Animals Soccer side

Team selection

Stadium

Trophies

Selection, with justification below.


Goalie

Octopus

Full back,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Central Defender,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Central Defender,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Full Back

Turtle,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Giraffe,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Sheep Dog,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Tortoise

Defensive (Holding) Midfielder

Ape

Left Winger,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Right Winger

Zebra,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Pelican

Attacking Midfielder

Rhino

Striker,,,,,,,,,,,,, Centre Forward

Mole,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Vulture

7 Subs:

Ostrich a wing back

Aardvark a sweeper

Hyenas as Midfielder

Sub Midfielder Sheep

Sub goalie Elephant

Utility player Chameleon

Justification for position choice

Striker Salamander, he can cope with the heat and pressure of a penalties

Sub goalie Octopus plenty of arms can stop ball

Turtle and Tortoise have strong backs so can play as full back. Might have problems with fast wingers though.

Giraffe as Central Defender Can stop aerial threat from set pieces

Sheep Dog A commanding figure in the team to marshal the defence.

Ape Defensive (Holding) Midfielder due to great record for holding branches can be holding midfielder

Zebra & Pelican on the wing as they have great record for crossing. Zebra crossing & Pelican crossing.

Rhino Attacking Midfielder can lead the charge in attack.

Mole & Vulture as Striker & Centre Forward A great partnership One with a great aerial threat who has a record for scavenging in the box, can spot an opportunity from Km away. Mole provides the great skill a nimble ground striker, who can drift away from a defences view by burrowing.

Subs

Ostrich a wing back as Ostrich has great pace so can travel down the wing and has wing on back.

Aardvark a sweeper who can hoover up defensive error.

Hyenas as Midfielder can provide entertainment for team to keep up spirit with infectious laugh.

Sub Midfielder Sheep a disciplined member of side there to set an example of not to rock the boat.

Utility player Chameleon can change to any position.

Chairman: Pig

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Manager Wolf

Assistant Manager Shrew,

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Sea cliff island stadium

Goalkeeper Salamander, he can cope with teh heat and pressure of a penalty

Blue Whale - is cook


Stadium A big Valley with cliffs where a screaming crowd of sea gull, and other sea bird life can be heard urging the side on.

The equivialent of the cop is the flock support. This is for non seated support who have to fly around during the match.

Trophies

League champions

Cup champions

Best dog in show

One man and his dog champions

 

Opposistion team Animal Rovers

Manager Fox Assistant Manager Owl Chairman Rat

Supporter base, North Pole

Goalie

Orangutan

Full back,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Central Defender,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Central Defender,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Full Back

Rabbit,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Killer Whale,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Dolphin,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Hair

Left Winger,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Midfield ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Midfield,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Right Winger

Unicorn,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Gorilla,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Pronghorn antelope ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Eagle

Centre Forward ,,,,,,,,,,,,, Striker

Tiger,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Cheetah

7 Subs:

Sub goalie Chimpanzee

Defender donkey

Striker Marlin

Defender Ram,

Defender/Midfielder Lion

Striker, Gannet

Winger Peregrine Falcon

Just missed out, Meerkat, Leapord, taipan, physio Bonobo,

Justification

Orangutan, Long arms, very agile,

Rabbit, very fast, and nimble, able to get very far inside, defences, getting in and out of legs, under the legs, of rival players, towards goal,

Killer Whale, very good defender, gets all attacks, killer insticnt at free kicks,

Captain Dolphin, like the dolphin, less fearless, but cleverer, great ball skill,

Hair same reason as rabbit,

Unicorn, fast on the wing, strong, and fast, very good left hook, a magical ability with free kicks,

Gorilla, hard primate, in midfield

Pronghorn antelope, can run fastest for longest, never gives, up, no matter what,

Eagle, good on the wing, and can see with great eyesight a chance from 10s of KM, good on set pieces, in crosses too,

Cheetah, incredible pace, and killer instinct

Tiger, dangerous, and can pounce on a chance, no one even pondered,

Chimpanzee, great in defence and very clever, can replace defenders, or midfield

Donkey, people sometimes use this as a term of abuse, but he keeps on going, and does his job,

Marlin, very fast, killer instinct, a beak that can easilly poke a goal in from metres away, and can jump over boats, and other players

Ram very good at heading, stubborn,

Lion, defence, or midfield, he may be lazy, but if he's on the pitch, he'll be in charge,

Gannet, expert diver, will fool any referee,

Peregrine falcon, very fast, very good replacement, and emergency striker,

Fox, very wise,

Owl, wise adviser

Rat, watches, makes great decisons, not seen, as he makes so little mistakes

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