1. Position
Bandage: Goalkeeper/Utility Player/Sideline
Farmer: Midfield (some where mistakes are not glaringly obvious). I am also quite a creative player
Tinnion: Centre back
Rock: Libero
Clarkey: Defence, Midfield, Up Front. Not mobile enough to play up front at the mo nor fit enough for midfield. But I’ll play wherever I’m picked for the website.
Jugs: Left back, left midfield, left side of a 3 man attack (I slightly favour my left foot)
2. Preferred squad number (1-11 only)
Bandage: 1, 7, 9 or 8. Preferably 1
Farmer: Seven
Tinnion: 5
Rock: 6
Clarkey: 11
Jugs: 1 because the 'keeper’s jersey has padded elbows in case I fall
3. Player you model yourself on
Bandage: Jose Luis Chilavert. I expect to be on free kicks and penalties to begin with. My ability will ensure I stay on them.
Farmer: Zinedine Zidane/Ruud Gullit - a six footer plus in midfield
Tinnion: Darragh Ryan/Gavin Hoyte
Rock: Matthias Sammer
Clarkey: McManaman
Jugs: Luke Chadwick
4. Favourite current player
Bandage: Shunsuke Nakamura - a joy to behold. Closely followed by Messi, Kaka, McGeady and Doyle.
Farmer: Javier Mascherano - made a wonderful run as I type this
Tinnion: Cesc Fabregas
Rock: Darren O’Dea
Clarkey: Fowler
Jugs: Ulysses de la Cruz
5. Favourite player in history
Bandage: Irish: Paul McGrath, World: Henrik Larsson
Farmer: Diego Maradona
Tinnion: Jamie Redknapp
Rock: Paul McStay
Clarkey: McManaman
Jugs: Jason Lee
6. Where will thefreekick.com finish in the league?
Bandage: 1st - thefreekick.com jersey does not shrink to fit inferior players.
Farmer: Just inside the top half
Tinnion: irst, if I didn’t think that I wouldn’t turn up or I’d get sent home.
Rock: 1st with ease
Clarkey: after a slow start we’ll take the league
Jugs: if we don’t win I’ll kill myself
7. If you could have one other forum member on the team who would it be?
Badage: fingal raven. To run the midfield alongside his adversary, farmer.
Farmer: iamthegaffer - the one peron in the world who is less fit than me
Tinnion: TP McNally
Rock: The Croppy
Clarkey: tinnion, he’s class.
Jugs: steamboatsam - I loved that guy
8. What are your pre-match rituals?
Bandage: 1)Right sock, left sock, left boot, right boot in that order. 2)Think of Liam Dunne on Vinegar Hill and then go.
Farmer: ‘Around here nobody tells me what to do - anymore’ line from ‘We don’t need Nobody Else’ by Whippping Boy over and over again on ipod. At present has been deleted from ipod for some reason
Tinnion: Warm-up properly, research the opposition
Rock: Look at myself in the mirror. Go out there and be prepared to do justice to that image.
Clarkey: hand shandy to settle the nerves
Jugs: a good dump - adds an extra yard of pace
9. Who should be captain of the team?
Bandage: Our squad should be a squad of captains though rocko’s leadership from the back can’t be underestimated.
Farmer: Rocko I suppose seeing he organised it and is paying for me (he doesn’t know this yet)
Tinnion: Brian Tinnion
Rock: Rocko needs to knit the whole thing together
Clarkey: tinnion, he’s class.
Jugs: whoever wins the pre match game of soggy biscuit
10. My footballing philosophy is… {complete in 20 words or less}
Bandage: Pass the ball, never the buck.
Farmer: If someone gets the better of you - hit him. And if he gets up - hit him again (copyright Jerome McWeeney, Eslin manager 1995-2000 approx)
Tinnion: If you think you can, or you think you can’t - you’re right.
Rock: Die Null mu� stehen
Clarkey: pass and move. Can’t concede when we have the ball.
Jugs: skill, ability & a footballing brain mean nothing, it’s all about honesty of effort