Euro 2008 Player Of The Tournament

gimmick

Simple question really?

For me it was Marcos Senna. Not a flair player by any means by he protected his centre halves so well throughout the tournament, one would forget that they were a dodgy enough pairing. His distribution, tackling and general presence has him head and shoulders above anyone else.

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You're only saying that because the lads on RTE said it last night.

:rolleyes:

Melion

He wasnt even the best spanish midfielder.

Arshavin or Torres for me

gimmick

Thats right Desmond.

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Why the hell is Ballack in the poll?

Mr Alan

i believe i said Senna long before the RTE boys :cool:

but i've changed my mind.....

TORRES!

gimmick

Melion wrote: »

Arshavin or Torres for me

Arshavin had 2 good games, Torres while decent was nowhere near POTM.

DesF wrote: »

Why the hell is Ballack in the poll?

Because between himself and Schweinsteiger, they dragged an average German side to the final.

Melion

gimmick wrote: »

Arshavin had 2 good games, Torres while decent was nowhere near POTM.

No, Arshavin had 2 absolutely fúcking mind blowing games. Not bad considering he only played 3.

gucci

Luca Toni

Melion

And i also think Pavlyuchenko should be there instead of Villa, had a much better tournament.

gimmick

Melion wrote: »

No, Arshavin had 2 absolutely fúcking mind blowing games. Not bad considering he only played 3.

Not disagreeing he had 2 great games, but was completely anonymous in his third. I think to be POTM you have to play in the majority of games your team has been involved in.

But its only personal opinion.

Melion wrote: »

And i also think Pavlyuchenko should be there instead of Villa, had a much better tournament.

I actually forgot to put him in, but surely Villa as the top scorer should be on the list? Moot point anyway.

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Arshavin did play in the majority of Russia's games.

gimmick

Touché

IrishMike

Its arse shavin for me.
Played 3, Mom in 2 and they were 2 of the best performances i have ever seen

TBH where the hell is Casillas?


Torres was good but nowhere near the best player there by any stretch.

For me, bar casillas, the most instrumental players were Robben, Xavi, Schweinsteiger, Fabregas, Senna, Villa and Buffon.

Vokes

Sneijder was quite influential too I thought. I reckon he'll be the next holland captain.




Xavi got the offical award: http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=729378.html#xavi+emerges+euros

Can't argue too much with that :pac:

SofaK

SofaK wrote: »

Sneijder was quite influential too I thought. I reckon he'll be the next holland captain.




Xavi got the offical award: http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=729378.html#xavi+emerges+euros

Can't argue too much with that :pac:

Cant argue with Xavi, he was class throughout, Id imagine he had the highest passing completion rate. I remember against United his stats were 93% amazing player.

Xavi6

SofaK wrote: »

Xavi got the offical award: http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=729378.html#xavi+emerges+euros

Can't argue too much with that :pac:

That's just made my Monday!

jank

Yea, xavi was good alright!

Mr Alan

I think Casillas and Senna should have both gotten it ahead of him tbh.

I'd rate his tournament on a par with Torres and Iniesta.

Xavi6

Mr Alan wrote: »

I think Casillas and Senna should have both gotten it ahead of him tbh.

I'd rate his tournament on a par with Torres and Iniesta.

Shut it you.

The poll is clearly flawed. Lock her up and let's all move over to the Xavi Hernandez Appreciation Thread.

gixerfixer

Ballack for me.Until the final he dragged Germany through every game.Awesome player.Torres a close second

IrishMike

Ballack was crap in the semi final too.
How on earth can you say he was player of the tournament?

tomred1

No way shuold Ballack be on the list he disappered in the semi and the Final. I have no arguements with Xavi but i think Senna was more important player for Spain.

Raekwon

David Villa for me. His goals got Spain up and running and secured them enough points to top their group. IMO if he played in the final he would have scored considering the amount of chances Spain created.

herbieflowers

Fabregas had a great impact in the latter half of the tournament...Sneijder was impressive, Arshavin (though not in the game against Spain - that being said, none of Russia's players played well)

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herbieflowers wrote: »

Arshavin (though not in the game against Spain - that being said, none of Russia's players played well)

He didn't play in that match. He didn't play in the second group match either.

Suspension carried forward from him being sent off in the last qualifier vs Andorra.

lordgoat

Fabregas and Sneijder for me.

herbieflowers

DesF wrote: »

He didn't play in that match. He didn't play in the second group match either.

Suspension carried forward from him being sent off in the last qualifier vs Andorra.

I know, I was referring to the semi-final.

Mr Alan

if people are calling for Arshavin and Fabregas despite their limited time on the pitch, i'm calling for Alonso, was excellent last night when he came on and his performance against Greece was up there as the outstanding performance of the tournament.

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lol

Mr Alan

dont know wat you're laughing at old man :cool:

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Mr Alan wrote: »

dont know wat you're laughing at old man :cool:

I'm laughing at your claim that Alonso was the best player in Euro 2008.

Because it's laughable.

Mr Alan

DesF wrote: »

I'm laughing at your claim that Alonso was the best player in Euro 2008.

Because it's laughable.

laughable like Arshavins two good games and Fabregas' good subs appearances?

I agree that player of the tournament should have played the vast majority of the time his team was playing....but if people are using different criteria which they obviously are picking either of those two, then i may as well use my own criteria.

Alonso was brilliant in wat he featured in Euro2008.