Hello! Its been a while since I've written anything here, mainly due to not really having much to say at the moment - I'm going to have to try and be more vocal more regularly.
Anyway, here's part 2 in my 'Just for Fun' series, coming off the European Championships, the Olympics and the start of the new Football season coming up (and yes it is called Football - not 'Soccer' if any Americans are reading this - and coincidentally, surely football should be played with the feet and not your hands - perhaps you should rename your national sport American Rugby or American Handball, just a thought.).
So I thought I'd sit down and come up with my Biblical 1st XI. To help myself, I set myself 2 rules - 1) I'm not allowed to pick any member of the Trinity (which actually rules out my first choice goalkeeper - after all Jesus Saves!) & 2) I have to have a reason for picking that person for that position ~(however vague that decision may be) rather than just picking eleven random Biblical characters.I've decided to stick to a traditional 442 -lets see how this goes.
1) Goalkeeper - We need someone Athletic, with good reflexes and vision. Therefore I pick David - as a shepherd he must have been athletic to be able to protect and round up the sheep, he had the vision to make plans to build the temple and we know he was accurate with his throws (albeit with a sling) I'm aware he wasn't to tall in younger life, but I'm hoping he grew up a bit as an adult.
2) Right Back - Jonah. Perhaps a little too offensive sometimes as he spends more time running away from his goal than facing it, but he gets the job done eventually.
3) Left Back - Judas Iscariot. A strange and not particularly obvious choice you might think, but based on Wayne Bridge's apparant willingness to pick up his Manchester City wages of (supposedly) £90,000 per week for not doing much and Ashley Cole nearly crashing his car after being told Arsenal would 'only' pay him £55,000 per week I 'm basing this on a general assumption the left backs will do anything for the money - be it £90,000 or 30 pieces of silver.
4) Centre back - Samson - providing he doesn't cut his hair, his strength should stop most players getting past him.
5) Centre Back & Captain - Every team wants a rock at the heart of its defence. Who better Therefor than Peter - given this title by Jesus he can lead from the back. Although occasionally prone to self-doubt and moments of weakness in his early career he's grown into a strong and capable leader.
6) Right Wing - Pharaoh (the one who was around at the time of Moses) - looking at the story of Moses (pre-exodus) he comes across a biblical character who is definitely 'right-wing' (sorry I said some of theses choices would be quite vague).
7) Left Wing - Joseph of Arimathea - A man with a true team spirit, willing to step in and do a job when required. Plus he's good at getting Crosses in (sorry!)
8) Central Midfield - You expect your defensive midfielder to be able to cover every blade of grass, getting everywhere. Because of this I chose Paul - if you want a man who gets around - who else is there?
9) Central Midfield - Playmaker, A man who doesn't necessarily does a lot of running but makes things tick - the hub round which everything else revolves - Joshua- great organisational skills from taking the Israelites into the promised land - also specialist free-kick taker (well if the walls of Jericho couldn't stand against him - what hope would a defensive wall have)
10 & 11) Strikers - for no other reason that it would be fun to see them playing together in the ultimate 'Big Man - Little Man' combination (and it would provide us with a 'Plan B') Goliath and Zaccaheus.I can imagine it now - ball played in the air to Goliath who nods it down for Zaccaheus to rub onto and score. The only slight concern I have is if Goliath sees David launching round objects at him he might get a little worried.
Manager - Solomon. A man wise enough to know when to make personnel or tactical changes
Assistant Manager - Nehemiah - With this lot you would need a good man-manager.
So there's my team - what do you think? Anyone want to pick one to go up against it?
Have fun!
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