Matthew Le God Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 ...more players in World Cup 2014 squads than Southampton... 1. Chelsea ( 18 ) 2. Manchester United, Bayern Munich (16) 3. Napoli (14) 4. Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester City (13) 5. Juventus, Arsenal, Liverpool (12) 6. Atletico Madrid (11) 7. Porto, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Zenit (10) 8. Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain ( 8 ) 9. Southampton, Schalke, Roma (7) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 Cool Tied 9th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 16 May, 2014 Author Share Posted 16 May, 2014 Cool Tied 9th Nope, equal 18th along with Schalke and Roma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 I assume that includes standby players as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 16 May, 2014 Author Share Posted 16 May, 2014 (edited) I assume that includes standby players as well? Yep, so includes Schneiderlin. Edited 16 May, 2014 by Matthew Le God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 Cool Tied 9th no tied 18th, when there's a tie that takes up as many places in the order as there are tied teams. so Napoli for instance is 4th and not 3rd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 Good factoid, would be more meaningful to weight these numbers by the FIFA rankings of the sides that clubs have representatives in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fborosaint Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 More than Spurs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 Yep, so includes Schneiderlin. I got it from here... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2014/article-2630230/David-Luiz-Frank-Lampard-Fernando-Torres-help-Chelsea-lead-way-comes-World-Cup-squad-selections.html Not 100% sure either Croatia or Uruguay have confirmed their final 23s yet either, tbf. The last I saw was that Uruguay had named 25 and Croatia 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 ...more players in World Cup 2014 squads than Southampton... 1. Chelsea ( 18 ) 2. Manchester United, Bayern Munich (16) 3. Napoli (14) 4. Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester City (13) 5. Juventus, Arsenal, Liverpool (12) 6. Atletico Madrid (11) 7. Porto, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Zenit (10) 8. Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain ( 8 ) 9. Southampton, Schalke, Roma (7) Not bad, especially considering a significant percentage of our squad are too young to be considered for the senior squads anyway..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydney_saint Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 More than Spurs! Dembele, Lloris, Vertonghen, Paulinho, Chadli, Bentaleb, Assou-Ekotto? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fborosaint Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 Dembele, Lloris, Vertonghen, Paulinho, Chadli, Bentaleb, Assou-Ekotto? Yeah that was meant to be a ? Not a ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Balls Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 Actually very impressive. We're clearly the smallest club out of them and it's a testament to our progress over the last few years. How many of Chelsea's 18 actually played for Chelsea this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 does anyone know how many portsmouth is got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydney_saint Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 does anyone know how many portsmouth is got? None, but they are the bestest none ever selected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 Dembele, Lloris, Vertonghen, Paulinho, Chadli, Bentaleb, Assou-Ekotto? Christ, Bentaleb at a World Cup?! I'm not saying the lad hasn't got potential (he's what, 19?), but that's ridiculous. Highlights how weak the "to be a great player you have to do it at a World Cup" argument is. Is he better than Giggs, who never got to play at an international tournament? Does that make Giggs any less of a player because he was Welsh? Absolute nonsense. Sorry for the tangent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsaint Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 Not 8? Lallana, Lambert, Shaw, Ramirez, Schneiderlin, Yoshida, Lovren and Osvaldo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 Osvaldo didn't even make Italy's provisional 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsaint Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 Sorry realised no Osvaldo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrensup Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 Christ, Bentaleb at a World Cup?! I'm not saying the lad hasn't got potential (he's what, 19?), but that's ridiculous. Highlights how weak the "to be a great player you have to do it at a World Cup" argument is. Is he better than Giggs, who never got to play at an international tournament? Does that make Giggs any less of a player because he was Welsh? Absolute nonsense. Sorry for the tangent. That is with Algeria mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish fingers Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 Christ, Bentaleb at a World Cup?! I'm not saying the lad hasn't got potential (he's what, 19?), but that's ridiculous. Highlights how weak the "to be a great player you have to do it at a World Cup" argument is. Is he better than Giggs, who never got to play at an international tournament? Does that make Giggs any less of a player because he was Welsh? Absolute nonsense. Sorry for the tangent. He plays for Algeria not Brazil though. Pretty sure there will be many far worse players than him that have been picked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 He plays for Algeria not Brazil though. Pretty sure there will be many far worse players than him that have been picked. I'm not saying he's the worst. But, there are far better players that won't be going. My point was, there are many, far better players that will never get to go to a World Cup, not through a lack of their own ability, but the fluke of where they were born. This should not affect how they are judged as a player, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 Decent little stat right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 Christ, Bentaleb at a World Cup?! I'm not saying the lad hasn't got potential (he's what, 19?), but that's ridiculous. Highlights how weak the "to be a great player you have to do it at a World Cup" argument is. Is he better than Giggs, who never got to play at an international tournament? Does that make Giggs any less of a player because he was Welsh? Absolute nonsense. Sorry for the tangent. I don't think anyone's suggesting you're great once you go to the World Cup. You have to 'do it' there, so the thought goes, which I assume means help your team to the final or win the trophy. I certainly don't think anyone's comparing Nabil Bentaleb to Ryan Giggs. Or players like Lionel Messi, whom the 'do it at the World Cup' debate centres around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JxgrSaint Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 Great statistic, did any of us ever imagine at the 2010 World Cup having just missed the playoffs in League 1 that we would have 1 let alone 7 players going to the next one? Shows the extent of the cinderella story really... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellone Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 (edited) Why is it listed 1-9 instead of by position? Edited 16 May, 2014 by cellone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 It's mainly put out there to demean great players, or those who are old enough to think international football is the pinnacle. As if it could be compared to teams training together every day and playing 50-60 matches a season together. Messi and ronaldo have absolutely nothing to prove. Yeah I agree, though I do also think the World Cup is the pinnacle. Having one chance every four years and taking it - particularly if you do so more than once - is as good as it gets for me and I think most players would agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMondo Posted 16 May, 2014 Share Posted 16 May, 2014 Or that Lambert and Lallana would be two of them for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintPete Posted 17 May, 2014 Share Posted 17 May, 2014 Why is it listed 1-9 instead of by position? Here you go! 1. Chelsea ( 18 ) 2. Manchester United, Bayern Munich (16) 4. Napoli (14) 5. Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester City (13) 8. Juventus, Arsenal, Liverpool (12) 11. Atletico Madrid (11) 12. Porto, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Zenit (10) 16. Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain ( 8 ) 18. Southampton, Schalke, Roma (7) A fantastic achievement especially, as others have said, considering four of the seven were with us during the last world cup when we were in league one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint in Paradise Posted 17 May, 2014 Share Posted 17 May, 2014 To be really pedantic Saints are 20th not 18th as in alphabetical order both Roma and Schalke should appear before Southampton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceandfriendly Posted 17 May, 2014 Share Posted 17 May, 2014 Highlights how weak the "to be a great player you have to do it at a World Cup" argument is. Is he better than Giggs, who never got to play at an international tournament? Does that make Giggs any less of a player because he was Welsh? As Duncan said, you've misunderstood the "do it at the World Cup argument". It doesn't mean, get to a World Cup and you're a great player. It means, out of all the greatest players in the World, let's see who also produced magic on the World Cup stage. It's not about rating all of Algeria's or Costa Rica's squad higher than Ryan Giggs or Gareth Bale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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