2014 FIFA World Cup

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

No, Cabaye indeed looks quite dashing.

[GoGo Yubari]

Isn't Nasri out because everyone thinks he's a prick, or did I invent that because he looks a bit like one?

"Samir Nasri is a starter in a big club that won the Premier League, he is an important part of Manchester City. However his performances for the French NT are not up to his ones at Manchester and he is not a starter for us. And when he doesn't start, he is not happy." ~ Didier Deschamps

Yep.

[Baddar]

Looking at some of these squads has me even more excited for the start of the tournament. It's too far away!

[9 to 5]

Some picks have been made in thinking certain players would wreck the morale of a suqd and thus excluded no matter how talented they may be. Very, very players are worth that trouble if they could easily wreck your entire campaign by themselves.

[Cymbols]

Isn't Wesley Schneider a bit like Nasri in that regard? He always looks angry/miserable either way.

[Colly]

#johnterry

[TCO]

Wow can't believe Moussa Sissoko made it over Nasri. Delighted about that though!

[Jimmy]

Serves Nasri right for being a massive dickhead.

[Cheeky Hughes]

Serves Nasri right for being a massive dickhead.

Scott Parker is a bigger dickhead :/

Outside of England, I don't really have a second team to support. Though it would be nice to see Kompany or Toure lift the World Cup, or either City's Spanish trio (Silva, Navas, Negredo) or our Argie trio (Demichelis, Zaba, Aguero). Basically as long as a City player gets to lift the trophy, I don't care all that much. >_>

[METALMAN]

I've barely heard of any of those Dutch players.

[TCO]

I only know Vilhena and Boetius from FM and FIFA. I hope they both make the squad because of this!

[Rafael]

Serves Nasri right for being a massive dickhead.

Scott Parker is a bigger dickhead :/

Outside of England, I don't really have a second team to support. Though it would be nice to see Kompany or Toure lift the World Cup, or either City's Spanish trio (Silva, Navas, Negredo) or our Argie trio (Demichelis, Zaba, Aguero). Basically as long as a City player gets to lift the trophy, I don't care all that much. >_>

Think about it, Fernandinho lifting the trophy. Much better than those stupid names you mentioned.

[Lineker]

Portuguese authorities say Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is the subject of a criminal investigation.

Australia:

Goalkeepers: Mark Birighitti (Newcastle Jets), Eugene Galekovic (Adelaide United), Mitchell Langerak (Borussia Dortmund), Mat Ryan (Club Brugge).

Defenders: Jason Davidson (Heracles Almelo), Ivan Franjic (Brisbane Roar), Curtis Good (Dundee United, on loan from Newcastle), Ryan McGowan (Shandong Luneng Taishan), Matthew Spiranovic (Western Sydney Wanderers), Alex Wilkinson (Jeonbuk Hyundai), Luke Wilkshire (Dinamo Moscow), Bailey Wright (Preston North End).

Midfielders: Oliver Bozanic (Luzern), Mark Bresciano (Al Gharafa), Joshua Brillante (Newcastle Jets), James Holland (Austria Vienna), Mile Jedinak (Crystal Palace), Massimo Luongo (Swindon Town), Matthew McKay (Brisbane Roar), Mark Milligan (Melbourne Victory), Tommy Oar (Utrecht), Tommy Rogic (Melbourne Victory), Adam Sarota (Utrecht), James Troisi (Melbourne Victory), Dario Vidosic (Sion).

Forwards: Tim Cahill (New York Red Bulls), Ben Halloran (Fortuna Dusseldorf), Josh Kennedy (Nagoya Grampus 8), Matthew Leckie (FSV Frankfurt 1899), Adam Taggart (Newcastle Jets).

[Lineker]

Greece:

Goalkeepers: Alexandros Tzorvas (Apollon Smyrnis), Michalis Sifakis (Atromitos), Orestis Karnezis (Granada), Panaglotis Glykos (PAOK), Stefanos Kapino (Panathinaikos).

Defenders: Avraam Papadopoulos, Dimitris Siovas, Kostas Manolas, Giannis Maniatis, Jose Holebas (all Olympiakos), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Borussia Dortmund), Giorgios Tzavellas (PAOK), Loukas Vyntra (Levante), Vasilis Torosidis (Roma).

Midfielders: Alexandros Tziolis (Kayserispor), Andreas Samaris (Olympiakos), Kostas Katsouranis (PAOK), Giorgos Karagounis (Fulham), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Torino), Sotiris Ninis (PAOK), Ioannis Fetfatzidis (Genoa), Kostas Fortounis (Kaiserslautern), Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Bologna) Panagiotis Kone (Bologna).

Forwards: Dimitris Papadopoulos (Atromitos), Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK), Giorgios Samaras (Celtic), Konstantinos Mitroglou (Fulham), Theofanis Gekas (Konyaspor).

[Colly]

Portuguese authorities say Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is the subject of a criminal investigation.

Australia:

Goalkeepers: Mark Birighitti (Newcastle Jets), Eugene Galekovic (Adelaide United), Mitchell Langerak (Borussia Dortmund), Mat Ryan (Club Brugge).

Defenders: Jason Davidson (Heracles Almelo), Ivan Franjic (Brisbane Roar), Curtis Good (Dundee United, on loan from Newcastle), Ryan McGowan (Shandong Luneng Taishan), Matthew Spiranovic (Western Sydney Wanderers), Alex Wilkinson (Jeonbuk Hyundai), Luke Wilkshire (Dinamo Moscow), Bailey Wright (Preston North End).

Midfielders: Oliver Bozanic (Luzern), Mark Bresciano (Al Gharafa), Joshua Brillante (Newcastle Jets), James Holland (Austria Vienna), Mile Jedinak (Crystal Palace), Massimo Luongo (Swindon Town), Matthew McKay (Brisbane Roar), Mark Milligan (Melbourne Victory), Tommy Oar (Utrecht), Tommy Rogic (Melbourne Victory), Adam Sarota (Utrecht), James Troisi (Melbourne Victory), Dario Vidosic (Sion).

Forwards: Tim Cahill (New York Red Bulls), Ben Halloran (Fortuna Dusseldorf), Josh Kennedy (Nagoya Grampus 8), Matthew Leckie (FSV Frankfurt 1899), Adam Taggart (Newcastle Jets).

Good!

[Lineker]

Croatia:

Goalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa (Rostov), Danijel Subasic (Monaco), Oliver Zelenika (Dinamo Zagreb).

Defenders: Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), Dejan Lovren (Southampton), Vedran Corluka (Lokomotiv Moscow), Gordon Schildenfeld (Panathinaikos), Danijel Pranjic (Panathinaikos), Ivan Strinic (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Domagoj Vida (Dynamo Kiev), Sime Vrsaljko (Genoa), Igor Bubnjic (Udinese).

Midfielders: Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Ivan Rakitic (Sevilla), Niko Kranjcar (Queens Park Rangers), Ognjen Vukojevic (Dynamo Kiev), Ivan Perisic (Vfl Wolfsburg), Mateo Kovacic (Inter Milan), Milan Badelj (Hamburg), Ivo Ilicevic (Hamburg), Marcelo Brozovic (Dinamo Zagreb), Ivan Mocinic (Rijeka), Mario Pasalic (Hajduk Split), Sammir (Getafe).

Forwards: Mario Mandzukic (Bayern Munich), Ivica Olic (Vfl Wolfsburg), Eduardo da Silva (Shakhtar Donetsk), Nikica Jelavic (Hull City), Ante Rebic (Fiorentina), Duje Cop (Dinamo Zagreb).

Josip Simunic missed out on the squad after failing this week with an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against a 10-game ban for making a fascist salute in November.

[Rich]

My question is which 7 players do you drop out of the Spanish squad, jeez.

[Baddar]

My question is which 7 players do you drop out of the Spanish squad, jeez.

Fuck. Mata will probably miss out. I figured that was the final squad. Fucking Lineker. Now I'm going to have to trawl through the final 23 of every single squad. What's the point in these? :/

[EddieG]

Well they'll play a couple of friendlies and see if their team form carries over to national form.

[brenchill]