Please construct a team of the worst international players

The most amazing part about this list? Only ONE American made the list and the Euros dominate it!!!

 

Well, the thread starter preferred players from "respectable" teams.

 

There are a couple I can think of from the Spain '96 and '98 squads. For the life of me, I'll never understand how Jose Luis Caminero and Kiko got capped.

 

So that's why Japanese players FAILED
to make the list!

 

I'm pretty sure someone named Bak played for Lyon. Not sure if it was Jacek Bak or Arkadiusz Bak. Jacek's a decent player. Arkadiusz isn't.

I can't believe Richie Williams and Chris Albright didn't even make your bench. Richie Williams is annoying but generally ineffective, and his main contribution to the US national team has been committing fouls just outside the penalty area to give opponents dangerous free kicks. Albright? He may have scored on his first international touch, but since then he's done nothing but lose the ball on the dribble, characteristically with his head down. This is a guy who's scored (I think) 5 goals in 4 MLS seasons, while getting fairly regular playing time throughout his MLS career.

It's often easier to notice bad players in good teams, because they tend to be flagrantly bad. (Saudi Arabia being the exception, because Fouzi Al-Shehri was just so flagrantly inept that he'd look like the weak link in almost any team in the world.) The better the team as a whole, the more a bad player stands out. That's why you can find bright spots but not weak links in a Chinese squad that was embarrassed in three straight matches at the World Cup - Li Tie looked incredibly good compared to his teammates, most of whom were uniformly bad.

 

Not really. I would name you our worst players but I couldn't find anyone in the same league as ABMOD or Albright or even 'Goos.

 

Jacek Bak played for l'OL.

 

I guess those of you who nominated Phil Neville did not see him lording the midfield against the EPL Champions Arsenal last week?
Also you have overlooked the fact that he has a bucketfull of EPL, FA Cup, Champions League medals.

 

How about Issa from South Africa in France '98. I think he scored 2 own goals in one game.

 

For those who want to put their vote where their mouth is, click here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/sports_talk/2579305.stm). The good news is that the Frenchies’ insufferable defender, Frank Leboeuf, is on the shortlist for worst player. The bad news is Jeff Agoos was inexplicably omitted from the hall of shame, although this can be remedied relatively quickly. And yes, this is my first post here.

(Link courtesy of www.soccerfever.org)

 

Yes but this thread is supposed to be about respectable players who do poorly in their national teams.

 

Could you please put in David Weir instead of Christian Dailly. At least Dailly can take criticism, unlike Weir who went off in the huff (and lost his place at Everton, LOL).

 

The next step of course, is who manages this team?

 

A few candidates for manager:

* Slobodan Santrac and Milan Macala. Saudi Arabia's manager Nasser Al-Johar, who proved so ineffective at the World Cup, actually rescued the Saudi team twice. Once during Asian Cup 2000, when Milan Macala was even more incompetent, and once during World Cup qualifying, when Slobodan Santrac had the team on the brink of disaster. One must assume that these two clowns are even worse than Al-Johar...

* Steve Sampson. 3-6-1. 'Nuff said.

* Marcelo Bielsa. Favoritism, changing a system that had been working beautifully, and three-and-out with the most talented team in the World Cup.

* Claude Emmanuel Hogan. 4-0 to BHUTAN?!?!