Milan ponder for Thuram

A question for the old farts fan club: name a SINGLE +30 footballer that can be considered as highlight till today on the WC.

I'd answer your question, but that would automatically make me a member of your so called "old farts fan club"...

if you expect me to remain silent like I have done since you came back, I politely warn you... you better start writing like an adult...

Name a single one, Sant, please, with the exception of keepers.

You just don't get it, do you?

That's not the point... I will not answer to you...

(on top of everything, now you limit the possible answer excluding keepers, like if they were not important)

So you CAN'T name even a single one... and that's positive, in fact, because that means you are following the games with care and awareness, so you can see that all the individual highlights on the WC have less than 30...

oh, man, you can't see beyond your nose... I'm fed up with you... for you, highlights are the important thing... the guys scoring the goals, and you will say "Torres has scored 3 goals" "Rosicky was fenomenal" blah, blah...

If now I tell you other player names, you will say, exclude them and list me Strikers...

you're too squared and obvious, I gain nothing by talking to you, so I'll leave it here.

To be honest with you, so far, I can't say there is even a single player I have been overly and jaw-droppingly impressed with. There are a number of interesting players but in one game they are great, in the next less so, so "highlight" of the WC, not a chance, as it is just too early to tell. But to name one - Figo, easily one of Portugal's best players, if not teh best, so far.
But there is also one other factor - players over 30 are less likely to impress at WC after a long and exhausting season with their clubs. Also the WC is usually played in very hot temps, and that makes it even more dif for 30+ players to impress.
However, what we should concern ourselves with is not how they play in the hot summer WC games but during the regular season when tems are much more "bareable" and they, the players, aren't as tired.
So, your attempt to try to prove your "babies only" point isn't as foolproof as you'd like to think.

Originally Posted by GRE-NO-LI

A question for the old farts fan club: name a SINGLE +30 footballer that can be considered as highlight till today on the WC.

Pavel Nedved
Fabio Cannavaro
Alessandro Nesta
Ze Roberto
Philip Cocu

need more?

Originally Posted by hitmannq8

Pavel Nedved
Fabio Cannavaro
Alessandro Nesta
Ze Roberto
Philip Cocu

need more?

that's a pretty good list. you could add Sheva too as he is gaining form and he is gonna be 30 in September. Is this against the "rules", GNL?

Well, that's a highly subjective matter, Hitt, and I wouldn't list any players you quoted as highlights on the current WC.

Here's my list:

Fernando Torres
Robben
Pirlo
Rosicky
Saviola
Fabregas
Riquelme
Klose
Mascherano
Yaya Touré

ALL of them with less than 30...

Sorin !
Crespo,
Ayala,
Larsson,
Poborsky,
Koller (until he was injured)
Valente,
Costinha,
Petit,
Young-Chul Kim,
Senna,
Avery John,
Dennis Lawrence,
Jawhar Mnari,

Well... anyone can think whatever he wants...

To all the old farts fan club members: I also believe that players over 30 are washed out and useless, and to make things worse, they occupy the places that should belong to the younger and more promising stars, which greatly reduces the watchability of this wonderful event. I think it is time for FIFA to take some action to change World Cup officially to U-30 and impose strict age restriction. Out of leniency, we probably can set another smaller-size senior event for over-aged players like Nesta, Cannavaro, Hislop, Figo, Crespo, Cafu, Beckham. they disgust me..

Xudong, how old are you? what do you do for a living?

Grenoli, you asked for players over 30 that have had a good world cup so far ... i duely obliged. That is all ...

and out of leniency Xudong i will not tell you what i think of your post.