recoba did nothing in qualifiers, i would hardly consider him the best in the world not playing in the world cup. my vote goes for eto'o as well.
I said he is very good and I consider that Uruguay would be a better addition to the World Cup than Australia. But the thing is that they didn't deserve it. Sure, Eto'o is much better than Recoba.
It has to be the man spearheading the attack for French Ligue 1 champs Olympique Lyonnais - Johnny Carew.
Forlan, Had he not been injured/unavailable for the Australia showdown, he probably would have been in 06
Let's see..there's Eto'o, Martins, Robbie Keane, Duff, Roy Keane, Mutu, the Altaintop brothers, John Carew to name a few.
No he wouldn't have been in 06. AUS would have beat URU with him playing as well. It was written in the stars. See, my opinion of the theoretical is just as valid as yours.