Shall we play a little game?

[blackjedii]

Anyone haunt the black hole of the Internet, aka TVTropes?

Do you know the Five Man Band trope?

Can you apply it to your favorite team?

ie my version of Manchester United:
The Hero - Wayne Rooney
The Lancer - Ryan Giggs
The Smart Guy - Chicharito
The Big Guy - Vidic
The Chick - Van der Sar
Team Dad - Sir Alex Ferguson

I totally have one for

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arsenal

[intotheaether]

The Hero - robin van persie
The Lancer - thomas vermaelen
The Smart Guy - theo walcott
The Big Guy - sebastien squillaci, or...no one. we're all fragile flowers!
The Chick - jack wilshere
Team Dad - arsene wenger

Re: arsenal

[a_killaponius]

All of this.

Add Carl as the 6th ranger and Ignasi as the Tagalong Kid.

Re: arsenal

[notoriousjk]

the big guy is Gunnersaurus obviously!

Re: arsenal

[intotheaether]

YES. i see it.

[levriere]

You're so evil for linking to TV tropes, the black hole of spare time. It was so difficult not to start down the dark path of link clicking.

[blackjedii]

OH HO HO HO

dude I just spent so much time working on the No. 6 part there I must spread the suffering

[piratesswoop]

ikr i'm not clicking any TVT links in this post bc it'll be two hours before i get out of that hellhole

U-S-A!!

[schmiss]

The Hero - Landon Donovan (or possibly Tim Howard? hehe)
The Lancer - Clint Dempsey
The Smart Guy - Steve Cherundolo
The Big Guy - Jermaine Jones or Michael Bradley
The Chick - Stuart Holden
Team Dad - Carlos Bocanegra
Tagalong Kid - Juan Agudelo

The Hero - Abby Wambach
The Lancer - Megan Rapinoe
The Smart Guy - Alex Morgan (tough one, i'm just going for as of now)
The Big Guy - Hope Solo
The Chick - Tobin Heath
Team Mom - Pia Sundhage

Re: U-S-A!!

[blackjedii]

SPOT. ON.

Re: U-S-A!!

[schmiss]

:D It's scary how easy the USWNT was. Only problem was having multiple choices for some of them.

Re: U-S-A!!

[black_swan87]

i had hope as the lancer, rinoe as the smart guy, and carli as the big guy (mostly because i don't like her)

bayern munich

[cherryfeather]

I feel like Bayern has multiple options for this.

One version:
The Hero - Philipp Lahm (obvi)
The Lancer - Robbery
The Smart Guy - Toni Kroos
The Big Guy - Daniel van Buyten
The Chick - Bastian Schweinsteiger (I feel like he's the peacekeeper, idk)

with Manuel Neuer as our new Sixth Ranger. but it's not perfect. WE NEED MORE SOLUTIONS

Re: bayern munich

[fandomonymous]

I dunno, I feel like Basti's the Red Oni to Fips' Blue Oni and thus is by default the Lancer. Chick might be Mario, though I can't express into words why I feel that way. Holger and Thomas share Tagalong Kid duties depending on the day.

The Mannschaft(s) & Madrid - Loads of Smarts!

[jenny_jenkins]

The Frauen Mannschaft -

The Hero - Nadine Angerer
The Lancer - Celia Okoyino Da Mbabi
The Smart Girl - Lira Bajramaj
The Other Smart Girl - Babett Peter
The Big Girl - Kerstin Garefrekes
The Chick - Alexandra Popp
Team Mummy - Birgit Prinz

The Mannschaft -

The Hero - Miroslav Klose
The Lancer - Schweini
The Smart Guy - Mesut Ozil
The Other Smart Guy - Philipp Lahm
The Big Guy - Sami Khedira
The Chick - Mario Gomez
Team Dad - Per Mertesacker

Real Madrid -

The Hero - Iker Casillas
The Lancer - Cristiano Ronaldo
The Smart Guy - Xabi Alonso
The Other Smart Guy - Mesut Ozil
The Big Guy - Pepe
Team Chick - Ricardo Carvalho
Team Dad - Jose Mourinho

Re: The Mannschaft(s) & Madrid - Loads of Smarts!

[jenny_jenkins]

Too many choices for each position, must be said.

Team chick? So many! And so much smarts!

Re: The Mannschaft(s) & Madrid - Loads of Smarts!

[blackjedii]

Lira <3 <3 seriously why the eff did she not play more during WWC?

Also surprised at Gomez as The Chick - perhaps it is his epic hair?

Re: The Mannschaft(s) & Madrid - Loads of Smarts!

[jenny_jenkins]

Gomez - excuse me - SO OBVIOUS. Man-bags, hair, hair-salons, hair-gel. The guy probably spends hours in the bathroom.

It's actually been proven that women spend less time in the bathroom, but Gomez is what your STEREOTYPICAL woman is like in the bathroom!