The Apprentice - FINAL

First topic message reminder :

Congratulations to both of you on making the final. I was very pleased with both of your submissions in what proved to be a very competitive task.

We move on to the last task, which will be in keeping with Azzrentice tradition. The task will be to select the best XI for the opening of a football museum. I want you to select eleven players, with a paragraph (approx 100 words) for each player. Not going to penalise or count words, just giving an idea of what sort of amount I expect.

David Beckham has recently announced that he will be founding an MLS Team in Miami, which is where the museum will be. The museum will commemorate players from 2000-2018. So for instance, Peter Schmeichel may have played in the 2000s, but selecting him would be on the basis of his Aston Villa and Man City career. Probably not the best choice.

Lionel Messi has decided to join Olly for this task, who will be named Team Messi. Cristiano Ronaldo has joined BamBam, for team Ronaldo. You may only use your own superstar player and not the other's team's.

I also want eleven nations to be represented in your XI. So no more than one player per nation in your team. So, you cannot pick Xavi and Iniesta for example.

The deadline for your submissions is on Thursday 8th March at 12 midday. Please send via PM.

The tradition is to select a team of returning candidates to assist you, but I am going to do away with this. You are welcome to seek advice from anyone you see fit. Any previous candidates can confirm that they are willing to help out on this page.

To summarise:
- Team Messi (Olly) vs Team Ronaldo (BamBam)
- Select XI for football museum based on achievements 2000-present
- Only one player per nation in your XI.
- You may get help from any previous candidates as you wish.
- Submit by Thursday 8th March at midday.

I put some polls on the v2 twitter account:

Carlos 81% - Zanetti 19%
Vidic 62% - Stam 38%
Nedved 53% - Modric 47%
Zidane 92% - Makelele 8%
Ronaldinho 79% - Giggs 21%
Zlatan 65% - Suarez 35%

I think this justifies my decision.

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