[Perú FC]

Knowing already the 32 classified nations for South Africa 2010, what do you believe are the most important players that won't attend upon having been eliminated with their respective countries?, could you do a 23-man squad and an initial team?

I'd say (I'm not considering retired players from international matches as Giggs or Mutu):

Squad

GK AKINFEEV, Igor (Russia & CSKA Moscow)
GK CECH, Petr (Czech Republic & Chelsea)
GK GIVEN, Shay (Ireland & Manchester City)
CB CHIVU, Cristian (Romania & Inter Milan)
CB CÓRDOBA, Iván (Colombia & Inter Milan)
CB HYYPIÄ, Sami (Finland & Bayer Leverkusen)
CB VAN BUYTEN, Daniel (Belgium & Bayern Münich)
RB SRNA, Darijo (Croatia & Shakhtar Donetsk)
LB VARGAS, Juan (Peru & Fiorentina)
LB ZHIRKOV, Yuri (Russia & Chelsea)
DM KEITA, Seydou (Mali & Barcelona)
DM TYMOSHCHUK, Anatoliy (Ukraine & Bayern Münich)
CM ALTINTOP, Hamit (Turkey & Bayern Münich)
OM IRELAND, Stephen (Ireland & Manchester City)
OM MISIMOVIC, Zvjezdan (Bosnia and Herzegovina & Wolfsburg)
OM MODRIC, Luka (Croatia & Tottenham Hotspur)
WG DUFF, Damien (Ireland & Fulham)
WG VALENCIA, Luis Antonio (Ecuador & Manchester United)
SS ARSHAVIN, Andrei (Russia & Arsenal)
ST ADEBAYOR, Emmanuel (Togo & Manchester City)
ST BERBATOV, Dimitar (Bulgaria & Manchester United)
ST IBRAHIMOVIC, Zlatan (Sweden & Barcelona)
ST KANOUTÉ, Frédéric (Mali & Sevilla)

Initial Team

---------------------------- Cech ----------------------------
--- Srna ----- Córdoba ----- Chivu ----- Vargas ---
---------------------------- Keita ----------------------------
----------------- Ireland ------- Misimovic --------------
----- Arshavin ---- Adebayor ---- Ibrahimovic -----

Honorable mention to: Andreas Isaksson, Jussi Jääskeläinen, Josip Simunic, Olof Mellberg, Brede Hangeland, Jonny Evans, Thomas Vermaelen, Vincent Kompany, Kakha Kaladze, Cristián Zapata, Luis Amaranto Perea, John O'Shea, Zdenek Grygera, Vedran Corluka, Aleksandr Anyukov, Anthony Vanden Borre, Camilo Zúñiga, John Arne Riise, Danijel Pranjic, Barry Ferguson, Darren Fletcher, Lorik Cana, Mohamed Sissoko, Mahamadou Diarra, Fabián Vargas, Tomás Rosicky, Niko Kranjcar, Yossi Benayoun, Aliaksandr Hleb, Alan Dzagoev, Juan Arango, Kim Källström, Martin Petrov, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Aiden McGeady, Sejad Salihovic, Ivica Olic, Eidur Gudjohnsen, Stevan Jovetic, Robbie Keane, Jefferson Farfán, Mirko Vucinic, Milan Baros, Eduardo, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Pavel Pogrebnyak, John Carew, Erik Nevland, Andriy Shevchenko, Edin Dzeko, Vedad Ibisevic, Craig Bellamy, Goran Pandev, Marouane Chamakh, Mohamed Zidan, Amr Zaki, Mamadou Niang, Kenwyne Jones, Radamel Falcao García, Marcelo Moreno, Claudio Pizarro and Paolo Guerrero.

[superfrantheman]

Originally Posted by Perú FC

Knowing already the 32 classified nations for South Africa 2010, what do you believe are the most important players that won't attend upon having been eliminated with their respective countries?, could you do a 23-man squad and an initial team?

I'd say (I'm not considering retired players from international matches as Giggs or Mutu):

Squad

GK AKINFEEV, Igor (Russia & CSKA Moscow)
GK CECH, Petr (Czech Republic & Chelsea)
GK GIVEN, Shay (Ireland & Manchester City)
CB CHIVU, Cristian (Romania & Inter Milan)
CB CÓRDOBA, Iván (Colombia & Inter Milan)
CB HYYPIÄ, Sami (Finland & Bayer Leverkusen)
CB VAN BUYTEN, Daniel (Belgium & Bayern Münich)
RB SRNA, Darijo (Croatia & Shakhtar Donetsk)
LB VARGAS, Juan (Peru & Fiorentina)
LB ZHIRKOV, Yuri (Russia & Chelsea)
DM KEITA, Seydou (Mali & Barcelona)
DM TYMOSHCHUK, Anatoliy (Ukraine & Bayern Münich)
CM ALTINTOP, Hamit (Turkey & Bayern Münich)
OM IRELAND, Stephen (Ireland & Manchester City)
OM MISIMOVIC, Zvjezdan (Bosnia and Herzegovina & Wolfsburg)
OM MODRIC, Luka (Croatia & Tottenham Hotspur)
WG DUFF, Damien (Ireland & Fulham)
WG VALENCIA, Luis Antonio (Ecuador & Manchester United)
SS ARSHAVIN, Andrei (Russia & Arsenal)
ST ADEBAYOR, Emmanuel (Togo & Manchester City)
ST BERBATOV, Dimitar (Bulgaria & Manchester United)
ST IBRAHIMOVIC, Zlatan (Sweden & Barcelona)
ST KANOUTÉ, Frédéric (Mali & Sevilla)

Initial Team

---------------------------- Cech ----------------------------
--- Srna ----- Córdoba ----- Chivu ----- Vargas ---
---------------------------- Keita ----------------------------
----------------- Ireland ------- Misimovic --------------
----- Arshavin ---- Adebayor ---- Ibrahimovic -----

Honorable mention to: Andreas Isaksson, Jussi Jääskeläinen, Josip Simunic, Olof Mellberg, Brede Hangeland, Jonny Evans, Thomas Vermaelen, Vincent Kompany, Kakha Kaladze, Cristián Zapata, Luis Amaranto Perea, John O'Shea, Zdenek Grygera, Vedran Corluka, Aleksandr Anyukov, Anthony Vanden Borre, Camilo Zúñiga, John Arne Riise, Danijel Pranjic, Barry Ferguson, Darren Fletcher, Lorik Cana, Mohamed Sissoko, Mahamadou Diarra, Fabián Vargas, Tomás Rosicky, Niko Kranjcar, Yossi Benayoun, Aliaksandr Hleb, Alan Dzagoev, Juan Arango, Kim Källström, Martin Petrov, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Aiden McGeady, Sejad Salihovic, Ivica Olic, Eidur Gudjohnsen, Stevan Jovetic, Robbie Keane, Jefferson Farfán, Mirko Vucinic, Milan Baros, Eduardo, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Pavel Pogrebnyak, John Carew, Erik Nevland, Andriy Shevchenko, Edin Dzeko, Vedad Ibisevic, Craig Bellamy, Goran Pandev, Marouane Chamakh, Mohamed Zidan, Amr Zaki, Mamadou Niang, Kenwyne Jones, Radamel Falcao García, Marcelo Moreno, Claudio Pizarro and Paolo Guerrero.

my starting eleven would be


----------------------- given ----------------------
----------zapata--------chivu----vermaelen--------
---------------------tymoshcuk---------------------
srna------------------------------------------vargas
-------------benayoun---------arshavin------------
----------------------robbie keane------------------
------------------------ibrahimovic-----------------

[tadm123]

I'll do the lineup , prolly later ill add the rest:

---------------- Cech
--Srna --- Zapata --- Chigrinsky -- Vargas
--------- Keita ---- Tymoshuk
------------- Arshavin
Berbatov ------Kanoute ------- Ibrahimovic

[vancity eagle]

Gk akinfeev (russia)
gk given (ireland)
gk cech (czech)

df corluka (croatia)
df zhirkov (russia)
df chivu (romania)
df vermaelen (belgium)
df hangeland (norway)
df o'shea (ireland)

mf modric (croatia)
mf srna (croatia)
mf tymoschuk (ukraine)
mf benayoun (israel)
mf misimovic (bosnia)
mf valencia (ecuador)
mf keita (mali)
mf sissoko (mali)

fw arshavin (russia)
fw berbatov (bulgaria)
fw ibrahimovic (sweden)
fw kanoute (mali)
fw dzeko (bosnia)
fw adebayor (togo)


starting 11

****************cech******************

srna****chivu******vermealen*********zhirkov

***********keita*****sissoko***********

*****************modric****************

****arshavin*****adebayor*****ibrahimovic

[JAIME CHILE]

Chile going to play the WC, but David Pizarro (AS Roma/Italy) won't do it.

[Fullerov]

Stephen Ireland is effectively retired from international football.

[Perú FC]

Originally Posted by Fullerov

Stephen Ireland is effectively retired from international football.

Not officially. His last position was about his refusal to play for Ireland, also believes he won't back in the future, but doesn't rule out completely: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...us/8041610.stm