[Ze da Fiel]

Traditionally it is always Brazil.

Who do you think it will be this time around???

Well, after us, i think the Argies will have an equally strong bench. France also.

Who else???

 

[SZeppelin75]

Argentina´s bench is so much better than Brazil´s

 

[czar]

In terms of depth and strength the best benches today are Argentina and France.

 

[hypno]

France starters (as Pires will miss the WC, this is the most probable line up)

________________________Barthez____________________

_____Thuram_________Desailly___Leboeuf_______Lizarazu__

_________________________Vieira______________________

__________________Petit_____________________________

____________________________Zidane__________________

___________Wiltord_______________________Henry_______

_________________________Trezeguet___________________



Potential French bench:

Goalkeeper

Ramé ( Bordeaux)
Landreau (Auxerre)
Coupet (Lyon)
Maybe Frey.... is one of those is injured


Defense

Candela (AS Roma)
Christianval (Barcelona)
Sagnol (Bayern Munich)
Sylvestre (Manchester United)

Midfield

Makelele (Real Madrid)
Carrière (Lyon)
Karembeu (Panatinaïkos)
Djorkaeff (Bolton)
Robert (Newcastle)
Dugarry (Bordeaux)
Micoud (Parma)

Forwards

Wiltord (Arsenal)
Anelka (Liverpool)
Djibril Cisse (Auxerre)
Steve Marlet (Fulham)

 

[Ze da Fiel]

Argentina´s bench is so much better than Brazil´s

Dude,
the team that Felipao is NOT TAKING to the world cup is proabbly better than the one he is taking.....jsut for you to see the streghnt of our players!

 

[czar]

But, who's fault is that? Brazil have some very talented players, but even so, if some of the more talented players were selected there is no guarantee that the players would even gel. The bench must come together as well as the starting eleven.

Dude,
the team that Felipao is NOT TAKING to the world cup is proabbly better than the one he is taking.....jsut for you to see the streghnt of our players!

 

[luckychance83]

i'm thinking brazil or argentina- maybe france and maybe italy
brazil has alot of good forwards off the bench
the same goes with argentina with a couple good middies
as for france they are all around and the same with italy

 

[julien100]

i'd say france or argentina, no surprise
italy are also very strong. As for Brazil they have an impressive lineup but their bench doesn't seem to be that scary

 

[Tiago Xina]

Yeah i agree with you all, Argrntina as a magnificent bench, france to. But you should not forget Portugal. We have players like Simao, hugo viana, quaresma, Nuno Gomes, Capucho in the bench.






FORÇA PORTUGAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ze da Fiel]

Czar,
we are talking about the bench.....not the team!

Sam thing applies for you guys. Your excellent bench drew with Wales and Cameroon!

 

[SPANIARD]

I think Brazil wins this one in terms of names. France's bench doesn't look all that juicy to me, and argentina has built there team around 15-18 players so they won't have the most amazing bench but it will be nice.

 

[SZeppelin75]

Czar,
we are talking about the bench.....not the team!

Sam thing applies for you guys. Your excellent bench drew with Wales and Cameroon!

Hey man those were friendlies, they don´t mean anything... or beating Iceland 6-1 makes you the WC winner?

 

[Ze da Fiel]

Drawing with Wales and Camerroon probably does! :tongue:

 

[Fee-Go]

Brazil has the best bench in the world but they have so much talent they don't know what to do with it all.

 

[1-1-GoalessDraw]

The best bench is not going to be at the world cup

Louis Van Gaal was able to perform a miracle... he was able to make a very talented team NOT qualify for the worldcup...

That my friends takes Genius

When ever you think your coach is terrible, thank God you didn't have Van Gaal... or else you too will be saying "we would have gone far had we qualified"


Ze da Fiel, I will trade you Van Gaal for Filapao... Deal!!!

 

[Kostas]

I believe the best bench is the Argentina's one.
You can say they have two equal teams...

 

[Ze da Fiel]

Goaless draw,


I'll do a deal. van Gaal and Felipao and we have no manager.....the people would vote on the 11 and they would play what they know.

As Romario says: "The good manager is the one that does not get in the way".

 

[batigold]

Originally posted by batigold
saviola, riquelme, aimar, gallardo, almeyda, solari, crespo, piojo lopez, bonano, cavallero, cruz, caniggia, facundo quiroga.

i dont even wanna think the players we are not taking to korea-japan.

 

[1-1-GoalessDraw]

Kostas you will get a chance afterall to show how deep your bench is... with all these players recovering from injuries...

 

[ForçaMadeirense]

Well some teams bench players are good enough to play on the starting line.
Its all stratagy at world cup you match and study your apponante.
And they got alot more to prove then the starters.

Dont for get what the Portuguese Bench did to the German starters at Euro 2000.
Some weak team are going to turn faces.

Poland, Slovenia, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Ecuador maybe even the States .