Coulthard's Jaw Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 ok this a lot more fun Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Would have expected more Qatar players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 More Polish players than Qatari or Welsh makes no sense Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Crispypaul said: More Polish players than Qatari or Welsh makes no sense Ignore me Edited December 19, 2022 by Rob1981 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentwars Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Seems a bit harsh to have 3 Polish players in there given they got to the knockout stages Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett.spurs Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Expected more Loltaro. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vynal Seven Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 I can’t be bothered doing a whole 11 but my front 3 would be Ferran - Lukaku - Raphinha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezer Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Could have just been the Welsh or Qatari team tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigmatic Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 4 hours ago, Crispypaul said: More Polish players than Qatari or Welsh makes no sense tbf Poland managed to be rubbish in the game they won, and if it's match rating averages then the low expectations on Qatari and Welsh players are going to help. Still not sure how Zielinski made it in bearing in mind he scored a goal in their victory though Would probably be more fun compiling a list focused on good reputation players playing for sides that reached the knockouts and bring the likes of Lautaro and Upamecano who played in the final in for obscure players nobody expected anything from. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezer Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, enigmatic said: Would probably be more fun compiling a list focused on good reputation players playing for sides that reached the knockouts and bring the likes of Lautaro and Upamecano who played in the final in for obscure players nobody expected anything from. We need an over hyped and under delivering XI. Lukaku and Lautaro up front definitely. Navas maybe the keeper seeing as he somehow managed to let past everything Spain hit in their first game. Thomas Muller? Although you could pick a number of the German players tbh. Edited December 19, 2022 by Weezer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vynal Seven Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Weezer said: Could have just been the Welsh or Qatari team tbf. There’s no point picking players nobody was ever expecting anything from anyway though. The 3 I mentioned all have reputations that far exceed their actual level and then stunk the tournament out to boot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezer Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 That's why I made the suggestion in my last post. If you're simply creating a 'Worst XI' then it makes sense to add Qatari and Welsh players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpecanha Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 My team would be: Borjan (Canada) Oviedo (Costa Rica) Khoukhi (Qatar) Rudiger (Germany) Lamptey (Ghana) Boudiaf (Qatar) Buchanan (Canada) Pellistri (Uruguay) L. Martinez (Argentina) Cheddira (Morocco) Almoez Ali (Qatar) Manager: Kasper Hjulmand (Denmark) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_jagster Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 That Serbian defender who kept playing Aboubakar onside should be in the worst XI for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Weezer said: We need an over hyped and under delivering XI. Lukaku and Lautaro up front definitely. Navas maybe the keeper seeing as he somehow managed to let past everything Spain hit in their first game. Thomas Muller? Although you could pick a number of the German players tbh. Lukaku? Seriously? He only played 45mins and was lacking match fitness cause he didn't play for quite some time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 59 minutes ago, buffalo said: Lukaku? Seriously? He only played 45mins and was lacking match fitness cause he didn't play for quite some time. He missed more chances than the rest of the team combined. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 27 minutes ago, Wolf_pd said: He missed more chances than the rest of the team combined. at least with him we did get the chances thought you Dutch were so keen on creating chances Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) MY team would be: The whole German team, by a mile Edited December 19, 2022 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomyorkessoul Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Where's Pulisic? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansongs Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Bale definitely there on merit. There must have been worse keepers than Hennessey, surely, but he did have one very funny moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cartman Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Courtois surely worst goalie, alongside most of the Belgium side. Big difference between players who are not expected to perform vs big names like he and KDB being awful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalkSport Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Guy saved a penalty to spare their blushes against Canada, and was overall strong in that game considering how bad Belgium were first half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigmatic Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Courtois getting done by a repeat of the set piece he got away with was pretty funny, but Navas managed to be at fault for more goals in one game than Courtois conceded in total... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 think it also says something on how much we expect from Courtois I guess all in all our Belgian top players that could potentially make the difference didn't show up and that showed did get to see and discover Onana though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopsy101 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Ronaldo? Or does his penalty give him a bye here? I'm also surprised KdB and B Silva didn't absolutely tear up trees, I expected big things. Not that they were bad, Silva in particular is good even when it's not happening for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orzelek Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Those best/worst teams are always up for discussion, but this one strikes me as being particualarly weird. 3 players from Poland, who made the knockout stages? Zielinski even scored a goal, and Cash was part of a defence who had two clean sheeets ffs And if anyone from Poland should be selected for this team, it should've been Krychowiak who had a very poor tournament. Also really weird with only one Qatari player and no Costa Ricans in the defence (11 goals conceeded in three games ffs). Surprised no Germans made the team - Müller, Götze, Schlotterbeck and Süle are all worthy candidates. And although I completly agree about Skov Olsen having a bad tournament, Jensen was as bad, while Damsgaard and Dolberg were probably even worse. As for Belgium, both Hazard and Batshuayi should be concidered. And also I miss the player I thought was worst at the tournament - Walid Cheddira. As great as the Moroccan team was, he was absolutely clueless. It genuinly looked like they had picked some random fan from the stands and put him on the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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