Sinama Pongolle

Darko Kovacevic

 

Subs:

 

Santiago Canizares

Marchena

Rodolfo Arruabarrena

Joseba Andoni Etxeberria

Francisco Yeste

 

La Liga based off the top of my head. I hope to fuck i've got it right.

[Newport]

A bit too many D's and A's malarkey...

[Strontium]

Iker Casillas

 

Umit Davala

Mario Yepes

John Terry

William Gallas

 

Ze Roberto

Xavi Hernandez

Andrea Pirlo

Kaka

 

Vagner Love

Samuel Eto'o

 

SUBS

 

Frank Queudrue

Oleguer

Nicklas Bendtner

[Malarkey]

A bit too many D's and A's malarkey...

 

Lol Monty had a few like that with A's.

 

Victor Vasquez for Rufete

Ludovic Guily for Vicente.

 

And im done :)

 

I couldnt edit my post. So here is the edit.

[El_Ménco]

Lol Monty had a few like that with A's.

 

Victor Vasquez for Rufete

Ludovic Guily for Vicente.

 

And im done :)

 

I couldnt edit my post. So here is the edit.

 

You have a few too many V's.

[Malarkey]

You have a few too many V's.

 

Whatever, i did it. Stop pissing on my parade you goons. Thank you New York and goodnight.

[Son of L8]

I tried to do a "They were a bit rubbish for Liverpool" alphabet challenge side.

 

David James

 

Gregory Vignal

Zak Whitbread

Mauricio Pellegrino

Nicky Tanner

Rigobert Song

 

Oyvind Leonhardsen

Bruno Cheyrou

Frode Kippe

Abel Xavier

 

Emile Heskey

 

Someone else can do the subs. You have an I, Q, U and Y at your disposal. Enjoy.

[Carradona]

I tried to do a "They were a bit rubbish for Liverpool" alphabet challenge side.

 

David James

 

Gregory Vignal

Zak Whitbread

Mauricio Pellegrino

Nicky Tanner

Rigobert Song

 

Oyvind Leonhardsen

Bruno Cheyrou

Frode Kippe

Abel Xavier

 

Emile Heskey

 

Someone else can do the subs. You have an I, Q, U and Y at your disposal. Enjoy.

 

Besian Idrizaj

[ScouseAndy]

A challenging one for when you're really bored!

 

A premiership player (surname) for every letter of the alphabet.

 

But you can only have 1 player for any nationality and a maximum of 3 players from any one club.

 

e.g. Gerrard would be England gone and 1 Liverpool player down

 

I don't have the solution to hand but did it about a month back so its possible.

[declan]

Angel (Colombia)

Berbatov (Bulgaria)

Cech (Czech Republic)

Dudek (Poland)

El Kakouri (Morocco)

Fabregas (Spain)

Gunnarsson (Iceland)

Hleb (Belarus)

Idrizaj (Austria)

Jensen (Denmark)

Khizanishvilli (Georgia)

Lee (South Korea)

McBride (USA)

Nelsen (New Zealand)

Ooijer (Holland)

Pattison (South Africa)

Quinn (Ireland)

Radzinski (Canada)

Shevchenko (Ukraine)

Toure (Ivory Coast)

Unsworth (England)

Vidic (Serbia)

Weir (Scotland)

Xavier (Portugal)

Yobo (Nigeria)

Zheng (China)

 

Think that's right

[Malarkey]

Angel (Colombia)

Berbatov (Bulgaria)

Cech (Czech Republic)

Dudek (Poland)

El Kakouri (Morocco)

Fabregas (Spain)

Gunnarsson (Iceland)

Hleb (Belarus)

Idrizaj (Austria)

Jensen (Denmark)

Khizanishvilli (Georgia)

Lee (South Korea)

McBride (USA)

Nelsen (New Zealand)

Ooijer (Holland)

Pattison (South Africa)

Quinn (Ireland)

Radzinski (Canada)

Shevchenko (Ukraine)

Toure (Ivory Coast)

Unsworth (England)

Vidic (Serbia)

Weir (Scotland)

Xavier (Portugal)

Yobo (Nigeria)

Zheng (China)

 

Think that's right

 

Exactly what i was gonna say. :yes: :thumbup:

[Agent Smith]

Gianluigi Buffon

 

Franck Queudrue

Nemanja Vidic

Johnathon Woodgate

Thomas Ujfalusi

 

Kaka

Owen Hargreaves

Xabi Alonso

Christiano Ronaldo

 

Samuel Eto'o

Lionel Messi

 

Subs:

 

David Pizarro

Yakubu

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

 

 

Good thread Stu, I'm stuck in the house all day today so anything to pass the time (and take my mind off all the negativity here) helps.

[Jari37]

jesus. and I thought I needed to get out more.

[Stu Monty]

Gianluigi Buffon

 

Franck Queudrue

Nemanja Vidic

Johnathon Woodgate

Thomas Ujfalusi

 

Kaka

Owen Hargreaves

Xabi Alonso

Christiano Ronaldo

 

Samuel Eto'o

Lionel Messi

 

Subs:

 

David Pizarro

Yakubu

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

 

 

Good thread Stu, I'm stuck in the house all day today so anything to pass the time (and take my mind off all the negativity here) helps.

 

 

I'm liking that but I'm also thinking that Yakubu is a cheat. I went for him and Xavi and then realised that I lost my A and H by doing that for Ayegbeni and Hernandez.

 

Malarkey, did you fall out of the stupid tree and hit every branch or something?

[ScouseAndy]

Angel (Colombia)

Berbatov (Bulgaria)

Cech (Czech Republic)

Dudek (Poland)

El Kakouri (Morocco)

Fabregas (Spain)

Gunnarsson (Iceland)

Hleb (Belarus)

Idrizaj (Austria)

Jensen (Denmark)

Khizanishvilli (Georgia)

Lee (South Korea)

McBride (USA)

Nelsen (New Zealand)

Ooijer (Holland)

Pattison (South Africa)

Quinn (Ireland)

Radzinski (Canada)

Shevchenko (Ukraine)

Toure (Ivory Coast)

Unsworth (England)

Vidic (Serbia)

Weir (Scotland)

Xavier (Portugal)

Yobo (Nigeria)

Zheng (China)

 

Think that's right

 

 

Nice one mate! I think Angel plays in the states now but he was in the prem last season so laughin!

[Malarkey]

I'm liking that but I'm also thinking that Yakubu is a cheat. I went for him and Xavi and then realised that I lost my A and H by doing that for Ayegbeni and Hernandez.

 

Malarkey, did you fall out of the stupid tree and hit every branch or something?

 

Yeah, i have the scars to prove it.

 

And now relise what i have done wrong and in my defense it was posted at 12:09 am and i was very tired Stu.

 

And i cant be bothered correcting it.

 

Good day to you.

[Agent Smith]

I'm liking that but I'm also thinking that Yakubu is a cheat. I went for him and Xavi and then realised that I lost my A and H by doing that for Ayegbeni and Hernandez.

 

 

Fair point, I picked him on the same premise as with Kaka. Anyway if I can't have the Yak you can't have Emre Belozoglu. So he stays.

[mickyc1973]

Angel (Colombia)

Berbatov (Bulgaria)

Cech (Czech Republic)

Dudek (Poland)

El Kakouri (Morocco)

Fabregas (Spain)

Gunnarsson (Iceland)

Hleb (Belarus)

Idrizaj (Austria)

Jensen (Denmark)

Khizanishvilli (Georgia)

Lee (South Korea)

McBride (USA)

Nelsen (New Zealand)

Ooijer (Holland)

Pattison (South Africa)

Quinn (Ireland)

Radzinski (Canada)

Shevchenko (Ukraine)

Toure (Ivory Coast)

Unsworth (England)

Vidic (Serbia)

Weir (Scotland)

Xavier (Portugal)

Yobo (Nigeria)

Zheng (China)

 

Think that's right

 

weir plays for rangers, hes abandoned the shite

[Stu Monty]

Fair point, I picked him on the same premise as with Kaka. Anyway if I can't have the Yak you can't have Emre Belozoglu. So he stays.

 

Looking through the thread I think the Emre mistake is kind of being eclipsed by the dismantling of the very simple criteria by every other fucker. How hard is it? I know ffers are of a much lower calibre than GFers but I still expected them to be able to follow simple rules.