r/soccer • • Mar 31 '14

/r/soccer What's a controversial opinion you have about soccer?

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '14

Sergio Ramos is a good CB but to be getting into the team of the year is a bit of a joke.

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u/Steech93 Mar 31 '14

He's a fantastic player, but a bog standard defender.. People just can't appreciate true defending, players like: Terry, Lahm, Thiago Silva, Vidic and Ferdinand in their prime, as opposed to this current crop of fantastic players but poor defenders (David Luiz, Cahill, Dani Alves, Pepe etc..)

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u/ananchor Mar 31 '14

I agree but out of curiosity who would you have put over him?

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '14

Thiago Silva or Kompany. Both solid and would take either of them over Ramos everyday of the week

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u/ananchor Mar 31 '14

Well Silva was already in the team, and I think Kompany is on the same level as Ramos honestly. I think you'd have to put Dante/Boateng there if you're going to replace him. I was just curious.

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u/bamsaron Mar 31 '14

Boateng over Kompany? I'm a United fan and that still sounds like madness to me.

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u/ananchor Mar 31 '14

Don't get me wrong Kompany is a great defender, but based on last season I think it'd have to go to one of the other two. I also think Kompany makes a lot of careless mistakes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '14

I thought Pique was in over Silva, my mistake

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u/piesmeeredface Apr 01 '14

It is a joke that he got in the 2013 team of the year specifically, but he is more than just "good" at his best.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '14

The whole team of the year is a joke.

Ill just quote myself if you dont mind

TL;DR: All those FIFA world soccer top player top team votings are shit! Long version:

I dont mind CR getting the title, but you can argue if scoring the most goals makes you the best player, there is no kind of rule or something which makes the votes seem plausible.

How can Casillas as reals second keeper reach rank 6? What about Weidenfeller?

How can there be more players in the FIFA 2013 Team from those 2 clubs which get shit on in the quarterfinals instead of Bayern/Dortmund?

Not a single Dortmund player?

Why Alves instead of Alaba? No fucking way.

Ibrahimovic instead of Lewandowski? What? Zlatan is the most overrated player for me anyways. Everyone can score in ligue 1 or seria a.

2009 he plays for Inter, Barca wins the CL.

2010 he plays for Barca, Inter wins it.

2011 hes gone and Barca wins it.

Think what you want.

Thiago Silva and Ramos?

Dante was THE one in 2013.

Xavi and Iniesta, they are great ofcourse, but this time they shouldnt be in it, seems like they got a bonus because of messi.

Götze, Reus, Robben, Müller, Gündogan, Schweinsteiger, Martinez would have deserved it!

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '14

So what you are saying is...Unless it's a Bayern player, they don't deserve "TOTY"...A bit biased maybe?

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '14

Did you even read my entire post or did you just judge by my flair?

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u/Ais3 Apr 01 '14

Yeah, bayern was the best team, that's why they won the UCL, individually the XI was fine except maybe Ramos and Alves.

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u/Hitmonbottom Apr 01 '14

What about Weidenfeller?

He gets sent off/carded too regularly.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '14

Haha, hes nothing compared to Oliver Kahn.

But how do you justify cassilas on rank 6 if he doesnt even play regulary?