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Ah, Fifa 99. The first football game I played to death. Can't remember my team for it. First PES I played I recall my team being: Buffon Stam-Nesta-Maldini Beckham-Zidane-Rui Costa-Rivaldo-R. Carlos Batistuta-Palermo

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In jail, I'd imagine.

The big thing I would like to see is how the great defenders of yesteryear would handle playing with the current interpretation of the offside law, which is very much in the attacker's favour, where in the '80s and earlier it was still weighted much more in favour of the defence. Not for a...

He was very mobile (by centre-back standards, at least) before the injuries started to take their toll.

Yeah, I could easily have put someone else there. So many great SSs to choose from.

Okay. This is purely based on players I've seen a fair bit of and without too much thought: Buffon Cannavaro-Nesta-Maldini Cafu-Schwein.-Pirlo-Davids-Lahm Batistuta-Shevchenko

I find these things really difficult because I want to create a balanced team and who I pick will change depending on what system I want to play. Tell me what system to play and I'll put together a team.

I think he was a great left-back, but was 'only' a very good centre-half. Nesta was definitely a better centre-half.

Yeah, I can't believe he left Totti out...

Leighton Rougvie-McLeish-Miller(C)-McMaster Strachan-Simpson-Cooper-Weir Black McGhee

Nothing. He just didn't have a knighthood when he was coaching Aberdeen.

Scirea was before my time and I only saw Baresi when he was well past his best, so I can't really make an informed judgement on that.

Purely on ability as a CB, I'd take Nesta over Maldini.

Leighton Kennedy-Miller-McLeish-Rougvie Strachan-Simpson-Cooper-Weir McGhee-Black Coach: Alex Ferguson (pre-knighthood)