World Cup 14 Squads Discussion

Januzaj over Thorgan. Origi over Batshuayi *bleep* disgrace smh.

You guys are crazy if you didn't think Fellaini wasn't going to go to the WC. One poor season doesn't erase 3 consistent years in a row and his role in helping them qualify for the World Cup.

Difference is Thorgan was playing in a garbage league. calma Chelsea lads.

 

McAgger wrote:Difference is Thorgan was playing in a garbage league. calma Chelsea lads.

Jupiler Pro League is easily top 10 European league.  

L'Equipe: Nasri/Abidal not expected to be in WC Squad. Dimitri Payet likely to be dropped. And it's Remy or Lacazette

Remy Vs Lacazette is interesting.

Garbage League that produced the likes of De Bruyne, Kompany, Bacca, Lukaku, Benteke, Witsel, Courtois etc who all excelled in their first year abroad.

STFU pls

He won the Belgian POTY and has 17 goals and 27 assists in all comps and excelled in the Europa League scoring 3 goals in the group stages.

This is a kid that's taken perennial bottom dwellers like Zulte to legitimate title contenders and single-handedly led them to their highest ever position (2nd) in his first season and has them contending yet again in his 2nd.

Gil wrote:Garbage League that produced the likes of De Bruyne, Kompany, Bacca, Lukaku, Benteke, Witsel, Courtois etc who all excelled in their first year abroad.

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by that logic the ivorian league isn't garbage either....


gotta love the hipsters in GL . i'm currently reading the belgium section of a francophone football website , and not a single soul seems bothered with the choice of januzaj over hazard . they even applauded it...

leave it to a bunch of guys on GL who don't even follow the belgian league to see controversy in that list.

Italy's 30-man provisional squad for the World Cup

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon, Salvatore Sirigu, Mattia Perin,

Defenders: Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci, Ignazio Abate, Gabriel Paletta, Andrea Barzagli, Andrea Ranocchia, Mattia De Sciglio, Christian Maggio, Matteo Darmian, Manuel Pasqual

Midfielders: Andrea Pirlo, Antonio Candreva,Claudio Marchisio, Riccardo Montolivo, Daniele De Rossi, Thiago Motta, Marco Verratti, Marco Parolo, Romulo, Alberto Aquilani

Forwards: Mario Balotelli, Ciro Immobile, Lorenzo Insigne, Giuseppe Rossi, Antonio Cassano, Alessio Cerci, Mattia Destro

Portugal:

Goalkeepers: Anthony Lopes (Lyon), Beto (Sevilla), Eduardo (Braga), Rui Patricio (Sporting Lisbon).

Defenders: Andre Almeida (Benfica), Antunes (Malaga), Bruno Alves (Fenerbahce), Fabio Coentrao (Real Madrid), Joao Pereira (Valencia), Neto (Zenit), Pepe (Real Madrid), Ricardo Costa (Valencia) and Rolando (Inter Milan).

Midfielders: Andre Gomes (Benfica), Joao Mario (Vitoria), Joao Moutinho (Monaco), Miguel Veloso (Dynamo Kiev), Raul Meireles (Fenerbahce), Ruben Amorim (Benfica) and William Carvalho (Sporting Lisbon).

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Eder (SC Braga), Helder Postiga (Lazio), Hugo Almeida (Besiktas), Ivan Cavaleiro (Benfica), Nani (Manchester United), Rafa (SC Braga), Ricardo Quaresma (FC Porto), Varela (FC Porto) and Vieirinha (VfL Wolfsburg).

England have experience where it matters that is in Gerrard and Lampard so that wont matter but whats imp is that England squad is good enough for a variety of different formations.

farfan wrote:

Gil wrote:Garbage League that produced the likes of De Bruyne, Kompany, Bacca, Lukaku, Benteke, Witsel, Courtois etc who all excelled in their first year abroad.

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by that logic the ivorian league isn't garbage either....


gotta love the hipsters in GL . i'm currently reading the belgium section of a francophone football website , and not a single soul seems bothered with the choice of januzaj over hazard . they even applauded it...

leave it to  a bunch of guys on GL who don't even follow the belgian league to see controversy  in  that list.

Are you saying what Thorgan has done this season is not phenomenal? Especially compared to Januzaj?

This is a strategic call up to make sure Januzaj does not jump ship to Albania or England.

Based on this season Thorgan has been the better player, more influential for their squad, and a nicer pick.

Thing is, Eden needs to be in th ear of Wilmots telling him what he thinks of this.

Betty La Fea wrote:

farfan wrote:

Gil wrote:Garbage League that produced the likes of De Bruyne, Kompany, Bacca, Lukaku, Benteke, Witsel, Courtois etc who all excelled in their first year abroad.

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by that logic the ivorian league isn't garbage either....


gotta love the hipsters in GL . i'm currently reading the belgium section of a francophone football website , and not a single soul seems bothered with the choice of januzaj over hazard . they even applauded it...

leave it to  a bunch of guys on GL who don't even follow the belgian league to see controversy  in  that list.

Are you saying what Thorgan has done this season is not phenomenal? Especially compared to Januzaj?

This is a strategic call up to make sure Januzaj does not jump ship to Albania or England.

Based on this season Thorgan has been the better player, more influential for their squad, and a nicer pick.

Thing is, Eden needs to be in th ear of Wilmots telling him what he thinks of this.

i'm saying that the belgian league is garbage and that januzaj's season in  a top league , in a club with huge pressure and expectations,  puts him ahead of hazard.

thing is  , eden needs to STFU and try to channel some of his club form to help his national team . just a couple of years ago he was dropped from the starting 11 for being so useless ,  and is in no position to bitch and moan about anything.

this is  actually the consensus among belgian football fans.

Yep, hipster galore.

It's an awful, awful league.

Gil wrote:Januzaj over Thorgan. Origi over Batshuayi *bleep* disgrace smh.

You guys are crazy if you didn't think Fellaini wasn't going to go to the WC. One poor season doesn't erase 3 consistent years in a row and his role in helping them qualify for the World Cup.

Naingollan's snub is the real disgrace. Should have been there over Steven fkin Defour. Agreed on Fellaini though.

And who the hell is this Orgy bloke?

Who even manages their NT?

No nainggolan

Yohan Modric wrote:Portugal:

Goalkeepers: Anthony Lopes (Lyon), Beto (Sevilla), Eduardo (Braga), Rui Patricio (Sporting Lisbon).

Defenders: Andre Almeida (Benfica), Antunes (Malaga), Bruno Alves (Fenerbahce), Fabio Coentrao (Real Madrid), Joao Pereira (Valencia), Ricardo Costa (Valencia) and Rolando (Inter Milan).

Midfielders: Andre Gomes (Benfica), Joao Mario (Vitoria), Joao Moutinho (Monaco), Miguel Veloso (Dynamo Kiev), Raul Meireles (Fenerbahce), Ruben Amorim (Benfica) and William Carvalho (Sporting Lisbon).

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Eder (SC Braga), Helder Postiga (Lazio), Hugo Almeida (Besiktas), Ivan Cavaleiro (Benfica), Nani (Manchester United), Rafa (SC Braga), Ricardo Quaresma (FC Porto), Varela (FC Porto) and Vieirinha (VfL Wolfsburg).

You missed Pepe in defenders YM, you need a reboot.

France World Cup squad:

Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris (Tottenham /ANG), Steve Mandanda (Marseille), Mickaël Landreau (SC Bastia)

Defenders: Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid /ESP), Mamadou Sakho (Liverpool , ANG), Mathieu Debuchy (Newcastle/ANG), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal /ANG), Lucas Digne (Paris), Eliaquim Mangala (Porto/POR), Bacary Sagna (Arsenal/ANG), Patrice Evra (Manchester United/ANG)

Midfielders: Yohan Cabaye (PSG), Paul Pogba (Juventus Turin/ITA), Blaise Matuidi (PSG), Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle/ANG), Clément Grenier (Lyon), Rio Mavuba (Lille), Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille)

Forwards: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid/ESP), Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich/ALL), Antoine Griezmann (Real Sociedad/ESP), Olivier Giroud (Arsenal/ANG), Loïc Rémy (Newcastle/ANG).

Nasri out as expected. Gil   

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Here are the reservist for france

Rémy Cabella
Maxime Gonalons
Alexandre Lacazette
Loïc Perrin
Stéphane Ruffier
Morgan Schneiderlin
Benoît Tremoulinas

@Gil, told you Nasri wouldnt be part of it. No one gets along with him in the NT, so he is out.

Mr Nick09 wrote:Here are the reservist for france

Rémy Cabella
Maxime Gonalons
Alexandre Lacazette
Loïc Perrin
Stéphane Ruffier
Morgan Schneiderlin
Benoît Tremoulinas

@Gil, told you Nasri wouldnt be part of it. No one gets along with him in the NT, so he is out.

One of Schneiderlin or Gonalons should have been there.

good riddance to that racaille . a troublemaker who rarely showed up for the NT.
that's the second time he's been left out of the world cup squad   

How did Sissoko get in lmao.

I'd take Cabella, Schneiderlin and Gonalons over him.

Why? No, i disagree, Mavuba is better than both fr my money, i compare mostly with gonalons because i dont know schnederlin much.

The line in France about Nasri is that he couldnt handle being a back up within the group. Unrealistic expectation of his value within the team, could have potentially created a bad atmosphere at the world cup

matpol wrote:

Yohan Modric wrote:Portugal:

Goalkeepers: Anthony Lopes (Lyon), Beto (Sevilla), Eduardo (Braga), Rui Patricio (Sporting Lisbon).

Defenders: Andre Almeida (Benfica), Antunes (Malaga), Bruno Alves (Fenerbahce), Fabio Coentrao (Real Madrid), Joao Pereira (Valencia), Ricardo Costa (Valencia) and Rolando (Inter Milan).

Midfielders: Andre Gomes (Benfica), Joao Mario (Vitoria), Joao Moutinho (Monaco), Miguel Veloso (Dynamo Kiev), Raul Meireles (Fenerbahce), Ruben Amorim (Benfica) and William Carvalho (Sporting Lisbon).

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Eder (SC Braga), Helder Postiga (Lazio), Hugo Almeida (Besiktas), Ivan Cavaleiro (Benfica), Nani (Manchester United), Rafa (SC Braga), Ricardo Quaresma (FC Porto), Varela (FC Porto) and Vieirinha (VfL Wolfsburg).

You missed Pepe in defenders YM, you need a reboot.

Yeh also Neto as well.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:How did Sissoko get in lmao.

I'd take Cabella, Schneiderlin and Gonalons over him.

He gets in because he is more box to box than the guys you mentioned. He fits in a very specific profile while Cabella is an AM whose position is covered by Griezmann/Remy for a wide attacking role; and Mavuba back up at DM covers the need of schnederlin and gonalons.

Schneiderlin is B2B tbh, he just happens to be tactically smart enough to be able to sit a little deeper when needed.

He makes very nice runs off the ball and some late runs into the box.

Sissoko just runs all day lol, maybe i'm deceived because Pardew is a moron but based on his performances for us i wouldn't take him tbh.