WC2006 Player of the tournament

[Doore]

Got to be Cannavaro.  For a guy that short to excel at centre half speaks volume for his ability to read the game.  The guy oozes class.

[Simon Pieman]

Am I the only one that thought Riquelme was a bit of a let down?

[Piemonte]

he was good against weaker opposition, but went missing against Germany and was rightly subbed

[oxford_fan]

I would agree withthe welshies, but only go as far as say Hargreaves finally produced a good international performance.  Personally I think he will come good eventually as Bayern wouldn't have stuck by him if he was poor.  He needs a settled role in the England set up not stuck here and there when it suits the manager.

was hargreaves ever that awful for england? certainly not as bad as the criticism he received.

i'd say anyone who lambasted hargreaves has fallen into the same trap you speak of re:his good performance against portugal. he never set the world alight but he wasn't bad either, against Portugal he was superb.

[janaage]

Riquelme has an impressive reputation, if he was half as good as the hype that surrounds him he'd be world class.  I thought he was a disappointment, he was also pretty average against the Arse in the Champions league, summed up by his weak as piss penalty.

[adje]

Essien and Makelele were both better than Ballack.Drogba and Crespo both better than Shevchenko and Maniche better than Lampard-whoops Chelsea!

[DV]

Best players probably Cannavaro, Gattuso and Pirlo....

as for Hargreaves....you dont end up with 9 winners medals at the age of 25 for being shit....

[DMR]

pirlo followed by zidane and cannavaro for me

the red card doesn't change how good zz looked sometimes, i think its daft that people say the award should be changed. ok he was a twat but thats 30 seconds out of hours.

[Piemonte]

CONGRATULATIONS FABIO

You have won the prestious TEF World cup 2006 Player of the Tournament award.

Your prizes for this great honour include:

- A free transfer to Swindon Town
- Free accomodation in Swindon in my spare room (please dont shag my mrs even though she quite fancies you :x )
- The chance to play alongside legendary defenders like Jerl Ifool - you can never stop learning can you?
- The obliagtory free date with STFCbird.
- Free calender "the roundabouts of Swindon"
- A remote controlled Dalek to scare off your new team mate CyberGurney.


Again, congratulations on your achievement.