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From: Bruce D. Scott on 1 Jul 2010 08:06
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Matthias_M=FChlich?= (muehlich(a)iap.uni-frankfurt.de) wrote:
: MH schrieb:
: > Mertesacker has been surprisingly good too.

: ???

: No, Michael, definitely not. Mertesacker was okay, not more. But the
: other German CB, Arne Friedrich, was excellent so far and belongs in the
: WC10 starting XI for me. Surprisingly.

I agree on both counts. Mertesacker's positioning play has been
exceptionally bad. But up to now Friedrich has mostly been able to pick
him up.

I have a question: why was Boateng supposedly at fault on the English
header? I would have thought the two central men were responsible for
anything going on there. It was quite central.

--
ciao,
Bruce

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From: Abubakr on 1 Jul 2010 08:23
On Jul 1, 3:09 am, Jesus Petry <jesuspe...(a)pop.com.br> wrote:
> With almost 90% of the matches already played, I guess we can start
> picking the team of the tournament.
> I'll get the Jabulani rolling with some indications:
>
> Goalkeepers:
> Stekelenburg
> Eduardo
> Benaglio
> I almost added Enyeama, but his only error was too costly to the
> team.
>
> Right backs:
> Maicon
> Lahm
>
> Central defenders:
> Lúcio
> Juan
> Piqué
> Lugano
> Ricardo Carvalho
> Alcaraz
>
> Left backs:
> Morel Rodríguez
> Fábio Coentrão

I would add Heinze here.

> Midfielders/wingers (so we can mix them up at will :-P):
> [no particular order here]
> Schweinsteiger
> Müller
> Özil
> Forlán
> Kevin-Prince Boateng
> Dempsey
> Donovan
> Messi
> Robben
> Sneijder
> Gilberto Silva
> Kaká
> Robinho
> Alexis Sánchez
> Rommedahl
> Iniesta
> David Villa

Villa should be in the 'striker' category for even tough he starts on
the left wing/left of midfield, he has much more license to get into
goalscoring areas than other players in that situation. Sort of like
Tevez for Argentina.

> Tiago


> Strikers:
> Honda
> Luís Fabiano
> Tevez
> Higuaín
> Luis Suárez


> Please add more names/critique at will.
>
> Tchau!
> Jesus Petry


From: Abubakr on 1 Jul 2010 08:25
On Jul 1, 8:57 am, Matthias Mühlich <muehl...(a)iap.uni-frankfurt.de>
wrote:
> MH schrieb:
>
> > Mertesacker has been surprisingly good too.
>
> ???
>
> No, Michael, definitely not. Mertesacker was okay, not more. But the
> other German CB, Arne Friedrich, was excellent so far and belongs in the
> WC10 starting XI for me. Surprisingly.

I agree. AF has played with class.
From: milivella on 1 Jul 2010 08:51
Futbolmetrix:

> The best XI based on FIFA's castrol index:
>
>               Eduardo
>
> Sergio Ramos   Alcaraz     Demichelis(??)    Capdevila
>
> Alvaro Pereira   Riveros      Gilberto Silva      Gerrard  (?)
>
>            Higuain     Villa

Based on FIFA's fantasy game (total score):
GK Eduardo
RD Maicon
CD Da Silva
CD Jung-Soo
LD Fabio Coentrão
RM Chung-Yong
DM Tiago
AM Sneijder
LM Alvaro Pereira
FW David Villa
FW Mueller

Based on Gazzetta dello Sport's average rating (min 3 matches played):
GK Benaglio / Enyeama
RD Maicon
CD DeMerit
CD Marquez
LD Belhadj
RM Dempsey
DM Yaya Toure
AM Sneijder
LM Park Ji Sung
FW Villa
FW Mueller

Positions are not based on how the players are used in his NT (since
FIFA and Gazzetta listed them as DF/MF/FW before the beginning of the
WC... I know, weak excuse :P ). You can swap Dempsey and Park, BTW.

It looks like Maicon and Villa have a spot in each list submitted so
far.

--
Cheers
milivella
From: Werner Pichler on 1 Jul 2010 09:04
On 1 Jul., 14:51, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It looks like Maicon and Villa have a spot in each list submitted so
> far.
>

Well, rightly so. It's hard to see how you could play their
respective positions any better.

Ciao,
Werner
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