LAB 1,030 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Sensational player. One of the reasons i love the World Cup is because it is an excellent stage for those young players to shine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I'd go as far as to say he has been the player of the tournament so far. So exciting to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroey 2,525 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I'd go as far as to say he has been the player of the tournament so far. So exciting to watch.Robben and James are the best players so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korea 734 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 James was always a great player at Porto.However, people seem to forgotten about him after he moved with Moutinho to ligue 1. I can see Barcelona making a deal for him.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmpr 8,977 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Robben and James are the best players so far.Neymar has played better than both... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Neymar has played better than both...How has he? Come on man, that's your Brazil bias coming through. He hasn't. Whilst he had a good game, Neymar wasn't even MOTM against Croatia IMO, that was clearly Oscar. The Cameroon game... Whilst he had another good game and scored some nice goals, IMO he wasn't MOTM there either - I'd have given it to Fernandinho. Robben dominated Chile & Spain, both better than any team in Brazil's group, whilst James has been outstanding in every single Columbia game. James and Robben have been the best so far followed by Benzema and Neymar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionsden 4,689 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Neymar has played better than both... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korea 734 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I think Muller been the best player personally.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionsden 4,689 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 How has he? Come on man, that's your Brazil bias coming through. He hasn't. Whilst he had a good game, Neymar wasn't even MOTM against Croatia IMO, that was clearly Oscar. The Cameroon game... Whilst he had another good game and scored some nice goals, IMO he wasn't MOTM there either - I'd have given it to Fernandinho. Robben dominated Chile & Spain, both better than any team in Brazil's group, whilst James has been outstanding in every single Columbia game.James and Robben have been the best so far followed by Benzema and Neymar.I agree with everything except the bolded part. Alexis sanchez for one has performed better than Neymar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 The price will be sky high, especially after this WC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionsden 4,689 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 The price will be sky high, especially after this WCRegardless Monaco have no reason to sell anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainsley Harriott 2,732 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Regardless Monaco have no reason to sell anyway.Before the WC there were rumours in the portuguese media that he wanted to get out of there... Not sure if they were true though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickpassnmove 924 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Monaco situation depends on their sponsorship deals and whether FIFA will examine any shady sponsorship deals.Maybe in the coming 2 years we will know more clearly what is happening with Monaco. James looks like he could be one of the top 5 players in the world ITF, so maybe Chelsea would sell a few of their players just to get him. Can't say I've seen him play much but the young man looks exceptional at this moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseah100 5,612 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 If we got James i would die. I always buy him on FIFA. Amazing player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I agree with everything except the bolded part. Alexis sanchez for one has performed better than NeymarAlexis has also been very good, must say. Would include him with Neymar on that list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 How has he? Come on man, that's your Brazil bias coming through. He hasn't. Whilst he had a good game, Neymar wasn't even MOTM against Croatia IMO, that was clearly Oscar. The Cameroon game... Whilst he had another good game and scored some nice goals, IMO he wasn't MOTM there either - I'd have given it to Fernandinho. Robben dominated Chile & Spain, both better than any team in Brazil's group, whilst James has been outstanding in every single Columbia game.James and Robben have been the best so far followed by Benzema and Neymar.It's Colombia. I know it's confusing though.It's really silly to compare players when the teams are facing completely different opponents. Neymar and Oscar also have far less freedom on the pitch than other players.Timing is also a factor: how would you rate Oscar in November 2013? Or Neymar, aside from his Brazil appearances?It's all so very relative. James Roadriguez may yet join a top EPL side and then flop like many good players have. I'm not saying it will happen, but that we just don't yet know.The grass is always greener... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 It's Colombia. I know it's confusing though.It's really silly to compare players when the teams are facing completely different opponents. Neymar and Oscar also have far less freedom on the pitch than other players.Timing is also a factor: how would you rate Oscar in November 2013? Or Neymar, aside from his Brazil appearances?It's all so very relative. James Roadriguez may yet join a top EPL side and then flop like many good players have. I'm not saying it will happen, but that we just don't yet know.The grass is always greener...I'm not really comparing either players, just anyone saying that Neymar has been a better performer than Robben and James is obviously just being biased. For what it's worth, as I said in the same post, I still think Neymar has been one of the better performers in the competition but basically saying he's been the best player at the WC is delusional.Edit:In regards to Oscar - I was merely saying that if we sold him, James would be a great replacement. I'm not advocating whether we should sell Oscar to make room for James because I don't think we'll even sell him to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I'm not really comparing either players, just anyone saying that Neymar has been a better performer than Robben and James is obviously just being biased.For what it's worth, as I said in the same post, I still think Neymar has been one of the better performers in the competition but basically saying he's been the best player at the WC is delusional.this is all relative. To me the best performer has been Lionel Messi because of how poor Argentina has been, and how decisive Messi has been for them.This goes back to Maradona vs Pele, and how we Brazilians always value the goal scorer vs the playmaker; it has worked quite well for us, but it is certainly debatable. Maradona was a genius, but as a Brazilian, Messi is not that far esp considering how often he scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseah100 5,612 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 this is all relative. To me the best performer has been Lionel Messi because of how poor Argentina has been, and how decisive Messi has been for them.This goes back to Maradona vs Pele, and how we Brazilians always value the goal scorer vs the playmaker; it has worked quite well for us, but it is certainly debatable. Maradona was a genius, but as a Brazilian, Messi is not that far esp considering how often he scores.In that case, Hazard is the 2nd best player. He's decided to games with key assists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korea 734 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 It's Colombia. I know it's confusing though.It's really silly to compare players when the teams are facing completely different opponents. Neymar and Oscar also have far less freedom on the pitch than other players.Timing is also a factor: how would you rate Oscar in November 2013? Or Neymar, aside from his Brazil appearances?It's all so very relative. James Roadriguez may yet join a top EPL side and then flop like many good players have. I'm not saying it will happen, but that we just don't yet know.The grass is always greener...Neymar has all the freedom possible.. It is Oscar that doesn't have the freedom/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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