World Cup XI?

billy2012

Who was in your world cup XI?

Neuer.
Rodriguez.
Hummels.
Garay.
Lahm.
Mascherano. (c)
Schweinsteiger.
Robben.
Sanchez.
Rodriguez.
Muller.

EuropeanSon

Sanchez ahead of Messi is a joke. And I'm an Arsenal fan, I'd love if it were true.

You just look like you've stretched as much as you could for an excuse to leave Messi out.

EuropeanSon

I'd have Boateng ahead of Garay.

billy2012

EuropeanSon wrote: »

Sanchez ahead of Messi is a joke. And I'm an Arsenal fan, I'd love if it were true.

You just look like you've stretched as much as you could for an excuse to leave Messi out.

Being perfectly honest, I didn't even think of him when making the team.

Saying that, I still wouldn't have him in it.

billy2012

EuropeanSon wrote: »

I'd have Boateng ahead of Garay.

Why not just make your own team

EuropeanSon

billy2012 wrote: »

Why not just make your own team

Because I don't want to?

GavRedKing

Neuer
Lahm Garay Hummels Rodriguez
Mascherano Schweinsteiger
Robben Messi James
Muller

Jesus Wept

Messi does not deserve to be in it, whatsoever.

Officer999

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Neuer

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Lahm

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Hummels

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Garay

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Blind

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Mascherano

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Kroos

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----Rodriguez

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Neymar

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Robben

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Müller

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Wonda-Boy

1. Neuer (Germany)

2. Lahm (Germany)
3. T. Silva (Brazil)
4. Mario Yepes (Columbia)
5. Zabeleta (Argentina)

6. Vidal (Chile)
7. Schweinsteiger (Germany)

8. Muller (Germany)
9. Robben (Holland)
10. Messi (Argentina)
11. Rodriquez (Columbia)

Subs: Neymar, Hummels, Kroos, Navaro (Columbian Keeper?)

Ferris_Bueller

1. Neuer

2. Lahm
4. Thiago Silva
5. Vlaar
3. Blind

6. Mascherano
8. Kroos

7. Messi
10. Rodriguez
11. Robben

9. Muller

Very hard to leave out Neymar but thought the 4 attacking players in this line up deserved it more, them 5 were a level above almost every other attacker in the competition I thought.

inforfun

Any team without De Vrij/Vlaar as central defenders cant be serious.

Didnt concede in the knock out stages, concede 4 in total. 2 joke penalties and that Cahill goal.

Blind, apart from those 2 assists against Spain, wasnt that great.

the incredible pudding

inforfun wrote: »

Any team without De Vrij/Vlaar as central defenders cant be serious.

Didnt concede in the knock out stages, concede 4 in total. 2 joke penalties and that Cahill goal.

Strong competition though, Garay was immense throughout the tournament and Hummels was excellent too. Any 2 out of those 3/4 players is fair enough. Gonzales for Costa Rica was very good throughout too.

Skylinehead

inforfun wrote: »

Any team without Garay/Demichelis as central defenders cant be serious.

Didnt concede in the knock out stages, concede 4 in total.

Fixed for Argentina, your logic can be applied to another team.

SlickRic

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Neuer

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Aurier

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Vlaar

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Boateng

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Blind

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Mascherano

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Kroos

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Schweinsteiger

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Robben

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J. Rodriguez

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Muller

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i think Lahm was decent, but nothing spectacular at all. i think it's a lazy inclusion because he's probably the best wing back in the world in general. Aurier stood out in a pretty shíte looking Ivory Coast team.

i think Boateng was more impressive than Hummels defensively. Hummels scores, which is why he gets into most teams IMO.

Mascherano was probably player of the tournament so he's a no-brainer.

Schweinsteiger was too epic in the final to leave out. Kroos was superb all tournament in his own right, but his partnership with Schweinsteiger can't be ignored IMO. if Khedira had played more, he'd have potentially usurped one of them in my team of the tournament.

although i think people are harsh on Messi (he was trying to be deep lying playmaker, number 10, as well as finisher, and did fine), i don't think you can leave Robben, James Rodriguez or Muller out at all.

Reekwind

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Neuer

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Lahm

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Vlaar

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Hummels

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Yedlin

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Kroos

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Mascherano

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Schweinsteiger

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----Rodriguez

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Robben

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Müller

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i heart chewy louie wrote: »

Messi does not deserve to be in it, whatsoever.

I'm amazed at how short people's memories are. He almost single-handedly carried Argentina through their first four games.

eagle eye

I'd like to have Lahm in it but both Argentinian full backs were the best in the tournament for me and Lahm didn't play DM enough to get a spot there imo. Messi doesn't make it either ahead of anybody I have in the team. I see lots of people picking Vlaar but for me de Vrij was the most outstanding of an excellent Dutch central defense.

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Neuer
Zabaleta

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Hummels

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de Vrij----Rojo

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Schweinsteiger

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Kroos
Robben

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Rodriguez

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Neymar

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Muller

Nalz

Reekwind wrote: »

I'm amazed at how short people's memories are. He almost single-handedly carried Argentina through their first four games.

Correct! By his standards he was poor but without him Argentina would be as bad if not worse than Brazil.

Talk about Brazil without Thiago Silva and Neymar, what about Argentina without Messi and Mascherano!!

Nuri Sahin

Reekwind wrote: »

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Neuer

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Lahm

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Vlaar

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Hummels

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Yedlin

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Kroos

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Mascherano

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Schweinsteiger

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----Rodriguez

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Robben

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Müller

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I'm amazed at how short people's memories are. He almost single-handedly carried Argentina through their first four games.

How many minutes did Yedlin play? He played RB btw.

Easy Rod

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Navas

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Aurier

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Vlaar

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Hummels

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Blind

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Kroos

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Schweinsteger

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----Rodriguez

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Messi

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Robben----

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Müller

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Lahm didn't play enough games at RB for me and, while I though Mascherano was epic defensively, I felt he was guilty of losing possession too often.

eagle eye

Trilla wrote: »

Correct! By his standards he was poor but without him Argentina would be as bad if not worse than Brazil.

Talk about Brazil without Thiago Silva and Neymar, what about Argentina without Messi and Mascherano!!

Messi played an attacking midfield role in this World Cup and he was not as good as James Rodriguez so you cannot put him in ahead of him. Then as a stirker he was obviously not as good as Muller so there is only one position to put him in a team now and thats right side and you have to pick Robben there. So for me there is no place for him in a team.

As for Argentina, their back four were outstanding all tournament. Mascherano did not have a great World Cup contrary to what a quite a few people are saying here. He was pretty average for a lot of it. He had a great final to be fair to him but he was nowhere near the standard of Schweinsteiger or Kroos or Witsel or Pogba.

Nuri Sahin

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Neuer

Lahm---Vlaar---Hummels---Rodriguez

--Mascherano--Schweinsteiger--

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Kroos

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Robben

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Rodriguez

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Muller

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Blind shone more as DM than LB for me hence why he's not in the team.

De Vrij was unlucky to miss out.

Rodriguez was great in all the games except for the France one, though he still did well when you consider Senderos was beside him!

Nalz

eagle eye wrote: »

Messi played an attacking midfield role in this World Cup and he was not as good as James Rodriguez so you cannot put him in ahead of him. Then as a stirker he was obviously not as good as Muller so there is only one position to put him in a team now and thats right side and you have to pick Robben there. So for me there is no place for him in a team.

You could easily fit Messi into a team especially in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

eagle eye wrote: »

As for Argentina, their back four were outstanding all tournament. Mascherano did not have a great World Cup contrary to what a quite a few people are saying here. He was pretty average for a lot of it. He had a great final to be fair to him but he was nowhere near the standard of Schweinsteiger or Kroos or Witsel or Pogba.

I agree actually with some of the above, even the keeper was v good on occasions and the bould Decimchelis (I'm not googling his spelling feck it) played out of his skin which was surprising... but Mascherano was v good in the semis I thought and solid throughout.

inforfun

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Navas

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Debuchy

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Vlaar

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De Vrij ---Garay

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Rojo

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Mascherano

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Schweinsteiger

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Rodriguez

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Müller

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Robben

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Not many Germans because i dont think any individual played well beyond their expectations, the team did though.

Put Luiz onthe bench because they need someone to make fun of

Reekwind

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

How many minutes did Yedlin play? He played RB btw.

I liked Yedlin a lot. He made a real impact on every game he came into; one of the finds of the tournament for me.

That he springs to mind despite being a right-back (valid point, there) was more down to the absence of any standout players on the left. Marcelo had the horror show against Germany, Blind was decent but little more and I didn't see enough of Rodriguez. So now I'll just be obstinate and insist that Lahm can shift to the left flank.

Easy Rod wrote:

Lahm didn't play enough games at RB for me...

Surely he played as many games there as Aurier?

glued

Neuer
Lahm Hummels Vlaar Blind
Kroos Mascherano
Valbuena James Robben
Muller

average hero

Neuer

Lahm Hummels Rodriguez Blind

Mascherano Schweinsteiger

Robben James Messi

Muller

Honourable Mentions: Kroos, Boateng, Vlaar, de Vrij

BMMachine

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Neuer

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Lahm

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T.Silva

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Hummels

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Blind--

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Mascherano

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Schweinsteiger--

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Messi

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Rodriguez

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Robben

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Müller

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Neymar

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Iused2likebusts

BMMachine wrote: »

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Neuer

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Lahm

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T.Silva

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Hummels

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Blind--

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Mascherano

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Schweinsteiger--

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Messi

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Rodriguez

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Robben

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Müller

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Neymar

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That's 12 players

bucketybuck

Trilla wrote: »

You could easily fit Messi into a team especially in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Maybe you could, but who says you should?

Seems like people think he just has to be in the side, but it can only be on reputation because he was not better than the likes of Robben or Muller.