Euro 23 Select squad

Chep · 30th June 2008, 14:06

Euro 2008 team of the tournament

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Iker Casillas (Spain), Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands).

Defenders: Bosingwa (Portugal), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Carlos Marchena (Spain), Pepe (Portugal), Carles Puyol (Spain), Yuri Zhirkov (Russia).

Midfielders: Hamit Altintop (Turkey), Luka Modric (Croatia), Marcos Senna (Spain), Xavi Hernández (Spain), Konstantin Zyryanov (Russia), Michael Ballack (Germany), Cesc Fàbregas (Spain), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Lukas Podolski (Germany), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands).

Forwards: Andrei Arshavin (Russia), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia), Fernando Torres (Spain), David Villa (Spain)

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I notice- the best player in the world-Mr. Cristiano Ronaldo Santos Aveira - has not been selected.

And did I hear someone say he will be irreplaceable if he left us for Bernabeu?

cesc's_mullet · 30th June 2008, 14:14

he must be shit then

M'n'M · 30th June 2008, 14:26

You can't really argue with a lot of them but I honestly don't think Arshavin deserves to be included. He only played 3 games, 2 of which is was pretty impressive, the other one he was anonymous.

Move Podolski into the forward category and add Ardan Turan into the midfielders.

Dr. Dwayne · 30th June 2008, 15:03

Preposterous, there should not be an Italian within 50m of that list.

ZIDANE · 30th June 2008, 15:10

Buffon was great, kept them in it with that penalty save.

If not Ronaldo then I would have thought Deco would have slipped in to the midfield list. I also agree with the Turan shout.

R.Nilsson7 · 30th June 2008, 17:56

Iniesta.

Paddy · 30th June 2008, 18:02

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Originally Posted by R.Nilsson7

Iniesta.

How is his inclusion funny? He was class.

R.Nilsson7 · 30th June 2008, 18:12

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Originally Posted by paddyf091

How is his inclusion funny? He was class.

He was the shittiest player in the Spain team. He constantly stopped the attacks and he also kept giving the ball away repeatedly.

hycool · 30th June 2008, 18:22

Pepe, Bosingwa and Lahm do not deserve to be there.

Paddy · 30th June 2008, 18:24

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Originally Posted by R.Nilsson7

He was the shittiest player in the Spain team. He constantly stopped the attacks and he also kept giving the ball away repeatedly.

Have to disagree with you there. Didn't think that myself at all.

Paddy · 30th June 2008, 18:25

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Originally Posted by hycool

Pepe, Bosingwa and Lahm do not deserve to be there.

I would have said Pepe was more deserving than the other two. He looked a good player most of the time.

cesc's_mullet · 30th June 2008, 18:44

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Originally Posted by paddyf091

Have to disagree with you there. Didn't think that myself at all.

Aside from a few good passes, he was shite in most games.

cesc's_mullet · 30th June 2008, 18:44

Was it just me or did Puyol looks rather shite too?

GlasgowCeltic · 30th June 2008, 18:51

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Originally Posted by cesc's_mullet

Aside from a few good passes, he was shite in most games.

'supermassiveuberlolz'

Raven_Blade · 30th June 2008, 18:52

I would say that the team is wrong.

PeteReDevil · 30th June 2008, 18:59

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Originally Posted by cesc's_mullet

Was it just me or did Puyol looks rather shite too?

He looked pretty average didn't he? Inclusion by default as champions I guess. But wouldn't argue about the rest

GlastonSpur · 30th June 2008, 19:02

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Originally Posted by cesc's_mullet

Was it just me or did Puyol looks rather shite too?

I was generally impressed with Puyol - made a few mistakes, but then again made some key tackles and interventions - never gives up, 100% effort and commitment.

Donut · 30th June 2008, 19:04

So Ronaldo won't win the POTY now?

Brwned · 30th June 2008, 19:33

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Originally Posted by GlastonSpur

I was generally impressed with Puyol - made a few mistakes, but then again made some key tackles and interventions - never gives up, 100% effort and commitment.

He's the Spanish John Terry. Overrated because of his commitment and because he makes last ditch tackles, but he is becoming much more mistake prone in recent years. Doesn't deserve to be in there.

Rowem · 30th June 2008, 22:15

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Originally Posted by Donut

So Ronaldo won't win the POTY now?

Gonna be Torres ain't it

peterstorey · 30th June 2008, 23:00

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Originally Posted by Brwned

He's the Spanish John Terry. Overrated because of his commitment and because he makes last ditch tackles, but he is becoming much more mistake prone in recent years. Doesn't deserve to be in there.

Agreed. He's always into have-a-go-hero stuff because he's fucked up or is the wrong postion to start off with. Very poor all tournament.

Count Duckula · 30th June 2008, 23:03

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Originally Posted by Rowem

Gonna be Torres ain't it

I genuinly think it is. Especially as he scored the winner in the final.

davisjw · 30th June 2008, 23:57

No Schweinsteiger??? What 2 goals and 4 assists or so, deserves a midfield shout out with the best of them, would be in my starting XI for the tournament.

Modric did nothing for me this tournament but I still think he'll look good this season...

Name Changed · 1st July 2008, 00:07

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Originally Posted by R.Nilsson7

Iniesta.

In my opinion, Iniesta was class, considering he was playing out of position a lot of the time.

Name Changed · 1st July 2008, 00:08

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Originally Posted by hycool

Pepe, Bosingwa and Lahm do not deserve to be there.

I'd agree. All three were good going forward. But defensively they were an absolute shambles. I think Bosingwa will be found out at Chelsea.

UnitedBoy · 1st July 2008, 00:42

didnt think torres did much, villa was different quality to him i felt.

Justin · 1st July 2008, 09:27

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Originally Posted by cesc's_mullet

Was it just me or did Puyol looks rather shite too?

He's always been overrated

Tibs · 1st July 2008, 10:07

Ronnie won't win the FIFA award now for Best Player

Sarni · 1st July 2008, 17:40

Ronaldo didn't deserve to be anywhere near the selected team.

Ekeke · 1st July 2008, 19:18

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Originally Posted by Sarni

Ronaldo didn't deserve to be anywhere near the selected team.

To be fair he scored and was involved in all Porto's significant attacking moves. So was Deco though and they went out earlier than expected.

Kazim Richards was probably the best right winger in the tournament. Should have been on there.

Sarni · 2nd July 2008, 03:16

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Originally Posted by Ekeke

To be fair he scored and was involved in all Porto's significant attacking moves. So was Deco though and they went out earlier than expected.

Kazim Richards was probably the best right winger in the tournament. Should have been on there.

Which doesn't make him better than any of players named in the squad, fact is that he was below his usual standards and was poor in the game where they were eliminated, against Germany. He only played three games in the competition, and I wasn't overly impressed with him against Turkey either - he wasn't their best player certainly. As for Czechs game, he did very well there, scored a decisive goal, but can we name him in 23-man squad on that basis? Nope.

Playing for United and being in a shout for Ballon d'Or doesn't make his Euro performances good enough.

30th June 2008, 14:06	#1 (permalink)
Chep Reserve Team Player Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Hanging on Drogba's balls Posts: 662	Euro 23 Select squad Euro 2008 team of the tournament Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Iker Casillas (Spain), Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands). Defenders: Bosingwa (Portugal), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Carlos Marchena (Spain), Pepe (Portugal), Carles Puyol (Spain), Yuri Zhirkov (Russia). Midfielders: Hamit Altintop (Turkey), Luka Modric (Croatia), Marcos Senna (Spain), Xavi Hernández (Spain), Konstantin Zyryanov (Russia), Michael Ballack (Germany), Cesc Fàbregas (Spain), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Lukas Podolski (Germany), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands). Forwards: Andrei Arshavin (Russia), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia), Fernando Torres (Spain), David Villa (Spain) --=-=--------------------------------------------------------------------- I notice- the best player in the world-Mr. Cristiano Ronaldo Santos Aveira - has not been selected. And did I hear someone say he will be irreplaceable if he left us for Bernabeu?

30th June 2008, 14:14	#2 (permalink)
cesc's_mullet Get a haircut Hippy! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: i gotta do something important so people will respect me… like be a senator… or a wizard Posts: 8,594	he must be shit then

30th June 2008, 14:26	#3 (permalink)
M'n'M More than a little nutty® Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,862	You can't really argue with a lot of them but I honestly don't think Arshavin deserves to be included. He only played 3 games, 2 of which is was pretty impressive, the other one he was anonymous. Move Podolski into the forward category and add Ardan Turan into the midfielders.

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Dr. Dwayne self confessed womens pantie wearer Join Date: May 2006 Location: form is emptiness, emptiness is form. Posts: 12,309	Preposterous, there should not be an Italian within 50m of that list.

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ZIDANE Reserve Team Player Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: "..undoubtedly the best midfielder of his generation." Zizou on Scholes Posts: 4,871	Buffon was great, kept them in it with that penalty save. If not Ronaldo then I would have thought Deco would have slipped in to the midfield list. I also agree with the Turan shout.

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R.Nilsson7 First Team Sub Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Dimitar Berbatov's balcony Posts: 5,316	Iniesta.

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hycool CR7 fanboy Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: ''The crowd still chant Cantona's name and I told Cristiano 'Leave a hero like Eric' and one day he will. But not yet.'' Posts: 2,379	Pepe, Bosingwa and Lahm do not deserve to be there.

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cesc's_mullet Get a haircut Hippy! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: i gotta do something important so people will respect me… like be a senator… or a wizard Posts: 8,594	Was it just me or did Puyol looks rather shite too?

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Raven_Blade Attention Whoring Common Crow Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Man Utd Will Never Die! Posts: 17,159	I would say that the team is wrong.

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Donut Reserve Team Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Champions! Posts: 569	So Ronaldo won't win the POTY now?

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davisjw Reserve Team Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,270	No Schweinsteiger??? What 2 goals and 4 assists or so, deserves a midfield shout out with the best of them, would be in my starting XI for the tournament. Modric did nothing for me this tournament but I still think he'll look good this season...

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UnitedBoy Redcafe Yahoo Pool champion 2007 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Wales!!!!!!!!!!!!! Posts: 3,307	didnt think torres did much, villa was different quality to him i felt.

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Tibs Reserve Team Player Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,386	Ronnie won't win the FIFA award now for Best Player

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Sarni nice guy, unassuming, objective United fan. Thinks hes intelligent though. Nutter Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Krasnik, Poland Posts: 11,252	Ronaldo didn't deserve to be anywhere near the selected team.