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Premiership players in this World Cup
Goalkeepers aside I can only think of Kompany, Zabaleta and maybe Van Persie who have shown any real form in this World Cup that play in our league. Is this because it's a more competitive league, because we don't have a break, just coincidence or is it just not as good as it's hyped up to be?
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Just coincedence in my opinion. Who from La Liga has lit up the tournament? I can't think of anyone. I wouldn't look at it in terms of which leagues the players come from anyway. I'd just look at the individual player for reasons why he hasn't performed e.g. injury, lack of form for his club towards the end of the season etc.
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Just coincedence in my opinion. Who from La Liga has lit up the tournament? I can't think of anyone. I wouldn't look at it in terms of which leagues the players come from anyway. I'd just look at the individual player for reasons why he hasn't performed e.g. injury, lack of form for his club towards the end of the season etc.
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I'd say Messi and Neymar have performed and that's just off the top off my head. Not knocking your overall point though
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Messi has four goals, same as Neymar.
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Neymar, I could accept. I don't feel Messi has lived up to the expectations, performance-wise. Despite a couple of goals (his one against Bosnia being overrated), he's been very quiet in all the Argentinian matches I've seen. In fact, I think Messi's been in the same kind of form he was in (and criticised) for Barcelona for the 2nd half of last season, despite people suggesting he was saving himself for the World Cup.
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Messi has four goals, same as Neymar.
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Messi and Neymar have almost identical goals, assists and goals per minute stats.
I think Messi's goals have been better. |
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I think this just goes to show how strong Bayern Munich is. Just think of all the players at that club who are still in this tournament. Yeah...
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I could probably pick out some more if I looked through the squads. None are up for player of the tournament but most have done well enough. I've only omitted a few who I thought were quite poor (Sakho, Dzeko, Y Toure).
Suarez Debuchy Schurrle did okay when he got chances. Ozil has been better than his late premier league form De Guzman Fer did well in his short cameo David Luiz Fernandinho Mertesacker Koscielny Evra Sissoko Giroud Ruiz Sterling Vertonghen Fellaini Hazard Mirallas Can't be bothered thinking about it more but there's still quite a decent list. I agree though that the premier league isn't as strong as some people make it out to be. |
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I could probably pick out some more if I looked through the squads. None are up for player of the tournament but most have done well enough. I've only omitted a few who I thought were quite poor (Sakho, Dzeko, Y Toure).
Suarez Debuchy Schurrle did okay when he got chances. Ozil has been better than his late premier league form De Guzman Fer did well in his short cameo David Luiz Fernandinho Mertesacker Koscielny Evra Sissoko Giroud Ruiz Sterling Vertonghen Fellaini Hazard Mirallas Can't be bothered thinking about it more but there's still quite a decent list. I agree though that the premier league isn't as strong as some people make it out to be. |
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Hazard? Really?
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Gary Medel did a good job for Chile. Sakho was one of the top performers for France before their exit. Mikel looked good for Nigeria and Schurrle has been a good sub for Germany. Also Vlaar.
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Gary Medel did a good job for Chile. Sakho was one of the top performers for France before their exit. Mikel looked good for Nigeria and Schurrle has been a good sub for Germany. Also Vlaar.
(Sorry Cardiff fans! )
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Technically a Championship player.
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Technically a Championship player.
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Technically a Championship player.
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Gary Medel did a good job for Chile. Sakho was one of the top performers for France before their exit. Mikel looked good for Nigeria and Schurrle has been a good sub for Germany. Also Vlaar.
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I think this just goes to show how strong Bayern Munich is. Just think of all the players at that club who are still in this tournament. Yeah...
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Absolutely. The Bayern Munich players have the best fitness levels because the German Bundesliga is much easier with less games and a break. All the PL players look exhausted by the time it gets to the World Cup. There is no coincidence about this. Aside from Suarez who was injured, no one from the PL impressed at all. Van Persie is a great player, but compare his fitness to Robben's and you will see a massive difference. People are just kidding themselves when they ignore the obvious flaws of the PL.
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I think you are being a bit lenient with a lot of those to be honest but it was just something that went through my mind watching Belgium today
This is what happens with these type of topics. Someone asks about form and I say that this list of players have done okay at times and been passable whilst agreeing that none have shown the form of Neymar/Rodriguez/Robben. Then you get people querying that because they have only two modes - either a player was brilliant or they were terrible. Well....I don't view things that way. As far as I can see only a few players have had absolute stinkers, most have had their moments, a couple of dozen have been consistently good, and a few have been outstanding. |
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Let's be honest though Robben is in a league of his own when it comes to fitness. Even at extra time against Costa Rica he was running all over the place. Amazing for someone who is 30.
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