Wednesday, January 25, 2012

North Europe Regional National Team

What if Europe divided into Regional National Teams? Here is TB11's North Europe NT.



Rules for squad selection:

20 Players - 3 GK, 6 DF, 6 MF, 5 FW

Maximum of 4 players from a single country
Minimum of 1 player from every nation in the region must be included

North: Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Northern Ireland, Norway, Scotland, Sweden

GK (3)
Thomas Sørensen (Denmark: Stoke City)
Jussi Jääskeläinen (Finland: Bolton Wanderers)
Andreas Isaksson (Sweden: PSV)

DF (6)
Daniel Agger (Denmark: Liverpool)
Jonny Evans (Northern Ireland: Manchester United)
Alan Hutton (Scotland: Aston Villa)
Brede Hangeland (Norway: Fulham)
John Arne Riise (Norway: Fulham)
Ragnar Klavan (Estonia: AZ)

MF (6)
Christian Eriksen (Denmark: Ajax)
Roman Eremenko (Finland: Rubin Kazan)
Gylfi Sigurðsson (Iceland: Swansea City)
Markus Henriksen (Norway: Rosenborg BK)
Kim Källström (Sweden: Lyon)
Scott Brown (Scotland: Celtic)

FW (5)
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden: AC Milan)
Johan Elmander (Sweden: Galatasaray)
Mohammed Abdellaoue (Norway: Hannover 96)
Christian Holst (Faroe Islands: Silkeborg IF)
Nicklas Bendtner (Denmark: Sunderland)



Feel free to make suggestions and/or create your own North Europe national team.

5 comments:

  1. GK (3)
    Jussi Jääskeläinen (Finland: Bolton Wanderers)
    Gunnar Nielson (Faroe Islands: Manchester City)
    Thomas Sørensen (Denmark: Sunderland)

    DF (6)
    Daniel Agger (Denmark: Liverpool)
    Jonny Evans (Northern Ireland: Manchester United)
    Brede Hangeland (Norway: Fulham)
    Simon Kjaer (Denmark: Roma)
    Niklas Moisander (Finland:AZ)
    John Arne Riise (Norway: Fulham)

    MF (6)
    Charlie Adam (Scotland: Liverpool)
    Christian Eriksson (Denmark: Ajax)
    Darren Fletcher (Scotland: Manchested United)
    Kim Källström (Sweden: Lyon)
    Sebastian Larsson (Sweden: Sunderland)
    Morten Gamst Pedersen (Norway: Blackburn)

    FW (5)
    Mohammed Abdellaoue (Norway: Hannover 96)
    Johan Elmander (Sweden: Galatasaray)
    Heiðar Helguson (Iceland: QPR)
    Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden: AC Milan)
    Tarmo Kink (Estonia: Middlesbrough)

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  2. Good team Anthony.

    I thought long and hard about including Charlie Adam and Darren Fletcher but eventually decided against them. Fletcher would 100% be in my team if not for his recent "extended break" and maybe I'm crazy but I'm honestly still not sold on Adam. In the end, I decided to go with Brown as he offered something different from the other MF players I chose.

    Rasmus Elm, Per Ciljan Skjelbred, Alexander Tettey, and a few others were also in the running.

    Thanks again for participating. The South Europe team tomorrow is a tough one. So many good players I can't decide..

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    1. Hey Steve, It's been a really interesting task making these squads, kudos for the awesome idea. I just tried to field what I thought was the "best" squad talent-wise, and tried to ignore current form and injuries.

      Re. Adam and Fletcher, I'm actually not a big fan of either of those players, but no denying they have talent so I had to include them. Good call on Rasmus, I love his skill and same with fellow Swede Pontus Wernbloom, although both have failed to really make much impact on the national team.

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  3. GK (3)
    Anders Lindegaard(Den)
    Sergei Pareiko(Est)
    Jussi Jääskeläinen(Fin)

    Def (6)
    Simon Kjaer(Den)
    John Arne Riise(Nor)
    Brede Hangeland(Nor)
    Jonny Evans(NIr)
    Daniel Agger(Den)
    Petri Pasanen(Fin)

    Mid (6)
    Christian Eriksen(Den)
    Darren Fletcher(Sco)
    Sebastian Larsson(Swe)
    Konstantin Vassiljev(Est)
    Gylfi Sigurdsson(Ice)
    Kim Källström(Swe)

    FW (5)
    Zlatan Ibrahimovic(Swe)
    Johan Elmander(Swe)
    Steven Fletcher(Sco)
    Mohammed Abdellaoue(Nor)
    Christian Holst(Fae)

    Here's thinking that Darren Fletcher will come back as strong as before. Otherwise I think Adam should take his place probably.

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  4. GK (3)
    Jussi Jääskeläinen (Finland: Bolton Wanderers)
    Andreas Isaksson (Sweden: PSV)
    Jakup Mikkelsen (Faroe Islands: ÍF Fuglafjördur)

    DF (6)
    Daniel Agger (Denmark: Liverpool)
    Jonathan Evans (Northern Ireland: Manchester United)
    Olof Mellberg (Sweden: Olympiacos Piraeus)
    Zanka (Denmark: FC Copenhagen)
    John Arne Riise (Norway: Fulham)
    Ragnar Klavan (Estonia: AZ Alkmaar)

    MF (6)
    Christian Eriksen (Denmark: Ajax)
    Konstantin Vassiljev (Estonia: Amkar Perm)
    Gylfi Sigurðsson (Iceland: Swansea City)(on loan from TSG Hoffenheim)
    Havard Nordtveit (Norway: Borussia Mönchengladbach)
    Jari Litmanen (Finland: HJK Helsinki)
    Darren Fletcher (Scotland: Manchester United)

    FW (5)
    Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden: AC Milan)
    Marcus Berg (Sweden: Hamburger SV)
    Mohammed Abdellaoue (Norway: Hannover 96)
    John Carew (Norway: West Ham United)
    Nicklas Bendtner (Denmark: Sunderland)(on loan from Arsenal)

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