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How's about a "Best of the Rest" team in the WC?? |
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How's about a "Best of the Rest" team in the WC??
Thinking George Best never got to play in the World Cup, seems a pity that really good players from smaller countries can't play in the major tournament through no fault of their own - maybe the WC should have 31 teams + a team combined of the best of the rest, maybe picked by FIFA and managed by a retired *great*??
Can Digital Spyers suggest names of today to go into a 22-man squad (probably starting with Bale!) from countries that didn't make it? Maybe only from countries that have a population under 5 million?? |
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Aaron Ramsey.
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No all nations should have to qualify, having players just turn up who didn't wouldn't be right or fair (bar the host nation of course).
If we are playing make believe, then the first name should be Ibra, rather than Bale. |
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Ibrahimovic
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No all nations should have to qualify, having players just turn up who didn't wouldn't be right or fair (bar the host nation of course).
If we are playing make believe, then the first name should be Ibra, rather than Bale. |
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In some confederations, qualifying can be easier than others (Australia for starters)? So it's not quite a level playing field.
Just letting players turn up (bar the host nation) would be wrong. |
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Cech
Piszczek Benatia Ivanovic Alaba Ramsey Bale Mkhitaryan Turan Lewandowski Ibrahimovic |
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I picked this squad on a whim on the other thread but it would be better with the stipulation that you can only pick one player per country. Otherwise you end up with a very very strong side (see below).
GK Handanovic (Slovenia) Cech (Czech Rep) McGregor (Scotland) CB Benatia (Morocco) Ivanovic (Serbia) Subotic (Serbia) Skrtel (Slovakia) FB Coleman (Rep Ireland) Alaba (Austria) Piszczek (Poland) MD Matic (Serbia) Mkhitaryan (Armenia) Hamsik (Slovakia) Nuri Sahin (Turkey) Ramsey (Wales) Erikssen (Denmark) WG Bale (Wales) Yarmolenko (Ukraine) Konoplyanka (Ukraine) Salah (Egypt) Arda Turan (Turkey) STR Ibrahimovic (Sweden) Lewandowski (Poland) |
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I get what you are saying, but it is still a path that nations take to get there, (Australia's path in Asia is not the hardest, nor though is it the easiest either).
Just letting players turn up (bar the host nation) would be wrong. The other alternative is to have a Smaller Country's World Cup ( 2 million population max) and - possibly - allow the winning country a place in the tournament proper? Of course, Iceland nearly did!! |
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I picked this squad on a whim on the other thread but it would be better with the stipulation that you can only pick one player per country. Otherwise you end up with a very very strong side (see below).
GK Handanovic (Slovenia) Cech (Czech Rep) McGregor (Scotland) CB Benatia (Morocco) Ivanovic (Serbia) Subotic (Serbia) Skrtel (Slovakia) FB Coleman (Rep Ireland) Alaba (Austria) Piszczek (Poland) MD Matic (Serbia) Mkhitaryan (Armenia) Hamsik (Slovakia) Nuri Sahin (Turkey) Ramsey (Wales) Erikssen (Denmark) WG Bale (Wales) Yarmolenko (Ukraine) Konoplyanka (Ukraine) Salah (Egypt) Arda Turan (Turkey) STR Ibrahimovic (Sweden) Lewandowski (Poland) |
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1 per country...
Handanovic (Slovenia) Cech (Czech Republic) McGregor (Scotland) Benatia (Morocco) Ivanovic (Serbia) Chiriches (Romania) Coleman (Ireland) Alaba (Austria) Abdennour (Tunisia) Diame (Senegal) Nuri Sahin (Turkey) Eriksson (Denmark) Mkhitaryan (Armenia) Hamsik (Slovakia) Bale (Wales) Konoplyanka (Ukraine) Salah (Egypt) Dzsudszak (Hungary) Lewandowski (Poland) Ibrahimovic (Sweden) Pandev (Macedonia) Aubameyang (Gabon) Jovetic (Montenegro) |
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Great idea
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No George Weah?
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No George Weah?
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Err he's 47.
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In some confederations, qualifying can be easier than others (Australia for starters)? So it's not quite a level playing field.
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The Confederations Cup could be interesting if the format was changed so each confederation picked a team of their best players to participate.
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