World Cup 2014

[palmerq]

tournaments best 11 :S hard for me to say as I didnt closely watch all the games :S and errr I drink a fair amount of beer too so i'm really not sure about some of my choices..

The ones I would certainly have in the team are neuer, mascherano, james rodriguez, messi and robben... will think of the rest later on

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

David Luiz and Marcelo have to be right up there, surely

Seriously though, I though both Dutch wing-backs (Blind/ Kuyt) were solid through out the tournament. Hard for a wing-back to feature in a game but they were both incredibly consistent, reliable.

Neymar would have been what we wanted Messi to be if he had at least a 50% reliable defence behind him. Also, I think Brazil should forget strikers. France won without one. Use the false no.9 trick.

Off topic but my favourite formation is now, without a doubt, 3-4-3. The Dutch and The Chilien teams were excellent with it.

[Beanflicker]

Anyone see this? Apparently North Korea's state-controlled media were telling it's residents that not only was North Korea competing in the world cup... they were doing quite well and made it to the finals! Oi vey...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaQMjmq_Mzk

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Neuer

Hummels - Vlaar - Garray

Kuyt - Schweinsteiger - Mascherano - Blind

Robben - Muller - Neymar

Obviously Rodríguez and Messi are missing but I like the overall productivity of the above, With Neymar and Robben playing as inverted wingers and Muller interchanging with Neymar on the fly.

[Master]

Navos (costa rica)

Lahm
Vlaar (Holland)
Silva
Rojo (Argenitina)

Pogba (France)
Mascherano
Kroos
Rodgriguez (Colombia

Robben
Muller

[superheavyrhun]

Seriously though, I though both Dutch wing-backs (Blind/ Kuyt) were solid through out the tournament. Hard for a wing-back to feature in a game but they were both incredibly consistent, reliable.

I have to dispute picking Dirk Kuyt as one of the top wing backs, he was so frustrating to watch. He is completely right footed, can't even play simple passes with his left, and they played him left wing back. The defenders didn't even bother covering the line, as they knew he would cut in to his right every time. Blind was tidy though.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Seriously though, I though both Dutch wing-backs (Blind/ Kuyt) were solid through out the tournament. Hard for a wing-back to feature in a game but they were both incredibly consistent, reliable.

I have to dispute picking Dirk Kuyt as one of the top wing backs, he was so frustrating to watch. He is completely right footed, can't even play simple passes with his left, and they played him left wing back. The defenders didn't even bother covering the line, as they knew he would cut in to his right every time. Blind was tidy though.

Maybe it's because I'm a Liverpool fan but also if you research the stats, you'll see that Blind and Kuyt are very comparable.

[palmerq]

..............neuer

lahm....devrij.... boateng....blind


..........kroos.. mascherano.


rodriguez....messi......robben


...... benzema

[superheavyrhun]

Seriously though, I though both Dutch wing-backs (Blind/ Kuyt) were solid through out the tournament. Hard for a wing-back to feature in a game but they were both incredibly consistent, reliable.

I have to dispute picking Dirk Kuyt as one of the top wing backs, he was so frustrating to watch. He is completely right footed, can't even play simple passes with his left, and they played him left wing back. The defenders didn't even bother covering the line, as they knew he would cut in to his right every time. Blind was tidy though.

Maybe it's because I'm a Liverpool fan but also if you research the stats, you'll see that Blind and Kuyt are very comparable.

Lies, damn lies and statistics. Wasn't it statistics which picked out David Luiz as the best player of the World Cup about half way through? I know Kuyt did the job asked of him, but he was toothless going forward because he had no left foot, and wasn't as reliable as a left back defensively.