Author Topic: Reds 1 to 11 Lockdown Brainteaser... (Read 1979 times)

kj999 · « **on:** June 3, 2020, 04:49:17 pm »

New brainteaser for you
Pick a Liverpool 1 to 11 where the next player's name starts with the last letter of the previous surname.

Eg;

1 - Reina
2 - Alexander-Arnold
3 - Dicks
4 - Skrtel....

And so on.

THE RULES
1. The team needs to be as good as it can be!
2. It needs to work as a formation... For example, don't pick 7 strikers!
3. The 1-11 needs to be roughly correct positionally... So you can't have 1-Dudek, 2-Keegan (for example)
4. The final player's name (your striker) needs to link back to the keeper. So for example, you couldn't have 11-Rush, 1-Clemence, coz Rush ends in H and Clemence ends in C. But you could have 11-Anelka, 1-Alisson.

Have fun! I have finally come up with a good XI after much brain racking... I'll share it with you when you have had a stab, and we'll see who has the best XI.

kj999 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 3, 2020, 04:51:49 pm »

Took me about 2 weeks to come up with mine by the way, so I don't expect any rapid replies!

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #2 on:** June 3, 2020, 05:31:41 pm »

First attempt and will be disqualified in a couple of technicalities but not a bad line up:

1. Reina
2. Arbeloa
3. Alexander-Arnold
4. van Dijk (probably not allowed I know!)
5. Kyrgiakos
6. Souness
7. Suarez
8. Zenden
9. Ngog
10. Gerrard
11. Dalglish

Dalglish doesn’t link back to Reina. Only player who could is Dixon-Bonner! Just to show I put some thought into numbers to make them realistic:

1. Reina

3. Alexander-Arnold. 4. van Dijk. 5. Kyrgiakos. 2. Arbeloa

6. Souness

10. Gerrard. 8. Zenden

11. Dalglish

7. Suarez. 9. Ngog

Barneylfc∗ · « **Reply #3 on:** June 3, 2020, 06:04:56 pm »

If you look up van Dijk in the Dutch Yellow Pages, you would look under the letter D, not V.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #4 on:** June 3, 2020, 06:37:03 pm »

Quote from: Barneylfc∗ on June 3, 2020, 06:04:56 pm

If you look up van Dijk in the Dutch Yellow Pages, you would look under the letter D, not V.

I’m keeping him then!

Medellin · « **Reply #5 on:** June 3, 2020, 07:42:55 pm »

1. Allison
2. Neal
3. Lawrenson
4. Nicol
5. Lawler
6. Rush
7. Hughes
8. Souness
9. Salah
10. Hunt
11. Thompson (Peter)

Allison
Neal Lawrenson Nicol Lawler
Souness Hughes
Salah. Thompson
Rush. Hunt

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #6 on:** June 3, 2020, 07:58:37 pm »

The classic strikers’ number, 6. Means he was one notch better than Baros.

Medellin · « **Reply #7 on:** June 3, 2020, 08:23:12 pm »

Quote from: BIG DICK NICK on June 3, 2020, 07:58:37 pm

The classic strikers’ number, 6. Means he was one notch better than Baros.

I turned me phone upside down for a minute to get him in the side.

gray19lfc · « **Reply #8 on:** June 3, 2020, 08:53:12 pm »

Quote from: Medellin on June 3, 2020, 07:42:55 pm

1. Allison
2. Neal
3. Lawrenson
4. Nicol
5. Lawler
6. Rush
7. Hughes
8. Souness
9. Salah
10. Hunt
11. Thompson (Peter)

Allison
Neal Lawrenson Nicol Lawler
Souness Hughes
Salah. Thompson
Rush. Hunt

Had the same first 5 as you and gave up after only getting as far as Redknapp in midfield.

BoRed · « **Reply #9 on:** June 3, 2020, 11:20:38 pm »

Here's an early attempt. At least mine satisfies the criteria.

Karius
Smith
Hyppia
Arbeloa
Alexander-Arnold
Dalglish
Hughes
Smicer
Rush
Hunt
Toshack

Bread · « **Reply #10 on:** June 3, 2020, 11:50:16 pm »

Elisha Scott

Trent Alexander-Arnold
Daniel Agger
Ragnar Klavan
Neco Williams

Steven Gerrard
Dietmar Hamann
Nuri Sahin

Neil Mellor
Robbie Fowler
Robbie Keane

Well that was stupidly hard, I found it easier using first names.

dimwit · « **Reply #11 on:** June 4, 2020, 01:48:28 am »

Grobbelaar

Ruddock - Klavan - Neal

Leiva
Alexander-Arnold Dossena

Adam - Meireleles - Sahin

N'gog

Well, it's a try

oh, and there is no "a" in Hyypiä, ends on a scandic vowel "ä" (ALT+0228 on your standard uk/us keyboard)

kj999 · « **Reply #12 on:** June 4, 2020, 08:52:18 am »

Some nice efforts!

Here's mine

Lawrence

Evans
Smith
Hansen
Neal

Lucas
Strong
Gerrard
Dalglish
Hall

Liddell

Elzar · « **Reply #13 on:** June 4, 2020, 09:12:01 am »

Reina
Alexander Arnold
van Dijk
Kennedy
Yeats
Smith
Hughes
Salah
Hunt
Torres
Smicer

Reina

TAA van Dijk Yeats Kennedy

Smith Hughes

Salah Smicer

Torres Hunt

Kenny's Jacket · « **Reply #14 on:** June 4, 2020, 09:24:20 am »

A first draft

Reina
Alex Arnold RB
Dunlop (Billy) LB
Paisley CB
Yates CB

Souness CM
Sissoko cm
Oxlade Chambelain LW
Nicol Roaming
Lallana RW

Anelkar CF

BoRed · « **Reply #15 on:** June 4, 2020, 09:31:23 am »

I've done a few more.

The first one is a bit heavy up front, but, with Souness behind them, I'd give them a fighting chance. Just need Gerrard and Diouf to click.

Ogrizovic
Carragher
Ruddock
Kennedy
Yeats
Souness
Stubbins
Sterling
Gerrard
Diouf
Firmino

A more conservative one:

Grobbelaar
Randall
Longworth
Hyypia
Alexander-Arnold
Downing
Gerrard
Dalglish
Hunt
Torres
Sterling

And the best one yet, with no obvious weak links:

Scott
Thompson
Nicol
Lawrenson
Neal
Lucas
Sterling
Gerrard
Dalglish
Hunt
Torres

Elzar · « **Reply #16 on:** June 4, 2020, 09:37:22 am »

Arphexad

Andrea Dossena
Ablett
Toure
Evans

Sissoko
Oxlade Chamberlain

Nunez
Zenden

Nemeth
Hyypia (It's 90th minute and we need a winner)

SP · « **Reply #17 on:** June 4, 2020, 10:02:11 am »

Quote from: Elzar on June 4, 2020, 09:37:22 am

Arphexad

Andrea Dossena
Ablett
Toure
Evans

Sissoko
Oxlade Chamberlain

Nunez
Zenden

Nemeth
Hyypia (It's 90th minute and we need a winner)

Surely that should be Heskey. Or Hunt. Or Dave Hickson.

Elzar · « **Reply #18 on:** June 4, 2020, 10:02:36 am »

Quote from: SP on June 4, 2020, 10:02:11 am

Surely that should be Heskey. Or Hunt. Or Dave Hickson.

Needs to link back to the goalkeeper so had to end in an A

Smellytrabs · « **Reply #19 on:** June 4, 2020, 12:56:52 pm »

Wow that was tough.

1. Hooper
2. Riise
3. Evans (Roy)
4. Skrtel
5. Lawrenson
6. Nicol
7. Lucas
8. Souness
9. Sterling
10. Gerrard
11. Dalglish

The defence is a bit makeshift to say the least with me asking plucky Roy Evans to play on the right and with Hooperman behind it - it's not exactly vintage, but the quality of the midifeld should be enough to protect it (in fact who the fuck could get through those three?)

Hooper

Evans Skrtel Lawrenson Riise

Souness
Nicol Lucas

Sterling Gerrard

Dalglish