|
Greatest Soccer team/players to never play in World Cup...
|
View this Thread in Original format
| razmataz |
... or to play for weak national teams will do I guess...
the other thread was getting monotonous (eg. Maradona, Pele, and all the usual suspects)
So here goes: My list is a little biased towards European players as I dont know much of other continents... and its also biased towards post 90s...
GK: Bruce Grobberlar
LB: Sammi Hyypia
CB: Karel Rada
CB: Dennis Irwin
RB: Radek Latal
LM: Ryan Giggs
CLM: George Best
CRM: Eric Cantona
RM: Stefan Effenberg (ok so he did play in the WC but not as much as he should have)
CF: George Weah
CF: Jean Pierre Papin
Most potential wasted: Ivan De La Pena
What about you guys? |
|
|
| Matty V |
Cantona and Best were attackers, not midfielders
sorry just being technical :) |
|
|
| chesco |
| quote: | Originally posted by razmataz
Most potential wasted: Ivan De La Pena
What about you guys? |
paulo di canio. how he didn't get more international caps i'l never know. |
|
|
| paranoik0 |
pavel nedved!
what was the last time czechs went to the world cup?
maybe he's still in time though |
|
|
| razmataz |
| quote: | Originally posted by paranoik0
pavel nedved!
what was the last time czechs went to the world cup?
maybe he's still in time though |
I was going to put him in but I think the Czechs will make it to 2006... |
|
|
| DC76 |
| quote: | Originally posted by razmataz
... or to play for weak national teams will do I guess...
the other thread was getting monotonous (eg. Maradona, Pele, and all the usual suspects)
So here goes: My list is a little biased towards European players as I dont know much of other continents... and its also biased towards post 90s...
GK: Bruce Grobberlar
LB: Sammi Hyypia
CB: Karel Rada
CB: Dennis Irwin
RB: Radek Latal
LM: Ryan Giggs
CLM: George Best
CRM: Eric Cantona
RM: Stefan Effenberg (ok so he did play in the WC but not as much as he should have)
CF: George Weah
CF: Jean Pierre Papin
Most potential wasted: Ivan De La Pena
What about you guys? |
Sami Hyypiä indeed. Jari Litmanen as well.
Other players I'd name
F Shota Arveladze
D Kakhaber Kaladze |
|
|
| Phat Bastard |
Shevchenko
Still young but he'll probably never get to WC with that poor Ukranian team
Also Mutu and Chivu missed WC 2002 with Romania but I'm sure they'll get there someday. Hopefully in 2006. |
|
|
| BaRTeZ |
Its sad for Wales and especially Giggs that it will be hard if they ever reach a tournament.
They were close this year, in the qualify for Euro2004, but didnt make it... sad, would love to see Giggs there :) |
|
|
| razmataz |
| quote: | Originally posted by BaRTeZ
Its sad for Wales and especially Giggs that it will be hard if they ever reach a tournament.
They were close this year, in the qualify for Euro2004, but didnt make it... sad, would love to see Giggs there :) |
Yeah Giggs is sensational to watch. Absolutely love it when the ball is at his feet. In my books he is a terribly underated player. He's up there with the best of them but is terribly unfortunate to play for a weak nation.
Maybe if he had decided to play for England instead (he was elgible to at the start of his career) things would have been rosier (both for him and England). |
|
|
| Haunted |
i remember reading about this one soviet forward who was supposedly the best in the world but he never played in the world cup because he got charged with raping a girl or something like that
forgot his name |
|
|
| Lytchix |
| Nicolas Anelka missed WC 1998 & 2002 and he will probably miss Germany 2006 if he doesn't show more respect to French Federation and french team coach Jacques Santini... :rolleyes: |
|
|
|
|
