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Top Players for each World Cup team
Posted on 12/5/13 at 11:22 pm
Posted on 12/5/13 at 11:22 pm
I was just reading through this SBNation draw preview, and it listed the top player for each team. I thought it was interesting, and I wanted to know if all of you agreed with each team's representative.
I've bolded the ones that I don't think can be argued. What do y'all think about some of these picks? And if you disagree, who is better?
LINK
Brazil: Neymar
Argentina: Lionel Messi
Columbia: Radamel Falcao
Uruguay: Edinson Cavani
Belgium: Eden Hazard
Germany: Bastian Schweinsteiger
Spain: Andres Iniesta
Switzerland: Xherdan Shaqiri
Australia: Mile Jedinak
Iran: Jevad Nekounam
Japan: Shinji Kagawa
South Korea: Son Heung-Min
Costa Rica: Alvaro Saboria
Honduras: Roger Espinoza
Mexico: Carlos Vela
United States: Michael Bradley
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Edin Dzeko
Croatia: Luka Modric
England: Wayne Rooney
France: Franck Ribery
Greece: Kostas Mitroglou
Italy: Mario Balotelli
Netherlands: Arjen Robben
Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo
Russia: Alan Dzagoev
Algeria: Sofiane Feghouli
Cameroon: Samuel Eto'o
Ivory Coast: Yaya Toure
Ghana: Kwadwo Asamoah
Nigeria: Ahmed Musa
Chile: Arturo Vidal
Ecuador: Antonio Valencia
I've bolded the ones that I don't think can be argued. What do y'all think about some of these picks? And if you disagree, who is better?
LINK
Brazil: Neymar
Argentina: Lionel Messi
Columbia: Radamel Falcao
Uruguay: Edinson Cavani
Belgium: Eden Hazard
Germany: Bastian Schweinsteiger
Spain: Andres Iniesta
Switzerland: Xherdan Shaqiri
Australia: Mile Jedinak
Iran: Jevad Nekounam
Japan: Shinji Kagawa
South Korea: Son Heung-Min
Costa Rica: Alvaro Saboria
Honduras: Roger Espinoza
Mexico: Carlos Vela
United States: Michael Bradley
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Edin Dzeko
Croatia: Luka Modric
England: Wayne Rooney
France: Franck Ribery
Greece: Kostas Mitroglou
Italy: Mario Balotelli
Netherlands: Arjen Robben
Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo
Russia: Alan Dzagoev
Algeria: Sofiane Feghouli
Cameroon: Samuel Eto'o
Ivory Coast: Yaya Toure
Ghana: Kwadwo Asamoah
Nigeria: Ahmed Musa
Chile: Arturo Vidal
Ecuador: Antonio Valencia
This post was edited on 12/6/13 at 12:07 am
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Posted on 12/5/13 at 11:27 pm to SwaggerCopter
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Germany: Bastian Schweinsteiger
Mesut Ozil. I'm taking him without even thinking about it.
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Belgium: Eden Hazard
Probably so. But he has plenty of competition.
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Uruguay: Edinson Cavani
Suarez disagrees. They are so stacked at forward. I do not want to draw them because I don't think our back line could hold.
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United States: Michael Bradley
I actually agree here. Jozy is great, but Bradley makes us tick.
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Ivory Coast: Yaya Toure
I hate to dethrone Drogba since he will be playing this year, although I guess I am quicker to dethrone Donovan from the US. Drogba will always be my first soccer man crush.
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Netherlands: Arjen Robben
RVP
This post was edited on 12/5/13 at 11:29 pm
Posted on 12/6/13 at 12:01 am to SwaggerCopter
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Edin Dzeko
I'm arguing this bold:
Miralem Pjanic is just as important to Bosnia's success if not more so than Dzeko as the playmaker. Of the two, there's little question Pjanic would be my first choice if I were building a team.
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Switzerland: Xherdan Shaqiri
Maybe he'll prove to be soon but for now it's Gökhan Inler working the midfield.
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Italy: Mario Balotelli
It's Pirlo. Then De Rossi. Without question.
Hopefully Balotelli can prove to be that important.
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Mexico: Carlos Vela
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Germany: Bastian Schweinsteiger
Lahm or Ozil could be argued
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Belgium: Eden Hazard
I'd consider taking Kompany first if I had to choose only one.
This post was edited on 12/6/13 at 1:26 am
Posted on 12/6/13 at 12:26 am to wm72
Vela might be, though his absence during this prolonged down stretch has increased his lore to the point everyone thinks he's the best Mexican player.
Posted on 12/6/13 at 1:00 am to Friend of OBUDan
I think Falcao could be bolded
Neuer Deserves to be considered for Germany, as does Lahm
Neuer Deserves to be considered for Germany, as does Lahm
Posted on 12/6/13 at 1:21 am to SwaggerCopter
Speaks for itself. Especially considering they have 5 matches in-hand on him.
Posted on 12/6/13 at 1:39 am to SwaggerCopter
alls i know is the former yugoslavia team would be fricking stacked.
Posted on 12/6/13 at 6:06 am to SwaggerCopter
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Uruguay: Edinson Cavani
Suarez. No fricking question.
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Germany: Bastian Schweinsteiger
Ozil or Lahm
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South Korea: Son Heung-Min
I'd say Ki
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Edin Dzeko
Pjanic
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France: Franck Ribery
Lloris
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Greece: Kostas Mitroglou
Sammy when he actually decides to play
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Italy: Mario Balotelli
Pirlo
This post was edited on 12/6/13 at 6:08 am
Posted on 12/6/13 at 6:16 am to TN Bhoy
I think Tim Howard is #1 for us. He is one of the top 10 GKs in the World and Bradley is not a top 10 "box-to-box" CM. Bradley is obviously more important though since the dropoff from Howard to Guzan is not far.
ETA - Why is Cristiano Ronaldo in bold?
ETA2 - Misread the purpose of the bold text.
ETA - Why is Cristiano Ronaldo in bold?
ETA2 - Misread the purpose of the bold text.
This post was edited on 12/6/13 at 3:00 pm
Posted on 12/6/13 at 7:08 am to NOTORlOUSD
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ETA - Why is Cristiano Ronaldo in bold?
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I've bolded the ones that I don't think can be argued
You would argue against CR7 being Portugal's best player?
Posted on 12/6/13 at 7:26 am to TN Bhoy
You could say Lahm over Schweinsteiger but Özil isn't nearly as important as Schweiny, IMO. If we're going with just the best at his position, it's Lahm.
Posted on 12/6/13 at 7:49 am to hendersonshands
Big time Isla fan here, I might rank him ahead of Vidal.
Posted on 12/6/13 at 7:54 am to TN Bhoy
Just saw that you disputed Ribery 
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:02 am to hendersonshands
Especially considering that Lloris has been an absolute shitshow the past few weeks.
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:22 am to SwaggerCopter
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Netherlands: Arjen Robben
RVP
Has RVP ever done anything in the WC?
It seems like for the big competitions Robben is the man...
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:33 am to Billy Mays
Robben has been back in God mode, he's out about 6 weeks though. This one isn't about being fragile, Augsburg keeper went in cleats up and gashed him pretty good on the knee.
Posted on 12/6/13 at 9:42 am to hendersonshands
Chile
Alexis Sanchez
Arturo Vidal
Jorge Valdivia
Gary Medel
Eduardo Vargas (young star)
Alexis Sanchez
Arturo Vidal
Jorge Valdivia
Gary Medel
Eduardo Vargas (young star)
Posted on 12/6/13 at 9:44 am to SwaggerCopter
Uruguay: I think Suarez is a detestable piece of poop, but he's the best player on their squad.
USA: Bradley's a fair enough pick. There's definitely an argument to be made for Landycakes though. His Gold Cup form was amazing. I hope Juergen doesn't throw the baby out with the bathwater and under-utilize Donovan this WC.
USA: Bradley's a fair enough pick. There's definitely an argument to be made for Landycakes though. His Gold Cup form was amazing. I hope Juergen doesn't throw the baby out with the bathwater and under-utilize Donovan this WC.
Posted on 12/6/13 at 9:44 am to hendersonshands
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Just saw that you disputed Ribery
Ribery is the French Darron Gibson.
Posted on 12/6/13 at 9:47 am to LSUSOBEAST1
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Speaks for itself. Especially considering they have 5 matches in-hand on him.
I guarantee you he is the first name on Tabarez's team sheet... He also has almost double (39) the goals of Cavani (20) for country... He has also eclipsed Forlan (36) as the all time leading goal scorer for Uruguay, despite being 8 years younger..
This post was edited on 12/6/13 at 9:49 am
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