UEFA team of the year revealed

[ronaldinhobr10]

dont know if anyone has posted this but......

just take a look

http://www.uefa.com/uefa/news/Kind=131072/newsId=273663.html

i would change some things on this team

take out cole and put zambrotta because he is much better than cole

take out maniche and put in gerrard....but i wont complain about this one since maniche had a great year

definitely take ouit c.ronaldo and change him for anyone else.....

what do you guys think?

[fatdanny99]

WHAT! Cole instead of Zambrotta. Shame...
The rest looks great.

[mritalian1210]

WHAT! Cole instead of Zambrotta. Shame...

ya really? what were they thinking?
But besides that pretty damn good lineup

[balla]

I get more confused each year how people vote for Henry again.

[Teso Dos Bichos]

I would probably drop Buffon, Cafu, Nesta and Ronaldinho. The voting in this is highly suspect because people are only voting for their favourites and by reputation. If you compare the player achievements over that year, those listed above do not merit a place in the team.

[nicephoras]

I would probably drop Buffon, Cafu, Nesta and Ronaldinho. The voting in this is highly suspect because people are only voting for their favourites and by reputation.

Drop Nesta and Ronaldinho? Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

I would put Zambrotta in for Cole, but Cole's a great player also. But what the HELL is Cristiano Ronaldo doing there?

[Teso Dos Bichos]

Ayala and Micoud achieved more.

[nicephoras]

Ayala and Micoud achieved more.

:confused: Achieved? Roque Jr. has won a World Cup and a Champions League. So what? Ronaldinho is a better player than Micoud. And Ayala, while a great defender, is not as good as Nesta. Yes, the Che won the UEFA Cup. Milan won the Italian league and got to the quarters of the CL. And Nesta is a lot better.
What exactly did Cronaldo "achieve"? The only thing he's won has been the FA Cup. Ooooh, I'm impressed. :rolleyes:

[Teso Dos Bichos]

The voting in this is highly suspect because people are only voting for their favourites and by reputation.

Congratulations on proving my point nice. :cool:

[nicephoras]

Congratulations on proving my point nice. :cool:

What point? That you happen to think Cronaldo deserves to be on the UEFA team of the year despite mediocre performances for ManUtd at best? You haven't made it yet. Don't worry though, its implicit. As is your blatant bias toward anything ManUtd.
And you haven't made a single point that suggests to anyone you know what you're talking about.

[Teso Dos Bichos]

If you don't know the point, then you are in a worse position than I had originally thought. How about this for a suggestion? We post all of the names available for selection by position and then debate the merits of each one. Then we will know exactly where we both stand on the issue. Let's see how many we can agree on.

[|--LdC--|]

What point? That you happen to think Cronaldo deserves to be on the UEFA team of the year despite mediocre performances for ManUtd at best? You haven't made it yet. Don't worry though, its implicit. As is your blatant bias toward anything ManUtd.
And you haven't made a single point that suggests to anyone you know what you're talking about.Cristiano Ronaldo also played with Portugal... and i may say he played great speccially in the Euro 2004, and besides that the other "real" options were Figo or Giuly, Giuly was great with Monaco but nothing more, Figo was good with Real Madrid but didn´t had much impact in the euro, probably the most watched sport competitio in 2004 after the olimpics, maybe this is why we don´t see a Paulo Ferreira has a right defender because he was poor at the euro too.

[Forza Badger]

Buffon, Nesta, and Ronaldinho deserve their spots.

[Teso Dos Bichos]

Prove it

[nicephoras]

Cristiano Ronaldo also played with Portugal... and i may say he played great speccially in the Euro 2004, and besides that the other "real" options were Figo or Giuly, Giuly was great with Monaco but nothing more, Figo was good with Real Madrid but didn´t had much impact in the euro, probably the most watched sport competitio in 2004 after the olimpics, maybe this is why we don´t see a Paulo Ferreira has a right defender because he was poor at the euro too.

I've given my opinion on Cronaldo before. He had a good, not great, Euro. He has been mediocre at best this year for ManUtd. I would definitely take Giuly ahead of Cronaldo, as I would Juninho Pernambucano. I would also wonder if we're restricted to RMs since we have Nedved AND Ronaldinho up there.

As for what my team would be?

----------------Buffon
Seitaridis----Nesta----Carvalho----Zambrotta
Gerrard-----Ronaldinho-----Nedved-----Deco
------Sheva--------------Adriano

For the calendar year, that's about right to me.
Its not a team that would play well together, but neiter would the UEFA one.

P.S. Since this is a calendar year, Vicente just misses out because he's spent so much of this Valencia campaign injured.

[nicephoras]

Maybe if I talk in sophistic circles, no one will notice that I'm a ManUtd homer and wouldn't know football if it kicked me in the groin. What was my point again?

Proper fixed.

[nicephoras]

Prove it

:rolleyes: Prove Diego Forlan doesn't deserve to be on the team. :rolleyes:

[Teso Dos Bichos]

As for what my team would be?

----------------Buffon
Seitaridis----Nesta----Carvalho----Zambrotta
Gerrard-----Ronaldinho-----Nedved-----Deco
------Sheva--------------Adriano

For the calendar year, that's about right to me.
Its not a team that would play well together, but neiter would the UEFA one.

P.S. Since this is a calendar year, Vicente just misses out because he's spent so much of this Valencia campaign injured.

Gerrard is not in the options for right-midfield. You cannot have both Deco and Ronaldinho. From the Uefa options, here is my team:

------------------Baia
Seitaridis----Ayala----Carvalho----Cole
Ronaldo-----Maniche-----Micoud-----Nedved
------Sheva--------------Henry

Baia might not be technically as good as Buffon, but he has impressed in all competitions and for that, I feel he just edges Buffon out. What did Buffon do this year anyway? I stick with Cole because he impressed for both club and country. Ayala was a key player for Valencia and Argentina. He might have missed a bit through injury, but his overall performances put him just ahead of Nesta in this team.

Ronaldo keeps his place through some impressive performances for both club and country during the year. Giuly should be considered, but he did nothing for France. Maniche had a great year and fully merits his place. Micoud is the underdog in the midfield options, but he was crucial for Bremen and inspired them to an unexpected domestic double. Ronaldinho might be the best in the world, but what Micoud achieved puts him ahead in my opinion. Vicente was great, but I agree about the injury point. For that, Nedved takes his place.

Henry and Sheva were the only options in my opinion. Henry was poor in Europe fullstop, but had an incredible end and start to the season. That just enables him to retain his place.

[Teso Dos Bichos]

Proper fixed.

Your immaturity knows no bounds. :D

Prove Diego Forlan doesn't deserve to be on the team.

What team?

[nicephoras]

Gerrard is not in the options for right-midfield. You cannot have both Deco and Ronaldinho.

Of COURSE I can. Cronaldo, Ronaldinho and Nedved can't fit into a midfield. So why do you get to gerrymander now?
There is no possible way Cronaldo actually deserves a spot in a UEFA midfield of the year. Any subsequent discussion is irrelevant. Micoud's team did fcuk all in Europe. And he did fcuk all for France. So how the hell do you put him in your side ahead of Ronaldinho who's Barca rose from the dead, who starts for Brazil, which are second in CONMEBOL qualifying. Winning the German league is that impressive all of a sudden?
And the moment you complain I'm taking CONMEBOL into play, read your description of Ayala. He just "edges" Nesta - what a joke. Nesta is by far the best defender on the planet, and Ayala's "accomplishments" are of the same variety. Their teams had excellent years, and Nesta is the better player.
As for Henry - Adriano has had an amazing end to last season, an amazing start to this season, and won the Copa America almost singlehandedly. On a calendar year, yes, he's ahead of Henry.