Best & Worst World Cup XI

Nalz

Whats your best and worst (most disappointing) eleven for this WC?

My best (3-1-5-1)

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Buffon

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--Osorio

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Carvalho

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Cannavaro--

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Makelele

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Pirlo

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Xavi

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Riquelme

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-Zidane

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Figo-

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Klose

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My Worst (4-4-2)

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Barthez

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--Carragher

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Terry----Lucic

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Abidal--

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-Beckham---Lampard---Emerson----Ronaldinho

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Rooney

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Ibrahimivic

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MonkeyTennis

Carragher?
Rooney?
Abidal?...

not a chance

Vokes

Barthez hasn't been bad either.

Surely a World Cup Worst 11 should include players from Poland/S. Arabia/Iran ?

Attractive Nun

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Buffon

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-Zambrotta---Cannavaro(c)---Marquez---Lahm-

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Gattuso----Pirlo

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Rodriguez

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Riquleme

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Zidane

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Klose

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Robinson

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Scaloni

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Terry

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Lucic

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Roberto Carlos

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Gerrard

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Schneider---Lampard---Ronaldinho

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Ibrahimovic---Toni

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Attractive Nun

SofaKing wrote:

Surely a World Cup Worst 11 should include players from Poland/S. Arabia/Iran ?

Yes, but Trilla specified worst as 'most disappointing'.

sprinkles

Best

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Buffon

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---Marquez--Carvalho----Cannavaro--Heinze--

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Makelele

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Riquelme

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-Rodriquez

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Messi-

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Tevez

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Torres

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Tank Top Fever!

Best

4-4-2

Buffon

Sagnol
Cannavaro
Puyol
Lahm

Zidane
Riquelme
Vieira
Ballack

Klose
Crespo

Bacchus

My Best:

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Ricardo

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--Cannavaro---Carvalho----Heinze

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Lahm

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Deco---Rodriguez

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Kaka

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Riquelme--

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Ronaldo

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Klose

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Subs : Buffon, Zambrotta, J.Cole, Odonkor, Torres, Pirlo, Delgado, Hargreaves, Villa

I don't have a worst 11. Who really takes note of the poor players. Players that spring to mind are Barthez, Lampard, Figo, Ronaldinho, Pauletta, Saha, Beckham, Ballack.

Anam

Bacchus wrote:

My Best:

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Ricardo

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--Cannavaro---Carvalho----Heinze

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Lahm

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Deco---Rodriguez

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Kaka

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Riquelme--

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Ronaldo

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Klose

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Subs : Buffon, Zambrotta, J.Cole, Odonkor, Torres, Pirlo, Delgado, Hargreaves, Villa

I don't have a worst 11. Who really takes note of the poor players. Players that spring to mind are Barthez, Lampard, Figo, Ronaldinho, Pauletta, Saha, Beckham, Ballack.

Ballack and Figo have both been pretty impressive imo.

Jivin Turkey

Lehmann

Lahm
Zambrotta
Cannavaro
Ayala

Rodriguez
Zidane
Pirlo
Deco

Klose
Torres

Carvalho, Meira, Thuram, Riquelme, Podolski, Buffon, Pirlo, Makelele, Gallas, Perotta, Kaka all going close.

I’m not going to bother naming a worst XI as it is just going to escalate into an England bashing exercise and there are plenty of threads for that already.

MrPillowTalk

Jivin Turkey wrote:

Lehmann

Lahm
Zambrotta
Cannavaro
Ayala

Rodriguez
Zidane
Pirlo
Deco

Klose
Torres

Carvalho, Meira, Thuram, Riquelme, Podolski, Buffon, Pirlo, Makelele, Gallas, Perotta, Kaka all going close.

I’m not going to bother naming a worst XI as it is just going to escalate into an England bashing exercise and there are plenty of threads for that already.

Dont know how anyone can disagree with this 11, exactly the team I would pick.

How can people pick Ronaldo and Messi, Messi barely played and Ronaldo was poor.

casanova_kid

Best 11:
Buffon

Zambrotta
Sagnol
Cannavaro
Ayala

Rodriguez
Zidane
Gattuso
Ballack
Pirlo

Klose

casanova_kid

Anam wrote:

Ballack and Figo have both been pretty impressive imo.

I thought Ballack was brilliant in the tournament, Figo was good in the opening stages but waned after that.

sprinkles

MrPillowTalk wrote:

Dont know how anyone can disagree with this 11, exactly the team I would pick.

How can people pick Ronaldo and Messi, Messi barely played and Ronaldo was poor.

Messi may have barely played but look at his contribution. When he came on he was phemominal imo. Should have started against Germany.

As for Ballack, I think he was hot and cold. He didn't live up to hype that was built around him. I honestly thought Frings played better.

p.pete

Best:

Reina

Kromkamp Carragher Cannavaro Lahm

Garcia Gerrard Alonso Kewell

Crouch Torres

Left side of defence is a bit flakey but they'll do ok

Mr. Presentable

I haven't checked, but I'll bet Inzaghi has the best goal/minute ratio!

casanova_kid

p.pete wrote:

Best:

Reina

Kromkamp Carragher Cannavaro Lahm

Garcia Gerrard Alonso Kewell

Crouch Torres

Left side of defence is a bit flakey but they'll do ok

Mmmmmmm, Liverpool fan?

dceire

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Buffon

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Zambrotta--Cannavaro--Ayala--Lahm

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-Figo----Pirlo----Zidane----Riquelme-

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Klose---Torres

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Rikand

Best :

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Ricardo

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Zambrotta - - Cannavaro - - Ayala - - Sorin

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Gattuso --- Pirlo

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Rodriguez

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Zidane

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Figo

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Klose

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Sub :: Dwight Yorke

Pigman II

Best XI

               Isaakson
               
 Zambrotta - Ayala - Cannavaro - Sorin

          Makelele - Gattusso

     Rodriquez - Zidane - Robben

                 Henry

Worst XI? Don't know haven't really got the energy or interest to think about it. Lampard, Barthez and Ronaldinho would definetly be in there anyway.

Bounty Hunter

Best XI

                  Buffon
               
 Zambrotta - Ayala - Cannavaro - Lahm

                 Makelele 

  Rodriquez - Riquelme  - Robben

                  Zidane 

                   Klose

Subs: Ricardo, Thuram, Pirlo, Messi, Henry

Worst XI

The Aussie that Schwarzer was droped for

Scaloni  -  Mellberg - Lucic - Roberto Carlos

Beckham - Emerson - Lampard - Ronaldinho 

              Ibrahimavic - Owen

Nalz

I notice that Carvalho was only picked in twice...I think he had an outstanding world cup, if Cannavaro and Osorio were not in the WC I'd gladly give him defender of the tournament. Ayala was good also, but Carvalho shades it for me

Bacchus

Just to explain why I put Ballack and Figo in the poor pile.

Ballack was hot and cold all tournament. Most notably he was cold in the "big" games, when Germany were up against it. He should have been the one imposing himself in the matches. For such a big name, quality player I thought he was poor, much like Gerrard and Lampard were poor for England.

Figo is lazy. Classic example of this was in the France game. He just stood out there on the wing waiting for the ball to come to him. He never worked for it. When he did get it, he tried the exact same "dummy and cross" trick every time and every time it was blocked. He didn't seem bothered at all to try something different or beat his marker.

eirebhoy

Bacchus wrote:

Ballack was hot and cold all tournament. Most notably he was cold in the "big" games, when Germany were up against it. He should have been the one imposing himself in the matches. For such a big name, quality player I thought he was poor, much like Gerrard and Lampard were poor for England.

In fairness, he was up against Gatusso and I'd be very suprised if Zidane was much better on Sunday.

Little-Devil

dceire wrote:

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Buffon

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Zambrotta--Cannavaro--Ayala--Lahm

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-Figo----Pirlo----Zidane----Riquelme-

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Klose---Torres

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I agree you with you there the best team in the world cup 2006. A lot of the strikers have being disappointing in this world cup. Klose is not really thought of highly in europe as one of the best, when you think of all the big clubs being linked to all top strikers, i dont every remember his name showing up, but always has a good tournement with germany, even the Euro's he scored goals.

Pigman II

Little-Devil wrote:

but always has a good tournement with germany, even the Euro's he scored goals.

No he didn't

Little-Devil

Check your facts "klose" did score in the Euros and world cup before that:p

Vokes

Are you talking about Euro qualifiers? He didn't score at Euro 2004.

Pigman II

Little-Devil wrote:

Check your facts "klose" did score in the Euros and world cup before that:p

Once again, "no he didn't" and you are wrong. Check your own facts and then either go away or remain quiet.

Duras

Pigman II wrote:

Best XI

Worst XI? Don't know haven't really got the energy or interest to think about it. Lampard, Barthez and Ronaldinho would definetly be in there anyway.

Why Barthez? What would you guys expect him to do not to be dissapointing? Score a hattrick maybe? He received only 2 goals in 6 games afair... It's true that France has a brilliant defense with Sagnol, Thuram Gallas etc but still he wasnt THAT bad. What about Jevric of Serbia who received 6 goals in 1 game?
My best first XI will surely include Frank Ribery, maybe the only "non-star" from France first eleven but their best player at this tournament IMO.

Nalz

Duras wrote:

...My best first XI will surely include Frank Ribery, maybe the only "non-star" from France first eleven but their best player at this tournament IMO.

Maybe you are right about Barthez, I think most of judged him on his previous scenarios outside the WC were he f**ked up...I gotta disagree with ya regarding Ribery, I think he had one good game and was fairly ordinary in others. you could say the same about Vieira (3 decent games) and Zidane (2 great games). But Frances' best players for me have been Thuram, Makelele and Zizu.

tdv

................................Buffon.................................

.....Zambrotta........Ayala........Cannavaro.............Lamh

.................................Riquleme.............................

Kaka..........................Pirlo............................Zidane

.......................Klose...............Tevez.................

Bounty Hunter

tdv wrote:

................................Buffon.................................

.....Zambrotta........Ayala........Cannavaro.............Lamh

.................................Riquleme.............................

Kaka..........................Pirlo............................Zidane

.......................Klose...............Tevez.................

nice team but riquleme isnt a defensive midfielder.