Aberdeen's Foreign Legion

[SeeBass]

Given my point in Summer Transfer Chat thread what is our all time Foreign XI??

[LA-Don]

I’m going with my memory which starts early 80s without even googling so I know there’s some missing

 

3-4-3

 

Snelders

 

Arneson

Tstvanov

Heikinen

 

Bisconti

Van der ven

Kiriakov

Aluko

 

Gillhaus

Stavrum

Zero

 

Never saw Varga play but he’s no doubt in there.

 

[Elgindon]

          4 - 4 - 2

 

            Theo

 

Boel Arnason Solberg Tzvetanov

 

Varga Heikenen Bisconti Aluko

 

          Gilhaus Zero

[Ten Caat]

                                                          Snelders

 

                                  Henning Boel  Heikkinen      Arnasson  Tzvetanov

 

                              Zoltan Varga          Bisconti      Kiriakov  Richardson

 

                                            Gillhaus                  Newell

[LA-Don]

Solberg was terrible. And English players don’t count!

[SeeBass]

Arnason and Heikkinen at their best would have been a great centre back pairing for us. 

[Elgindon]

Solberg was terrible. And English players don’t count!

 

He wasnt great,but somehow managed to get his own song.It was either him or Toni Kombuoare 

[LA-Don]

He wasnt great,but somehow managed to get his own song.It was either him or Toni Kombuoare 

 

I’ll take your 40 odd year old Kombouare and raise you Dave Bus...

[BobbyBiscuit]

                                                          Snelders

 

                                  Henning Boel  Heikkinen      Arnasson  Tzvetanov

 

                              Zoltan Varga          Bisconti      Kiriakov  Richardson

 

                                            Gillhaus                  Newell

 

Picking Englishmen and there's no room for Paul Mason? 

 

                            Theo

 

Heikkinen        Deloumeaux          Arnasson

 

van de Ven    Bisconti  Kiriakov  Ten Caat   

 

    Gillhaus    van der Ark  Zerouali

 

 

Slightly unbalanced side, defence may cause a bit of concern... 

[BigAl]

Solberg was terrible. And English players don’t count!

 

If they did then Paul Mason is straight in there.

Interesting thread, don't really have the time to think this through at present but will come back to this.

[Ten Caat]

Picking Englishmen and there's no room for Paul Mason? 

 

                            Theo

 

Heikkinen        Deloumeaux          Arnasson

 

van de Ven    Bisconti  Kiriakov  Ten Caat   

 

    Gillhaus    van der Ark  Zero

 

 

Thought about Mason but just think Rico was better all round. Also considered Zero in place of Newell but reckon Newell a better fit to partner with Gillhaus. Both Mason and Zero on bench alongside Kjaer, Deloumeaux and Ten Caat of course!

[BobbyBiscuit]

Have to say TC that Mason was a superior player to Richardson (as good as Rico was, and they were obviously different types of player).

 

Mike Newell was an absolute carthorse for us.

 

Looking at these teams, we've not had a fantastic amount of success with foreigners over the years.

[Slim]

Mike Newell was dreadful. Pasquinelli, Zdrillic, Fallon, Blaha and that French guy with the pony tail we had on loan contributed more than he did and they were mince too.

 

Are we including Ireland as a foreign country?

[Garlogie_Granite]

Solberg was terrible. And English players don’t count!

"foreign legion"

 

England is not in Scotland....ergo 

[SeeBass]

Slim, are you thinking of Alex Di Rocco??  No mention of Van Der Ark, Zola, D'Jaffo and Dadi either!!!  I feel Stavrum for my time span deserves a mention.

[Ten Caat]

Mike Newell was dreadful. Pasquinelli, Zdrillic, Fallon, Blaha and that French guy with the pony tail we had on loan contributed more than he did and they were mince too.

 

Are we including Ireland as a foreign country?

 

Ireland is obviously not in Scotland also therefore of course it is a foreign country

[CvB]

for every good overseas player we've had, there's a Harold Ingulfsson and Chidi Nwakali.

 

Surely the Welsh could be included. Nobody adding Peter Nicholas?

[Jute]

Leaving out home nations players I would go for:

 

Snelders

 

Hector Deloumeaux Arnasson Tzvetanov

 

Hayes Heikkinen  Kiriakov Aluko

 

Gilhaus Paatelainen

[Ten Caat]

for every good overseas player we've had, there's a Harold Ingulfsson and Chidi Nwakali.

 

Surely the Welsh could be included. Nobody adding Peter Nicholas?

 

I ruled out him and Hignett on grounds of didnt stay long enough to merit inclusion

 

Edit....to be fair I really shouldnt have included Varga on the same grounds but he really was a special talent...

[Madbadteacher]

I apologise as a Don for over 40 years but I still don't get the love-in for Zeroali. He really wasn't that good.

[RicoS321]

Leaving out home nations players I would go for:

 

Snelders

 

Hector Deloumeaux Arnasson Tzvetanov

 

Hayes Heikkinen  Kiriakov Aluko

 

Gilhaus Paatelainen

 

Thank fuck yer playing Heikkinen in midfield. Ridiculous shoe-horning by others. Even Arnason only played a handful at centre half first time round.

 

I think it's fair to say we've had a lot of very shite foreigners. Delomeaux was a good player like, very decent centre half who was screwed over by the ref in the Hertha game.

 

Surely if we're including Hayes, then Mixu is oot for Rooney?

 

I'd go

 

Snelders

 

Heikkinen

 

Gillhaus

 

and probably just take my chances with those three.

[Jute]

Thank fuck yer playing Heikkinen in midfield. Ridiculous shoe-horning by others. Even Arnason only played a handful at centre half first time round.

 

I think it's fair to say we've had a lot of very shite foreigners. Delomeaux was a good player like, very decent centre half who was screwed over by the ref in the Hertha game.

 

Surely if we're including Hayes, then Mixu is oot for Rooney?

 

I'd go

 

Snelders

 

Heikkinen

 

Gillhaus

 

and probably just take my chances with those three.

 

Think Mixu was a better player than Rooney although that might be the drink effecting my memory plus fact he played in a team that included Shearer, Jess and Booth which was a joy to watch at the time.

[LA-Don]

If they did then Paul Mason is straight in there.

Interesting thread, don't really have the time to think this through at present but will come back to this.

 

Mason was excellent but given we plucked him from Holland I don't really see him as the typical Englishman we tend to sign.

[LA-Don]

Deloumeaux was a solid player, I liked him. Van Der Ark was like bambi on ice, and that's being nice.

 

I'd say Rooney struggles to make our top 5, he's scored a good few goals for us but I'd take Zero, Stavrum, Gillhaus, Alex Di Rocco before him to start.

 

For those bored and have nothing better to do, how about a 'foreigners' team and a Britain and Ireland' team?