I'm going with Coutinho so far, certainly the most important for his team.
Eriksen and Modric also come to mind.
Eriksen and Modric also come to mind.
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It's too early for this thread. We will know better when the final comes.
Bit early to call.
Lukaku
Harry Kane to match Ronaldo's 8 goals in 2002 
Björn Kuipers.
Id say Ronaldo so far.
Modric so far
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Coutinho, Lukaku, Modric, Kane and Ronaldo so far. It all depends on the following matches though.
Too early to tell
Best player for each remaining team probably so far:
England: Kane
Belgium: Lukaku
Brazil: Coutinho
Portugal: Ronaldo
Argentina: Messi
Colombia: James/Mina
Spain: Isco
Russia: Cheryshev
France: Kante
Croatia: Modric
Japan: ?
Sweden: Granqvist
Uruguay: Godin
Mexico: Lozano
Switzerland: Shaqiri
Denmark: ?
Best player for each remaining team probably so far:
England: Kane
Belgium: Lukaku
Brazil: Coutinho
Portugal: Ronaldo
Argentina: Messi
Colombia: James/Mina
Spain: Isco
Russia: Cheryshev
France: Kante
Croatia: Modric
Japan: ?
Sweden: Granqvist
Uruguay: Godin
Mexico: Lozano
Switzerland: Shaqiri
Denmark: ?
Welbeck.
Agreed. Could be any of the above depending on what transpires in the next week or two.
Messi has had 1 good half for Argentina and that's it, I'd say Banega for them
Or our own Marcos Rojo. One goal and one assist, not bad for a team who has scored three goals.
The state of Messi haters.
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Too early really. People are just going for the top scorers mostly.
Godin has been in beast mode. I'll go with him at this premature stage. Modric second.
Godin has been in beast mode. I'll go with him at this premature stage. Modric second.
Rakitic, Modric, Coutinho, Ronaldo and Godin are the top 5 so far. Ronaldo clearly leading since if we had any other player we'd be out of the tournament right now. Modric will get plaudits for dominating opponents' midfields as if he was doing that by himself, he won't get a fraction of the criticism Ronaldo would get for having just a decent game either which means he's probably the favourite.
Isco, Modric and Coutinho are the 3 favourites for me since their teams have better chances to get far into the tournament than Uruguay or Portugal. Godin and Ronaldo have been the two best players so far though, it will be a great match up tomorrow.
Isco, Modric and Coutinho are the 3 favourites for me since their teams have better chances to get far into the tournament than Uruguay or Portugal. Godin and Ronaldo have been the two best players so far though, it will be a great match up tomorrow.
Modric, Coutinho
Coutinho, Lukaku, Modric in that order
Coutinho has been the stand out for me. Modric, Rakitic, Lukaku and Ronaldo have all impressed here and there but Coutinho has stood up and dragged Brazil upwards in every game so far.
He was dropped for the second game though after being a bit crap in the first though.
tbf Banega has only played the one game but he was good right through the 90 minutes, the correct answer for Argentina is probably no one
Modric, Coutinho and Isco have been imperious thus far. Super players.
Kane, Lukaku, Hazard, Rakitic, Modric, Granqvist and maybe Gimenez would be my contenders at the moment
Modric, Coutinho, Lukaku, Kane.
Guys, I was joking for Rojo. He had good output, but he has been good in defense.
Banega was easily the best player in the third match, followed by Messi. On the second match everyone was crap. On the first one, Messi was the only one who played good, but he missed a pen.
Would say that Messi has been their best player, but nowhere near the best players of the tournament so far.
Banega was easily the best player in the third match, followed by Messi. On the second match everyone was crap. On the first one, Messi was the only one who played good, but he missed a pen.
Would say that Messi has been their best player, but nowhere near the best players of the tournament so far.
Nah just the truth which upsets you as usual hence that reply. Funny of you to point out Ronaldo bias...
Pretty long drawn out way of saying you want to have Ronaldo's babies.
Ronaldo was better against Spain than Modric against Argentina, he was better against Morocco than Modric against Nigeria and he was better against Iran than Modric against Iceland... he's vastly more important to Portugal than Modric is to Croatia given Modric doesn't dominate the midfield alone and has brilliant midfielders around him, most people here are picking Modric because that's the way it works. If Ronaldo has an average game he'll get criticism, Modric can have as many average games as he wants without any criticism as you've seen throughout the season. Especially if his team get positive results. Same thing goes for Kroos and Isco, I think the WC finally opened people's eyes as to what Kroos has been the whole year but Isco can be completely ineffective, overdribble the whole game, do nothing to break a team down and still get plaudits for bad performances... he can be bad enough to the point of getting benched and people will think he's being brilliant.
If we had any other player other than Ronaldo we'd be out of the tournament right now and if any other player had performed the way Ronaldo's performed then there would be no doubt as to who's been the best player in the tournament. For him to win that he'll have to be two levels above anyone else.
People saying Lukaku, Kane, Hazard, Isco or Gimenez have had better tournaments so far just proves my point. Ronaldo, Godin, Modric and Coutinho are the 4 clear standouts in any case.
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You're kidding right?
I wouldn't include Kane in the list.
His hat-trick consisted of 2 penalties and a total fluke that may as well have come off his backside. And his other 2 goals were headers from point blank range, so I wouldn't even count them as proper goals either. So for me, he hasn't scored a legitimate goal yet.
His hat-trick consisted of 2 penalties and a total fluke that may as well have come off his backside. And his other 2 goals were headers from point blank range, so I wouldn't even count them as proper goals either. So for me, he hasn't scored a legitimate goal yet.
Okay.
But by everyone else in the world's standards and via the actual rules of football, he's the top scorer in the tournament.
Coutinho, Ronaldo, Lukaku, Modric, Kane and Godin all come to mind as stand out players so far.
I didn't even bother reading that. Keep going though. You and Cal are unique alright. Like FV who was the Messi obsessed tard that never lasted (thankfully).
Now I'll proceed to enjoy the world cup free from all of that.
Diego Costa has to get a little shout! Spain would be out without him and he's hit form again
Messi has had maybe one decent game.
Modric has been fantastic. Coutinho too.
Agree with the comment above re Kane. Two penalties and some basic tap-ins in two matches - against shite teams - does not constitute great overall performances. If anything, he has yet to really impress.
Agree with the comment above re Kane. Two penalties and some basic tap-ins in two matches - against shite teams - does not constitute great overall performances. If anything, he has yet to really impress.
Quintero has been pretty good for Colombia.
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