National Pride (also known as the Xenophobia thread)

[Red Owl]

I was looking at my Master League side, thinking about UEFA and everyone else saying every player in the English league should be English etc etc etc foreigners are bad etc etc etc... vote Tory and so on.

And I realised I could field, while not an English XI, a British XI:
Gordon (Sco); Micah Richards (Eng), Hobbs (Eng), Carragher (Eng), Bale (Wal); Lennon (Eng), Gerrard (Eng), Reo Coker (Eng), Walcott (Eng); Agbonlahor (Eng), Lindfield (End).

As well as having Jackson (Eng).

This isn't me being overly English or anything (hell, I hate most things "England" stands for, most of which is predjustice) but it's Konami seeming to think that English players are giong to erupt into super strong footballing legends.

Has anyone else noticed this? There's plenty of fictional players like Shaw and Cooper who are English, as well as other young players like Ashley Young and Downing who turn very good.

Or am I just particularly lucky/unlucky with my signings to be able to meet UEFA Standards so well?

 

[dossett]

i made a all british young ml team once just for the pure fact i was bored of my other team for a wile.

Carson, Hutton, Richards, Onouha, Bale
Huddlestone, Reo coker, Woods

Wallcott Rooney Agbonglhor

 

[The Eristic]

It's not just England.

My last ML at one point had:

Van der Sar (reborn)
Stekelenburg
Bos
Heitinga
De Jong
Drenthe
Postma
Van Dijk
Wijnaldum
Aissati
Van der Vaart
De Ridder
Afellay
Babel

There are numerous other Dutch youth in PES that get outrageously good (Nijkamp, for instance). They tend to be extremely versatile, as well.

 

[Red Owl]

There are numerous other Dutch youth in PES that get outrageously good (Nijkamp, for instance). They tend to be extremely versatile, as well.

Nijkamp, I believe, is the Dutch legend Johan Neeskens.

And regarding versatile - you really can't beat the Dutch legend, the little known chap Johan Cruijff, I believe he can play every single position except sweeper and erm... keeper. Which is rubbish since he never played in every position

On PES6, early on I had a massive amount of Argentina players, with the likes of Juan Rodriguez, Maxi Rodriguez, Saviola, Tevez, Messi, Coloccini, Paletta being ones I remember off hand.

 

[The Eristic]

Nijkamp, I believe, is the Dutch legend Johan Neeskens.

Neeskens is "Niilsentz" by default. Nijkamp is a fictional player, but he IS pretty clearly based on Neeskens.

I had Cruijff on an ML a while back. He was freakin' crazy. :shocking:

I think the thing about him playing every position has to do with his perfection of Total Football. No set position and what not.