Home Grown XI

My mate at college is from Liverpool, and he posed the question today about how good a team Leeds would have if we could only field players born in Leeds. I said it wouldn't be great, but then he started doing it for Liverpool and it seemed to be pretty decent.


So, who do you think would be able to field the best team?

Uncle John from Jamaica wrote:My mate at college is from Liverpool, and he posed the question today about how good a team Leeds would have if we could only field players born in Leeds. I said it wouldn't be great, but then he started doing it for Liverpool and it seemed to be pretty decent.


So, who do you think would be able to field the best team?

Barcelona

Do the players just have to be born in the city or have been part of the youth academy?

Spearing's a scouser, win?

ahlycotc wrote:Do the players just have to be born in the city or have been part of the youth academy?

It says born in the OP.

I know, I was just clarifying.

Watford is quite a small place .....a lot of our players are from places which aren't actually in Watford, but Watford are the closest club.

Ajax would beat Barcelona.

I think it should be just from the country.

Eternal Witcher wrote:Spearing's a scouser, win?

HE IS A WOOL.

Jelavic9|RFC wrote:I think it should be just from the country.

BladeGunner wrote:Ajax would beat Barcelona.

I can't come up with a single great player who was born in Amsterdam, and who is currently playing football, tbh.

Laurencio wrote:

BladeGunner wrote:Ajax would beat Barcelona.

I can't come up with a single great player who was born in Amsterdam, and who is currently playing football, tbh.

Oh, it's born in the city? I thought it was just youth academies. Never mind then.

coolhead33 wrote:

Jelavic9|RFC wrote:I think it should be just from the country.

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I'm talking about for posting our teams. Go on, make your team from players born only in Leeds.

Jelavic9|RFC wrote:

coolhead33 wrote:

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I'm talking about for posting our teams. Go on, make your team from players born only in Leeds.

Then it would just be national teams.

Here's my best attempt at a Nottingham Born XI




Some notable ex-players from Nottingham: Darren Huckerby, Andy Cole, Chris Sutton, Steve Hodge.


Also, the founder of AC Milan was from Nottingham

Wait, I thought it had to be home grown from the team that you actually support.

That's completely different then.

Athletic Bilbao would probably have the second best team after Barcelona.

Jelavic9|RFC wrote:Wait, I thought it had to be home grown from the team that you actually support.

That's completely different then.

Or from the same national team.

ResurrectionRaddy wrote:Here's my best attempt at a Nottingham Born XI

Scott Loach

Kieron Freeman - Wes Morgan - Kelvin Wilson - Julian Bennett

Jermaine Pennant - Tom Huddlestone - Jermaine Jenas - Lewis McGugan

Leon Best - David McGoldrick

Some notable ex-players from Nottingham: Darren Huckerby, Andy Cole, Chris Sutton, Steve Hodge.


Also, the founder of AC Milan was from Nottingham

I reckon this would be a decent Championship side. Nothing more, nothing less.


I want to see someone do a London XI, that'd be good.

BladeGunner wrote:Athletic Bilbao would probably have the second best team after Barcelona.

No

Benitez wrote:

BladeGunner wrote:Athletic Bilbao would probably have the second best team after Barcelona.

No

ahlycotc wrote:Do the players just have to be born in the city or have been part of the youth academy?

Just born there.

Jelavic9|RFC wrote:Wait, I thought it had to be home grown from the team that you actually support.

That's completely different then.

Most teams don't have 11 players born in the city of the club.

Hmmm,

ahlycotc wrote:

Jelavic9|RFC wrote:Wait, I thought it had to be home grown from the team that you actually support.

That's completely different then.

Most teams don't have 11 players born in the city of the club.

That's why I was confused.

London.

Jordi wrote:London.

Paul Smith
Glen Johnson - Rio Ferdinand - Ledley King - Ashley Cole
SWP - Scott Parker - David Beckham - Jerome Thomas
Darren Bent - Jermain Defoe

Smooth edit. Was just about to point out that Beckham was missing.

Jordi wrote:London.

Paul Smith
Glen Johnson - Rio Ferdinand - Ledley King - Ashley Cole
SWP - Scott Parker - Nigel Reo-Coker - Jerome Thomas
Darren Bent - Jermain Defoe

Lamps? Walcott?

Jelavic9|RFC wrote:I think it should be just from the country.

then every spanish team would be the same