Is the world cup showing up players for what they really are

[Alec Horan]

actually the premiership has most players at the world cup


but.............and most people never seem to understand this- no matter how much of a football fan they call themself- Football is a team game ..............TEAM !!!!!!!! as the greatest manager of them all said

Bob Paisley - A football team can be compared to a piano 8 to carry it and 3 to play it.

so you can have all the marquee players you want but they are a complete waste of space if the dont have the boys doing the spadework around them.

and in international football teams have a minimum amount of team to get used to playing with each other

[debest]

actually the premiership has most players at the world cup


but.............and most people never seem to understand this- no matter how much of a football fan they call themself- Football is a team game ..............TEAM !!!!!!!! as the greatest manager of them all said

Bob Paisley - A football team can be compared to a piano 8 to carry it and 3 to play it.

so you can have all the marquee players you want but they are a complete waste of space if the dont have the boys doing the spadework around them.

and in international football teams have a minimum amount of team to get used to playing with each other

Exactly....look at Madrid in there Galacticos era....they were good for a season or two and then they went to shit creek.

Also.....Shankly, Stein, Busby and Ferguson are better managers than Paisley.....WORD......

[nicegirlsarenice]

It may sound cynical, but the money that the clubs spend on them is foolproof evidence that they're the best.

If there were better players then the top premiership teams would pick them up at bargain prices. Other players would love to go to the clubs for the 100 grand a week instead of their current wages.

Money talks, they wouldn't be spending that type of money just to pretend to have the best players.

[BruceAlmighty]

I don't believe you can judge - for example both Rooney and Lampard played very well for thier respective clubs but are awful in the World Cup. I accept that they can be flattered by good team-mates, but not to the extent these players are. Add in Gerard and Terry and you are talking about tranfer targets for every side in Europe.

Until they introduce salary caps, television match officials and give the refs microphones soccer will continue to decline in quality IMO.

[Westsidex]

It may sound cynical, but the money that the clubs spend on them is foolproof evidence that they're the best.

all this proves is that they have the money to pay them .This is evidenced by the number of foreign players playing in the premiership.

Westside.

[debest]

all this proves is that they have the money to pay them .This is evidenced by the number of foreign players playing in the premiership.

Westside.

We're talking about the quality of the premier league not the quality of the English national team.

[nicegirlsarenice]

all this proves is that they have the money to pay them .This is evidenced by the number of foreign players playing in the premiership.

Westside.

How? Doesn't the number of foreign players show that they do draw other top players if they're good enough?

[An don]

No they draw them because they pay them more .