Players that have impressed - World Cup

[MC11]

Probably best to keep it to players that aren't already rated highly.

 

For me I've been really impressed with:

 

Bruno Martins Indi - Holland

Ivan Perisic - Croatia

[BlueBlood81]

I was impressed with Martins-Indi & Daley Blind.

[markjazzbassist]

Martins Indi, Joel Campbell. Can we get Campbell from arsenal please?

[Cornish Steve]

I was impressed with two or three of the Costa Rica players. Plus one of the Greek backs was very impressive, despite the scoreline. Sadly, didn't note their names!

[Peter H]

Joel Campbell was brilliant today.

[Romey 1878]

The Greek Kone.

[markjazzbassist]

The Greek Kone.

Yes I thought he was excellent on the attack and defense. I noticed him as well.

[Romey 1878]

I think it was their RB that was decent as well but can't remember his name.

[Steve_E]

I think it was their RB that was decent as well but can't remember his name.

 

Torosidis. Bench player at Roma.

[Steve_E]

I said it in the World Cup thread already, but I also really liked Mexico's Hector Herrera.

[Romey 1878]

 

Torosidis. Bench player at Roma.

That's the fella. He wasn't a massive stand-out or anything but he got forward well I thought.

 

Kone was their best player, IMO, though. Bags of energy and very positive.

[Cornish Steve]

 

Torosidis. Bench player at Roma.

 

Yes, that's who I was thinking of. Played consistently well, so I'm surprised to learn he's a bench player.

[Cornish Steve]

The Costa Rica players I was trying to remember (other than Campbell, of course) are Oscar Duarte and Giancarlo Gonzalez. As others have mentioned, Kaylor Navas did well in goal.

Edited June 15, 2014 by Cornish Steve

[Guest blueboy122]

Paulo Wanchope was on the bench?

[Bailey]

I wasn't too sold with Indi tbh, he was beaten a little too easily at times.

 

I only saw parts of the Chile game but Vidal showed moments of real class. Tbh I think any of their players could fit into our team.

[Steve_E]

Didn't like Martins Indi's performance either.

[Steve_E]

Jefferson Montero just played really well against Switzerland.

[Cornish Steve]

One things this World Cup is doing is reveal the players with stamina and/or the ability to pace themselves. Too many seem to have hit their limit after an hour. This was one reason why the England-Italy game was so poor. After an hour, it seemed that several players were walking with the ball and not running.

[markjazzbassist]

Andrea Pirlo, what a master. I love the walking speed he plays the game as well, so confident and composed he doesn't even need to run.

[Bailey]

Andrea Pirlo, what a master. I love the walking speed he plays the game as well, so confident and composed he doesn't even need to run.

Yeh it's crazy! He just strolls around and pops these 20-30 yard passes high and low taking defensive players right out of the game.

[Mirallas]

The Costa Rica players I was trying to remember (other than Campbell, of course) are Oscar Duarte and Giancarlo Gonzalez. As others have mentioned, Kaylor Navas did well in goal.

 

This guy plays for my home team

[Lowensda]

Depay, like him a lot.

 

[Cornish Steve]

Tim Cahill has to be up there. What a World Cup he has had.

[BlueBlood81]

Tim Cahill has to be up there. What a World Cup he has had.

Agreed. Real shame he misses the Spain match.

[MikeO]

Tim Cahill has to be up there. What a World Cup he has had.

 

Agreed. Proud of him; he left us at the right time and in the right circumstances and will always be up there for me as an ex player, not "legend" status but in the group just below that. Faultless attitude and never lost sight of where he came from and how lucky he was (though he made his own luck), never gave it the big "I am". Most of today's "superstars" could learn a lot from TC.

 

[BlueBlood81]

I think you have to qualify the whole 'legend' thing with circumstances & the time in which said player ran out in Royal blue. Obviously the likes of Cahill & Ferguson can't be mentioned in the same breath as Ball, Labone, Dean, Southall, Young et al, but in their time they made a big contribution to our history, even if it was just the occasional bright spark amongst the doom & gloom.

[Matt]

Cahill was a legend in my lifetime.

[MC11]

Yeh Cahill my all time favourite Everton player of my lifetime.

 

Legend to me.

Edited June 18, 2014 by MiguelCotto

[Guest Nikica]

Perisic is highly rated. But not so much as Rakitic, Modric and Kovacic so I know what you mean.

 

I agree with Indi. Cahill obviously but he's rated by Everton fans. Most of the players I have been impressed by are players who are well rated already, but perhaps not known to your average casual football fan because they're not at the level of a top ten player in the world e.g. Cuadrado, J Rodriguez, Vargas, Marquez, Isla, Valbuena etc. Perisic probably falls into this category.

 

Then you have guys like Campbell who are nowhere near rated but are doing well.

Edited June 18, 2014 by Nikica

[NyarkosLeftToe]

How good was Medel last night, absolute rock!

 

Cahill is a legend in my eyes, pure passion and oozed Everton. He's got a nasty streak too which all fans love, him and Martins Indi had a good battle but their was only going to be one winner there and Cahill smashed him.

 

All the Chile team looked good last night, proper fit team, the teams with highest fitness levels always do well at World Cups, where as England always look fucked last 3rd of the game.